Bennet High School - Bennetonian Yearbook (Bennet, NE)

Text from Pages 1 - 54 of the 1952 volume:

'X sum-ws mm 1 ew BACK ROW James Carhn Math Scxence Conch Ivan Mxller C n Math Musxc Charles Prochaska Bmology Shop Modern Problems Supenntendent FRONT ROW Audyne Self Thxrd and Fourth Sue Booth Begmners Fxrst and Second Esther Khun I-'xith and Suxth Lucxle B1-att Seventh and Emghth Margaret Extel Enghsh Hlstory Latm Typmg Annual Staff L GuSCafS0h, Mrs Extel, J Hageman, H Kempkes, L Roeder E Cheney, Super1ntendentProchaska, P Whlte P Wxles Q' -SL lkiivv K' ' . X sf ' 1 ' , . ' . 1 ' , 0 - . ' L I I I 1 l . ' 1 . ' : ' , ' . ' 1 . ' ' : ' . A 1 I 1 ' 1 V v A p I . J --f-,vi -wv-- i- 'AVA 5-'X' LETHA ROEDLA Secretary k Treasurer Volleyball Dramatxcs 3 Musxc EILENE CHENEY Volleyball Pmg pong Softball Mus1c Muslc PHY LLIS WHITE 1.2101-ITON GUSTAFSON JIM HAGAMAN pre-,dent Vxce Pres1dent Football Basketball Dramatxcs Football Ba seball Muslc Dramahc s PAUL WILES HAROLD KEMPKES I-'ootbgll Basketball Dramatxcs Football Musnc 3 Baseball Pmg pong ' ............ 4 ' ' .......... 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Class Hzstory Thls class began tts educatlonal career rn 1939 Phyllls Wh1te belng the only member of our present class to start her educatron mn the Bennet Publ1c School Harold Kempkes entered the class as a thu-d grade student ln 1942 Erlene Cheney Jomed our class m the f1fth grade Two years later Letha Roeder Jomed the class At the txme of our elghth grade graduat1on Mrs Luclle Bratt gave d1plomas to Phylhs Wh1te Exlene Cheney Letha Roeder Harold Kempkes Roy Root John L1nqu1st and Larry Myers Upon entermg our flrst year of hxgh school we were Jomed by Jlm Hagaman Paul W1les Merlyn Brmdley and Sharon Booton Our flrst act1v1ty was the Freshman lmtlatlon whlch 1 am sure Wrll not be forgotten by our class or the Senror class of 49 Our next year we lost Sharon Booton John Llnqulst and Merlyn Brxndley ln the second semester Durlng our Junlor year we lost Larry Myers and Roy Root thus reducxng our class to slx members One of our brggest events durmng th1s year was our Jurnor class play entltled That's The Trcket We also gave the Sen1ors of 1951 a banquet the theme bemg The Garden of Frrendslup At the begmnmg of our last year of hrgh school Lelghton Gustafson Jmned our class We had many act1v1t1es all durlng thrs year Our Senlor class play was entxtled Two Days To Marry Then came our Senlor sneak day and our class dec1ded that Kansas Clty Mlssourr would be an xdeal place to tour We saw many rnterestlng slghts and all of us had an enjoyable tlme On May 6 1952 the Jumor class gave us a lovely banquet thexr theme was Hawauan Crulse Now at the t1me of our graduatron our class can be remmded of the thmgs we have done all through school Our seven Semors are Phyllxs Whlte Erlene Cheney Letha Roeder Harold Kempkes J1rn Hagaman Paul Wlles and Lemghton Gustafson and we are all very proud to be graduatrng as the Class of 1952 Class Poem of 1952 In nmeteen hundred fifty two On the twenty second of May Seven Senlors heaved a slgh For rt was Commencement Day Our plcture w11l hang on the wall Class of 52 Wxth the rest For nevermore w1ll we wander Through the halls of B H S For our hlgh school days are over We look back on them wlth zest For Bennet I-hgh School students Wmll remember us at our best 0 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 ' ' I 1 1 ' ' 11 ' ll ' 1 1 - ' ll ' ' ll 1 1 - - 1 ' ll ll ' , . , . 1 1 Il ' Il 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' -- ' ' 1 1 1 - 1 1 Then w1ll you please l15tLn And let me tell you why Th1 class W111 be remembered By every gal and guy Letghton 15 PT6S1d9Ht of our class He 5 the youngest We call h1m C1115 And hls knowledge of world affdlfb Surpasses the rest of us Ne:-.I 1n l1ne comes Letha Vt 1th her pretty brown eyes She takes part 1n mus1c and sports And 15 popular w1th all the guys PdUl1S the oldest of the class H15 VOICC 15 loud and strong Ybu hear h15 VOILC 1n chorus And h1S solo The Deep VL ater Song Phyll15 has a beaut1ful vo1ce We love to hear her s1ng She Wlll be remembered as The g1rl w1th the d1amond r1ng J1m 15 a football player The Romeo of the class H15 51ng1ng and trombone play1ng Speeds up the heart beat of a Junxor lass There IS one whom your troubles share W1thout a care the world does meet It 1s E1lene so fa1r and sweet Harold whose mckname 1s Curly ls next 1n thls fa1r class At sports he really tops them all He has a way wlth many a lass Mr Carl1n lb our Spon5or Of h1m we re proud to tell He teaches Math and bc1ence At Coach1ng he LS swell The call has come our