Bennington High School - Blue Streak Yearbook (Bennington, NE)

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C ass Histor At nine o'clock on September.L 1952, the freshman class consisted of seven members. They were Lavern Logeman, District M03 Gerald Gottsch, District 633 Donna Kominek, Sharon Lund, Malvln Witt, Tom Flynn, and Rose Mary Hansen who were gradu- ated from Bennington On September 3, class officers were elected as follows Donna, president, Sharon, vice president, Rose Mary, secretary, and Tom, treasurer M Ruchte was chosen as their class sponsor The subjects taught the freshmen were English by Miss Mohr, algebra by Mr Stucker, and biology and world geography by Mr Ruchte Sharon dropped algebra the second semester On the morning of September 26, the freshmen came to school dressed in the clothes that the sophomores had requested them to wear The class members were dressed as follows Sharon and Jerry Negro couple, Rose Mary farmer, Tom track man, Malvin an old woman, Lavern a red headed girl, and Donna a bum All the girls in the class were members of the Pep Club Rose Mary and Donna partlcipated in volleyball Baseball season started in the fall of 1952 All the boys in the class went out for it No one lettered October 6 all the freshman boys reported for basketball practice Tom and 'Jerry were members of the first ten October lO the freshmen entertained the high school by having a style show, with the boys as models Costumes worn by the boys were as follows Gerald, a neat looking, strictly high school fashion skirt and sweater, Lavern, a dress with ac cessories to be worn for afternoon tea, nTom, a pair of slacks and an off the shoulder blouse just the thing for a picnic, Malvin, a dress to be worn for those all important dates An enyoyable dance and lunch followed this very interesting program In music Sharon took part in the girls' sexette and the triple trio At the music contest she sang the solq nBy the Bend of the River n Rose Mary was in the mixed octette The entire class took part in the music festival and contest, and the girls took part in the local music program on February 23 Donna and Rose Mary were the only two members of the freshman class that par ticipated in declamatory work Donna took part in the dramatic division by giving the reading, 'Blind Faith Rose Mary participated in the humorous division by gi ng the reading, 'I a at the Races Track season started in the spring of '53 on March 25 All the freshman boys took part in track The boys entered in the following events Gerald Gottsch, and pole vault, Lavern Logeman, 880 yd dash and M40 yd dash On August 31, 1953, all the same students as had been freshmen again reported for school to be classed as sophomores On December 7 nEdn Williamson reported for school He had attended school in Bla1r previously Faculty members this year were Miss Edna Mohr, Mr Verle Stucker, and Mr Carl Ruchte Subjects taken by the sophomores were English, applied mathematics, world his tory, general science, and music 'Ed' took biology and geometry in place of gen al science and applied mathematics On September h, class officers were elected They were as follows president Lavern Logeman, vice president Sharon Lund, Secretary Donna Kominek, and trea surer Tom Flynn They had Mr Carl Ruchte for their sponsor On September2S,the sophomores initiated the freshman class That evening they held a dance at school and invited the entire high school All the boys went out for basketball, baseball, and track Tom and Gerald played on the first team in basketball, and uEd played in the second team baseball Tom, Malvin, and 'Jerry played outfield Jerry and Malvin lettered in baseball, Jerry, Tom, and Ed in basketball, ani Torn and Jerry in tra k ' ' . o Pe 1 g Q 0 On ' . I Il . On n . n ' - I n .u ' V- 1 'V1 . relay, 880 yd. dash: and broad jump, Melvin Witt, 880 yd. dash, aTom Flynn, mile as se as -u- as e. ' I . ' ' er- -- g -.. 3 X-- - 6 . . In I ll . ll ' ' I C 0

