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

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On May 13th, Class Day Exercises were held. Baccalaureate services were held on May 22nd. On May 26th, the group filed into the Auditorium to receive their paroles, after a meeting of the Board of Directors declared they had served their term of four years faithfully and were officially released. They knew they would never forget those four years, but outside the gates their loved ones were waiting for them and a new life would soon begin. Thus, the case was marked “Closed.” This was a Weddel-Mack VII Production. Pat McGuire, Historian

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Smith, Gertrude Wells, Mary Anne Hahn, Betty Bauman, Darleen Fritz, Verna Crawley, and Pat McGuire. F. A. A. officers were: Marvin Goltz, Larry Little, Albert Chesnut, and Gary Kirkendall. The Peru Speech Contest plucked Susan Mitchell, Larry Steadman, and Pat McGuire from the group and gave them ratings. The Junior Class gave their annual Class Play to a full house on November 13th. The play “Mother Is a Freshman” was presented under the direction of Mrs. Clarence Nutter. The cast included the following: Sondra Mumm, Susan Mitchell, Virginia Griffiths, Mary Anne Hahn, Pat Darling, Marjorie Hartman, Julia Dowell, Nels Kjeldsen, Pat McGuire, Larry Sailors, Roger Eickhoff, Gary Adams, Duane Schmut-zer, Barbara Gilliland, Larry Steadman. The staff was represented by Kay Ludwig, Barbara Stewart, Jerry Buchholz, Ann Bedwell, Connie Schock, Mary Beth Lennemann, and Norma Hunzeker. The Juniors said a last farewell to the Seniors on May 1, 1954, when they gave them a beautiful “Arabian Night” Prom. Susan Mitchell gave the address. Lettermen in football were Gary Adams, Nels Kjeldsen, Julius Zimmerman and Jim Lunsford. Gary Adams and Nels Kjeldsen earned basketball awards. Track letters were received by Bob Miller, Milan Quigley, Jim Sefried, Julie Zimmerman, Jim Lunsford, Gary Adams, and Nels Kjeldsen. Many of these boys set outstanding high school records for the first time. The Cornhusker County Government Day turned out to be a success with Julie Dowell, Pat Darling, Marjorie Hartman, Larry Sailors, Milan Quigley, Connie Schock, Ann Bedwell, Nels Kjeldsen, Kay Ludwig, Jerry Buchholz, Gary Kirkendall, Gary Adams, Jim Lunsford, and Julie Zimmerman at the posts to which they were elected. Their Junior Year comes to a close and we were granted a relaxation period before returning to the “big house” for the last time. The months passed quickly and on the last day in August they entered the gates once more. They elected their leaders with all the ingenuity they had acquired the previous years. They are the following: President, Dan Sargent; Vice-president, Bob Miller; Secretary, Roger Eickhoff; Treasurer, Larry Steadman; Activities Committee, Julia Dowell, Kay Ludwig, and Larry Sailors. Cheerleaders were Pat Darling, Ann Bedwell, Larry Little, and Connie Schock. It lifted the morale of the male members to see one of their own invade the cheerleading squad. Football honors were earned for the last time by Nels Kjeldsen, Gary Adams, Gary Kirkendall, Danny Harper, and Alan Shipley. Basketball letters were received by Nels Kjeldsen, Gary Adams, and Bob Miller. Track awards were won by many of the boys. G. A. A. officers were: Pat Darling, Verna Crawley, Susan Mitchell, Barbara Stewart, and Thelma Eickhoff. Girls receiving their second G. A. A. award were Sandra Stednitz, Thelma Eickhoff, Sondra Mumm, Pat Darling, Joy Smith, Mary Anne Hahn, Darleen Fritz, Verna Crawley. Ann Bedwell was chosen “Miss Falls City” and went on to be selected as the “Queen of the Festival” at the Hiawatha Festival. Barbara Stewart was selected as “Miss Friendship” by her classmates and reigned over the annual Physical Education Program. Those who participated in the Choral Clinic were Pat McGuire, Barbara Stewart, Ann Bedwell, Susan Mitchell, Connie Schock, Dan Sargent, Virginia Griffiths, Beverly Akrom, Marlene Prior, Marilyn Ebel, Bob Larkin, Larry Sailors, Sondra Mumm, Alan Lennemann, Barbara Gilliland, and Audrey Bauer. F. A. A. officers were Glenn Nutzman and Larry Little. Marlene Prior was joined by Arlene Boehringer as majorettes. Those attending the Auburn District Music Contest were Pat Darling, Ann Bedwell, Larry Sailors, Larry Steadman, Connie Schock, Pat McGuire, Barbara Stewart, Marilyn Ebel, Virginia Griffiths, Bob Miller, Bob Larkin, Bill Jahn, Jim Lunsford, Julie Zimmerman, Alan Lennemann, Mary Beth Lennemann, Harold Suedmeier, and Dan Sargent. The following were selected for the District Speech Contest: Humerous Reading, Virginia Griffiths; Poetry, Susan Mitchell; One Act Play, Nels Kjeldsen, Gary Adams, and Larry Steadman. They chose the Rose as their official flower. Crimson and Silver were their colors and “Scientia sine virtute vana est” was their motto. The Seniors gave their class play on May 10, 1955, under the direction of Miss Joan Sargent. The title was “Arsenic and Old Lace” and the cast included the following: Susan Mitchell, Nels Kjeldsen, Mary Anne Hahn, Pat Darling, Larry Little, Alan Shipley, Alan Lennemann, Gary Adams, Duane Schmutzer, Bob Miller, Roger Eickhoff, Julia Dowell, Pat McGuire, Arlene Boehringer, Connie Schock, and Virginia Griffiths. The Orange and Black staff consisted of Ann Bed-well, Editor; Connie Schock and Susan Mitchell, Sales Promotion; Jim Lunsford, Athletics; Barbara Gilliland, Academic; Pat Darling, G. A. A.; Virginia Griffiths, Music; Julia Dowell, Class Will; Pat McGuire, Class History; Kay Ludwig, Class Prophecy; Ronald Schwartz, Snapshots; Marilyn Ebel and Verna Crawley, Typists. On May 7th, they were the guests of the Juniors at the Junior-Senior Banquet held at the Prichard Auditorium.