t1es to sever It gr1eves us to the last For t1me now casts deep shadows On th15 fr1endly ben1or class Each w1ll have h15 separate call1ng As we our own thought must express Our Motto IS Not F1n1shed Just Begun 1Vlayth1s rnean to each h1S own suecess Let the rnemory of our volces Greet you everywhere Let the no1sL of our footsteps L1nger on the 5ta1r , . A , Y , .Q . M , . I ' - ' ll ll 1 I V iv V . , I l 1' -, T! . - . , y 1 T 1 ' ll Y ll , A , Y , 1 D I Q 1 v . V , Shels proved herself a friend in need, , ' . ' ' . H IV , 1 1 4 Q K 1 ' v , 1 , 7 A - - , - Y , T T ! ' IV ' ' . ll , , We must leave now and go onward Knowxng not what hes ahead Domg our best ln word and deed Trylng to apply the thlngs we ve read For our athletlc games are over And falr glrls xnto women grow Handsome boys mto stately men As onward mto l1fe we go Do not pass us by kmd frmends WlthJL1St a nod or sm1le We need your help and wlsdom To gulde us on our next mlle Class Will Upon behalf of my chent the Class of 1952 of Bennet I-hgh School Bennet Nebraska I have called you together upon thxs solemn and ser1ous occasxon to llsten to her last w1ll and testament and to recelve from her dymg hand the few gxfts she has to bestow ln her last moments Cuttlng so rapldly loose from llfe and f1nd1ng so many thmgs to be attended to before the end should come upon her reallzmg at the same tlme that she had no t1me left to chalk up more vlrtues she declded It was best to dlstrlbute these vlrtues wxth her own hands to those who wxll make the best use of them As a result of th1s dec1s1on a wlld scene took place admxst the Class of '52 for thlngs long coveted but she has tr1ed to be just generous 1mpart1al and tr1ed to d1str1bute wlsely the talents that have served her so falthfully these four years These are her declslons arrlved at through very careful study and conslderatlon Owlng to the fhghty condltlon of her bra1n and the unusual dlsturbance ln 1ts gray matter she begs me to state she may have been mlstaken 1n her lnventory but the thmgs she th1nks she has she gxves to your possessxon hopmg that you wxll accept them as a sacred trust from one who has gone before Llsten one and all whlle I re ad the document as duly drawn upon and sworn We leave to our beloved faculty all the amazlng knowledge and starthng IH formatxon that we furmshed them ln our var1ous test papers We know that much of thxs mformatlon IS entu-ely new to them as well as to all teachers everywhere f the facutly sees f1t they may wlth our consent pass th1s lnformatlon on to the Junxors of 52 The followmg may seem worthless but we hope you accept them as valuable and not as Somethmg we have dlscarded because we can no longer keep them Le1ghton Gustafson w1lls hns manly appeal to Vance Fochtman and hms helght to Duane Wlssel Exlene Cheney wllls her good grades and her abllxty to get along wxth all the teachers to Joan Blacker Jlm Hagaman w1lls h1s all round ab1l1ty football basketball baseball dramatlcs musxc and women to Butch Whlte Letha Roeder wmlls her abllnty to smg flat to Ivan H Mlller and her dates w1th a Jumor to no one , . . . , . . U . , , 0 I 3 l , , D Y P I . , Y ' ' Q to: , 1 l . - -- l I 1 , . ' I Harold Kempkes wllls hls curly halr to Mr Prochaska and h1s quletness to Clyde Boettner Phyllls Whtte wllls her Way Wlth the men to Marllyn Maney and her ab1l1ty to stng to Helen Beecham Paul Wlles wllls hls vocal ab1l1ty to Elton Prerson and h1s ab1l1ty to make the gxrls g1ggle to .hm Land We beheve the Senmors of 53 are the rlghtful successors of The seats 1n our classroom may they flll them as promptly and as faxthfully as we have done Our seats ln the assembly maybe taken by whoever grabs them flrst Our Senlor dlgntty may they uphold lt forever We also leave to them any old pencxls erasers scraps of paper gum we may leave beh1nd us ln our excltement and haste of gathemng up our cherlshed treasures for the last tlme and may they make use of them as they see f1t To them we leave all our names wrltten or carved upon our desks so we may not be forgotten Last comes one thmg hard for us to part wmth to our successors we must leave our places 1n the hearts and thoughts of our prtncrpal and teachers Besldes these enforced gtfts we leave of our own free wtll our blessmgs tender memorles pleasant assoctatxons together and our forg1veness of anythlng We may not have exactly apprectated ln the past and a pledge of frlendshlp forever All the rest of our property whatsoever and wheresoever It may be after paymg our debtsj we gtve and bequeath to our pr1nc1pal for hxs use but to be used for the benefxt of the comlng classes