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

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dlrector of the play and the flne co operatxon of the members of the play cast that thls play was very successful The play cast that turned ln th1S fme performance was composed of the followmg Rxchard Loucks Rosalee Rleger Wllbur Sche1tel Pat Moore June Allen Gene Sallors Dlane Redmond Bob Burdlck Mar garet Duey Betsy Hlxson El1zabeth Gatz and Dwlght Smlth We concluded our year as Jumors by tleatmg the Senlors to a banquet at the Prlch ard Memor1al Aud1tor1um The banquet was held on the evemng of May 8 Upon entermg our Senlor and fmal year 1n Falls C1ty H1gh we became the Blg Wheels of the school we thought We se lected class offlcers and then attempted to contlnue on through our last year of high school Joan Hllgenfeld was selected as presl dent Bernle Taylor as V1C6pI'8Sldef1t June Allen as secretary Barbara Yoder as treas urer Qemox glrls 1ece1v1ng second state awards ID athlet1cs were Mary C Broadstone Mary Lee Shouse Barbara Carter Betsy Hlxson Margaret Duey Pat Moore Barbara Mlller Barbara Yoder Olga Koehler and Paddy Jo Krause Roberta Randolph recelved her f1rst state award We had as ou1 lepresentatlves to the Dxs trlct Muslc Contest fApr1l 16 171 the follow 1n Betty June Dorste Betsy Hlxson Donna Qulgley James Thomson Barbara Yoder Edna Dryer Norma Lee Constantlne Paddy Jo Krause Maralee WICKISGF Glorla Bendlck Florence Mewh1rter Dlane Redmond Marl lene Qcheltel Darlene Grady Rex Jones Joan Morrlson Gene Qallors Phll Slagle Bernle Taylor and June Allen Vocal solos were glven by Barbara Yoder Maralee WICKISGT and Glorla Bend1ck The hlgh school band also part1c1pated 1n the contest Senlor boys were also actxve ln athlet1cs those recexvmg letters ln football were Jlm Waddle Wllbur Schextel J1m Conn Joe Fles kOSk1 B111 Dykes Bob Burdlck Rex Jones Dave Brenner Kenneth Hamm and Bernle McDermott ln basketball Jlm Waddle W1l bur Scheltel Berme McDemott B111 Dykes Jlmmy Noll and Jlm Conn For four consecutlve years Barbara Yoder has represented our class as a cheer leader and the morale of the boys has been somewhat boosted by Barbaras a cheer leadmg On Aprll 2 the Senlor Class Play was gxven The tltle of the play was Heaven Can Wa1t and the cast conslsted of the followmg members Phll Slagle Barbara Ammann Douglas Brenner Olga Koehler Robert Wer ner Ehzabeth Gatz Rlchard Kentopp Mary C Broadstone Paul Wemert Barbara Carter Lawrence W1ltse Cecxl Faller Paddy Jo Krause Marl1n Downey W11bur Scheltel Bob Burdick Joan Hllgenfeld Dwlght Smith June Allen Rosalee Rleger Betsy HIXSOH Mary COlll61 Bernle Taylor Maralee WICKISCF Jlm Conn Bernle McDermott J1m Waddle and Joe Fleskoskl It was under the dxrectxon of Mrs Sh1rley Carney We were guests at the Junlor Senlor Ban quet whlch was held at the Prxchard Memorlal Audltorxum on the everung of May 7 Baccalaureate Servxces were held on May 16 and on May 20 our Commencement Exer CISGS were held We then had a hohday and the next day May 21 we came back to school and were glven our report cards Th1s concludes a four year hlstory of the Class of 48 and though lt was sometlmes thought to be very dull there were also some 1nstances that were very brlght and It IS very doubtful 1f there 1S a Senlor who wouldn t go through It all agaln lf he had the chance REX JONES 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 - .I I 1 . . . , . 1 . . . . . H . . . H . . ,, . . - 1 1 11 Q - ' ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' - ' V Y 7 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . ' . t 1 . . , , , ,Q , . 1 . . . . - - - 1 1 1 - . , - - , - 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 . on . - aa' 1 1 1 3 ! 7 ' .1 1 , , . '1 1 1 - 1 1 - a 1 'V 1 1 1 1 - . .4 . 4 . . , 1 'H 1 1 , LL 11 i , . , . . . , , . . . , , , . . . , c . . . . . . . . - . . -

