Hemingford High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Hemingford, NE)

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- I--------—■ ■ ■ THE SPUDPICKER • ' ■■■■ ■ 01Jnss rtf 1529 ONALENE SCHNEIDER Orchestra ‘3’ Chorus ‘4’ Girl Reserves ‘4’ ELMER MART Football ‘2-3-4’ Track ‘3’ Latin Club ‘3’ Hi Y ‘3-4’ HOLLIS HEDGECOCK Football ‘4’ Senior Play ‘4’ Class Sec.-Tres. ‘4’ LLOYD HARTMAN Annual Staff ‘4’ RALPH PORTER Junior Play ‘2’ Latin Club ‘3’ Class Play ‘3’ Basket ball ‘3-4’ Hi-Y ‘3-4’ Secretary Hi-Y ‘4’ AGNES HOYORK A Latin Club ‘2-3’ Junior Play ‘3’ Senior Play ‘4’ Girl Reserves ‘3-4’ Vice Pres. Y. W. C. A. ‘4’ -16—

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........ THE SPUDPICKER —T----: fr- fitixittt Class 3iistitr t September 1925 witnessed a day which shall long be remembered by the twenty-five Verdant Freshmen entering Hemingford High School and starting out on their four year voyage across the dark seas to the land of light- education. We held our class meeting and elected Wayne Shaver—president, Opal Gipple—Vice President; Clyde Badger—Secretary-Treasurer and Miss Laura Overton consented to be our Captain the first semester; Mr. Nash the second. Before we had sailed very far, we encountered a sharp battle with a ship of sea pirates and after a short struggle they over powered us and we were properly and soundly initiated by our upper class men, the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. During our first year we explored two dark dreary seas, called, Latin and Algebra. After several rather severe storms the weather settled and we sailed clear waters. Since the first year of our voyage was nearly over we gave an upper deck party as a celebration. As we were now near the harbor we gave a bountiful feed as we anchored in the harbor of “Sophomores.” Because we had been sailing the seas for nine long months we anchored and took a vacation of about three months. September again found us ready to start upon a second voyage in which we were to explore the sea of Geometry, but we soon discovered that this sea was merely a small gulf and many of the rumors concerning its danger were un- true. For it was not at all rough. Our sailors held a short meeting and re- elected Wayne Shaver as President, while Irma Johnson was elected Vice Presi- dent and Gertrude Miller was Secretary and Treasurer. Miss Koenke was our Captain the first semester succeeded by Mr. Stringer. Our sailors were Bud Badger, Merle Cory, Lillian Irvine, Pauline Estes, Opal Gipple, Clifford Harris, Isabella Headden, Agnes Hovorka, Dorothy Rey- nolds, Ralph Porter, Leona Appleyard, Wilbur West, Irma Johnson, Milford Johns, Lena King, Elmer Mart, Gertrude Miller, Delbert Peterson, Viola Peter- son, Lyle Pippit, Emil Prochazka, Carl Rath, Onalene Schneider and Wayne Shaver. Several of these members sailed away on a small row boat before we finished the second voyage, thus diminishing our class, but still having a suf- ficient crew of sailors to man the vessel. Many of our crew now lost their fear of the dark seas and began exploring the many social and activity regions. They were: Irma Johnson, Onalene Schneider, Emil Prochazka, and Milford Johns in Orchestra; Pauline Estes, Irma Johnson, Lena King, Onalene Schneider, Leona Appleyard, Milford Johns, Wayne Shaver, Merle Cory, and Wilbur West in chorus; Irma Johnson, Viola Peterson and Isabella Headden in Latin Club. Our main social events were an indoor party and a skating party. The voyage was closed by a successful picnic given on a very rainy day. After a short rest we again continued our voyage with a new and greater goal than before, much enlarged upon by Mr. Elkins, our chosen Captain. He promised us that there were great things in store for us. And we began the third voyage in search of them and found many. Irma Johnson was President; Elmer Brown, Vice President; and Milford Johns succeeded by Wayne Shaver as Secretary- Treasurer. Several other sailors joined us. They were; Elmer Brown, John (Continued on page 34) -15—

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«% THE SPUDPICKER (llJass 'JJnjpkcx: One day in July, 1945, while a mechanic in a garage in Omaha, a car was brought to me by a man by the name of Lloyd Hartman. I immediately recognized his name and knew he was my class mate back in ’29. He informed me that he had owned a drygoods store in his old home town, Marsland, but dis- appointed over a love affair, he sold his store to Ralph Porter, a very wealthy business man, and went away trying to forget. Feeling sorry for Mr. Hartman, I invited him to attend the movies with me that night. To our surprise we found the show to be featuring Onalene Schneider, who had already become a very famous star. As Lloyd could not find work, he stayed with me the next day and we discussed some of the affairs of the past and present. He informed me that Marsland had grown to be a large city because of the oil industry. Hollis Hedgecock, who had discovered oil on his father’s ranch, was getting very wealthy, his corporation turning out about 500 barrels of oil a day. Some time later, I decided to take a trip to Western Nebraska and visit my old friends and relatives. Leaving Omaha one afternoon by aeroplane, I made my first stop at Grand Island. Because of the severity of the weather, I could not go any farther by aeroplane, so I decided to take a bus to North Platte. I thus met Bruce Keckler who was the driver of the bus. He owned several busses and was doing a prosperous business. He told me that he had met Wayne Shaver who was still trying to learn something and was going East to attend some school. When we arrived in North Platte the next day, we went to a restaurant to eat dinner. Here we met Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fleming. Mrs. Fleming was formerly of Marsland. They had been living in Marsland but recently moved to North Platte, where Mr. Fleming was employed as a depot agent. As the train to Alliance was soon due, I left my old friends and hur- ried to the station. When the train neared, I noticed that the engine was of a new type. While examining it, I met Otto Von Bargen, the operator. He asked me to ride with him to Alliance and this I was glad to do for he told me such interesting news. His company sold one of the engines to the railroad company but it could not find anyone that could operate it so Otto was hired for a term of five years with extremely high wages. As we neared Alliance I noticed it was a much larger city than when I saw it last. During my night’s stay there, I met Alfred Wyland. He was carry- ing passengers between Alliance and Marsland, by means of a number of planes which he controlled by radio. His latest passengers were Lena King and Agnes Hovorka, who went to Marsland to teach the English language. The next morning, I took the train to Hemingford, where I met John Blundell at the station. He was operating a taxi and wished to show me about the city. After driving around for some time we passed a very smart looking shop which could not help but attract our attention. Upon inquiry I learned it was a beauty shop, owned and operated by Pauline Estes. Hemingford was still a spud center but was made more famous by the great factory built by Delbert Peterson. Delbert had invented an apparatus (Continued to page 30) — 17—