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All the oirls went out for volley hall, and Rose Mary olayed on the first team. The volley hall team this year won a 2nd place troo'v in tHe EYC Tournament held at Gretna. The rirls all joined the pep club. None of them were chosen for officers. Sharon and Rose Mary went out for cheerleadino. The members of the sophomore class all took part in music. Tom dropped out in the middle of the first semester but resumed his music classes at the beginning of the second semester. All the girls participated in the musical program amitled nMusical Highlishts,n under the direction of Mr. Ruchte. Sharon took part in the girls' triple trio which sans nMexicali Rose She also sang a solo, 'My Lindy Lou Rose Mary helped very much by being an accompanist for a number of soncs Members took part in the ENC Music Contest held at Westside and the District Music Contest held at Fremont All the students were in the mixed chorus which sang uSt11l, Still Vith Thee and nNow Thank e All Our God W The girls took part in the v rls' chorus which sane nMadame Jeanetteu and 'Dedication Sharon was one of the tr'ple trio that sang nThe Bells 0' Saint Vary She also sane a solo, NG1ann1na Mia At the P T A Carnival held in the school aud1toriJm on the first Friday ev eninv in November, Sharon and Tom were the class candidates for Queen and King The sophomore class entertained the whole hivh school with a Christmas program on Decemher 2 All members of the class took o rt in a lay entitled nJust Vhat They Vanted ' A movie was shown and a t r gifts were passed out, refreshments were s r d All the sophomores participated in declamatory work Donna and Sharon took part in the dramatic division The names of their readings were The Night Bell and HA Forgotten witness, respectively Rose Mary and NEdn gave humorous readings entitled nJane and uAn Underhand Pass, respectively The rest of the boys did newscasting Donna, Sharon, and Gerald were chosen to participate in one cast of the one act play contest Upon selection of the cast for the ECNC contest produc tion, NThe Midnight Ghost,n held at Herman, Donna and Gerald were to portray Carmel ohnson and utch Has ings, respec ively e play rated an Excellent At the Class Day Exerci es in May, on tle Wednesday pre edina the last day of school, Gerald received the 'Good Sportmanship award On September 6 in 195 the iunior class enroll d, consisting of the same m m bers that made up the sophomore class of last year Subfects taken by all the class were as follows English, tyoinz, and American government All the girls took shorthand with Sharon takinv Latin as a fifth subiect The second semest r Sharon dropped shorthand All the boys with the exception of nEdn took shop He took seorra hv September 10 the class officers and sponsor rere elected nJerry was lec d president, Rose Mary vlce president, Donra secretary, and Sharon treasurer 'iss 'ohr was chos n as their clas sponsor manaver for part of the season All the boys went out for basketball with 'Tom and Ed W8KlUP the first team 'Jerry, Tom, and Lavern participated in track a 6 also leit ref Tom broke the pole vault record with lO'7n over a previous 9'6 and high ju o record dbh p'72N over a or vious S Q in he 1C also the ndn relax team broke the r cord with 1 42 l over a previozs 1 6 HJerrv was a member of t T01 was abl to participat in the State Track 'eat and tied for fifth in pole vaulting HTom r c lved the athletics award on class day Everyone participated in music with the exception of Tom At the music contest held in Fremont, solos lncladed nJerry Ulf I Could Tell Yo1,H Sharo uOne Niv t of Love, and Ed NBecause Sharon was also a member of the girls' sextette Rose ary accompanied some of the music groups Ed received the QUSIC award on class dav On Jedn sday evening, October 27 the junior class play, Nearly Sixteen, was presented in the school auditorium The cast was as follows argaret Ellis Donna, Irvine Ullls NJerry,H Pee Ellis Sharon, Jane Simmons Rose 'ary, Flash Veb star d, Gordon Hadley ialvln, Jim Warner Lavern, Officer Bailey Tom It was a three act comedy by Earl Louis Russel In this play, sixteen rear old Pep is a romantic girl and wants to act crown ap Since childhood the neighbor boy, Gordon, ll ' J 9 H O V 4 ll o A , , , 4. 4 - , J 'I -' h Il , 5 A 4 1 I VI 4 Q ' n ' 1 H ,- .. 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