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

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CLASS WILL 1940 We, the Senior Class of 1940, being of sound mind and disposing memory, but sensible to the uncertainty of life, about to depart from the Falls City High School forever, and being desirous of making full, complete and final disposition of our high school possessions, accomplishments, and titles, do hereby bequeath to the under-classmen the following: Roy Albers leaves his self-satisfied air to those who have no confidence. Carolyne Barton leaves her never-failing method of how to get thin to Pauline Kentopp. Reed Bonsall and Norval Jones leave together and with haste. Arlene Bossom leaves her ability to keep quiet to Lucille Bossom. Jean Bowers bequeaths his skill in wielding a razor to Tommy Cooper. Ruth Braun leaves a very good record. Donald Bressler leaves his darling features to the only other handsome boy in school, Duane Dewey. Frank Buchholz wills his power as a charmer of the fairer sex to Don Kennedy. Edward “Fred” Carter leaves his collegiate gait to anyone wishing a copy. Lillian Colglazier leaves locker 182 to those who wish to know where to go to get free typing paper. Maxine Collins bequeaths her ability of knowing all the answers to Henry Horn. Irvin Corn ford leaves nothing. He lost everything when he met Pat Carmine. Bettie Daniels’ infallible attraction for the sterner sex, she wishes presented to Marianne Evans. Amy Beth Dowell leaves her quiet and unassuming ways to Sally Huffman. Virginia Dunn leaves unmolested. Etta Engleman leaves her wavy locks to Jack Chaffee. Dick Farmer leaves his beaming face and halo haircut to any who wish this blight. Marian Friedly wills her sweet, unaffected disposition to Annabelle Cox. Arlin Fritz leaves a large space to be filled by James Irwin and Sam Cowan. Bernice Gatz leaves . . . but not alone. Sally Graham leaves school to join the Grand Opera at KMA. Eunice Graden wills her extra inch of skirt to Lois McCarty. Charles “Mouse” Greenwald leaves gladly. Olive Greenwell bequeaths her pleasant smile to Mary Ellen Eickhoff. Gene Hale leaves his superhuman understanding to Jack Davidson. Geraldine Hannaford leaves with joy. Neola Hayes presents her giggle to David Poteet’s car to further its production of squeaks. Clarence Heck’s sense of right and wrong is yet unwarped. He presents it to Joe Norris. Bob Heinzelman leaves the teachers worthy of debating medals. Margaret Henke wills her strong voice and self-confidence to any one with an inferiority complex. Jack Hinshilwood offers his “La Rose” hair oil to Bill Huffman. Please return it. Helen Hoover leaves her backwardness forwarded to Willabelle Dunn. [PAGE 231

