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

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Dianne Arnold had started a nation-wide campaign for bucket seats and safety belts. Paul Weaver was last seen headed for Japan. Frank Reavis, Steve James, and Steve Colerick had formed a wrecking company, specializing in outhouses. Marilyn Fischer Karst, Linda McWain, and Roberta Morehead Shiveley were running a marriage counseling service. Betty Koester had become a math teacher and had taken Mr. Roesch's place in our old school system. Arlene Bauman was working for Macy's.............. modeling bathing suits. Jean Fisher was still riding around waiting for Norma Hansen. Judy Huebner was knitting sox for lonely soldiers. Wilbur Haws had found a job working on antique cars, and is recognized as an expert on them at this point. Carol Gentry still hated blondes. Neil Russell was in Hollywood trying out for a part in the Beverly Hillbillies. Janet Oliver was still trying to follow in her sister's footsteps. Sheryl Grush was last seen headed west in a tan Ford. Carolyn Arnold and Susan Fouraker were doing a comedy wrestling act for charities......themselves. Ronnie Lutz, having patterned his life after that of Dr. Kildare, had given up becoming a doctor and had become a popular singer. Charlotte Hershberger had learned to play the piano and was presently accompanying her night clubbing husband. Benny Maze had established a super highway between Falls City and Hiawatha, and was encouraging local boys to go with Hiawatha girls. Clyde Lynch had become state game commissioner two years ago. Roy Rieschick had become a millionaire on a new part he had designed for the Ford tractor. Chick James was presently head of the joint chiefs of staff in Europe. Dennis Arnold and Patsy Hilgenfeld had settled down into obscurity with their family, all ten of them. Vicki Metzger had made a popular record A Good Man is Hard to Find. Richard Stumbo had surprised Mrs. Ahern and was reading Biblical readings on the Ed Sullivan show. Lee Windle was still chasing a different girl each week. Steve Stucker was still trying to improve his vision enough to fly an airplane. Ronnie Apel and Harold Yoesel had started a popular new night club the YF. David Tubach was a successful used car salesman specializing in beat-up pickups. Susan Faller had started the Betty Beaver driving school. Larry Rider was going to be Richard Baker's Secretary of Agriculture if he was elected. Robert Bachman was a successful stock car driver. Doris Lippold still liked younger men. Tom Snider was still talking about his brother. Leonard Rieger had given up ice fishing. Gerald Michels had become a criminal lawyer because of his willingness to debate. Leon Wenz had started a comb factory. Merlyn Witt was chief engineer at Cape Canaveral and had accidently launched three rockets. Fred Allen was still driving that Black Merc convert. Leon Wilhelm had moved back to Bern, Kansas. Edna Davolt and Marjorie Fritz had gone in for loud boisterous roles in musical comedy. By the time we had finished talking, nearly two hours had elapsed and Garry decided that he should be getting back to the office and Steve agreed, so I bade them farewell and took a taxi to the airport where I was to meet my plane and fly back into my world of bachelorhood and business. John Davies 23

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Well, here it is 1984, and we are still a democratic state despite George Orwell's prophecies. This is shown by the fact that ex-classmate Richard Baker is running for president on the Republican ticket opposed to Teddy Kennedy. As I am sitting in my old friend Garry Watzke's law office I happen to pick up the late issue of Time magazine and notice the advertisement on the back, which is for a distilling company run by an old pal Darrell Kopf; it seems that that chemistry experiment paid off. Sitting in Watzke's office is in itself a great honor, for Garry has set a new record by winning 99 straight divorce cases in a row. As I happen to look through the magazine more closely, I notice several more familiar names. In the People section I notice that Merlyna Faller Sailors was named Grandmother of the Year by the PTA, Cheryl Stephenson is still called the most eligible girl in the world, Kathleen Magor broke the bank twice in the same night at the Riviera, and that Gloria Schatz was Nebraska's entry in the Mrs. America contest. In the Show Business section I am not surprised to see that Charles Hoffman is the most acclaimed trumpeter since Louie Armstrong, and that Larry Nedrow is currently a big hit at night clubs all over the country. In the Business section I see an article about Ronald Sander, who I found out after reading the article is presently head of the Jeep Division of Kaiser Aluminum. There is also a short article about the largest service station in this part of the country run by no other than my old classmate Mike Strecker. The next section was? the Cinema section and was thick with old friend's names. Janet Franzen, Mary Bierman, and Joyce Stewart were in a new version of How to Marry a Millionaire, siren Nancy McCoy had taken the part of Delila in the forth coming movie Father of the Bride, for old times sake, she said. Liz Steinman, the most gossiped about actress since Liz Taylor, was going to Italy to make a super spectacular, and Charlie Maze had been called the greatest lover since Rudy Valentino. In the Art section I see that Cheryl Willets Ebel is the subject for an article, and in the Music section Claudia Tramm, who plays first French horn in the New York Philharmonic, is discussed at great length. The Sport section is also full of names I re- member. John Auxier is compared to Paul Hornung for his action in the NFL, John Luebs has won the bobsledding event for the U.S. at the winter Olympics, and that little Frankie Longacre claims to be the world's champion pool player. That finished the magazine and I picked up another. It happened to be, of all things, a Playboy and there was in it an article about their ideal playboy of the year, who was none other than my old buddy David Wickham; he hasn't changed much. As I read the article, I noticed another name that sounded familiar, that of Gary Ogle, David's most trusted chauffeur. When the writer of the article had asked David what he would like to do most, David answered, he would still like to have a date with Karen Kersey, who was now just another housewife in the suburbs. I had no sooner put the magazine down than Garry came out of his office, we shook hands and he suggested that we have lunch at a nice little place he knew. As we were riding down the main drag I saw a name that I knew sounded familiar and asked Garry about it. Yes, there it was in lights..........Larry Griffiths starring as HERCULES. Finally we came to the place where Garry had suggested we eat, a place called Deadwood, run by two of our classmates Carol DeLong and Josephine Smith. Yes, those two girls have come a long way from their carhopping days. While we were there, Steve Steinbrink came over and joined us. He is now head critic for the New York Herald Tribune. While we were sitting there talking, I thought I saw familiar faces on a TV commercial; I was right, Karon and Sharon Zorn are the Doublemint twins. As we ate our lunch and talked over old times, I asked about some of our old classmates and what they were doing now. Garry and Steve briefed me in completely. David Fritz had received the message and had started the Southside Bible Mission. Larry Watzke was teaching history at our old alma mater; he had taken Mr. Godwin's place. Teri Krumme was advertising swimming pools for Esther Williams. 22

