Benkelman High School - Tiger Yearbook (Benkelman, NE)

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THE: LAST WILL THE CLASS OF 19Lp9 WE, THE CLASS OF 1949, BEING ABOUT TO PASS OUT OF THIS SPHERE OF EDUCATION, IN FULL POSSESSION OF A CRAMMED MIND WELL TRAINED MEMORY, AND ALMOST SUPER HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, DO MAKE AND PUBLISH THIS OUR IAST WILL, HEREBY REVOKING AND LAKING VOID ALL FORMER WILLS OR PROMISES BY US AT ANY TIME HERETOFORE MADE OR MAYHAP, CARELESSLY SPOKEN ONE TO THE OTHER AS THE THOUGHTLESS WISH OF AN IDLE HOUR TO THE JUNIORS WE LEAVE OUR HONORED NAME HSENIORSH TO THE SOPHOMORES OUR ATHLETIC ABILITY TO THE FRESHMEN WE WILL THE SUMMER SUNSHINE SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE SOPHO MORES THEY WON'T BE SO GREEN TO THE FACULTY NE LEAVE OUR CO OPERATIVE SPIRIT IN ALL SCHOOL ACTIVITIES RICHARD ANDERSEN WILLS HIS ABILITY TO SLEEP IN CLASS TO JANICE NELSON BARBARA BATES WILLS HER SODA JERK POSITION TO DARRYL ROUSSELLE BARBARA BARNELL WILLS HER QUICK TEMPER TO ELERY HUNT JACK BALLARD WILLS HIS BASKETBALL ABILITY TO ROBERT CAMPBELL ILA BLECHA WILLS HER BEING A TWIN TO ANNA JEAN WARREN LILA BLECHA WILLS HER FRIENDLINESS TO SHERIDAN MAGNANI ARLENE CARPENTER WILLS HER ABILITY TO BE A WAITRESS TO DWIGHT PURSLEY PHYLLIS CLINE WILLS HER DIAMOND RING TO DARLENE GOODSON INA MAE GEE WILLS HER RED HAIR TO GRANT MINTON ANNA BELL KENTOPP WILLS HER STRATTON FRIENDS TO SHIRLEY CARPENTER JO ANNE LAUGHLIN WILLS HER MUSIC ABILITY TO JERRY JACKSON GERALDINE LITTLE WILLS HER CHEER LEADING ABILITY TO LELA WILLIAMS ROBFRTA LITTLEFIELD WILLS HER BUTCHERING ABILITY AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALMANAC TO WAYNE STROUP CHLORENE MASTEN WILLS HER SOUTHERN DRAWL TO REIKE GERDES ILA JANE OAKLEY WILLS H R CONTINOUS TALKING TO ADELE BARENBERG JOYCE TODD WILLS HER CREATIVE ARTS AS CROWNS AND SUCV TO THOIAS DWARDS JEANNIE SPAULDING WILLS HER SWEATERS TO DONNA BEHLKE MARDELLE DIXON WILLS HIS NEW CARS TO STEPHENY JONES LE ROY GERDES WILLS HIS HEIGHT TO BITHA REIMAN NORLIN HAM WILLS HIS GOOD GRADES TO JIM ELLIOT WARREN JACKSON WILLS HIS WAY WITH WOMEN TO DEAN PURSLEY GERALD JONES WILLS HIS SINGING ABILITY TO JOAN ROSSNILLER LESLIE KIRKMAN WILLS HIS BIG BUICK TO RICHARD BORCHERT WARD LINGO WILLS HIS GIFT OF GAB TO AARLIN PHIFER RALPH MADDOX WILLS HIS DANCING ABILITY TO DARRYL IRISH JIM PURSLEY WILLS HIS MECHANICAL ABILITY TO MARY JO WILSON BILL SCHEEL WILLS HIS IMPUDENCE TO ILA RICKARD LYLE WOLFE WILLS HIS INTELLIGENCE TO KEITH ELLIS BILL CHAPMAN WILLS HIS ATTENDENCE IN SCHOOL TO GENE ROSENFELT WE, THE CLASS OF IQHQ HAVE TO THIS OUR WILL WRITTEN ON ONE SHEET OF PARCH MENT, SET OUR HANDS AND SEALS THIS SIXTEENTH DAY OF MAY, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE il OF , .., - , , I , 'rw DARLENE MICEK WILLS HER SWEET DISPOSITION TO ELDON ZINN.. AL IT '. I . 0 , -n