As we do hereby appolnt Mr C J Prochaska sole executor of thls our last wlll and testament In wxtness thereof we the Class of 1952 set our hands and seal thls nlneteenth day of May nlneteen hundred and flfty two Lelghton Gustafson Jxm Hagaman Letha Roeder Ellene Cheney Phyllms Whlte Harold Kempkes Paul Wlles resldmg re sldlng re s1d1ng re sldlng re sldlng re s1d1ng re s1d1ng Bennet Nebraska Bennet Nebraska Bennet Nebraska Roca Nebraska Bennet Nebraska Bennet Nebraska Bennet Nebraska . . , . . . , ' C ' ' ' ' at , ' ' ' at , ' ' at , ' ' ' at , . . . . at y . . at y . . . at , I Semor Class Prophecy Havmg spent the last f1ve years 1n the far East as a WAVE ln the Unlted States Navy I d1dn't realtze untll I stepped aboard the plane leavlng for San Franclsco Just how homeslck I was for fam1l1ar faces volces and the old home town especxally the class of '52 The fhght was very pleasant and I had plenty of tlme to dream of other days On arrlvlng at San Francxsco I decxded to vlslt Hollywood and see some of the new stars before leavmg for home I took a taxx and traveled down the streets of Hollywood To my surprlse whose name dmd I see 1n brxght l1ghts'? None other than Phyllxs Whlte Could th1s posslbly be my old classmate? Oh' NO' Well perhaps It could be She had a lovely volce and was really good at actmg So I had the cabby stop pa1d h1m and went 1ns1de Sure enough It was she She took me to her lovely home to spend the nrght There I met her husband Charles The next mormng I boarded the plane for home wlth her part1ng words Tell everyone hello rlnglng m my ears Who do you suppose was the p1lot of our plane? No other than Paul Wlles I-Ie had had a letter from home and told me surprlslng thrngs about the home town Havlng had many hours IH the axr wlthout rest Paul became drowsy and wandered off our course whlch resulted IH our havlng a forced landlng near Beaver Utah As we stepped from the plane thankful we were all ln one plece we saw a young lady approachlng us Her walk looked famlhar to me also the llght ha1r Yes It was my good fr1end E11ene who was a country school teacher whlle her husband Lelghton Gustafson was preachlng ln a llttle vlllage church there They made the rest comfortable for the nlght but Erlene and I laughed and crled as we talked of school days unt1l the sun arose I tearfully bld her goodbye and agaxn started on my Journey Upon arr1v1ng 1n Llncoln I took the Zepher to Bennet xt hardly stopped long enough for me to get off I stood and stared had I gotten off at the wrong town? Skyscrapers all around me and Bennet A1rl1ne smgns greeted me on every slde Bennet Hotel and J C Penny's stores towered above the rest Who was askmg to carry my bag? Surely Iknew that llttle fat man Of course It was my old professor Mr Prochaska now the baggage man Would I ever be able to flnd my way to the schoolhouse or would I need a gu1de'P After gettrng lost and makxng several wrong turns I found It Even though two new wlngs had been added to take care of the ch1ldren ln the now prosperous town It brought back old memorles A new gym had also been added Not a famllxar face dxd I see unt1l I entered the door There stood Mrs Bratt now prmcxpal and Mr Carlm now professor as well as coach Yes Mr York was there also stlll pushmg the broom Mrs Bratt told me that Mrs Extel was now at the Umverslty of Nebraska st1ll trymg her best to teach good behavlor to the boys that went there from Bennet I-hgh Also that Mr Ivan Mlller was head band master there Mr Carlm mformed me that Just south of town was the largest daxry ln the state supplymg m1lk to the hundreds of famllles now ln Bennet that lt was owned by a class mate of mme Harold Kempkes and hxs wxfe the former R1ta Beecham I spent the evemng wxth them and they told me of many fr1ends that I hadn't tlme to see There was stlll one I had not seen nor heard of Harold told me to to west of Lmcoln and I would flnd hlm Sure enough as I neared Emerald I saw a large modern buxldmg The sxgn read Hagaman's Construct1on Compa y It's proprletor was none other than my classmate .hm I-Iagaman On returmng to Lmcoln I agam boarded a plane for the East as Ihad a report to make at Washmgton D C before returnmg to Bennet where I w1ll settle down and wrlte a book of my hfe and my experxences ln the far East for flve years away from famlllar scenes and faces IS enough for me O , 1 7 , . . . , . 