Exeter High School - Eagle Yearbook (Exeter, NE)

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CLAoS HISTORY On August 31, 1943, promptly at 9s00 o clock, twenty prospective carnival hands entered the halls of Exeter High for their four-year contract• Mrs. Bitter as ringmaster; Virgil Condon, trainer; Tom Manning, assistant trainer; and Eyvonne Plettner, ticket-taker started us out on our Journey to success. We were duly initiated into the business by the Sophomores in early October. That fall our cast was weakened by the loss of Ramona Chapman. Advancing steadily in our careers the second semester was marked by no other change than that of the posi- tion of ticket-taker which was given to Shirley Johnson. The season ended well and we all left on three-month vacations. In September of 1944, nineteen hands registered for the coming season. Miss Pickett was ringmaster, Donna McCormick assumed the position of trainer while Charleen Clover became assistant trainer and Tom Manning took tickets The semester was extremely uneventful with the exception of the Freshmen initiation. When we assumed per- formance for the second half of the season Eyvonne plettner guided us as trainer and Wendell Couch accepted the duties of assistant trainer. Don Clarke was ticket-taker. We proceeded happily on and looked forward to our next two years as upper classmen. However, a few days before parting for our summer activities we enjoyed a pic- nic at the Blue River, followed by a skating party at Waco, ended our seasons duties. In September of 1945, all the members of the carnival company reappeared with the exception of Bob Cochrane and Donna McCormick who left to render their services to other concerns. Miss Lambrecht took over the position of ringmaster, Carol Kennedy became the trainer Tom Manning was chosen for the position of assistant trainer and Bob Leibee was elected ticket-taker. Also in this season we were given our first chance to display our dramatic ability. We successfully