Clay Center High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Clay Center, NE)

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5 WILL I CLAS 'X X -1-- We, the SENIOR CLASS of '51, being of sound body and of as sound a mind as we ever will be, do hereby declare and publish this, our last will and testament. To all Junior Alberding wills his ability to study to Jerry Kinyoun. Charlene Arp wills her smallness to Jeanette Smith. Arthur Fate wills his driving ability to D. A. Schliep. Jack Fitzke wills his numerous girlfriends to anybody who wants them. Tom Flesner wills his little black book to Dick Yost. Russell Gavin wills his jealous heart to Janene Ockinga. Helen Godtel wills her quiet nature to D. C. Schliep. Lilburn Hajny wills his long legs to Jim Smith. Doyt Hamilton wills his big brown eyes to Marsha Head. Roy Hanson wills his interest in girls to Harold Hansen. Joan Heglin wills her Mae West acting ability to Mary Lou Lemkau. Jerilyn Hill wills her out-of-town boyfriends to Alice Hill. Roma Holst wills her fondness for college boys to Lavon Barnes. Lowell Hoyt wills his pull with the teachers to Jay Sullivan. Jerry Jones wills his boisterous manner to Alvin Hajny. Kenneth Lemkau wills his curly hair to Wayne Campbell. Bill Lovercheck wills his football suit to Irvin Jackson. Donna Miller wills her brains to Paul Overholser. Barbara Moser wills her ability to get out of class to Lona Rae Peterson. Ronnie Nall wills his kissing technique to Harry Vacek. Gladys Pomeroy wills her soprano voice to Wayne Garrison. Marabell Scalf wills her reserved parking lot to Laverne Shaw. Darrel Smith wills his happy-go-lucky ways to Bill Holst. those who benefit by this will we extend our kindest sympathies. Signed, Sealed and Delivered by the SENIOR CLASS of '5l.

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. is PRCPHEC 1 CLAS iw -R .All ln. the most successful School. We didn't We heard it rumored that the class of '51 was class that ever graduated from Clay Center High believe this, so we set out to see for ourselves. We decided to start where the class started, to Clay Center High School. Upon arriving we were tendent lwhip-crackerl Gavin. Russell told us we classmate at the County Court House. This turned out to be none other than County Agent, Jack Fitzke. Jack insisted we go to see the most modern farm in the county. When we arrived, Kenny Lemkau was glad to show us around his farm. Our next stop was in Omaha. First we visited Arthur Fate in his office. The Fate meat-packing plant is now the biggest in Omaha. We wandered the streets for the rest of the day but found no classmates. Finally we decided to rest a while so we bought tickets to a wrestling match. As we entered the auditorium we heard someone announce, 'In this corner Dangerous Darrell, the meanest man in the ring'. We looked to see who this awful character was and were stupified to see it was Buster Smith. Buster was so glad to see us that he tied his opponent in a square knot and jumped down to shake hands. We started back for Buster's dressing room but opened the wrong door. There was Barbara Moser giving Gorgeous George a permanent. The next day was Sunday, so like all good people, we went to Church. We picked the biggest church in Omaha. The service was wonderful. Roy Hanson preached a very ood sermon. After church we had Sunday dinner at Jerilyn's, Cafe Hill!! This is the cafe where Mayor Tom Flesner always dines. Next we went out to the radio station to see Helen Godtel's program on household hints. That evening we went out to the coliseum tosee the Ice Follies. We all agreed that Charlene Arp was the most graceful figure skater we had ever seen. The next morning we started west. We stopped in Lincoln to congratulate Coach Lowell Hoyt on the Nebraska Cornhusker's undefeated football season. It was non-stop from Lincoln to Nevada. In Las Vegas we looked up Doyt Hamilton. Doyt explained how he had come to own the biggest string of pin-ball machines in the country. We tried to make good time to California but we were stopped for speeding in Reno and had to go before Magistrate Junior Alberding. Our next stop was in Hollywood. We went to the mansion of movie-starlet Roma Jean Holst, who was play- ing in the movie production of Donna Miller's latest book. We traveled up the coast of Oregon where we paid a visit to Jerry Jones-chief tree surgeon of the Redwood Forest. By this time we had to admit that those members of the class who had settled in the United States were successful, but before making a final decision we wanted to see those who had gone to distant lands. We waited for a boat and were happy to find we were to travel on Ronnie Nall's ship. For he was said to be the best captain on the seven seas. The ship docked at Hawaii. Here we were entertained by some dancing girls. Two of the girls looked familiar. We found out later they were Marabell Scalf and Joan Heglin. From Hawaii, we sailed to France. In Paris we enjoyed a concert by the renowned pianist, Gladys Pomeroy. Next we went to visit the famous French University. We were invited by Professor Bill Lovercheck to visit his English c ass. Our trip was over. We had found all the classmates except Lilburn Hajny and we didn't know where to look for him. Say I just remembered, we have been so busy hunting classmates that we forgot all about the elections. We bought a paper and looked at the headlines: Lilburn Hajny elected President of the United States. That settled it We have to admit that the class of '51 is the most successful gradu- ating class of Clay Center High School's history. so we went directly greeted by Superin- could find another