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Slmon P Chase James J Dare Imogene McShane Emlly Jane Plnk Sadle L Botse Ruford B Sawyer Walter M Blau' Semor Play TWO DAYS TO MARRY CAST Black As H15 Race A Wlfeless He1r The Sweet Young Thmg Blacker Than Ink A Wldow By Cho1ce A Tlmxd Lawyer A Mllllonalre J1m Hagaman Lelghton Gustafson Letha Roeder Phylhs Whlte Ellene Cheney Paul Wxles Harold Kempkes A confusmg s1tuat1on results when Dare a wealthy soclety man flnds he has two days 1n whlch to get marrled to fulf1ll a PTOVISIOH ln his father's wlll and recelve a m1ll1on dollars Hts lawyer advertlses for a wlfe for hlm and the Dare apartment 1s swamped wlth phone calls telegrams letters and appllcants ln person one of whlch 1s Pmk who mlstakes Dare's servant Chase to be Mr Dare Upon Dare's return he hmres Pmk as mald for hls future wlfe Dare has been wrltxng to a Mrs Sadle Bolse whose name he obtalned through a matr1mon1al bureau She comes to the Dare apartment and mlstakes Sawyer or Dare Dare marries Imogene McShane and thmks everythmg 1s O K untxl he hears about the breach of promxse sult started by Mrs Bolse Then Mrs Bo1se agatn comes to the Dare apartment and recognlzes the new Mrs Dare as her adopted daughter whom she hasn't seen for flfteen years Dare recelves a telegram from h1s r1ch uncle who IS admlnxstrator of the wlll sayxng that Dare must have a wtfe much older than h1mself Thls presents a problem untll Mrs Bolse consents to act as Dare's wlfe wh11e hls uncle IS v1s1t1ng them After Bla1r's arrxval It IS dxscovered that Mrs Bolse was formerly Blatr' w1fe but left hmm because she thought he d1cln't love her Everythmg IS fmally stralghtened out and Blatr g1ves Dare a mxllxon for locatmg h1s former wlfe Comedy 1S provlded throughout the play by Chase and Pmk Chase's proposals have been lnterrupted three txmes durmg the play but at the fmal curtaxn Pmk accepts O ll I1 1 l I 1 1 1 9 1 ' . , . - 1 J . , . 5 , . , . Our Graduates James Carlxn Sponsor Harold Kempkes Ellene Cheney Lexghton Gustafson Letha Roeder James Hagaman Phyl115Wh1te PaulWx1e5 Class Motto Not E1D1ShEd Just Begun Class Colors Maroon and Smlver Class Flowu Whmte Rose Class News There are seven Semors 1n the graduatmg class Class offlcers are Presldent Lelghton Gustafson Vlce Presxdent Jlm Hagaman Secretary Treasurer Letha Roeder The class selected Not Flmshed Just Begun' for a Motto the wh1te rose thelr flower and maroon and sxlver as thelr class colors All members of the Senlor class are actlve ln aCtlVltl6S Ellene Cheney and Paul W1les are cheerleaders The class play Two Days To Marry' was glven on Aprxl 28th A large number attended the play tlckets amountmng to S90 O0 were sold The Senxors left Sunday afternoon May 4th for Kansas Clty Mlssourl where they spent Sneak Day The class had a very lnterestlng and enjoyable trlp May 6th the Senlors were honored at a banquet glven by the Jumors The theme Hawauan Cru1se was carrled out mn the beaut1fully decorated gymnaslu Baccalaureate servlces were held May 18th ln the Bennet Commumty Church Class nlght was May 19th at the hlgh school One of the hlghhght events of the evenmg was the presentatlon of the gxft from the Semor class to the school a trophy to be engraved and presented to the outstandmg Semor 1n act1v1t1es each year Thls Senlor 1s to be chosen by popular vote of the student body w1th the exceptxon of the Sen1ors Th1s years select1on was Jxm Hagaman The Senlors of '52 hope th1s wlll be somethmg for the future Semors to work for Commencement exerclses were held May ZZ The speaker was Dr Leslle Chlsholm of the Unlverslty of Nebraska After the pre sentatxon of the Elghth grade dlplomas Mr Prochaska presented three medals one for school splrlt to Letha Roeder athlet1cs to Harold Kempkes and scholarsh1p to Ellene Cheney E1lene belng val1d1ctor1an was also presented wmth the church school scholarshmp Lelghton Gustafson recelvecl a Nebraska Un1VETSlty Regents scholarsh1p Exlene Cheney recexved an alternate Regents scholarshxp We are very proud of our class for thelr many talents musxc athletlcs dramatxcs and scholastxcs The Junlor class has fxfteen menbers and IS represented xn many var1ous school act1v1t1es ln November the class presented a three act comedy Man In The House lt was very well attended the class havmg sold over 95 OO ln tlckets Seven of the Junxor glrls were on the flrst twelve of the volleyball team and flve of the boys were on the fxrst ten of the basketball team Four of our members entered the Declamatory Contest wmnlng two superlors one excellent and two goods for the school The majorlty of our class 1s 1n the Glee Clubs We had three sololsts for the mus1c contests w1nn1ng two super1ors and flve excellents In May the Junlors gave a formal banquet for the Senmors the theme bemg Hawauan Crulse ' The class ended thexr year by a combmatxon mcnlc and theatre party Il ' ' - I ' , , as , . ll I ' ' , . , . . , , , ,, , , . I, .. . . . . . , m. , ' Y v 2 - 1 - I Y , . ll ll - , , , S . . , , , . , . I ,, .. . , X a lf 'X Wa? , P31553 . Mr , 5' 1 'K P QW 179 'QM Paul Helms .hm Wxssel Joyce Honaker Inta Jaumtxs 'Vw , il' -vi M, N. 1. 