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CLASS HISTORY AS WE THE SENIORS OF 'RQ THUMB THROUGH OUR BOOK OF MEMORIES WE FIND ONE D MARKED SPECIAL AS VE LOOK CLOSER WE SEE THAT IT IS THE DAY WHEN WE FIRST ENTLRED B I S AS GREEN 'FRESHIES' THINKING BACK ON THIS DAY, WE VAGUELY REMLN ER BEING JUST A LITTLE SCARED BUT VERY PROUD TOO HOWEVER, WE SOON DID AWAY WITH THAT SCARED FEELING AND IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL THE UPPER CLASSMEN WERE SAYING THAT THE FRESHMEN REALLY TOOK OVER JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR CLASS RUST HAVE BEEN, HERE ARE THE MEMBERS WE STARTED VITH RICHARD ANDERSEN, FRANK BALDERSON, JACK ALLARD, BARBARA BARNELL, BARBARA BATES, ILA LECHA, LILA BLECHA, VIOLET BROJN, ARLENE CARPENTER, BILL CHAPMAN, ZETTA LU HAINING, WARREN JACKSON, ANNABELL KENTOPP, LESLIE KIRKNAN, JOANNE LAUGHLIN, WARD LINGO RALPH MADDOX, DARLENE NICEK BERNICE REIMAN, DOROTHY SIDELL, JEAN SPAULDING, LORA STROUP, GERTRUDE WALT, LEROY OSBORNE, MERLE OSBORNE, SALLY CLINE, CHRISTIE DORTON, HAROLD DEAN, MARDELLE DIXON DONA LU FERGUSON, INA MAE GEE, NORLIN HAM, ROBERTA LITTLEFIELD ILA JANE OAKLEY, JIM PURSLEY, DARREL ROUSSELLE, GERALD JONES JUNIOR JUSSELL, BILL SCHEEL, ALVIN LAPBERT, NORMAN STEVENS, VERA TETRICK, JOYCE TODD, DONALD WHITMORE, LELA WILLIAMS, AND GERALDINE LITTLE AT THE END OF THAT YEAR, LUCK WAS WITH US AND THE COMING YEAR FOUND US AS SOPHOMORES AS SOPHOMORES WE WERE CONFRONTED WITH SOME BIG PROBLEMS TWO OF THEN BEING BIOLOGY AND GDOMENTRY DURING OUR SOPHOMORE YEAR WE FOUND OUR CLASS GROWING SMALLER AS WE LOST VERA TETRICK, HAROLD DEAN CHRISTIE DORTON, LEROY OSBORNE, BERNICE REIMAN, DOROTHY SIDELL, ALVIN LAMBERT AND DONALD WHITMORE, WE DID GAIN A FEW HOWEVER, THESE BEING MILDRED ERDMAND, DOROTHY GUNTHER, AND LYLE WOLFE AS FATHER TIME NARCHED ON, WE BECAME JUNIORS THIS YEAR AGAIN WE LOST A F W, THIS TIME THEY ERE VIOLET BROWN, DOROTTY GUNTHER, MERLE OSBORNE, NORMAN STEVENS, AND MILDRED ERDMAN AND AGAIN WE GAINED AS CTLORENE MASTEN AND LEROY GERDES WERE ADDED TO THE CLASS OUR JUNIOR YEAR vAS A VERY IMPORTANT ADMIRED UNTIL NE FOUND OURSELVES LOST IN THE HUBBUB OF THE PRODUCTION OF OUR JUNIOR PLAY A DATE WITH JUDYH, IT PROVED TO BE A BIG SUCCESS AFTER THIS QUIETED, WE AGAIN FOUND OURSELVES BUSY, THIS TILE PLANNING FOR THB JUNIOR SENIOR BANQUET WE USED THE STORK CLUB AS OUR TPEME, APD IT TOO PROVED TO BE A SUCCESS OUR JUNIOR YEAR LNDED WITH THE CLASS GOING ON A PICNIC EVERYONE RETURNED HOME SUNBURNED BUT HAPPY TO START THE CUSTOMARY THREE MONTHS VACA EQON AND WAIT FOR THE FOLLOWING SEPTERBER WHEN JL WOULD RETURN TO