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

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JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY It was a bleak, misty clay in the fall of 1949 when a band of knowledge-seeking pilgrims viewed the foreboding structure of the higher halls of learning. We sighed — a rather frightened sigh, and perhaps our knees were shaking a bit, for we knew the tales of what had happened to freshmen before us — but, nevertheless, we gallantly trudged up the big steps which were soon to become so much a part of our lives. We made many futile trips looking for the elevator and many of us were carried off by some upperclassman to do “a little something extra.” However, we survived nicely, and to prove we couldn't be licked — with the able help of Miss Graves and Mr. Hansen, our sponsors — we elected Douglas Gibson, president; Ernie Ridgeway, vice-president; and Sally Poage, secretary-treasurer. We even had a voice in the activities and we chose Ann Carter and Carl Vanderveen to represent us. Although we supposedly were small and insignificant, our older brothers and sisters knew we were there because many of us took active part in school activities. You could see our faces in physical education, band, glee club, and chorus. When the pictures were taken for the honor roll, many of us were there. Doug Gibson, adding greater fame to our name, won a basketball letter, and Carol Morehead was elected cheerleader. Our little band of Pilgrims had blazed the trail nicely and we came back in the fall of 1950 ready to do our bit even better than before. First, advised by Mrs. Cummins, Miss Fase, and Miss Shook, we elected the heads of our Pilgrim band. These were: Leah Rae Ketter, president; Charles Baker, vice-president; Helen Wittrock, secretary-treasurer; and Glenda Lunsford and Sarol Wiltse in the activities. We were ready to carry our share of the load; and to prove it Bill Bedwell, Douglas Gibson, Ernie Ridgeway, and Carl Vanderveen earned football letters. Later in the year Douglas Gibson, Delmar Bowers and Bob Norton rallied and lettered in basketball. We sent Doris Hillyer and Virginia Reavis to represent us at the State Band Clinic. Helen Wittrock went, too, but under the chorus department. Carol Morehead again represented us in the cheering squad, and Doug Gibson and Carl Vanderveen earned a letter in track. Our faces were again seen in the many extracurricular activities and on the honor roll. Yes, we had blazed our track a little further through the forest of ignorance. We came back in the fall of 1951 aware of the new responsibility of being upperclassmen. Ready and able to do our job, an older, wiser Pilgrim group, directed by Miss Shook, Miss Fase, Mr. Hansen, and Mrs. Hahn, we elected Glenda Lunsford, president; Charles Baker, vice-president; Leah Ketter, secretary-treasurer; and Bill Bedwell, Virginia Reavis and Carl Vanderveen to augment the activities committee. We knew we had to set a good example for the under classmen, so Charles Baker, Bill Bedwell, Leonard Crawley, Charlie Ebel, Doug Gibson, Dale Huettner, Gene Killingsworth, Gerald Nolte, Bob Norton, Ernie Ridgeway, Carl Vanderveen and Richard Wiedmeir hustled about and earned football letters. Later on, Douglas Gibson, Delmar Bowers and Bob Norton received basketball awards; and in the spring, many of them received letters in track. We elected Linda Buthman and Carol Morehead to represent us on the cheering squad. Virginia Reavis went to the State Band Clinic for us, accompanied by Donna Schatz and Helen Wittrock, whom we sent to the Chorus Clinic. We took a big part in the Cornhusker County Government; we added new names to the honor roll; and we took part in the District Band and Chorus Contests at Auburn. At the District Speech Contest at Peru, George Hunker stepped into the limelight and earned a Superior in his original oration. We girls finally earned some letters, too. Those receiving their first State G. A. A. awards were: Mar-celle Brauer, Shirley Brazau, Ramona Birdsley, Shirley Buchholz, Linda Buthman, Ann Carter, Kay Dewald, Shirley Dodds, Rosalie Finck, Shirley Hamm, Kay Kirk, Elaine Meyers, Carol Morehead, Joyce Miller, Gailya Percival, Virginia Reavis, Donna Schatz, Shirley Stein-hauer, Joyce Wamsley, Sarol Wiltse, Helen Wittrock, Phyllis Yost, Rosalie York and Carole Zentner. On December 14, 1951, at 8:00 p. m. the Junior Class presented — to one of the biggest houses yet, by the way — their play, Street of Dreams, under the direction of Miss Sukovaty. It was a fine play, and we had lots of fun putting it on. Those included in the cast were: Gretchen Green, Ann Carter, Leah Ketter, Betty Bell, Linda Buthman, Carol Morehead, Sally Poage, Carole Zentner. Shirley Buchholz, Charles Baker, Gary Wamsley, George Hunker, Carolyn Raymond, and Jim Dunn. Helen Wittrock spoke between acts, Virginia Reavis was narrator, Rosalie Finck. Georgia Bauer, Helen Wittrock and Jo Ann Clumpner were prompters. Our stage managers were Douglas Gibson and Dale Krause; Kay Kirk and Virginia Reavis were the stage decorators and had charge of costumes. Shirley Hamm had charge of publicity, and Virginia Reavis, tickets. Our last act as juniors, the climax of our first three years, was the banquet which we gave for the seniors on May 3, 1952. We hated to see our senior friends go, but we all had a grand time, even though it was farewell. —And now we Pilgrims are a little tired, as we’ve had a long , hard pull, so we’re going to rest in order that we can come back refreshed Pilgrims and complete the final chapter of our journey next year. —Linda Buthman

