Anamosa - A Reminiscence 1838 - 1988

continuance of the program.
A new stone marker was placed at the corner of the
high school building. Superintendent Poulter and Ron
Ruess. high school vocational agriculture instructor.
were given distinguished service plaques at the State
FFA Convention.
it was a good year for sports in 1979-80. The
basketball team won the WaMaC for the first time in 1 1
years. and missed going to the state tournament by one
point. Anamosa joined Marion and Maquoketa in a
three-way tie for first place in WaMaC football. The
baseball team won the district championship.
The FFA Chapter was rated sixth out of 258 chapters
in the 1980-81 school year.
The girls golf team had more exceptional years when
they earned WaMaC crowns in 1981-82-83. The 1983
team competed again at the state level.
At the end of 1982. Lloyd Coleman. who had served
as custodian in the district for 27 years. retired.
Dorothy Russell. president of the Board of Education .
was selected as one of live women in the state to be
given Master Farm Homemaker Awards.
The West Elementary School fell to the wrecker's ball
in June I982. The was the last reminder of the original
school begun in 1861. However. this particular addition
was built in 1885. Spiraling restoration and
maintenance costs were given as the reasons for its
demise.
in the spring of 1983. a successful performance of
‘The Music Man‘ pleased a large audience.
Spanish was added to the curriculum in the fall of
1983. At that same time. another classroom and a
spacious art area was added to the high school. This
allowed for a realignment of facilities. The sixth graders
were moved to the junior high site. and that became the
Middle School. The freshmen were added to the high
schooL
By the spring of 1984. the girls track team was
beginning to catch its stride when they won both the
WaMaC and district meets.
A major change took place in the 1984-85 school
year. when it was decided to dispense with naming a
valedictorian and salutatorian in favor of honoring all
students who maintained a 3.5 cumulative grade point
for the four years.
That same fall. the girls volleyball team won the
WaMaC. and missed the state tournament when they
lost to Cedar Rapids Kennedy in the last game of the
regionals. The girls track team repeated as WaMaC and
district champions. and went on to be State Runnersup.
The wrestling team was sectional champs that year,
and Jay Soupene was second at the State Wrestlng
Tournament.
In 1985. a Booster Club was formed including
everyone interested in the sports programs. They honor
an outstanding Anamosa High School sports figure
from the past. at a football game. In 1985 it was Don
Norton; and in 1986 it was Howard Porter. Howard
"Shorty" Larson. Class of '43. was chosen in '87.
An ambitious presentation of ‘Fiddler on the Roof‘
delighted full houses.
The 1939 library had grown to well over 10.000
volumes and about 125 magazine titles.
Major changes in the history of the Anamosa schools
were emphasized with the retirement in 1986 of James
R. Poulter who had served as superintendent for 24
years.
In the summer of 1986 the district was invited to be a
member of the Big Bend Conference. That fall Dr.
Marvin Boyer became superintendent of the Anamosa
Community Schools. St. Patrick's School added
kindergarten to their class offerings.
The boys golf team and the girls track team were the
only ones to capture WaMaC crowns in our last year
with that conference. The girls again were State
Runners-up in track.
A sensational performance of ‘The King and I‘ both
impressed and pleased a discriminating audience.
Though they didn't take a WaMaC. the girls softball
team had their most successful season against tough
opposition, losing to Independence in the Regional 6-5.
The close of 50 years of school history found it under
new leadership,
Anamosa leaves the WaMaC with a real feeling of
nostalgia. though Monticello and Maquoketa will be
making the move with us. These three former WaMaC
schools will join Camanche. DeWltt Central. Dyersville
Beckman. and Western Dubuque [Epworth and
Cascade) in beginning the new Big Bend Conference —
and a new era.
The following pertains to the American Field Service
Students who have attended Anamosa High School
since the inception in 1962. The list includes the year.
the name of student. the name of their home county
and the name of their host family:
1961-62. Bernd Schurenberg. Germany. Howard
Remley; I962-63. Fuhihiko Wori. Japan. C.J.
Nemmers: 1963-64. Margadalena Hidalgo. Ecuador.
Wilson Koubas; 1965-66. Ragna Gudmundsdotter.
Iceland. Don Penners: 1966-67. Kursad Pura. Turkey.
Charles Calhouns.
1967-68. Allison Hunter. Scotland. Joe Leggs; 1968-
69. Maria Sala. Argentina. Arthur Stanaways: 1969-70.
Trevor Fernihough. Australia. John Westphals: 1970-
71. Juta Koch. Germany. L.H. 'Hank' Ketelsens; 1971-
72. Elena Alquezar. Spain. George ‘Sid' Blairs
1972-73. Yoshihide Kimura. Japan. Dale Hacketts:
1973-74. Nga Maruma Apu. New Zealand. Arelen
Holcombs; 1974-75. Gerald Wood. Germany. Frank
Dailys: 1975-76. Jean Francois Brinon. France. Don
Harmons.
1976-77. Angie Penailillo. Chile. Al Rush‘; 1977-
78.Adres Wyler. Switzerland. Richard Elliots; 1978-79.
Lening Rohin. Malaysia. Everett Russels: also Eddie
Martinez. Dominican Republic. Richard Biggarts: and
Elizabeth Hansen. Norway. Don Harmons.
1979-80. Rosemary Clark. Australia. Keith Vernons
and Steve Daileys: also Fatos Sisoglu. Turkey. Jon
Hatchers and Carl Martensens: 1980-81. Lizbeth
Alfara. Costa Rica. David Pillards: 1981-82. David Mills.
New Zealand. Kenneth Shovers. and Hanoch Erlich.
Israel. Larry Taylors and Richard Biggarts: also Patrich
DeCocq. Belgium. Ed Redmonds; 1982-83. Khaled
Sheta. Egypt. Henry Bieres and Enrique Gonzalo
Torico Sanchez. Bolivia. Keith Weimers.
1983-84. Etsuko Tadokora. Japan. John Ludwigs:
I984-85. Inger Omholt. Norway. Wayne Oltmans and
Richard Biggarts: 1985-86. Gilda Penzo. Dominican
Republic. Richard Stivers. also Prawit Treethasayuth.
Thailand. Kenneth Shovers: 1986-87. Laura Noya.
Bolivia. Ronald Davis‘.
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