Bayard High School - Tiger Yearbook (Bayard, NE)

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'44 BOB O'NEAL Best-natured Most attractive HELEN VALDEZ Most attractive Most likely to succeed JOHN SOHUS Best liked teacher LORETTA GARDNER Courteous PHYLLIS MOOMAW Scholarship THELMA RAYMOND Best liked teacher MERVIN REICZIETIT Courteous BOB HILLMAN Scholarship Most ilkelyx to succeed DELBERT WIMMER Talkative Achievements HALL OP FAME HELEN BIGLER Best-naturcd MARILYN O'NEAL Achievements CAROLYN MICHAEL Talkative Q

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-.S?.E- B. H. S. A C. E. YOUNG A. B., M. ED. Superintendent Physics, Physical Edu cation SAM GARBER A. B. Athletics, Social Sci- ence World History JOHN SOHUS B. Sc. Journalism, Biology, Science EMMA HOPPLE B. A. History, Geography RONALD EDIE A. B. Principal Shop, Civics, Economics, Physical Education GENEVIEVE O'KEEFE B. Sc, English, Dramatics, G. A. A. HELEN RUNKEL B. Sc. Typcwriting, American History ARDIS EDIE English, Science VIRGINIA TALBOT B. Sc. English, Home Eco- nomics MARY B. PERSON B. A. Algebra, Geometry CHARLES BEERS B. A. Mathematics, Band CLARA HERRMANN Art, Reading, Spelling, G. A. A. THELMA RAYMOND A. B. Typewriting, Bookkeep- ing, Shorthand MARGARET STEPHENS B. F. A. Music Supervision, English, Latin BESSIE MEGAS Office Secretary GRACE RILEY Mathematics, Hygiene Not Pictured GERTRUDE PEPER Music, Penmanship, Reading

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B. H. S. eniofui-7lze Nady n that warm September day, eighty- three Apprentice-Seamen started their boot training at Bayard High Naval Training Station. It was a strange phase of life which we now encountered, and many a new problem arose. We were always ambiguous as to the next step we would take, but we were eased by the able leader- ship of Admiral Zelda Birdsall, Vice- Admiral Bob O'Neal, Rear-Admiral Maxine Fields, Captain Doris Davidson, Commander Newell Wine and Lieutenant-Commander Mrs. Birdsall. .1-Qi... We commemorate Thomas Parks, whose ship was sunk on Feb1'ua1'yLfl5, 1941. .4 g. 1...-01.1. Ready for our second trainingj were fifty- six Seamen Third-Class. We were then more confident of ourselves because of the previous naval training. That year, our commanding officers were Admiral Delbert Wimmer, Vice-Admiral Helen Valdez, Rear- Admiral Mervin Reichert, Captain Bob O'Neal, Commander Charles Beers and Lieutenant-Commander Mrs. Wimmer. Next, we were able Second-Class Seamen -fifty-three of us. Our officers were Ad- miral Helen Bigler, Vice-Admiral Max Remick, Rear-Admiral Dorothy Mae Reic- hert, Captain Alvin Bauer, Commander Mrs. Rystrom and Lieutenant-Commander Mrs. Wimmer. Our thoughts sail back to this eventful training in which we sponsored the Junior and Senior Banquet, the theme being An Old-Fashion Garden. And remember how the Prom made possible the many nautical romances? Our Junior Class Play, Cross My Heart, also brings back many memories. 8 At last, we received our rating as Seamen First-Class. There were forty-two of us taking our last naval training which we finally completed with assiduous efforts. Our cumulative achievements were aided this year by our commanding officers who were: Admiral Dean Suhr, Vice-Admiral Bob Hill- man, Rear-Admiral Loretta Gardner and Captain Helen Brown. Two other very valuable assets to our Navy were Command- er John Sohus and Lieutenant-Commander Mrs. Wimmer, who really toiled with us patiently. A So ends our Naval Training at Bayard High, and now we are ready for sea duty. We shall be assigned to many different ships-each ship going its own way, and we shall have to leave our Buddies be- hind. Our journey is well launched now, and though we shall be very far apart, we shall all be held together under the supervision of Uncle Sam--manning our guns, throwing our lines, convoying ships, and signaling our Allies with our most dynamic power to reach our goal of Victory, Some of our former shipmates have al- ready had their training and have sailed away. They are: John Ebel, who is in the Army, Richard Croxen, Max Remick, David Johnston, Alvin Keil, and Delbert Wimmer, who are in the Navy. Bob O'Neal, who has proved eligible for the Navy Air Corps, will be in by July 1, 1944. So here's the best of luck to all you gallant fighting men and a challenge to the 1944 Seniors to contribute their efforts to- ward bringing this war to a victorious end. Helen Valdez and Delbert Wimmer