Culbertson High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Culbertson, NE)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the Senror Class of 1956 of the crty of Culbertson County of Hrtchcock State of Nebraska berng of sound and drsposrng mrnd and memory do hereby make publrsh and declare thrs to be our Last Wrll and Testament hereby revokrrg any and all wrlls heretofore made by us BEVERLY ALBERTS wrlls her frgure to June Dernes DELORES BELL wrlls a dramond as pretty as hers to Wanda Plymell CARL SONCKSEN wrlls hrs abrlrty to play football to Gordon Moore RICHARD MYERS wrlls hrs abrlrty to get mto trouble to Drck Lehman KAREN RIPPEN wrlls her short harr to Sharon Dernes ROGER MOORE wrlls hrs football playrng abrllty to Butch Alberts LOANN BOWEN wrlls her musrcal abrlrty to Tom McBee FRITZ BAUER wrlls hrs car to Lynn Srtzman LOIS MILLER wrlls her trumpet to Dran Wagner JACK PROPP wrlls hrs butch harr cut to Charles Blume KATHY SITZMAN wrlls her crazy mrxed up mmd to anyone that wants rt DIXIE BILSING wrlls her drrvrng abrlrty to Earl Buzzell JOLENE SINNER wrlls her abrlrty as head mayorette to Donna McKernam WARD MCBEE wrlls hrs Chevy to anyone that can afford to buy gas for rt GLORIA HARDWICK wrlls her dark harr to Leota Wrlkrson JANICE SCHLUETER wrlls her Studebaker to Calvrn Brown DEANIE HILL wrlls her low grades rn Amerrcan Problems to Bruce Frrck MERLIN BROWN wrlls hrs Englrsh abrlrty to Steve Frres CONNIE STRAYER wrlls hrs herght to Chuck Hrll GEORGE EISENHART wrlls hrs hrgh grades to Murray Rehn DENNIS ELLIOTT wrlls hrs allergy of grrls to Walter Felt RONALD MCKNIGHT wrlls the harr on hrs chest to the Home Ec Department to stuff therr prllows SHIRLEY JOHNSON wrlls her abrlrty to get along wrth teachers to anyone who wrll try harder than she drd To Mr Newton we wrll the key To Mr Rhoades we wrll a copy of the Good Democrats Creed To Mr Peterson we will Marrlyn Monroe To Mr Langrn we wrll all the clods on the football freld To Mr Dodson we wrll a good car to take the place of hrs old beat up Oldsmobrle To Mr Brrtton we wrll a dramond rrng so he can get marrred To Miss Thomas we wrll a dark and handsome stranger To the Commercral teachers we wrll better materral to work wrth To the cooks we wrll more ard from the Government To the Janrtor we wrll an orl furnace to keep the school house warm In wrtness thereof we the Senror Class have set our hand seal hereto thrs year of our Lord one thousand nrne hundred and frfty srx 09561 Srgned v 1 I 1 1 0 0 1 , , Q n 1 o Q Q u a 1 Q o Q o 0 Q Q Q 1 a o n Q o n Q . . ,, Q Q Q ,, . . . n Q Q Q Q Q n Q Q Q Q Q Q 1 1 0 - - ' ' Q -

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CLASS HISTORY Four years ago twenty-eight frightened freshmen walked into the Culbertson High Assembly. Our sponsor was Mr, l-lanneman, As usual we freshmen were initiated by the seniors and then given a party We really did enjoy high school being able to take part in vanous activities and take only four subjects In our sophomore year Mr Rhoades was our sponsor We gained Mae Ostendorf and Jack Fulghum and lost Ronald Tucker Vivian Groothuis Rex Tillman and Edith Nickles This year ten were chosen by the Junior Class to serve at the banquet They were Merlin Brown Dennis Elliott Walter Bauer Richard Myers Carl Soncksen Kathie Srtzman Jolene Sinner Joyce Desen Karen Rippen and Betty Lankford Passing on into the Junior year with Mr Reese as our sponsor we kept busy getting ready for the Junior Senior banquet with Fiesta as our theme and presenting our play The Skelton Walks We also received our class rings this year We gained Alan Schmitt and Earl Toms and lost Mae Ostendorf Jack Fulghum and Betty Lankford In our senior year Mr Rhoades was our sponsor We lost Earl Toms Alan Schmitt Joyce Desen Joyce Shaffert and Deanie Hill Taking senior pictures making the annual planning sneak day and presenting our play Shy Guy were some of the activ ities exclusive to our group as a Senior Class We ended the school