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

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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