Valentine High School - Badger Yearbook (Valentine, NE)

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LLASS PROPHECV I Clem Hagedorn PH MD OK upon d9C1Cl11'1Q to wnte a book have collected the followmg materlal ln my travels The subyect of the volume 1S to be The Lrves and Loves of the Valent1ne Sen1or Class of l945 Shortly before leav1ng New York 1n search of my matenal I attended the open1ng nlght of the great stage show The Undy1ng Love of Samson and Cleopatra or Ill Meet You Under the Street Lamp starrmg the beaut1ful glamorous star Darlene Marle Mendenhall Playmg oppos1te was the hand some darmg Robert Boyer Brockley Leavlng New York I Journeyed to Washmgton D C to fmd our old frxend Ronald Van Buren servrng as VICE Presldent I found women very promment In government I heard Ellzabeth Iohnsons stlrrmg speeches 1n favor of a brll proh1b1t1ng e1ghteen year olds from k1ss1ng 1n pubhc Havmg had a good VISII 1n Washlngton I left by plane and dlscovered that Brll Burge the greatest flyer of the modern age was prlotmg the plane I was very much surpr1sed to hear Rosella Herrmgton the stewardess say Fasten your safety belt please As we were flymg over Florlda we ran 1nto a trop1cal storm whxch made 1t necessary for us to make a forced landmg We were rescued by George Cagley who was hurrymg to M1am1 Beach to see hls flancee MISS Delores Colburn w1n the Mlss Amerlca Beauty Contest of 1965 After the contest Delores read us a letter from Al1ce Phlllxps who rs a m1ss1on ary 1n Indra Next mormng I started on my way by tra1n to Nashv1lle Tennessee I met Iean Ravenscroft who was a star of radlo smgmg h1llb1lly songs wxth Roy Acoff s Smoky Mountam Boys I cont1nued my tr1p to the Plttsburgh SIGIIOU to leave Plttsburgh I met Donald Iunod Pres1dent of the Ch1cago Llmlted who was golng to Ch1cago to be marr1ed And who do you thmk was the lucky bnde? Iack1e Petersll In Ch1cago I went to Ch1cago Unlverslty where I found Paulme Barnett Professor of the Ancrent Hlstory and she had Just rece1ved a letter from Cora Bullls who 1S teachmg the llttle Esklmo puplls 1n Alaska I attended the Ph1l harmonlc Orchestra Concert w1th Beatrlce Iordan Zacharn at the harps Before leavmg Ch1cago I telephoned Omaha to lnform them of my pendlng arrxval and who should put through the call but Betty Cherry now Vlce Presrdent of the Bell Telephone Company wxth a mouthful of popcorn On CIYIIVIHQ' 1n Omaha I called up Lyd1a Kellner who now 9d1IS the Lonely Hearts Column for the World Herald I also heard Kenneth Ioseph lectur1ng on The Ev1l Effects of Alcohol Next day I drove to Lmcoln where I was met by G1lbert Phelps the gover nor of Nebraska On my way to Valent1ne aboard the streamlmed H1awatha I was IISIGTIIHQ to the radlo and heard the latest news flashes glven by the fluent eff1c1ent commentator Dwaln Hobson I quote what he sald The famous eccentric Arthur May has Just reached the moon ln h1S magnlfrcent newly developed rocket sh1p The Fernery 16 -s , t ,V x 1 - X1 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 ' 11 . 1 . 11 1 . - 11 . 1 11 11 1 11 . . 1 1 1 1 - ' , 1 1 1 - -1 1 1 ' - . 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 - 1 . 11 1 1 11 . . . . , . , . 1 1 1 ' I . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - ' 1 1 I . , . 1 1 . 11 . 11 I , - 1 . . 1 . 11 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 11 , .