year with the Bac calaureate and Commencement Exercises SENIOR CLASS PLAY The seniors under the direction of Mr Arthur Peterson presented their class play March 20 1956 The play Shy Guy was a three act comedy Shy Guy Fred Hastings High school senior Richard Myers Cora Hastings Fred s mother -Karen Rrppen Gilbert Hastings Fred s father Ronald McKnight Larry Madison Fred s pal Jack Propp Julie Tucker A talkative girl fond of Larry Jolene Sinner Gloria Patterson A model LoAnn Bowen Melinda Whipple A little old lady of eighty Kathleen Sitzman Lois Corwin A young business woman -Lois Miller Mr Danbury An aggressive man of forty five Merlin Brown Bill Sterling, A pleasant determined young man Connie Strayer ' . . ' . . . D . I I I l . - ' - -Q--1-Q ............... 1 ........... 1 - Nancy Graham, Fred's girl friend- -------------------------------- -Janice Schlueter

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CLASS PROPHEC Y Let us take a look rnto the pnvate drary of General Shrrley Johnson of the Woman s Arr Corps She rs on her vacatron rn the year of 1966 As a vacatron she chose to tour the country rn her own prrvate plane A pnl 3 1966 Prttsburgh Pennsylvanra Dear Diary I left New York today on my vacatron At about 5 o clock I landed and went shopprng rn Prttsburgh To my great surprrse I found a wrg shop that was owned and operated by my old classmate Lots Mrller Aprrl 4 1966 Indranapolrs Indrana Dear Drary Attended the auto races rn Indranapolrs today As the cars came out on the track I notrced one of them had a woman drrver I drscovered her to be Drxre Brlsrng and I made arrangements to talk to her after the race To my surprrse I found Ward McBee accompamed her He had been employed by Drxre to take care of her trophres Aprrl 6 1966 Chrcago Illrnors Dear Drary Whrle here rn Chrcago today I happened to look at Male magazrne Whrle glancrng through the rndex I notrced that one of the storres was wrrtten by Karen Rrppen The name of her story was How to Get Rrd of a Tobacco Chewrng Husband I found her address to be rn Chrcago and looked her up She was busy wrrtrng another story for Male magazrne The name of this one was How to Catch Your Frfth Hubby May 1 1966 Omaha Nebraska Dear Diary Arrrved rn Omaha today and whrle watchrng TV I heard a campargn speech by Nebraska Senator Rrchard Myers I looked htm up and found that hrs Demo cratrc Party was dorng very well rn Nebraska now He told me hrs wrfe the former Jolene Srnner and he were lrvrng rn a ranch style home rn Omaha wrth therr ten lrttle Democrats He sard that Jolene was lookrng forward to berng the first lady of the na tron He also told me that former classmate George Ersenhart was presrdent of the Omaha Frrst National Bank and that Connre Strayer was lrvrng rn Omaha also It seems that Conme was presrdent of a constructron company and planned to do the caprtal over rf Rrchard ever got rn May 3 1966 Culbertson Nebraska Dear Drary Arrrved back rn my home town today I went up to vrsrt school and found the coach of C H S was none other than Fritz Bauer He sard that he had had a successful basketball and track season but he was lookrng forward to hrs summer va catron He told me hrs wrfe the former Joyce Kautz and hrmself had a full trme summer Job coachrng therr frve daughters Frrtz thrnks he ll have an all star women s basketball team some day In the Englrsh department of the school I found LoAnn Bowen Campbell I talked to her and she told me her students were too much lrke our semor class had been unwillrng to learn May 7 1966 Culbertson Nebraska Dear Drary Whrle draggrng Marn Street I saw a srgn Hardwrck Mortrcran Out of currosrty I went and found Glorra running rt I asked how thrngs were wrth her and she sard pretty dead, . . . . , o n Q 9 l v ' ' Q Q I 9 Q 1 1 . . . . . . Q 1 . . Q 9 1 . ' . . . . 1 a - -1 ' - u a n 9 1 ' n ' n a u s 9 . . . . . - . . - 0 1 4 , . - . n 1 s 9 . . . . . . - a . Q . a 0 I . . . . . . . - , . o 9 Q 0 n 1 I . . . . . . ,, . . . ,, Q , . 9 - u u