Wausa High School - Viking Yearbook (Wausa, NE)

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- .. Y. .--..-H . -L llulylul X I f --:, Tk twenty-seven. At the class meeting, Richard Holmquist was elected presidentg Dale Johnson, vice-presidentg Eva Mae Green- wall, secretary-treasurerg Elaine Moline, social chairmang and Mr. Hegstrom, class sponsor. 1Scarlet and cream were chosen as our class colorsg With the ropes of the past we shall ring the bells of the future, class mottog and American Beauty Rose as the class flower. On September 28 the Haberman Studio of Hastings took the Senior graduation pictures. On March 29 the seniors sneak- ed to Sioux City. There they spent an enjoyable day. On May 8 the class play, A Little Honey was presented by the seniors at the Community Auditorium. Baccalaureate services were held in the Auditorium on Sunday May 13. Rev, William L. Hawkinson was the speaker. On May 17 commencement exercises were held in the Auditorium with Dr. S. B. Shively of Wayne delivering the address. It may be interesting to know that two students who enrolled as freshmen in our class are now serving in the armed forces. These boys are Dennis Lindblad and Chester Reed. A -Maxine Bengtson. SENIOR CLASS PRCIPHECY While turning the calendar to May 1, 1965, I was warned by the office boy that my boss, Gerald Shallberg, wished to see me in his office. With a slight feeling of curiosity, I entered the spacious, air-conditioned office of the manager of the Shallberg Non-slippery Spaghetti Company of Omaha. As I neared his desk, which was covered with letters, I asked him if there was anything I could do for him. In a pleading manner, like replied, Pm just simply swamped with letters of inquiry concerning our product. It seems that the public has no idea of the wonders of Non-slippery Spaghetti. I have come to the conclusion that a good way to advertise our product would be for you and my other secretary, Beverly Schulte, to make a tour of some of the cities of the United S-tates, advertising and showing it. After assuring him that I would do this to the best of my ability, I hurried off to tell Beverly of our fate. I Early the next morning, Bev and I hastened to catch a cab to the airport. While poking along at an average rate of 75 miles per hour, which was the minimum speed limit, I noticed that the cab driver certainly did look familiar, When we reached the Hi-Boy Airport, I looked him over and asked if he was Richard Holmquist. He assured us that he was. We certainly were sur- prised to meet Dick form the Class of '45. We didn't have-much time to talk as our plane was to leave in about fifteen minutes. While buying our tickets for Chicago, Illinois, I immediately recognized the ticket seller as the former Marjorie Lindstrom. She informed us that she was married and lived up on Dodge Street. As we started for our plane, she reminded us to say

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' K SENICIR CLASS HISTCIRY In September, 1941, thirty-eight Freshmen enrolled in Wlausa High School. Those enrolled were Janice Anderson, Max- ine Bengtson, Dorothy Benson, Norma Jean Bumann, Gladalynn Carlson, Virginia Ann Carlson, Virginia Mae Carlson, Lovyce Elsberry, Lou Ann Erickson, Eva Mae Greenwall, Kenneth Hal- kens, Bonnie Hammond, Richard Holmberg, Richard Holmquist, Dale Johnson, Harold Johnson, Janis Johnson, Willard Johnson, Elaine Larson, Helyn Lindberg, Dennis Lindblad, Marjorie Lind- strom, Earl Linford, Elaine Moline, Arlise Mord, Leslie Nelson, Earldine Ottoson, Ida Prather, Chester Reed, Duane Reed, Beverly Schulte, Wesley Seger, Gerald Shallberg, Duane Swan- son, Lorraine Swanson, Patricia Swanson, Arlene Wrick, and Phyllis Ziegenbein. At the first meeting Earl Linford was chosen president, Arlise Mord,, vice-president, Patricia Swanson, secre- tary-treasurergand Mr. Lundstrom, class sponsor. The class en- joyed several parties during the year. Janice Anderson moved away during the year making the enrollment thirty-seven. In the fall of 1942, thirty-three Sophomores enrolled for their second year in high school. Those who failed to return were Leslie Nelson, Dennis Lindblad, Chester Reed and, Harold John- son. During the year Earl Linford and Kenneth Halkens moved awayg and Lorraine Swanson and Richard Holmberg discontinued their work. Ralph Enquist joined our class in March making the enrollment of the class at thirty. At a class meeting in Septem- ber Arlise Mord was elected president, Duane Swanson, vice- presidentg Maxine Bengtson, secretary-treasurer, and Miss Mogck, sponsor. During the year a scavenger hunt and a gym- nasium party were held. With the re-opening of school in 1943, twenty-nine Juniors enrolled in Wausa High School. Shirley Steele was the only stu- dent who failed to return, Since that time Bonnie Hammond moved to Norfolk, and Phyllis Ziegenbein returned for the second semester after attending school in Denver for a semester. At the class meeting in September, Ralph Enquist was elected presi- dent, Earldine Ottoson, vice-presidentg Helyn Lindberg, secre- tary-treasurerg Janis Johnson, social chairman, and Miss Brook- er, sponsor. During the year the class sponsored the movie, True to Life. On May 12, 1944, the Junior-Senior banquet was held. The theme of the banquet was The Ship . In the fall of 1944, twenty-eight students enrolled. Since then Duane Reed and Gladalynn Carlson have discontinued their work, and Patricia Swanson enrolled after attending school at Columbus for three weeks. This leaves the present enrollment at

