Lodgepole High School - Panther Yearbook (Lodgepole, NE)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1973 volume:

PANTHER Lodgepole Public Schools Lodgepole, Nebraska FOREWARD As we leave this year, we will take with us many cherished memories. But, we will also be looking forward to tomorrow wfch great expectation. We will make our plans today and have faith that they will provide for tomorrow. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow -all hold memories, hopes, and faith. Dedicated to You Mr. Davis What can you say About a man who was always there, About a friend to you and me, About a leader who was always fair? What can you say To apologize for four years of life. To express your deep apprecation. To give thanks for long hours of work and strife? What can you say When happiness and sadness end, When lectures and homework cease When the last caps and gowns down the steps descend? What can you say? Two simple words contain all of our Tears and fears, hopes and disappointments, Joys and sadnesses, - and love. Thank you To the Class of 1973: During your 12 years of education it has been our hope that we have helped you realize your potential and that you realize the significance of your life to yourself and to others. It must also be realized, as stated by the late Abraham Flexner, a noted educator, that Without ideals, without effort, without scholarship, without philosophical continuity, there is no such thing as education.” Wishing You The Best of Success In the Future. Congratulations To The Class of 1973 MR. DAVIS Business Yearbook Advisor MISS FRANTZ Am. History Am. Government Spanish Pep Club Sponsor Class Plays MRS. MONTAG English Senior Sponsor Dramatics Class Plays MR. TERMAN 7th and 8th Science 7th and 8th Math Term. Science MR. STUTZMAN Math Soph. Sponsor Asst. Football Jr. High Track MRS. BOWER Home Ec. Guidance Couns. 5 MR. FRANKLIN Band Choir Elementary Music MR. DIFFENDAFFER Principal Chemistry Biology Physics 9 Science MR. HARTMAN World History P. E. Football Asst. Basketball MR. HOMOLKA Geography Ind. Arts Track Drivers Ed. Basketball 6 MRS. EMMANUELSON Second Grade MRS. NELSON Fourth Grade Jr. H.V.B. Pep Club MRS. CAMPBELL Fifth Grade MRS. ANDERSON Sixth grade MRS. BOWER Home Ec. Guidance Counselor 8 MRS. HYDE ROY BILLS ERNIE BORM School Nurse Custodian Custodian BUS DRIVERS Gene Fraass, Dean Christensen, and Dennis Soucie. SCHOOL BOARD Orivlle Kastens, Vice President; Robert Ommen; Robert Dailey, Treasurer; Ron Sick; Delmar Zalesky, Secretary; Gene Bond, President; Eugene Thompson. 9 Class Officers DON MISEGADIS - Vice President CATHY ANDERSON - Treasurer DOUG ZALESKY - President DEBBIE TAYLOR - Secretary JANET HYDE - News Reporter Senior Class Play “Home Sweet Homicide” Last Will and Testament We, the Seniors, being of sound mind and body, do make this our last will and testament. I Bob Frerichs, will my 67 Mustang to Steve Bruns in hopes he can do better at the drags than I did. I Eddie Haack, will my 66 Buick Wildcat to Greg Rufenacht because in a few years he's going to need a family car. 1 David From, will my horse to Ben Jones because they don't have flat tires, and his tuba playing ability to Loomis Booth in hopes that he can keep the band going as long as I did. I Ken Huff, will the back seat of the Cadillac to Gwen Finnell and Darrell Dykman as they have gotten the most good out of it even with the light on. I Don Misegadis, will my ability to handle three girls at once on sneak to anyone who can stand all the giggles and gossip. 