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

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Bes1des havlng a f1ne record 1n aCt1V1t16S, our class has been well represented on the scholastlc honor roll We completed our 8Ct1V1t19S for the Jun1or year by play1ng host to the Sen1ors at the An nual Junlor Senlor Banquet The event was held at the Pr1chard Aud1tor1um on the eve mng of May 7 At the beg1nn1ng of our Sen1or year we elected the followmg class off1cers B111 Al br1ght presldent Mar3or1e Herbster v1ce pres 1dent B1ll Farmer secretary treasurer Our football lettermen were Roger An krom B111 Farmer Benn1e Bearce Tom Rose Thompson and B111 Albrlght SGHIOTS serv1ng on the Student Ac1v1t1es Comm1ttee were R1chard Jones Paul Clausen and Bob S1mpson We elected Barbara Sh1elds as MISS Falls C1ty to represent us at the Hallowe en Fes t1Val held at Hlawatha Sen1ors rece1v1ng basketball awards were B111 Albrxght B111 Farmer and D1ck He1ne man G1r1s earn1ng the1r second state G A A awards WGIC Grace Clark Glor1a Sanchez Roberta DeWald Jean Ann Spauldmg Mary On May 6 the Semor Class Play Sud denly It Was May was presented at the H1gh School Audltorlum under the d1rect1on of Mr Floyd Mann The play cast 1ncluded Don Baker Howard Ul1n Hobart W1ltse Dlck He1neman Jean Ann Spauld1ng Glor1a San chez Joan WlttTOCk Joan Bader Barbara Sh1elds Mary Taylor MarJor1e Herbster and Nancy Atk1HSOH Roman Fleskosk1 and Joan Sargent served as 3SS1StHDt d1rectors We were guests at the annual Junlor Sen 1or banquet held at the Pr1chard Aud1tor1um May 20 Sen1ors who were elected to prepare the John Thompson Gene Ruegge Roman Fles kosk1 Paul Clausen Roger Ankrom Davld Lemmon Jean Ann Spauldlng Don Baker Bob S1mpson Barbara Mart1n MarJor1e Herb ster MarJor1e W1ltse Barbara Sh1elds and Frank Carver On May 26 our commencement CXQFCISGQ were held The followmg day May 27 we rc turned for our report cardS W1th a deep sorrow and yet w1th a feelmg of Joy we turn our eyes to the future but we w1ll always look back Wlth pleasure on out happy days at Falls C1ty H1gh School Taylor and Joan Bader John Thompson A number of Sen1ors represented us at the D1str1ct MUSIC Contest at Auburn fApr1l 8 9D Mary Taylor . . . Q - I a ' U 1 7 ' 77 ' . . , . - U . - 7 . , . L , . ' - ' Q 1 ' ' ' ' - Y 7 I ' 7 ' 7 7 7 ' l . D Y . l O . 7 ' - . . . - . - 3 1 ' ' 7 Y 7 l Don Baker, Paul Clausen, Frank Carver, John 1949 Orange and Black Were' Mary Taylor' . . ' , Y 1 - . . . . . 7 l , , D . 3 V V - Z Y Y 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 1 . ,, . . ' 75 9 - ' ' - 1 1 Y ' . . , . Y . . - , . . ' 9 . ' : , ' , ' Y 7 , .