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CLASS PROPHECY 1940 That well-known surrealist, Marjorie Ker-moade. and equally famous writer, Maxine Collins, were visiting with Mary Kanady, who was quiet and unassuming as usual. Richard Huettner telephoned that he would be unable to attend for he was giving an after-dinner speech at the Ladies Aid, entitled “The Evils of Slang.” Later we learned from the cub reporter Elza Kuhlman that the speech was a great success. The ace reporter of the “Falls City Scoop,” for which Elza works is W. T. Hutchison. Editor-in-chief is Garold Peck, and Carolyne Barton is co-editor. Harriette Medlock and Fern Shi ley are the society editors. Virgil “Cassanova” Siemering publishes a column under the heading “Advice to the Lovelorn.” What’s the secret, Virgil? Geraldine Hannaford is the outstanding typist for the firm, punching the keys at twenty per. Dora Wells and Constance Little are two other typists for the firm. Ella Loraine Witt is the switchboard operator. Christopher “Columbus” Wells is a janitor at the printing concern. One of the leading industries in this booming city is the Zippy Zippers Company. President is Alvie Strasil, and James Thompson is vice president. Philip Jackson is salesman for this firm. Clarence Heck runs a thriving second-hand store, turned over to him by his father. Robert Wagner, a messenger boy, delivered some telegrams from non-attending members. One was from Bob Heinzleman, who was training under the direction of Dick Farmer for the New York Lankees. The season was to open soon. Another was from Edna Shoup, in Atlantic, City, N. J., who said she had a very good chance of being Miss America for 1950. Still another was from the former Neola Hayes, who reported that she and her five red-headed children were fine. She said Beatrice McDermott was her children’s nursemaid. Dorothy Pratt cabled from Africa, stating that she was running a beauty parlor among the Fuzzie-Wuzzie tribe. William Huebner was their adopted chief. Still another, was from Mrs. Cummins, our former sponsor. She said that she was very sorry that she could not attend, but she was the representative from Nebraska to the National Bridge Club, which was holding its annual meeting in Chicago. Helen Slagle and Peggy Stetler flew from the west coast, where Helen is employed as an airplane hostess, and Peggy is head librarian at one of the outstanding universities on the coast. Wayne “Spunk” Tisdel is now manager of the creamery. Cora Lee Stump is still a postman’s daughter. Eva Mae Hutchison and Olive Greenwell were representatives for the International Travel Bureau. School teaching was a profession well represented by Ruth Braun, Marian Friedley, Helen Hoover, Zella Schlicker and Avalene Quigley. Arlin Fritz is head coach at a famous mid-western university. Milton “Jitterbug” Martin was Arlin’s star bench warmer. At the same university, Eleanor Lucas and Lola Mitchell were gym teachers. Douglas McIntyre is a well-known person around the campus of ye olde school, as he announces the football games over station BLAH. Irvin Cornford was a well-known cattle buyer. Marcielle Zorn, happily married, lived on a farm north of town. Richard Jahns was a daring aviator, who charmed all the ladies. Frances Rush, employed as a housekeeper in one of the better homes of Falls City, now has enough wedding rings with which to hang a curtain. The reunion came to an end at last, as all good things must, and such a good time was had by all that it was decided to hold another reunion the following year. The time and place were set, and we took a fond farewell of our classmates until 1951. By- Carolyne Barton Amy Beth Dowell Roy M. Kouns (PAGE 221

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CLASS WILL 1940 Janet Huber leaves her pleasant smile and charming manners to Elnora Bachenberg. William Huebner leaves all his studious seriousness to Keith Henninger. Richard Huettner goes out like a lamb. Eva Mae Hutchison leaves . . . satisfied. W. T. Hutchison presents his tall slenderness to Bud Freese. Phillip Jackson wills his arrogant, obstinate, tenacious, inflexible perserverance to any one willing to pay the price. Richard Jahns, ‘Tarzan,” leaves many admirers behind. Helen Johnson wills a few words of wisdom to the Sophomores, but a very few at that. Norman Johnson leaves with his mouth agape and his tongue extended. Mary Kanady leaves the realm of school activity with joy. Marjorie Kermoade leaves for bigger and better places to enlarge her already unusual knowledge of social life. Marceille Ketter leaves for a career with a wonderful voice. Mary King bequeaths her bass viol to any one who can carry it. Roy Kouns leaves behind his amazing knowledge of chemistry to befuddled students of next year. Elza Kuhlman bequeaths his soft-spoken manner to Bud Reed. Violet Marie Liebsch leaves a typewriter in no condition for future use. Constance Little leaves for more plentiful stamping grounds. Marjorie Lord does not leave anyone . . . he left first. Eleanor Lucas leaves Annie to carry on the Lucas name and the G. A. A. point system. Mary Jean Lundy leaves her locker full of papers. Dorothy “Toots” Lunsford leaves for Greene’s. Beatrice McDermott leaves her gentle voice to any loud mouth. Douglas McIntyre presents his knock knees to Kahle Wiar’s bow legs. James McKelvey leaves for home. Maxine McNulty leaves the commercial contestants minus some fast competition. Milton “Jitter” Martin leaves the women behind. Harriette Ann Med lock leaves a very ignorant history class. Lela Michel leaves her pleasant smile to Naomi Needham. Lola Mitchel leaves her friendly and gracious manners to Betty Latz. Laura Nanomantube leaves for a championship basketball team. Maxine Newman leaves Carroll Tisdel with no bookkeeping aid. Garold “Doc” Peck bequeaths his jalopie to Beverly Thompson. She practically has it already. Norma Phillips leaves with no regrets. | PAGE 24]