Diane Hintzman Guinn (CLHS 1956)

sent this wonderful old picture of her and Linda's parents,

my parents (The Haydens)

and

their friends 'getting together' back in the late 40s or early 50s.

Thank you for your contribution Diane and Linda!!

Back Row from left to right- Mr.& Mrs. Sears (Susie & Ottie), ?, Guy and Verlee Wisgerhof, Paul Goldsmith (my Uncle), Nadine Hayden, Curly Hintzman.

Front Row- Bob Hayden, Jorey Merriman, Lou Hintzman and Veda Goldsmith (my Aunt).

(Possibly Date Merriman was taking the picture.)

Lyrics for 'Dear Hearts and Gentle People'

I love those dear hearts and gentle people

Who live in my home town

Because those dear hearts and gentle people

Will never ever let you down

They read the good book

From Fri till Monday

That's how the weekend goes

I've got a dream house

I'll build there one day

With picket fence and ramblin' rose

I feel so welcome each time I return

That my happy heart keeps laughin' like a clown

I love the dear hearts and gentle people

Who live and love in my home town

There's a place I'd like to go

And it's back in Iowa

(Idaho was the word but Iowa fits the purpose)

Where you're friendly neighbors smile and say hello

It's a pleasure and a treat

To meandor down the street

That's why I want the whole wide world to know

(I love those dear hearts)

I love the gentle people

(Who live in my home town)

Because those dear hearts and gentle people

Will never ever let you down

They read the good book

From Fri till Monday

That's how the weekend goes

I've got a dream house

I'll build there one day

With picket fence and ramblin' rose

I feel so welcome each time that I return

That my happy heart keeps laughin' like a clown

I love the dear hearts and gentle people

Who live and love in my home town

(Home, home, sweet home)

If I remember right, your dad used to wear a yellow tie! Bet that is what they are looking at. Probably the white tie getup was for a Tri-T dinner, of which I know mom was a charter member. Possibly your mom too. It was a sorority, and Diane was a member at one time also.

(Linda Hintzman Counsel)

That would have been a T.T.T. (Not spelled Tri T, but pronounced Tri T) Annual Ball. This picture shows one of the fabulous center pieces we came up with each year when we created a dressy, fun night at the Surf Ballroom The Ball were fabulous for the times! We hired a band, sent out five hundred or more invitations, spent hours and hours making decorations and always had an outstanding centerpiece on the food table. We always had a theme, and once it was "Merry Ol' England" and we had a baked pig with apple in his mouth that the Clear Lake Bakery cooked for us!!! We never expected to cut it and eat it as it was just suppose to be a centerpiece of conversation, but when some one suggested it, we had one of the Jensen brothers who was at the dance, carve the pig and the people ate every single morsel!!!! T.T.T. was a national organization who believed in the progress and education of young women. We had a camp somewhere in Minnesota for 12 yr. old girls and every year, every chapter sent a deserving child to the camp for two weeks of fun and character building activities.

(Diane Hintzman Adams Guinn)

Almost 40 years ago (1945?) this group did the Ball and Jack at the Lion's Club Minstrel show in the Clear Lake High School.

From left to right, Lou Hintzman, Mary Jane Christensen, Nadine Hayden, Jorry Merriman, Delores O'Neil and Myrna Atkins.

They were accompanied by a band which included Barney Reynolds, Shorty Bickford and H.T. Christensen.

(Thanks to

Mavis Whelan for this article.)

The members are (Seated L-R) Mrs. L. C. Stuart, Mrs. W.R. Preston, Mrs. Rosco Miller, Mrs. H.E. Sawyer, Mrs.H. L Jacobson, Mrs. M. Brownstone, Mrs. Rober Hayden, Mrs. Bill Bickford. (Standing L-R) Mrs. R.E. Calhoun, Mrs. M.A. Arneson, Mrs. H.H. Crane, Mrs. Robert Kabrick, Mrs. A.B. Phillips, Mrs. Howard Lang, Mrs.Irving Morgan, Mrs. L.W. Mahone and Mrs. W. H. Bishop.