Bennet High School - Bennetonian Yearbook (Bennet, NE)

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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

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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

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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 , . . . , . ' ' ll ll ' ' Y ' ! l S . . , i l 1 . , . H . . . . ll ' . . , , . , . , . ' ! ' 1 ' l ' I , - , . - , . . . ,, . H . . , n .