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

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Those lettering in basketball were Storla Bohrer, Jack McKelvey, Gene Dill-dine, Tom Burton, Ted Wing (captain), Paul Sailors, Bud Mitchell. Three of our girls received the G.A.A. second state award, the highest award that may be gained by high school girls. These girls were Marian Falloon, Nancy King, and Helen Ruth Frehse. Those receiving their first state award were Darlene Bindrum, Mary Neitzel, Ruth Hartley, Lois Nelson and Lucille Whitesell. Those receiving their second local award were Betty Jo Farmer and Helen Finning. Cheer leaders were Helen Ruth Frehse and Barbara Windle. Members of the Orange and Black were Mary Neitzel, Gerard Timothy, Nancy King, Barbara Windle, Bob Miller, Lorraine Ankrom, Jack McKelvey and Gene Dilldine. The Senior play entitled “Don’t Take My Penny!” was given May 19, at the High School auditorium. The cast included Helen Ruth Frehse, August Deuchler, Nancy King, Wilbur Pruesse, Marvin Wilson, Barbara Windle, Margaret Carlyon, Betty Hunley, Gene Dilldine, Tom Burton, Ila Grush, John Jacques, Naomi Atkins, Lorraine Ankrom, Connie Larson, Jerry Quigley, Gerard Timothy, Marian Falloon and Delphia Nitzsche. We would like to express our appreciation to those teachers who have acted as our sponsors, Miss Betz, Mr. Sympson, and Mrs. DeWald, and to Mrs. Kline who has directed our plays.

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Se tun @ttU4- i¥i4tox6f, In the Fall of 1940, as bewildered Freshmen, we entered the Falls City high school. Guided by our sponsors, Miss Betz and Mr. Sympson, we elected the following class officers: Tom Burton, president; Ilia May Grush, vice president, and Cornell Arendt, secretary-treasurer. We were represented in athletics by the following G.A.A. girls who gained their first local award, a small F.C.: Nancy Phillips, Virginia Speers, Darlene Bindrum, Helen Noyes, Anna Noyes, Twilla Sadler, Marian Falloon, Nancy King, Mary Neitzel, Helen Ruth Frehse, and Lila Stoner. Our sophomore year we elected Marvin Wilson, president; August Deuchler, vice president, and Joanne Banks, secretary-treasurer. Paul Sailors and Ralph Wulf lettered in football. Sophmore G.A.A. girls receiving their first local awards were as follows: Twila Randall, Pauline Braun and Lucille Whitesell. Those receiving their second local award, a large F, were as follows: Marian Falloon, Nancy King, Mary Neitzel, Helen Ruth Frehse and Lila Stoner. Our Junior year Mr. Sympson assumed the position of principal and Mrs. DeWald replaced him as our class sponsor. As Junior officers we elected Gerard Timothy, president; Gene Dilldine, vice president, and Lucille Whitesell, secretary-treasurer. Those lettering in football were Paul Sailors, Ralph Wulf, Gene Dilldine, Charlie Jones, Jack McKelvey, August Deuchler, Don Schietel and Ted Wing. Those lettering in basketball were Gene Dilldine, Ted Wing, Paul Sailors, Ralph Wulf and Tom Burton. Helen Ruth Frehse and Barbara Windle were cheer leaders. A triangle, the G.A.A. first state award, was given to Marian Falloon, Helen Ruth Frehse and Nancy King. In November, under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Kline, we gave a three-act comedy play entitled, “Mr. and Mrs. America.” Those participating were: Kay Duryea, Bernice Kopf, D e 1 p h i a Nitzsche, Rosalie Brecht, Barbara Windle, Gerard Timothy, Bob Miller, Marvin Wilson, Bob Prater, Mary Neitzel, Virginia Speers, Lorraine Ankrom and Marian Falloon. On May 14 we were host to the Seniors at the Junior-Senior Banquet, which was held at the Prichard Memorial auditorium. The Fall of 1943 marked the beginning of the end of our high school career. At this time we elected as our class officers: Margaret Carlyon, president; Jack McKelvey, vice president; and Charlie Jones, secretary-treasurer. Our football iettermen were Bud Bohrer, Tom Burton, August Deuchler, Gene Dilldine, Jack McKelvey, Paul Sailors, Don Schietle, and Ted Wing.

