Blue Hill High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Blue Hill, NE)

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The Last Will and Testament of the Senior Clcrss of 1953 We the Senror Class of 1953 rn the Crty of Blue H111 the County of Webster and the State of Nebras ka berng of unquestronable character and mental con drtron do hereby make thrs our last wrll and testament renderrng word and of no avarl any former wrll or wrlls that may have been prevrously made by us durrng a perrod of temporary optrmrsm To the school and our herrs we are leavrng a magnrlicent and valuable volume comprled by us the Senror Class durrng the four years of our ardent search for knovrledge In rt you wrll find lrsted our many outstandrng deeds and achrevements You wrll also Hnd a sectron wrrtten rn behalf of the unrors Here they wrll frnd helpful suggestroas on how to act whrle they are Senrors sample examrnatrons fno ans wersb and several mrscellaneous rtems whrch we hope wrll be useful The teachers of Blue Hrll Hrgh School wrll find a wonderful specrally tested recrpe for never farl de lrcrous coffee tPerfected by Mary Brown and anet Kort durrng therr coffee hourj Besrdes thrs wonderful tome there are also smaller rndrvrdual bequests as follows Anrta Albrn wrlls her back seat rn the study hall to George Brayton Its closer to the waste basket and pencrl sharpener Norrrs Augustrn vsrlls hrs pep band to Dorothy Dusek or anvone else wrth a loud xorce and weak mrnd Mary Brown wrlls her fondness for red harr to Erleen Kranau so she and Merwrn wrll get along better Merle Brown wrlls hrs studrous qualrtres to Mr Runnalls Hell need them thrs summer eannrne Carpet vsrlls her abrlrty to keep her harr lookrng nrce to Patty Holthaus Make good use of rt Pat' Clara Duesterhoeft wrlls her blushes to Peggy Meyer Monera Dusek wrlls her quret ways to Roberta Lukas Don t abuse them Roberta Randall Frahm wrlls hrs trtle of Senror Casanova to anyone who can fulfill the qualrhcatrons That one may be tough Verla Fry vrrlls her posrtron as Belle of Paulrne to Ixathy Post Eleanor Gartner wrlls her actrng abrlrty to the would be actors and actresses of B H H S anet lxort wrlls her house next to the school to erry Koepke so that he can get to band on trme Shrrley lxort wrlls her good natured ways and cheerfulness to jrnct Brker Velmr Kohmctsclrer vrrlls her rnterest rn nursrng to Betty Rort tThrnk of thosc cute male patrents Betty D Carroll Goll vtrlls hrs physrque to Larry Peterson Youd better go on 1 drct Lrrry Shrrley Nrss wrlls her brg brown eyes to Elarne Grlprn Novr she cm rttrrct some of those cute I-last rngs boys Robert Not ak xxrlls hrs bashfulness to Glen john son Gary Rerbcr wrlls enough of hrs waxy blond harr to Mr Gray so that he can use the comb he got for Chrrstmas Loren Rose wrlls hrs hergnt to Marron Waluurn Hell need rt when he makes the frrst team rn basket a Chuck Van Boenrng wrlls hrs ornerrness and curly harr to Rrchard Hubl Take good care of rt Rrchard Alvrn Wrllems wrlls hrs frrst charr posrtron rn the clarrnet sectron to Archre Huol Thatll take a lot of practrce Archre In The Years To Come It rs a quret evenrng rn May 1968 The scene rs rn the famous New York nrght spot the Stork Club Thrs rs Celebrrty Week rn New York and tonrght all the celebrrtres from Blue Hrll Nebraska are meet rng I understand that all these celebrrtres were grad uates of the class of 53 The room rs rather drmly lrghted as they all srt together drscussrng old trmes A hush falls over the group and a small almost bald headed man steps up on t e platform Somethrng about hrm seems famrlrar es I know now rt rs hrs harr Its Mr Ralph Gray used to be one of the sponsors of thrs class and I see he has been chosen to be master of ceremonres thrs evenrng He has started to recall old memorres that the group shared together and rs gorng to talk wrth each celebrrty to frnd out what great rmprove ment they have contrrbuted to socrety A small consprcrous rntellrgentlookrng gentle man steps forward and after a glance I can see rt rs Carroll Goll He rs the yazz band krng of New Or leans now famous for hrs rendrtron of Blue Hrll Blues After a few selectrons from Carrolls Jazz band a tall handsome gentleman dressed rn a gleam rng space cadet unrform comes to the spotlrght I can see now rt rs our old classmate Merle Brown who has just returned from hrs frfth