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

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MARIE STRECKER Commercial; Chorus, 1, 3; Glee Club, 3. “Happy go lucky, fair and free, nothing there is that bothers me.” KENT WALLER Academic; Class Officer, 3; Orange and Black Staff, 4; MINK Contest, 1, 2; Chorus, 1, 2; Glee Club, 1, 2; Operetta, 2; Band, 1, 2, 3; Gym, 1, 2. “Steady work turns genius stale; I mustn’t risk it.” EMMA BAKER Home Economics; Chorus, 1, 3, 4; Glee Club, 4; Band, 1, 2, 3, 4: G. A. A., 4. “I wish something exciting would happen.” DUANE DUEY Agriculture; Football, 4; Gym. 1, 2, 3, 4. “All the girls say I’m a rare jewel.” MELVIN JOHNSON Trades; Gym, 3, 4. “For information on women, see Melvin.” KENNETH WINKLER Commercial; Football, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4. “What this country needs is a sliare-the-brain plan.” LOIS TIMOTHY Commercial; State Music Contest, 1, 2, 3, 4; MINK Contest, 1; Operetta, 1; Band, 1, 2, 3, 4: G. A. A., 1; Gym, 1. 2, 3. “Good humor makes new conquests and maintains the old.” Those not pictured ARDIS MAE CARR Home Economics; Tarkio, Mo., Cameron, Mo., Auburn, Nebr.; Commercial Contest, 2, 3; State Music Contest, 3; Chorus, 3; Glee Club, 3; Operetta, 3; Orchestra, 3; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; Gym, 1, 2. “Silence is more musical than any song.” EUGENE ENGLEMAN Trades. “I don’t say much, but who knows what I think.” RUTH JOHNSON Commercial. “She is true to her word, her work, her friends.” HENRY WULF Agriculture; MINK Contest, 2. 3; Chorus, 1. 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3; Operetta, 2; Gym, 2. “Work fascinates me; I can sit and gaze at it for hours.” DON TUDER Academic; Sacred Heart Academy; Football, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball, 4. “Give me the moonlight, give me the girl, and leave the rest to me.” MARVIN YOUNG Commercial; Sheffield; Football, 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2. 3. 4. “I am an insectitude to the germs of knowledge.” ERVIN DECKINGER Trades: Football, 3, 4. “It is far safer to know tco little than too much.” ERNESTINE FREHSE Commercial; MINK Contest, 1, 2; Band, 1, 2, 3, 4; G. A. A„ 1. 3. “She has a dream lined brain.” BOB WING Trades; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4. “I wonder if there are motorcycles in heaven.”

