Chase County High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Imperial, NE)

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CLASS HISTORY The Covered Wagons Roll Rxght Along The wagon train pulled up in front of CC H S in September of 1945 to take the 49ers for a trip Slxty seven eager Freshmen set forth ln the covered wagons to make a place for them selves We had two capable guides Mrss Cur tis and Mr Shaeffer to lead us onward After days of rough going we had a Roller Skatrng Party to relax us As we contlnued we found that Herbert Brewer Margert Sandal Leora Sitzman Iunlor Wheeler and Margarette North had stayed behind but we had pxcked up Eldon Grlmes who Joumeyed on with us We travel onward!! Ever Onward!! We stopped for a Carmval sponsored by the Semor Class For our concesslons we had a Penny Prtch Dart Throw and raffled off a bond Thus we had crossed our f1rst barrxer And the Covered Wagons Rolled Rrght Along mto our Sopha more year The seasons also rolled along wlth us it tumed cold very cold Day after day of dreary travel before we stopped to rest Near us was a large pond so we dug mto our trunks for our lce skates and all went xce skatmg but the next day we again had to go new found Mr Dill and Mr Brady as our guldes and Leroy Adams Beverly Bonner Patty Duy sen Elmer Hessman Eldon Gnm s Eugene Hudnall Robert Lock Vernon Splitt and Dwlght Welch were not w1th us as we moved forward however Lawerence Dunmng Wanda Hanmgan and Bertha Weaver tolned us Many days we travel ln times of sadness but mostly the sound of laughter prevailed We once more stopped for the School Carnival Thls txme we had the Flsh Pand and Noveltles We succeeded ln chmbmg the second barrxer And The Covered Wagons Rolled Right Along mto our Iumor year and what a road was ahead for us! ll The year started off with a bang and we do mean a BANG No sooner had we left the second station when a savage band of lndlcms attacked us We took on some new soldiers Iohnny Wood Dwight Welch Eldon Grimes and Margaret Andrews who readily iotned the fight XVe were vrctorlous but Wanda Hannigan Lawrence Dunning Gordon Harsh barger and Iohn Fisher were left behmd Also we lost the two guides but we found two more Mrs Benson and Mr Hutton who led us The road became somewhat smoother now and we stopped for a party We con tlnued into unknown lands Then we reached one of the bnghtest spots of our travel The class play The Cry of the Banshee which was presented wlth much success and will long be remembered by all of us We stopped once more to take part in the School Carnival This ttme we had a Raffle of a radio Telegrams and Carmval Queen Another very bright spot on our way was the Iunlor Senior Ban quet and Prom We left the land and our theme for the Banquet was an Ocean Lmer Thus clxmaxxng endrng and crossing our thrrd barrler And The Covered Wagons Rolled Right Along mto the fmal strech of our Joumey However we were headlng down mto a valley and 1t was ramxng q'l11l9 heavlly There were flood waters all along the route now and the go1ng was get tmg tougher and tougher For days we traveled rn mud and ram and then the sun agam beam ed down on us Look1ng back Mrs Benson and Mr Lantxs were gurdmg us but l.1la Bloom Gerald Brewer Els1e Watts and Henry Mol zahn were lost rn the storm Coy Birdsall Eldon Cook Lawerence Dunmng and Mary Munn Jumped aboard to contlnue the Joumey with s Among the travelers were found many officers and honorees including the President Pep Club Student Councll and National Honor Soc1ety Vlce-President of the Student Council Dramatlcs Club l Club and Y TEEN and FFA S cretary of the Student Councll and I Club There were two cheer leaders four flag swingers two members of the Gxrls Trio A group of the travelers presented a fme class play and gave a brllllant performance Then we sponsored the School Carmval and we had the Bingo Stand Cake Walk and Door Fees The next few days were ones never to be forgotten at CCH S There was our Sneak Day and then the fmal moments were at hand A frne banquet and prom was given ln our honor by the Iunlors Next came Class Night when the valedictorlan and salutatorian were recogmzed and when the 49ers presented their last program as travelers rn the wagon tram of CC H S Baccalaureate services proved that we were near the end of our journey O May 18 1949 the members of the Senior Class of 49 donned their caps and gowns and for the last time appeared as a class group to receive their dlplomas The road now before us is very smooth but only for a short way For xn the dlstance there are two roads the one to SUCCESS and the other to FAILURE The choice is up to each one of us individually l4 II I II I I .... . , . I ' 1 . I . I . II I II I 9 Il I 1 I ' I I I I Il , ' D I I ' - I I II n I D I I I 1 . ' I I - 1 1 ' ' ' u . I on. Looking backward at our travellers we of the I Club, Dramatic Club, FFA, Y-TEEN, ' ' I I I I 1 1 ' - 1 .3 I II II I I I ' R' I I I u ' : I I - I I , . ' I ' I I I A 1 I I .Il . I II I , 1 1 . ' ' . n 1 1 ' 1 I I , . , . . 4 ' . on. , ll II I . 1 1 '- -