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$6 44 'P'toft ectf Looking out of the window of the TWA Stratoliner, we see the Falls City airport directly beneath us, and as we circle the field, pilot Marvin Wilson, assisted by co-pilot Wilbur Preusse bring the plane in for a beautiful landing. Our hostess, Donna Inks, releases our safety belts and we prepare to leave the plane. Some of the passengers on the plane are Lois Nelson, Vera Slagle, Patricia Von Achen, Helen Finning, Marcella Hottendorf, Ruth Hartley, Kenny Nixon. Don Scheitel, and William and Sterling Faller. Don Scheitel and Kenny Nixon who are now professional football players on the same team. Lois Nelson, Vera Slagle, and Delphia Nitzsche are government stenographers in Washington. Ruth Hartley is a roller-skating instructor. Pat Von Achen and Helen Finning have been touring Europe. The Faller brothers are manufacturers of Fallers’ Hair Oil and Shampoo, guaranteed to curl hair. Head mechanic Ted Wing, and Assistant William Draney check the plane to prepare for another flight. Glenn Godemann, head of the Falls City Cab Service, personally drives us to the newly built Hotel Stanton, which was recently constructed by Storla Bohrer. Robert Reschke is one of the other taxi drivers. Manager Bob Prater and our hostesses, Miss Betz and Mrs. Dewald, who both reside in Falls City, greet us at the door of the hotel. We check our wraps with Rosalie Brecht, the hat check girl. The bouncers at this respectable establishment are Jerry Quigley, assisted by Paul Sailors. Many prominent personalities in the field of entertainment are present at this gathering. On the bandstand is T-Bone (Tom Burton), and his Nine Little Short-Cuts. Featured at the piano is Betty Hun-ley, famous pianist. Other entertainment is provided by Helen Ruth Frehse and Gene Dilldine, well-known ballroom dancers. Mistress of Ceremonies is Margaret Carlyon. The welcome toast of the evening is proposed by Gerard Timothy, one of the prominent lawyers of the city. As we glance around the room, many familiar faces greet our view. At one table, deep in conversation, is a group of men, which, as we later learn, is the Farmers’ Cooperative Association, headed by James Tubach. Others in the group are Vernon Gatz, and Jubal Koenig. Just at this moment two serious-looking men enter the room, and at a closer glance we find they are David Budeit and Fred Thomas. They are both well-known in the field of Chemistry. Fred is still working on his new formula for rubber (and we have hopes that some day he will perfect it). David has returned to Falls City to build another labratory, having recently had an explosion in his last workshop, the cause of which he has not yet discovered. When the banquet is well under way, who should come sauntering in but the playboy Bud Mitchell, late as usual, accompanied by Charlie Jones, who is president of the local Bachelors’ Club. Bob Miller and Pat McDermott are local florists. Anna and Helen Noyes own and operate the “Noyesless Beauty Salon.” Mildred Little, Darlene Bindrum and Marcella Hottendorf are clerking in the local dime store. Lucille Whitesell is a librarian in Tampa, Florida, and her assistant is Imo-gene Gerweck. Jack Beckham is proprietor of the billiard room adjoining the hotel. One of his most regular customers is John Huber. Some of the guests who were unable to be here this evening are Nancy King, who is a baby specialist in a large New York clinic, Connie Larson, head nurse at John Hopkins Hospital, also in New York, and Yetive Hocker, Ann Stednitz, Mary Jane Smith, and Helen Werner,who are all sucessful businesswomen in various cities in the United States.