1 Ron Taylor, will my masculine body to Mr. Diffendaffer's Biology class in hopes they only disect when necessary. I Doug Zalesky, will January 5th to Rod Mika as National Fender Bender Day. I Daryll Hayes, will my 63 Ford to anybody who can afford to put it on the road and keep it there. I Melvin Darling, will my reserved manner to Rocky Oliverius in hopes that next yean halls may be quieter, my ability to be seen and not heard to Arden Miller in hopes that he will profit from it, and my good looks and hair to Rod Mika since he doesn't have much of either. I Cathy Anderson, will my hard-soled shoes to Steve Taylor, so he can have another vacation next year. 1 Marion Applegate, will my long lonely nights out at the ranch to Tina Kripal, so as to create a change of pace in her life. I Peg Huff, will my 56 Dodge to Christy Taylor, Pam Smith, and anyone else who thinks they can get it to talk, providing that they tell me what it says, the back seat to Ben Jones because it will help him decide what to do, and her voice to anyone who can shut-up long enough to take care of it. I Pat McCarthy, will my ability to corrupt peoples minds to Doug Schmale in hopes that he'll have more fun in the future, her ability to get along with girls as wellasboys to Tina Kripal and her Cricket to anyone who wants it along with a life time supply of rubber bands, a hammer and some oil. I Janet Hyde, will my irrestible body to anyone who will have it and my brain to science so that Mr. Diffendaffer can analyze what went wrong. 1 Terri Mashek, will my ability to not miss a day of school to Susan Houser in hopes that she will not miss as much school next year, and my ability to stay home to anyone who thinks they can beat my record. I Debbie Taylor, will my one and only pair of high-topped tennis shoes to Margo Weist, in hopes that they give her ankles a little more support during future cheerleading tryouts. 1 Vicki Zalesky and Peg Huff will our weight program to Coach Hartman to help him ready the football team for next years season and our muscular legs to Ben Jones for reasons only he will know. 12 I Vicki Zalesky, will my ability to say no to Susan Houser and Holly Jones so they can handle Dave Lenzen. We Ron Taylor and Daryll Hayes, and Eddie Heack, will our swimming caps to Steve Taylor, Greg Rufenacht, and Rick Hayes so they won't have to buy their own on sneak next year. We Don Misegadis and Doug Zalesky will all our track medals to anyone who likes empty scrap books. SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY 1973 The wind is blowing and it's beginning to rain. I'll have to stay at home again. What shall I do? 1 guess I'll take a lbok in that old Panther book. Some of the kids are still around, I wonder where the rest can be found. I'll start in the front and on every page. I find a school friend just my age. Here's Cathy and Peggy and Pat and Terri, and Don and Doug and David and Mary (Marion that is.) Oh, where are they tonight? What have they done, why here is an account for everyone. Through space the lonely sky lab flies, chief engineer KEN looking very wise, checks the nuts and bolts and electrical connections, for he is in charge of the kitchen section. He heats the water to boiling - just so, and prepares instant soup for his team on the go. Who's this in a uniform of spotless white, in a lab that's full of tubes -.really bright! Our Cathy's concocting her favorite brew, made her a millionaire and quickly too. Her dandelion punch is absolutely guaranteed, by weight watchers international for those