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l 5 V , , vi I -I -- ., 1- f- W- ---.- - v ., , 777 , ft I Rfb 151173 tl. 1 -.-A , hello to Virginia Mae Carlson, when we reached Chicago. Vir- ginia was Working there as assistant to a specialist of Fallen Arches. I As we boarded the plane, Beverly nudged me and said, Why, the pilot is Dale Johnson, from our own class in high school. He told us that he had been a pilot for more than eleven years. I always thought he would become a flyer because of his immense interest in every plane that could be seen from the Wausa High windows. We took our places farther back in the ship and finally took-off . After dozing a while, we saw an air stewardess com- ing toward us, What! Another classmate? It was Patricia Swan- son and she hadn't changed a bit. After talking over some of those good old times at Wausa High, she was on her way to give comfort to the other passengers. Later a lady asked us if we wished to read the newspaper as she had finished reading it. Why, this kind lady was Elaine Larson. She said that she was working as an assistant to a photographer in Lincoln. She was going now to visit some rela- tives in Detroit, Michigan. While looking over the front page of The New York Newsy, I saw the following words in huge, black letters: JANIS JOHN- SON, WORLD-FAMOUS POETESS, WRITES NEW SENSA- 'l'ION. Reading further, I learned that Janis had been awarded first prize in the World-Poetry Contest 'of 1964. Finally 'we reached Chicago and decided the first thing to do was to find a place to exhibit our product. We walked down Michigan Avenue and soon spied a tremendous sign, SEE SEGER'S CIRCUS . Bev and I were both shocked but after- wards laughed to think we even imagined it was a Seger we might know. But anyway we decided to investigate. We asked who the manager was and found it to be Wesley Seger, After a short time we met him and asked if he would permit us to give a short showing of our product-Shallberg's Non-slippery Spaghetti. He allowed us to do this. Later, while giving the exhibit to the large crowd, we asked if there was anyone who would volunteer to come to the stage and first try eating any other brand of spaghetti and then Shallberg's Non-slippery. Guess who stepped up. It was Phyllis Ziegenbein. She carried out the experiment and then told us she was employed as a secretary at a leading bank in Chicago. ?We decided that we had spent enough time in Chicago so we took- a fast plane to San -Francisco. After arriving there, We walked down a busy street and spied a sign on a small shop. It read LATEST MATRIMONIAL ADVICE. We peeked in and saw a short attractive lady behind the desk. We immediately recognized l: er as the former Virginia Ann Carlson. As we walk- ed in, we found her trying to solve the problems of a broken- hearted newly-wed. Later she told us that Lou Ann Erickson was also working heref but her job was to answer the letters