Falls City High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Falls City, NE)

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Oli’WdK I III. U K. 19W-UW) Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1920 Ladies and (ientlemen. Hoard of Education, Superintendent. Teachers and Friends: lTpon behalf of my Client, the Class of 1920. of the Falls City High School, of the City of Falls City. State of Nebraska, I have called you together, upon this solemn and serious occasion, to listen to her last will and testament. and to receive from her dying hands the few gifts which she has to bestow in her last moments. Cutting too rapidly loose from life and finding so many things of gigantic importance to be attended to. realizing at the same time that she has no more lime to spend in cultivation of her own virtues, she did collectively and individually deem it best to distribute these virtues with her own hand to her friends to whose needs they seem best fitted. She has tried to be just, as well as generous and impartial and to distribute wisely unto those who will make the best use of such gifts as she has within her power to bestow—the talents that have served her so faithfully during the past four years. These are her decisions, arrived at after careful thought and deliberation. Owing to the flighty condition of her brain, she begs of me to state for her that she might possibly have been mistaken in her inventory: but such things as she thinks she has, she gives into your possession, praying that you will accept them as a sacred trust from one who has gone before. Listen, then, one and all, as I read the document, duly drawn and sworn: We the Class of 1920. in thirty-five individual and distinct parts, being about to pass from this sphere of education, in full possession of a crammed mind, a trained memory, and an almost super human understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby making void all former wills or promises heretofore made. First, we direct that our funeral services be conducted by our friends and well-wishers, our superintendent and his ever-confident faculty, who have been our faithful guardians, only asking that the services be carried on with all the pomp that our worth, our merit, our talents, our attainments, and our positions as revered seniors must certainly have deserved. To the Faculty, who have been our kind and patient instructors, we give and bequeath an unbroken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. We realize that we have been quite a strain on them, for seniors are said to be difficult to manage. But they have done their duty faithfully, and now shall have their well-earned reward. To the faculty we also bequeath all the startling knowledge and information that has come to them from our test papers, realizing that all such information was entirely new to them, and will prove helpful to them in their future work. They are at liberty to use or not to use this knowledge, at their own discretion. Seventeen

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FALLS CITY IIICII SCHOOL Stacy Hoy. Charles Helser. and Clyde Massey won positions on the team. The important, long-looked-for social event of our Junior year was the Junior-Senior Banquet, given on Saturday. April 26th. Much time was used and effort expended in planning extensively for this eventful date. The banquet was a grand success, due largely to the untiring effort of our sponsor. Miss Kauffman. On September 9. 1919. we returned to F. C. H. S. for our last year together. So glad were we to be behind the walls or the old school, that we dreaded to think of the time when we must part. In the beginning of the year we found many strangers in our midst, so we planned a get-together picnic, which took place in Nutter’s Grove. The picnic was successful, and everyone went home with hunger subdued after partaking of several helpings to sandwiches, coffee, etc. In order to put a little life into things later in the year, we planned a “tacky party” and invited the faculty. The affair proved to be a blue killer” for all. The class officers for the year were: President. Law- rence Weinert; Vice President, Gladys Lovelace; Secretary and Treasurer, Dora Winkler. Miss Lyford was chosen class advisor, and a wise choice was made, for she has always been willing to help us and has done much for the class. As in former years, we wfere well represented this year in athletics. On the football team we had six promi- nent players: Clyde Massey. Lloyd Hahn. Louis Liuising. Paul Keim. Walter Gerhardt. Lawrence Weiner!, and Stacy Hoy (Captain). In basketball, the following made their letters: Keim. Weinert and Hoy. We feel proud of these fellows, for they have indeed made many sacrifices in order to keep our school foremost in athletics. We were represented on the girls’ basketball team by Esther Jenkins and Myrtle Nedrow. These girls did splendid work for which they can be duly complimented. When the Student Council was organised, the following Seniors were chosen as members of the Cpuncil: Gladys Lovelace. Lawrence Weinert. Stanley Fink, and Stacy Hoy. Hoy was chosen vice president of the Council. Many changes have been made in our high school since we entered four years ago. Many more will be made in years to come, but no matter how many or how great they may be. nothing will erase from our memory the pleasant and profitable days we have enjoyed during our high school course. We have at all times tried to do what we thought best, in order that we might set the proper example for the classes behind us. We hope, although gone, the Class of ’20 will not be forgotten. Last, but not least, we wish to thank the faculty for the interest and patience they have shown in our behalf in making our school life worth while. It is with regret that we leave them and our friends of the under classes. Sixteen

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FALLS CITY HHiH SCHOOL To Superintendent Groves we give and bequeath our sincere affection, our deepest reverence, and our heartiest gratitude, and the whole unlimited wealth of our eternal memory. Individually, we have a few things which may seem trifling bequeaths. Hut we hope that they will be accepted. not as worthless things lavishly thrown away because we can no longer keep them, but as valuable assets to those who will receive them, and a continual reminder of the great generosity in our free and full bestowal: To our Sponsor, Miss Lyford. our sincere expression of love and admiration, and our heartiest gratitude for her interest shown in us. To the football team of next year, the ability ol Stacy Hoy. Lawrence Weinert, Clyde Massey. Walter Ger-hardt. and Paul Keim; To Edna Shaw. Esther Jenkins' vamping ways, and to Bessie Yort. her popularity. To Marie Scott. Myrtle Nedrow’s bangs. To Harry Cook. Stacy Hoy’s domineering manner. To Eleanor Green, Luella Weniert’s studious ways. To Joy Davis. Beatrice Kott man’s golden curls. To Martha Bippes. Thelma Griffin’s frivolous ways. To Milo Ball, I awrence Weinert’s great stature and powerful frame, and to William Burchard. his “shimmy walk.” To Irma Shubert. Pauline Van Dervoort’s avoirdupois. To Louise Harris. Irma Casey’s lady like manners, and to Virgil Coon, her fond memories. To Virginia Keenen. Mabel Auxier’s powder puff. To Helen Allen. Frances Knight's cute sayings. We tried to persuade her to leave her ability as a cook, but she feels that she will need that knowledge in the near future. To Grace Scoby, Gladys Ia velace’s dignified manners. To Sylvester Tiehen. Paul Heim's sarcasm. To Thelma Palmer, Margaret Daeschner’s giggle. To Ola McManus, Nellie Hillyard’s blushes. To Hanah Kanel. Marie Gehling's musical voice. To Grace Keim, Lela Hahn’s ability at dancing. To Ethel James, Verna Massey's laugh. To Audrey Wheeler, Grace Heed’s coyness. To Carl Hoffman. Walter Gerhardt’s good natured ways, but not his beauty. He could not be persuaded to give that up. To Daisy Barton. Bernice Harkins’ coquetry. To Stanley Fink, Clyde Massey’s pep. To Anna Braun. Margaret Matzgar's cosmetics. To Louise Suiter. Gertrude Wiltse’s vanity and conceit. To Hazel Ratekin, Clara Werner’s meekness. To Grace Mettz. Elsie Pribbeno’s glibness. To Fern Maddox. Dora Winkler’s wit and nerve. To Vivian Van Hoesen, Pryce Birdsley’s musical ability. To Melvin Johnson. Harold Henderson’s beauty. To Hattie Alexander. May Zoeller’s social engagements. To Mildred Lichty, Mildred Neitzel’s shyness. Eighteen