Fairmont Public School - Tiger Yearbook (Fairmont, NE)

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(Halloween Ball Continued) The winning costumes were those of a southern lady (Donna Shelley), a southern gentleman (Neil Preifert), a gypsy (Dorothy Jensen), and a clown (Don Langdon). The refreshments consisted of Witchesbrew and ffliostlets We again entered the ballroom and danced until dawn (?) and then went home?????? CHRISTMAS DANCE The students of Fairmont High School were highly honored on the night of December 13, 1946, by the invitation to a dance at the North Pole 6lven by Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus. The students arrived in reindeer-drawn sleighs. Immediately they were ushered to the Claus's ballroom which had been decorated by the brownies the nijit before. It was auorned with cedarbou0hs, red bells, mistletoe, and red and green streamers. Santa welcomed the quests and then they danced to the mellow music of the best orchestras at the North Pole. Durint the dancin you could hear screams, but we found out later that it was only the wolves of Fairmont making the rounds under the mistletoe. Dale Hall found out that Muriel Softley had lung power when he ot her cornered under the mistletoe. Miss Stowe dedicated two son6s: Blue Skies to John Fishel who had been out of school because of a long illness, and another to the only grade teacher brave enough to wear mistletoe in her halr--Mlss Bussell. (We're ohly spoofin'). Mrs. Claus asked the students to her kitchen, where they were treated to hot dogs, cokes, candy, and popcorn. We returned to the ballroom and danced until we heard Santa ring his bell, then the tifts were distributed. A good time was en jo red by all and we will never forget the beau- tiful decorations which were in everyone's opinion the nicest that

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FRESHMEN INITIATION On Friday, September the 13th, 1946, the Green Freshmen were tor- tured by the Mighty Seniors of 1947. At noon of that day the Greenies came dressed as Sad Sack and Gravel Gerty. The boys, as Sad Sack, wore baggy overalls and carried brooms,‘and the girls, as Gravel Gerty, wore long dresses and long, stringy hair. They were taken downtown on a platform wagon, paraded through main street, and then were left to walk back to school all by their lonesomes in the rain. At the doors of Fairmont High School the class of 1947 waited fop the Greenies to come back to more bad luck. They had to bow to every senior and say, nI'm a low-down green freshman.” After school the Freshmen went.home to await the dreadful evening that was to come. It seems that the Greenies and one sophomore didn't like Ina Belle Gillan for taking all their combs away. We had a very fine crowd at the evening party. The little Greenies were shocked. (After riding the horse, that is.) We then played Plnchy Winchy. I guess little Francis Jacobsen really enjoyed it. John Flshel tried to teach the Freshmen how to pin water on the wall, but each time he tried it he spilled some water down a Greenie's neck. We don't know whether Mr. Herrick was all wet when he came to the party, but when he went home he was. The Freshmen girls kneeled before the queen who turned out to be Robert Quick, to the surprise of the girls. We then auctioned the Freshles off for what they were worth: a broken shoestring, a pin, as eraser and other items of no special value. Margareut Ackerman bought Mr. Herrick for the small sum of a screw. For refreshments we had a sack lunch--a hamburger, cookies, and cokes. After the lunch we danced three dances. The people who bought the freshmen had to dance with them the first dance. Everyone danced the last two dances. The Freshmen went home with a lowly appreciation of the superior- ity of the Seniors. (The seniors hope so, anyway.) Our first school dance was a Halloween Masquerade Ball held on October 19, 1946. It was held in the ballroom of dear old F.H.S. The ballroom was decorated with a variety of colored streamers. The lights were ornamented with crepe paper and hung with streamers and toy lanterns. The first orchestration of the evening was the rhyth- mic number Chlu-Chlu. During intermission we unmasked and were surprised to find out who some of the ghosts and goblins were. There was a mixture of witches, southern ladies, Boris Karloff, and Lena the Hyena.

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FOOTBALL BANQUET The Pep Club honored the football bo s and guests at the annual Football Banquet In the Methodist Church dining room on the evening of December 6, 1946. The theme Grandma” was used In the decorations and program. The room was decoiated with our school colors, orange and black, and with our emblem, Tigers. The Pep Club girls, chose Grandma as the theme because of Mr. Watkins' legendary Grandma who could (he said) play better football than the boys. The menu consisted of: Drop Kick Salad, Tiger Loaf, Triple Threat Potatoes, Punt Formation Rolls, Grandma's Jam and Pickles, Pigskin Peas, Touchdown Pudding, and Dissolved Mud Balls. Chevrons and letters were given for each year the player lettered in football. PROGRAM G-et Going- - - - R-arin' to go - - A-thletics- - - - N-ifty Notes- - - D-eterminatlon- - M-agiclan - - - - A-wards - - - - - - - Mrs. Watkins -------Bill Ely -Reverend Fishel -Girls' Sextette - -Jerold Fishel - - -Mr. Curtiss - - -Mr. Watkins HUMBLE NOTE to the WRITERS of the ANNUAL We are very sorry that we were unable to include in this book the complete feature write-ups that were assigned to you. You will find them in the SENIOR MAGAZINE which is a supplement to the ANNUAL. Please, do forgive us'. THE l TIGER STAFF —18—