4 1 y , v A fy 7? sz 14' Arva Trautner Manlyn Pierson 'W 'W - '14 , 'fix 'Q Exlene Thomas Hazel N., as f an Stratman Donna Hagaman Joan Blacker Sophomore Class Freshman Class Dalton White Duane Wxssel if-. 1, ,J Phylhs Brown Mona Gardner Vance Fochtman Elton Pxe rson ww .-I fa ,,, wales' ' ,153 - E' sms MW 5 Eldon Beavers Iva N1sley Lena Rae Thomas Darlene Jensen rw ww, my k E QQ ,F +..,, at z .V J flag .,, VP, .. gy? A 1 f .-5 ' 'ff -V'- .V i V . if 4 Me 1-vm Meyer Lyle Fulk n if ,, ,,4n , M N w he ss .a nane s n is an , Z .ET , 1-H ik , A. W 1, ..,ae - f T, tg, ,,n, Q Q ., as I M Q 5 Y-.F ,L '1 ,. :iv 'A ' ..:' g was W' 7 M, I ,R , in 3, X ,,,s xii, n s W s 3 A -1 ., ' ' ' s ,H ' A ' 54 , N' it if '. 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Dunn T Schon Class Roll Those rece1v1ng dlplomas from the e1ghth grade are Lawrence Dunn Carol May Nancy Grossman Mary Lee Randall Ronald Hopp Sharon Kay Schon Robert Jones Levia TeSelle Marilyn Jones Lester Thomas Ruth Ann Kettlehut Sharon Westphal Barbara Kempkes Marian Widick Jerry Martin BACK ROW MIDDLE ROW FRONT ROW Grades 3 and 4 Jensen L Hunt M Wxdmk L Hall L Pester Grossman D Wxlson 5 Honalcer R Bratt Mrs Self Jones M bchon J Westphal S Myers J Westphal Melroy J Engllsh L Dort L Schrelner Bldcker L Nelson D Kempkcs C Fochlmdn N Roeder Elnke K Plerson N Myers A Pump G Nash G Wallxck BACK ROW IVIIDDLE ROW FRONT ROW NNF G-rades 5 and 6 Stolte D Nelson J Monk M Dunn M Rmgland M Englxsh Dmbble C Klng K Pierson J Jensen M Booth Myers D Ehlers h Nestphal V Eggar Mrs Kuhn S Orr Jnnsan lx Rurnsny Baadf. H Hall R Rmngland L Nash J .Tudnus R Jones Leader S Blacker M Knopp R Dori 5 D- 1 r . V ' , . , . , L-V v V ' . ' , . . . . 7 G' V - . v , . , . , M. , . ' , I , I ' ' 5 B- ' - - , l , . ' , . , M - , , , , , . ' I Ml! 4 .4 r. .V 4 , 14 i G99 '-1 ,A if F -N. gl. : L. . . . , - V - . - ' - - ' C. ' , ' , . , . , . 'Z P. ' , . ' , '. ' ' , . , - V - B, I - , ' s . 1 G. X, . , . ' . , ' Y - ' U - T R , . , . , . - -1 .0 Begmners BACK ROW Mrs Booth Emlene Cheney G Engllsh B Glover R Deats FRONT ROW I.. Baxter G 1-'mke P Schon S Wxdxck S Ehlers C Waslllskx L Hall T Monk 1 v 0 0 rx? lf: BACK ROW: MIDDLE ROW: FRONT ROW: M Grades 1 and 2 rs. Booth M Baade C. Wissel. R. Swartsman. P. Kilzer S. Self, Jones D. Fahrnbruch, B. Pester C. Fahrnbruch Dibblc A. Johnson, J, Gove, J. Knopp G. Ehlers, L.. Ringland Baxter J. Maney, J. Fochtman, P. White, A. Jones, C. Hall, Wxlson, L, Nelson, G McDonald Upon entering Bennet High School. the Sophomore class had an enrollment of fifteen, but his year there are only twelve. This class is of much value to the school because of its sport talent. Most of the boys played football, basketball and baseball. Several of the girls played on the volleyball, soft ball and track teams. Joan Blacker and Jim Wissel were the cheerleaders selected from our class Most of the class took part ln muslc Donna Hagaman Jlm Wlssel Eldon Beavers and Ellene Thomas were sololsts The Freshman class entered h1gh school wlth ten members four boys and s1x gn-ls At the begmnxng of the second semester another boy entered the class Our year xn high school started with Freshman 1n1t1at10n All of the Freshmen were dressed as characters from the funny paper Thls prov1ded lots of laughs for the Semors as well as the rest of the hlgh school Our class has done well 1n the1r flrst year of hlgh school Two members lettered ln athletlcs and three members were sololsts ln the musxc contests During the year we had two class partxes whxch we re a lot of fun Camera Wlse Legs Semor Boys lmtxatxon 3 Bottom Up B YEA BENNETT oss fit? S ang ' I I i O II Il lv ' u V .. - - - .- -. ..,,. A ' :. N ll ' . 