Bennet High School - Bennetonian Yearbook (Bennet, NE)

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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 , ,

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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

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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