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

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Janis Scholz is a concert pianist now. She’s currently playing at Joe’s. Golly moses, I forgot! I was supposed to meet Janis at twelve o’clock, and here it is a quarter after. I’ve got to rush. I’ll see you tonight, Barb.” With this, I dash out of the shop and hurry down the street. There comes Jean Clark out of Bartley’s Milk Bar — the Longest in the World. Jean owns a minnow farm. I suppose she took some in to Adrienne Mc-Millen, the bar maid. Adrienne loves to go fishing especially when Hex goes along to bait the hook. Isn’t that Gary Peck going into Connie’s Milk Bar—the Shortest in the World? Gary runs a hospital for white mice and I hear that Doris “Connie” Constantine’s pet mouse Oscar has been having trouble with his gall stones. There’s Janis standing in front of the Steak House. I do hope she hasn’t been waiting long. “Hello, Janis, I’m dreadfully sorry I’m so late. I don’t know where the time goes.” “That’s perfectly all right. I had a wonderful talk with Kay Shouse and Les Groff while I was waiting. They’re both theatrical booking agents, although Les did have a racing form in his pocket. Who knows? Let’s order and then I’ll tell you about it as we eat.” Seeing us enter, Barbara Crofford hurries over to take our order. Barbara servies the most delicious steaks. Whether your favorite is elephant or rattlesnake steak, she has it. After ordering, Janis continues, “They’ve helped quite a few of our class get into show business. For example, they gave Delbert Eickhoff his build-up as the Great Latin Lover. The girls simply swoon at the sight of him. Marilyn Slagle is a magician’s assistant. I think Kay called him ‘The Great Fritz.’ Fayrene Brown is a famous television actress. She stars in her own show entitled The Missing Link.’ Several novelty acts were mentioned too. Henry Schwartz is the manager of the world’s one and only three-ring flea circus. Margie Hahn calls her insect show ‘Little Margie and Her Talented Ants!’ Then there’s the ‘Marrying Maids,’ Betty Bentley, Shirley Apel, and Georgia Franke whose song and dance routine is most popular. Their theme song is ‘Everybody’s Doing It But Us.’ Well, I’d better be going. I have some errands to do before the party tonight. I’ll see you then.” “Yes, and I have to write a welcoming speech for our reunion. Little typewriter, here I come.” With this, I hurry home and settle down in a comfortable chair with a paper and pencil to make an outline for my speech. But what with the excitement of the morning, I find myself nodding and finally drifting off to sleep. Suddenly I awoke to the stern voice of my mother telling me to wake up if I intended to graduate that night. As I went into the house I reviewed my dream mentally and wondered if it would come true. by Betty Joy

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Who, and, in my opinion, What’ What is tops. You must have met a lot of people while you were doing your research work.” “Oh, I did. You’d be astounded at how many of our friends I ran into.” “I love to hear all about it.” “Well, I met David Wetmore, Jack Hixson, Merlyn Winsor, Barbara Wing, and Joyce Dean in Washington. David has a government job burning worn-out money — he goes around with a fiendish look in his eye, whistling ‘Temptation’; Jack has just been commissioned an admiral of Nebraska’s Navy — quite an honor for a high school graduate; Merlyn is considered the best woman lawyer in the country, probably because of her ability to out-talk any of the others; Barbara runs a resort for dogs with vacationing masters; Joyce, the Wave with a sailor in every port, was there on leave. I saw Etna ‘Play it cool’ Brannin and Beverly Clark in Paris. All Beverly would say concerning France and her resources was, ‘Oooh-la-la, zese Frenchmen!!’ while Etna pleaded ‘No comment.’ JoAnn Scheitel is in Scotland teaching hula dancing. Just think — kilts and the hula! I talked to Lord Kiekhaefer in London, too. It seems Roger caught the Queen’s favorite lady-in-waiting when she fell out of a balcony and thus earned his title. He ay» he just happened to be passing by— a likely story. I sailed back on the same boat as Richard Mc-Millen. Dick was just completing a successful tour and is still the world’s champion chess player. Several of our classmates were musically inclined. Lois Kirkendall’s latest tune, ‘A Barrel and a Peck,’ should be out any day. ‘Bachman’s Rag’ is the rage in Boston. Neal wrote it after taking a short course on Bach. He decided classical music needed modernizing. Paul Rieger owns a huge cactus ranch in Arizona where he raises all sizes and shapes. Nearby Cactus Center sponsors tourist trips through the ranch, all of which Betty Nitzsche has taken advantage. She operates a small store with two products featured — tweezers and merthiolate. Virginia Weinert owns a dude ranch in Texas. It’s like most dude ranches except for one thing — Virginia provides trained ostriches for riding. Once a year she holds a Wild Goose Chase and, mounted on an ostrich, leads the pack. Harvey Vollmer is a demonstration artist. He tests mattresses in department store windows. But wait, I’ve been doing all the talking. What’s everyone doing here at home?” “Well, Barb, let’s i»ee. The former Sheila Yoder won the title of Mrs. House-wife 1974. She gets a trip to Bermuda and a year’s supply of Sudsy-Wudsy. Rosalie Brannin has just finished her book, How to Hen-peck a Husband and Make Him Like It. She did all her research right at home. Don Tutt is working furiously on his autobiography, The Rise and Fall of a Pin-Ball Machine Magnate. Dick Spaulding is still trying to rediscover his formula for freckle remover. The original mixture worked marvelously — while it lasted. Jim Dougherty has opened a correspondence school in American History due to the influence of Mr. Jeffers, his former teacher. This same Mr. Jeffers launched Gail Ruegge on his career. Gail became so interested in his theory of child psychology that he expects to take his Ph. D. in it. The school board hired Gale Pickard as principal. It seems he gained quite a bit of inside information about the job during his high school career. Along this same line, June Kirkendall has started a reform movement for a six year high school. The students, of course, consider it highly unfair. Mary Lou Dykes has a cigar store. In addition to the usual brands, she also sells a hand-made cigar especially for ladies who wish to indulge. Bob Lewis was appointed as head chemist at Salome’s Salami Plant a few years ago. He and his private secretary Lawanda Ruegge spend most of their evenings ‘working’ — or so they say. We also boast a home-town wrestler here. If Lorna Kelly wins her next match she’ll be the U. S. champion lady wrestler. Jack Kelley is also excelling in the sports field. He’s a modern William Tell — so far there have been only two causualties. Pat Stalder is a housemother at the Delta Pi Psi fraternity. She still has that old charm, and a certain admiral is still in there pitching. Carole Lee Sander has organized a Babysitters’ Agency. She keeps a file on the children, both the angels and those whose halos are slightly tarnished, and assigns the sitters accordingly. Vernal Brocker is a chiropractor and, if reports are true, a good one. At least you never leave his office with the same aches that went in with you. LeRoy Stayton has an excellent job as a photographer for the famous magazine, ‘Peek-a-Boo.’ It takes you into the homes of all the renown personalities. Betsy Hartman is living off the fat of the land— she designs clothes for ‘plump’ women and has even organized a Fat Girls’ Club. Jim Belleau makes his living by building houses. No garden is complete without one of his modern bird houses. He even puts picture windows in them. Bob Sutter has made his place in the world or rather on top of old Baldy. He makes toupees for all the prominent business men.

