Clay Center High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Clay Center, NE)

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Senior Class H :story September 2 1946, was a memorable day for our class We entered CCHS as NFresh1es' We must confess we were green we entered the assembly very timidly and cautiously seated ourselves on the east side of the room Our class officers for the year were Junior Yunko, President, Dale Holst, Vice President, and Mary Ann Cook, Secretary Treasurer We chose Mr Allen for our class sponsor Our Freshman year was spent in much studying and few activities We had a class picnic at Heartwell Park in Hastings Afterward we went skating at Sl1m's rink We wound up the evening looking for one of our Freshies who had lost herself We entered our Sophomore year in 1947 with more experience and deter mination Our class officers for the year were Dale Holst, President, Jack Flesner, Vice President, and Betty Jane Richert, Secretary Treasurer Coach Smith was chosen for our class sponsor Our class picnic was held at Heartwell Park 1n Hastings with Mr Allen acting as our sponsor in the absence of Coach Smith In 1948 we became proud Juniors Th1s year was simply bursting with act1v1ties To start off the year, we elected our class officers, who were Jack Flesner, President, Junior Yunko, Vice President, and Dale Holst Secretary Treasurer Mr Allen was again elected as our class sponsor We November Everyone flocked around to see them, and they all admitted they were indeed a masterpiece of ar and the most beautiful class rings in the h1St0ry of Clay Center High School We presented our Junior Class Play 'Wildcat Willie in the Doghouse The cast included all the members of th class People are still talking about the magnificent banquet that was glven for the Seniors of 1949 The theme was, HA NIGHT IN HAWAII,N and was carried out with palm trees, hula girls, romantic music, and a native HaWa11aD as guest speaker We decorated the auditorium for Baccalaureate and Commencement Our class picnic was again held at Heartwell Park in Hastings Finally, we got to the top We confldently entered the assembly in September 1949 We were at last the noble Seniors Some of our proJects for this year are the school newspaper, 'The Wildcat U and the 1930 Annual Our officers for this year are Duane Vicary, President, Wanda Ham, Vice President, and Betty Jane R1chert, Secretary Treasurer We presented our Sen1or Class Play, HDead of the Night ' to a record audience The Seniors spent a very enjoyable sneak day at Nebraska's metropolls There are thirteen SeD1OrS graduating this year We will step out into the world w1th fond memories of good old CCHS the friends we made, the good times we have had, and the four prec1ous years spent in the quest of knowledge 11 , . selected our class rings early and received them about the first of 0 . ' . ' , , . . . .H . e . , , - I w ' . , .

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Let's take a peek the Class of 1950 1S reallzed it had been old classmates, so I them 5-euro: C Ia.s.s Propnecw into the future Just for curlos1ty s sake, and see what do1ng The tlme is shall we say, ten years later qulte a number of years since I had last seen any of my declded to take a cross country tr1p to try to locate Whlle readlng the sports page, th1s headline caught my eye JACK FLESNER PITCHES SPECTACULAR GAME FOR BROOKLYN DODGERS I xmmediately dec1ded to Journey to Brooklyn to catch the local boy ID actlon In the CHSUIDQ conver sation 1n the dugout, Jack lnformed me that Paullne Rudlger was making her debut at the Metropol1tan Opera House 1n New York C1ty later 1n the even1ng As I walked into the House who should usher me to my seat, but the former Jockey, JUH1OP Yunko, who had secured an ushering p0S1t1OD after being barled from the Horseraclng Assoclatlon We made an appolntment to go nlght lublng together We chanced to go 1nto the El Morrocco where we caught the floor show Imag1ne our surprise when the star of the show turned out to be a former Clay Center beauty, Wanda Ham She was appearlng w1th Wesley Schl1ep's orchestra My next stop was Ch1cago I went into one of the leadlng department stores to the Lost and Found Department, much to my surprlse, I found that Betty Ann Jensen was ln charge From here I went south to Cl1nt, Texas I visited the radlo station and heard a fam1l1ar vo1ce advertislng guaranteed portable radios at S3 98 each Upon 1nqu1ring I found it to be Rodney Bergman Rod was very pleased to play my favorite song, HToot Toot Toots1e Goodby'n I next Journeyed to Mankato, Kansas Taking in the sights of the town, I happened to glance at a used car lot Slgn, Merrill's Money Saving Car Market The former Betty Jane Richert conv1nced me of the practicab1l1ty of renting a car to contlnue the rest of my tr1p I was caught speeding lnto Denver, and given a ticket to appear before the c1ty maglstrate I was very relleved to Ilnd my former classmate, Dale Holst, behind the bench Dale let me off Wlth a brief lecture on careless driv1ng I contlnued my tr1p by tra1n As I looked out the train wlndow, I saw a slgn 'Cactus for Sale H A fellow passenger told me we were passlng the famous cactus ranch owned by Mr and Mrs Dale McClanahan She was formerly Mary Ann Cook Arriving at Las Vegas, Nevada, I was met at the statlon by congresswoman Ellen McCrory, who was campalgnlng for re election Ellen 1nv1ted me to Jo1n her in calllng on Wesley Garrison the proprietor of Nevada's largest gambling casino As we were dr1v1ng through town, I saw Duane Vicary sweeplng out a creamery stopped to talk, and he told us he was also tap dancing three nlghts a week make ends meet Well, I had seen all my old pals, so I boarded the plane for home 12 w . A Q H 1 - . . ' . , . I ' ' Q . . and purchased a few items. During the rush, I mislaid my package, and on going : H I , . , , . . ' 9 We . ' to ' .