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ERNIE RIDGEWAY MAX ROLAND DONNA SCHATZ JOANNE SHUBERT WILBUR TISDEL CARL VANDERVEEN GARY WAMSLEY JOYCE WAMSLEY HELEN WITTROCK MARJORIE WITTROCK PHYLLIS YOST CAROLE ZENTNER RUTH RUEGGE DALLAS RUNYAN MELBA SIMON SHIRLEY STEINHAUER MARVIN VINSONHALER EDWARD VOLLMER ARCHIE WEAVER RICHARD WIEDMAIER SAROL WILTSE ROSALIE YORK WAUNETTA ZIMMERMAN JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS President.........................................................Glenda Lunsford Vice-President.......................................................Charles Baker Secretary-Treasurer.....................................................Leah Ketter Activity Committee..................Carl Vanderveen, Bill Bedwell, Virginia Reavis

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SOPHOMORES Front row (left to right) : Robert Lewis. Dan Lippold. Richard Me-Millen. Adrienne McMillen. Vivian Mclivain, Glen Murphy, Elsie Milliron, Ralph Nelson, Hetty Nitzsche. Patsy Noll. Carol Orr. Gary Peck. Larry Peck, Gail Pickard. Rametta Ramsey. Second row: George Percell. Paul Schatz, Gail Ruegge, LaWanda Ruegge, Alice Richmond. Darlene Remmers, Paul Rieger, Marilyn Slagle. Joan Scheitel. Carole Sander. Kay Shouse. Janice Scholz. Patricia Stalder, Rosalie Spahr, Beverly Shaw. Sheila Yoder. Don Ziegler. Third row: Eugene Ramer. Paul Spaulding, Hill Sorenson. Henry Schwartz, Gary Schlicker. Lester Shaw. Raymond Simon. Hob Sutter. Gary Tudor. Harvey Voll-mer. Gary Wiar, David Wetmore. Virginia Weinert, Harbara Wing. Marilyn Winsor, Charles Williams. Front row (left to right): Andy Asendorf. Shirley Apcl, Ruth Bachman, Hetty Bentley, Neal Bachman, Rex Hartley. Don Bek, Kenneth Hippes, Ronald Bisseg-ger. Vernal Brocker. Fayrene Brown, James Chaffee. Monte Cox. Beverly Clark. Second row: Doris Constantine. Beverly Crofford. Marna Curncs, Joyce Dean, James Dougherty, Mary Lou Dykes, Delbert Eick-hoff. Keith Fryer. Georgia Franke, I eslie Groff, Harbara Gilliland. Norma Godeman, Winifred Grantham. Robert Hazelwood. Third row: Marjorie Hahn. Jack Hixson, Patricia Johnson. Betty Joy, Ksborn James. Hill Jahn. Richard Jenkins. Jack Kelly, Roger Kiekhaefer. Lois Kirken-dall, June Kirkendall. Lorna Kelly.