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Senior Class Prophecy One May day in 1975 while walking down a lonely lane, I began to think of my classmates of ’55. I didn’t have very long to think because of an awful sound behind me. I turned and in the distance I saw something red approaching at a breakneck speed. I moved just in time because “whiz” it was gone. Little slips of paper lay everywhere. I began reading and they contained news about class of ’55, the most important class of Falls City High. Remember Larry Steadman. Well, he isn’t in Falls City any more. He’s in Texas trying to perfect the breeding of featherless chickens. He says if his plan goes through, it has to be in the South so the poor things won’t freeze to death. Larry Little isn’t here anymore either. Lie’s in Florida on a reptile farm making loads of money. Larry got to close to Lizzie, his pet alligator, and she bit his leg. Let’s see who’s still in Falls City. Ruth Bek has a very unusual job. She puts railroad flares out at night. Say, they really have a good case in the court now at Falls City. Nels Kjeldsen might be in for a stretch. Nels manufactures rubber shoe laces for fat people. Now Tom Miller was tying his wife’s shoe and the string broke and bounced back and hit her so hard that it broke her leg. Tom is suing for damages against Nels. Susan Mitchell is a member of the jury, and, of course, her verdict will be “not guilty.” Alan Shipley is prosecuting attorney. Larry Sailors is now Post Master General in Washington. Larry was always pretty good at “post office.” Sondra Mumm has a month’s engagement at the Twinkle Toes Ballroom, owned by Ronald Schwartz. She’s revised Arthur Godfrey’s “I Warm So Easy, So Dance Me Loose” a little, but she still has a pretty good version of it. Julie Zimmerman and Jim Lunsford are both working on their experiment. They’re trying to discover a lipstick proof mustache wax. Since they both have beards, they get quite a kick out of their work. Thelma Eickhoff is making a few minor arrangements out on the Kirkendall ranch. Gary, don’t be so stubborn; let her have her initials on the branding iron if she wishes. Gene Gilmore has a rather dead life. He’s chief undertaker now in Falls City. Pat Darling has just won a prize with her good old-fashioned Irish stew. Her little O’Grady’s just love it. “Ginny” Griffiths teaches nursery rhymes to the kindergarten class. Her favorite is “Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater.” The reason — she just loves — pumpkin. Duane Schmutzer is making quite a profit painting hand painted neckties, especially for Mr. Cummins. Dick Kuker is with the circus now; they have to have someone to blow up the balloons. Ann Bedwell is in France where is employed by a home for the old aged. She polishes monocles for the former Premiers of France. Richard Bach has a “real cool” job. He’s Falls City’s and Rule’s ice man. Tim Zinn is in close touch with the heads of several big concerns. He’s a barber. Gary Rush is window washer at the Y. W. C. A. Arlene Boehringer is in New York trying out for a part in “Pink Parlor,” a play which the critics, Donald Tutt and Gary Morris say is sure to be a hit. The lead part for the male star went to Marvin Heineman. Julia Dowell has just finished her 76th edition of “If You Want Him, Get Him.” Julia should know; she has been married only nine times. She has sold only seventy-six copies of her book and guess to whom! Barbara Stewart. Barb says if she can’t get him with this book, she's just going to get him with the scheme she’s been working on for the last 19 years. David Siekel has a thriving business in this town. He cans fishworms for lazy fishermen. David??? Albert Chesnut and Robert Castan are spending an expense-paid vacation on a secluded island, Alcatraz, Albert and Robert had money galore until their press broke down and the F. B. I. caught them. Fred Bauman has a secret formula for putting bubbles in bubble gum. Betty Bauman is trying to locate a publisher who will publish her love poems that she has been collecting since she started writing them in American Government class. Audrey Bauer is out on the Peru campus still looking for Lou—ie. Hope you find him, Audrey. Gary Adams is in Alaska extracting whale teeth. Don’t slip “Little Man”; those whales could swallow you in one big gulp. Mary Anne Hahn is in Africa teaching the Zsa Zsa Zincado Indians how to do the Mambo. Jerry Faller is working for the circus where he has chaige of the air hole at the fun house. He says that his job really gives a lot of people a lift. Falls City High has a new faculty this year. Let’s see who some of them are. Walter Arnold teaches Agriculture; Jerry Crofford is Speech teacher; Darleen Fritz is English teacher; Robert Waggoner is Principal; Eleanor Werner is a science teacher. Jim Sefried has just finished composing his latest hit song, “They Got Charlie.” Verna Crawley is still striving for that White wash. Reverend Glenn Nutzman is having a special service next Sunday. Services start at 10:00 A. M. Marlene Prior and Owen Picton are singing a duet. Barbara Gilliland is still trying to teach Marvin Goltz how to play rabbit. James Aue manufactures harp oil. Bob Miller has very profitable business manufacturing musical mouse traps. Roger Eickhoff is also in the manufacturing busi-