April 16, 1953 The Second Annual Basketball Athletic Banquet was held April 7. The Junior High teams attended this year. Frank Casey, Athletic Director of Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, was guest speaker and we all enjoyed his address. Dorothy Long presented the high school girls' team and Jack Koehler presented the high school boys' team. The girls' quartet, consisting of Reda Smith, Maris Slauson, Janet Evans and Mary McGrane, sang "Side by Side." Maris and Sandra Long sang "My Happiness." We want to thank the various committees and Mr. Jackson for another successful banquet.
News Corner - A number of students, especially in the lower grades, are out of school this week with the measles.
Baseball - The boys won their second game, defeating Maxwell 8-2 on the home diamond. John Vasey pitched allowing only 2 hits. Jerry Nichol caught and was leading hitter with 3 singles. Lineup: Long - 1 hit; Dodd - 0 hits; Johnson - 2 hits; Kilgore - 0 hits; Smith - 2 hits; Nichol - 3 hits; Fitzgerald - 2 hits; Coughenour - 1 hit; Vasey - 1 hit; Koehler - 0 hits; Derby - 0 hits; Laird - 0 hits; Rice - 0 hits.
April 23, 1953 Baseball - Collins ran their string to three in a row by defeating Rhodes 14-6 at Collins. After leading 4-0, Rhodes team blew up and let 10 runs score for Collins in the 3rd inning. Don Johnson pitched 7 innings. Runs - 6, hits - 4, strikeouts ?, walks - 6. Jerry Nichol caught. Rhodes pitcher gave up only 3 hits, but walked 13 and hit 6 batters.
Collins avenged another defeat of last fall by winning over Farrar 6-2 for their fourth consecutive win. After leading 2-0 for five and a half innings, Evans of Farrar hit a home run with one on to tie the score. Collins came back and scored four runs on an error, stolen base, a triple by Carroll Smith, singles by Nichol and Fitzgerald and a double by Ronnie Long. John Vasey pitched 7 innings. Runs - 2, hits - 3, strikeouts ?, walks - 1. Jerry Nichol caught. Lineup: Ronnie Long (2b) 1 hit; John Vasey (p) 1 hit; Don Johnson (lf) 1 hit; Jack Kilgore - (1b) 0 hits; Carroll Smith (cf) 2 hits; Jerry Nichol (c) 1 hit; Gene Fitzgerald (3b) 1 hit; Jim Dodd (ss) 0 hits; Jack Koehler (rf) 0 hits.
Collins lengthened their string of victories to five by defeating Shipley 12-1. John Vasey was the winning pitcher. The Collins team collected 9 hits.
April 30, 1953 The seniors were the guests of honor at the Junior-Senior Banquet in the Club Room at the Municipal Airport in Des Moines, Friday evening, April 24. The other guests included the high school faculty and their wives. The theme of the banquet was "The Covered Wagon." This was carried in the decorations and toast programs. The program followed with Dale Derby as toastmaster and Mr. Graves, D. G. Partridge, Jack Koehler, and Supt. Jackson responding. Music was provided by Dale Derby and Gary Luing. When the banquet was concluded, some of the students went to the show and others went to the Tromar Ballroom.