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

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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 ' .

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Sen zor Class Will We the SENIOR CLASS of 50, being of sound body and of as sound mind as we ever will be, do hereby declare and publish th1s, our last will and testament To all those who beneflt by thls, we g1ve our best regards and klndest sympathles and hope that hey may f1nd the articles or abilltles useful And so with much regret, we do hereby w1ll the f0llOW1Dg To our dearly beloved teachers our br1ght looks, our dumb answers, our sincerest sympathles, and dearest wlsh that from now on they may have peace To the JUHIOFS and future Sen1ors our carefree l1fe without studylng, our SUPGPIOP pos1t1on on the west s1de of the assembly, all the talents we may possess that nyour talented classu does not already have the Sophomores all our winning ways w1th the faculty land believe us you w1ll need theml, and also our bright ldeas, but be careful not to use them untll you are able to thlnk up excuses To the Freshmen all our excess Engllsh ability, as they seem to need it more than anyone else We hope also that you will someday become the honored Sen1ors Mary Ann Cook W1l1S her fascinating way w1th boys to Arlene Stahnke Jack Flesner wills his ability to keep a stralght face to Punk Hoyt Wesley Garrison wills his loud bolsterous manner to Doyt Hamilton Wanda Ham wills her dimples and domestic abilities to Barbara Moser Dale Holst wills his captivating smile to Lllburn Hagny Betty Ann Nensen wills her abllity to get lost to Jerilyn Hill Ellen McCrory W11lS her 1ed ha1r and Ir1Sh temperament to Helen Godtel Betty Jane Richert w1lls her straight A's and ability to get along with the opposite sex to Gladys Pomeroy Pauline Rudiger wills her way with Duane Vicary to Leola Gavin Wesley Schllep wills h1s way with patrolmen to Bill Lovercheck Duane Vicary wills his ability to keep his temper to Arthur Fate Junior Yunko wills his typing ab111ty to anyone who wants it 13 Y ' I To --- ' Rodney Bergman---wills his perfect attendance to Junior Alberding,