who need, to take off pounds quickly and without a diet, if you want to lose weight, you really should try it! Off to Lincoln's school went Peggy Huff, to learn typing and shorthand, all that stuff. The very first day she met a guy, who said why Peg you should at least try, for a gal with a voice like you possess, On the T. V. you'd be an instant success. So Peg went down to the T. V. station, and now broadcasts the weather over the nation. Ladies fashions for the elite, boasts the sign on Lodgepole's street. If you need something extra, special fine, see Melvin's extra, fancy line. His prom dresses are really extr? snazzy and his men's wear is truly classy. Mrs. Montag opened her literature book, and said, Class we'll now have a look at Lodgepole’s only living scholar, who has ever earned a million dollars. With her super sleuth J. D. Smyth, Marion's created a hero with a dare-devil life. He solves his cases with the F. B. I. and he's rated as fiction's number one spy. Her desire she said was to be in Home Ec., she studied many, many hours, by heck. No longer is sewing required in design, just use tissue paper and a stapler, swingline. For needles and thread are passe my friend, it's staples and Elmer's your clothes to mend. Janet designed new football suits for the Bears. With paper tear away jerseys the team has no cares. Our Pat wanted to do great things, she wanted money and diamond rings. While attending a school for den st’s aids, she invented a mouthwash which surely has paid. Now this mouth wash, when sprayed in the proper place, takes complete care of cavities in every case. She patented her spray for some million bucks, she lives in the Riviera as a result of such luck. He started out to farm not really rushing, and then suddenly from the earth came gushing. Oil - Black gold, that black sticky stuff. Bob joined the jet set and got out of the rough, he flies his plane a DC7 married Ali Mc-Graw and is on his way to heaven. His trophies cover his living room wall, he won in bronc busting, barrels and all. Our David strides forth and straps on his chaps, he rides those wild horses right off the map. He’s brave, he's courageous and quite noble too, he tips his hat to the ladies when he's through. The cars are racing round and round. Can running sweetly is a pleasing sound. When all of a second - kerpow, bloom, splat, the car hits an oil slick and that is that. But wait, here comes Eddie right out of the pit, and single-handed straightens fenders and all that bit. The drivers at the Indy swear only Ed could make a car run again after it's dead. Can you believe it? They actually won. Don's team won the playoffs and oh what fun. Against the Knicks our Lodgepole team won the playoffs - they were really right on the beam. Now Lodgepole is world Champs for '82 we owe it all to Don, he brought our team through. As every August and September roll around, we find at our fairs a wonderful sound. Ladies and gents step right this way. Don't you want healthfood and vitamins today? Just look at me, I eat organic food, if you want to look like me you surely should. All the gals immediately throw down their pay, cause they'd sure like to look like Debbie today. Watch out here comes the train down the line. Listen to the whistling - it's really fine. Do you know who's job it is to whistle at every town crossing and even at thistles? Why Ronnie of course has that important task, he learned his whistling in every class! Doug Zalesky, private eye, is on the look-out for all types. With his trench coat