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

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 Class Prophecy The scene opens in front of a tall office building. Passing through the main entrance we see on the directory: “G. F. Cummins—32nd Floor”. On the 32nd floor are four doctors, two dentists, three real estate men and Mr. Cummins. His door is labeled: “G. F. Cummins—Typewriters Repaired While You Wait—Good Used Typewriters for Sale and Exchange. Also, first class instruction in elementary and advanced mathematics.” Advancing we see the white-haired old man sitting in his chair day-dreaming of the accomplishments of the class of 1930. Let us go with him. In the dream we see a mammoth skyscraper with a whole floor set off to “V. Wiltse and Sons, Attorneys at Law”. We find Mr. Wiltse, greet him with a smile and discover he ha» four sons—Oscar, Throckmorton, Algernon and G. Hiram. Mr. Wiltse laboriously removes from its shelf, a huge volume entitled “F. C. H. S., Class of 1930”. Then he reveals to us a few of the activities of that novel class. He is interrupted by a commotion in the street below. The throng gathered tell us that a great merger has just been effected. Albert Maust, wealthy manufacturer of the “Green Dragon”—a car closely modeled after the original, the family car of Dr. E. R. Hays—and Henry Ford have come to terms and are under one company. This corporation now has three presidents for Bob Graham is a partner of Henry. A newsy rushes forward crying “Deuchler Detroiter—just a nickle! Want one, sir?” We give the smiling carrier who is John Hermes five cents and upon opening the paper see that it is edited by Luella, Adella, and Margaret. The headlines scream out that Colene Schmitt, the Sauer-Kraut Queen, has given up work to get married. She hasn’t decided who to marry yet. As our eyes follow down the column we see that Kenneth Beutler has recently been appointed head of Buck’s Booteries Store. His salary has been increased from 6.98 to 7.95 per week. We turn a page and find a want-ad reading—“For Hire: A good mattress-tester. See Philip Custer. William Boose’s experience as class treasurer laid the foundation for his ultimate success. He now stands among the foremost of Wall Street financiers. And the sporting column! We find that Ralph Lewis and Harold Gurske have taken over the management of “Dutch Witte” and are making good. Lelia Andrews has made herself famous as a director of athletics at the University of Nebraska. An item farther down the page catches our eye. Robert Schock has established a world’s record in the swimming marathon at Y. M. C. A. pool at Omaha. Billy Thomas is now the famous inventor of a special brand of chewing gum, guaranteed to remove freckles and re-sod bald craniums. We also learn from the paper that Phyllis Hoover has received a responsible position in an insane asylum and is busy carrying soup to nuts. Billie Gary is attempting beautifying of our countryside by introducing the custom among farmers of painting the cows and pigs to match the landscape. Homer Witt is Still loafing. Miss Ickman is head of the thirteenth division of the President’s Cabinet dealing with Bigger and Better Kitchens. We fold up the “Detroiter” and proceed down the street with Mr. Wiltse, who tells us these facts:

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• • • • • • Marvel Culver leaves her ability to speak French fluently with Miss Waggoner. Kenneth Cameron will give his bottle of “La Belle” hair oil to Kenneth Payton. Dorothy Brenner leaves some extra credits. Fred Briggs bequeaths a copy of his latest book “The Secret of My Success in Love” to any lonely hearted Freshman. Florence Martin leaves the Annual office for rent. Faye Bachman leaves her knowledge of “The Common House Fly—Its Habits and Manners” to Marjorie Schock. Harold Apel leaves his “Chevie” to anyone having a taste for loose bearings and slow driving. Rosalie Calvin bequeaths her pleasant manners to Lucille Stump. Wesley Barngrover leaves his ability to talk to Bob Crook. Phyllis Hoover has a large collection of photographs of movie actors but she refuses to part with them because they comfort her so when she is lonely. Helen Margrave leaves her Ford to her brother Bill. Billy Thomas leaves his ability to play the piano to Ted Weems’ pianist. Big hearted Bill. Gwendolyn Schultz bequeaths her abilities as an actress to Louie Godfernon. Henry Heldberg leaves, talking. June Fisher wills her ability to walk up stairs without falling down to Georgianna Brenner. Adelbert bequeaths the yearly clever saying by the Annual about him to Ethan Young. Opal Knisley leaves her cousin’s address to John Heiser. Lee Huston leaves his ability to escape injury in football to Bob King. Lula Krenzel gives two sheets of notebook paper to the secretary of the Junior Class. Marvin Holland says that Robert Cole may have the gum he put under the edge of desk 3, Row 4 in Miss Davis’ room. Louise Koepke leaves her quiet attitude to those noisiest of all creatures, the Freshmen. Frances Moore bequeaths her studiousness to the lazy Freshmen. Paul Fritz leaves a pencil stub to be divided among Bill Margrave, Bud Maust, Perry Castle and Fred Graham. Louis McGranaghan leaves June 1, to begin pitching for the Straussville Strugglers. Lula Niemeyer leaves to join Ringling Brothers Circus as an acrobat. Robert Schock leaves his football ability to Buzz Culver. Cecil Stump bequeaths his nickname to Margaret Zorn. Lovella Schenck leaves for home. Moras Shubert wills his ability to play the zither to Raymond Yoder. Wilma Wallraff leaves to join the movies. Homer Witt bequeaths his manly athletic ability to Don Lang. Edna Yoesel leaves for Rulo. Frances Wickiser usually leaves with George Hahn. Virgil Wiltse wills the class presidency to the president of ’31. Helen Sandrock leaves her great knowledge of History to Ethan Young. In witness whereof we set our hand and seal. The Senior Class 1930. Witnesses: Robert L. Graham. Albert Maust. Page Twenty-four

