Hemingford High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Hemingford, NE)

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•THE SPUDPICKER The F armers Union Co-Operative Store HEMINGFORD, NEBR. A Full Line of Fancy and Staple Groceries Men s Work Clothing When in Hemingford make the Farmers’ Union your Headquarters 15

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+ THE SPUDPICKER + SENIOR CLASS HISTORY “1927” One bright morning, September 4, 1923 we, the dignified Seniors of 1927, en- tered the high school assembly and seated ourselves in the Freshmen section. Twenty- one of us enrolled but at the last part of the year our number decreased to nineteen. Ralph Kennedy and Valdar Wilt dropped out of the class. Our officers for that year were Dwight Cox, President; Lola Melick, Vice- President; Myrtle Mackler, Secretary and Treasurer. We chose Miss Cawley as our Sponsor. The main social events of the year were our initiation on Hallowe’en and our glorious Skip Day. The next year was different than the year preceding. We proceeded to ig- nore our successors, the unfortunate Freshmen. Our enrollment had decreased from nineteen to sixteen. Florence Stillwell and Dorothy Ashley had moved away during the summer and Neil Gibson had dropped out. Our officers for this year were Lola Melick, President; Alberta Osborn, Vice- President; Helen Schneider, Secretary and Treasurer. Miss Cooper was our Sponsor. During the first part of the year we were unfortunate in losing Dwight Cox, Bernice Bil- lick and Peary Rader who moved away. During the year we had a weiner roast, and a picnic the last day of school. During the summer Lola Melick and Ellen Jones moved away, so when we entered into our Junior year our enrollment was eleven. Our officers were as follows; Joe Plananasky President; George Bacon, Vice-President; Gladys Roth, Secretary and Treasurer. We chose for our Sponsor, Miss Cerny. All the class took part in the class play, “The Dea- con’s Second Wife,” and four of the Juniors took part in the Senior play “At the End of the Rainbow.” The main event of the year was the Junior-Senior Banquet. At the end of our Junior year Earl Phillips and LaVerne Scott dropped out, which left only nine of us to complete our journey through high school. Our officers for the year are Helen Schneider, President; Myrtle Mackler, Vice-President; Gladys Roth, Secretary and Treasurer. The first event of the year was the initiation of the Freshmen by the Seniors, then the Senior play “Old Fashioned Mother” which proved a success. After Christmas vacation we had a weiner roast and invited those outside of our class who had helped us in our play. The most important events of our Senior year were the annual play given May 6, 1927, Baccalaureate Sermon on May 15, Commencement Address May 18 and our Skip Day. We chose for our Sponsor, Mr. Elkins, who has been very faithful and helpful to us. Our Class Colors are Maroon and Royal Blue; Class Flower, American Beauty Rose; Class Motto, Excelsior. 14 By Myrtle Mackler

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 THE SPUDPICKER JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Oneta Hucke, President. Margaret Wilcox, Secretary-Treasurer. Miss Edith L. Melvin, Class Sponsor JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1923 we entered High School feeling quite proud of our former accomplishments and determined to some day become noted Seniors. We were initiated into our High School life by a day known as the Freshman Day. Each of the other classes had made rules which we were to follow during this day. We were compelled to walk by taking two steps forward and one backward and were not allowed to talk to any other person in the assembly except to our instruct- ors. If we disobeyed any of these rules we were to pay the penalty that evening at the initiation entertainment given by the other classes of the school for the Freshmen. After an evening of enjoyment as well as some suffering, we returned to our homes and were able to return to school the following Monday morning, The Seniors, however, were not satisfied. They gave each one of us a green ribbon bow which we were to wear so that everyone would know we were Freshmen. We were to wear this ribbon the first semes- ter unless the Freshman boys were able to defeat the Senior boys in a basket ball game. The Freshmen boys were defeated though, and so we were compelled to wear the ribbons until the end of the semester. The second semester we entered school feeling much more experienced and confident of ourselves than we had the first semester. The members of the class were Doris McKinstry, Florence Plananasky, Neil Gibson, Paul Utterback, Willard Donovan, Viola Ustohal. Marvin Nelson, Tessie Plahn, Bernice Osborn, Dean Badger, Ella Bunce, Glenn Moravek, John Laeger, Bernice Baldwin’ 16