Levant High School - Tigers Yearbook (Levant, KS)

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Our class officers are: President, Daane Dawesg Vice-president, Robert Schroeder 3 Secretary-Treasurer, Helen Jensen. We are represented ln the Student Council by Duane Dawes, Bob Ekberg, and Robert Schroeder. We are now going to leave school and go our prospective ways in life taking with us this motto, The Ropes of the Past will Ring the Bells of the Future The Class Flower: Pink Carnation The Class Colors: Rose and White The Class Motto: With the ropes of the past we will ring the bells of the future CLASS POEM LLOYD HAMME Slx Seniors our class contains, Six personalities this class maintains Some of us of growl and smile But we will all fight through the last mile Duane is pres1dent domg his part Bob Ekberg 1n b1ology IS really smart Bob Schroeder takes the girls out in his Chevrolet While Hamme stays home pitching the hay Lloyd Gilhspie spends his day asleep Helen Ienson plans to teach to earn her keep This is all of the class of forty six So take a look at people the future may pick CLASS PRCPHECY By DUANE DAV ES I remember one night fifty years ago, when I and five other members of the Senior Class graduated from good old L I-I S On this night we were very happy that we were graduating and on the other hand we knew we would be leaving a number of good friends behind On every sixteenth day of May I always remenf For instance there is Helen Jensen the only girl of our class I will al ways remember Helen because she was always h loing one of her classmates out when he was behind in his subjects Helen alway wanted to be a school teacher and she has made good because the other day I got a letter from Bob Ekberg say mg that she was teaching the natives in Africa Speaking of Bob Ekberg, by the way who was one of the orneriest k1c 9. that I ever went to school with is a great biolog1st He said that he wasn't going +9 be a farmer because lt was too hard work and th1s is one of the times he was rea serious As you all know he has his laboratory at Colby Well anyway, the other day Iwent up to see hzm and it looks as though he and Joco Sehumaker must have agreed on Maxine for there she was by 1 9 ' 1 - : - 7 ber this incident, and each member of the class. 1 - ' f -Q1 O . , 0

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While we are on the name of Bob it reminds me of Robert Schroeder who was the Vice Presfdent of our class Robert always dreaded go1ng to the Army and what do you know, but the other day I got a letter from him and the Pres1dent fs getting ready to appoint h1m Commander ln Ch1ef of the Army He also writes that ,he liked the army s beans so well that he never had to get a Wlfe ' Surely th1s isn t Robert Then next comes to my mind the little boy of our class Lloyd Gilispfe I remember Lloyd because he was always full of spunk for instance, one time I got mto an argument with him over some sweat pants I won the argument and got the pants untfl after school was out and when I went to get them they weren t there Lloyd had already gotten them But do you folks know what he is doing today? Well he followed m his dad's footsteps he is now carrying the mail Then there IS Lloyd Hamme the biggest boy of our class He now lives 1n town, runmng competition to Garvey For now as you know Lloyd owns the b g gest half of Thomas County He also got one of the Schumaker girls and lives 111 the house Louie Sholz used to live in, which is right next to Ioco s house As for myself Dawes President of the class you remember was u 1 ally getting into misch1ef at school I always sa1d thatl was going to go to Colle UF show that I was a little interested 1n educat1on after all Well it is getting late so I guess I had better be moving on for I have a full days work to do SENIOR CLASS WILL By BOB EKBERG We the Senior Class of Levant Thomas County of Kansas do hereby declare thfs to be our last will and testament We the Senior Class leave to the faculty the right to carry on and tn the school where we left off To the cooks we leave the right to have the bus driz ers get grocemes for them To next year s sen1ors we gxve our right to read th daily paper first To the three upper classes we leave the right to sit in the study hall Singularly we will and bequeath the following I Lloyd Hamme, do hereby w1ll and bequeath my basketball suit and size to Iack Weed I Duane Dawes, do hereby will and bequeath my abihty to study to Lyle Gillispie and my basketball ab1lity to Iummie Siruta I Helen Jensen, do hereby will and bequeath my height to Mary Slruta I Robert Schroeder do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get good grades to Merna Alleman and my size to Iohn Donn I, Lloyd Gillispie do hereby w1ll and bequeath my typing ability to Florene Bucenman and my ab1lity to sleep 1n class to Lois Jean Ekberg I also wlll my ability to get girls to my younger brother Lyle I, Bob Ekberg do hereby w1ll and bequeath my abilzty to get A's with out studying to Derald Brown In witness whereof, we have set our h nd and seal this 8th day of March, in the year of our I ord, one thousand n ne hundred and forty six. 1 7 9 , - 1 I 0 91 . I 0 ' , ' 1 . 6 ' 5 I , . O J . . , 1 .- O , I O ' , I O , S lx and I finally made it for now I am Janitor down at Kansas University. This goes to f , 2 ' 7 I ! .T , 1 , 3.-1 0 u T 0 . Q Q l 8 ! 7 2 . ' 7 .a