Ashland High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (Ashland, NE)

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A very modern space shnp lourneyed up to see me the other dav lts passengers were none other than Jerry and Ruth Strenght Knee Newshaml Ruth has been a very lnfluentlal factor on her mllllonalre husband In the last census ut was found that he had more of everythlng than anyone else nncludlng children Everyone on the moon was very fnghtened recently when some unknown oblect whlzzed over at great speed Reports were sent out for the flymg dlscs but at was found to be a baseball thrown by Wullard Spech nn a major league game After the nntroductlon of televnsuon the popular crooner Vernon Merrn man has swept the bobby soxers off thelr feet A contest conducted for the women wnth the most quiet ways was won by Manlyn Edwards She was then bestowed the natlonal tltle of Mass Hush After a slnglng career of many years Gene Burdsall and Rene Jo Beck man lnee Squlrel have retnred from the stage Rene Jo wrote a book The Turkey and l Since she us not llvlng on a turkey farm we fngured the turkey could be none other than her husband Frank Lots Johnson us leadung a very quuet lufe slnce her marriage right after graduatuon from AHS She has been resudlng on a farm by Wann Luculle Fox us now an New York maknng sulver fox fur coats lf you want qualnty get a fox by Fox Also un New York are Margaret and Kathryn Leddy who have become promunent In the fashuon world It seems they have guven up marruage for a career of desugnnng clothes at Macy s Roberta Young has been busy un her campalgn for presndent She galned much polutucal expernence In her Soclal Sclence classes at Ashland Hugh School What do they do on a ralny nnght nn Rao? Naturally they watch Senonta LaVone Vance dance the rhumba ln the swanky Rao Nnght Club owned by Wayne Laughlnn She ganned her talent dancnng at class parties no? Maxune Barger and Donna Kuhlman recently swam the Englnsh Channel and won the much coveted gold cup They cut lt nn half as they sworn an relays Cnnderella Bonnue Dean marned the remaunlng Rockefeller brother Her weddlng outshone by far the weddung of Princess Elizabeth wav back when Tom Deleskl has started up a shoe manufacturing company to make shoes for all people who wear over snze l2 Jack Anderson IS his partner nn the nnterest of elevators on shoes of all people under 5 6 tall Beth Stanley ns teachlng the methods of excellent pug breedung an her 4 H club Henn s newest assustant us Ruth Vosler Her new beauty parlor us located at 48th and 5th Avenue In case you re ever an New York and need a going over l ll bet you can t guess who are the propruetors of the New Fushlng Lodge at Memphis Lake None other than lva Mae Stanke and Darlene Merrlman As of now the largest flsh were caught by the expert fishermen Floyd Cox and Donald Deal The fnsh welghed respectnvely 70 pounds and 75 pounds As Floyd and Don are the well known mnlllonaures of the rubber lndustry they spend all theur vacations near Ashland Knlttung Spinster Susue Sums as the newest candudate for woman presl dent Instead of klssmg all the babies she meets she passes out bonnets she has knitted ' I ' 1 1 1 ' , . . . . ,, . ,, I - . . ,, ' 1 ,, . . . . . ' 1 , . I ' I . . . , ' 1 . , . - ' 1 ' 1 . 1 11 ., . . . . , . . I , , . . . 1 1 . , - ' 1 1 1 ' ' I

