Wausa High School - Viking Yearbook (Wausa, NE)

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Prophecy was working as a nurse and as yet she was unmarried but she was in love with a tall. dark, handsome intern. After reminiscing about our high school days for a while we reluctantly left Joan and resumed our trip. The next dav we arrived in Salt Lake Citv, Utah. That night we went into a cafe for supper. While sitting at a table a lady walked in the door in a very official manner and walked across the room. Just as she came by our table we noticed that it was none other than Betty Surber from the class of 53”. We hailed Betty to our table and sat there and ta’ked over o’d times. It seems Betty had se- cured a Job as beef inspector for the U. S. government and was in the line of duty at the time so she had to be on her way. The next day we resumed our trip. While we were on our way we decided to stop back in the old home town and see how everything was in Wausa. We land- ed at the new Wausa Municipal airport and w-ent into town. There was a large bus parked near the business district and printed on it were the big letters. DaVLee Johnson and His Band, and sure enough there was Dav standing there chatting with his musicians. Of course Dav had grown a few inches since our high school days but he was the same o’d Dav. We paused and talked to him for a few min- utes and found out that he.too. was Just in Wausa to visit for a while on his way through. He had one of the best bands in America and was considered the successor to Harry James. After our visit in Wausa we took off for St. Louis, our next stop. While driving down town we passed the St. Louis athletic arena and noticed a sign on which were the words. Fighting Tonight. Battling Bugs the Bone Basher vs. Tiny Tess. We hadn’t yet taken in a good sports event so we decided to see the fight. After we had taken our seats and the fighters came into the ring we noticed that Battling Bugs was none other than Connie Haley of our o’d graduating class. After the fight we talked to Connie for a while about her wrestling career and then re- sumed our trip to Chicago. On our arrival at the Chicago airport we noticed a man looking around in a very observing manner. There was something familiar about him so we moved closer. It was Junior Newman, another classmate, so we stopped and visited with him for a while. Junior told us that he had obtained a job as a special agent with the F.B.I. and was at the airport in search of a wanted person. We left Junior in search of his man and went into town to take care of our business. Our pilot wasn’t ready to take off for a w’hile so we decided to take in a football game to kill some time. The Chicago Bears were playing in town that day so we took a cab to the field for the game. When we arrived the teams were just coming on the field and each player was being announced. Much to our astonish- ment the loud speaker blurted out the name of Vonnie Beaudette. half-back for the Chicago Bears. This greatly increased our interest in the game, having one of our classmates playing on tho field. With the running and brilliant playing of Vonnie the Bears were an easy victor. We couldn’t find a chance to talk to Von so we left immediately for the airfield where our plane was ready to leave. The next destination was Minneapolis, Minnesota where we were to gather more material for our research. We got off of our plane at the airport and went directly to the office of a large manufacturing firm where we had business to take care of. After we had our conference completed we left the building and began to stroll down the street when we noticed a familiar blond haired young man walk- ing down the sidewalk in front of us. We caught up with him and sure enough it was Warren Udd. Warren told us that he had become interested in sports and was now playing center for the Minneapolis Lakers. After talking for a while we re- luctantly left for the airport to take off for Indianapolis. It was only several days before the big speedway race so upon arriving we decided to go to the track and watch some of the preparations of the car owners and drivers. We went down to the center of the oval where there was much ac- tivity with the mechanics preparing their cars for the long race. Near by stood a sleek looking racer and a long pair of legs protruded from beneath. All of a sud- den a head came out from under the car and a familiar voice said, Well, hello there.” Immediately we recognized our old friend Louie Ox’ey who we soon dis- covered was engaged in building and driving race cars for a living. Louie said that he had picked up most of his skill while attending high school back in Wausa. All too soon we had to say goodbye to Louie and leave for Dayton. Ohio, the next placi scheduled for our trip. Upon arriving in Dayton we went to the largest radio station in town where we were to gather some more information for our survey. Just as we passed a large glass window we noticed a large room filled with people and a man with a micro- phone standing in front of the room. Immediate’y we recognized the man at the mike as our friend. Tom Nelson. After the program we talked to Tom for a while and found that he was Master of Ceremonies on his own radio show. We had to leave Tom because our time was short and we had to hurry on to Miami. Florida to complete our study. When we got to Miami we decided to kill some time by going to the beach to see that famous pleasure spot. Shortly after we arrived we spotted a tall figure who definitely looked familiar. It was Clark Peterson, another classmate of W.H.S. We talked to Clark for a while and he told us that things were going very well for him. In fact he had already applied for membership in the Sittin . Starin’, and a Rockin’ club for retired millionaires. Only too soon we had to leave Clark and fin- ish our business so we could fly back to Schenectady to report on our research. We had accomplished much and had enjoyed ourselves considerably but the most satisfying times we had were our visits with the members of our class of ”53”. During the trip we had met every one of our old class and come to realize more as we had always realized that there is something about them that we can never forget and that we can alw’ays be proud to have graduated with the class of 53”. Kenny Plog Elda Lorenson v - w.