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MILDR.ED METTZ Commercial; Chorus, 1; Gym, 3. “She profits most who serves best.” NAOMI NEEDHAM Commercial; Class Officer, 4; Orange Black Staff, 4; Young Citizens’ Contest, 4; Commercial Contest, 2, 3; State Music Contest, 1, 2, 3, 4,; MINK Contest, 1, 2; Chorus, 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Operetta, 2; Orchestra, 1; Band, 1, 2, 3, 4; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; National Music Contest, 3, 4; Class Plays, 3-act, 3, 4: Class Plays, 1-act, 3. “She flies on her own wings.’’ SAM OBERST Agriculture; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4. “Knowledge may be power, but it won’t take the place of gasoline.” KATHLEEN PORTREY BOB REED Academic; Band, 1, 2; Football, 4; Gym, 1, 2. 3, 4. “If you can’t take life easily, take it as easily as you can.” JANICE SLAGLE Academic; State Music Contest. 2, 3, 4; MINK Contest, 1, 2: Chorus, 3; Glee Club, 3; Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4; Music Clinic, 4; Class Play, 1-act, 3. “It is interest in life that makes life worth living.” BETTY MEYERS Commercial; State Contest, 1; MINK Contest, 3; Chorus, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3; Operetta, 1; G. A. A., 1, 3; Gym, 1, 2, 3. “She shakes a wicked ankle.” JOE NORRIS Academic; Class Officer, 3; Orange Black Staff, 4; State Music Contest, 1, 2; MINK Contest, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 2; Football, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3: Class Plays, 3-act, 3, 4; Class Plays, 1-act, 3. “Others may strive for honor and fame, but it is my desire to entertain.” LETHA PEARSON Commercial; Commercial Contest, 3; State Contest, 4; Chorus, 2; Glee Club, 2; Operetta, 2; Orchestra, 4. “Good manners and soft words have brought many difficult things to pass.” ERNEST PROSSER Academic; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; Football. 2, 3, 4; Basketball, 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4. “He often burns the midnight oil, but not because of books.” GLENDONALD RUNYUN Academic; State Music Contest. 2, 3, 4: Orchestra, 2, 3, 4. “He thinks, and thinks, and thinks—sometimes.” RIDERA STOCKDALE Academic; Horton; State Contest, 2; Glee Club, 1, 2; Operetta, 1, 2; Gym, 1, 2. “Life is a jest and all things show it. I thought so once, and now I know it.” ESTHER MEZ Commercial; Band, 1, 2, 3, 4. “Gentle mind by gentle deeds is known.” LA VERNE OBERST Commercial; Chorus, 1, 2; Gym, 1, 3, 4. “Every why has a wherefore.” WILMA POLLETTE Academic; State Contest, 3; Chorus, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 1, 2; Operetta, 1, 2; Orchestra, 3; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; G. A. A., 2, 3. 4; Gym, 1, 2. “The piano responds to the touch of a genius.” CHARLES REED Academic; Chorus, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 1, 3; Operetta, 1, 2; Orchestra, 1, 2; Band, 1, 2; Football, 4; Basketbll, 4; Gym, 1. 2. 3, 4. “Greater men than I may have lived, but I doubt it.” MARGIE SIMMONS Commercial; Commercial Contest, 3; Chorus, 1, 2; Gym, 1. “Don’t think I’m dumb just because I’m beautiful.” EMMA GEORGIA STOUT Academic; Hutchinson, Kansas; Orange Black Staff, 4; MINK Contest, 4; Chorus, 3; Glee Club, 1, 2; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; G. A. A., 1. 2, 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play, 3-act. 4. “She smiles on others just for fun, but we know that there is but one.”

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Class Will We of the Senior Class of 1942, being of sound bodies and weak minds, do hereby advise, bequeath, assign, et cetera, our estate and possessions to wit: To Mr. Gel wick we bid a fond farewell and thank him for his various favors these high school years. To Mr. Starkebaum we express our gratitude and appreciation of his guidance and we leave to him a beautiful gold engraved copy of the speeches he has given us every year for the past four years. To Mr. Sympson w e bequeath a leather-bound volume of his own “Prophecies on World Affairs.” To Mr. Pace we bequeath a silver baton—he really deserves one for his splendid work with the orchestra and the band. To Mr. Boswell we will a priceless aluminum medal with these words inscribed: “Weather Prophet, Extraordinary.” To Miss Falter we bequeath a lovely bouquet of violets: in expression of our appreciation of her dramatic ability. To Miss Ickman we will a pound of that priceless! granulated stuff known as sugar. To Miss Cochrane we leave a chorus class emptied of true talent and musical genius. To Mr. Cummins we will—but we can’t will her ’cause he already has her. To Mrs. Hahn we will a sample package of muscles lifted from her several Senior girls. To Mr. Brown we leave a record of brilliant (?) basketball victories to be matched (we hope not) next year. To Mrs. DeWald we will a beautiful red geranium plant to bloom next year and remind her of the Class of ’42. To Mr. Hatch we bequeath a variety of seeds to plant in his Victory garden. To Miss Jom we will a copy of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” to keep for her very own—this copy will be complete with the autographs of all of her Sophomores of 1939-40 who enjoyed the selection so much—it says here! To Mr. Smith we bequeath a musical saw which he may use to entertain his “trades” boys during their course in metal work. To Miss Fase we will two dozen typewriter platens—the war has made them priceless, you know. To Miss Betz we bequeath all of our old history outlines—if she will just distribute them among the Sophomore class it will save the class many hours of work—that is, if they can read the outlines. To Miss Shook and Miss Sheehan, our sponsoressae these past four years, we regretfully say “Au revoir” and “Thank you for just being you!” To the various classes: To the Junior Class we will our place as “dignified” (?) Seniors—respected (?) by undergrads, and beloved (?) by our teachers. To the Sophomore we leave our brilliant (?) scholastic records to be surveyed with wonder and reverence. Our deepest sympathy we bestow upon the green, green Freshman class— Freshies, you’ll need it, believe us—we know ’cause we were green ourselves, once.