Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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i w .wan aws tfrw «4sviw«w fiWraiwiwtfliwwimtmmfm Sneak Day n o c at mv orcrourn r n ■ Tur - f k ; ■ i u n hi i Sneak Day---the great oay reserveo for the oeniohs only1 It seemeo like May 10 rolled arouno mighty fast---ano so did 7 a.Ml Quite a few Seniors ran A GOOO RACE WITH THE SUN TO SEE WHO COULO GET TO THE HOTEL CORNER THE FAST- EST. (We HAD a WET TIME EVEN IF IT WAS A BRI6HT SUNNY OAY 111) The 1|9ers roareo into Lincoln around 9 a.m. ano everyone heaoeo toward RAD 10 STATION KFA9, THE CAPITAL, MORRILL HALL, AND THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS• Promptly at 11:50» E headed for Pioneer Park ano lunch. Boy , oid that chicken ever taste wonoerful! (So did all the potato chips, the sanowitches. ’’lunch potato salad, beans, cake, pie, pickels, etc. I) After OUT ALL THE AMUSEMENTS ANO HAD BARRELS OF FUN. Speaking of fun, no one coulo laugh any harder seeing all the everyone trieo boys’ ano and ’’Tex' luch next At 5 short vis TE RE ST ING The COWGALS ON a briole-path rodeo 1 It seems Wild Bill U9er cow- Cy Kocian Oh well BETTER Buo White had a little trouble with their hosses time kio s 1 P.M. WE ALL HEAOEO FOR THE NEBRASKA STATE PENNITENTARY (FOR A VERY it only). Everyone found the trip very interesting ano several in- SOUVENIERS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE PRISON SHOP. KFAB RAOIO STATION WAS AGAIN THE NEXT STOP OF THE OAY. WE ALL O R WD CO il L RL T T GRAM, INTERVIEWED HER ON After the broadcast INTO THE STUOIO TO LISTEN GOT AN EXTRA THRILL DURING THE AIR. WE ALL TO THE BROADCAST OF THE POLKA PARTY. RuBY THE OAY WHEN JACK WELLS, MC FOR THE PRO- HEADEO OUR VARIOUS WAYS. SOME TOOK IN THE LOCAL CINEMAS, SOME WINDOW SHOPPEO, ANO SOME CONTINUED TAKING PICTURES UNTIL THE LAST RAY OF SUN VANISHEO (OiDN'T YOU, DON?). Promptly at 9 50 everyone was again congregated at the busses, and wet WEARY, BUT VERY HAPPY, THE i ERS OLO HOME S T E AO---PHS . HEAOEO WITH A SONG ANO A SIGH BACK THE § IMS m wmw.

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tfvw m wjutvw ;Ay -mtftvy.vife zzam BEGAN ST AK IN 6 HIS PERSONAL CLAIM WITH THE CLAIM AGENT , JlM EARL, ANO HIS BOOKKEEPERS Frances Gunsolley ano Betty Hilo. Oawn of the next day finos Jim Doody, HIS WAVY HAIR HANGING IN HIS FACE, SWEATING OVER THE WORK INVOLVEO IN OBTAINING HIS fortune. Nearby was Cyril Kocian, also WORKING I NOUSTROUSLY, WHILE PATRICIA ROGERS SAT SPECTATING. A SUOOEN COMMOTION NEAR THE OCEAN FRONT, ANNO UNCEO THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING BY SHIP. THEY HAO COME FROM the East by way of Cape Horn. Among the disembarking passengers were WOMEN WHO HAO BRAVEO THE ROUGH OCEAN. THEY CAME TO MEET THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO HAO TRAVELEO THE OVERLANO ROUTE. When the ship was unloadeo, Joan Ault and Mary Jane Harris,two of the passengers, WENT TO A NEARBY CASE RUN BY JAN I S SCHMIDT- mann. Near the entrance, underneath a sign which re AO Check Your Guns Here , stooo Cora Lee Hitt with an armful of loaoeo pis- tols. Insioe of the cage, waitress OeNie CUNOALL WAS SINGING ' 0 , SUSANNA . With the comiN6 of so many new settlers, a reign of Chaos, accompanied by all the lawlessness of a frontier community, was CHECKEO BY THE ORGANIZATION OF A VIGILANTE COMMITTEE, HEADED BY SHERIFF JOHN WHITE. Outstanding members were Ray Hilo and Dick Gerbeling. OuSK FINOS OUR PICTURE OF THESE BRAVE ,U9ERS, FIGHTING TO CONQUER THE WEST AND ITS GREAT RICHES, GRADUALLY F AO IN 6 FROM SIGHT, ANO THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF OUR MODERN WORLD COMING INTO VIEW. WlTH THIS BRIEF GLANCE AT THE PAST, THE GRADUATING CLASS OF I9U9 IS PRO UO TO SAY THEY MARK A CENTURY OF Progbess in our American History.

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ight, Louie, drop that gun'. Deao eye Dick Tea tor Three MIS RAY GUY Somethin1 funny Donna? Wilma 1n Jack Norm, Pooch, ano Bill aai-ViE-a i:t ! CT77T ' E EXECUTION Goroon (Slurrrrp) Greene the other way, Cy.