B H S AS NIORS SEPTEMBER FINALLY CAME AND WITH IT THE OPENING OF SCHOOL THIS YEAR WAS A VERY ADVENTUROUS YEAR FOR THE SENIORS ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF THE YEAR WAS THE TAKING OF THE SENIOR PICTURES THIS YEAR COACH WITTY WAS ELECTED TO THE TERRIBLE FATE OF BEING SENIOR SPONSOR EVERYTHING WAS QUIET FOR THE SENIORS UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER CHRISTMAS, AT THIS TIME THINGS REALLY STARTED TO BUZZ BEFORE WE KNEW WHAT JAS HAPPENING WE WERE INTERVIEWED BY SALESMEN AND OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS ERE ORDERED A COUPLE OF CLASS PARTIES WERE PLANNED, BUT NONE OF THEB WERE EVER PUT ON SO WE DECIDED TO SAVE OUR NONEY FOR OUR SNEAK DAY' NEXT CAME THE QUESTION OF OUR CAPS AND GOWNS, WHICH WAS SOON SETTLED AS MR THOMAS SHOWED UP ONE DAY WITH A YARD STICK NOW DON'T GET IDEAS IT WAS TO WEASURE US FOR OUR CAPS AND GOWNS ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE LUXURIES OF THE YEAR AS TO GO TO THE JUNIOR SENIOR PROM AND NOT HAVING TO WORK ON IT THE LAST FEI WEEKS BEFORE THE SENIORS ERE TO GRADUATE INTO THIS WIDE WON DERFUL WORLD, THEY JLRE VERY BUSY, FIRST IT AS THE SENIOR PLAY AND THEN CAME THE WORK AND SWEAT THAT GOES WIT? COMMENCEM NT WEEK ALTHOUGH WE ARE ALL GLAD TO BE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, DEEP IN OUR HEARTS WE REGRET HAVING TO SAY GOOD BYE TO B H S I3 I . 1 Q AY 'fr Y Y-XII T H3 il V , v A , Y 3 . Q I 3 , . YEAR IN OUR LIVES. FIRST, WE RECEIVED OUR CLASS RINGS WHICH WE CONSTANTLY N M ',v U . U in -1 - A W 4 - . T . IN

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PROPHECY GOOD EVENING FOLKS THIS IS WALTER WINCHELL, ALIES WARD LINGO, BRINGING YOU THE NEWS OF THE WORLD AFTER A RUDE INTERRUPTION OF TEN YEARS BEFORE I PROCEED LET NE SAY ONE THING EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL I MEN TION ON THIS BROADCAST TONIGHT I'M VERY WELL ACQUAINTED NITH NEWS HAS JUST REACHED US FROM ACROSS THE SEA WHERE SOFT MUSIC PLAYS AND PALM TREES SWAY, NONE OTHER PLACE THAN HAWAII, WHERE NE FIND MISS ILA JANE OAKLEY LEARNING THE HULA HULA DON'T YOU THINK SHE DOES QUITE WELL AFTER YEARS OF PRACTICES SAY SOMETHING ILA IGLUG GLUG7 BACK IN THE STATES NOW WE ARE SOON GOING TO HEAR OF THE NEW EXPERIMENT PER FORMED BY DR EINSTEIN LYLE R WOLFE CAN YOU TELL US LYLE OR IS IT A SE CRET9 CSORRY, ITS A MILITARY SECRETJ IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE ARRIVAL OF SIX NEW BABY RABBITS TO THE WILSON AND WILSON CGEED RABBIT FARM IN RABBITVILLE, TENNESSEE HAVE BEEN EXPECTED FOR A IONG TIME, AND HERE I THOUGHT HE WAS A FARMER TELL ME INA MAE HOW IS TH RABBIT WORK? KOH, IT'S A SOFT JOB ALRIGHTJ BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE NATION GOES THAT FAMOUS