Lebanon High School - Lebanonite Yearbook (Lebanon, SD)

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Class Will We the SENIOR CLASS of Nxneteen Hundred and Flfty Su: ot Lebanon Hlgh School Clty of Lebanon State of South Dakota belno of sound mlnd and memory do xnake publlsh and de Clare thts to be our last xy 1ll and testament ln the manner and form that tolloyys We the Sf n1or Class xx xll and bequeath good luck m thexr new home to Marlene and Donay on Medberx Io Mr Erxckson three ne yy basketball players noxy that the athletlc semors yy 111 no long e r be xx 1th hmm AI AIN LASSAINSIXE xx1ll and bequeath all the tobacco I xe chexy ed to james McRoberts proyxded he chexxs xt ln classes All my cxgal and clgarette butts to the glrls basketball team My desk to Deanna Grlese proxlded she doesn t carxe on It All my books to the freshman class My ab1l1tx to play basketball tojerry Maas prouded he gets the lead out and leayes the floor NORMA JEAN MERRILL yy1ll and bequeath my sxlly glggle to Bruce Mclntlre just he doe sn t xx ear It out My ba ketball ab1l1ty to jolean-johnson prox xded she plays next year My good looks to Mr Erlckson as long as he doesn t get concexted about lt All my old boy frlends to Elalne Merrlll mf she promlses not to go steady with them all My glft of gab to Maurxce Lunda prox1ded he doesn t abuse lt My old books penclls papers and my desk to ean Maas proylded she handles them yv1th care Mx strong xy 111 poxy er to keep all basketball traxmng rules to next year s gtrls team LEON IASSANSKE xy 1ll and bequeath my boyx legs to Donay on Medbery My desk to Eugene ordeth prox xded he ke eps xt as clean as I dld My ab1l1ty to keep basketball tralmng rules to I arry Becker and Marym Breltkreutz My ablllty to get to school on txme on Monday mormng to Roxy Anderson LEOTA PENROD xy 1ll and bequeath my slender fxgure to Leatha Hoffmann ab1l1ty to take asslgnments xy 1th a smlle to Mary 1n Breltkreutz abllxty to drlye a 55 Ford to Delorls Stebbmns proylded she doesn t wreck It old papers pencils gum etc to Creorgxa Vall proxlded she makes good use of them y dljlllly to play the plano to Elalne Merril x quut rehrxng manner to Bobb1e Sue Weber prox xded she promtses to keep mt pohshed ATIESI' ,Zan A6141 XI Muff, JDWMQL I ! 1 K I I C! . 'I xl . I - I, , ' ' ' ' ' --' so U S . 1 Y ' '. 5 Y I at the same time, Y my I J I Y .I ll I . J .' , , . - ' . I! I I. V ' I Q My . . , ., ,. ., .A . Y. , . l My y . I , ' . . V. D Nil- . . I y . . .1 t 1 of f' f ,, .. I J My f- V, ,

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NORMA JEAN MERRILL Norm Basketball Basketball Captaxn Pep Squad Vmce Presldent Busxness Manager Annual Student Councll Student Council Secretary Chorus Sextette Band School Play Carmwal Queen l ECN LASSANSKE Peanuts Flgures Basketball 'lrack Basketball Captain Class Presldent Secretary Treasurer Annual Staff Edxtor Annual Student Council PT8S1dEDt Vlce Presldent Band School Play Carmx al Klng ' ....,.......... ...4 . .........,.......,.... 3,4 '- ' .................. ..-1 ' , ............. 4 ' ................. . 3,4 ' l ............ .4 .................. ..-1 ,

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Class Prophecy I976' So many changes have come about sxnce those momentous days 1n 1956 when sen xors all over the country crossed platforms and received dlplomas Onjune 1 1976 I planned to meet the members of the 1956 class of I., H S I declded to start wlth Class Pres1dent Leon Lassanske who had recently been glven the posxtxon of Curator of the Museum of Transportatlon tn Washlngton D C Leon was easy to locate he was lecturlng on automotive transportation I lzstened and looked at the models on dxsplay Leon poxnted out the dlfferences ln the new cars compared to the cars of twenty years ago The new accxdent proof car requlred no drlver and no gasohne lt operated on an atom1c tur blne It presented a strange contrast to the antique Oldsmobzle standmg near by wluch I re cogmzed as t.he Lassanske hmousme of 1955 Leon looked much the same except that hxs halr was black and curly He had lost has brown crewcut after an atomlc fall out followlng a cobalt bomb test Proceeding to a swank cafe for luncheon 1 gave my order to a trmm lookmg waltress whom I recogmzed as Leota Penrod She served the food almost xmmedlately merely by push ing a few buttons and dlallng a few numbers As I ate the steak French frxes and frozen salad I looked around thls amazxng cafe one whole wall was a plcture tube showmg plctures and glvmg news Leota was the owner and proprletor she needed no help as the place was easily operated by automatxc electrlcal gadgets Leota hadn t changed except that her halr was freshly dyed each day to harmomze with her costume As I needed a new dress for the followmg day I went to the dress shop operated by Norma jean Merrlll Her models were dlsplaymg faslnons from bathmg sults to forrnals The new paper dresses were znexpenslve and were meant to be dxscarded after one wearmg Norma jean also operated a nursery where the k1dd1es were entertaxned wh1le the1r mamas shopped This she explamed was operated on a strlctly psychologxcal basls an 1dea she worked out when she was a high school student I had saved the afternoon for an appo1ntment wxth Senator Alan Lassanske He was the only real d1rt farmer ln the senate Alan had been responsmble for brmgxng many enterprxses to hls home town Among them was the Sports Incorporated a manufacturmg concern that made basketballs guaranteed to make baskets for the home team for at least 50 per cent of the shots As a result of these enterprxses Lebanon had become a l1ttle c1ty of 10 000 Alan was also responslble for the moving of the county seat to Lebanon I dldn t flnd him ln hls office he had just left for h1s country home from whlch he commuted to work wearmg shoulder jets though some of h1s assoczates still use the old fashioned hellcopter As I taxled back to my hotel I resolved to v1s1t the Art Museuxn the next day to see what changes had been made tn the so called Modern Art of 1955 1 1 '- . , . . . 1 y . . 1 . . - Q - 1 1 - - 1 1 n 1 - . . . .f , - 1 1 , 1 . . . I . v . . . , . - 1 1 . . - . . . . 9 1 J - 1 1 1 1 - . . . , . . . . 9 . 1 - as an