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

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amen Lzfofz 'lhe sun shone bllght 011 the Septembel molnlnp 1943 whe11 we F1eSh18S Inst began the l1st 1n1lestone 111 ou1 se'1leh tol knowledge Wlthlll the walls of Falls Clty Hleh Sehool Be wlldeled 1nd a blt shy we looked to oul g,u 11dl 111s MISS Sheehan and MISS Shook 101 guldanee Aftel mueh PLISLI 1s1o11 on the p11t of OUI 5130115018 th 1t the SOph0H10lLS XVL16 leally human we eeased lulklng ln the eorrl dols '1nd settled down to the task before us One of oul F11 st accompllshments was the elec tlon of the followlng class offlcels GE01 ge Dux fee, pxesldent Joyce Y0d61 VICE pleslden Betty Nol ton seeletny Wllf1Ed Ebel tl eas LIILI' NOIIYIW Ka11ady S115 S'11g6l11 Ethel D111 fee Ch 11lotte JOIILS Md11C NILITILQC1 Dololes Lold ES1hL1 Wlttloek and M615 Lou Elekhoff won thell fllst loeal awald tlnoueh thell aehlevement 111 the Glllb Athletle Assoelatlon Ceell Bennett letteled 111 footb1ll The te lehels thlnklne, 1 lest 111153111 help us postponed oul studles fol thlee mo11tl1s We letllllltd to F C H S 111 the f1ll of 1944 lefleshed '7 a11d eagel 7 7 to LODUHLIL our sealeh Thls yeal fo1 ou1 elass OHICEFS we ehose the f0ll0VV1Ilf., Tom Poll 11d plesldent Pollv Poll VILL plesldent Je III ObQ1S1 SLLIC taly Dololes Lold 11tlSL1lL1 Cltlclldllli, Bos som w IS seleeted to selye on the Student Conn c 11 s ILLLIVIDQ., thell fllst loeal '111 ll s GILLIIL 1l1d Allee Dlllfet Esthcl Wlllltlelx MHIIL Nlemeyel DUIOIGS Lold NOIIIII R111 1dy C111 1 LlMlllLl Ch 11lotte Jones 1l1d Allee Dlllftt e nned thell seeo11d loe1l '1VS t1C1S OLII football letteln1e11 yyele Ceell Bennett 1l1d Pete Slliltll J1ek O5l1I1lt11L1Ld 111 lJ1SlxL1 ba Aftel Ill thls hald wolk we belleyed th'1t we wele Llltltlixd to a1lO1lIt1 lest llld as 1111 took thlee IT10I11hS It IQ 1945 al1d ol1ee 131111 the halls of Fllls Clty Hleh Ll'lITl0I wlth the 1t,SOllI1dlI1g steps of the students As llppel elassmen we beeln to set 1 good example fO1 the TIESTIYYKII 1nd sophomoles tlt It ISII1 alleady too l1teJ P01 0111 le'1de1s tl11s tel111 we seleeted Gel llfllllt' Bossom ples1del1t J'lLh Will., VILL plesldent Bob Tl1LlS SLC1L1l15 Webstel Todd tle1su1er Hal old J lekson 111d Bob Dunn XVLIL oul JUIIIOI eheel le 1de1s Gel lldllle Bossoln yy as oul J1ln lor tdlttll o11 the Ol lnbe 'ind Bl 1ek st1fT Zellene SLIITIIILI lecelyed lltl fllst loe1l 1wa1d lVIa1y Lou FlL1xhtJHl Mu Henly Gltllli Greene '1nd MIIJKJIIL Babb XVCIQ plesented wlth then seco11d loeal 1w1lds The F1151 State Aw11d was glanted to Ch11lotte Jones Dololes Lord Yvonne Smlth Esthel Wltt1tJCli NtJlfY11 KlI1'ldW M3119 Nlemeyel and Ethel Dultee We wele well 1Cp1 ese11ted ln the field of '1thlctles by the followlng football letter men WebS1Ll Todd Bob Tltus Jack OSIID Johl111y MLNCIS Bob Duey Bob Burton and by the b1sketball lettelmen Bob Bulton Jack Oslln Bob T1tUS Tom Pollald al1d Gelald Jackson Ge1ald1ne Bossom and Berke Thompson W919 oul leplesentatlves at Glrls State and Boys State respectlvely Junlors elected for the Student ACtlV1ty Commlttee were Pete Smlth and Bal ba1a Thompson O11 J'1n1l11y 22, undel the d11CLtlOI'1 of Mrs Kent MO1bdH we plesented a 3 1ct play en tltled The Case of the M1SS1Hg H9115 Whlch h 1d a lts e 181 the followlng Colleen Wllllams Webstel 'lodd C8ItDlXD Nelson Bob Dunn D011na lVIeNe 11 Way11e Lal kln Yvonne Smlth J1n1 Budelt Glettlltll Lessel 1nd Berke Thon1pso11 O11 lVI1y 10 we wele hosts to the Se111o1s 1t the JUI1101 SCUIOI Banquet YVhlCll was held lt the P11eh11d Memollal Audlttlllllnl Upon Lllttllllg our Senlol ye'1l at F1lls Clty H1311 Sehool we ehose the followlng class 01llLL1S Bob Tltus p10b1dQI1t Halold Jackson VILL plesldent Jelome COLl1l'lI1 secrctaly tle ISUIQI Oul f0Oll3'lll lettermen WSIS Bob Burto11 J1ek OSl111 Bob Tltus Bob Duey Webster Fodd Pete Smlth Jlek Wlllg John11v Meyers Dale Cl nk Gel wld Jackson and Torn Pallald Bob Blllltlll Tom Poll nd Gelald Jackson Bob 111118 'lllfl Pete Smlth letteled ln basket 31 QLHIOIS selvlng on the Student Aetlvlty Ct7lT1IU111OL wele Sue Slle,ent G91Wld1H9 