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Ten years ago, back in the good old high school days in W.H.S., I never dreamed that I’d be an engineer for a big company like General Electric, but here I am about to start on a big trip around the world to study engineering develop- ments in other countries. Among the applications which I received for a secretary, there was the name of one of my old classmates. Elda Lorenson. This was recommendation enough and of course I hired her immediately. The company had furnished a private plane with pilot and crew for the trip which was to take us around the world. We started out from Schenectady and drove to New York City where we were to meet our plane. Having a few hours to spare, we decided to see a little of New York. We decided to go to Madison Square Gardens which was featuring Rodney Wilbeck and his Trombonettes. After the performance we went back stage to talk to “Rod” personally. He to’d us that another classmate, Garold Hagberg was a doctor at the Gardens and led us to Garold’s office where we spent the next hour talking over our days at Wausa High and of all of our old classmates. The time finally came when our plane was to leave for our first stop which was Greenland where we were to study something of the engineering techniques used in the con- struction of roads and bridges in the cold climate. We w’ere just landing as the morning sun rose over this country. After landing we went to a train which was to carry us to a town farther inland. Just before boarding the train I looked up into the engine and smiling down from the window was none other than our o’d school mate, Jerry Norman. He had often jok- ingly said that he wanted to be an engineer on a choo-choo train but he hadn’t been too serious about it but here he was. He said that when the government offered him the job he just couldn’t resist. Shortly we completed our business in Green- land and started for our next destination which was London. England. On arriving, we went to the American Embassy where we met Lois Hillberg and her husband who was a famous duke. They helped us in our research so we could get on our way again. Our next stop was Paris. We ate that noon in one of the little sidewalk cafes. While we were eating we noticed a young man sitting at the next table intently scribbling on the table cloth. We thought we recognized him and who should it turn out to be but Ralph Prather. He invited us over to his table and we talked for a few minutes. He told us that he was an inventor. His latest in- vention was an automatic page turner for lame musicians. We were sorry to leave our former classmate but we had an appointment to meet in Stockholm. Sweden. We arrived in Stockholm and took care of our business. After our meeting we heard some people talking about a famous American skating champion who was putting on an exhibition in Sweden. Naturally we were interested so we went to see him perform. The minute we saw him skate we knew that it was none other than our old classmate. Julian Smith. We tried to see Julie but he was so busy that we couldn’t get near him so w?e gave up and went to our plane for the next part of our trip which was to take us to Egypt. Upon arriving we went to the University of Egypt at Cairo where we were to gather more information for our study. While walking around the campus we thought we saw someone familiar. We found out that it was Barbara Linquist. We talked with “Link” for a few minutes and found out that she had become a teacher here at the University. After reminiscing for a few minutes we w-ere obliged to leave her and resume our journey. We went to our plane and took off immediately for Calcutta. India. On landing at the airport we took a rather shabby looking cab and rode to the main section of town. Just after getting out of the cab w'e noticed a familiar face head- ed our way. Sure enought it was none other than Lorey Anderson. He told us that he had married and had secured a responsible position here as an architect. Lorey told us of his latest project. He had channe’ed a stream to run under his house so in his spare time he could fish from a trap door in his front-room floor. With time short, we finished cur business and took off for the capital of China. As we went up the steps of the Capitol building we saw a portly looking gentleman coming out of the building. We recognized him as Eldon Ellerbruch or “Stan” as he was better known to his classmates in W. H. S. We soon discovered that “Stan” had been appointed ambassador to China soon after the Communists were driven out. The next morning we left with our plane for Hawaii, our next stop. Just after getting off the plane we noticed a group of young Hula girls with a man in the center of the group. He seemed to be teaching them something so wfe stepped c’oser to watch. To our surprise we recognized our old classmate. Lester Swanson. “Les” stopped his activity for long enough to talk to us and tell us of his job. He had a very profitable business here of instructing people in the art of Hula dancing. With our'business completed we started for our southern neighbor. Mexico. Upon arriving we went immediately to Mexico Citv where we were to inter- view a famous physicist. While walking down the street a long black Packard pulled to the curb and a man leaned out of the window and whistled. We turned and im- mediately recognized Roland Johnson, another classmate from the class of “53”. He gave his chauffeur orders to stop and as he climbed out we noticed from his clothes that he must be in a very profitable business. We inquired about his suc- cess and he informed us that he was a dog biscuit manufacturer in Chihuahua. Mexico, and business had been exceptionally good. As usual we had to hurry to keep our schedule so we left Roland, completed our business and left for Los Angeles. On arriving there we had some spare time so we decided to do a little shopping. While browsing around in a department store I looked up and noticed a familiar looking person. She was busv purchasing something so I walked up and greeted her. It was Joan Peterson, another of our classmates. Joan told us that she Thomsen Pool Hall, Osmond

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 Horoscope FAVORITE PASTIME FAVORITE SAYING NAME NICKNAME AMBITION Lorey Anderson Vonnie Beaudette Andy Stump Architect Navy or Airforce Navy or Airforce Teacher Eldon Ellerbruch Stan Loafing Garold Hagberg Pestering women Having a kick- Oh you dumb ing party If you insist Connie Haley Following in Yogi Berra’s footsteps Join the Navy or Marines Airforce Going to the regular army Secretary Lady canal digger Live until I die Lois Hillberg DaVLee Johnson Roland Johnson Pooch Link Barbara Linauist Elda Lorenson Mill berg Lori Tommy Nelson Tom Cost you a quarter Am I ever glad What you say? Anyhow? That’s about right Are you sure about that? Writing letters Why? Loafing Okay Flirting Oh, that’s nice Enjoying my- Yep. that’s the self way it goes Raising cane. Oh Shese among other things Pestering girls Oh Bologna Thinking up a Well I spose good time Nothing Do I look like it Alfred Newman Gerald Norman Junior Jerry Airforce Engineer Flying Pestering Clark Peterson Farmer Joan Peterson Nurse Flirting Kenneth Plog Ralph Prather Lester Swanson Warren Udd Kenny Ralphie Gooseberry Fudd Engineer Service Join the Navy Take over Stal- in’s job Be a lady killer Rodney Wilbeck Willy Julie Surb Julian Smith Betty Surber Farmer Navy Nurse Richard Oxley Louie Navy man Hengstler's, Creighton