Meadow Grove High School - Trojan Yearbook (Meadow Grove, NE)

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cS ophomo’ies BACK ROW: Mary Lou Ferry. Duane Lieswald, Richard Boelter, John Hopkins, Duane Collins, Miss Bastian SECOND ROW: Phyllis Shell, Helen Shell, Kay Lewis, Helen Lyalls, Betty Jeanne Hannen, Marion Huelle- Opal Rudnick. FRONT ROW: Pamela Sessler, Rachel Lewis, Richard Rodekor, Isabelle Munger, Hertha Terry, Lillian Sparr. In the fall of 1942, eighteen sophomores, still rather shy from their freshman year, stumbled into the assembly and timidly found their seats, then felt rather foolish when they were moved. The class selected the following officers: Opal Rudnick .................................... President Rachel Lewis.................................Vice President Mary Lou Terry Secretary-Treasurer One new student, Richard Boelter, entered our class. Three students left us. These were Kathleen Lewis, Helen Lyalls, and Duane Collins. The subjects offered to the sophomores are English, geometry, world history, and geography of Nebraska. 14-

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BACK ROW: Gertrude Pfisterer, Vance Dunivan, Bernard Osborn, Bill Sessler, Donald Warnke, Arlie Novotny. Mrs. Gaskill. CENTER ROW: Dorothy Jeanne Ballard, Donna Mann, La Donna Wieting, La Von Niles, Una Lee Wright, Barbara Stolle, Martha Lulow. FRONT ROW: Larraine Pratt, Imogene Stewart- Joyce Schulze, Eileen Werner, Ava Nell Fowlkes, Betty Louise Wiese, Shirley Ann Williams. On August 31, 1942, 29 Juniors entered Meadow Grove High School. Upper classmen at last! We selected as our sponsor Mrs. Gaskill and the following officers were chosen: Una Lee Wright President Ava Nell Fowlkes Vice President Gertrude Pfisterer Secretary-Treasurer Three new pupils joined us. These were: Martha Lulow and Joyce Schulz from Mount Hope and La Donna Wieting from Sunny view. Later on we lost Betty Lou Wiese, Barbara Stolle, Donna Mann and La Von Niles from our ranks. Ready-Made Family a farce comedy was presented. The cast included, Bernard Osborn, Una Lee Wright, Dorothy Ballard, Imogene Stewart, Shirley Ann Williams, Bill Sessler, Arlie Novotny, Donald Warnke, Gertrude Pfisterer, and Ava Nell Fowlkes. Other activities which were sponsored by the class were our farewell parties for Miss Bastian and Mr. Tyler. -13-

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'uslvnen BACK ROW. Dean McClatchey, Joan Stewart, Robert Holtman, Miss Harsch, James McClatchey, Glendoris Van Dieken, Donald Ballard. FRONT ROW: Genevieve Collins, Myra Mae Hauge- Marjorie Johnson, Mary Louise Huelle, Ida Mae Huelle. Higher learning? lust what is it? Eleven freshman began to find the answer on August 31, 1941. Miss Harsch was chosen class sponsor. Class officers elected were as follows: Myra Mae Hauge......................................President Donald Ballard.................................Vice-President Glendoris Van Dieken Secretary-Treasurer Courses offered to the freshmen included English, general mathematics, Latin, manual training, home economics and speech. Jim and Dean McClatchey departed from our class roll; the second semester found us with a minority group of nine. Of special importance to us was freshman initiation. We withstood the caprices and tricks of our domineering seniors and concluded that we can take it.