Bos som M31l1LLL Zentnel Colleen Wllllams Jer ome Coehl 111 Tom Pollald Halold Jackson 1nd Bob Tl1L1S Mdlll NILIHLX 91 C1181 lotte Jones Esthel Wlttloek and Yxonne S111lth lecelved thell second State Aw'11d Gloll1 CJIQLHO and lVI'11v Lou Elekhoff won thell f11S1 St 1te Aw'11ds O11 M11 8 we VVCIC guests at the annual Ju11lol Se 11101 Banquet wl1lch w1s held at tl1e Pllehald Memtllldl Alld110I'1LlIU On MIX 14 the SCIIIOI' class pl 1y Good Nluht Ladles was plesented at the audltor lum Lllldll the d1I6C1l0H of MISS Constanee HOLIIIHEII1 Those ln the east wele Colleen W1llI3D1S Cnolyn Nelso11 Gletchen Lessel Leon Joy Tom Pollald Dellla Klause Bob TltLlS Lud ll Deuehler Wayne L1rkln Yvonne Smlth M'1IlL Nlemey er and Delbert Falsken We lecelwed our dlplomas on May 22 and on May 23 yxe retulned ffl! oul last falewells '111d to ICLLIVL our 1eport cards GERALDINE BOSSOM 1 nl- 1 1 1 r 1. l 1 , . . , , V K C I tu 1 . 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anio 'za dlfof Qiafu 'za LLOYD KELLEY None but the brave deserves the fair. HI. .lm-. I. :lg I,inf-mln, Ii: livm-ml l'l?llI'St'I .lrmm-il l4'm'vn-sg l uu1ln:lll, 3: 'l'rau'k, LZ. JACK OSLIN 'You're the first girl I've ever kissed,' he said, as he shifted gears with his knees. Slllllll'l'l, ll Ar':ul1-mir, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Fuullmll, 3, 4, 5, Basketball, 2, 3, 1, Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. CALVIN PECK As stubborn as a compass needle. Xtuluuic l ' ' ' BYRON WING school days may have their de lights but none can compare with my school nights n iuui 4 lllllll I lll afuoz an Ll LC.:'Zi VICE Presldent Harold Jackson Secretary Treasurer Jerome Cochran Class Flower Class Motto Class Colors CARNATION t'The surest way not to fail IS to determine to succeed MAROON and WHI I J -2 1 ', ,l, 3, 4, him, 1, Z. ..My ' I th- 1-Pnl ' 'HH A' - l ur1'1'sC Wy ,1, 2, 3, 4. 'lie 1 ' UZ? if l Presidents ............. ...........i..............,..........................,.. B ob Titus

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Cfczm QD 1671550 As we are motorlng along the hlghway ln our Jet propelled auto we are attracted by a blllboard advertlslng the Jackson Bros Clrcus We stopped and ask a pollcewoman how we can reach thls clrcus The pollcewoman 15 Neta Kjeldsen who IS patrolllng ln front of the Gelwlck bulldlng whlch was bullt by phllanthroplst Ralph Huber and deslgned by artlst Zerlene Sumner Neta told us that the Jackson Bros are blg buslnessmen now havlng acqulred the Barnum 8a Balley Clrcus As we approach the falr grounds our tlCk9tS are sold to us by Opal Cal'I'l'l1ChaEl Strolllng down the falrway we are attracted by our old classmate Jlm Budelt who IS barker for the sldeshow After poollng our money we enter the sldeshow The spotllght shlnes on Melvln Roberts the strong man who IS carrylng a 200 pound keg of beer under each arm The next attractlon of the show features the two rarest gems IH the world none other than Ruby and Pearl the Cooper glrls Also lh the sldeshow IS Colleen Wllllams who hasnt come out of that coma from the hlgh school days Our next act IS a chorus lllle featurlng those fasclnatlng cuties Marge Babb Frances Bacon Clara LaMlller Mary Ruth Bennett Don Zentner and Wayne Cuple Larkln Ruthanna Roesch trles to sell us a tlcket to the b0XlHg match between Bob Wolfe and Lawrence Klller Hullman but we decllne knowlng that we wlll get to meet our old classmates lf we hurry to the Freak Show The last act of the sldeshow features Blppes and Boatman the Bubble Dancers We are very anxlous to reach the Freak Show whlch we hear IS the most extraordlnary exhlbltlon ln the world of what shouldnt be Audrey Kennedy up that come on of hers The first act IS the one and only Bob Head Burton who has by thls tlme grown a second head Next we are attracted to Webb Todd who IS contentlng hlmself wlth eatlng llt clgarette butts Thlrd on the llst IS John Tall man Welnert who IS probably the only man ln the world who can stand ln a hole and shake hands wlth Leon Joy Next comes ones of the most dangerous performances ln the world by the