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Harold Apel still drives a Chevie but an improved model which travels almost twice as fast as the old one. This one goes about thirty-five. Kenneth Cameron is encorporated with Ringling Brothers. He sells peanuts. Freddie Briggs is still working at the Rivoli Theatre. He has been promoted to head usher. We stop in at a 5c root beer station and find Wesley Barngrover in a white suit. His chief assistant is Moras Shubert, and in comes Louis McGranaghan. He declares there is only one difference between him and Henry Ford—Henry Ford has finished his two hundred millionth while Luke is making his first. He tells us that Gwen Schultz has established a new Transport Company with Lula Krenzel, Wilma Walraff, and Louise Koepke as chief pilots; and that Helen Margrave spent seventeen years of her life teaching a pet monkey to talk—just to prove to science that it could be done. Samuel Gaither has inherited a half interest in Custer’s store and has hired Gordon Auxier to help him handle the huge business. Eugene Sonner has taken over the Chevrolet agency and has been so disgusted with small sales that he is negotiating a sale with Cecil Stump, another motor magnate. Lovella Schenck was so satisfied with married life that she stuck to it. Dorothy Brenner wrote a book, “Why Gentlemen Prefer Natural to Peroxide Blondes”. Her saleswomen are June Sailors, Helen Martin and Hazeldeane Schuetz. Helen Camblin and Rosalie Calvin have perfected a sister act and are going over big on Broadway at the Paramount Theatre owned by Grace Furrer. Dale Dunn’s hair has won him fame and he is known as the Rhode Island Red Head. Stanley VonAchen liked school so well that he stayed there and taught Solid Geometry. Katherine Veach is a stenographer. She recently won a prize for speed, defeating Lula Niemeyer and Frances Moore. Marcella White and Frances Wickiser have founded and edited a Journal devoted exclusively to the wants and needs of the sterner sex. Faye Bachman and her assistant Esther Deckinger have become famous through their research work on the common house fly. Albert and June Fisher have opened a series of Fisheries and are prosperous. Henry H. Heldberg Jr., still talking, has established himself as one of the great criminal lawyers of the time. His offices in the Flatiron Building of New York have a force consisting of Marvin Holland, office boy; Vivian Gillilan, expert typist; and Marvel Culver, general clerk. Mildred Merritt’s treatise on “Fallen Arches—Their Cause and Cure”, is being sold at the rate of 5,000 copies per day. Helma Edwards’ background in history has secured her a position in Honey Creek Consolidated. Ramona Gatz and Gladys Grush have established a delicatessen in greater New York. They employ fifteen delivery trucks to fill the orders of hundreds of housewives. Helen Sandrock is a banker and has invented a new kind of elastic currency. Florence Martin is society editor of the “Chicago Tribune” with Opal Knisley as associate editor. Now the scene changes. We find ourselves back in the office building with Mr. Cummins. He wakes with a start—“Oh, I must have been dreaming”, he says, apologetically. “I was dreaming about the class of which I was sponsor in 1930.” Billy Thomas. • • • • • •