trrp to the moon I rs rumored he has a grrl there I now hear a great applause as the famous Broad way star Mercy Krlbrrde known to us as Eleanor Gart ner steps forward She rs playrng Ma Skrtter rn the famous Broadway hrt Comrn Round the Mountarn Everyone remembers the hrt she was rn the unror Class play Now a very handsome gentleman steps forth from the crowd He srnrles and I know at once rt rs Randall Frahm Randall rs srngrng for The Lucky Strrke program I Lrke em Round Frrm and So Fully Packed As he leaves the spotlrght I hear a low whrstle and srgh as a slender grrl vxrth a stunnrng harr do walks up to the platform Thrs cm be none other than Clara Duesterhoeft She rs now the owner and oper ator of Mademorselle Clarres Beauty Shop rn Boston famous for rts lovely frnger curls Thrs must be a re- sult of her practrce rn Englrsh class rn hrgh school days A charr squeaks and a tall gentleman steps for ward He looks famrlrar btrt yet 1 can not place hrm -oh yes rt rs Loren Rose He rs xery drstrngurshed lookrng and Loren tells us he rs the head taxrdermrst and screntrst rn the Smrthsonran Instrtute rn Washrng ton D C At the rrght of the platform rs an attractrve wo man who has been sketchrng the group thrs evenrng I . , . . 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'1'he Great Adventure If you have ever set out upon an unknown road to some unknown place you will undoubtedly know the anrtcrpatton and fear that ran through the hearts of four little gtrls as they assembled rn a large room one September morning rn 1940 There were Frances Mc Bride Jeannine Carper Monera Dusek and anet Kort rn this ltttle group The ctty they were starting from was named Blue Hrll They decided to name thetr ex pedrrron Kindergarten for this was just the begnnnrng At the end of the first lap of their journey they lost anet Kort but picked up some male companions Warren Derby and Rrchard Doyle Thrs second lap of their journey they called the Ftrst Grade As they rounded a dark corner about nalr way tnrough this lap they chanced upon a lonely boy srtttng along the way They asked his name he answered Carroll Goll and they rnvtted him to contrnue the journey with them Thts made sux in the lrtrle band Monera Dusek Fran ces McBr1de Jeannlne Carper Carroll Goll Warren Derby and Richard Doyle Durmg the next lap of their journey which they called the Second Grade John Jefferres and Shirley Weber jorned the group but Warren Deroy dropped our This left seven rn the group Jeannine Carper Monera Dusek Frances McBr1de Carroll Goll John Jefferres Richard Doyle and Shrrley Weber Mtss Josephrne Wrtght was the overseer of thrs group for the flrsr three laps The next lap of their journey took them up the steep slope of the Starr Steppes and they found them selves rn all together new surroundrngs They had also acqulred a new overseer Miss Betty Hartley The group called thrs the Third Grade lap They gained and lost Allen Starr on rhrs lap and also lost ohn efferxes Richard Doyle and Shirley Weber leavrng Monera eannlne Frances and Carroll to round the wooded corner to the stretch of their adventure called the Fourth Grade Around rhts corner they came upon Robert Alber and Lots Buss They jorned the band brmgrng the number to srx agam The may grew harder and they lost Robert Alber and Lots Buss only to prck up Rudy Wilma and Wrlda rrkovsky Vaughn Schmidt and Betty Leetsch The overseer too was changed from Mtss Hartley to Kath ryn Wall on the stretch called Frfth Grade They kept right on moving but lost no one and gained only Norrxs Augustm On the lap called Sixth Grade they lost Overseer Wall but garned overseer Ethel Matrock They covered a long open stretch called Second Floor Corrrdor and came to the Seventh Grade Plam where they gatned Kathleen Hartman and lost Wtlda Wrlma and Rudy Jrrkovsky They mer Mrs Theron Flsh and asked her to oversee this leg of the journey The second half of the journey across these plains they called the Eighth Grade Along this way they grew to eleven m number adding Betty Lou Kranau Robert Kntgge and Charles Van Boenmg to the orrg mal group of erght of whom Mrs Ftsh was sttll leader From the Eighth Grade Plams they cltmbed the Higher Steppes to the Nmth Grade Journeyway Here awarred another new land and thmgs were carried on much drfferently from ever before After raking role they found that there were now twenty seven rn the