5 -Q2 1 If.:-' V, ll ll ffl There s Muslc m The Aw In the fall of 1951 the Bennet Hlgh School was happy to welcome Mr Ivan H IVI1ller as our new musxc mstructor I-Ie came here after bemg 1n the Waverly school system the year before After consxderable thought It was decrded to orgamze a band and after a door to door campargn there were twenty exght begtnners As the year progressed these beglnners were forgotten about and durlng the football season the fxfteen members rn the band played at the football games whxle the pep club dr1lled on the fleld Mr M1ller reahzed the need for group unlty so he orgamzed the Band Mothers Club to help ralse funds for Instruments unlforrns and muslc One ofthe flrst projects of the mothers was to sponsor shows for the commumty At Chrrstmas trme the whole school took part m a program made up of somethmg from each grade room and the hlgh school After Chrrstmas vacatxon the begmners were put m the Begmner s Band and three weeks later were put ln the advanced band Thls brought the total from seventeen up to thlrty flve m the band Fxve more weeks of hard work found the band puttmg on a concert on February 25th wlth the new umforms whxch had been purchased by money donated toward a fund for that purpose The band was very well recerved and they also recelved a great deal of publrclty from thrs Next In slght for the muslc department was musxc contest trme so for some four or flve weeks of hard practlcxng found several taklng part rn vocal and mstrumental solos Followlng are pa rtrclpated Inta Jaunltrs Joyce Honaker Letha Roeder lVlar1lyn Plerson Donna Hagaman Eldon Beavers Jlm W1ssel Paul VN lles .hm Hagaman Martlyn Fochtman Joyce Honaker Phyllls Thomas Joyce Honaker Donna I-Iagaman Trrple Trro Boys Quartet Curls Chorus Boys Chorus Mlxed Chorus vocal groups and the band the ratmgs from the dlfferent muslc events 1n whlch Bennet High Hlgh Medlum Medlum LOW I-hgh Medrum Medrum LOW Duet Tr1o , O O O Vocal Mu. Co. Dist ' ' ' II I II ' II ' II III ' ' ' III II II I II III ' II I III ' ' ' Ill II ' III II III ' II III I I II II ' I II ' ' III ' Il III ' ' ll III III ' III ' II III Instrumental Jean Dlbble Letha Roeder Mona Gardner Letha Roeder E11ene Thomas Marilyn Marley Eldon Beavers Marmlyn Fochtman Clarmet Quartet Brass Sextet Band Mu. Piano I Piano Horn Flute Clarxent Clarlnet Trumpet Saxophone Declamatory Co. Il Dist. I III The annual I.. C A A Declamatory Contest was held at the Bennet I-hgh School audltorlum February ll The schools partlctpatlng were Bennet Futh Waverly and Raymond The partlcxpants from Bennet dld except1onally well Out of nlne entr1es f1ve took super1or honors Takxng an early lead and keep1ng xt throughout the day Bennet took top honors wlth 30 polnts Waverly was second wlth Z9 Raymond placed thxrd wlth Z3 poxnts wlth F1rth ln fourth place The parttclpants from Bennet were Interpretlve Oratory Or1 g1nal Oratlon Poetry Readlng Panel Dlscusslon Extemporaneous Radlo Broadcastmg Dramatxc Humorous Jim Hagaman Paul W lle s Jean Dlbble L.e1ghton Gustafson Jean Dlbble Jxm Land Phyllls Thomas Letha Roeder Superxor Superlor Superlor Superxor Excellent Superlor Excellent Excellent III III II II ' ' II II III A ' II Il I I ' II II II ' III III I II I Musical Reading ........ Jean Vedder , .......... Good Girls' Chorus BACK ROW MIDDLE ROW FRONT ROW -uv Brown I. Roeder Darlene Jensen D Hagaman J Vedder Cheney J Dmbble Honaker L Thomas I JBLIDIIIS M Maney T Maahs Thomas H Beecham Dolores Jensen and Mr Ivan Mlller Dxrector Beecham H Stratman E Thomas A Trautner M P12 son Fochtman Band SEATED Left to Rxght M Gardner M Randall M Jones H H411 D Eulers Rmgldnd I Mxller Dlrector E. Thur'n1s C Kung C Dxb Q son J rc rndn xrn u rs Orr E Beavers B Kem kc Incy 1 mruxn ln Imr 5 rd Van E scxer F Re nes IJ e ncrr Wxdxcx C May Chtman N G1-ussndn S buhm e-rsen 1 e D Iwo e unxtls J H Ip Ir' P3111 Wiles. Jean Vedder. Jim Land. Joan Blacker. Jim Wissel, Eilene Cheney Three Cheers or the Cheerleaders Pep Club BACK ROW: R. Beecham, H. Stratman, L. Thomas, I, Jaunitis. T. Maahs. M. Maney E. Thomas, A. Trautner, Dolores Jensen, H. Beecham, J. Honaker, I, Miller, Sponsor. MIDDLE ROW: P. Brown, Darlene Jensen, P. Thomas, D. Hagaman, M. Pierson, J. Dibble, L Roeder, M. Gardner, M. Fochtman. Cheerleaders: Jean Vedder. Joan Blacker, Eilene Cheney. Junior Senior Banquet f l -4., QQ- ' '-U1- j Eh: X 5 , x SN. U' -iq ,sv JF.. 14115 The Senior class was honored by the Junior class with a banquet in the high school gymnasium, which was beautifully decorated, carrying out the theme, Hawaiian Cruise. A lovely supper was cooked by the .lur1i0rS' mothers and served by three boys and three girls from the Sophoniorc class. A short program including Hawaiian music followed the supper. A show, Mickey was then shown in the high school auditorium. Everyone had a splendid time and congratulations should be ex- tended to the Junior class for the lovely banquet and thanks from the Senior class. , ah The .Tumor Class Play MAN IN THE HOUSE CAST OF CHARACTERS Dorothy Stewart Stew Dlnah Rooch Bug Kltty Rogers t Kat Jlnx O Donnell Bobble Shaw El1z.abeth Crumm Gretchen Halllday Gret Llonel Johns Joe Rufus Humpy Warner Ty Llttle Alex Carteret Jean Vedder Dolores Jensen Twxla Maahs Marllyn Fochtman Marllyn Maney Rlta Beecham