Falls City High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Falls City, NE)

Text from Pages 1 - 74 of the 1944 volume:

Where did you get them, boys? Nerts to you, too. This way . . . Please! Quote, Hi,” unquote. Get together. What’s cookin’? What, Working? Oh, the Phys. Ed. girls aren’t on the football held. 76e 'pacuity LORETTA SHEEHAN. A.B. Commercial, English Peru State College MILDRED BREHM Specialization in Public Music University of Nebraska HARVEY WALL. B.M.S. Instrumental Music Nebraska Wesleyan LEOBA ICKMAN. B.Sc. Home Economics University of Nebraska •U4 O. C. HATCH, B.Sc. Agriculture University of Nebraska JOHN S. BOSWELL, B.Sc. Sciences Peru State College DOROTHY FASE, A.B. Commercial University of Nebraska University of Colorado JANICE BETZ, A.B. History University of Nebraska G. F. CUMMINS. B.Sc. Mathematics, Government Armour Institute FLOY DeWALD Assistant Principal Hamilton College DOLLIE HAHN, B.Sc. Physical Education University of Nebraska KATHRYN SYMPSON,' A.B. Latin, Spanish, Am. History William Jewell MILDRED SHOOK. A B Biology University of Nebraska SELMA WEILAND. B.Sc.. A.M. Mathmetics University of Nebraska RUTH H. KLINE. A.B. English University of Nebraska MRS. WILBERT NEMAN School Nurse Missouri Methodist Hospital ’ MILDRED JORN. A.B. English University of Nebraska 7 Today I come with a tale of woe For the class of “44 must go; Without a tear, but with a sigh, Sometimes we all must say goodbye. Some go far and some stay here. But we won t forget our friends so dear. To some it’s joy, to some it’s sorrow. For who can tell what comes tomorrow. So with this thought we leave you here. And without us start another year. But I cannot tarry to tell you more. For I must say goodbye for “Class 44. HELEN FINNING. Section, C((icete Charlie Jones Margaret Carlyon Jack McKelvey Secretary-Treasurer President Vice President Class Color Gold and Green Class Flower Yellow Rose Class Motto In adulescentia, para provita. In youth, prepare for life. LORRAINE ANKROM CLARENCE ALLEN Commercial, 1, 2; Agriculture, 3, 4; Gym, 2. 3, 4. “Light gains make heavy purses.” NAOMI ATKINS Humboldt, Nebr., 1. 2; Academic; Class Officer, 1; MINK Contest. 1. 2; Chorus, 1; Band. 1, 2, 3, 4; Gym, 1; Band President, 3, 4; Class Play, 4. “She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant to think on.” THELMA RUTH BEUTLER Home Economics, 1. 2; Academic, 3, 4; Chorus, 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 4. “Let’s be friends.” STORLA BOHRER Academic; Band. 1, 2; Football. 4; Basketball, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4. “To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows—and I needn’t. JOLEEN BOWERS Verdon, Nebr., 1, 2; Academic, 1, 2; Commercial, 3, 4; Chorus, 2. 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4. “There’s something about a soldier.” Commercial; O B Staff, 4; State Music Contest, 1, 2, 4; Chorus, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 1, 2; Band, 1, 2, 3, 4; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee and Jr.-Sr. Banquet Toast 3; Class Plays, 3, 4. “Logic to the femininth degree.” BERNICE BACHMAN Rulo, Nebr., 1, 2, 3; Academic; Chorus, 2; Gym, 1; Class Play, 3. “Serene as a Quakers’ meeting.” DARLENE BINDRUM Commercial; G.A.A., 2, 3, 4; Gym. 2. 3, 4. “She’s the out-of-door type.” MARILEEN BOLAY Academic; Chorus, 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Band, 2. 3. 4. “Diligence increases the fruit of toil.” PAULINE BRAUN Home Economics, 1, 2; Academic. 3, 4; Chorus, 1, 2; Glee Club, 1, 2; G.A.A., 1, 2, 3; Gym, 1, 2, 3. “Service is no heritage.” ROSALIE BRECHT Academic; Chorus, 1; Glee Club. 1; G.A.A., 1; Gym, 4; Class Play. 3. “I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.” TOM BURTON Academic; Class Officer, 1; State Music Contest, 1, 2; MINK Contest, 1, 2; Chorus, 1, 2; Glee Club. 1, 2; Orchestra, 2 3; Band, 1, 2, 3, 4; Football, 4; Basketball, 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2. 3, 4; Class Play, 4. ‘‘He’s all sail and no anchor.” BONNIE LEE COON Commercial, 1, 2, 3; Home Economics, 4; G.A.A., Gym, 1, 2. One girl who will never pass the Buck’.” GENE DILLDINE Academic; Class Officer, 3; O B Stafl, 4; State Music Contest. 1, 2; Orchestra, 1, 2, 3; Band, 1. 2, 3; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee. 3; Football. 3, 4; Basketball, 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play. 4. He’s a good egg—fresh! STERLING FALLER Agriculture, 1; Commercial, 2, 3, 4. Difficulties are things that show what men are.” DAVID BUDEIT Academic; Gym, 1, 2, 3. He came in like a lamb and went out like a wolf.” MARGARET CARLYON North High, Omaha, Nebr., 1. 2. 3; F.C., 3, 4; Academic; Class Officer, 4; Chorus, 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 3, 4; Operetta, 2; Jr.-Sr.. Banquet Committee, 3; Gym, 1, 2; Debate Club. 3; Class Play, 4. As versatile as a safety pin.” AUGUST DEUCHLER Academic; Class Officer. 2; Football, 3. 4; Gym, 1. 2. 3, 4; Class Play, 4. Want a ride?” WILLIAM DRANEY Commercial, 1, 2; Trades and Agriculture, 3; Agriculture, 4; Gym. 2, 3, 4. Swims like a fish.” WILLIAM FALLER Commercial, 1, 2, 3; Academic, 4; Gym, 3, 4. His secret—‘Charm Curl’.” MARIAN FALLOON Academic; Band 1, 2. 3; G.A.A., 1. 2. 3, 4; Gym, 1. 2, 3, 4; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; Orchestra. 2, 3; Class Play, 3, 4. “A dormant volcano.” HELEN FINNING Academic, 1; Commercial, 2, 3, 4; Chorus. 1, 4; Glee Club, 1. 4; G.A.A.. 3. 4; Gym, 3, 4. “Her attitude is one of kindly com-radship.” EVELYN GATZ Home Economics, 1, 2; Commercial, 3, 4; Chorus, 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4. “Her eyes punctuate everything she says.” IMOGENE GERWICK Commercial; State Music Contest. 1; Band. 1. “Pensive as a well fed kitten.” I LA MAE GRUSH Academic; Class Officer, 1; Chorus, 1, 2. “And I quote.” BETTY JO FARMER Commercial; G.A.A., 1, 2, 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4. “A. little rocket of laughter.” HELEN RUTH FREHSE Academic, 1; Commercial, 2, 3, 4; Cheer Leader, 3, 4; Band. 1, 2; G.A.A., 1. 2. 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play, 4. “She put her problems aside for a brainy day.” VERNON GATZ Agriculture; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4. “All I ask is to be left alone.” GLENN GODEMANN Commercial; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; Gym, 2, 3. “He lights one question on the stub of the last.” RUTH HARTLEY Windfield H. S., 3; Commercial; G.A.A., 1, 2, 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4. “A Sonja Heine on roller skates.” I RELLA YETIVE HOCKER Commercial; Commercial Contest, 1, State Music Contest, 2; Chorus. 1, 2. 3; Glee Club. 1, 2. 3. “Her modesty is a candle to her merit.” JOHN HUBER Trades, 1; Commercial, 2, 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3 4. “How lucky I am! Whenever I make a mistake people are sure to discover it.” DONNA LEE INKS Commercial; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; Gym, 1. “Her beauty caused a crisis in his vocabulary.” NANCY C. KING Academic; O B Staff, 4; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee. 3; G.A.A.. 1, 2. 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2. 3. 4; Class Play, 4. A rhapsody of words.” THELMA RUTH KOEHLER Home Economics, 1, 2; Academic, 3, 4; Chorus. 1, 2, 4; Glee Club. 2. 4; G.A.A., 3. 