Clarks High School - Bomber Yearbook (Clarks, NE)

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sarcoR class history On the first day of Sept. 1937, three of the present Senior Class entered Kindergarten. They were Donna Kluck, Leo Lamb, and Wayne Craig. Miss Augustus was their fine understanding teacher Along with these were Ivan. Waggoner, Joyce Stromberg, Shirley Merritt, Dean Church, and Ronnie Kettler. After completing Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades, we were sent to Miss Crain, vh o taught the 3rd and 4th grades. In the two years that we spent with Miss Crain, we found out what a good teacher she was. Inc those two years two were added to our class and one was left behind. They were Lorraine Mangelsen, Marlene Morris and Joyce Stromberg respectively. Lyle Wonderlich spent the 4th year with us . After completing those grades we made a journey to Miss Sweet’s room where we started our 5th year. Here Dick Spires, Clara Belle Sauter, Mary Gibb, and Herbert Myers joined our class Deani Church also returned to our class after having spent his 4th year in a country school. We got through our 5th year with very little trouble. We think this was due to the good diciplineing of our teacher. During our 6th year we had some more additions to our nice little class. They were Don Ntoble and Marjorie Thompson.. Our 6th year went as smoothly as our 5th year. Marjorie Thompson left at the end of the year. We left Miss Sweet (to her great sorrow) to enter the 7th and 8th greades under Mrs, Wegner. We will always remember Mrs. Wegner as the teacher who always had a smile and a wink for everybone. During these two years, several joined our popular class. They were Btetty Church, Gene Hayes, Merle Stromberg, and Dick Galusha. Then, at the closing of our 7th year Betty Church and Frank Harlow left our class. Finally, at last, the big moment arrived.. We received our eighth grade diplomas. What a thrill II We were all anxious to start our high school course but we also hated to leave the grade school. When the day came to enter High School, we were all excited. Of course we had more additions to our grade. They were Darlene Hannappel, Barbara Beck, Delores Fritz, Ronnie Carlson, and Dwain Schultz.. Marlene Morris, who had left us in the 4th grade, now came back to join us at the second semester along with Clara Belle Colby from Silver Creek. Initiation was not permitted that year. Some were glad and some were sorry. Due to a very unfortunate circumstance, we lost Ivan Waggoner, who became a victim of polio.

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During our second year of High School everything went as well as could be expected. By now we had caught on to quite a few of the tricks of high school. Ronnie Carlson left us to finish school in Osceola, We had three new classmates that year also, who were Thomas Lahowetz, Joan Kleve, and LeRoy Kleve, who didn't complete his high school days. Shirley Merritt also left us that year to go to Omaha Tech, where she completed her 10th and 11th years. After completing these years she got married. We had a Christmas party on December 15. Some will never forget it...we wonder why??? The most flan we had in our Junior year was when we had our Junior play. The name of it was ,,The Great Ben Allah . Also we prepared a nice Junior-Senior Banquet. We had a few parties during that year. We also saw a few shows which were most generally pretty interesting. During that year we lost Delores Fritz who married Kenny Dittmer. In our final year, we have had many memorable experiences----some good— We have only lost two members. Marlene Morris got married during the stammer and Mary Gibb quit. She is working at St. Ed at the present. Everyone had fun working on the Football-Basketball Banquet. We are now working on the our Senior Class Play, The Phantom Bells .. Vfc are store it will be a success. The biggest moment is yet to arrive when we will receive our signed diplomas, ft was well worth the 13 long years of waiting and working. We have tried to give you a nearly complete history of the class of 1950. We also want to thank the teachers who have helped us with our problems. Don't feel too bad when we leave-----we know it's a great loss but think of the future you have prepared us for and let that be you consolation. The remaining members of the class are as follows? some bad. Barbara Beck Clara Belle Colby Wayne Craig Darlene Hannappel Gene Hayes Joan Kleve Donna KLuck Leo Lamb Thomas Lahowetz Lorraine Mangelsen Clara Belle Sauter Dwain Schultz Dick Spires Merle Stromberg