Hemingford High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Hemingford, NE)

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-THE SPUDPICKER- All Kinds of Team Work and Labor. PROMPT SERVICE MILLER AUTO CO. Buick Cars i Hart Parr Tractors Red River Special Combines and Separators Angel One-Way Disc Plows Wholesale and Retail Gasoline, Kerosene, Distillate and Oils. PHONE 87 24

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 ■ THE SPUDPICKER + SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY What became of the Freshmen of 1925? We, who started in 1925 as verdant Freshmen were Clyde Badger, Walter Carter, Merle Cory, Martha Boyles, Lillian Ervine, Pauline Estes, Opal Gippie, Miles Hughes, Clifford Harris, Isabella Headden, Charles Hoppock, Irma Johnson, Milford Johns, Lena King, Elmer Mart, Eula Myers, Gertrude Miller, Delbert Peterson, Viola Pet- erson, Lyle Pipitt, Emil Prochazka, Carl Rath, Onalene Schneider, Wayne Shaver and Lyle Scott. Some of these—Walter Carter, Martha Boyles, Miles Hughes, Charles Hoppock and Milford Johns did not stay with us for the full term. Our first class meeting resulted in the election of the following officers: Wayne Shaver, President; Opal Gippie, Vice-President; Bud Badger, Secretary and Treasurer. Miss Overton was our Sponsor for the first semester, and when Mr. Nash en tered as a teacher, he became our Sponsor. The subjects we had to take were English II under Miss Cerny, Latin I and First year Algebra under Miss Overton and Physical Geography under Prof. Herring. The honor students at the first of the year were Emil Prochazka, Viola Peterson, Isabella Headden and Lena King. The most important social event of the year was the Initiation party given by the other classes of the high school. We Freshmen gave one party and enjoyed a suc- cessful Skip Day at the end of the term. These events ended our Freshman year and prepared us for the next. Now we are a class of the gayest Sophomores. Our new members are Doro. thy Reynolds, Agnes Hovarka, Leona Appleyard, Ralph Porter and Wilbur West. Opal Gippie and Dorothy Reynolds dropped out before the year was up. The class officers for this year are Wayne Shaver, President; Irma Johnson, Vice-President; Gertrude Miller, Secretary and Treasurer. Miss Koenke was our Sponsor for the first semester and Mr. Stringer for the second. We gave one indoor party and had one skating party. The classes in order gave short programs in the Chapel period on Friday mornings. Onalene Schneider, the only pianist in our class, played for Penmanship playing a week at a time and taking turns with the other high school pianists. Now, we are still going and hope to become powerful Seniors in due time. By Viola Peterson 23

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 THE SPUDPICKER SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY After a long day’s work in a studio in Chicago, I was walking wearily down the street when I suddenly met a seemingly old lady who was dressed in black; her back was bent, but her face looked young although it was very sad. She seemed to be lost, but when she saw me approaching her face brightened. She greeted me as though she had known me for years. I became inquisitive and asked her name. Imagine my surprise when she said her name was Myrtle Mackler, my old classmate, who had been disappointed in love and had become a wandering, half-insane woman. Journeying on, I began to wonder what had become of our little class that had graduated years ago, so deciding to take a vacation, I determined to spend it in Hem- ingford which had grown to be the metropolis of Nebraska. On a particular evening one of the world’s greatest Grand Operas was to be in Chicago, to present a program of the finest quality. I took advantage of the opportun- ity and decided to go. To my great astonishment, Joe Plananasky, who used to sing in the High School Chorus, was tenor soloist of this large opera. The next day I boarded the train for my planned vacation in Hemingford. On arriving in the city, I saw from the car window a large sky-scraper under construction. On asking who was building it, I learned that a married woman, who was formerly Gladys Roth, was using her millions acquired from baseball games, for the cause of hu- manity. From an old friend, Muriel Zurcher, who was still going with Ralph, I learned that Joe Plananasky, the great singer had married Alberta Osborn because he didn’t want her to be an old maid. I also learned that Blanche Moravek had decided to do something more worthwhile with her looks than vamping boys, and had gone into the movies. The following day, wishing to visit an ideal country home, I motored a few miles outside of the limits of Hemingford to a beautiful home with magnificent gardens, where lived the loving couple Mr. and Mrs. George Bacon. The bride was formerly Helen Schneider who graduated in the class of 1927. That evening as I went to my room in the hotel, I began to realize that we, the class of ’27 had received more than our share of fame, even though I have not as yet won fame as an artist in a large city. 25 By Audrey Johns