group They were Norris Augustm Monera Dusek Jeannme Carper Carroll Goll Kathleen Hartman Betty Leetsch Betty Kranau Frances McBr1de Charles Van Boentng Antra AlDlU Betty Beyke Mary Brown Merle Brown Lots Buss Clara Duesterhoeft Randall Frahm Charles Frank Verla Fry Eleanor Gartner anet Kort Shirley Kort Bernard was RODCII Novak Gary Rexber Loren Rose Alun Wrllems and Gale Clrffton Before the entlre lap taking nine months from starr to finish Gale had found the may too rough and dropped out Th1s group of course requlred more than one overseer so they looked around and savt a very dxstnngtnshed lookmg group at one srde of the road In this group were mr Roge s Mrs r1cCoj M esser Mrs Spearman Mr Marrow and Mrs Hughes Because they felt sorry for thrs lonely look mg group they mvrred them to lead them in the right dtrectron which after coaxrng ttey con ented to do Charles Frank and Bernard Nass departed from the group at the end of the Freshman Lap of tae ad venture but Shirley Nass came Vaughn Schmidt re turned Wayne Alberts came and Clara Belle Snyder came then left so at the end of the journey through the Sophomore Strarr the num er of members in the group was twenty six As they entered and explored the Junror Jungle they mer Velma Kohmerscher and Snrley Dygert and mvrred them to join the Happy Band of Wayfarers because they had lost Frances McBr1de Betty Leetsch Wayne Alberts Clara Belle Snyder and Vaughn Schmidt rn the waters of Sophomore Srralr Whrle explormg Junror ungle they came upon the old custom of presenting the Junror Semor Ban quet so they first gave the tradttrontl Junior Class play to raise funds to finance If The name of the Willa Lewis who was co overseer with ames Runnalls They sponsored all the gomgs on of the group that year The theme of the banquet was the Stork Club Merle Brown prestdent of the group was the Master of Ceremonies at this banquet It was soon the fall of 1952 and the band came shufflltng through the dry red leaves to rhetr final ob jectrve Senior Utopra or at le lsr that was what they thought tt was until they got a good look ar it They then decrded rt was like most of the other parts of the journey except now they were the highest of the high the mrghty Semors It too was harder than ever before but that comes with educatlon They were rn number only twenty one untrl Betty Kranau left ln the middle of the year Then the group consisted of eleven girls and nrne boys They were Monera Dusek Jeannine Carper Anita Albin anet Kort Clara Duesterhoeft Snrley Kort Strley Ntss Mary Brown Verla Fry Eletnor Gutner Velmr Koh merscher Norrls Augustm Carroll Goll Randall Frahm Alvm Willems Merle Brown Robert Novak Loren Rose and Gary Rel er They had lost at the edge of the Jumor Jungle Betty Beyke Lots Buss and Shtrley Dygcrt Monera and Jeannine were the only two to have completed the entire adventure together In the Senior Land they produced another play Thls one was named Bolts and Nuts This helped to finance their Skip Trip to Omaha and Ltncoln to see the Ice Capades of l953 Thts adventure rs by no means over for as the years go by each tndrvrdual will go on making hrs own hoped for future become tne satisfying pres ar 7 1 7 7 Y A7 V . 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She steps forward and rntroduces herself as our old frrend and classmate Anrta Albrn She rs now famous for her many prctures of modern art many of whrch are hangrng rn The Louvre rn Parrs France Thrs rs qurte a change from the prctures she was famous for at Blue Hrll ' I now see a gentleman wrth red harr comrng up to the platform He appears to be rather nervous and I rmmedrately recognrze hrm as none other than our old classmate Charles Van Boenrng Charles rs a psychologrst at Srng Srng and very busy studyrng case hrstorres Hrs future must hase been decrded by hrs profound love for psychology rn Blue Hrll A shapely attractrxe chorus grrls steps forward She rs short and has dark harr I recognrze her as Shrrley Nass but on Broadway she rs known as De lrghtful Delrcate Delectably Yours A tall man wrth black harr steps forward from the audrence He rs wearrng a long black robe and from hrs quret drgnrty I see rt rs Robert Novak H rs pastor of a church rn the prosperous crty of Ayr and very much lrked by hrs congregatron Next a slender grrl of medrum herght wrth blond harr comes up and I recogmze her as aner Kort She