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

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K5 On February 15 the class sponsored a Valent1ne's dance for the high school and the seventh and eighth grades The sophomores also extended an invitation to the Irvington High School students In the extra curricular activities all of the girls took part in volleyball with Lois serving as captain and Violet was an officer The girls all took part in the pep club, Lois, Janet, and Carol were chosen for first team cheerleaders uDick,n Terry C John, Terry L , Alv n, and Larry participated in track this term All the boys except Kenneth and William took part in basketball Clarence did not play but was student manager The boys that played basketball also played baseball Most of the class took part in music, with the six girls making up the girls' sextette Janet Perchal with her selections of nThe Lilac Tree and nIf I Could Tell You received a good rating nPass1ng B ' and nBy The Bend of the River were sung by Violet Rix, and she also ce ved a good ra ing e girls sextette sang No Other Love and Prayer Prefectn, and the girls' glee sang nBeautiful Savior and NOh what a Beautiful Morning, all four songs received a good rating Those in music attended the lst ECNC Music Clinic at Craig The sextette sang nSilver Bellsn and nwinter Wonderland' at the Grade School Christmas Program Also at the dedication they sang nMay the Good Lord Bless and Keep You Lois sang nPrayer Perfectn when the Juniors presented their play Janet, Clarence, Lois, Carol, William, and Margaret took part in declamatory work The three girls participated in the ECNC Declam Con test and Carol, Lois, and Clarence were in the one act play, nElmer Cleans Up The class members took English, science, and algebra, John, Terry C Dickn, Terry L , Larry, and Clarence took shop All the girls too typing, and during the second semester the girls were privileged to have home economics 'Dick and Lois were chosen King and Queen of the PTA carniva for that year ln the spring Terry C was one of 13 young people in the annual Omaha Farm City Youth Exchange Program Durlng the summer Terry C and Lois attended the Jr Red Cross Camp On September l school opened with 13 starting They were Terr Christensen, Kenneth Petersen, Terry Loptin, Alvin Westphal, Dick Musel, John Dyer, Larry Holmes, William Cloudt, Howard Hansen, Kenneth Lambrecht, Clarence Laaker, Daryl Cox, Elvera Paasch, LOIS Mohr, Carol Johnsen, and Janet Perchal Due to the closing of Irvington High School the class gained Daryl Cox, Kenneth Petersen, and Howard Hansen Violet Rix and Margaret Llesche dropped during the first semester Class officers were Terry C President, Terry L Vice President, Howard Secretary, and Alvin Treasurer The class sponsor was Miss Mohr The required subjects were English and American history Some of the other subjects taken were physics, algebra, shop, typing, home eco nomics, and bookkeeplng All of the girls were out for music and the pep club Carol, Lois, and Janet were cheer leaders Members of the boys' chorus were Alvin, Dick , Clarence, Kenneth P , John, Daryl, Terry L , and Terr The County Government Day was attended with the following students in these offlces Terry L Attorney, Terry C Treasurer, Alvln County Superintendent, John Sheriff, Janet County Clerk, Violet Com missioner, Kenneth P Register of Deeds, William Assessor, Clarence Public Defender, Howard Judge, and Daryl County Surveyer All the boys except William, Daryl, Clarence, Kenneth L , and Alvin competed in baseball, basketball, and track 'Dick se a pole vaultlng school and conference record of 10' 6' uD1ckn was also a member of the first team on the basketball squad Carol, Lois, and Janet were members of the volleyball team I O - I . . C, Q 1 C O 0 Q C n vw 1 n ' y Pe' l t . Th n H . n n O I v U n ' , O n , - n I ' n n f oy e g k I 1 n 1 . . . 1 . . f C I 65 55- -Z? if 61- -16 it it N' . ' Y n v I I . K , .--A .-- -- -- , L , . O y - 0 K e C v n ' . . y C. ' 2 .-- 1 ....- ' -- --L --U -- - .-- ,,. -- tx A 11 ' . I I v n . t K I I I O

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f1 fw At the District Music Contest the Girls' Trio Janet, Carol, and Lois sang nThe Surrey with the Frinpe on Top These girls were also in the sextette, which sang 'June is Busting Out All Over, and in the triple trio, which sang NBeautiful Savior These three also sang solos William, Carol, Clarence, Lois, and Janet participated in declam Clarence and William were in the one act play nListen Dadn which received a superior rating The Junior Class Play, nEverything Happens to Us, was a success Two casts were used to put on the play because of the big class One cast presented it the 13th and the second the lhth of November Larry and Elvera were the Junior representatives to the Governor s Youth Safety Conference The juniors had successful candidates for King and Queen for the PTA Carnival They were Terry C and Violet R The Boys' State representative was John Dyer, and Terry L represented Ben nington at the Red Cross Camp The Curtis Company sponsored the Juniors' magazine campaign Cut of the 387, Sl sale, the class kept p305 30 of whlch some was used to entertain the seniors and faculty at the annual Junior Senior Banquet Tn the campaign Clarence led the class with a total sales of WISE 25 Janet was second with a total of 93h 33 The theme of the banquet, held at the Fireside Restaurant in Omaha on hay 13, was uAn Evening in Paris On August 29 1959, all seventeen seniors reported for their last year They were Lois, Carol, Janet,Mary, Rlvera, Clarence, Howard, William, Kenneth L , Terry C , Terry L , Kenneth P , Larry, Alvin, Dick, John Dyer Vice President, Janet Perchal Secretary, and Carol Johnsen Treasurer The faculty consisted of the following Miss sdna Mohr, Nr Nelson, Mr Julius Woita, Mrs Rita Japp, Mr R Velson, Mr Harold Rhea, and Mrs Mary Frederick Subjects taken by the seniors were shop, home economics, English, American problems, office practi e, chemistry, and advanced aleebra FIVE boys reported for baseball, Carol and Lois were the only enior girls to report for volleyball All but two enior girls were in the Pep Club Lois, Janet, and Carol were first tear cheerleaders All but one of the seniors girls were in girls' glee and mlxed chorus The class chose blue and white as their class colors and the red rose as their cla s flower The senior class motto was 'Every Job, blg or small, we do it well or not at all H The seniors were in charge of the Freshmen Orientation when the freshmen were asked to wear various odd costumes during the day October 7 was the day senior pictures were taken in Cmaha by o lund Studlo, and the clas attend d tie rovle HS utr Paclflc The Betty Crocker Homemaker's Contest was taken by all the senior girls, and Mary was the local winner receiving a pin as a reward To get extra money for their trip to Chicago the class held a bake sale at the Pennington Hardware in the afternoon of March 26 and a car wash on April 16 Taking the Regents' Examinations were Dick Musel, Lois Mohr, Terry Loptin, Terry Christensen, Mary Allnon, and Alvin Westphal Unfortunately, no one was able to place Mary was the senior girl selected to attend the DAR Contest She wrote on nkhat are the advantages of democracy over a dictatorship H -- D , V I! fl C I T M . I ll O 1 I I ' I I - r I I O s . '- t 4 ,ho , . E 0 C' JR V . 4 , 0 x o 1 ,A 3 O -T g A -' . 3 if . . wp ll O r w w w a s L M s I T f' . D O O O C . John, and Daryl. The officers elected were Dick Musel--President, , . Q W A . Ro N0 I 0 I i 0 Co n 1 -' 0 . A K . I C 9 U U s . s J . . . . O e V -. ' ' s . - O v ' Q Sk 3 ' ' s t e i A ' J 1 ' ' .U f C ' 1 I H ll 5 . . . 5 I , A I B- I .i fs