Helen Beecham Jean Dlbble James Schremer Lee Martm Clyde Boettner Jlm Land Larry Cheney The settzng for the play 15 the llvxng room of the Octagon Club an excluswe house for glrls at Beverly College for women The exght glrls who llve here wlth thexr house mother Mrs Cudahy are allfrom wealthy famlhes a publxcxty stunt they have nomx nated fadxng movle star L1onel Johns for Rehrement What starts as an lnnocent gag mounts to avalanche proportxons when Johns loses hls Job and comes to llve wlth the glrls 1ns1st1ng that they support hlm All kmds of compllcatmons lnsue slnce one of the g1rls 15 secretly marrled and has smuggled her husband lnto the house They are performlng a hamr growmg experlment on mlce and Johns threatens to expose them The gxrls are desperate the mlce escape and the house mother th1l lkS Llonel IS her long lost husband It all adds up to a very funny and enhyoyable play O ' .... .......-, ' - Ki ' . , , Mrs. Cudahy - The Cud ........... Phyllis Thomas .. - A5 . . ,- E5-.M I - . . ,. , ., .,,,w....., y fi-X ' 43 I' --..i Volleyball The Volleyball team won ten of their fourteen scheduled games this season. The girls got off to a good start winning their first game from Central, 47-6. However, in their next game they were defeated by Roca, 2.6-Z0 in a hard fought Ove rtime game. The team responded to this defeat with five straight victories over Walton, Roco, Sterling, Firth, and Murdock. After being defeated by a powerful Hickman team, the girls walloped Hallam, 37-14. In the L. C.A.A. tournament Panama defeated Bennet in the first round of play by a score of Z5-Z1 in a close game. Panama then went on to win the tournament. Coach Carlin's team were bothered by a low ceiling at the Sterling gym and were defeated Z6-17. The fans at the last home game saw the girls wearing new suits purchased with a combination of funds donated by the P. T.A. , Pep Club, and money from the Activities fund. The girls showed their appreciation for these suits by walloping the the Firth girls, 61-7. After journeying to Palmyra to be defeated, 30-IZ they went on to defeat Hallam and Raymond to finish the season. Bennet was knocked out of the Mudecas tournament at Adams in the first round of play. After leading most of the game, the team was defeated, Z8-27 by a heart-breaking rally by the Malcolm girls. All in all it was a. pretty good season but the girls just couldn't come through with a victory at tournament time. Bennet Opponent December 7, Central at Bennet 47 6 ll, Bennet at Roca Z0 Z6 18, Walton At Bennet 36 14 January 4, Roca at Bennet Z5 19 8, Sterling at Bennet 34 9 Co-Captains 1 1, Bennet at Firth 49 9 Letha Reeder - Eilene Cheney ZZ, Murdock at Bennet 35 13 25, Bennet at Hickman 17 ZZ Z8, Hallam at Bennet 37 14 L.C.A.A. ' Tournament V Zl, , February l, Panama 81 Bennet 21 Z5 ,' ,I I 5, Bennet at Sterling 17 ze ,if f V 8, Firth at Bennet 61 7 ,,,, iz, Bennet at Palmyra 12 30 ' 19, Bennet at Hallam 25 17 'V 1 '-:,l . ,1:-, zz, Bennet at Raymond 30 15 , .,.. 'W Mudecas Tournament March 4, Malcolmk Bennet 27 Z8 BACK ROW: D. I-Iagaman. H. Stratman, Coach Carlin, T. Machu, M. Fochtmax FRONT ROW: R. Beecham, J. Vedder, P. Thomas, E. Cheney, L. Roedez, H. Beecham, J. Dibble, J. Blacker. Basketball Boys The Bennet High School Basketball team got off to a good early season start, winning five of our six games preceeding the Mudecas tournament, the only loss being a one point defeat by Walton. In the Mudecas tourney we defeated top-seeded Clatonia by a 50-45 score, but then lost a 41-42 decision to Douglas in the finals of tournament play. During the re- mainder of the season we won several ball games and lost a few by close scores. At tournament time we seemed to hit the toughest teams in the first or second round of play. At the County tourney, we were defeated by Waverly who went on to win the tournament. ln the district we won our first round game with Roca, but were defeated by Palmyra in a close game. This team went on to win the district and eventually wound up with second place in the State Class D. Tournament. The season's record for the Bennet Aces is ll wins and 8 loses. The reserve team played 12 games winning 8 of them. The team members and their positions were: Leighton Gustafson, Lyle Fulk, centers, Mervin Meyer, Elton Pierson, Vance Fochtman, forwardsg Dalton White, Paul Helms, Paul Wiles, Lee Martin, guards, Ivan Nilley, Student Manager Bennet Opponent December 7, Central at Bennet 34 17 1 1, Bennet at Roca 32 20 18, Walton at Bennet 41 42 January 4, Roca at Bennet 64 34 8, Sterling at Bennet 46 39 1 1, Bennet at Firth 45 39 Mudecas