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RUTH WITTROCK COLLEEN' ZOELLER ff CL XSS MCTTO To the Stars Thxoagh Difficulty Cl ASS 1 LOYV R Carnation CLASS CCLGRS G1a5 'ind Gold an to 'z an L5,fO 'zt On enter ng Falls City High School for the f 1 t t1 ne in early autumn 1945 matters looked xloomv indeed to the ma ority of us How cv r with the pa sing of a few we ks and the b indant help of our advisors Mrs Kent Mor an fi d Mr Parde we soon ad usted our clvcs to the task that lax befoie us Our first task was to elect officers for the yeai Thr sc wcie chosen as follow Presi dent Bill Faimer vice piesident Wilbur Dur fcc ccietary tieasurei Dick Lockard Mernbcr of the clas participated enthusi 'istically in vaiious 'ictivitics throughout th, yc ar of 1945- 46. Receiving their first gym '1wa. d were the folloxvng: loan Fader Alice Wil iams Ella K'cld en Dorothy Kanel Marilyn Hunkins Mary Taylnr Joan Ryan Grace Clark Sara Jane Pricaarcl Gloria Santhez Barbara Mar- 1i'i lea Ann Spaulding. Mary Ann VVittroek Rbcsta DeV 1ld Harriet 'lhomson Gladys M l'lCll.J Laura Kopf Virginia Branain Gcnrgia Ann Yost 'ind Margar t Davidson. Bill Farmer letttercd in football Our class was also represented in the dis- trict music contest, which was held in Auburn. Members competing were Paul Clausen Mari- lyn Pre' site, Howard Ulin, Marilyn Hunkins, 3.21 b Miller. Gladys Veach, Roman Fleskoski, I arbara Martin, Donald Schmidt, Barbara 5 Fields. Norman l.Valker, Roger Ankrom. Mar- jorie Herb :ter Joan Sargent. Mariorie Wiltse. La Donna Krueelfeberg, Nancy Atkinson, and Jean I nn Spaulding. Barbara Martin represented our class :rnotigi the Chee: Leaders. Haviig completed our freshman year with sumo si' nz of success. we were nevertheless re- l'eved an.l happy when we became sophomores without serious mishap As our class officers Tom Rose was elected president Bill Albright vice president Paul Clausen secretary treas urer Continuing our vigorous participation in activiti s Alice Williams Gloria Sanchez Joan Bader Grace Clark Mary Taylor Jean Ann Spaulding and Ella Kjeldsen received gym awaids Frank Carver Donald Goltz and Bill Far mer received letter awards in track B111 Far mer also lettered in basketball The sophomore year was more or less com- pleted with the participation of numerous members of the class in the District Music Con- test at Auburn. Finally becoming upper classmen we chose Richard Jones as president of our class' Roman Fleskoski vice president' Barbara Shields secretary-treasurer. A succes ful play entitled Girl Shy was presented on the evening of December 5 by the Junior class under the direction of Mrs. Shir- ley Carney. Members of the cast were Frank Carver, Roman Fleskoski, Marjorie Herbster, Barbara Martin, Sara Prichard. Tom Rose, Joan Sargent, Barbara Shields, Bob Simpson Wilma hiaclerson, Howard Ulin, and Hobart Wiltse. Receiving football letters at the close of the sea'on were Bill Albright, Bennie Bearce Frank Carver, Paul Clausen, Bill Dykes and Bill Farmer, John Thompson, Kenneth Hamm and Bob Simpson. Basketball letters were giv- en to Bill Albright. Bill Farmer, Bill Dykes, and Dick Heineman. It addition to Barbara Martin, students having served as cheer leaders were Gloria Sanchez, Joan Sargent and Roger Cox.

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.amor Cffazi glzofzgscy R1,AL1b LIC 1+ U 1 FURISTIC PROPHETIL REVELATIONS Upon arr1v1ng at that New World hav1ng pxerced the fourth d1mens1on I floated from the glant Jet p1ope1led plane to the landlng f1eld on Mars I was met by a number of those sweet lovable faces f1om dear old F C H S Irnmed1ately telev1s1on photographers and rad1o 1cporte1 SXVd1 med about me .soon p1C tures 13981111 my vesemblance WGIO on the wave lengths and supe1son1c speakers rang out the news to the earth Roger A'I1li101'Y1 the last member of the class of 49 ar11ves on Mars I 1mmed1'1tcl3 was wh1slxed away to my hotel by Harlan Roland vxho was d11v1ng h1s new 1tom1c powered tax1 As I floated from the tax1 at the hotel I saw two street cleaners Marvln Haeffele and Ge1ald Gerweck engag ed 1n a heated a1gument as to wnether the pass mg of the automob11e and the advent of travel by rocket would gre 1t1y change the1r profess1on We a1e mformed that Geol ge Bertlam IS also a street cleane1 and that he constantly th1nks of those good old narrow streets on Earth As we floated there talkmg the supermtendent of all the street cle'1ne1s suddenly appeared clad 1n a spotless whlte