Fairmont Public School - Tiger Yearbook (Fairmont, NE)

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- 16 - AT 1:30 v e all net at the cars, piled in, and drove to The House of Yesterday. V.e found tnis a most interesting 5pot. After having spent two or more hours tuere, v.e decided to go to the show, A Guy, A Gal, A Gob. AT the show Mrs. Watkins had a very hard time keeping Ida Mae Huelle from following every gob who came into the theatre. Hiss Hurst got a big enjoyment out of the nice, soft seats. Jim Dawson's feet hurt him, so he took off his shoes. In the end, we almost got kicked out on our (collective) ear. AFTER this fun-filled day, we were all glad to come back to restful Fairmont, most of us attend- ing the mid-night shov;. CH, I almost forgot 2 The occupants of the Jacobsen car, having arrived in Hastings before the rest, decided to drive around. Jack was driving down main street when he suddenly came up behind a line of cars. Jack used his horn, but to no avail. It seems he wasn't used to driving m a city where they have stop lights J

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15 - off to :iasti::gs i THE Seniors were up bright and early the day of October 31, 1945, This was the day we ratner dreaded, and yet looked forward to: We were going to Hastings to have our pictures taken I •7L all met at the school house at 0:30 a.m. Our sponsors were Hiss Hurst in Jack Jacobsen's car, with Jack driving, Mrs. Watkins in Tous' car, with Jim Dawson driving, and Mr. hatkins, driving his own car. We divided up evenly and started off! Ill the half hour before our pictures were taken, everyone (even the boys)‘pri.ped and patted and primped some more, '.'.hen TLL TIME came, we were each given a number. When this number wrs called, we were shot. Bill Homans, a former classmate, was shot along with us. AFTER this ordeal, we decided we were hungry, so off we went to a coffee shop. Mrs. Watkins' meat was slightly tough, so when she speared a piece of it with her fork, her fork just gave up the ghost and broke into two pieces. She was given another fork and made this one work—so we finished eating in peace. »e then parted to do some shopping after first promising to meet at the cars at 1:30 p.m. GEORGE Thompson and Mr. Watkins came back to F. H. S. for football practice early in the afternoon. LOLA M e Boyes, Mary Frances Tous, Ida Mae Iluelle, Mary Lou Huelle, and Jim Dawson climbed into the Tous vehicle and took Mary Lou to the Robert Ro- mans' residence where she visited Rosemarie xiomans. The other four visited the Parkview Cemetery, and drove past the Hastings' College, the Monastery, t ie park, and the housin project. They also drove around the north-east part of town admiring the beautiful old homes there. (continued on next page)

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17 TRIP TO LINCOLN ON Wednesday, November 14, 1945, the Senior members of the Shorthand classes and Hiss Stowe climbed into the Hose and Tons cars at a few minutes before eight and started on the v .-.y to Lincoln. Lveryone was slightly excited--so, of course, most of us forgot to eat any breakfast, especially Leone Raker. ’YE v;ent to Mr. Rice's office in the Lincoln School of Commerce. I.Ir. Rice introduced us to the of- fice girls and to the president, Mr. Robbins, who wrote our names in beautiful Land-wr.ting on small cards. From the office we looked in on a Rapid dictation class and a study hall. Then Hr Rice showed us a business machine class in session. In this room we s.-.v. a Comp- tometer, a Burroughs Adding Much re, nd a Monroe Cal- culator. They are all machines used bookkeeping de- partments. Y.'e were tncn shewn to a small room where v e saw a Dictaphone. Y.e also listened to a record on the Dictaphone. MR. Rice then took us to the Nebraska Farmer printing Room and we saw an aidress machine, a stitch- er, a folder, and several large presses. MR. Rice te.en took us to Miller and Paine's. We were shown a Remington posting machine used for bookkeeping, a Reccrdak which takes pictures of the sales slips and the statements on film just like V-mail film, and the change cups 'iere the S 1 •Is make change in 6 seconds flat. '..e also talked to a woman there who told us how they divide the charge and cash slips by departments and then by individuals. You see, each clerk gets a quota. 'Ye also saw a T a lauta, raph which is a machine that transfers your hand-written messages from one building to another by direct telephone wire. Y.'E then w ent to the world Her .Id Branch Building and saw a Teletype machine sending. Mr. Rice then took us to KFOR to set the Teletype machine re- ceiving. This was very interesting- to watch. (Continue 1 on next page)