Fairmont Public School - Tiger Yearbook (Fairmont, NE)

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During our Junior year, no one cropped or moved away, but, in the first semester, Lorena Fishcl erne from Omaha, and in the last semester, Leona Ryba moved from Columbus. Don French had the pleasure of being cur class President, end Jack Stephenson was Vice-Pres- ident, with 3onita Delaney serving as Secretary and r ■-urer Hiss Stowe had the pleasure of being the .1 .ss sponsor. This year v.c had three boys who were on the first string in football. They all made a good showing. They were Don French who played quarter back, Dcrald Ely who played half-back, and Homy Meu1 who rotated be- tween half-b cl: and end. Vo had the most successful season since »33 by winning 2 out of 5 gomes. In basketball, v:c h .d three out of our class who were among the first 10 men. Deraid Ely was on the first five, with Don French and Romy iloul as good re- serves who did a lot of playing .hen the going was tough. This year the team won 17 out of 10 games and the Count,; and District Tournaments. '.Then vc were Juniors, wc wore just full of big ideas: one of these ideas was the g-die Hawkins day Party that vc sponsored on November 7th. It was a great affair with the girls c telling the bog's and Jink- ing them to t.ic party that was hold that night. On March 17, 134., the Juniors presented The Ghost of Roaring Pines,” a Mystery-Comedy in throe acts. ;.Iis3 Stowe, our sponsor, directed the plug with Romy Iloul, Joyce Palmer, Ralph Proman, Marilyn Barrett, Deraid Ely, Eette Johnson, Don French, Bonita Delaney, Jack Stephenson, Beverly Perkins, and Lorena Fishel in the cast. The Junior-Senior Banquet sponsored by tile Juniors of '44 was held at the Methodist Church on Hay 5, 1344. The Juniors surprised the Seniors with an extraordin- ary theme entitled Hawaii, with Mrs. Edw-rd McCabe out guest speaker, who talked to us about the six months she spent in Hawaii. The class had their annual picnic at York on the last day of school. The dag was spent in the York Park. ;.ft r lunch, several went wading in the creek, some vent shop ing, and others looked over the town. Due to a bad c-so of the mumps, Romy Moul was confined to his home, so during the day the class sent flowers bg bus. Continued on page 5.

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As customary, the Juniors v cro present at Bnc- calaureatto services. T'.. Junior ■ iris also ushered at Commeneement exorcises. The Junior Class of '44 entered their glorious final year at good old F. H. S. with a total enrollment cf fifteen. Svwlyn V alker entered the class from Lake- ville, ye , Arkansas. Donald Foul decided not to finish school. Homy Moul, Beverly Perkins, and Deraid ly stemped into the lime-light to take over the various duties of being cl-ss officers, continuing v ith the old circs tradition of alv ays having a boy for president. i;iss Stowe, for the second year, was our class sponsor. The three Senior boys, D-rald Ely, Ro.aiy I’oul, and Don French represented the backfield of tnc six-man football tetri which came through with a record season of 4 wins and 2 losses. De.r..ld ly was the big noise in the scoring business with over 70 points to his credit. Moul, El,, , and French were again the only boys from the class to participate in basketball. The sea- son was non , too successful vitn only 3 ..ins out of 13 games. Derr.Id Fly vs the high scorer for the season. Leona Ryta entered the frce-t.irow contest t tnc County Tournament at Shicklcy. On October 13, the flashy Seniors entert .ined tho school at a party in honor of th. then green freshmen. At a meeting, the Class of «45 elected Marilyn Barrett as Editor and Bev.rly Perkins as Assistant ditor of our schoool nnp .r. c chose as the name SA-HA-TA , which means, SEES ALLJ KNOWS ALL, AMD TELLS LL.” During the Second sc. icst..r this paper gave all the news, views, and interviews of the pupils of F. H. S. Hill-billy Courtship a farce in thr.n. acts, was presented to the public t; the Seniors on November 23- 24, 1045. Miss Stov e again directed t.ic play. The proceeds from the play ’..ere used to purchase the vdio- ohonograph which is nov. being used for school dances. The Seniors of «45 had t..e privilege of initiating tho first school dances at F. H. S. for many many years. Early in «45 (January 3 to jeurncycd to Hastings to have smiles reproduced on paper to Continued on pago 6. be e-.net) the Seniors their l.ullion-dollar leave hanging on tho