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Class Prophecy Luvung on the moon us a very unterestung lufe From thus planet far above the earth I have been conducting a search for my former classmates on my former home planet the Earth Wuth the help of newspapers sent to me from Earth and my powerful telescope I have ended my search of many years One of the furst things I found out uS that Glen Rosenboom us a mussuonary un the South Sea Islands As we know he acquired thus desure to wander un Ashland Hugh School He wandered and the teachers wondered where he was most of the time However he us doung a very commendable uob teaching the natives of the jungle how to read and wrute He has not yet married but according to the chuef of the Ubagot trube there us to be a formal wedding ceremony next week Who should knock at my door the other day but Bully and Ruthie lnee Lundl Scott They came unto the house followed by theur many carrottops It seems they converted Lund s old faithful Model A unto a rocket shup and brought the whole family along for a rude They gave me some of the latest dope on my 48 classmates In an umpressuve ceremony un Chicago Harlow Todd was awarded the Daniel Webster Medal for Oratuon Hus speech was entitled The Haunt of Mankund Another headluner us Bud Tillman who received natuon wude recognutuon for attending Sunday School every Sunday for twenty years without mussung once Thus record compares favorably to hus record of attendance un the old red schoolhouse LaVerne Neumann ran 99 yards for a touchdown un the Rose Bowl game thus year He won the game for Nebraska but ut was due only to the fact that famous Come Huther look that we all remember I was overjoyed at receuvung a long distance telephone call from Mrs Catherine Marcy lnee Balloul She seems to be a very competent busuness manager for her husband as her call was to unquure whether or not anyone had dued recently on the moon We had a very unterestung get together and after two weeks conversung we funally saud our Au Rivers Charles Finney has been un Washungton makung speeches to Congress on the Plught of the Farmers Thus come as a surpruse to us and we wonder when hus opunuon changed Don Morrus us traunung Pistol on hus ranch un Wyomung As you know Pistol us Trugger s new colt belongung to Roy Rogers Max Welch spends most of hus time un hus sunken bathtub since hus returement He won S50 OOO with thus jungle Take ut from a dope There s no suds luke Sudsy Soap Don Slama has been voted the natuon s No I bus druver Hus druvung experuence came from druvung kuds to and from school Glenn Wagner seems to have taken over the leadershup of the Women's Chrustuan Temperance Union He became theur udol after hus successful campaugn to dry clean Nebraska He has been recommended for thus posutuon by popular vote of the socuety I , . I , . ' 1 ' I ' 1 I Il Il I . I r ll his wife, the former Shirley Raikes, was standing in the end zone flashing her II . II I ' ' I II ' Il ' ' ' I ' 1 ,, . 1 - ll , . . , . . . .

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Mrs Jack Fletcher Uackje Lewrsl now has prjorlty of the Ashland foot ball team Her twln sons now hold the posltlons of halfbacks on the Ashland team Betty Durban has been glven the l956 Pulrtzer Prize In Art for her great masterplece The Eyelash Margaret Jones as now the personal secretary of the president of the United States She has been recognuzed for her abjlnty un the Busmess World Mrss Sally Kuhn recently took a screen test for MGM after beung dns covered by a talent scout In the Power s Modeling School Frank Brung em back allve Scott IS now ID the Congo of Africa trapping wrld annmals He rndes horseback whale snarnng the ferocuous beasts that lurk nn the jungles Gary DeFo1l ns shnppnng umportant atomuc capsules from New York to San Franclsco an his new padded semi Thus us a very dangerous job and It takes an excellent trucker as the capsules are explosuve Mjss Arlene Kennedy js top columnust for the Polnce Gazette She ns always busy scouting around for :tems but If you get an appointment you may vlsut her from 6 untll 6 l5 p m For the best In men s clothes at s garments by Grauerholz He ranses the raw materual for hns textlles on has spacuous plantatnon un Georgua He specnaluzes nn tru colored necktjes Eldon js the possessor of the largest collec tuon of assorted necktnes an the country and hrs collection ns stull growlng Johnny Wollen has fjnally surpassed Tommy Manvnlle s record of so many wlves lt seems Johnny IS now plannlng to take as has l5th wnfe Mary Ann Holz They will resude on hls estate just outslde the clty lurnnts of Ashland LeRoy Eaton has sacrnfnced has cngar maknng for F E Boone an Tennessee to go to Hollywood to star nn the tutle role of Smokey He has been quite popular throughout the country sjnce the jntroductuon of has tobacco less cugars Of course you know LeRoy was called Smokey IH has hugh school days due to condjtnons beyond has control Ur playl The greatest sensatuon at the keyboard sunce Paderewskr as Marcel.a Thnessen Her fame has grown since we last knew her She tours the United States with Jose lturbl as his specnal crltlc Marcella IS also gnvnng piano lessons to graduates of the Jullard School of Muslc In New York exclusively Well my friends and so thus ends our gloruous lntervuew wlth the most famous of today s celebrutnes And as we journey down the long traul that leads to home we feel we shall never forget this enlightening lntervuew on the rnoon lt wlll stay with us forever to constantly remund us of that uncomparable class of l948 We see before us the brnlluant beauty of the sunset the glorious array of color that makes up the perfect sunset on the moon And as we now leave thus lumunous body wuth nts picturesque craters and great mounds of ruch yellow cheese we bud Farewell to all of you from all of us - I1 H I . . , . . , . . . . , ' 1 I . I 1 - I - 1 . , . . , , - - 11 ll - - 11 11 - - - ' 1 1 . . . . r I . 1 1 ' 1 1 j . . I I . I 1 - ll ll I .