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

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we wandered away to see the country and the river from various hill tops. Some climted a hill looking down on the “Big Muddy” until it lost its self a silvery stream in the distance. We were told we were looking into Iowa and Missouri on the other side of the river. A man in a small boat seemed the only live thing in our picture until some birds flew over the water in long graceful sweeps and we were startled by a ’possum darting in front of us into a hole nearby. We crashed through the brush and enjoyed our ramble, but our appetites did not letuslcose the thought of the lunch and bon fire we were to have at camp. One by one we returned and each busied himself or herself adding wood for our fire. Soon a merry, cracking, popping fire was burning, and baskets were brought from the cars. The ground was cleared and soon we were enjoying a most delightful supper. Our fire attracted the attention of a good farmer who had came by to investigate and seeing our merry party told us that there was a legend among the hills that each spring the Indian Spirits returned to this spot and danced round a camp fire and fled again into the shadows of night. The shadows were growing long and all rerdy darkness was settling in the valleys. Our camp fire was burning low and suddenly a little breeze caused a cloud of smoke to rise, when the smoke cleared away sure enough in front of the fire sat an Indian Chieftain and twelve of his braves, shadows yet real. Our president, John Falter, approached and addressed the chieftain, asking if we might stay for their ceremonial, and was pleased when he replied they had come tonight to be with us, they meant us no harm but would tell us many things if we would circle around them and stop in front of him. The braves stood straight and still, we formed a circle and did likewise. You can guess our excitement as the chief drew a long puff from the pipe, removed it from his mouth, gently blew the smoke in a blue cloud and said, “I see before me young men and maidens who can do much to make the world happier and better. I see no shadow of trouble but only joy and happiness for you. Many years from my peace pipe. I have been able to read the affairs of men. John Falter 1 see for you the life of an artist. I see books and magazines made beautiful by your pen. I see you an old man surrounded by a fine library and from it come echoes of music, for music and art are one. Inez Andrews will perfect hennapacks corresponding to her own auburn locks. She will be assisted by Josephine Merritt an accomplished manicurist. Lloyd Lilly and Donald Kloepfel will enter the Marathon to be held in 1940. Della Mae Brenner, Vesta Brecht, and Muriel Bacon will be jazz singers in the slum district of New York. Clyde Carson and Donald Hysell will go on a foreign Collegiate tour with their famous orchestra 99% pure. ; Mary Greenwald and Robert Harris will be happily married. They will reside in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Carl Hilgenfeldt will be a renowned vetinary doctor in the Sahara Desert. Arleen Heck will establish a date bureau, modern information concerning any boy. The Chief shifted his peace pipe. The circle of the class of 1928 continued to revolve. Esther Ludwig, Mary Miller and Minnie Thompson will tour Australia in a one horse show; they will sell cough drops to the natives. Cora Gaither, Permelia Rush and Vida Tabler will play basketball in Asia Minor. Mary Majerus and Elizabeth Shields will marry into the nobility. Vernon Tabler and William Smith will be winners of the hog calling contest in 1938. Hulda Rieschick and Helenoesel will elope with two successful prize fighters. Fred Heilman and Harry Seeger will train fleas for Irene Redwood’s circus on wheels.

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P R () P H E C Y The clay was bright and balmy There was “picnic” in the air The Seniors all were going The question now was— where? A wise lad said “The River” Where it twists and winds and flows Where the hill tops stand as sentinels As to the sea it goes There are spots of light and beauty There are roads that twist and wind Let us have a day of frolic Kre our school days are behind Well we knew the region lying Near our famous Indian Caves Where the river stopped the onslaught Of the chieftain and his braves Many weird tales are echoed Of the days when bear and deer Lured the hunter to the river And the visions that appear Dancing in the dusk of evening Round a camp fire wreathed in smoke With his calumet the peace pipe Often wisely thus he spoke. Perhaps we might there discover Things we all would like to know. And the Seniors said together “To the River let us go.” One bright afternoon we met at three o’clock in front of the High School to start on our picnic to Indian Cave, which is, as you know, in the hillside on the edge of the Missouri River sixteen miles north east of Falls City. The Seniors and Faculty were all going, so were the well filled baskets the “Fats Committee” had worked so hard to fill. From the size and odor there was an abundance of fried chicken and an abundance of all the other good things it takes to make a picnic complete. We started in a procession of twenty cars each to keep in order of our starting. No trouble was experienced on the well traveled road. We arrived in about an hour and camped for a time in a delightful valley looking toward the river. A fresh cold spring was near and plenty of wood for our camp fire later on. In groups

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Willard Peck will divorce Martha Whitford on the grounds that she still wears Fred Zorn’s Christmas present. The wind blew gustily around the cliff. The chief shivered and clutched his blanket closer. He continued to foretell with a gutteral voice. Reuben Ernst and Harper Marsh will plant a garden in Egypt. Ruth Simanton and Florence Whitaker will manage a resort in Florida for Buthmans and Linsleys only. Lester Apel and Floyd Bachman will raise poultry according to Mr. Cook's instructions. Virginia Baker and Dorothy Weaver will be second Ruth Elders. They will fly for Africa in 1946. Kent Morgan and Raymond Rawley will be their pilots. Ida I'etzner and Jean Johnson will buy a 1935 model Lincoln in partnership, when they get the money. Elsie Class, Mildred Beasley, and Dorothy Fleckanger will have big entries in the 1941 Kentucky Derby. Helen Neary, Lura Veach, and Gertrude Werener will be bathing beauties at Palm Beach. John Culley and Eugene Peck will publish a book on how to become handsome over night, (from experience). Kathryn Davis and Jean Hiatt will write a bock in colloboration concerning the likes and dislikes of Roy and Alfred. Frank Witt and Raymond Yoesel will sell ice cream cones in the Panama Canal Zone. Irene Hughes, Helen Jackson, and Clara Lucas will feed the bears and deers in Yellowstone National Park. William and Ernest Sauer will establish sauer pickles corporation. Lucile Corothers and Jane Schiable will discover gold in Japan, where they will be missionaries. The chief arose and heaped more fuel on the dying embers. Nellie Francis Farrington, Helen Krieger, Eddrea Lowell, and Lois Wileman will be spies for the Russian Reds. Ruth Pribbeno will be their leader. Alice Guinn and June Maust will teach French and love at Kansas University in 1940. Fred Zorn and Blaine Morris will be efficient surgeons in New York. The faculty who had remained seated all of this time were asked to rise. The chief gave them his blessing and predicted many happy years for them. The silence following the last words of the chief was intense. A little breeze again blew the ashes of our fire in a whirl and when they cleared away our Spirit friends were gone. From a nearby tree an owl called to his mate. We got into our cars and started home, quickly covering the intervening miles. We found the streets alive with cars and people who little dreamed of the privilege we had enjoyed. Thus endeth the chapter. 26