Americus High School - Indian Scout Yearbook (Americus, KS)

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The banquet, given May 6, had the ’49ers” as the theme. The tables were decorated with a covered wagon. Lilacs and tulips were the flowers used. The Sophomore Girls and Pearl Kirkman cooked the food and the boys helped with the serving. Place cards were cowboy hats. There were no new members our Senior Year. Barbara Neilsen left us at the beginning of the year. There were 14 members in the class for this year. Jean Robinson was elected president of the class and Don Pracht, vice-president. Dorothy Conrade was elected secretary and Barbara Dyer, treasurer. George Goodell was elected student council member. On October 5 the Senior Class journeyed to Osage City in the afternoon to have their graduation pictures taken. They stayed in the evening to see two shows, “Gallant Bess” and “The House of Strangers . Plans are now being made for the Senior Play, Sneak Day, Baccalaureate, and Commencement. Class Flower . . nmt. „sn Beauty Rose Class Motto . . “Make The Best Better” Class Color...........Blue And White Class Prophecy Wilbur Stegman, one of the Senior Sponsors of 1950, has invented a space ship of this day and age of 1970. Mr. Stegman has decided to visit this class so he starts off in his ship. The first one to come into sight is the Great Leonard Sowers, the undefeated criminal lawyer and his wife, Patricia, who has been a great assistance to him during his fascinating career. As the space ship travels on the fog clears and he sees the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Goodell (known as Barbara and Pete in Americus) who packed their walnut bed and chest in 1955 and moved to their new homestead in Alaska. Since they have moved, Barbara is president of the Alaska Fishery Corporation, and Pete goes fishing in the little pond and takes care of the children. As the clouds swiftly pass by he looks and sees Doris Harmon is the only one in Americus to reach Hollywood to become a great star. You will see her featured in Sherlock Holme’s, “MURDER IN THE GRAVEYARD. Next in view is Earl Miller, shoe shiner in Muller's Barber Shop, who hopes to work up to the position of proprietor. He has just bought himself a 1970 Crosley in which he is still sporting Romona, Bessie, and Genevieve around town. As he looks down from the sky, he sees Jean Robinson, whose husband. Bill Rollins, is the president of the Conoco Oil Company. Jean is kept very busy with her daily household force of 25 servants and maids required to run Rollins Paradise, their country home, one mile south of Americus. The person he sees next is a distinguished, middle-aged man. He is none other than Don Pracht, who was always such a lover in the good old days back at dear old Americus High and who is now writing a love column which appears in the Associated 'ress under the title of “My Nights”, in which he gives advice on how to make friends and influence people. He has a special lecture series, “Low To V.’in Your Favorite Lady In Ten Easy Lessons”. 10

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Class History of SO Fifteen Freshmen started their high school days at Americus on September 4 1946. Members of the class were: Eileen Bass, Dorothy Conrade, Rita Dieker, lUrbara Dyer, George Goodell, Marjorie Goodell, Wayne Goodell, Doris Harmon, Jean Lamb, Nadyne Lyon, Earl Miller, Barbara Neilsen, Alice Shelman, Carol Shepard, Ind Leonard Sowers. Barbara Dyer was elected president of the class and Eileen Bass was elected vice-president, secretary and treasurer. Bill Rapp was our sponsor. On March 3, Doris Pracht moved from Elmdale, making the total enroll- ment of the class sixteen members. The first week of school the Seniors initiated the Freshman Class. The boys wore burlap sack formals, sun bonnets and high heeled shoes, while the girls wore men's overalls turned wrong side out, With burlap sacks for shirts. The Seniors sponsored an all school party for the Freshmen that evening. Barbara Neilsen was candidate for the carnival queen. When we returned to school the next fall we found two new students, Jean Robinson and Ruth Rogers. Wayne and Marjorie Goodell moved to Emporia and Rita Dieker had moved to Bushong. Delvin Delfs, also enrolled as a Sophomore. Alice Shelman moved to Wichita sometime in October. Ruth Rogers was elected president of the class and Delvin vice-president. Earl was elected secretary and Carol treasurer. Opal Grinnell was our sponsor. Jean Lamb and Earl were candidates for the carnival queen and king. The Sophomore girls and Mrs. Jesse Birckett cooked the food for the Junior and Senior Banquet. The boys helped with the serving. Donald Pracht and Glenn Graham were the new members of the class when we enrolled for the Junior Year. Glenn left us the beginning of the second semester. Ruth was again elected president of the class, and Barbara Dyer vice-president. Jean Rooinson was elected secretary and Jean Lamb treasurer. Doris Pracht was elected student council member. Kenneth Bonczkowski was our sponsor. On November 12 the Juniors presented the play, Hi” and Sis in New ork a three-act comedy which was directed by Kenneth Bonczkowski. CAST Mrs. Huntley Jackson, a woman of mystery. . . . Rose Turner, her maid.......................... Jane Jackson, her daughter..................... Mrs. Belle Bingham, a neighbor................. “S’s” Spooner, from Joggins Junction........... Mickey Donovan, from the East Side of New York Hi” Hawkins from Joggins Junction............. Maggie Donavon, Mickey's mother................ “Patches , an orphan girl...................... Trixie La Belle, an actress.................... A Detective.................................... Philip West, a young lawyer.................... Mrs. Philip ................................ Mrs. Starr, who runs the hotel in Joggins Junction , . .Ruth Rogers . . Eileen Bass . Jean Robinson Barbara Neilsen . Barbara Dyer . . Earl Miller . Glenn Graham . .Doris Pracht , , . Jean Lamb . . Nadyne Lyon . Carol Shepard Leonard Sowers . Doris Harmon Dorothy Conrade 9

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Who is this great scientist he now sees? Why, it’s Carol Shepard who is now working on his great invention of a trapless, baitless, and even mouseless “Mouse Trap”. He hopes to lure all the mice from every house to this trap with his super-duper trombone for a small fee of 5£. Here comes Ruth Rogers who has graduated from college and has a job as ,ecretary to the president of the Cherry Chocolate Company. She spends her evenings sampling her company’s products because it has been her policy since high school days not to waste time eating supper. Now he sees our other sponsor, Robert Dale Gordon, who now has a Senior Class that can decide on one certain thing instead of two or three. He now has a set of twin boys who are on the basketball team and they stay home on the nights before the tournament when they are told to. When the space ship passes through a light mist, he notices Dorothy Conrade who has decided to give up her ambition of being a concert soloist to become an author. Her book, SOLUTION TO STRANGE LOVE ENTANGLEMENTS, was selected as the book of the month and she is now working on another book, SMOKE IN THE ROCKIES. Now he sees a sign in big letters which says Nadyne Lyon’s Beauty Salon. Nadyne graduated from Peck’s Beauty Academy in Emporia and decided she would set up a beauty business of her own since she did so well with the girls at A. H. S. back in 1950. She has several men customers who say they come for manicures, but Stegman thinks that’s just a good excuse to see Nadyne. Stegman was called to Washington to the White House in his space ship. V. ho does he find but Doris Pracht, secretary to the President, who is Dale Hardig. Doris spends a lot of time in the President’s office taking letters in shorthand. Here is Jean Lamb an old maid. After graduating from college she settled down to a quiet life of teaching school at Bushong. She has a weekly visitor named Cecil who has decided to be a bachelor. On his return trip home, Stegman crashes his ship and is taken to Newman Memorial Hospital. When he awakes he sees Eileen Bass, a graduate nurse, who works at the hospital in her spare time, even though she’s married and has a twin girl and boy, who look just like their daddy. 11