4; Gym, 2, 3. “Friendly as a puppy.” MARCELLA HOTTENDORF Home Economics, 1, 2; Commercial, 3, 4; Gym, 3. “Blessed are they who say nothing, for they shall never be quoted.” BETTY HUNLEY Pawnee City, 1; Rulo, 2; Academic; Class Officer, 2; State Music Contest, 1; MINK Contest, 1; Chorus, 1, 2; Glee Club, 1, 3, 4; Orchestra, 1; Band, 1; G.A.A., 1, 2. “Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.” JOHN A. JACQUES Valley Falls H. S., 1; Commercial; State Music Contest, 2; Class Officer, 1; Chorus, 1; Glee Club. 1; Operetta, 1; Band, 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play, 4. “If I could only sleep as good at night as I do in English!” MARTHA E. KIRK Commercial; Chorus, 1; Glee Club, 1; Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4; Band, 1, 2. 3, 4. “Merrily, merrily, shall I live” JUBAL KOENIG Agriculture. 1, 2; Academic, 3, 4; Gym, 2, 3, 4. “He’s a pilgrim on the path of least resistance.” BERNICE KOPF Academic; Chorus 2; Gym, 1, 3; Class Play, 3. “Her head was poised as perfectly as the crest of a wave. CONNIE LARSON Academic; State Music Contest. Chorus, 1, 2. 3; Glee Club, 2, 3; Band, 1; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; G.A.A., 2, 3, 4; Gym. 2. 3, 4; Class Play. 4. “The first thing I notice about a man is whether Bud’s around.” pat McDermott Commercial; Gym, 1. Say it with flowers.” ROY ROBERT MILLER Academic; O B Staff, 4; State Music Contest, 1; Chorus. 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 1; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Toast; Class Play, 3. “I always laugh at teachers jokes no matter what they be, It’s not because they’re funny jokes but because it’s policy.” LOIS NELSON Academic; G.A.A., 2, 3, 4; Gym, 1. 2. 3, 4. “Her smile is as genuine as print.” VIOLET KOTTICH Commercial; Gym, 1, 3, 4. “Her patience will be good for her patients.” MILDRED LITTLE Home Economics, 1, 2; Academic. 3, 4; G.A.A.. 3. 4; Gym, 1. 2. 3. 4. Happy am I from care I’m free— Why aren’t they all contented like f JACK McKELVEY Academic; Class Officer, 4; O B Staff. 4; Football, 3, 4; Gym, 1. 2. 3 4. “Easy does it.” MARY NEITZEL Academic; O B Staff. 3, 4; State Music Contest, 1, 2; Chorus, 3; Glee Club. 3; Band. 1, 2, 3; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; G.A.A.. 1, 2, 3. 4; Class Play, 3; Orchestra, 3. “She lacks not initiative, but fin-ishitive.” DELPHIA NITZSCHE Home Economics; Chorus, 1, 2; G.A.A., 3, 4; Gym. 3, 4; Class Play, 3, 4. “She speaks in a monstrous little voice.” a thumb DONALD NIXON Agriculture. ‘When he and the road turn the same way it’s a coincidence.” DARLINE NORTON Commercial; Chorus, 1; Band, 2; Orchestra. 4. I don’t get around much any more.” HELEN NOYES Commercial, 1, 2; Home Economics, 3, 4; G.A.A.. 1, 2; Gym, 1, 2. “Mild as the gentlest season of the BOB PRATER Academic; Chorus. 1; Gym, 1, 2. 3. 4; Class Play, 3. “Why with thoughts too deep O’er task a mind of mortal frame?” JERRY QUIGLEY Shubert, Nebr., 1, 2; Academic. 1, 2, 4; Commercial, 3; Glee Club. 1, 2; Operetta, 1; Band. 1. 2; Class Play, 4. “I’m studying to be a war strategist —I read ALL the comic books.” KENNETH NIXON Commercial, 1, 2. 3; Agriculture. 4; Football, 3, 4; Gym, 2, 3, 4. ‘He’s the type that crosses blue grass with sword grass so he won’t have to mow the lawn.” ANNA NOYES Commercial, 1, 2; Home Economics, 3, 4; GA.A., 1, 2; Gym, 1, 2. “Mischievous as a kitten.” NONA LEE OBERST Home Economics. 1; Commercial. 2. 3. 4; Chorus, 1, 3; Glee Club, 1. “My greatest ambition is to live the way I do.” WILBUR PREUSSE Academic; Chorus, 1, 2; Glee Club, 2; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play, 4. “The moon effects the tide and the untied.” ROBERT RESCHKE Sacred Heart. 1; Academic; Agriculture, 2, 3, 4. “Lively as a cricket.” DAISY MAE ROGERS Shubert. Nebr., 1; Home Economics; Chorus, 1, 2; Glee Club, 1, 2; Gym, 1. “Blue eyes—like two teaspoons of the Mediterranean. VERA SLAGLE Canton, 111., 3; Academic; Gym, 1. “She favors the ‘Back to the Farm' movement.” ANN STEDNITZ Commercial; Chorus, 1; Glee Club. 1. “As optimistic as a seed catalogue.” GERARD TIMOTHY Agriculture, 1; Commercial, 2. 3. 4; O B Staff, 4; Chorus. 1; Glee Club, 1; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Toast, 3; Class Plays, 3, 4; Class Officer, 3. “As peaceful as two six-shooters.” PATRICIA VON ACHEN Academic, 1; Commercial, 2, 3, 4; State Music Contest, 2; Orchestra. 2. 3; Band. 1, 2, 3. “I’ll not budge an inch.” DONALD SCHEITEL Academic, 1; Commercial, 2; Agriculture, 3, 4; Football. 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3 4. “A man, like a bullet, goes farther-est when he’s smoothest.” MARY JANE SMITH Commercial; G.A.A., 3; Gym, 3. “Her heart is as light As her eyes are bright.” FRED THOMAS Academic; State Music Contest. 1; Band. 1, 2; Gym, 1, 2, 3. “‘Chemist’ — Some people get results, others get consequences.” JAMES TUBACH Agriculture; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; Gym, 2, 3, 4. “Nothing like a good Bull Session.” MARIAN WEBER Academic; Chorus, 1, 2. “Young in years, in judgment old.” HELEN WERNER r i r f r ALMA RUTH WEINERT Commercial; Chorus, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club. 2, 3, 4. “I think, therefore I exist.” LUCILLE WHITESELL Commercial; Class Officer. 3; G.A.A., 2, 3, 4; Gym. 1, 2, 3, 4. “Exceedingly well read.” Commercial; G.A.A., 1, 2, 3; Gym, 1, 2, 3. ‘Be gracious to all men. but choose the best to be your friends.” MARVIN WILSON Academic; Class Officer, 2; State Music Contest, 2; Chorus. 1; Glee Club, 1; Band, 1. 2, 3; Gym, 3, 4; Class Play. 3, 4; State Music Contest, 1, 2; Orchestra, 3. ‘I didn’t say it; I got a kick in the mind and it said itself.” BARBARA WINDLE Academic; O B Staff. 4; Cheer Leader, 3, 4; Chorus, 1, 2; Glee Club. 1; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Committee, 3; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Toast, 3; G.A.A., 1. 2. 3. 4; Gym. 3. 4; Class Plays, 3, 4. ‘From the crown of her head to the sole of her foot, she’s all mirth.” TED WING Academic. 1, 3, 4; Trades, 2; Football, 3. 4; Basketball, 3, 4; Basketball Captain, 4; Gym, 1, 2, 3, 4. “Never run after a street car or a woman, another will be along in a minute.” ScKi Ki Tfot 'Pictured ;4%e; JACK BECKHAM Academic, 1; Commercial, 2, 3, 4; Band, 1, 2, 3 4. “Let the world slide, let the world go, If I can’t pay, then I can owe.” CHARLIE JONES Commercial; Class Officer, 4; Football, 3. “He is not only witty in himself, but causes wit in others.” ROY MITCHELL Academic; Basketball, 4. “The darndest part of doing nothing is that you can’t stop to rest ” PAUL SAILORS Neodesha, Kans., 2; Erie, Pa., 3; Band, 1; Football, 2, 3, 4; Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Gym, 1, 2. 3, 4. “Woman is like your shadow—follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows.” Se tun @ttU4- i¥i4tox6f, In the Fall of 1940, as bewildered Freshmen, we entered the Falls City high school. Guided by our sponsors, Miss Betz and Mr. Sympson, we elected the following class officers: Tom Burton, president; Ilia May Grush, vice president, and Cornell Arendt, secretary-treasurer. We were represented in athletics by the following G.A.A. girls who gained their first local award, a small F.C.: Nancy Phillips, Virginia Speers, Darlene Bindrum, Helen Noyes, Anna Noyes, Twilla Sadler, Marian Falloon, Nancy King, Mary Neitzel, Helen Ruth Frehse, and Lila Stoner. Our sophomore year we elected Marvin Wilson, president; August Deuchler, vice president, and Joanne Banks, secretary-treasurer. Paul Sailors and Ralph Wulf lettered in football. Sophmore G.A.A. girls receiving their first local awards were as follows: Twila Randall, Pauline Braun and Lucille Whitesell. Those receiving their second local award, a large F, were as follows: Marian Falloon, Nancy King, Mary Neitzel, Helen Ruth Frehse and Lila Stoner. Our Junior year Mr. Sympson assumed the position of principal and Mrs. DeWald replaced him as our class