Polo Historical Society’s Obendorf: Looking for needles in haystacks

I am certain most of you have heard the old saying, “It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.” Well, recently I was at the museum looking for needles in haystacks. Aplington School, which was the old high school where I graduated, is getting ready to celebrate its 100th year. They are looking for old pictures and the history of when the building was built.First, I went to my scrapbook with pictures of when I went to high school and I had some in there. How many of you remember the old ticket booth at the entrance to the athletic field? I had a picture of that along with others of the building. I am not certain why I thought that ticket booth needed to be remembered by a picture but I did just that.Then someone had brought in a picture of the Lutheran Church women in the old cafeteria getting ready for the alumni banquet. How many of you even remember the cafeteria, which was taken out years ago? I loved that old cafeteria and Mrs. Salzman. I worked there at some point during high