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

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has been her boy friend. She writes to an aviator and when he arrives, she finds she was disillusioned and is once avain happy to acceot Gordon as her boy friend. On October 25, the class started the Crowell-Collier mazazine campaign. Each of the class members sold the following amounts: Malvin--SlSh.2S, Donna--S8 .OO, Jerr, --877 SO Lavern- S61 OO, Sharon--S55 50, Rose Mary-- 3 75 'Tom --S , 20 SO The total amount sold was 513 50 of which th class received S172 10 Melvin received a pin for the One Hundred Club because of sales over 3100 The carnival was held on Novemb r 5 Donna and nJer v were elected from the junior class as candidates for king and qu n nJerry was lected as Kina of the carnival County Government Day was held on November 2 at the Douvlas County Cowrthouse The officers were as follows Rose Mary Superintendent of Schools, Donna Trea sarer, Sharon County Clerk, nJerry Clerk of the District Court, Tom She iff, Ed Attorney, Lavern Surveyor, Malvin Judge The One Act Play Contest was held March 1 at Herman Lav rn, Sharon, nJerry, Donna, Malvin, and Rose Mary went out for it Lav rn, Sharon, uJerry, and Valvin were chosen as members of the cast Because of illness, Rose Mary took Sharon's part e play presented was 'The Mystery of th Lock d Room On April 27 the juniors were hosts to the seniors at a banquet at the Hotel Fontenelle in Omaha The theme chosen was Moonlight and Roses Sharon and Ed sang a duet entitled nMoonlight Bay Lavern was master of ceremonies Jerry Melvin, and Donna also gave speeches ' the end of the school year the local commercial club and school board c ose 'Jerry to represent Benninrton at Boys' State in June The seniors oi 55 asked Malvin and Rose Mary to usher for baccalaureate L Vern and Donna were honored when asked to usher at commencement bharon s ng nHalls of Ivy' at commencement The remainder of the class participated in these events by handinp out programs n September 5 1955, elaht seniors reoorted hack o school They vere 'Tom Flynn, Malvin Witt, uEdn Villianson, WJerryn Gottsch, Sharon Lund, Donna Komlnek, Rose Mary Hansen, and Lavern Loo man Sharon mov d to California, Smtember 23 The officers elect d for :his year wer Malvin president, Lav rn vic or sid nt, Rose Mary secretary, and Donna treasur r As their sponsor, Mr Re se was chos n The seniors this vear took the following suh1ects 'Ed' took En lish, Amerie history, senior sci nc bookk eoins, and solid veometrv Ros Mar took Tn lish, senior science, American history, and office oractice Th second sem st r sh took bookkeepin were taken by Donna the first se ester The second s ne t r sl dro o d geonetry nJerry took senior science,Eqdish, advanced shop, an' American VlStOPX The second semest r he dro ned En list and took peonetrv lalvin took s nlor sci ence, English, advanc d sho veometry, and American hlstorv The second se st r he dronoed Enrlish nTomn took geometry, American hlstory, a vanc 1 shop snl sen lor science He d oooed seem try and took math the second s ster Lave n took advanced shop, Envllsh, American history, and senior sci nce H dronoed nglish and took Geometry the s cond semester All the boys went out for baseball except Ed All t e boys took part n has ketball and only 'Tom' took part in track uJerry was captain of baseballsnd 'Tom was captain of basketball Donna and Rose Vary narticlpat d in music Donna and Rose Mary took part in th pep club vit? Donna as president Rose Marv and Donna also took part in volleyball with Donna servira as secretary The seniors were hosts to a hivh school Fayrack rid and welner roast on seo tember 23 The annual senior st ak fry was h ld on October lO in the Benninvton Park A car wash was held on October 29, from which the s niors made 510 Donna was elect d to represent Bennincton at the O A R Good Citizens in Pon test at the Omaha Athletic Club in Omaha on January 21 The s niors chose fold and blue as their class olors The chos n class floz r was the red rose Their motto was 'Ne will find a way, or make one Malvin and Rose Vary represented the class as candidates for the P T A C rival Melvin was elected kinv with Qose Mary first att ndant to the queen s , o o S he 3 ' n . Ed.-- . . S ., he , . . ' I e . r H ee . 2 , . . , ' YI ' 1 N ll A - - ,, - -- -- , J -- L ,-- -- -- V, I+ Q ll ' ' Q -3 L A . . . . Th I K ' e e .H . ' ll ' ' , . Il ll O At A 1 P - U H , . Q . ' I . ' an ' . e I O . 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On October 18 the seniors had thelr pi tures taken at Bennington by Genelli Studios of Sioux City, Iowa Donna, Rose Mary, and Melvin took 'declam Melvin participated in Newscast ing, Rose Mary in Interpretative Oratory, giving 11 hway Hom1cide,n and Donna in Extemporaneous Speaking All three represented the school in the EFNC Contest held at Bennington on March 2 on Saturday, rebruary 25, Melvin, as senlor class president, was one of the two Bennington students honored to apnear on Radio btation NOw's nTops with Teens pro gram The University of Nebraska Freshman Scholarship Examlnations were taken by Rose Mary and Donna on March 19 On March 29 the girls competed in the Un1versity of Omaha Qegents' examinations John's Ev Lutheran Church of Bennington Class Day Exercises were held in the gym nasium on May 16 Commencement was on the evening of May 17 with W C Neierhenry Class Will This is the last will and testament of the Senior Class of Bennington High School, Village of Bennington, County of Douglas, State of Nebraska, made and pub lished on the loth day of May, nineteen hundred and fifty six as speaker We, the senior class, will and bequeath to the Junior class our seats in the assembly and also our ability alwafs to a ree on all necessary preparations We, the senior class, wlll and bequeath our abllity to stay out of trouble with the teachers to the sophomores who can greatly use it We, the senior class, will and bequeath to the freshman class our good sense of humor and our sportsmanship I, Tom Flynn, will and bequeath my ability to play for four years on the first team of basketball to augene Hawkins who has a good start To my brother Gary I will my ability to get along with the teachers I, Gerald Gottsch, will and bequeath my ability to drive carefully to Eugene Eicke who can use it To James Hawkins I leave my ability to go steady I, Rose Mary Hansen, will and bequeath my volleyball ability to Lillian Paasch, my not going out with boys until my senior year I leave to Carol Wait I, Donna Komlnek, will and bequeath my ability to stay out late every night to Norma Schmidt who is doing quite well To John Witt I will my editorship of the Blue Streak I, Lavern Logeman, will and bequeath my ability to keep out of trouble to Dean Johns who could certainly use it I, Ed Williamson, will and bequeath my position as center on the basketball team to my cousin Gary Flynn, my solid geometry book I leave to uChuckn Witte who will probably find more use for it than I have. I, Melvin witt, will and bequeath my ability to get out of trouble to John Nitt and my ability not to get along with girls I leave to my brother Don who won't have to worry. To the teachers of Bennington High School we leave the memories of a class that was always quiet, had their lessons in on time, and always agreed on everything that they were told. As witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names and set our seal this 16th day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty six. WWW WMM awww ,6lownm, ' and l .ll - - . ' , HL-3 C , ' ll - u On Sunday, May 13, at 8:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Services were held in the St. I