belted he hunts them down, in disguise he often scouts out the town. Tracking out girls he does the best, he never lets any of his suspects rest. From Rome to Vienna to Zanzibar he's on Search's payroll, a really great star. Vickey Zalesky is the name you see when you enter the door marked psychology. Her patients are the elite of every town. She's a headshrinker of great renown. Doctor, on doctor I'm so distraught. My husband says it's me who’s off, but doctor how can that be true when he's the one who dyed himself blue? Such are the cases you're apt to hear if you go to Vickie's office anytime of the year. Oh, let's go back to school once more, why it’s Terri Machek at the door. She says come right in and welcome all, to these hallowed and most respected halls. I took Millie's job in the library, you know, and I keep my books in a very neat row. The adventures of Super-Cat is the name they've brought comic-artist Daryll fame. Super Cat is his hero - really smooth. He's on every Saturday morning and he really moves. And Daryll sits back in his luxury suit and draws in about 50 thousand a week. M The class of ”73 is doing fine. Very successful in every line. I knew those kids were really great, my goodness, you can see for yourself how they rate. JILL HARNED Choir Dramatics EDDIE HAACK Class Play Basketball DARYLL HAYS Honor Roll Class Play MELVIN DARLING Choir Library RONALD TAYLOR Class Play Dramatics L Club Choir MARION APPLEGATE Class Play Honor Roll t Dramatics Choir 15 DON MISEGADIS Football Basketball Track L Club and Officer Class Play and Officer Alternate Boy Stater Choir DEBBIE TAYLOR Class Play and Officer Cheerleader Letter Girl Swing Choir and Choir Dramatics Honor Roll Volleyball Annual Staff PEG HUFF Cheerleader Letter Girl Dramatics Class Play Annual Staff Volleyball and Track Band, Choir, and Swing Alternate Girl Stat. pat McCarthy Pep Club and Officer Student Council Dramatics Class Play Annual Staff Honor Roll Choir and Band DOUG ZALESKY Class Play and Officer Student Council Band and Choir Boy Stater Honor Roll L Club and Track Football and Basketball BOB FRERICHS Class Play Basketball Football ”L” Club Choir 16 CATHY ANDERSON Cheerleader Letter Girl Choir Class Play and Officer Honor Roll VICKI ZALESKY Pep Club and Officer Class Play Choir Honor Roll Volleyball and Track Dramatics Girl Stater DAVID FROM Band and Choir Track Class Play L Club and Officer KEN HUFF Football Basketball L Club Class Play Choir and Swing Choir Band Honor Roll TERRI MASHEK Annual Staff Pep Club and Officer Dramatics Library Honor Roll Choir and Class Play Volleyball JANET HYDE Cheerleader Band, Choir, Swing Class Play and Officer , Dramatics Volleyball Honor Roll Co-Editor, Annual 17 CLASS OFFICERS Secretary, VICKI HORST; President, ARDEN MILLER; News Reporter, MARGO WIEST; Vice Preisdent, ROD MIKA; Treasurer, SUSAN HOUSER. Junior Class Play I The Sky’s The Limit 19 Delma Bartling Steve Bruns Rick Christenson Rick Hays Vicki Horst Susan Houser Tina Kripal Rodney Mika Arden Miller Beverly Narjes Cindy Neilson Dennis Neilson Rocky Olivcrius Greg Rufenacht Steve Taylor Margo W iest 20 CLASS OFFICERS Sec. - Doug Schmale Treas. - Cindy Sick Pres. - Tim Zalesky V. Pres. - Pam Smith News Rep. - Dave Trump Edwin Bartling Reid Block Dan Dickinson Linda Dickinson Edward Glanz Denise Gade Valerie Harned Gary Hornicek Ben Jones Theresa Misegadis Benita Ramirez Christina S nder Douglas Schmalc Cynthia Sick Diana Sick Pamela Smith 23 Roger Behrends Loomis Booth Donna Bruns Friend Dickinson Jr. Darrell