tun1c and ordered all the men back to wo1k You can nnagme my sur prlse when I I'9CObI11Z9d h1m to be Ro er Cox Golng on 1nto the hotel I saw there Roman Fleskosk1 I asked h1m what he was domg on for B1g Burpo Bang F1recracker Company He was here trymg to sc 11 the stock he had accum ulated whlle on earth 1n the Ill ecracker bus1 ness I learned from Roman that th1s gxant hotel was just one of a chaln owned by that great f1nanc1er John Thompson Johns boast was that he had never spent a penny foo11shly wh1le on ear th When I floated to the desk I was gn en a room by Don Aue who af ter glvlng me a 1oom commented on the short age of wcar1ng apparel on lVIa1s For th1s rea son they had employed Bob Babb and J 1m Noll as bell boys so one could wear the other s un1form w1th ease Rechmng 1n my 1oom I sta1ted to read the newspaper ln se arch of other ev1dence of my former classmates In the want ad col lmn I read For Hlre A good mattress tester see Don Baker I also 1ead where some of the other old class members had been makmg a g1e'1t show 1n the buslness world Among the mentloned WSIS W1ll1am E Albr1ght who was just last week advanced to ass1stant manager of that growmg conceln owned by Howard Ulln and called Buck s Bootery HIS salary was reportedly to have been 1ncreased from S6 98 to S7 95 weekly Included ln the staff worklng under W1ll1am IS Edna Bu1as Grace Clark and W1lma Mez W1ll1am says that th1s 1S the best help that a man could ask for 1n th1s fleld Secretary for th1s f1rm IS that outstand mg stenographer, AIICG W1111ams who punches the keys at about 25 per Readmg on 1n the paper I saw other ev1dence of my old class In blazlng headlmes I read about two more of our old classmates Davld Lemmon IS makmg great advancement toward h1s 1nvent1on H1s 1nven t1on bemg a spec1al brand of chewmg gum that IS gua1anteed to remove freckles and re od bald cran1ums Also mentloned was MISS Sara Pr1chard who IS conductmg consul lable re search IH the dyelng of ha1r In the cr1me col umn I read that Bob S1mpson Edw1n LEWIS and Rlchard Jones were arrested for attemp tmg to beaut1fy the country Slde by pa1nt1ng cows and plgs to harmomze W1th the surround 1ng landscape I also read where Tom Rose and Gene Ruegge are now dolng a stretch ln the hoosegow for sw1ndl1ng and mlsuslng the funds appropr1ated for a home for bl1nd m1ce Accord1ng to the paper there IS a great battle go1ng on now 1n the underworld between ma chme gun B111 Kelley and trlgger fmger B111 Russell The battle 1S reportedly over Nancy Atklnson the queen of the underworld Also mentloned was that team of great fllers Irma and Mar3or1e Bachman who have been fly1ng 1n space for the last ten years trymg to set a new endurance record Tlflng of readmg the paper I went to the floor show wh1ch was be 1ng put on by the hotel management Leadlng h1s band 1n the hotel pat1o was Frank Carver whose motto IS the sweetest muslc th1s Slde of earth Included 1n h1s band are Joan Bader Eugene Stelnhauer and Barbara Sh1elds who IS the featured v1ol1n sololst W1th the band Vo ca11z1ng w1th the band IS that famous tr1o, Joan Mary Anne and Ruth W1ttrock Thelr spec1al number IS that song made famous by them ent1tled How Low the Earth In the floorshows chorus l1ne we see V1rgm1a Hunker Vlfglnla Brann1n W1lma S1nderson and Paul1ne Vogele D1spens1ng soft dr1nks beh1nd the bar we fmd our frxend Donavon Elckhoff After see1ng the show I left to go to the Mars Un1vers1ty Flfty thousand stu dent are enrolled at the un1vers1ty I f1rst went to Professor Bearces agrlculture class where Benjamm IS tellmg hlS students about h1s experlences back on earth In h1S class I rec ogmzed Don Goltz Lawrence Han1ka and Ken neth Hamm Next we went to surgery where Dr B111 Farmer IS attemptmg somethlng new 1n the annals of med1c1ne B111 IS trylng to re move Delmar Scholls head wlthout Delmar know1ng 1t B111 s ass1stants are Al1ce Thomas and lVIartor1e Herbster Leav1ng B111 after h1s unsuccessful exper1ment we next look 1n on that d1st1ngu1shed author Robert Dykes who IS currently engaged ln publ1sh1ng h1s new book ent1tled Fallen Arches The1r Cause and Cure Th1s book IS currently sellmg about 6 000 coples da1ly Next we come upon Paul Clausen who IS Hfflllated w1th Gerald Jones Paul IS a mort1c1an and IS qulte capable of handhng the b1g St1ffS he IS 1n busmess wxth Gerald helps supply Paul w1th materlal for h1s f F I '1 'T Y' Y' I 'B 9 7 ,., . 1 c , , . , , c ' ' ' . , . . 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