Cario High School - Redskin Yearbook (Cario, NE)

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Going through Mobile, Alabama, Judy decided to get a new dress. So I stopped at the Big L Dress Shop. I never would have believed it but the owner was none other than Lorraine Eggers. We had a very nice chat with Lorraine that evening at her uptown apartment. While going through Louisiana, we saw a sign on a large plantation advertising Wooden's Herefords. Stopping we found our old friend Derlin Wooden raising purebred herefords. Later Derlin took us to his home to meet his wife, Lorene. Derlin also owns a ranch in Oregon. We then headed toward New Orleans. While driving through the city we stopped at an orphanage, run by our old friend Linda Keeler. That evening, we went to her home and met her husband, Larry, and their family. While in New Orleans, we decided to take in a show. We bought tickets to the Blue Room in the Hotel Roosevelt. Starring in tonight’s performance was Guy Lombardo and his band, featuring Barbara Grotz and her magic clarinet. Sending cards back stage, Barbara invited us to her penthouse for supper. We had a wonderful time with Barbara and her husband, the former secretary to France. From New Orleans, we continued on our way and we stopped in Brownsville, Texas to see an Air Force Show. Who should we see in command of the WACS, but our old classmate Janice Bruhn. After the show, being very hungry, we stopped in at a night club and who should we see but our old friend Linda Ummel. Linda told us she now owned the Crane Club. Leaving Brownsville we headed toward the great cattle country. It was about noon, so we stopped for dinner in a ranch-type restaurant. Looking over the menu we spotted Connie's Burgers. Asking the waitress what it meant, we were informed that they were named after Connie Hoffmeyer. Locating Connie she told us that she ran the restaurant, while her husband ran the ranch. We spent the day with the family. Incidently, those Connie Burgers are really good. We then decided to take in the big race at Pasadena, California. The man driving the big Ford Thunderfish at the head of the line looked familiar. Sure enough it was our friend Harlan Rod Bender Stutzman. After winning the race with flying colors, Harlan told us of another friend in town, Betty Beckler, the singing rage of the country. Betty was singing at the Cat's Paw, so we went to see her. From Pasadena, we went to Hollywood to look up an old classmate, Janet Stairs. Janet was now a famous dress designer for the Warner Brothers Studio. We really had a time looking at all the dresses Janet had designed. Next on our list was Leda Stutzman. Hearing that she was employed at a balloon factory, we went to see her. And there she was blowing up balloons like mad. That evening we had a pleasant visit with Leda and her husband, Skinner. Thus ending our trip through the United States, we headed back to our home in Los Angeles. Visiting with our old friends and classmates brought back many fond memories of our four years in good old Cairo High... Amen

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Well, here it is in the fall of 1968, and I, Keith Dibbern, a sportswriter for the Los Angeles Tribune, and my wife Judy are in New York covering the last game of the world series between the Dodgers and Yankee's, in which the Dod- gers won behind the brilliant three-hit pitching of a former classmate Gene Bugs Hadenfeldt. While in New York we decided to look up some of our old classmates. I, being very tired, decided to let Judy drive back to the hotel. The next thing I knew we were in the hospital, and who should be standing over us but two old friends, Don Kluge, now a skilled surgeon, and Margaret Spiehs, Head of St. Mary's Hospital. We had a nice talk with Don and Margaret that evening at Don's swank apartment. Judy having wrecked the car, we had to get a new one. We stopped in at the local Plymouth dealer and who should we find selling the beautiful new Plymouth but that super salesman, Clayton Perking. After buying a new car, we went over to Clayton's house and had a nice chat with Clayton and his wife and their three children. Having only one more night in New York, we decided to take in a concert. Who should we find leading the orchestra but our old friend, the funny man. Bill Baker. After the show Bill invited us to his home for a late drink. We had a nice visit with Bill and his wife, Doris. From New York we went to Washington, D.C., where we heard Sandra Holloway was the secretary to the President. We arrived just in time to see Sandra drive up in her new limousine. We had a nice chat with Sandra up in her home. We then went to Baltimore and on entering the city we noticed a big dam being built. We stopped to see what was going on. The big fellah running the big cat seemed to look familiar, and sure enough it was our old friend Dick Hayden. After work Dick and his wife, Barbara, took us to a Pro-football game. A new star was in action. His name was Allan Simmons. After the game we all went out and had a grand time with the Haydens and Simmons. Incidently, Allan is married to Sandra Quest, formerly of Boelus. From Baltimore we headed south, going through Memphis, Tennessee. We stopped for dinner and seeing a big sign announcing a lecture by Professor Jerry Schweitzer, we decided to stop there also. Afterwards, we had a long chat with Jerry and he told us he was now Professor of English at Harvard. 22

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 |gp 4 In the fall of 1954, thirty-two timid but brave, little freshmen, climbed aboard our flying saucer bound for the moon in search of more knowledge. Our space commander was Allan Melton. The co-commanders were Kay Caswell, Sandra Holloway, and Verdean Olson. The crew consisted of the following; Gene Hadenfeldt, Clarence Minor, Allan Tuma, Darold Tagge, Connie Hoffmeyer, Leda Stutzman, Wayne Veeder, Linda Keeler, Derlin Wooden, Keith Dibbem, Bill Baker, Dennis Schlund, Don Kluge, Clayton Perkins, Linda Ummel, Betty Beckler, Harlan Stutzman, Jerry Schweitzer, Janet Stairs, Allan Simmons, Barbara Grotz, Lorraine Eggers, Dick Hayden, Janice Bruhn, Margaret Spiehs, Frank Hawk, Jerry Fitzsimmons, and Alberta Quaife. During the course of our second year of flight we were attacked by Martians and the going got too rough for Verdean Olson, Clarence Minor, Jerry Fitz- simmons, Alberta Quaife, Allan Tuma, and Darold Tagge. So they transfer- red to other ships. Later we crashed into another ship and were able to pick up two survivors. Jeanette and Vigril Sorensen. We proceeded on with twenty-seven members. Kay Caswell was at the con- trols now. Co-commanders this year were Sandra Holloway, Linda Keeler, and Dick Hayden. Onward we continued, with a few members getting a bit airsick and some of us wondering if we would ever reach our destination. Frank Hawk, Wayne Veeder, Allan Melton, and Virgil Sorensen were transferred to different ships during the course of our third year. After changing commanders we find Dick Hayden at the controls. His loyal assistants are Sandra Holloway, Connie Hoffmeyer, Clayton Perkins, and Jerry Schweitzer. We continued our journey with a crew of twenty-four. At Planet X we stopped off to present our junior play Step On It Stan. “ While there we also held the Junior-Senior Banquet, which had the theme of Mardi Gras. During the summer of '57 Kay Caswell, Dennis Schlund, and Jeanette Soren- sen were lost in space. 18