Dykman Susan Ely Gwen Finnell Deanna Fraess Alan Harned Karen Huff Holly Jones Pamela Kahrs Cheri Lewis Tami Mika Jeffrey Misegadis Dale Mitchell Gale Mitchell Larry Stoll Dennis Trump Julie Yanney 25 DRUM MAJOR (Doug Zalesky) Marching Band 27 Deb, Pam, Suz, Larry, Ken, Ben, Jeff, Tim, Peg, Janet, Vic. ACCOMPANISTS - Julie, Cindy Swing Choir Choir Band Council Doug Zalesky, Vicki Horst, Susan Houser, Peg Huff, and Tina Kripal. Choir Council Debbie Taylor, Julie Yanney, Pat McCarthy, Don Misegadis, Rick Chris tensen, Tina Kripal, Susan Houser, and Janet Hyde. Soloists 30 Duets Instrumental Groups 32 “L” Club “L” Club Officers David From, Treasurer; Bob Frerichs, Vice President; Doug Zalesky, Secretary; Don Misegadis, President. 33 Club Miss Frantz (Sponsor) Tina Vic Pat Cindy Terri Vic 35 36 KING DON QUEEN DEBBIE Homecoming Royalty 37 38 Graduation Class of “73” GENE BOND - Awarding of Diplomas ROBERT DAVIS - Lions Club Schol. MRS. ELINOR WAFER - Cheyenne County Education Ass. Schol. EL'GENE G. THOMPSON - Presentation of Awards MRS. LUCILLE MEYER - Cheyenne County Womens Extention Club Scholarship DR. W. L. McDIVITT - Address PASTOR ROBERT COX - Benediction SIDNEY DIFFENDAFFER - Presentation of Senior Class Ken Huff - Qarcnce Meyer Schol.; Terri Mashek - York College Schol.; David From - Torrington College Band Grant; Debra Taylor - Alt. Cheyenne County Extention Club Schol.; Doug Zalesky - Torrington College Schol.. and I Dare You Award; Janet Hyde - Cheyenne County Extention Club Schol., and I Dare You Award; Cathy Anderson - Valedictorian. Obcrfeldcr Awa.d, and Issac Walton League National Finalist; Vicki Zalesky - Salutatorian, Lions Club Schol.. and Elks Most Valuable Student, and Cheyenne Ccunty Education Ass. Schol.; Pat McCarthy - Torrington College Band Grant; Peggy Huff - Western Ncbr. College Schol. 39 SEASON'S RECORD Lodgepolc 0 Dalton 0 Lodgepole 8 Lyman 20 Lodgepole 0 Sunflower 18 Lodgepolc 0 Dix 6 Lodgepolc 24 Gurley 16 Lodgepole 48 Melbeta 6 Lodgepole 16 Potter 6 Lodgepole 0 Harrisgurg 26 Lodgepole 6 St. Pat's 20 COACHES FOOTBALL SQUAD BACK ROW: Coach Hartman, Rocky, Ken, Bob, Rodney, Doug, Edward. Coach Franklin, and Coach Stutz-man. SECOND ROW: Lomis, Gary, Tim, Don, Arden, and Gale. FRONT ROW: Reid, Dan, Darrel, Steve, Jeff, Greg. Ben, Rick, Allen, and Dennis. 41 Senior Lettermen 42 TRI-CAPTAINS BobFreichs, Don Misegadis, Doug Zalesky MANAGERS 43 Dennis Trump and Reid Block GO! FIGHT! WIN! ROUGH TOUGH SENIORS??? Now Where??? Stretch!! I Let me Go!!! STUDENT MANAGER Alan VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM Coach Hartman: Tim, Gail, Ken, Doug, Rocky, Bob, Don, Dan, Roger, Coach Homolka: Jeff, Gary, Ben. 45 VOLLEYBALL Pam, Linda, Chris, Theresa, Cindy S., Cindy A., Karen, Susan, Julie, Tammy, Pam K., Hollie, Gwen, Coach Homolka, Deb, Peg, Vic Z., Janet, Terri, Cathy, Bev, Tina, Susan, Margo, Vic. H. B SQUAD BASKETBALL Coach Hartman: Jeff, Loomis, Dale, Roger, Gale, Gary, Coach Homolka, Larry Ben, Danny, Darrell, Dennis, Friend. 46 ANNUAL CO-EDITORS Senior . . . Janet Junior . . . Margo STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT Arden 47 Awards Night ATHLETIC AWARDS Don Misegadis -Bob Frerichs - Tri-Captains Doug Zalesky - (Football) DOUG ZALESKY - Outstanding Senior Athlete, All Conference Defense tackle, Honorable Mention Center, B. B. Co-Captain. DON MISEGADIS - Monster Man, All Conference Linebacker, Honorable Mention Fullback, B. B. Co-Captain. BOB FRERICHS - Honorable Mention All-Conference Guard, High Rebound Award, Sprengel Memorial Sportsmanship Award. ROD MIKA - Honorable Mention A11-Conference Halfback DRAMATICS AWARDS - DEBBIE TAYLOR - Best Actress - Sr. Class Play DAVID FROM - Best Actor - Sr. Class Play MARGO WIEST - Best Actress - Jr. Class Play RODNEY MIKA - Best Actor - Jr. Class Play MUSIC AWARDS PEG HUFF - Outstanding Musician, Medalist at M. A. C. DOUG ZALESKY - Kathy Larrcau Memorial. VICKI HORST - Jr. Class Choir SUSAN HOUSER - Jr. Class Band TINA KRIPAL - Medalist at M. A. C. