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

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Commencement At 8:00 p. m. on Sunday, May 15, seventeen seniors donned caps and gowns to get ready for their baccalaureate services. Miss Kay Wilson played .Largo for the processional and recessional. Reverend H. H. Houchin gave the baccalaureate sermon on Beliefs that Count . Mr. Leonard Sawyer played a trumpet solo, and LuNette Wieting played a trombone solo. After the semester exams on Monday and Tuesday, the seniors again donned their caps and gowns for commencement exercises. The processional and recessional, Pomp and Circumstance, were played by Karen Novotny. The invocation was given by H. H. Houchin. G. E. Turner, Superintendent of Lancaster county, gave the address on The Challenge. Vocal solos were sung by Roger Wieting. The eighth grade was presented by Mrs. Malmberg and given promotions by Ernest Ellis. Superintendent Adams presented scholarships to Janet Warrick, valedictorian; Barbara Dreger, salutatorian; and Jean James. The band award went to Jean Monson. Two juniors received awards: Dale McClatchey, athletics, and Barbara O'Banion, scholarship. Bruce Horn and Jean Alyea received athletic awards. Mr. R. H. Merklinger, principal and sponsor of the senior class, presented the class of '55 and Ernest Ellis presented the diplomas. After the benediction and recessional the graduates of 1955 received congratulations.

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Sneak Day At 11:00 on the evening of April 21, seventeen Meadow Grove seniors prepared for a long but hilarious trip. With several underclassmen on hand we received a bang up send off. Everyone was feeling very energetic until we reached Omaha about 2:30 a.m. Almost everyone snatched a bite to eat after which we continued our journey. During this lap almost everyone slept and Friday morning at 7:30 seventeen tired looking seniors and their sponsors were struggling to keep their eyes open to see the sights. After breakfast we were taken on a tour of General Motors Company which everyone enjoyed and will probably not quickly forget. Some of the seniors then went to the Art Museum and observed many interesting things. The afternoon found seniors scattered throughout Kansas City seeing all that their eyes could see. Girls, of course, were shopping; boys were doing whatever came to their minds ! ! Friday evening found the seniors seated at a major league baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Athletics. This event was one which everyone enjoyed immensely and will long remember. Leaving Kansas City at approximately 11:30 p.m. almost everyone was ready to sleep and let sleep. Omaha was our only stop before reaching home. Here we obtained a few refre shments. Good Old Meadow Grove once again received seventeen tired but happy looking seniors returning from a wonderful sneak day.

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JUNIORS TOP ROW: MIDDLE ROW: BOTTOM ROW: Left to Right; Leona DeCamp, Rosemary DeCamp, Nancy Falconer, Roger Horn. Shirley Mather, Dale McClatchey, Barbara O'Banion, Janet Synovec. Layton Wauer, Richard Waechter. 14 Picture not available: June Duchow.