Spring Baseball Season Summary - Results of every season game played was not found. Sectional Tournament: Collins won the championship defeating Baxter 4-0, Maxwell 6-2, and Rhodes 6-0.
District Tournament - First Round: Collins vs. Stratford - Lost 8-5.
Season Record - Results of every season game played was not found.
Regular game players: Danny Long (60) (p-2b), Jim Nichol (61) (c), Jim Crabb (61) (1b), Galen Smith (62) (2b-ss), George Ballard (62) (3b), Gary Borts (60) (ss-p), John Tiffany (60) (lf), Mort Dodd (62) (cf), Walt Nichol (61) (rf), Norman Spooner (p-c). Other team players: Terry Huntrods (62) (of), Ben Carver (62) (of), Dennis Downing (62) (of), Clifford Dalby (62) (of), Vernon Hickle (62) (of), Buland Hennick (of), Jerry Talburt (63) (of). Highlights of the season was winning the Sectional Tournament and the outstanding pitching of Danny Long and Gary Borts, allowing only two hits during the three games, and also 41 strikeouts in the three games.
May 24, 1960 A special election for directors for Collins' newly formed reorganized school district will be held May 26. Nominees for district directors are: I - L. W. Dodd; II - Jack Thomas; III - Cyril Lingeling; IV - Richard Holland. At Large - Harold Hale, William Huntrods, Richard Long. Nominee for Treasurer - Marie Morrison. The new officers will take office July 1. Balloting will be in the Collins Town Hall from 12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m.
May 25, 1960 The Senior class with the classes of Colo and Maxwell enjoyed a trip into Chicago last Thursday through Saturday. They traveled on the Rock Island "Rocket" train and stayed at the Corydon Hotel. They visited the Board of Trade and toured the city seeing the Museum of Science and Industry, China Town, Maxwell Street, Buckingham Fountain, Skyline view of the city from the 40th floor of the Prudential building and Lake Shore drive. Accompanying the group were Mr. and Mrs. Glennus Hinders.
May 27, 1960 Eighteen graduating Collins seniors were told last night that a happy future is more difficult to achieve than the TV ads proclaim - to use the right shampoo, take three vitamins a day, or rub the right things on under their arms. Dr. David Falconer, family sociology instructor and marriage counselor at Iowa State University told the graduates there were four basic rules for a happy life. (1) Keep working at being happy - happiness is not the result of an idle mind, (2) Plan for the future - few good things that happen to a person occur automatically, (3) Work at a faith by which you can live - an inner guidance systems satisfaction with happiness, and (4) Keep looking for the good in other people. The auditorium/gym was crowded with parents and friends for the Commencement. Commencement Program: Processional and Recessional - Linda Atwood; Invocation - Rev. Thomas Woodin; Benediction - Rev. Robert McDonald; Music - Richard (Dick) Rice (Trombone Solo), two vocal numbers by the girls sextet and girls chorus. Graduating seniors: Rita Branscomb, Sonya Dassenko, Margo Mead, Shirley Ann Kern, Betty Jane Kearns, Judith Feige, Margaretha Fitzgerald, Beverly Kelderhouse, Elaine Kelderhouse, Duretta Phares, Lois Struthers, Gary Borts, Robert Dodd, Ronald Etnier, Douglas Gibford, Danny Long, John Tiffany, Ronald Robinett.