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SENIOR CLASS WILL To the Juniors we leave the hope of an even better athletic season. To the Sophomores we leave our shining example to live up to. To the Freshmen we leave our sympathy. To Mr. Gardner we leave a book entitled Women's Fashions in the Early 30's. To Mr. Weddel we leave future generations of Peru Scholastic Championships. To Mrs. Ahern we leave the hope of a national winner in the Voice of Democracy Contest. To Mr. Bailey we leave a lasting friendship with Morris Grady. To Mr. Borders we leave an air conditioner for his office. To Miss Fase we leave a black Buick, just to be different. To Mrs. George we leave an all-expense-paid tour of the Southern battlefields of the Civil War. To Mr. Godwin we leave a whip to chase students off the second floor and into their classrooms. To Mr. Graves we leave a package of tranquilizers to calm down that boisterous nature of his. To Mr. Hatch we leave a public address system and a record to play over it which says, Let's move along, boys! To Mr. Henderson we leave Bob Nelson and John Metzger, we couldn't find anyone else to take them. To Mr. Johnson we leave a dictionary entitled, Johnson's Jumbled Jargon. To Miss Jorn we leave our grammar book because it ain't done us no good. To Mr. Leon Joy we leave the hope of having a will that needs no censoring. To Mr. Robert Joy we leave the hope that every first hour class will say the Pledge of Allegiance. To Mrs. Kielsmeier we leave another class of freshmen goldbrickers. To Mrs. Kommer we leave a new set of records entitled, Type to the Twist. To Mrs. Lunsford we leave books to fill her larger library. To Mrs. Nims we leave several guinea pigs to sample her pupils cooking. To Mr. Pearson we leave a megaphone for obvious reasons. To Mrs. Roesch we leave our Northern accent. To Mr. Williams we leave the leading role in Music Man. To Mr. Roesch we leave a contract for the publications of his World War II stories. To Miss Shook we leave four dozen shovels for students to use in digging fishworms. To Mrs. Sylten we leave a Spanish record that everyone in her class can understand. To Mrs. Henderson we leave a more efficient system of rounding up students for the eye and ear tests. To Elmer Simpson and Sam Picton we leave another group of energetic football boys to help lay irrigation pipe. Fred Allen leaves his height to Wilt Garretson. Ronnie Apel leaves his sister to carry on the tradition. Carolyn Arnold leaves to write a book How to Serve Your Fellow Man. It's a cookbook. Dennis Arnold leaves his loud taste in clothes to Scott Schock. Dianne Arnold leaves in a big, yellow Cadillac. John Auxier leaves, finding it's not too hard to make the sports page, after all. Robert Bachman leaves his reducing plan to Morris Grady. Richard Baker leaves his mild manner of speaking to Gay Gibson. Arlene Bauman leaves her quality of neatness to Jim Dishong. Mary Bierman leaves, wishing there were a woman's branch of the National Guard. Steve Colerick leaves with a basket of Poseys. Edna Davolt leaves her short skirts to Judy Windle. John Davies leaves his safe driving ability to John Marl Adams. Carol DeLong leaves her nest to fly South for the winter. Cheryl Willits Ebel leaves with a bad case of Larry-ingitis. Tom Eickhoff leaves his map to Reserve to Harry Yost. Susan Faller leaves her quiet voice to Bo Kirkendall. Marilyn Fischer Karst leaves to write her new book, How to Learn While Sleeping. Jean Fisher leaves in Norma's green station wagon. Susanna Fouraker leaves her can of Metracal to Anne Boose. Janet Franzen leaves, because Jim BECKons. David Fritz leaves his Hudson Wasp to the Smithsonian Institute. Marjorie Fritz leaves her youthful happy smile to Roy Shafer. Brenda Gentry leaves her aggressive nature to Bo Kirkendall. Larry Griffiths leaves, but he keeps his title as the smallest senior ever to graduate from Falls City High. Sheryl Grush leaves for Denver, Colorado. Wilbur Haws leaves to become a White House aide — he'll entertain African delegates. Charlotte Hershberger leaves her nickname of Shorty to Sharon Palmer. 24