Gothenburg High School - Swede Yearbook (Gothenburg, NE)

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STANDING Miss Lewis Mum: Stevenson Don Kuhlman Connie Owings Marilyn Nelson Beverly Bratten Don Fecht SEATED Don Ayres Ralph Franzen John Stebbins Mary Ellen Block A l-lllLBlll.l' COURTSHIP I ll blow vou clean off Hog Mountain The Widow Peppm Mimi Stevenson and deaf old Pappy Strlsby Don Ayres had sworn to shoot each other on sight as their mountain feud raged verbally To make matters worse Pappy s son Luke Ralph Franzen and Ma Peppm s daughter Emmy Connie Owings were rn love with each other Both of the old feudlsts had been plannmg second matrimonial ventures and each had secretly engaged Wash .leddo the half wutted village scribe portrayed by Don Fecht to write to a matrimonial bureau for a mate Wash enclosed Emmy s picture in Ma s letter and Luke s picture In Pappys letter and signed their respective names Meanwhile the mountain was all agog over the homecoming of the Trrffet girls Marilyn Nelson and Beverly Bratten radio s newest hillbilly sensations Their manager Sol Silverstein Don Kuhlman came home with them in quest of more hillbilly entertainers When Sol attempted to sign Ma on the dotted line she mistook him for an answer to her letter and jumped at the chance. Complications set in when one of the Triffet sisters tried to vamp Luke and a wild lrish rose Mary Ellen Block and a temperamental Italian John Stebbins ar- rived from the matrimonial bureau to claim their mates. Parson, Joe Mackley, was on hand to perform the nup- tia s. The overwhelming success of Hillbilly Courtship was made possible by the capable direction of Miss Lewis, speech and dramatics instructor. You slime powled alligator' IIH I I !ll op som Thar's a muddy road V ahead.

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3 -c -1-1 2 ffl Z T 5 3 P Lf- I SEATED ON FLOOR D DYBI' N Mann A Cl'1Hmbel'S D Bfaffen R Schultz B Wnlson BACK ROW STANDING J Norsworthy M ZOYH J YOUFGC SECOND ROW J Nansel D Pfambefg P D Gustafson J Nuckerson R Fox E Alberts L Murray A Johnson E Norsworthy M Chrastensen J Qumn S Mead l Block R Depmner M Stevens M pefemon Thorell M Rodune BACK ROW SEATED L Pohl M Bratten My Frnend lrma an extremely successful raduo sernes on CBS and a hut pncture produced by Paramount was presented by the class of 1951 Featured wnth Irma Marcia Zorn nn thas fast moving comedy were Jane Stacy Shxrley Mead her long suffermg roommate AI Norman Mann her boyfrnend who made a lufe work out of stayung unemployed Professor Kropotkun Eugene Newman who played the flddle at the Gypsy Tea Room and was determined to stay smgle Mrs O Really Janet Qumn the lovelorn landlady Teddy Brown Norman Mann who thought he was a song wruter Madame Magda Patsy Johnson who kept trarned fleas Don Turner Mnlford Bratten the famous cartoonist Ruchard Rhunelander Ruchard Muller Jane s boyfrlend and manor parts were played by Jerry Nansel Phyllxs Aden and Janlce Youree The plot commenced when AI was approached by Don Turner who wanted to start a new cartoon based on Irma s zany domgs Don had to get to know lrma antnmately and AI put an elaborate scheme unto effect to accomplush thus purpose Als scheme worked so well he soon found himself on the outslde lookmg nn when Irma announced her engagement to Don Followmg thas development complncatnons multnplued bewnlderangly and culminated on the day of Irma s announced marruage to Turner The delughtful drollness of Irmas dumb cracks and the howlmg se quences whnch dotted the actuon kept the play movmq at a laugh a minute pace Mr. Charles E. Farnham gunded and durected the promusmg actors.

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M7921 CHEERLEADERS S Wulluams M Chrustensen P Johnson M Zorn M Block FIRST ROW S Olson L Clark L Curtus G Block P Frchencher J Wulluams J Mann M Jobman B Har vey V Norsworthy R Defruuter M Owungs N Brady B Gruber E McDermott SECOND ROW M Nelson M Kuhlman W Beardsley J Hudson P Gaudrealt J Quunn M Aden E Muller S Aden S Mead J Schruver M Norsworthy N Dullmon F Adle M Schulz THIRD ROW J Kerst sponsor C Owungs J Clark S Loubl A Gronewald C Fucl-uencher L Aden J Aunspaugh L Ruppen Y Geuden J Wuckstrom M Kratzensteun N Booth B Wells C Geuden M Peterson M Stevens M Hudson U Curtus J Peterson S Stevenson FOURTH ROW M Dyer L Aden M Sylvan N Jobman R Fleucher B Peterson P Chrustensen C Knuss L Larsen K Olson B Carskaden PEP CLUB Wuth school there should be pep and wuth pep there has to be a Pep Club Decked un theur new unuforms of cardunal red and whute V neck sweat ers and cardmal red skurts, these gurls showed great enthusuasm thus past year at all the football, basketball games, and pep rallues Honorary Captaun, Ruch Muller, and Gruduron Queen, Marcua Zorn, were presented at the Gruduron Dunner Dance held un November Thus was guven an honor of the football squad The Pep Club unutuated twenty unnocent vuctums unto Pep Club by mak ung them wear football helmets, shoulder pads, and large sweat shurts A hugh degree of school spurut all durung the year was fostered by pep rallues rangung from bonfures and snake dances to funerals, weddungs, and faurytales One of the buggest events of the year was the coronatuon of Athletuc Kung, Lewue Wolf, and Queen, Janet Schrrver, on February 23, after the Boys Town basketball game Theur magestues ruled over the dance whuch was held un the audutoruum followung the coronatuon The offrcers for '50 '5l were Presudent, Janet Schruver, Vuce Presudent, Marulyn Nelson, Secretary, Lexue Clark, Treasurer, Connue Owungs 52 1 ,vf 1 1, . -. - , 1, -, ,- .- ,, 1 553'-. Q . .qg 212, Xa- ,rf I 1514- 1. Q me b . a, ' - .4 , , ' , lg ,fd-4: v. 1 ru 1 - r ' .u 1 ,v I r , ,' . 0' '-,. 1 , . 1 4. u u 1, ,f, f ,. , e....., 'gf-N . - . fu . nrt- -fn 'I 1 J. , , 1 , , .4 1 -1, s x- ,- ,JA . l . . , . , . , . . . . . , , . , . , . . . . , . , . , . . , . , . , . , . , I ' V ' I ' I ' I ' ' I ' I ' I ' I ' I 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 1 . . . . , . , . . , . . . . , . , 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 4 1 - 1 - , . , . , . , , , , . . . .