sponsor. As Junior officers we elected Gerard Timothy, president; Gene Dilldine, vice president, and Lucille Whitesell, secretary-treasurer. Those lettering in football were Paul Sailors, Ralph Wulf, Gene Dilldine, Charlie Jones, Jack McKelvey, August Deuchler, Don Schietel and Ted Wing. Those lettering in basketball were Gene Dilldine, Ted Wing, Paul Sailors, Ralph Wulf and Tom Burton. Helen Ruth Frehse and Barbara Windle were cheer leaders. A triangle, the G.A.A. first state award, was given to Marian Falloon, Helen Ruth Frehse and Nancy King. In November, under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Kline, we gave a three-act comedy play entitled, “Mr. and Mrs. America.” Those participating were: Kay Duryea, Bernice Kopf, D e 1 p h i a Nitzsche, Rosalie Brecht, Barbara Windle, Gerard Timothy, Bob Miller, Marvin Wilson, Bob Prater, Mary Neitzel, Virginia Speers, Lorraine Ankrom and Marian Falloon. On May 14 we were host to the Seniors at the Junior-Senior Banquet, which was held at the Prichard Memorial auditorium. The Fall of 1943 marked the beginning of the end of our high school career. At this time we elected as our class officers: Margaret Carlyon, president; Jack McKelvey, vice president; and Charlie Jones, secretary-treasurer. Our football iettermen were Bud Bohrer, Tom Burton, August Deuchler, Gene Dilldine, Jack McKelvey, Paul Sailors, Don Schietle, and Ted Wing. Those lettering in basketball were Storla Bohrer, Jack McKelvey, Gene Dill-dine, Tom Burton, Ted Wing (captain), Paul Sailors, Bud Mitchell. Three of our girls received the G.A.A. second state award, the highest award that may be gained by high school girls. These girls were Marian Falloon, Nancy King, and Helen Ruth Frehse. Those receiving their first state award were Darlene Bindrum, Mary Neitzel, Ruth Hartley, Lois Nelson and Lucille Whitesell. Those receiving their second local award were Betty Jo Farmer and Helen Finning. Cheer leaders were Helen Ruth Frehse and Barbara Windle. Members of the Orange and Black were Mary Neitzel, Gerard Timothy, Nancy King, Barbara Windle, Bob Miller, Lorraine Ankrom, Jack McKelvey and Gene Dilldine. The Senior play entitled “Don’t Take My Penny!” was given May 19, at the High School auditorium. The cast included Helen Ruth Frehse, August Deuchler, Nancy King, Wilbur Pruesse, Marvin Wilson, Barbara Windle, Margaret Carlyon, Betty Hunley, Gene Dilldine, Tom Burton, Ila Grush, John Jacques, Naomi Atkins, Lorraine Ankrom, Connie Larson, Jerry Quigley, Gerard Timothy, Marian Falloon and Delphia Nitzsche. We would like to express our appreciation to those teachers who have acted as our sponsors, Miss Betz, Mr. Sympson, and Mrs. DeWald, and to Mrs. Kline who has directed our plays. $6 44 'P'toft ectf Looking out of the window of the TWA Stratoliner, we see the Falls City airport directly beneath us, and as we circle the field, pilot Marvin Wilson, assisted by co-pilot Wilbur Preusse bring the plane in for a beautiful landing. Our hostess, Donna Inks, releases our safety belts and we prepare to leave the plane. Some of the passengers on the plane are Lois Nelson, Vera Slagle, Patricia Von Achen, Helen Finning, Marcella Hottendorf, Ruth Hartley, Kenny Nixon. Don Scheitel, and William and Sterling Faller. Don Scheitel and Kenny Nixon who are now professional football players on the same team. Lois Nelson, Vera Slagle, and Delphia Nitzsche are government stenographers in Washington. Ruth Hartley is a roller-skating instructor. Pat Von Achen and Helen Finning have been touring Europe. The Faller brothers are manufacturers of Fallers’ Hair Oil and Shampoo, guaranteed to curl hair. Head mechanic Ted Wing, and Assistant William Draney check the plane to prepare for another flight. Glenn Godemann, head of the Falls City Cab Service, personally drives us to the newly built Hotel Stanton, which was recently constructed by Storla Bohrer. Robert Reschke is one of the other taxi drivers. Manager Bob Prater and our hostesses, Miss Betz and Mrs. Dewald, who both reside in Falls City, greet us at the door of the hotel. We check our wraps with Rosalie Brecht, the hat check girl. The bouncers at this respectable establishment are Jerry Quigley, assisted by Paul Sailors. Many prominent personalities in the field of entertainment are present at this gathering. On the bandstand is T-Bone (Tom Burton), and his Nine Little Short-Cuts. Featured at the piano is Betty Hun-ley, famous pianist. Other entertainment is provided by Helen Ruth Frehse and Gene Dilldine, well-known ballroom dancers. Mistress of Ceremonies is Margaret Carlyon. The welcome toast of the evening is proposed by Gerard Timothy, one of the prominent lawyers of the city. As we glance around the room, many familiar faces greet our view. At one table, deep in conversation, is a group of men, which, as we later learn, is the Farmers’ Cooperative Association, headed by James Tubach. Others in the group are Vernon Gatz, and Jubal Koenig. Just at this moment two serious-looking men enter the room, and at a closer glance we find they are David Budeit and Fred Thomas. They are both well-known in the field of Chemistry. Fred is still working on his new formula for rubber (and we have hopes that some day he will perfect it). David has returned to Falls City to build another labratory, having recently had an explosion in his last workshop, the cause of which he has not yet discovered. When the banquet is well under way, who should come sauntering in but the playboy Bud Mitchell, late as usual, accompanied by Charlie Jones, who is president of the local Bachelors’ Club. Bob Miller and Pat McDermott are local florists. Anna and Helen Noyes own and operate the “Noyesless Beauty Salon.” Mildred Little, Darlene Bindrum and Marcella Hottendorf are clerking in the local dime store. Lucille Whitesell is a librarian in Tampa, Florida, and her assistant is Imo-gene Gerweck. Jack Beckham is proprietor of the billiard room adjoining the hotel. One of his most regular customers is John Huber. Some of the guests who were unable to be here this evening are Nancy King, who is a baby specialist in a large New York clinic, Connie Larson, head nurse at John Hopkins Hospital, also in New York, and Yetive Hocker, Ann Stednitz, Mary Jane Smith, and Helen Werner,who are all sucessful businesswomen in various cities in the United States. The happily married people present this evening are Naomi Atkins, who is married to a journalist, Bonnie Coon, who is married to a Navy man, Darlene Norton and Joleen Bowers also have husbands yet in uniform. Ila Mae Grush and Pauline Braun are collaborating on a History text book, which, we have learned, will be edited next year. The preface of the book explains the correct method of studying History. Several members of our class are now teachers. They are Martha Kirk, Bernice Bachman, Thelma Ruth Beutler, Thelma Ruth Koehler, Violet Kottich, Marian Weber, and Daisy Mae Rogers. Marileen Bolay is now famous as a lecturer who travels throughout the country. Her traveling companion and secretary is Evelyn Gatz. Lorraine Ankrom is working for an insurance company in Omaha. Two of our classmates who are in the political world and who are competing for a seat in the State Legislature are August Deuchler and Barbara Windle. Marian Falloon and Mary Neitzel are working on the same newspaper. Marian is noted for her sensational “scoops” and Mary writes a column to the Lovelorn. Bernice Kopf is now a happily married farmer’s wife. Alma Weinert and Nona Lee Oberst are social workers in a nearby city. Jack McKelvey still prefers the Army. John Jacques is the proprietor of an Antique Shop. After the banquet is over, the