most darlng performer ln the world Jack Oslln IS walklng on glass Wlth bare feet whlle at the same tlme he eats beer bottles as lf the contents dldnt satlsfy hlm Whlle Jack performs that Razor Sharp Donna Slckel IS also Cllpplng the customers' On the last plaform IS Glorla Greene who recently turned the most unusual shade of Chartleuse tyellow green to you guysj Just as the program closes Blg Wheel Jackson lnforms us that hls asslstant Jerry Shelly was just kllled Rather than becomlng alarmed the performers merely asked what klnd of a car he was drlvlng Walklng down the falrway we see Rose Marle Weber and Jean WllS0h runnlng a gamlng table Dorothy Gerweck used to run one too but she was so lucky that she soon was able to retlre When we stop for hot dogs and lemonade we are served by Burdeen Glbson and Evelyn Gruber who run the Greasy Spoon cafe After leavlng the hot dog stand we are attracted to George Wlzard Durfees Sclentlflc Sldeshow Georges lab asslstant IS Bob Wolfe who has selected Joyce Yoder as hls asslstant George used to have Irma Koehler and Vllglllla Hanlm as hls 3SSlSl.8nl,S but they nlet wlth an accldent one day Just ln front of the menagerle we meet Tom Pol lard who lHS1StS that We buy a shlny red apple The glraffe lsnt able to come out of hls den thls afternoon because Charles McLaughlln Just pulled one of hls teeth Ludell Deuchler and Delpha Mae Brackhahn are haullng water to the elephants so as to get tlckets from G Jackson We are told that Wllfred Ebel earned a pass to the show by belng the honor guard ln the parade thls mornlng Le'lvlng the menagerle we come upon Arlene Stratton who IS selllng cotton candy She buys cotton smlles 'lt lt and lt turns sweet enough to eat EDTQFIHQ the IIl ilI'l tent we IIL ushered to our seats by Dellla Krause and Blrball Thompson We buy our programs from Balbara Blckel of the Blckel Newshop The lDt0IlLld6 befole the maln show IS Fllled by corny calllope by Esther M3116 W1tlFOCk The trumpets blare and l spotllght bllngs our attentlon to the centel lrena where the renowned Wlng Bros CJaLk and Buckj ale pelformlng l few darlng feats on thell b1kES Next we have Last the Llon Tamer he dld have an lsslstslllt by the Il lnle of Bob Duey but Bob nlet wlth an unlortunate 'ltcldent whlle ex amlnlng the llon tOl1SllS Now our attentlon IS focused hlgh up to the trapeze artlsts those daredevll glrls Nlemeyer and Salgent Marle swlngs by one toe NVl'l1lB Sue splns on her head no wonder they are so dlZZy The tlght walkel rope that IS IS Mary Lou The show lb lnterrupted whlle those famous detectlves Locke Shaw and Tllll apprehend Cecll Bennett and Jerome Cochran sneallng ln undel the tent The next act IS the world famous Dale Clark the Seal Comm along selllng balloons 1 Lloyd Kelley and hls asslstant Jean WlHdy Obelst Hele come those crazy clowns Jack Gate Bob Dunn and Calvln Peck Jlgglng to the llllle of Jacks Motorola Behlnd the clowns comes Geraldlne Bossom md her educated monkeys Speak no EVll Les el Heal No Evll Kennedy See no Evll Parkel and Do no Evll Falsken Among the spettatols we see Ethel Durfef. Marl lyn Schmechel and Sall Schnute who we hear are qulte famous ln the buslness wolld Sllllng Ill the front row are Pat McDelmott and Gladys WISSIDHCF munchlng trackerjacks sold to them by Nelson Wetzel vlho bought them fIOI1l Edwln Bek who ln turn pur chased them froln the famous Clllco Clackerjack Company who bought the corn flom that gentleman farmel Johnny MQYGIS flts a blg, cl lss and we re get tlng despalate klds'b The clash of the bank attlatts oul attentlon to Berk Thompson and hls band Whlth features a solo by Marl Lee Zentner who ls accompanled by Sharon Brown on her Tuba And what CIFCUS would be com plete wlthout some Cowboys some real Westerners? Leadlng the bl oncos alound the alena IS Lady Godlva Nelson followed by Bob Moore Kenneth Nledf ldt and Curly Pete Slnlth Y COLLEEN WILLIAMS DOLORES LORD WEBB TODD WILFRED EBEL . . . . .' . l . Y . . ' , . ' - . C . - . . . I - . . l cl 2 .N S z 'z . s - - 2 A ' 4 , , - ' z . ' l . I . . . . . 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