April 28, 1955 Baseball - Collins had their second loss of the season, to Clemons 10-7. Clemons scored their ten runs in the first three innings. Collins scored five in the first inning and two in the last inning on their ten hits. Lineup: Fitzgerald (3b) 1 hit; Long (2b) 1 hit; Vasey (cf-p) 1 hit; Kilgore (c) 1 hit.; Thornton (lf) 1 hit; Dodd (ss) 1 hit; Clark (rf) 3 hits; Laird (lb) 2 hits; G. Smith (p-cf) 0 hits.
Collins defeated Mingo 10-1 behind the fine pitching of Gordon Smith who pitched seven innings. Runs - 1, hits - 5, strikeouts - (?), walks (?). N. Smith caught. Collins scored three runs in the second inning and seven runs in the fourth inning for their ten runs on eight hits. Lineup: Long (2b) 2 hits; Vasey (cf) 0 hit; Kilgore (3b) 0 hits; Clark (rf) 0 hits; Laird (lb) 2 hits; N. Smith (c) 1 hit; Thornton (lf) 1 hit; Dodd (ss) 1 hit; G. Smith (p) 1 hit; G. Fitzgerald (3b) 0 hits; D. Fitzgerald 0 hits; Rice (rf) 0 hits.
Sectional Baseball Tournament will be held at Collins City Park May 2, 4, and 6. Collins drew a bye in the first round.
Grade News: Sixth - Ronnie Maxwell has started lessons on a clarinet. Softball, baseball, and rope jumping have taken over the gym period. We tried square dancing and volleyball last week. We have been studying World War II in our History books. Last week we visited Winterset in our "Land Marks of Iowa" TV lesson. We are making a notebook of our television visits this winter and hope to visit some of these landmarks next summer.
May 5, 1955 The Junior-Senior Banquet was held in the high school gym Friday evening. The tables were beautifully set around the theme of April showers. The decorations were charcoal and pink with pink carnations, the seniors' colors and flower. Each guest received a little pink memory book, including the names of the speakers who were Betty Spooner, Mary McGrane, Mr. Lawson, Tom Reese, and Supt. Jackson. Thanks to the juniors for their planning and work, to the mothers of the juniors who prepared the meal, to the sophomores who served, and to Mr. Lawson and Miss Burton for help and counsel.
Baseball - Collins stopped Slater in a tight pitchers' dual, 3-2. Vasey pitched seven innings. Runs - 2, hits - 4, strikeouts - 12, walks - 3. Kilgore caught. Collins scored their three runs on only two hits, one each by Vasey and Thornton. Lineup omitted.
May 12, 1955 Skip Day to Chicago - The seniors left Collins at 12:30 A.M. Friday night. The cost of this tour was $14.15 per person and included round trip train ticket, three meals and bus tours around Chicago. As this was the first train trip for several of us, we were pretty excited. We met some seniors from Wayne, Nebraska who were taking the same excursion. Some seniors joined our group at Marion, Iowa. We crossed the Mississippi River at Sabula, Iowa and stopped at Savanna, Illinois. Our arrival in Chicago was at the Union Station. We went immediately to the site-seeing bus, which took us around the city of Chicago. Most of the morning was touring near Lake Michigan, the Gold Coast along Lake Shore Drive, with average rental rate of $150 to $350 a month. We stopped at the Lincoln Zoo for an hour tour. Lunch was at Henrich's in the Merchandise Mart. The next stop was the Museum of Natural History and Shedd Aquarium. The Egyptian mummies were especially interesting. Next stop was the famous and fascinating Museum of Science and Industry. We drove by the University of Chicago, Jackson Park, Washington Park, and the Old Gold Coast, which now has many large apartment houses. We took a twenty-minute stop in China Town, drove by the Hull House and across Maxwell Street. Our bus tour came to an end and we returned to Union Station, ate supper, did some shopping and got on the train for our return trip. I feel the trip was highly successful, enjoyed by all, and I am grateful that I was among the ones to go. We were accompanied by Supt. and Mrs. Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Reinderf.