Hemingford High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Hemingford, NE)

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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—

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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- Class of 1929 PAULINE ESTES Latin Club ‘3’ Girls’ Gym. ‘3’ Chorus and Operetta ‘4’ Sec. Girl Reserves ‘4’ Junior Class Play ‘3’ Senior Class Play ‘4’ Pep-Leader ‘4’ Basketball ‘4’ Annual Staff ‘4’ OTTO VON BARGEN Class Play ‘3’ Annual Staff ‘4’ EMIL PROCHAZKA Orchestra ‘2-3-4’ Student Council ‘3-4’ Class Prophecy ‘4’ WAYNE SHAVER Football ‘4’ Basketball ‘4 Class Pres. ‘1-2’ Class Sec-Treas. ‘3’ Senior Class Play ‘1-2-4’ Junior Class Play ‘1-2’ Athletic Play ‘2’ Hi-Y ‘3-4’ Pres. Hi-Y ‘4’ Student Council ‘4’ Chorus ‘3-4’ Track ‘4’ Track Cap. ‘4’ Annual Staff ‘4’ ALFRED WYLAND Latin Club ‘2 Annual Staff ‘4’ LENA KING Latin Club ‘1’ Chorus ‘2-3-4’ Class Play ‘3-4’ Annual Staff ‘4’ -18—