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

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FALLS CITY IIIdII SCHOOL Twenty-two

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t ook store. Wo stopi ed to see what interested them and found that it was a new dictionary of the Knglish l«anguage written by Miss Dora Winkler, with about a block of degrees attached. That’s just like Dora, running competition to Webster. That ended the adventures of one day. lOarl.v next morning we hoard a great clamor in the street: rushing to the window we saw a parade consisting of women carrying banners and pennants celebrating the fact that they had elected a woman suffragist president. The two ladies leading the parade were Maigaret Daeschner and Mabel Auxier. l oth now strong party lenders In the city. While eating breakfast my attention was drawn to a very beautiful lady sitting at the next table. I asked Walter who she was and he told me that she was our old school friend. Mae Zoollers. now lender in society circles in that town, and that the two ladles with her were I-ela Hahn and Bernice Harkins, stopping over here on their way to Palm Beach to spend the summer. After a while we started on a tour of the country about in Walter’s car and it was Just our luck to run out of gasoline about ten miles from any town. We saw a school house down the road several blocks and started down there to see if we could get some gas. Verna Massey was the teacher and she directed us to n farm house on the top of the next hill. We proceeded to the farm house where Margaret Metzgar was mistress, and of course we had no trouble getting some gasoline when we had introduced ourselves. We started back to town and as we were returning to the city we saw a bunch of buildings all surrounded by large shade trees, and with a Twenty-one ORAXtiE IVn {LACK. 1919-1920 grand golf course in the background. Waller told me that this was the Spinster Club, and as we drove slow to see the heauti-ful buildings we recognized Beatrice Kottman. Elsie Pribheno. Pauline Vandervoort. and Clara Werner sitting on the veranda. We soon passed this up and again entered the city. That afternoon we attended the great Welnert Circus then showing in town. Lawrence was owner and general manager, so we got in for nothing. We saw Stacy Hoy, the greatest acrobat of all time do hair-raising stunts of all kinds: and also Price Birdslvy. clown. King of Kun-makers. Gladys Lovelace was the animal trainer and it certainly took nerve to enter the big caged arena with those wild animals, yet they seemed to have a great affection for her, just like most of the fellows who went to school with her. We returned by rail to Falls City the next day and as we were walking tip Stone street I noticed a sign in front of a large building. “Jenkins Morton. Lady Tailors,” Most Up-to-Date Styles in Ladies' Hand Tailored Clothing. I learned that Esther and Evelyn had opened this shop some time soon after graduating and were now doing a thriving and prosperous business. We walked on up the street and saw another sign. ”M. Neitzel. Beauty Parlor.” Of course we went in and got beautified, if such a thing could be possible, by the charming Miss Neitzel. As for Myrtle Xcdrow. the only member of our class I had not seen, her aspirations to become a school teacher were realized and she is now principal of old K. C. H. S., and exercising her authority with a vengeance. We soon arrived at the hotel and I threw myself into an easy chair to rest after my long and tiresome Journey. I fell asleep and when I awoke I was hack to my own fireside.

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Freshman Class Notes OR.WOE A l) HEACK. 1D1H1U20 The Class of 1923 needs no one to explain what a bright and promising group of Freshmen we are. We speak for ourselves. We have the distinction of being the largest class that has ever entered Falls City High School to date. Our number is eighty-one. When we entered high school last fall, we got along very well with the exception of visiting the wrong class room occasionally. We soon proved, however, by the absence of many mistakes, that we were “Freshmen Unusual. At our first class meeting we elected the following officers: Margaret Frazier. President; John Lichty. Vice President; Charles Uhlig. Secretary and Treasurer. Miss Rankin was chosen class sponsor, and much of our success has been due to her enthusiasm and careful guidance. She helped our class to overcome our difficulties as they presented themselves. The night of our initiation by the Sophomores was looked forward to by all of us. some with joy and others with dreaded thoughts. Nevertheless, a large crowd was present, and we took our medicine as Freshmen should. Another of the interesting events during the school year was the party given by the Freshmen in honor of the Sophomores on January Ninth. The gymnasium was artistically decorated in the Sophomore colors. Games of various nature were played and refreshments served, and a good time was enjoyed by all. When the idea of a Student Council was approved by the Student Body, we elected as our representatives Martha Cameron and Elmer Massey. In athletics, not much can be expected of Freshies. None of our number succeeded in making the first football team, but our spirit was right. Elmer Massey. Donald Baxter. and Berlyn Shields played with the Scrubs and helped to make the first team what it was. A number of our class were out for basketball and track, and these fellows will be heard from in later high school years. The program given by the Freshmen for the entertainment of the school. wTas counted a decided success. Also our part in the school carnival was not to be ignored. We. as a class, can truthfully say that we have done our best at all times, and w’e hope and trust that it has been appreciated. We know that for ourselves, it has been worth while. We are anxious for our second year of high school to begin. We pledge ourselves to loyalty and fidelity. Look for us next fall. T vonty-thr«‘«