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Senior Class Will TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: We, the Senior Class of 1954, of the Falls City High School, being of sound and unusually brilliant minds, and being particularly blessed with greatness, and wishing the same to be retained for the students, school, and faculty, do pass on these great talents in our last will and testament: To Mr. Andrews, we leave a device for finding all lost or strayed articles. To Mr. Mack, we leave our sympathy. To Mr. Jeffers, we leave the “determination” and “drive” to write The Life of Thomas Jefferson. To Mr. Jones, we leave an explosion-proof room from which he can watch his students perform their chemical experiments. To Miss Fase, we leave a quiet typing session. To Miss Sheehan, we leave an empty home room — the only way it’s ever been! To Miss Shook, we leave an automatic test corrector, one made especially for Biology papers. To Miss Jorn, we leave an original idea for next year’s banquet. To Mr. Person, we leave a new book of sermons. To Coach Mclntire, we leave a more comfortable chair for the Study Hall desk. To Mrs. Cummins, we leave a cupboard in which to store her Solid Geometry figures. To Mrs. Nutter, we leave two perfect play casts. To Mrs. Lunsford, we leave our thanks for her willingness to help us solve our reference problems. To Miss Huston, we leave lots of happiness and Joy. To Mr. Hatch, we leave a robot traffic cop to patrol first floor. To Mr. Hoeger, we leave a “just resting” sign for the back of his chair. To Mrs. Kline, we leave a translator for scribbled English papers. To Mr. Sympson, we leave a much needed coffee break during 6th hour Study Hall. To Mr. Cummins, we leave a recording of his famous words, “Single file down the stairs.” To Mrs. Hahn, we leave a giant economy size mirror plus a venalation system for the girls’ locker room. To Mrs. Kinkead, we leave a group of dozenettes who know how to sing on key. To Miss Oberlender, we leave a new market basket in which to carry her papers. Shirley Apel leaves her “dinner dates” to Janet Bertram. Neal Bachman leaves his quiet ways to rowdy little Wilbur Chestnut. Ruth Bachman leaves her pleasant smile to Ruth Bek. Rex Bartley was going to leave his line, but decided he couldn’t survive without it. Jim Belleau leaves for Hollywood where he will be starred as “Rudolph Valentino II.” Betty Bentley Frederick leaves with a head start over the other Senior girls. Kenneth Bippes leaves his zest for study to Dan Sargent. Etna Brannin leaves — singing “Popeye, the Sailor Man.” Vernal Broeker leaves his little red hat to “Gaucho” Quigley. Fayerene Brown leaves her nights after work to Twila Schlicker. Jim Chaffee leaves his out-of-town women to Donald Henke and Gary Fritz. Beverly Clark wills her “long blonde hair” to Marie Robinson. Jean Clark wills her alertness in class to Barbara Runyan. Doris Constantine leaves everything in her billfold to Ronnie Schwartz — Maybe now he can start his own Dime Store. Barbara Crofford leaves demanding, “Where, oh where can my Big Boy be?” Marna Curnes leaves her “Information Bureau” to Mary Edwina Poteet. Joyce Dean leaves her ability to get along in band with Duane Schmutzer to Lorna Andrews. Jim Dougherty leaves his “speed” to Julie Zimmerman. Mary Dykes leaves her free lance ways to anyone caring to be that free. Delbert Eickhoff leaves his “See all. Tell nothing” ability to anyone who thinks he can keep quiet in American History. Georgia Franke leaves the car that was left to her to Suzanne Strough. Keith Fryer leaves his ability to remain aloof to Norma Hunzeker.