guests, having proclaimed it a success, leave, with the hopes of meeting again in the near future for another happy reunion of the class of 1944. LORRAINE ANKROM. JACK M’KELVEY. Will The Senior Class of 1944, being regarded as dignified by the underclassmen and holding a high and secure place in the minds of their teachers, do hereby rid themselves of the numerous talents acquired by them during the past four years. To the teachers, our esteemed friends and comrades the last few years, we bequeath the following articles: To A. W. Starkebaum we leave our sincere thanks and gratitude for his perseverance and guidance through which this publication was made possible. To Mr. Sympson we leave our thanks for his patience and guidance during our last two high school years. To Coach Brown we leave a new car —that’s just in case his old one breaks down. To Mrs. Hahn we leave a piano player so she can pay greater attention to the poise and grace of her girls. To Betty June Lucas, the efficient office help, we leave a new telephone system so she won’t get fallen arches and flat feet passing out the numerous announcements. To Mrs. DeWald we leave a set of seating charts so she won’t have to erase the old ones. To Miss Betz we leave a new set of questions for her tri-weekly tests, and also, a supply of ink and pens for the more forgetful students. To Miss Sympson we leave a set of Atlas School Maps so she won’t have to borrow Miss Betz’. To Miss Wieland we leave a book of the correct answers. To Mr. Boswell we leave an easy chair so he can make himself comfortable while he keeps his vigilant watch on second floor. To Miss Fase we leave an alarm clock to time those hectic speed tests. To Miss Jorn we leave a complete set of ’’The Poetry and Prose of the Shake-sperian Era.” To Miss Sheehan we leave a seat in Mr. Sympson’s car pool. To Miss Shook we leave enough crawfish and frogs for her promising Biology students to disect. To Miss Brehm we leave a metronome so that she can keep her pupils singing together. To Mr. Cummins we leave a one year franchise at Peggy’s Beauty Forum to have that cute wave set once a week. To Mrs. Kline we leave our grammar books—from which we ain’t got no good from. To Miss Ickman we leave a new apron to keep from spotting her red dress while teaching her pupils to be good wives. To Mr. Hatch we leave the front campus on which to plant his victory garden. To Mr. Wall we leave a band that can play. To those underclassmen, whose morale, appearance, and grades we deem it necessary to bolster, we will the following: Clarence Allen doesn’t leave anything. He is taking it all with him. Lorraine Ankrom leaves for the Glenn L. Martin Bomber plant where her hair will make her very valuable as a beacon. Naomi Atkins leaves her heart in Lincoln and NOT at the institute. Bernice Bachman, Marian Weber and Thelma Ruth Koehler leave to distribute some of the knowledge they have obtained in the last four years. Jack Beckham leaves everything; if he can just graduate. Thelma Beutler leaves as meekly as she came in. Darlene Bindrum leaves Mrs. Hahn minus a good basketball player. Bud Bohrer leaves his ability to adlib to any underclassman who doesn’t prepare his lessons either. Marileen Bolay leaves her quiet ways to Carol Kentopp. Joleen Bowers leaves Fala to carry on the family name. Pauline Braun leaves her memorized recitations to Joyce Yoder. Rosalie Brecht leaves Beverly Barnes to get her information about Don elsewhere. David Budeit leaves John K. C. Star and Times” Boswell minus an apt chemistry student. Tom Burton leaves all the height willed to him in the last four years to brother Bobbie. Margaret Carlyon leaves to meet Jim at Sacred Heart. Bonnie Coon leaves humming “There is something about a sailor.” August Deuchler leaves in his Model A—providing he can get it started. Gene Dilldine leaves to gather more material for his forthcoming book, “Love One, But Don’t Neglect The Others.” William Draney leaves saying, “Where there is a will, there is a way.” And this is the way out!” Sterling Faller leaves to help Pops raise crops for Victory. Brother William follows brother Sterling. Marian Falloon leaves Mr. Boswell minus two walls of his Chemistry Lab; after all, Marian didn’t know what T.N.T. stood for. Betty Jo Farmer leaves her unique giggle to Norma Lee Hey. Helen Finning leaves her height to Shirley Wing. Helen Ruth Frehse leaves her graceful cheer-leading to the one and only-Clar-ence “Cookie” Cook. Evelyn and Vernon Gatz leave Jack to carry on the Gatz name. Imogene Gerweck leaves her perseverance to somone who will promise to use it as faithfully as she did throughout her high school days. Glenn Godemann leaves “Alvino Bahr and his beat-up car” to carry on his thriving taxi business. Ila Mae Grush, Lucille Whitesell, and Yetive Hocker leave a brilliant scholastic record to be matched by aspiring underclassmen. Ruth Hartley leaves Carolyn Wagner and Norma Kennedy to walk to school alone. Marcella Hottendorf leaves an inch from the bottom of her skirts to Nancy Carter. John Huber leaves his ability to go down a straight street on two wheels to Tommy Dyer. Betty Hunley leaves her sweet disposition and charming ways to Yvonne Smith. Donna Inks leaves in fine shape. John Jacques leaves his tuba to Willie Ebel—along with Chris Horn to carry it for him. Charlie Jones leaves his heart to any girl who will keep him supplied with chewing gum. Nancy King leaves cursing the peroxide shortage. Martha Kirk leaves her recipe for Titian red hair to anyone desiring glamour-line forms at the right. Jubal Koenig leaves his long hair to John Zorn. Bernice Kopf leaves her pretty figure to Bernice Brown. Violet Kottich leaves after four years of intensive study. Connie Larson leaves for “the world’s proudest profession”—nursing. Mildred Little leaves her host of masculine admirers to Marjorie Arendt and Polly Porr. Pat McDermott leaves for his private flower bed at Sunnyside Greenhouses to gather gardenias for Mary Alice Gall. Jack McKelvey leaves Rae Cochrane to manage the team—with limited help from Coach Brown. Bud Mitchell leaves his “casual air” to Ingram “The Daffodil Kid” Yoder. Mary Neitzel leaves her hero worship of Ted Wing to Ada Richardson—not that Ada needs it. Lois Nelson leaves her sister to carry on by herself. Delphia Nitzsche leaves her dramatic ability to Mary Ann Lessel. Darlene Norton leaves a space in the bass violin section of Mr. Wall’s orchestra. Kenneth Nixon leaves a punch in the nose for anyone who tries to stop him. The Noyes sisters leave quietly. Nona Lee Oberst leaves in front of Alma Ruth Weinert, after all, O. comes before W. Bob “Otis” A. C. Prater gives up his idea of flying—not because his grades were too low, but because his arms got tired. Wilbur Preusse leaves his snappy new Buick to Gerald Gerlt. Jerry Quigley leaves Kinsey, Witt, Heasley, and Dyer, Inc. to worry about their own love affairs. Robert Reschke leaves his school books to the highest bidder. Daisy Mae Rogers leaves for Dog Patch just in time to catch her man in the “Sadie Hawkins Day” race. Paul Sailors leaves F.C.H.S. minus a great football player. Don Scheitel leaves his graceful gallop” to Bill Carter not that Bill needs it. Vera Slagle leaves happily. Mary Jane Smith leaves her neatness to Beverly Larson. Ann Stednitz presents her shorthand books to future students. Fred Thomas graduates—have faith Benny and Cecil, there is still hope for you. Gerard Timothy swaps his cute beret for that more popular creation—a gob hat. Patricia Von Achen leaves her license to talk in Study Hall to anyone with the nerve to do it. Helen Werner leaves half an hour of her