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The Sensor Class Hrstorv Early rn the fall of the year 1944 the halls of Falls Crty Hrgh School were occupred by many students and onee rn a whrle you would frnd one of us No one seemed to know just what we were for they couldnt get close enough to us to make an rnvestrgatron We were taken under the wrngs of Mrss Ickman and Mr Hatch and soon we were mtroduced to the rest of the guys and gals as people too Yes you guessed rt we were Freshres and were scar ed to death We Just werent used to those great brg Junlors and Senrors We were a lrttle hard to organrze fMrss Ickman and Mr Hatch wrll tell youj but rt wasn t too long before we had organrzed suffrcrently to select class offrcers Our Freshman actrvrtres were placed rn the very capable hands of our presrdent Dwrght Smrth our vrce presrdent Paddy Jo Krause and our secretary treasur er Betsv Hrxson In our Freshman year we were very well represented rn athletres by the grrls seven teen to be exaet All of them recerved frrst local awards The seventeen grrls were as follows Paddy Jo Krause Barbara Yoder Olga Koehler Margaret Duey Betsy Hrxson Barbara Carter Mary Lee Shouse Joan H11 genfeld Florence Seeger Mary C Broadstone Barbara Mrller Pat Moore Barbara Schlereth Drane Redmond Edna Dryer June Allen and Peggy Mar terry The next year srnee we were better pearance md actrvrtres and those monsters the Junrors and Senrors were not nearly as large as they prevrously had seemed We were nothrng but Sophomores but at any rate we were not those seared lrttle Freshmen any more In thrs year we chose Barbara Carter as our presrdent Margaret Duey as vrce presr dent and Dave Brenner seeretary treasurer We were very suffrerently and effrcrently represented rn our Sophomore year rn school aetrvrtres At the Drstrret Musrc Contest we were represented by Glorra Bendrck Rosalee Rreger Norma Lee Constantrne Paddy Jo Krause Barbara Yoder and Betsy Hrxson rn grrls athletres by Paddy Jo Krause Barbara Yoder Olga Koehler Margaret Duey Betsy Hrxson Barbara Carter Mary Lee Shouse Joan Hrlgenfeld Florence Seeger Mary C Broadstone Barbara Mrller Pat Moore Bar bara Schlereth Edna Dryer June Allen and Peggy Marteny They all recerved second local awards In football we were represented by Har old Boswell Jrm Waddle and Chad Taylor Chad left us at the close of the year Jrm Waddle represented us rn basketball and rn track Dave Brenner Rex Jones and Jrm Conn represented us Well now that half of our hrgh sehool days were gone we moved rnto the upper elass bracket and thus we became those horrrble monsters that we were so scared of when we were Freshres It gave us a great deal of satrsfactron to thrnk of ourselves as upper classmen wrth the prrvrlege of berng ealled such whrch status rs reserved only for we stu dents of the eleventh and twelfth grades No longer drd we have to look up to the upper classmen as our superrors for we now were the upper classmen to whom the Freshmen and Sophomores were prrvrleged to look for ad vrce As leaders of the leaders of those to be lead we chose the follovxrrr elass offreers Rex Jones presrdent Jrm Waddle vree presrdent Jrm Conn secretary Joan Hrlgenfeld treas urer The grrls of the Junror Class played rn rmportant roll rn extra currreular rctrxrtres thrs year for many Junror errls were seen rt the Drstrrct Musre Contest and manv frrst st rte awards were rssued to grrls of the Junror Class who had earned them Grrls who took part rn the Drstrrct Musre Contest were Barbara Yo der Paddy Jo Krause Betsy Hrxson Phyllrs the G A A grrls who recerved frrst state awards were Betsy Hrx on Paddy Jo Kr ruse Barbara Carter La Verna Cornford Margaret Duey Maralee Wrekrser Mrrv Lee Shouse Peggy Marteny Edna Dryer Olga Koehler Florence Seeger Barbrra Mrller Prt Moore and Barbara Yoder In several extra eurrreular retrxrtres a few boys were seen also In football the letter wrnners were Bob Burdrek Harold Boswell Dave Brenner Bernard MeDermott Rex Jones Wrlbur Sehertel Jrm Conn and Jrm Waddle and rn basketball Jrm Conn and Jrm Waddle won letters Jurrror boxs reeervrng track awards were Joe Fleskoskr Irm Conn Jrm Waddle Rex Jones Dvxrght Snrrth Wrlbrrr Schertel and Dave Brenner Late rn the year of 1946 De eember 13 to be exaet a three act faree was presented by the Junror Class rn the F C H S audrtorrum It was due to the efforts of Mrss Hourrgan the 0 I , - v v 'e ' i l - K' I X' I 7 U . . 