Fairbury High School - Trail Yearbook (Fairbury, NE)

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BACK ROW Cleft to rightl: Andrew Walker, Richard Brunkow, Erwin Kriesel, Axel Hagensen Ir., Willis Else, Bud Calder, Bob Likens, Mervin Carstens, Dick Furrow, Bill Doleman. THIRD ROW: Robert Schroll, Bob DeBord, Clifiord North, Bob Culwell. Dick McKenzie, Dick Sleigh, Dick Lightbody, Richard Iohnson, Lowell Michels, Willis Day, Mr. Kenneth Foust. SECOND ROW: George Karabatsos, Pat Seachord, Eugene Erwin, Lonnie Weidenhalt, Darrel Iurgena, Lorence Kenning, Willard Price, Richard Berry, Bill Shamburg, Allen Wood. FIRST ROW: Iunior Knobel, Harley Brown, Pete Karabatsos, lack Oglevie, Bob Melander, Richard Marshall, Duane Rohliing, Marvin Lewis, LeRoy Flaska, Doyle Austen. The Right Sort of Man The YMCA directs its activities in the high school through the l-li-Y. The Fairbury Senior l-li-Y club has been known for several years as one of the strongest l-lieY organizations in Ne- braska. The '47-'48 club began with a happy note under the competent leadership of President Willis Day and Sponsor Kenneth Foust with the annual invitational meeting. The keynote of this meeting was to create an interest in l-li-Y and to subscribe new members, The candidates for membership were initiated into the club through a worshipful ceremony on October 9. This made them full-fledged members in time Page 52 for the steak fry which was held at the City Park on October l6. This feast was enjoyed by everyone even though most of the members brought wieners and only one steak was present, The top note of the first semester was the Halloween party. On Thursday evening, Octo- ber 3O, about twenty couples gathered at Camp Iefferson for the fun and frolic. The feature of the evening was the measuring of the girls' necks, each boy was charged two cents per inch of his girl's neck. Besides selling about two thousand football and basketball pencils, the Hi-Y held their an- nual holly sale. They also sold refreshments at a football and a basketball game, sharing the work and the proceeds from the football game concession with the Tri-Y. Delivering telephone directories toward the end of the school year netted the club a nice sum, too. Out of the pro- ceeds of the years projects, a large donation was made to the World Youth Fund. The money in this fund helps to rebuild the many devastated YMCA buildings in foreign countries. The Hi-Y Cabinet of '47-'48 basks in the warm sunshine, Standing Cleft to rightl: Bob Culwell. program chairman: Mr. Kenneth Foust, the Hi-Y sponsor: Willis Else, vice-president. Seated: Dick Sleigh, secretary: Richard Berry, publicity chairman: Allen Wood, membership chairman: Willis Day, president: Bill Dole- man, treasurer: Bob Likens, social chairman: Dick McKenzie, service chairman: Ronald Lind, devotional chairmari.

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Here's the F Queen! Shirley Hammond poses for the camera- men with her attendants-Charles Scheuler. Dortha Garrison. Bonnie Schmoldt and Kay Iones-as the Knights of Rhythm softly play sweet strains of music in the background. Master of Ceremonies Charles Scheuler be- gan the program with 'lGame Starts, Kay lanes followed with A Word from the Athletes, Frank Phelps and Marlene Gates entertained with several musical numbers. Guest speaker Tony Blazine, line coach from the University oi Nebraska, gave From Start to Finish. Con- cluding the program, coaches Frank Sullivan and Torn Iourney presented awards to football and basketball lettermen. The highlight ot the evening was at hand when Kay lanes, F Club president, crowned Shirley Hammond the 1948 F Queen and pres sented her with a gift on behalf of the F Club. Bonnie Schmoldt and Dortha Garrison acted as her attendants. is if X r Y X V X. Q5 Cute little Butch Plies rises to sing about the Woes of Wymore. Participating in the skit ior the last football rally. annually put on by the senior players. are: Dale Wilson, Kay Iones. Iim Preston. Ioe Lesher and Harold Germer. Dancing to the music of the Knights of Rhythm concluded the evening. Conducting the Booster Club through its active year were the following officers: First Semester Presidente--lean Vigen Vice-president-Charles Scheuler SecretaryfWilla Hammond Treasurer-lack Huff Second Semester PresidentfCharles Scheuler Vice-president-ldonna Burkhart Secretaryflfiertha Katz Treasurer-Dale Walker . V K if . gf . ii Come on Ieits-Let's go. tinds the '47-'48 cheerleaders-Marge Huss, Shirley Iohnson, Monte Reynolds. Dick Ford. Robert Schroll. lean Harlan and Shirley Hammond--leading FHS to the top of the scale in school spirit. Page 5l

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The Hi-Y fellows called it a steak fry, but maybe their substituting wieners for juicy steaks explains the hungry look on some of their faces. One of the Hi-Y's service projects was the construction of fourteen joke scrapbooks which kept the boys humming for several Weeks. These books were sent to veterans' hospitals in Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Twentyefive Hi-Y members journeyed to Te- cumseh, Nebraska, on February 19 for the Southeast District Hi-Y Conference. The pur- pose of this conference was to promote better harmony between clubs in the district and to provide ideas for programs, social events and devotions. The l-livY was one of the contestants in the biennial Stunt Night held in the school auditor- ium on March 2, As a skit they presented the incomparable The Shooting of Dan McGrew which captured first place for the f-li-Y and placed their name on the Stunt Night trophy for the second time. The Hi-Y, Y-Teen Conference at Northeast Was well attended by both the Fairbury Hi-Y and Tri-Y clubs. The theme of the conference was Together We Build which was elaborated upon by the various discussions, Not only har- mony and happiness prevailed on the trip, but many useful hints for the extension of the club program were also received. Highlighting the second semester was the l-li-Y Mixer on April 30. Besides the extremely entertaining program, the novel idea of dancing to movies was introduced. Climaxing the years events was the long- awaited and traditional stag night at Camp Iefferson on May 19. Due to the hilarious time experienced by all, the term 'lstaa night is still sweet music to those who attended. The Fairbury HifY Club played an ini- portant roll this year in state-wide activities. A delegation consisting of Willis Day, Willis Else and Allen Wood attended each Nebras- ka l-li-Y Council meeting and succeeded in securing the state vicefpresidency for Else, the vice-president of the local club. l-le was also sent as Fairbury's delegate to the Fifth National l-li-Y Congress held at Oxford, Ohio from lune 25 to 30. The Hi-Y boys are really cut-ups as they make scrap- books to send to veterans hospltals. Two cents an inch for your girl's neck makes necking ' ' P t rather expensive at the H1-Y Halloween ar y. Page 53