precious time to sit in on this convocation. Marvin Wilson leaves the school rooms in a deathly silence. Ted Wing leaves half the females of F.C.H.S. broken hearted. Too bad he did not have a little more time, maybe he could have worked on the other half. James Tubach leaves his truck service to the Duey Brothers, Inc. After the completion of this Class Will, Barbara Windle and Bob Miller leave for the institution at Lincoln!!!! In witness thereof, sitting on their hands and gazing into space, they, the Senior Class, do hereby acknowledge and confirm this testimony. Witnesses: BARBARA WINDLE, BOB MILLER Ot en, @C zte-e4- Sara Sue Alexander Beverly Barnes Carol Bertram Gene Brauer Georgina Brown Colleen Carlson John Chesley Rae Cochran Eugene Dorste Bill Dunn Tom Dyer Rholene Eickhoff Betty Lou Femmer Mary Alice Gall Mary Lou Gilliland James Anderson Alvin Bahr Robert Birch Max Bonsall Helen Budeit Blanche Cain Mary Lou Clark Gene Cochran Marvin Duerfeldt David Duey Betty Dykes Edward Eckwert Lloyd Fields Robert Fisher Harold Haeffele Harold Heasley Dale Hottendorff Gertrude Johnson James Knisely Helen Ruth Kouns Mary Ann Lessel Bob Lockard Phyllis Lundy Norma Jean McCartj Alta Mez John Morehead Margaret Niemeyer Mary Niemeyer Robert Nolte Juanita Oberst -M Donald Herbster Betty Hicks Gregory Kallos Dick Kinsey Elda Mae Last Vernell Last Patricia Lollman Joshua Lord Paul Meinzer Merle Mettz Evelyn Niedfeldt Glenn Niedfeldt Larry Noll Edmund Nolte Virgil Ohse Betty Poland Kathleen Reep Ada Richardson Caroll Schmechel Mary Lou Scott Freda Jane Spafford Catherine Steele June Thompson Carolyn Vogt David Weinert Eva Wells Gerald Wissinger Delores Wissman Kenneth Yoesel Marcille Zentner Arlene Petersen Donald Prichard Colleen Ridgeway Constance Runyan Darold Shafer Vera Smith Jane Stump Virginia Swift Carolyn Wagner Phyllis Walbridge Fx-ed Werner Shirley Wing Eugene Witt Edward Wittrock Laura Zimmerman ty(C«U n @lcM6 In the fall of 1941 we entered Falls City High School as very green freshmen. Under the leadership of our sponsors, Miss Jorn and Mr. Smith, we elected the following class officers: James Knisely, president; Gregory Kallos, vice-president; and Phyllis Walbridge, secretary-treasurer. We were represented in athletics by the following G.A.A. girls who gained the first local award, a small F.C.: Virginia Bacakos, Catherine Steele, Beverly Barnes, Carolyn Wagner, Rose Marie Wood, Blanche Cain, Georgina Brown, Shirley Wing, Norma Smith, Colleen Carlson, and Sara Sue Alexander. The following year, as sophomores, we held over the officers elected the previous year. Mr. Fowler replaced Mr. Smith as one of our class sponsors. David Duey lettered in football. Sophomore girls receiving their second local awards were Catherine Steele, Geor-ina Brown, Blanche Cain, Juanita Oberst, Mary Ann Lessel, and Sara Sue Alexander. Beginning to have the dignity of upperclassmen, we, the Junior class, elected Colleen Ridgeway, president; Bev- erly Barnes, vice-president; David Duey, secretary; and Harold Haeffele, treasurer. Miss Fase, who replaced Mr. Fowler, joins Miss Jorn as our class sponsors. Those earning letters in football were Harold Heasley, Eugene Witt, Edward Wittrock, Fred Werner, David Duey, Larry Noll, and Rae Cochrane. Those lettering in basketball were Fred Werner and Gerald Wissinger. A triangle, the first state award, was given to Beverly Barnes, Sara Sue Alexander, Shirley Wing, Blanche Cain, Catherine Steele, Carolyn Wagner, and Betty Dykes. In December, under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Kline, we presented a three-act comedy entitled, “Oh, Promise Me.” Those participating were James Knisley, James Anderson, Dick Kinsey, Juanita Oberst, Mary Ann Lessel, Blanche Cain, Shirley Wing, Ada Richardson, Beverly Barnes, Sara Sue Alexander, Darold Shafer, and Betty Hicks. On May 12 we were hosts to the Seniors at the Junior-Senior banquet, which was held at the Prichard Memorial auditorium. DICK KINSEY. Sofe Mt VlC4 Top Row: Robert Ebel, Robert Eckwert, Jere Callahan, Bill Carter, James Dunn, Jerome Cochran, Jere Arnold, Ralph Draney, William Chestnut, Orville Cudney. Middle Row: Ray Elms, Hilda Carlyon, Patty Chaffee, Nancy Carter, Bernice Brown, Dorothy Boland, Mary Ruth Bennett, Fala Bowers, Norma Ankrom, Dale Eickhoff. Bottom Row: Joan Bock, Anna Marie Bolay, Patricia Babb, Yola Brown, Helen Copeland, Mabel Cline, Eunice De Wald, Norma Lee Bauer, Helen Brown, Louise Bachman, Marjorie Arendt. Top Row: Willard Gelwick, Gerald Gerlt, Tommy Kallos, Carl France, Jack Hayden, Joe Gillispie, Victor Karst, Chris Horn, Tommy Hartley, Kenneth Johnson, Wenzel Hocker. Middle Row: Norma Law, Margaret Goldsmith, La Rhue Fisher, Rolene Hermann, Delma Jones, Mary Alice Franklin, Lois Keeling, Beverly Larson, Nona Feightner, Mary Goltz, Burdeen Gibson. Bottom Row: Bettie Jahns, Marian Kiefer, Carol Kentopp, Geraldine Ker-moade, Dorothy Gartner, Norma Lee Hey, Donna Mae Hilgenfeld, Irma Koehler, Hazel Lovick, Mary Louise Hess. ftc huctt Top Row: Karl Weir, Eugene Wallace, Virgil Tubach, William Wenz, Nelson Wetzel, Jerry Shelly, Robert Schulenberg, Jerry Wissinger, Jack Wing, Robert Titus. Middle Row: Burk Thompson, Naomi Waggoner, Sara Schnute, Marilee Zentner, Imogene Stump, Joyce Yoder, Yvonne Smith, Rose Marie Weber, Donna Lee Sickel, Beverly Sefried, Webster Todd. Bottom Row: Fred Werner, Marilyn Schmechel, Sue Sargent, Shirley Wolter, Esther Wittrock, Barbara Thompson, Barbara Weir, Gladys Wissinger, Zerlene Sumner, Donald Zentner, Top Row: Robert Turner, Duane Tubach, James Rieger, Marvin Scheitel, William Quigley, Melvin Motsinger, Myron Whitten, Kenneth Wittrock, Herbert Nixon, Dewaine Pupkes, Donald Rieger, Harry Nicola. Middle Row: Neal Scheitel, Benjamin Spears, Ingram Yoder, Edgar Steel, Darline Mott, Bonny Nelson, Marjorie Schmidt, Herbert Robertson, Kenneth Morehead, John Zorn, Charles Stump. Bottom Row: Dorothy Strough, Bonnie Smith, Delphia Reschke, Helen Ruth Wolf, Joan Reschke, Frances Thomas. Mary Lee Stout, Ruth Peck, Nellie Runyon, Gilda Sailors, Sue Martin. Top Row: Edwin Bek, Eugene Darveau, Albert Clark, Duane Bowers, Bob Burton, Bill Dykes, Dale Clark, Donovan Bax, Bob Dunn, James Budeit, Clarence Cook. Middle Row: Gene Bauman, Bob Duey, Pearl Copper, Sharon Brown, Delpha Jean Brackhahn, Ludell Deuchler, Alice Durfee, Dorothy Carico, George Durfee, Chester Barker. Bottom Row: Ruby Cooper, Dorothy Jane Bippes, Virginia Bippes, Marjorie Babb, Marcille Bippes, Geraldine Bossom, Maxine Dryer, Ethel Durfee, Virginia Anderson, Winnifred Cornford. Top Row: Benny Koso, Ralph Huber, Delbert Falsken, Lawrence Hullman, Harold Jackson, Willie Ebel, Gerald Jackson, Jack Gates, William Hen-niger. Middle Row: Dorothy Gerweck, Darlene Haeffele, Mary Kirk, Wilma Haef-fele, Mae Henry, Mary Lou Eickhoff, Georgia Eickhoff, Neta Kjeldsen, Evelyn Gruber, Betty Huston. Bottom Row: Helen Ruth Holder, Jeanette Gall, Delila Krause, Charlotte Jones, Gloria Green, Norma Lee Kanady, Audrey Kennedy, Norma Eickhoff, Virginia Hamm, Betty Holbert. Top Row: Wayne Larkin, Charles McLaughlin, Tommy Pollard, Harold Lock, Bobby Moore, Everett Nolte, Kenneth Niedfeldt, Jack Percell, Dennie Pyle, Jack Olsen. Middle Row: Johnny Meyers, Norman Last, Norman Moeller, Mary Catherine Law, Jean Oberst, Darlene Rieschick, Ruthanna Roesch, Clara LaMiller, Emmett Oliver, Harry Roland, Harold Reschke. Bottom Row: Rose Mary Parker, Polly Porr, Dolores Lord. Gretchen Lessel, Marie Niemeyer, June Mayse, Betty Norton, Helen Ruth Reschke, Alvin Lippold, Donna Rose McNeal, Carolyn Nelson. THtotic eutd T tuf icaC SctuaztuM ScutcC President—Naomi Atkins Vice-President—Lorraine Ankrom