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

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Class Will We, the class of 1946, have enjoyed our four years of high school beyond measure. Our experiences with fellow students in classrooms and social gatherings were mutually enjoyable and helpful. The council and instruction of our teachers was uplifting and inspiring. Since we can not take them with us we desire to make the following will: To Mr. Starkebaum we leave a book on moving pictures, in hopes that the under-classmen will enjoy those 10 minute reels as much as we did. To Mr. Sympson we leave a new Senior class. We thank him for his many favors. To Mr. Boswell, who is always reading while on second floor hall duty, we leave a new set of Kansas City Times, out of which he gets his weather predictions. To Coach Tolly, we leave all our height and weight to his basketball and football teams. To Miss Sympson and Miss Betz we leave a new voice to use during the long, cold winter months. To Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Hahn we leave our thanks for their help in all our activities. To Mr. Hatch, we leave a blue striped shirt—providing that in the future he will dress more carefully. To Mrs. Kline, we leave a package of grape gum—her favorite kind—to add to the collection of other “wads” which she has forced out of many of her gum-chewing students. To Mr. Cummins we leave new seniors to traipse in and out of his room eating “Cheese-its,” “cookies,” “candy” and other vitamin giving food as they come and go. To Miss Wieland we leave a shorter way to work those Algebra problems so we can save our paper. To Miss Jorn and Miss Sheehan we leave a complete set of new library books so they won’t have to listen to the same old book reports. To Mr. Parde we leave our sincere thanks for the splendid band and orchestra—and also some new pieces for the dance band. To Miss Brehm we leave a sextette in hopes it will be as good as our seven. To Miss Shook and Miss Fase we leave a brand new black Kaiser-Fraiser Automobile Car. We leave Miss Ickman with her pots and pans and measuring cups. To Mrs. Dewald we leave peace and quietness in her study hall. Marge Arendt and John Zorn leave the writing of the class will to two other brilliant people of the Junior class. Pat Babb leaves her quietness to Bob Babb—who is no relation. Louise Bachman leaves her ability to get 90’s to Joyce Yoder—who never gets a one. Norma Lee Bauer wills her memorized recitations to Bernard McDermot. Cecil Bindrum and Carl France leave the taxi-cab business to Freddie Bieden-weg and Richard Kentopp. Joan Bock leaves her ability to jitterbug to Barbara Shields. Anna Marie Bolay leaves—how are all those kids going to get to town now? Fala Bowers leaves her black hair to Barbara Amann. Helen Braun leaves her history outlines to Shirley Zoeller. Bernice Brown leaves High School still wondering why an acre is always square. Hilda Carlyon leaves her interest in boys to Rosie Parker—quite a load Rosie! Nancy Carter leaves her charming giggle to Carolyn Nelson. Pat Chaffee leaves as she came in— tall and lean or could this be Abe Lincoln? Pat Chapman leaves Jack Wing. Now Jack will have to learn to tap dance from somebody else. William Chesnut leaves Arlene Wing. Ah-me. Arlene Clausen leaves her Lady Ga-diva hair to Richard Jones—who needs a little. Rae Cochran leaves—at last! Nadine Coming leaves Virginia Ham to walk alone.

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Gelwick, Margaret Goldsmith, Dorothy Boland and Bettie Jahns. We stopped off at the Prichard Auditorium one evening to give a banquet to our upper classmen, all of whom were planning to leave us to travel on foreign highways. After overcoming all obstacles, including final exams, we took that annual rest again and looked forward to the last and most important quarter of our course. In the Fall of 1945, we walked into our school as seniors. We felt differently toward Falls City High School and our classmates than we had in the Fall of 1942. With a sadness in our hearts, we realized that this was our last year, so we decided to make the most of it. First we elected our leaders to guide us along the final miles of our journey—Bob Eckwert, president; Ingram Yoder, vice-president, and Yola Brown, secretary-treasurer. Pat Chaffee, LaRhue Fisher, Mary Lee Stout, Peg Thomas, and Ingram Yoder went to the Music Clinic. Marge Arendt continued as the cheerleader from our class. Willard Gelwick, Kenneth Morehead, Marvin Scheitel, Neal Scheitel, Ben Spears, Edgar Steele, Kenneth Wittrock, Rae Cochran and John Zorn lettered in football: Marvin Scheitel, Bob Eckwert, and Willard Gelwick lettered in basketball. Our journey was nearing its end rapidly, and in the spring, Margaret Goldsmith, Lois Keeling, Beverly Larson, Norma Ankrom and Pat Chaffee represented us at the state declamatory contest. We were also well represented at the district music contest by Norma Ankrom, Marge Arendt, Anna Marie Bolay, Yola Brown, Hilda Carlyon, Pat Chapman, LaRhue Fisher, Willard Gelwick, Margaret Goldsmith, Bettie Jahns, Janice Klotzbach and Audre Williams. The following girls received their 2nd State Award: Rolene Hermann, Pat Chaffee, Nancy Carter, Carol Kentopp, Bonnie Nelson, Peg Thomas, and Joan Bock. Bernice Brown, Nelle Runyan, and Hilda Carlyon received their 1st State Award. The Senior play, “Spring Green,” under the direction of Mrs. Kent Morgan, was presented May 3, at the Senior High Auditorium. The cast consisted of Ingram Yoder, Jake Spears, Hilda Carlyon, Nelle Runyan, Myron Whitten, Norma Ankrom, Edgar Steele, Jack Hayden. Pat Chaffee, Arlene Clausen, Bill Gelwick, Neal Scheitel, Marvin Scheitel, Audre Williams, and Donna Mae Hil-genfeld. We were the guests of the Juniors at the Junior-Senior Banquet held May 10 at the Prichard Auditorium. Our journey was completed on May 23, when we received our diplomas and stepped out into the world, ready for the future and whatever it held for us. NORMA ANKROM