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOLARSHIPS MARK CHRISTENSEN - 8th grade SANDY FROM - 8th grade PHILIP DAILEY - 8th grade TRACEY MARKEL - 8th grade 1973-74 CHEERLEADERS VICKI HORST - captain SUSAN HOUSER KAREN HUFF TINA KRIPAL PAM SMITH SANDY BEHRENDS - 7th grade TAMI KREIDER - 7th grade DOUG KRIPAL - 7th grade CHARLENE SICK - 7th grade PENNI SMITH - 7th grade ART AWARDS LORI HARNED - medal SANDY FROM - medal KEVIN SICK PHILLIP DAILEY MARK CHRISTENSEN CINDY SICK TEENA SANDER 52 ACADEMIC AWARDS CATHY ANDERSON - Senior Math, English IV, Betty Crocker Award, Outstanding Teenager of America, A Honor Roll, Chemistry, 4th year Spanish. KEN HUFF - Bookkeeping PEG HUFF - Outstanding Teenager of America, A Honor Roll. JANET HYDE - A Honor Roll, Outstanding Teenager of America, Crisco Award, Home Economics III. TERRI MASHEK - Library DEBBIE TAYLOR - A Honor Roll, Outstanding Teenager of America, Crisco Award, Home Economics III. DOUG ZALESKY - Outstanding Teenager of America. VICKI ZALESKY - American Government, a Honor Roll, Outstanding Teeanger of America. VICKI HORST - 1st year Spanish, A Honor Roll. ARDEN MILLER - Ind. Arts Award, A Honor Roll. BEV NARJES - American History, A Honor Roil, Home Economics II, English III. GREG RUFENACHT - Typewriting. CINDY ANDERSON - A Honor Roll . REID BLOCK - World History, Honor Roll. DENISE GADE - World History, Biology, A Honor Roll KAREN HUFF - A Honor Roll. HOLLY JONES - A Honor Roll PAM KAHRS - Home Economics I DENNIS TRUMP - Geography, A Honor Roll. JULIE YANNEY - English I, A Honor Roll. GElerneatary Kindergarten Sandra Kahrs Shelly Rufenacht Randall Sick Galon Wittrock Gayle Wittrock Michele Yanney Dena Zalesky First Grade Connie Dickinson Lisa Franklin Dianne Juedes Troy Kastens Gregory Markely Rebecca Rankin Second Grade Jo Ann Bondegard Jamie Diffendaffer Keith Huff Bruce Namuth Sonia Sick Scott Skov Third Grade Benjamin Barnhart Shebi Bondegard Ted Gasseling Judith Grimes Randy Ommen 55 Fourth Grade Brenda Barnhart Rena Block Jami Bond Charles Davis Faye Dickinson (not pictured) Michael From Pat Gasseling Nancy Namuth Roslin Nielson Ronnie Ommcn Sandy Skov Fifth Grade Randy Anderson Martin Fraass Clifford Grimes Kurt Huff Steven Kahrs Robert Ommen Faye Rankin Renae Rufenacht Kent Sick Shelly Thompson Sixth Grade Ryan Block Ward Bond Scott Bondegard Robert Davis 56 Diana Dickinson Tim Diffendaffer Steve From J. C. Gasseling Monty Kehl Jeffery Markel Michel Namuth Dori Nightingale Dan Stumff Laurie Talich Randy T ay lor Gregory Thompson Seventh Grade Sandra Behrands Timothy Bond Kimberly Grimes Lenore Hurst Tami Kreider Douglas Kripal Sherri Nielson Anthony Ramirez Charlene Sick Penni Smith Cathi Yanney Rita Zalesky 57 Eighth Grade Mark Christensen Philip Dailey Sandra From Lori Hamed Douglas Lewis Tracey Markel Leo Nielson Sandra Schlaman Kevin Sick Diane Soucie Terri Taylor Michael Wiest Christmas in the Circus 58 The Bears Boys - Clowns Girls - Trapeze T Play Cast The 7th and 8th Grade Choir 60 JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL BEGINNING BAND CADET BAND 61