Secretary—Carol Bertram Librarians—LaRhue Fisher, Patty Chaffee D xu6le Sextette Back Row: Clara LaMiller, Donna Rose McNeal, Virginia Bippes, Barbara Thompson, Mary Lee Zentner, Rose Mary Parker. Front Row: Rose Marie Weber, Beverly Siegfried, Delila Krouse, Delpha Brackhahn, Sharon Brown, June Mayse. SafeAanuvie Sextette Back Row: Marjorie Arendt, Margaret Goldsmith, Hilda Carlyon. Front Row: Dorothy Boland, LaRhue Fisher, Norma Ankrom. (V£an,ci4, Top Row: Virginia Hamm, Donna Lee Sickel, Alice Durfee, Pearl Cooper, Winifred Cornford, Beverly Larson, Beverly Barnes, Clara Holsclaw, Ludell Deuchler. Middle Row: Ruby Cooper, Donna Rose McNeal, Mary Lou Bowman, Joleen Bowers, Vera Bonsall, Helen Copeland, Wilma Haeffele, Vernell Last, Evelyn Niedfeldt. Bottom Row: Helen Ruth Reschke, Colleen Carlson, Mabel Cline, Evelyn Gruber, Dorothy Gerweck, Gloria Green, Delila Krause, Irma Lillian Koehler, Elda Mae Last. Octette Top Row: Mary Lou Clark, Helen Finning, Carroll Schmechel, Gertrude Johnson. Bottom Row: Sara Sue Alexander, Shirley Wing, Margaret Carlyon, Delores Wissmann. Small £ t em le Top Row: Mary Lou Clark, Helen Finning, Helen Ruth Wulf, Margaret Goldsmith, Betty Hunley. Middle Row: Delores Wissmann, Gertrude Johnson, Dorothy Boland, LaRhue Fisher, Carroll Schmechel, Anna Marie Bolay. Bottom Row: Hilda Carlyon, Bettie Jahns, Marjorie Arendt, Norma Ankrom, Sara Sue Alexander, Margaret Carlyon, Shirley Wing. ‘Daullle Zccaxtette Top Row: Herbert Robertson, Donald Rieger, Marvin Duerfeldt, Eugene Dorste, Chester Barker. Bottom Row: Joshua Lord, Edwin Bek, Donald Zentner, Tommy Hartley. Barbara Windle Social Chairman Helen R. Frehse President Blanche Cain Concession Manager Lucille Whitesell Secretary-Treasurer Norma Lee Hey Publicity Nancy King Vice-President The Girls’ Athletic Association sponsored an All-Girls Hayrack ride party; an all school Hallowe’en party; an intra mural basketball tournament followed by a pot luck dinner. Darlene Mott, Bonnie Nelson, Carolyn Wagner, Norma Ruth Eickhoff, Patty Babb, Dorothy Strough. Helen Ruth Frehse Blanche Cain Barbara Windle Connie Larson We are proud to present four G.A.A. girls who are certified Red Cross swimming instructors. These girls took a thirty hour intensive swimming course sponsored by Red Cross featuring life saving, functional swimming and wartime aquatics. The girls donated their time and effort to the Red Cross swimming program of 1943 and taught many children and adults to swim. Second local awards are granted to the girls who have completed two years physical education work and who have shown definite interest and cooperation in all activities. This Award is made by the Girls’ Athletic Association of Falls City High School. The Second State Award, which is the highest athletic honor awarded to high school physical education girls, has been earned by Nancy King, Helen Ruth Frehse and Marian Falloon. This award is given by the Nebraska Activities Association. The girls have completed four years of athletic activity and have passed tests and served as officials and leaders. They have shown good sportsmanship in all activities. The First State Award is also granted by the Nebraska Activities Association. The girls have completed three years of physical education work and have passed written and practical tests in skills and also in officiating. They have shown good cooperation and sportsmanship, ictivitied Oxcutye Standing: Gene Dilldine, sports editor; Gerard Timothy, business manager; Barbara Windle, class will; Jack McKelvey, class prophecy; Dick Kinsey, Junior editor. Sitting: Mary Neitzel, editor-in-chief; Nancy King, business manager; Lorraine Ankrom, class prophecy, Bob Miller, class will. (Z eei .eaxtexA: Harold Haeffele Jimmy Dunn Helen Ruth Frehse Barbara Windle (S 4t 'platy 9 UHiax Back Row: Blanche Cain, Betty Hicks, Freda Jane Spafford, Mary Alice Gall, Dick Kinsey, Darold Shafer, Beverly Barnes, James Anderson. Front Row: Sara Sue Alexander, Mary Ann Lessel, James Knisley, Shirley Wing, Juanita Oberst, Ada Richardson. Barry Hollis (James Knisely) has just come into the fortune left him by his late father’s will. He has decided to give up his playboy life and settle down. This great decision was made on the train home from college where he meets and falls in love with a delightful creature, Gladys Vance (Sara Sue Alexander). He persuades his aunt, Mrs. Sue Hollis (Juanita Oberst) with whom he and his sister, June, (Mary Ann Lessel), make their home, to send Gladys a note inviting her for a visit. Another note goes to Patsie Linden (Ada Richardson, a hard-boiled little dancer and old flame of Barry’s, asking her to send back his frat pin. Alas, the notes get mixed! Patsie arrives with her mother, Mrs. Linden (Beverly Barnes), an ex-burlesque queen, and threatens breach of promise unless Barry marries her immediately. Then Barry has a bright idea: He couldn’t marry Patsie if he already had a wife. So he gets Ann Furber (Shirley Wing), the daughter of Furber (Dick Kinsey), the butler, to pre- tend to be his wife and to make it more convincing, he “borrows” a strange baby. Into this situation marches Gladys, the light of his life. Now he has to convince the skeptical Lindens that he is married and Gladys that he isn’t. Then Ralph Saunders (Darold Shafer) comes into the scene; he has been pursuing Ann since she left New York. The complications pile up till Barry gets arrested for kidnapping, when Mrs. Jones (Betty Hicks) traces her missing baby to him. After Barry’s lawyer, Seth Miller (James Anderson), gets Barry out of jail they concoct a story, which they tell to all concerned, to the effect that the estate has dwindled to almost nothing; and all his girl friends, including Gladys desert him—that is all but Ann who sticks by him. Ralph is disposed of when the cook, Kathleen (Blanche Cain), discovers thaf he is the man who left her on their honeymoon. This brings the play to a whirlwind finish with Barry and Ann side by side. Back Row: Wilbur Preusse, August Deuchler, Gene Dilldine, Marvin Wilson, Tom Burton, John Jacques. Middle Row: Gerard Timothy, Barbara Windle, Lorraine Ankrom, Marian Falloon, Naomi Atkins, Delphia Nitzsche. Front Row: Betty Hunley, 11a Mae Grush, Nancy King, Jerry Quigley, Helen Ruth Frehse, Margaret Carlyon, Connie Larson. The seniors presented a three-act comedy entitled, “Don’t Take My Penny,” under the direction of Ruth Kline. A brief summary: Sixteen-year-old Penny is walking around with a book on her head and practicing elocution with pebbles in her mouth, preparing herself to be chosen as Demity West of the novel, “Stars in Her Hair,” by Harrison Day, who has just sold the book to a movie industry and is searching the country for the ideal Demity. Sally, former child actress posing as maid in Penny’s home for publicity reasons thought up by her manager, also hopes to be chosen for the part. Joanna, Penny’s faithful girl friend, helps Penny and so neither are available to play in the tennis tournament with their boy friends, Kerry and Greg. With the help of Gram, the boys derive a plan to disguise themselves, Kerry as Mr. Day and Greg as a girl, to try to get Penny to forget this foolish idea and play tennis with them. The play becomes a riot at this point with the real Mr. Day arriving with Dad. Meanwhile Sally has fallen in love with Mark, Penny’s older brother, and trades Hollywood for a chicken farm. Penny and Joanna decide to play tennis and Mavis, Penny’s sister, gets the part of Demity. Lydia, the mother of Penny and Henri, the clothes designer, and Red, the delivery boy, add comedy. Three lovely models add beauty to the play. (faicA 'Dacvdy '%cKv6i t Dawdy Hawkins came to us when spirits at F.C. were pretty low because of the loss of Jug. But the fellows were fast learning they were to be coached by a man who really knew his subject and could put it across. Coach Hawkins made a fine showing in his one football season and because of his ability to mix with the squad he was very well liked by each and every one of them. This admiration was felt by every one with whom he came in contact and he won the friendship of the whole school and sport fans. His stay here was interrupted by his country’s call to service and he was able to only start the basketball team on its road of conquest. We miss Dawdy very much and we are looking forward to his return from the Navy. He will always be welcome here for we feel he belongs here as one of us. Score Falls City 0 Tecumseh 12 Falls City 13 Pawnee City 0 Falls City 27 Auburn .... 