rs the lady prlot of the class and has just won the ladys speed record of gorng 20000 mrles an hour rn her rocket shrp the B H H S Space Flyer A short man wrth horn rrmmed glasses now comes forward and I see rmmedrately rt rs Alvrn Wrllems I can see by hrs manner he has followed up hrs old de srre to be a teacher I understand Alvrn rs now the Superrntendent of schools rn Blue Hrll Now there rs a stunnrng srlence as I see a neatly dressed Arr Lrne Stewardess come forward She has a sweet ready smrle for everyone I recognrze her as Mary Brown I understand she and anet are gorng rnto space travel wrth Merle An elegantly dressed woman rs now comrng rnto vrew She has long dark harr and her shortness tells me rmmedrately that rt rs Monera Dusek She rs a leadrng dress desrgner rn New York and by lookrng at her one can easrly see why ' As Monera leaves the platform a neatly dressed woman rn a nurses unrform comes up to tell of her experrence as a nurse rn the Mayo Brothers Clrnrc I can see rt rs Velma Kohmetscher Her ambrtron to be a nurse evrdently proved successful Now comrng up to the platform rs a well dress ed man He rs short and has blonde harr I be lreve rt rs Gary Rerber Yes rt rs Gary rs now the presrdent of General Motors and well known for hrs never farl swrtch rn the new modern Chevrolet I guess thrs was brought about by the trouble he used to hare wrth the swrtch rn hrs dads car rn hrgh school days Who rs thrs comrng up to talk to the group' I notrce she has been takrng notes all durrng the pro gram She rs of average herght and dressed rn a very neat busrness surt It rs Shrrley Kort She explarns that she rs Garys prrvate secretary I guess she felt rt her duty to help hrm as she was the cause of the broken swrtch A woman neat rn appearance rn every way steps up and I can tell rmmedrately rt rs eannrne Carper jeannrne rs a great metropolrtan opera srnger She rs gorng to srng her theme song Ill see you Agarn Next a tall handsome woman wearrng the unr form of a wartress comes boldly to the platform She speaks to Mr Gray I realrze rt rs our classmate Verla Fry She rs now the owner of the Country Inn at Paulrne noted for rts del crous home cooked meals A man who I rmmedrately recognrze as Norrrs Augustrn now comes up on the platform and tells the group of hrs experrence as the engrneer of a conser vatron company Hrs project novr rs a concrete dam over the Lrttle Blue Rrver A woman rs stepprng forward rrchly dressed and wearrng a dramond broach Of course everyone re members her as Betty Lou Kranau Betty rs now the happy vrrfe of a jeweler rn Denver Colorado A small rather stooped gentleman now comes forward After watchrng hrm for a moment I can tell rt rs Mr Rrchard Hadsell the other sponsor of thrs class Mr Hadsell was the athletrc coach at Blue Hrll He remrnrsces wrth the group for a whrle and tells us he now has a srx man team of hrs own The lrghts are growrng drmmer and the group rs gettrng ready to leave These are the happy and prosperous graduates of 53 and I know rf all the Blue Hrll townsfolks were here they would be very proud of them Senror Skrp Tnp On Aprrl IO 1953 at 7 00 a m the Senror Class departed on therr skrp trrp After seventeen senrors and therr sponsor Mr Gray boarded a chartered bus drrven by Mr Kane they started for a two day ex cursron Therr first apporntment was to tour the State Penrtentrary rn Lrncoln After so dorng they contrnued therr trrp to Omaha where they regrstered at the Hamrl ton Hotel That evenmg they drned at the Colony Club after whrch they attended the Ice Capades The next day they concluded therr trrp by tourrng the Unrsersrty Campus rn Lrncoln They arrrved home after an enjoyable trrp Career Day Conferences The first Annual Career Day Conferences were called to order Aprrl 2 by Norrrs Augustrn senror class presrdent Senrors from Bladen Cowles Eckley Gurde Rock and Red Cloud were present The conferences were opened by Dr Charles O Nerdt Professor of Educatronal Psychology from the Unrversrty of Nebraska Vocatronal group meetrngs were held rn the mornrng and afternoon whrch were conducted by men and women rn therr freld of work There were drscussrons on cosmetology carpenter work nurses trarnrng farmrng typrng and stenographrc work lzusrness admrnrstratron dentrstry and other fields , . 1 ' ' 1 , , . , - , . . 1 ' 1 1 . . . 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