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Semor Class Prophecy Flash News Bulletln Joseph Fleskoskl has just taken off ln his Space Sh1p for the Moon He IS alone fac 1ng the dangers of the Stratosphere wlth h1s only weapons bemg supplxes and Radar equlp ment He w1ll keep us lnformed of h1s prog xess by rad1o You re about to hear the volce of Joseph Fleskoskl Thls IS the Moon callmg U S A Ive just landed on the Moon and want to report a successful Journey I am en deavormg to test my Radar Equlpment from Moon to Earth by p1Ck1Dg up news of my for mer classmates of 48 My fxrst plCk up was R E Jones Con structxon Company where June Allen 1S sec retary Next door south reads Make It or Break lt where Marhn Downey and Florence Seeger are workxng on Sudsless Soap A block from here IS Falls Clty Mental Hospxtal where Betty June Dorste IS head nurse asslst ed by Elalne Solt Barbara Carter Darlene Grady wlth Joan Helgenfeld ln charge of the Laundry Room of the Hospltal The next flash IS a Church and guess what 9 Reverend Berme Taylor and h1s wxfe the former Florence Mewh1rter are practlclng Lead Kxndly Lxght for Sunday Servlces next K1tten Super Drugs whlch has two happy soda erks Paddy Jo Krause and Edna Marle Dryer Above thelr sm1l1ng faces IS a slgn readmg Upstaxrs Beauty Salon run by Barbaxa Ammann and Patrlcla Crofford de slgners of the new Down Sweep Across the street a new neon s1gn reads No Aches or Pams See Doctor Robert E Burdxck Chlropractor For h1s falthful asslstant he has Ehzabeth Gatz who helps the patlents out the door after the treatment On the corner I see The Lazy Hour Pool Hall where Jlm Waddle and Dwlght Smith spend thelr txme play1ng snooker and cards In the background I see Dale Exckhoff settlng pxns trylng to support h1s large famlly Next door 18 Dundles Dlaper Washers sold by Dxane Redmond A few blocks north we flnd Sleepy Hol low Mortuary where Duane Bowers g1ves kindly servlce for a pr1ce My next flash was Happy Cab Company owned and operated by Bob Sa1lors and Mar JOFIG Flsher Thelr cab stopped at the Falls Clty Hlgh School for some unusual reason Oh there s the pr1nc1pal Charles Grady wlth some of the zest of the faculty lncludlng Wllllam Wenz Hlstory teacher Wllbur Scheltel Dra matlcs teacher Barbara Schlereth Home Eco nomlcs Lawrence Wlltse Ag Instructor and James Conn as Head Coach Merle Blau was responslble for the well kept school rooms Runnmg across the lawn I saw Ph1ll1p Slagle the dog catcher Speedxng by the H1gh School on h1s motor cycle IS Davld Scholl w1th h1s Wlfe the former Mary Broadstone holdmg on t1ght And here IS Mrs G1llasp1e the former Elenora Percell holdmg a sewlng c1rcle wxth Donna Jean Quxgley Eleanor Qu1gley Pat Brlght and Bar bara Yoder who IS fmally marrled to a man she can look up to-a f1ve footer A flash toward town reads Pat s Pet Shop run by Patr1c1a Moore Across the street I notlce Trl State Theatre boastmg the slgn James Shubert Manager Next to the the atre a new bulldlng IS bemg erected by Wal lace and Thompson Contractors who never use hammers Eggs Sure to Hatch says Olga Koehler who operates the Falls Cxty Hatchery where Mary Colller IS bookkeeper I notxce Margaret Duey and Norma Lee Constantlne walklng down the street Maggle IS wa1t1ng for Freddle to come home from Chma and Norma Lee xs wa1t1ng for Benny In an alley I see LEWIS Welck worklng hard on a Job that calls for lots of food and small pay a garbage hauler In front of Marcyn Hllls Shoe Shop I see Bud Werner selhng rlpe ba nanas Fxve for a Nxckel Gomg up the walk to the Court House I see Leonard Rexchert and Everett Nolte recruxtmg offlcers Inslde IS the newly elected sherxff Paul We1nert On the street corner Donald Hey IS selhng news papers wxth headlxnes Glorla Bendlck au thor of Bongo Bongo 15 returnmg to the Umted States Bernard McDermott coach of Notre Dame IS home on vacatlon I see Rlchard Loucks IS lxvlng ln Kansas growmg sun flowers to make a lxvmg On a telephone pole Ib a sign which boasts the physical ach1evements of Dave Blooks the famous boxer and Rosalxe Rleger Lady Wrestler A flash from the edge of town brxngs the name Happy Land1ng Skatmg Rink p1o prxetresses Irene Dlefenderfer and LaVerna Cornford In Helen Durfee s Dress Shop w1n dow Barbara Mxller is modehng the latest fashlons of PHFIS Flash from a nlght spot Harolds Hot Spot where Harold Boswell IS proprletor Two of hlS famous Bubble Dancers are Marv Lee Shouse and Lauretta Lunsford Another flash from the country roadside O 'i , . 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