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L LAW H l5TCRV In the fall of l94O we ent red 1nto the Elqhth Grade where we OCCUD1 d the new adlustable seat Els1e Carrler Jomed us here MISS Edna Hempel was our t acher Th1s ycar the Iunlor H1qh had an outstandmq basketball team In May came the b1q st event of our school career so far E1qhth Grade Com mencement As quests of MISS Els1e Roth the County Superlntendent we were taken on a scenlc tour That afternoon we were presented Wllh d1plomas at the CIIY aud1tor1um The theme of Bess Gearhart Morr1son the speaker was The Four Leaf Clover Each class member was presented wlth a four leaf clover corsaqe A freshmen we began the term amld the w1ldest confuslon Upper class men suppressed us and we were looked upon as belnq an 1nf r1or qroup We soon orqan1zed ourselves however and chose as our class sponsor MISS Iuha Vlele who proudly and eff1c1ently qu1ded us through those days of turmoll Our class ofhcers were Barbara MacDonald pres1dent Bob Brockley v1ce pre 1dent Darlene Mendenhall secretary treasurer Our enrollment was SIXIY three the 1ncrease due to students 1o1n1nq us from other d1str1cts Those who 1o1ned us were B1ll Burqe Dor1s Camm Betty Cherry Mary Cather1ne Foster Clem I-Iaqedorn Roberta Harms Mabel Gale Kenneth loseph B1ll Mlller Erma Monroe Arlene Montgomery Darrell Mundorf Els1e Shelbourne Norma Smlth Allce Ph1ll1ps Our sophomore year was no less eventful than our freshman year and our class Sp1I1l was 1n no way d1m1n1shed We had the pleasure to watch the newly enrolled freshman class qrope the1r way about the halls and class rooms as we had the year before Mtss Cole was chosen as our class spon sor Under her d1rect1on we conducted the coronat1on of the Kmq and Queen of Heart son Valent1ne s Day A poll of the entlre h1qh school was taken to choose a boy and q1rl from the Sentor Class as rulers for the day Thls affa1r was very 1mpress1ve and we hoped 1t would trad1t1onally become an annual h1ql'1 school affa1r Class off1cers for th1s year were Dor1s Cotton pres1dent Darlene Menden hall v1ce pres1dent Burton Hutch1son secretary treasurer Those who JO1I'19d us to make a total enrollment of SIXIY IIVQ were E1leen Schaefer and Rosella I-Ierrlnqton The Class of 1945 began the1r IUHIOI year w1th the usual rep for pep Class OIIICGFS selected for the year were Delores Colburn pres1dent Bob Brockley v1ce pres1dent Darlene Mendenhall secretary treasurer MISS Helen H1qq1ns was chosen our class sponsor We chose class IIUQS and DIUS and planned the Iun1or Semor Banquet wh1ch was very successful The Pan Amer1can theme was chosen be1nq the top1c cf 1nterest at that t1me Our banquet was held IH the CIIY aud1tor1urn It was served by the Women s Improvement Club QIX sophomore boys and g1rls were table wa1ters Each was dressed 1n the br1qht reqaha of a colorful f1esta The Iumor class play Speclal Deltvery was held on May 6 Those who made 1t a success were Bob Brockley Delores Colburn B1ll Burqe Clem Haqedorn Norma Srnlth Ellzabeth lohnson Darlene Menden hall E1leen Schaefer Bun Van Buren 15 , ,. ,- 1 . ' f 5. Q, jf e e , F . . . . . 0. - 9 . A . Q ' , . V 1 N., . V , , - 1 1 11 11 . 1- . Q , . 9 . 1 1 , . 1 1 1 ' o' - . .J , , . ' 1 ' - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' - ' 1 1 1 , ' 1 1 ' - , . , . . 1 . . , ., . . . 11 . . 11 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 -

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QLAS9 PRQIDI IELV I arr1ved at Valentrne and was met at the statton by Mayor Rosemary Bnttler and was rushed to a banquet IH my honor Mr Frank G Carver Presldent of Mrd West Hereford Breeders Assoc1at1on was master of ceremonles I found Valentme IH a state of IQJOICIUQ over the1r recent vrctory ln the tourna ment wh1ch was credlted to the1r great coach Nerl Thompson I was surprrsed to fmd Robert Epke Presrdent of the Frrst Natlonal Bank wr1t1ng love sonnets to Patrrcra WISQ who was h1s prxvate secretary I v1s1ted the surroundrng commumty and found Mrs Rrchard Green the former Harrret Tate and h r seven curly headed l1ttle Greens I found the leadmg lady socrahtes were Els1e Shelbourne and Ines Soles I V1S1l9d the old 1nst1tut1on of learnmg and found Mary Catherlne Foster PTIHCIDCII and B1ll Mrller Superxntendent of Valentrne Schools I chartered a plane and flew to Denver where I met Vada Nlcol She mformed me of her new success drscovermg the cause of the common cold She told me that 1t was a germll I bought a Denver Post and was amazed to fmd that Elarne Reed was the edrtor Whrle walkmg down the street one day I met Albert Ioseph who mformed me he was the c1ty s leadrng physlclan and On the trarn from Denver to Seattle I encountered Dons Camm sales woman who proceeded to sell me a super duper de luxe speedrer trrcycle On arr1val rn Seattle I attended the Stork Club and was entertatned by the famous fan dancer Amor Quenta M1a translated as Betty Bonge I was led to a rmgslde seat by the proprletor Elsre Carrler I also passed a b1g shrp yard owned by Erma Monroe Todd and Roberta Harms I lourneyed down to Los Angeles on the crurser LSXMFT whose captarn was Velma Sherman Whrle 1n Los Angeles I v1s1ted The Garden of Eden starr1ng that sweet lovely gracrous Norma Smlth Durlng my stay ID Los Angeles my pet poodle took very 1ll and I took h1m to a very relxable veterrnary who turned out to be Lyle Lower CBy the way the poodle dredl On my way to San D1ego I depos1ted my good frlend Burton Hutchlson ct Alcatraz he was to become the new warden I stopped rn at the San Dxego General Hosprtal to lnspect the1r new equlpment and was surprrsed to fmd Arleen Montgomery the head nurse She told me that our old frrend Darrell Mundorf a bullf1ghter at Tuuana was Just across the bord r After collect ng the foregomg materral I returned to New York and prepared to pubhsh my book DO YOU REMEMBER? Ianet Arrasmrth she speaks acts and behaves 1ust as she ought? When MarJor1e Wertz and Lowell Belvrlle were 1n love? The Daclamatory Contest when Darlene Mendenhall ranked superror? Your f1rst date? Harry Gurlforl small but m1ghty'? Those college entry tests how d1d you score? 17 k j Xl ix xx X to , L x . I 1 L j ' ' 1 Q . , , V that his nurse, Eleanor Pavlik, was a great favorite of the community. 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' l - , , 1 ' ' ,