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Robert Ebel leaves Willi e—t w o wrongs make a right, we hope! Robert Eckwert leaves his shyness to Dannie Stowell. LaRhue Fisher leaves her operetta voice to James Thompson. Mary Alice Franklin leaves her nasal voice to Jim Waddle. Bill Gelwick leaves his fondness of girls to Bill Albright—poor fella—you didn’t inherit much, did you? Kenny Morehead leaves his love for work to Duane Bowers. (You didn’t get anything either, Duane!) Gerald Gerlt leaves his lazy walk to Dickie “hurry-up” Lockard. Margaret Goldsmith leaves her height to Nancy Atkinson. Mary Goltz leaves the same way she came in—quietly. Jack Hayden leaves his Charles Atlas books to Marian Downey. Rolene Hermann leaves a certain Basketball star—his name could be Titus. Donna Mae Hilgenfeld leaves her title as a “Class Angel” to Diane Redmond. Chris Horn leaves about 100 pounds to Roger Ankrom. Bettie Jahns leaves her whispering talent to James Budeit—whom we have never heard talk! Delma Jones leaves Rex to try and keep up the good record. Tommy Kallos, a good humor boy, leaves his joke books to any sorrowful underclassman. Victor Karst leaves his wavy hair to Jere Callahan. Lois Keeling leaves Mr. Boswell minus a brilliant chemistry student. Carol Kentopp bestowes her ability as a flirt to Mary Broadstone. Janice Klotzbach leaves Bruiser Todd to walk down the hall with somebody else. Beverly Larson leaves—Yvonne Smith and Gretchen Lessel will now have to enlist a couple of good bridge players! Merle Metz leaves his feminine attraction to Benny Bearce. Darlene Mott leaves her bowling ability to Betty Dorste. Bonnie Nelson leaves the girls basketball team minus a great player. Dewaine Pupkes leaves his fondness for sleeping in study hall to Bob Duey and Calvin Peck. William Quigley leaves that 5 o’clock shadow to Bob “Fuzz” Burton. Herbert Robertson, Yola Brown and Frances Thomas leave the Pep Band— weep, Mr. Parde, weep! Nelle Runyan leaves her distance to come to school to Richard Loucks—who you’d think has a mile or two to go. Marjorie Schmidt and Gertrude Bie-denweg leave their likeness to Doug and Dave Brenner. Patsy Smith leaves the High School minus one good soprano. Ben Spears leaves his “Van Johnson freckles” to Dennie “Red” Farley. Edgar Steele leaves all of his questions asked at football practice to Jack Oslin. Jake Spears and Mary Lee Stout leave together. Duane Tubach leaves his high marks to all under-classmen who need them. David Weinert leaves his brother— if he has one—to carry on in Mr. Hatch’s Ag. Class. Myron Whitten leaves his ability to torment Mrs. Dewald to Robert Peck— who already does a good job. Big sister, Audre Williams, leaves little Colleen to watch over Harold Jackson— alone! Kenny Wittrock leaves his manly stride to Gerald “Dewdrop” Jackson. Ingram, tripping through the daisies, Yoder, leaves his graceful walk to Harold, mowindown the weeds, Jackson. Kenneth Yoesel leaves. Buck up Jimmy Noll and Delmar Scholl—there’s still hope for you! Neal Scheitel leaves his love for the opposite sex to Chad Taylor. Marvin Scheitel leaves his romantic chuckle to any Freshman who wishes to be a casinova. Norma Ankrom leaves her ability to play the drums to Harold Boswell. Joe Gillispie and John Chesley have already left for the service. Robin Thompson leaves his piano to Dolores Lord—in hopes that Delo can carry on as well. Colleen Ogg leaves very quietly—just as she came in. Don Prichard leaves to join the armed forces. Sue Martin leaves her much-fought-over Angora sweater to Barb—now Barb con claim it as her very own! Gilda Sailors leaves the halls ringing with “Ebe-Abbe-Leba.”