Benedict High School - Eagle Yearbook (Benedict, NE)

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Valedictor Parents, teachers, schoolmates, and guests: On behalf of the senior class, I should like to welcome you to our graduation exercises, We are happy that you are here, for it is only right that you, who have helped make this night possible for us, should be pres- ent to share with us one of the most important occasions in our lives, Graduation has a different meaning for all of us here tonight, To some it means the complemon of their formal education, To others it serves as a stepping stone to other schools, To all of us, however, it is the attainment of a goal toward which we have been working for twelve years, Much has been accomplished in those years, The primary reason for education is giving each individual opportunities to develop his personal ity and abilities in order to make of himself a worthwhile citizen who can fit into the position HE is to occupy in life and benefm those around him, It would be strange if we had not accomplished much, for the opportunities given us have been plentiful If we have not taken advantage of these opportunities, we have only ourselves to blame, However, I believe that all the seniors wiD.agree with me when I say that the knowledge and etper ience gained in Benedict School will enable us to leave its guidance and travel quickly abng the paths whih each of us wIU.take toward oth r goals This would not have been possible had it not been for the efforts and utmost cooperation of you, our parents, our teachers, and our community I would Mke to leave this thought with the underclassmen You are extreme ly fadmnate to be surrounded by men and women who constanuy work with your best interests foremost in their thoughts, Always bear in min tcatitisto your advantage to apply yourself and respond to tH61T efforts with cooper ation and enbrt of your own, for then yoa are behaving in an adulq 1nteDi gent manner which enables you to have happier and more profitable cnool years You owe such an attitude to them for it is the only way that you have of showing your appreciation to them, And now, on behalf of the members of the graduating class I sholld like to thank all of oar parents, teachers, and friends for al ays being near and ready to help us when we turned to you for guidance, We will al ways be grateful to you for it Thank you very much Mary Hanllne Salutatory Parents, teac ers, and friends Tonight is s very important occasion An occasion which we have finally reached through hard work and the understanding and tactfulness of our teachers and parents The seniors and I want to welcome yol to our gr duation exercises, I want to thanr the members of the board of education who have made it oosslble for us to receive as extenslv an education as me have Although we have attained oar goal, we vill not stop learning A we leave this blllding, xe will begin to face the big proglem fue future, The future may be just aroand the corner, but whatever is in store for as, we will remember the s1gn'ficance of school and endeavor to get ahead We will learn dnlle we can and e shall benefit by it later Where do you gather isdom? Where do you begin in tHE orld? Remem ber, it takes educauon, determlnamon, and the kwe of OJ1 oarents,t acc rs, and friends Tme xisdom of a wise man 1 better han silver and gold Proverbs Beverly dos ins , . V 1 l A ' 1 . v 1 1 L , . , , .- . I3 ' I -, , . , A - . - , . , - J . . Q n K - . S A Y ' -n ' T ' - , 1 .. S I ' Q . ' 1 . , . ' 1 VJ 1 . ' l O 1 O H 1 1 . . . , - ' V 'I' 1 . - '31 . 1. K 4 Q x : sa ' y A . . o . . Q , ' f t 1 1 ' s - 0 . , , ' f . . Q --. - ' Y .Y ' L I -, 1 - -. , . ' - ' 3 Y . . Q., I . - . Oc Y-I 'ul W 1 - N ' 1 1' e 1'e O 1 -L- L If S .4 u . , 1 ' 'r A

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Cla s P opflecy In a huge mansion sattwo glamourous actresses, Donna and Bevefq Hoskins Donna suggested that they should take an extensive vacation Beverly said 'Where would we go?' 'Everywhere in the United States ' Donna replied Since Oregon wasn't too far from where we were, we decided to go there first while we were there we saw our old classmate Beverly Hattel She told us that she was happily married to Richard Smith, w o was now an en glneer, and they had two children who k We stopped at Nevada next to see the surprise we met Harve Pickrel. He said sity of Nevada He t ught physics, and because he knew when the answers were thought his high school physics teacher Leaving Nevada, we headed for the great state of Miriam Saas She was now married to a great rancher, E ses sHe wanted. Miriam said she was used to riding now, so she Our next visiting we She told us who is now an oil king d1dn't get stiff ept her busy all the time glamourous city, Las Vegas. To our he was now a teacher at the Unlver his students were proud to have him right, but h was wrong said that he always Texas, where we saw and she had all the tame and wild horses stop was in Gklahoma, and we went to see some oil wells. While saw Bett Rhoades. She was dressed in diamonds up to her neck. that she had married her high school sweetheart, Merle Helden, Checking on our money, we still had a large amount left he stopped in Missouri to see the Ozark Jamboree, and there we saw a titian haired woman It was Mar aret Doak She said she was now a hillbilly singer and her lat est recording was HCome Home To Me Johnny ' We decided that we would visit our home town, Benedict, Nebraska The We stopped at a cafe named Nelson! Cafe. A woman came over to our table and it was Janice Wolfe, now known as Mrs. Stuart Nelson. She told us that Stuart dIdn't get enough to eat, so they decided to own a cafe. While we were stID there, Janice unk us to see the new Benedict Hosptal There we saw Mary Hanline, who was the head nurse of the hospital. Her latest patient was Mr Stoetzel, the teacher of Benedict High, who had in iured himself when he went horseback riding and fell off we left Benedict and went to Denver. We went to the University and there we saw Robert Weiss. He has a shorthand teacher and he also still has more girls in Els class than boys, but he didn't mind since he was the only boy in his shorthand class at Benedict Stopping at Chicago for rest, we saw Berdeen Sackschewsk ke asked her what she was doing now, and she said just taking easy, She was married to a millionaire from the University of Nebraska, and all she did was eat, sleep, and dream of her money Berdeen told us that Ardith Junge was now an opera singer and was with the Metropolitan Opera She always id have a beautiful voice Next, ve stopped in New York To our surprise we saw Kathleen Ochsner. You should have seen herl Her figure was out of this world She told us that she was a model for a fashion company in New York City. Finally we stopped at San Francisco where we saw Loretta Pohl. She told us that she was a life guard and had a terrible time keeping away from the wolves Now you can see vhat the seniors of lv56 are doing in their future. 0 9 D I , I 3 C , a e or . ' e first thing we noticed was that the llwle vIDage had grown to a large city, I U I 0 . 1 . -.....