NAME JACK BALLARD IF YOUR'RE NONDERING WHY, WELL JACK IS NOW THE COACH OF THE OLD MENS BASKETBALL TEAM IN LOVELAND COLD HOW ABOUT A WORD JACK? COHJ GIVE M STRENGTH, I HAVE RECEIVED NEWS FROM EGYPT THAT IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL BARBARA BARNELL SHALL BE COMING HOME TO END HER CAREER AS AN ART DESIGNER IN THE EGYPTIAN TOMBS WHAT MADE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND BARBARA? CI WANT MY MUMMYJ ONLY ONE PERSON THAT BRINGS SORROW, FOR NOW DICK ANDERSEN, ORIGINALLY FROM BENKELMAN WILL HAVE TO GO FURTHER UP THE MOUNTAINS TO BE ABLE TO SKI YOU MUST BE USED TO THE COLD BY NOW! HUH DICK? KOH ITS REALLY NOT SO BAD, NOT AS BAD AS IT IS IN BENKELMANJ FLASH! FLASH! GOES THE NEWS ACROSS THE NATION THAT NORLIN HAM AND HIS SEC TION CREW GANG WILL SOON BE THROUGH LAYING THE FIRST PLASTIC RAILROAD TO BE LAYED IN THE WORLD COULD WE HAVE A WORD FROM YOUR PARTNER NORLIN? WELL BLESS MY SOUL, IF IT ISN'T JIM PURSLEY ISN'T THIS KIND OF WORK HARD ON YOU? KOH I DON'T WORK, I JUST GO ALONG TO KEEP THEM COMPANYD I HAVE HEARD THAT MAMSELLE DARLENE MARIE MICEK WILL APPEAR IN MCCOOK FROM PARIS REAL SOON SO YOU BENKELMAN PEOPLE BE SURE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO SEE HER SHE WILL DESIGN THE LATEST FASHION OF PARIS GOWNS HOW ARE YOU DARLENE? fWEE WEE MARIE, FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS FATHER, STONEWALL JACKSON, WARREN HAS A 5 AND IO DOLLAR VARIETY STORE IN THE BIG CITY OF WHAT NOT ON THE GREAT DIVIDE WHY IS YOURS DOLLARS AND NOT CENTS LIKE YOUR FATHERS9 CI BELIEVE IN MAKING MONEY AFTER TEN LONG YEARS, I FIND MISS JO ANNE LAUGHLIN STILL ATTENDING A SCHOOL OF MUSIC NEAR WATAGO, FLORIDA HOW GOES IT JO ANNE CI STILL HAVE HOPES OF BECOMING ANOTHER GREAT MOZART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURYD IT SEEMS I HAVE TO LOOK UP TO LESLIE KIRKMAN, ONE OF MY OLD CLASSMATES WHO OWNS THE TALLEST AND BEST ELEVATOR IN THE WEST HOW'S BUSINESS LESLIE9 fI'M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD? WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST TO BRING A SPECIAL BULLETIN CONCERNING A MISHAP TO THE FORMER MISS SALLY CLINE SEEMS SHE AND HER HUSBAND LOST A GREAT NUM BER OF CHICKENS IN THE TRAGIC FLOOD OF FIFTY NINE SALLYS ONLY REPLY IS IIF YOU DON'T SUCCEED AT FIRST TRY TRY AGAIN, THIS IS THE BIGGEST SURPRIZE ON MY BROADCAST YET! A RECENT VISIT TO THE BILL SCHEEL JR LUMBER COMPANY IN SAN JUAN ARKANSAS, FIND BILL AND HIS FORE MAN,LE ROY GERDES, VERY BUSY MEASURING AND CUTTING TWO BY FOURS HOW IS LIFE TREATING YOU BOYS? CKNOTTY BUT NICEJ HOW ABOUT YOU LE ROY? CAHJ I GUESS IT'S O K , GOOD PROFIT ANYWAYI I5 J . ,- , I u 1 V ' J WINTER IS JUST ABOUT OVER fWE HOPEJ AND THAT MEANS NO MORE SNOW. BUT TO , A . , .-