7 Falls City 0 Northeast 21 Falls City 7 Beatrice 0 Falls City 19 Nebraska City 0 Falls City 0 Creighton Prep 33 Falls City 14 Fairbury 6 Falls City 6 Hiawatha 0 f945 'pootfaUl Schedule Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 27 Nov. 10 Nov. 23 Tecumseh at Falls City Pawnee City at Falls City Auburn at Auburn Northeast at Lincoln Beatrice at Beatrice Nebraska City at Falls City Fairbury at Falls City Hiawatha at Falls City 'poctfadt Secuott We opened our season at the home of the Tecumseh Indians and, much to our surprise and disapproval, were downed by a 12 to 0 count. After that game each player resolved to himself that Falls City would lose no more games this season to weak teams.—We didn’t. We gained back a little prestige by beating conference members, Pawnee City 13 to 0 and Auburn 27 to 7. The team displayed its offensive power in these two encounters. Our next opposition was the lads from Lincoln Northeast. In this game our eleven were the underdogs, but they gained the respect and admiration of the spectators by giving their best till the final whistle and forcing the Rockets to play their better game to beat us by a score of 21 to 0. Beatrice is the game that stands out in our minds. Both teams being almost equal, it was a grueling battle with the Tiger eleven emerging with a 7 to 0 decision over their opponents only after a back snaked his way down the side lines, under superb blocking, to pay dirt on a punt return. Nebraska City was no match for us and we completed our conference schedule by trimming them 19 to 0. Both offen- sive and defensive power was displayed in this engagement. Creighton Prep of Omaha was our guest at our last home contest. Although our boys put up a game fight, they were no match for the boys from the city and had to bow out in their favor. The loss was not only expected but also the score (33 to 0). To celebrate Armistice Day we downed Fairbury, a team of equal rating, but not by a score showing the difference in the two teams. Many opportunities to score were passed up by our lads in defeating the Jeffs by the narrow margin of 14 to 6. Came the traditional Thanksgiving Day game with our rivals, the Hiawatha Indians. Our foe was keyed up for us and a drizzling rain didn’t help matters any. We edged by them in a hard fought battle by the tell-tale score, 6 to 0. Looking back, we see that the Falls City eleven, under the direction of Coach Dawdy Hawkins, completed the season with a pretty fair record. We lost three and won six and considering the weight of our squad and competition, we are well satisfied. Both the boys and Mr. Hawkins deserve praise for their hard work and fine showing. CECIL BENNETT Junior End. Played well at his position and looks like a good prospect for next year’s punter as well. TOM BURTON Senior Guard. “T-Bone” not only played a bang-up game at guard but also filled in as a back when needed. AUGUST DEUCHLER Senior Center. Auggie made good his passes from center and while backing up the line, dished out punishment. DAVE DUEY Junior Back. As blocking back, Dave had little chance for glory but the team knew his worth. (He was never substituted for.) HAROLD HEASLEY Junior Back. Buzz showed plenty of spark on defense and will be a valuable member of the team next year. BUD BOHRER Senior End. Bud was a good and dependable end and showed his desire to get in and mix it up. RAE COCHRAN Junior, student manager. Rae did his job well as manager and was well liked by the team and followers. GENE DILLDINE Senior Back. Gene was always the “fire” in the back-field and a great passer. WILLARD GELWICK Sophomore End. Bill was a tough end to get around and next year ought to be a deciding factor. JACK McKELVEY Senior End. Johnny loved the game of football and showed it by stripping interference and making tackles. LARRY NOLL KENNETH NIXON Senior Tackle. Nick plugged up that weak side and often knocked ball carriers for losses. PAUL SAILORS Senior Back. Paul was the spear-head of both our offensive and defensive attacks. The team elected him Honorary Captain. CHARLES STUMP Sophomore Tackle. Chuck, bulwark of the line, was constantly messing up plays in the opponents backfieid. TED WING Senior Back. Ted made up for size wth fight and courage which prompted him to drive lor many gains. t J Junior Guard. “Bulldog” brought down any ball carrier coming within reach and did as good a job at blocking. DON SCHEITEL Senior End. Don had a lot of trouble with injuries but came back for more and did a good job. FRED WERNER Junior Tackle. Fred did a nice job when filling in for a regular and shows promise for next year. EUGENE WITT Junior Guard. “Rusty” was a scrappy tackier and a good blocker. (A certain Fairbury lad will verify this.) EDWARD WITTROCK Junior Guard. There will be no guard trouble next year with this lad there to build up the line. Falls City has always been among the top ten in athletic prep standings and will continue to be because of the efforts and teachings of their mentor, John J. Brown. “Jug” teaches his boys to be hard, clean fighters and to give their best at all times no matter how great the odds against them. His pupils are continuing to do this on all the world battle fronts and are, every one, a credit to his teachings. Jug’s success here at “F.C. has come about partly because of the respect and admiration everyone has for him, especially the team. As the rest of us go forth to take our positions in this greatest of all football games, we think over the ideals of true sportsmanship he has given us and we have many thoughts of gratitude. Scores 1943-44 Falls City—36 Pawnee City 18 Falls City—32 Nebraska City 21 Falls City—41 Auburn 11 Falls City—47 Tecumseh...........18 Falls City—34 Beatrice 15 Falls City—28 Sacred Heart 13 Falls City—43 Nebraska City 12 Falls City—26 Northeast 31 Falls City—31 Fairbury 23 Falls City—56 Auburn 10 Falls City—14 Creighton Prep 24 Falls City—20 Lincoln 16 Regional Tournament Falls City—32 Northeast .........46 Schedule 1944-45 Dec. 15 Jan. 5 Jan. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Feb. 6 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 Pawnee City at Pawnee City Auburn at Falls City Nebraska City at Nebraska City Tecumseh at Falls City Beatrice at Beatrice Nebraska City at Falls City Northeast at Falls City Fairbury at Fairbury Auburn at Auburn Creighton Prep at Falls City Lincoln at Lincoln Back Row: Coach Brown. Fred Werner, Storla Bohrer, Gerald Wissinger, Bill Gelwick, Jack McKelvy. Front How: Rae Cochran, Gene Dilldine, Tom Burton, Ted Wing, Paul Sailors Bud Mitchell. FRED WERNER Junior Center. A handy man under the basket. Fred shows promise of being a good pivot man. STORLA BOHRER Senior Guard. Bud gave a good account of himself when in action and came through with needed points. GERALD WISSINGER Junior Forward. Has qualities that will prove valuable in deciding the fate of next year’s team. BILL GELWICK Sophomore Guard. Bill played good ball when called upon and will be a deciding factor in the next two seasons. JACK McKELVEY Senior Student Manager. Johnny gave needed encouragement to the team and was a valuable member. RAE COCHRAN Junior Student Manager. Rae has been connected with the athletic teams at all times and does his job well. GENE DILLDINE Senior Center. Gene was an outstanding floor man and did a good job of protecting the basket. TOM BURTON Senior Forward. Tom played a nice defensive game and got a lot of rebounds for a fellow his height. TED WING Senior Forward. Captain. Ted worked very hard and at all times was an outstanding performer. PAUL SAILORS Senior Guard. Paul contributed more than his share of points and did excellent work under the basket. BUD MITCHELL Senior Guard. Cool and calculated at all times. Bud played a style of ball creditable to any club. Season The Tiger quintet began the season in a none too encouraging manner by playing host to Pawnee City. The invading five were ahead by a one point margin at the half, but the Tigers came back strong in the second stanza to down their foe. This was the only real test for the Brownies in the conference and they downed all other members with ease. The team showed much improvement as the season went on and displayed their power by trouncing the Orangemen of Beatrice and the Jeffs of Fairbury. Citizens of Falls City realized for the first time what the student body already knew, when we played the Rockets of Northeast. The fact became known that we had a team in the making for we held the top notch team to a 31-25 count. We were not ashamed of this loss. To show it was no accident, we showed Creighton Prep we meant business by holding them to 5 to 3 first half count and were within 2 points of them in the final period with but four minutes remaining when a hot streak sent them ahead to win. Two such close wins by these members of the top three over us gave us confidence and we began to work a little harder for an on-coming game with Lincoln Central, the No. 1 team in the state. In the final home game and last game of the regular scheduled season, the team gave their all and defeated the Links in an unforgetable thriller by the score of 20 to 16. The boys had tough luck at the regional at Beatrice. They lost to Northeast who went on to take the tournament. This game brought down the curtain on our basketball season which was thought to be a success by everyone. We won 10 of 12 scheduled games, winning all of our home games. The Tigers again won the Southeast Conference Championship with a clean slate. Bohrer Brothers Tri-State Insulation Co. Falls City, Nebr. Phone 693 Dewald’s Paint Store Wallpaper Paints Oil Glass Falls City, Nebr. J. S. Hillyard and Son Wallpaper Paint Glass Stevens Tailor and Cleaner Phone 640 1508 Stone Chaney’s Furniture Undertaking Reavis Macomber Furniture and Undertaking Musical Instruments Ambulance Service Western Auto Associate Store Auto Supplies Paint Clothing 1512 Stone Street Hill Shoe Company “Shoes for All the Family” Phone 498 Falls City Safeway Stores, inc. Buy War Bonds and Stamps The Gas Service Compay Wittrock Dairy 1416 Stone St. Phone 821 W. W. Windle Motor Company Expert Body We Service Repairing All Makes Wrecker Service Phone 277 Falls City Simpson, Dorr Philpot Funeral Home 1500 Stone St. Falls City, Nebr. Ambulance Service — Lady Assistants The Appleoff Hatchery Pedigreed Sired Chicks Feeds Remedies Supplies Phone 878 1819 Stone Invisible Half Soles a Speciality at Re-Nu-It Shoe Shop 1502 Stone Street W. A. Crook Hardware Plumbing Heating Rudy’s Ready-to-Wear Millinery Mark Teft Shoe Company “Latest in Fine Footwear” 1611 Stone Falls City Greetings from George H. Falter “Value Giving Clothier” Windle Implement Company John Deere Implements Parts and Service Phone 75 Falls City L. L. Kinsey Son C. W. Kinsey, Mgr. Plumbing and Heating Contractors Hardware Sheet Metal 1621 Chase St. Phone 443 Falls City Press Office Supplies School Supplies Phone 410 1813 Stone Alan Hauck Insurance Kentopp Brothers Buick and Oldsmobile “When Better Automobiles Are Built Buick Will Build Them.” The Vogue Ready-to-Wear The First With the Latest” Hicks Bakery Fancy Cakes Sweet Rolls Assorted Cookies Bread Phone 712 Rex Riesland Drugs “Falls City’s Most Popular Fountain” Famous Shoe Service Shop “For Better Shoe Repair” William Kallos Mix-Master Market Those Who Shop Safely—Shop Here “Call and Shop and Save” Phone 557 C. Qmdt ClathinqCt H. J. Prichard Son Chrysler-Plymouth Sales and Service 17th and Chase Phone 404 Tucker’s Hardware Everything in Hardware 1816 Stone Phone 72 Falls City Cleaners Cleaning and Dying Phone 583 Caverzagie’s Drug Store Prescriptions Toilet Goods Drugs Gifts For Your Complete Shopping Needs Shop at the Firestone Store 18th and Stone Phone 294 Peggy’s Beauty Forum In Rudy’s Store Phone 85 Aurilla Smart Shop Featuring Ready-to-Wear Junior Guild Dresses Hotel Weaver Building Jenne’s Featuring “Carole King” Junior Dresses A Complete Service for Every Make of Car Shumway Motors, Inc. Dodge and Plymouth 1822 Stone St. Phone 737 T. L. Davies Diamonds Watches Jewelry Silverware Gifts “A Gift from Davies Is a Quality Gift” A. 1 Johnson Drug Store Fountain Service Perscriptions One Stop Lunch Try Our . . . Famous Barbecued Beef Sandwiches Dinners Pop What Have You Shop All Kinds of Antiques 1513 Stone Street Mrs. B. E. Jacques White City Motel and Cafe Groceries, Meats and Service Station Phone 855 Colglazier and Son Hardware, Groceries and Meat “A Place to Buy Merchandise Right” Falls City, Nebraska “Flowers for All Occasions” Phone 95 Simanton and Pence F.T.D. Service Ebel Seed Company Seeds Feeds J. C. Gillispie, M.D. Dr. Lambert W. Coliin Dentist X-Ray Phone 543 Slocum Building Rivoli and Oil City Theatres Where the Big Pictures Play” H. R. Miner Chaffee’s Beauty Shop Phone 25 Lillian Kiel and Dorothy Zorn Operators Guy C. Lichty Insurance Bonds Real Estate Farm Loans Low Interest Rates 2nd Floor First National Bank Falls City Phone 785 Martin’s Studio “Photographs Live Forever” L. L Hutchins Quality Jewelry 1616 Stone Falls City Gerhardt Radio and Electric Company Everything Electrical for the Home Cain and Cain Lawyers Chat ’n Nibble Fountain and Luncheonette Home-Made Candy Quality and Service Johnson Realty Company Loans and Insurance Phone 125 Falls City Shaffer’s Market Groceries and Meat Open Evenings and Sundays Dr. M. U. Burton Dentist Complete X-Ray Phone 656 Morsman Portrait and Commercial Photography Sargent’s Jewelry Store Watches Jewelry Keepsake Diamonds Brown’s Cafe “Good Food Is Good Health” Graham Lumber Company Lumber and Building Materials Home Cafe “The Home of Good Food” Edna Adams Knight’s Studio Falls City, Nebraska 1806 Harlan Established 1900 “Congratulations to the Class of 1944, Thank You for Your Patronage.” Always Look Your Best in Clothes Fashioned Right Styled Right Priced Right J. C. Penny James Gas and Oil Always Means Extra Savings Ote’s Grill “Good Food and Good Service” Frank A. Neitzel Skelly Products Prompt Tank Wagon Service Phone 577 or 686 First National Bank A Safe Place to Keep Your Money Since 1882 Member F.D.I.C. Hinky-Dinky Larson Van “If It’s Worth Moving— It’s Worth Moving Right” Local and Long Distance Moving Floyd Larson Phone 635 Payton’s Cafe “A Good Place to Eat” Bus Depot Phone 395 Richardson County Bank Dependable Since 1880 Complete Banking Service Member F.D.I.C. Ideal Cleaners Stacy Hoy Phone Six-Eleven 1817 Harlan St. Established 1922