Fairmont Public School - Tiger Yearbook (Fairmont, NE)

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- 18 - THEN, having thanked Mr. Rice for conducting us through these various places of business, we took leave of him and went to the Student Union Building on the Campus to eat our lunch. After a very good Innch Miss Stowe took us to the Extension Building where Mary Lou Huelle and Lola Mae E oyes met Miss Gibson who has charge of English by Extension, which the girls were taking. ».E then made our way to the Ediphone Company Building where a man demonstrated the shaving of rec- ords used in a Dictaphone. These records may be used more than 100 times. V«E all met in the lobby of the Lincoln Hotel at 5:45 p.m. where Homy Moul, Leona Ryba, and Lorena Fishel Joined us for dinner in the Java Room. We all had excellent dinners. 5 SO----after a very bus day we all were happy 50 to start home, Romy accompanying us all the way holding Ida Mae Huelle on his lap. M

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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)

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19 » SENIOR DAY THIS was the day we Lao waited for! Many of us got up early for the firs cLae. On:’ oar went through York and Scwird. This was farther, but we all enjoyed It. In our1 car were «lame.’t Lawson, driving, Mary Prances Tous, Lola Mae 3oyes, Mary Lou Kuelle, Ida Mae Huelle, and Pos3 Grone. UPON arriving in Lincoln about 8:30 on Friday morning, March 22, 1946, James tried to use a parking meter; but he decided that pennies wouldn't work (in that one). WE had heard that Sheridan Boulevard was pretty so we decided to see for ourselves. We found it and it is pretty. James called Mrs. Watkins to find out aTJoulT our University appointment. We ate dinner in Brick's Cafe--OH!l those malts I'. II AFTER dinner we visited the Wyuka Cemetery, east on 0 Street. Then we drove through the 'Wesleyan Grounds. We drove p st Miss Kosford's home in Univer- sity Place, as we were driving slowly through a school zone, one little girl took a sudden liking to handsome Romeo James and said in a high, squeaky voice, I played marbles ana won one! And swoon-goon James an- swered in his most dignified way, Well, good for youl AS Ross wanted to see his sister, we drove to Bryan Memorial Hospital. Ruth showed us girls through the house where she lives. It was very interesting to see the girls' rooms. DRIVING back to town again we kept well to the outskirts, and soon we were on Sheridan Boulevard. We drove by Antelope Park and up and down Sheridan some more. We also drove down many streets on which were some very beautiful homes. James drove down the wrong side of a boulevard. More funi!!! (continued on next page)