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CHARLES WEISS Charlie FFA 1 3 4 Secretary 4 I Club 4 Football 1 Track DON WINKELMANN Wmk Pep Club 2 Band 1 2 3 4 Boys Glee 3 Mixed Chorus 1 4 Dramatlcs Club 3 4 Class Play 3 Natxonal Honor Soclety 3 4 Presx dent 4 Student Council 3 4 Presxdent of Student Council 4 Class President 1 I Club 2 3 4 Football 1 2 Basketball 1 2 3 4 Track 1 2 Annual Staff 4 432+ SENIORS DWIGHT WELCH Curly Champxon Hugh School 2 Boys Glee 4 Mxxed Chorus 1 3 4 Art Edntor nn Jumor English Class J OHNNIE WOOD McAll1ster Okla 1 Caney Kansas 2 Boys Glee 4 Mlxed Chorus 4 Annual Staff 4 Senlors wlthout plctures GENE ROWLEY MRS. BELVA LEE MR. MELVIN LANTIS BENSON, SPONSOR SPONSOR

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PROPHECY Ho hum fyawn yawnl An elderly man with long hair and a beard is stretching lazrly bes1de a tree Opening his eyes sleepily he asks quest1only Where am l? What has happened? My beard Why 1t must be at least four feet long And my clothes are nothing but rags Plcking up a scroll beside h1m he says What IS this? Then reading it he says Why this is a l1st of all my classmates Where did it come from? The fa1r1es must have left it lt says 1969-why I must have been asleep for 20 years What are my classmates dOlDQ? Then read1ng the scroll Arlene Baker after many years cf teaching is now teaching 1n the Mc Cook Iun1or College at McCook Nebraska Burdette Bauerle IS in his penthouse in New York managing hls seedless hybrid tomato farm Mona Benson As you walk down Hollywood and Vine 1n Hollywood California you see a beautiful Dress Shop with the words Monas Dress Shop wr1tten on the big show window Better go IH 1t IS a b autiful place Coy Birdsall has finally settled down in h1s favorite state of Oklahoma with h1s brides parents on the Big Hoocheekoochee Reservation Dick Bonner IS conductor of Imperials Tenth Symphony Earth to Mars B tty Clark and her faithful friend Phyllis Kelley are still together They are making beds and waiting tables in the Inter planet Hotel on Saturn Eldon Cook had the honor of receiving the Nobel prize for his recent lnvention his interspace doughnut maker Thelma Cook is now taking her mother s place as county superintendent Wanda Cook is chief foretgn reporter talways up on the latestl now stationed on Venus Walt Corey has f1nally reached the top and work awhile for I C Pennys but has been promoted to the F 1ve and Ten Cent Stores Guy Curtis IS Chief Iustice of the World s Court tnow on a case between Earth and Marsl Larry Dunning is the famous commercial Katomicl comedian whose many fans watch him through telev1s1on throughout the UHIVGTSS Conrad Eagan with the support of his faithful wtfe the former Evelyn Pummel IS homesteadmg tafter movrng from planet to planetl on the most progressrve planet of the universe Pluto Boyd Elnspahr IS now head of the Ernspahr Drugs and Dopes Coopera tion His vnfe the former Mary Munn IS usually found at their residence taking care of the family I R F1tspatr1ck IS now found 1n the Worlds Fair dr1v1ng a h1gh speed rocket car Margaret Grtm and Bxllte Brewer are now working in the No Grav1ty Hospital as graduate nurses float1ng in space between the moon and the earth Eldon Gr1mes ls now the Business Manager of Standwell Products Cor porat1on wtth Margaret Andrews Elizabethe Leach LaDonna Eagan Shlrley Skewes and Anna Belle Kelloqq as h1s efficient secretaries 1 15 Pat Casebeer is now a beautiful Airline Stewardess on the plane from e ' ' ' ' . . A . A , .