Broken Bow High School - Warrior Yearbook (Broken Bow, NE)

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1 Did You Know That— Custer County is just 60 years old? It was organized in 1877. One of the chief arguments in favor of organizing was that cattle and horse stealing could then be stopped more easily. It was named for the famous Indian fighter, General Custer? Its area is 2,592 square miles, which is more than the area of Delaware, and twice the area of Rhode Island? Stockmen who had traveled over the plains between here and Texas said this was the best country for ranging stock to be found in the U. S.? The history of the county is full of bloodshed and murder? The early settlers fought the Indian and the cowboy. Cattlemen, who were the first white settlers, were driven west by the homesteaders. The winter of 1880-1881 was a hard one? Ice and snow covered the feed, and as a result, about three-fourths of the cattle on the ranges died. Broken Bow and Westerville were once rivals for the county seat? Broken Bow's first newspaper, the Custer County Republican, first appeared on June 29, 1882? The first hotel in the town was run by Mr. Fleming and stood where the Grand Central was later located? The first school was taught by Mrs. M. E. Lewis in a sod house? The first bank was the Custer County Bank? The first church was built by the Methodists in 1883? It was the first brick building in town and was later used by Dr. Mullins as a sanitarium. The B and M railroad reached here in 1886? By 1887 Custer County had a bad reputation? When the train reached Mason, the brakeman announced, You have now crossed the Custer County line; prepare to meet your God. In 1888 Broken Bow was organized as a city of the second class? In the same year the first legal execution in the county took place? A man was hanged on gallows erected at the court house. In 1894 there was a drouth and financial panic? The population of the city decreased one-third.

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Sophomores Back Row—Roy Cash. James Arnold, Gale Neiswanger, Theran Anglemyer, Berl Blair, Robert Weekly, Russell Ullrich. Second Row—Anna VanSant, Clifford Dudley, Norval Books, Charles Fox, Veronica Rourke, Ruth Cox. Front Row—Louise Holcomb, Elizabeth Crouch, Maxine Imboden, Marie Stone, Margaret Scott. The sophomores seem to be an outstanding class. Gale Neiswanger was a member of the football squad and Jimmie Arnold turned out to be a whirlwind in basketball. In the music department, they were represented by Berl Blair and Robert Weekly, who played instrumental solos in the local contest, and by Elizabeth Crouch and Theran Angelmyer, who sang vocal solos. Class Officers Gale Neiswanger ..................... James Arnold ........................ Agnes Mullen ........................ Miss Beal, Mr. Sterner .............. ..........President .....Vice President Secretary-T reasurer ............Sponsors Back Row—Xavier Mohatt, Charles Stricklin. Dale Talbot, Elwood Carland, Dillard Huffaker, Keith Taylor. Second Row—Margaret Runyan, W’anda Cole, Iris Johnson, Doris Palmer, Opal Neth. Agnes Mullen. Front Row—Winona Bates, Anna Caywood. Mary Myers, Thelma Elliott, Glendora McMullen.

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Dear Diary: Well, I went to visit school with Father today. I had such a lovely time. I must tell someone, and you can't answer back, so here goes! I first went upstairs to the study hall—Father always goes there first— and there we found a Junior Class meeting. My, there are a lot of Juniors. And they are surely full of pep. They were debating some problem referring to the Junior and Senior Banquet. Yes, they have banquets in high school. I wish they had when I went to school. It is awfully different. Only one big stove to heat the whole building. They have a system that carries the heat all over the school. We next went into the Chemistry lab. I had a terrible time getting Dad to go in. He said he had enough of it the last time, but he finally came in. We found the room swarming with students all yelling at the same time. They were algebra students trying to get help on their class work. The teacher, Mr. Wells, looked a bit terrified. We didn't want to make more trouble, so we left, to find something not so noisy. But we didn't. In fact, we found something more noisy. The girls' gym class. They were playing basketball, dressed in shorts and play suits. I just wondered what mother would say if she had seen them. It just wouldn't have been done in my school days, but times have changed. We wandered back upstairs, and found the matinee of the Junior Play just starting, so we stayed. It was very interesting. 1 wish we had had plays, and such programs when I went in school. It makes school more interesting and is educational. Father and I came back that evening to a Carnival put on by the ''Peppy Pep Club as dad calls them. It was lots of fun. Throwing confetti, blowing whistles, yelling, playing bingo, and just gobs of other things. The Carnival Queen and King were voted for during the evening. They were Betty Watts, a cute little blond, and Gale Neiswanger, tall, dark and handsome. Dad says I had better not go again, because I picked up too much slang while I was there. I had a grand time, and would like to go again. Maybe I will, who knows? Junior Play Cast Back—Irvin Yohn. Elizabeth Haumont, Marthaleen Sanford, Ronald Williams. Front—Bud Dean, Vera Mae Volzke, Miss Schluckebier, Richard Raasch, Blanche Lyon, Mr. Wells.