I Knew That!

     John Kueck in the Korner, recently remembered that during his Iowa State days while lunching at the old Armory this National Champion baton twirler would often be working out. He thought her name was Jan but that was the extent of his memory of her. Really?
     The old Kornerman remembered this outstanding baton twirler also but didn't, at the time, recall any additional information.
     That lit up our email file like fireworks on the Fourth of July.
     Gary Knox wrote, "Joyce Rice was a well known baton twirler at some point while I attended ISU, 1958-1962.....http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/38184499."
     Elizabeth Hinz Reiss, BHS-58, wrote, "I enjoyed reading about the various uses individuals made of the Armory. For a very long time, it served as ISU's all-purpose auditorium. Now, they have that wonderful complex that is, unfortunately, built on a flood plain. Keep up your good work."
    Ron Hopkins from out in Washington State wrote, "I, too, remembered the baton twirler at Iowa State and thought her name was Joyce. A simple Google search yielded the name Joyce Rice and info about her subsequent career as an entertainer. See...http://www.riceandrenee.com/Page.html. I remember her performances at Cyclone football games. My freshman year at ISU (1959) was the year of the Dirty 30 football team. The team consisted of only 30 players that year, but they had a winning season and at least one player, Tommy Watkins, had a successful NFL career with the Detroit Lions. That era was also the tail-end of single-wing offenses and single-platoon football.  Most guys played both offense and defense. I "ate" most of my lunches at the pool tables in the Union. No room for Joyce to perform there. Please keep stimulating these old memories."
     When my Korner compadres mentioned Joyce Rice, it immediately "rang my bell." I should have known that name from the start but.........
     One thing I can use to add to my lost credibility is a fact nobody has mentioned. Unless I'm completely off base, Joyce was a native of Greenfield, Iowa.
     Oh, by the way, another thing hasn't been mentioned either. She was a nice young lady to look at. Right guys?
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     Back to Ron Hopkins mention of the Dirty 30. Perhaps some of our vast Korner viewership is unaware that the 1959 Cyclone team was not made up of "dirty players." It was just a nickname due to the fact they had limited numbers and had to "dig down deep" to keep pace with more prominent opponents that paraded many, many more athletes to the field than ISU could.
     I believe Dwight Nichols was the quarterback and "leader" of that unit coached by Clay Stapleton. I also believe Watkins was from Detroit and in those days there weren't as many "outsiders" on ISU athletic teams, at least in comparison to today. Nichols, in fact, I believe was from Knoxville, IA. It doesn't happen much anymore that our bigger universities have quarterbacks from Iowa.
     That last paragraph has come completely from my very old head so please correct me if I'm wrong about any of that info.
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     Thanks to LaVerne Anderson who, as mentioned in the last edition, sent us the Charles Schulz Philosophy. Schulz asks us to name the last five winners of the Miss America pageant, the five last Heisman trophy winners and etc. and then says, "None of us remember the headliners of yesterday. The applause eventually dies, awards tarnish and such achievements are forgotten. Then, Schultz ask us to list a few teachers who guided our journey through school and to name three friends who have helped us through a difficult time. Schultz then says, "these are not the ones with the most credentials or most awards. They simply are the ones who care the most."
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