Tournament at Adams 17, Clatonia Sz Bennet 50 45 19, Douglas 81 Bennet 41 42 2 2, Murdock at Bennet 48 57 COACH CARLIN 2 5, Bennet At Hickman 31 35 2 8, Hallam at Bennet 46 27 L. C. A. A. Tournament at Walton 3 0, Waverly 8: Bennet 40 60 February 5, Bennet at Sterling 48 56 ' 8, Firth at Bennet 63 46 12, Bennet at Palmyra 39 73 19, Bennet at Hallam 59 29 22, Bennet at Raymond 39 38 . District Tournament at Panama ' 26, Roca 8: Bennet 58 37 27, Palmyra In Bennet 75 52 BACK ROW: Leftto Rlghtg D. Wissel, E. Beavers, C. Boettner, J. Hagaman L. Cheney. J. Land, J. Schreiner, J. Wiesel. FRONT ROW: H. Kempkes, J. Gardner. Football BACK ROW M Myer! L Gustafson J Land L Cheney J Schrexner L Fulk E Beavers D Wxssel P Hel-me FRONT ROW Mr Carlin P Wlles J' Hagaman H Kempkes C Boettner J Wlssel J Gardner The Bennet Football team started the season wxth a heart breaklng defeat by Unlon However the team showed much splrxt throughout the season After looslng to Unxon Nehawka and Alvo the Aces came back w1th an overwhelrnxng vlctory over Dunbar Harold Kempkes was h1gh scorer w1th four touchdowns Jlm I-lagaman helped wmth three more Desp1te the loss of Hagaman through mjury the Aces played the1r be st game of the season was glvlng thexr best Thxs was an xmportant vxctory Adams havlng beaten Bennet for three years prevxously Coach Carlm s sextet then journeyed to Sterllng The Aces were unable to match the powerful Sterllng s1x and were turned back 42 to 6 The last game of the season was played at L1berty The boys got off to a slow start wlth Llberty ahead by three touchdowns at the end of the fxrst half The Aces came back wlth much Splrlt outscormg the Challengers Z to l but were unable to save the game The followlng are the lettermen and thexr posltlons Ends .hm Land Jxm Wxssel Le1ghton Gustafson Paul Wlles Centers Clyde Boettner Lyle Fulk Quarterbacks James Schreiner Larry Cheney Halfbacks .hm Hagaman Harold Kempkes Duane Wmssel Eldon Beavers Other squad members Dalton Whxte Vance Fochtman Mervxn Meyer by defeating Adams, Z0-12. There were no outstanding players in this game for everyone . , . . Gwls Track The Bennet Hlgh School Grlls' Track team went to Lmcoln Frxday Apr1l 25th where they part1c1pated ln the L C A A track meet The meet was held on the Nebraska Wesleyan campus The Malcolm I-hgh School glrls won fu-st place Walton took second and Bennet was ln th1rd place Follow1ng 1s the ratmgs of the Bennet glrls m the meet eo yard dash 120 yard dash Low Hurdles Hlgh Jump ZZO Yard Relay Phyllxs Thomas Znd Mona Gardner 3rd Letha Roeder 4th Jean Vedder lst Helen Beecham Znd Phyllls Thomas 4th Mona Gardner Hazel Stratman Jean Vedder Phyllxs Thomas 3rd Baseball Nme The Baseball season of Bennet Htgh School got off to a good start by defeatmg Sterlxng ll 12 Sterlmg was ahead 5 0 at the top of the 5th 1nn1ng The Aces then staged a ten run rally wlth Clyde Boettner and Larry Cheney h1tt1ng home runs Jlm Land was the wmmng pltcher although Larry Cheney p1tched the last two xnnlngs The next game was played wlth Adams on the home dlamond Bennet was able to match the well rounded Adams nme and lost by a score of 15 O The Mudecas Baseball tournament was held at Sterhng on Apr1l Z8 The Bennet team drew Hlckman the flrst round and were defeated Z 1 The score was tled l 1 at the top of the 7th mnmg The pttcher then walked ln a score rnakmg lt Z 1 Bennet was unable to score The p1tcher Land allowed only Z hmts whxle Stflklhg out 7 men A much lmproved Bennet ball club defeated Palmyra 6 Z on the home dxamond The Panthers scored the flrst run but Bennet bounced back wxth three 1n the same mn1ng Hagaman h1t a home run ln the f1fth lnnmg Land went all the way on the mound allowlng 4 h1ts and strlklng out lO The l1ne up was as follows P1tchers Catcher S Base Znd Base 3rd Base Jlm Wlssel Jlm Hagaman Jxm Land Larry Cheney James Schremer Harold Kempkes Shortstop Left Fleld Center Field Rlght Fleld Coach WALSWORTH Lalllqllpii 'IM mil mtl-.U I-L Larry Cheney Clyde Boettner J1m Gardner Duane Wlssel Mr Carlm ' Y O ' ' . un- 1 t 1 ' Q ' A , ,Y 13 W Q, HAROLD KEMPKES Center I-iarold was the spark of the Basketball team Htl Z0 pomts per game average was the decxdmg factor 1n most of the Aces vxctormes Kempkes had a total of 361 pomts for the season The mdxvldual scormg for the flrst team IS as follows Harold Kempkes Jlffl Gardner James bchremer Jlm Land Clyde Boettner 308 O Larry Cheney Eldon Beavers JIITI Wlssel Jxm Hagaman Duane Wxssel X . as if -C - 361 . -F U ' ' -F - l3 ' ' ' -F- 49 ' -G- 46 ' WHY.. 4, Do we keef our money rn the Bank? 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