Friend High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Friend, NE)

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Ellls Shutts has curly hair. lt's said he has a Tml. We wonder if his comely curl ls really such a phony. Bern Svehla when in basketball ls really quite a star lf we were to lose hlrn We wouldn t get too far Darlene Tbompsm from the farm Who is considered small Is golng to work at an alrport And walt for Rex to call Delorls Weber small and cute Teaches all of us to share In home-ec class you ll always find A sack of pop -corn by her chair Miss Kolar and her favorite saying, 'Now you get out that gum! Although we wish she would forget She never will, by crumb! Superintendent A B Calvert ls quick as he can be What d happen if his Angus Would chase him up a tree? When we have shut our books And finally closed the door We know we leave to mourn The class of 54 This ends our senior poem We now pass on to you Our gifts and talents rare That will put us m Who s Who CLASS HISTORY When we thlnk back to the fall of 1940 and the twelve years that followed many happy memories return There are eight members in the graduation class of 53 who started therr educatron here in the kmdergarten They are Patsy Ahern Morris Bender Mary Ann McCullough Lors Memke Melvin Pratt Bem Svehla Darlene Thompson Wayne Gallup Startrng wrth the frrst grade and tracrng our history through the years this class has probably seen more members come and go than has any other class After the kindergarten year we lost Clark Alexander Chauncy Andrews Paula June Bangs Gayle Dean and Clarence Nrcks In the first gade we gained Bill Brrtton Gene Larson Dale Welch Rose Ella Range Ruby Hager and Patrrcra Asmus ln the second grade we lost Morris Bender and garned Betty Ann ed Morris Bender and Ltla Mae Ratlrff We lost Betty Ann Larsen Dale Welch Gene Larsen and Janet Kratochvil The folnth grade brought us Clarence Nrcks Robert Kleemeyer and Joan Kucaba The frfth grade brought us Angelme Betka Lloyd Earleywine Pat Nobbman and Deloris Weber and we lost Clarence Nicks and Robert Kleemeyer The sixth grade brought us Julra Shutts Judrth Johnson Deloris Hansen and Ellis Shutts The seventh grade brought us Pat Hopkins Marvrn McIntosh and Helen Couch We lost Judith Johnson and Doyt Shaw The eighth grade brought us Rex Kellough and we lost Morris Bender Ruby Hager Julia Shutts Pat Hopkins and Rose Ella Range The freshman class brought us many green faces Carolyn Rohrig Helen Rasplrcka Sandra McBride Joseph Murphy Esther Duha Gayle Dean Mary Beth Cogswell Lila Kay Buckingham Don Burda Ruth Bulwan Morris Bender and Ruby Hager We lost Marvin Mclntosh and Angeline Betka Our sophomore year brought us Phil Kendall We lost Bill Britton Lloyd Earleywlne Lila Mae Ratlrff Frances Scott Velma Sladek, Betty Surber Kathryn Vohnout and Ruby Hager Our Junior year brought us Carol Lape for one semes ter During our senior year we lost Gayle Dean and at the beginning of the second semester Joan Kucaba left ru to attend university As we near graduation our class numbers twenty five puprls who carry away the pleasant memories of Friend High The class wants to express a word of appreciation to those who made our school days a success Larsen, Wilma fvelmaj Sladek, Betty Surber, Doyt Shaw, and Phil Anderson. In the third grade we gain-

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SENIGR CLASS PGEM Hall' to all the senlors Although lazy we may be We are the best of scholars From the class of 53 F1rst of all 1S Pat Ahern The tallest g1rl rn our class She always has a wrnrung smlle Where er you see her pass Next comes Patty Asmus In mus1c she does rtght well And how she plays the mar1mba Is more than we can tell Moms Bender from the country ls known for lus great speed But on the farm we ve heard He s Just a lazy hay seed L11a Kay Bucktngham we re now facmg She s someumes full of fun One boy she keeps a chasmg And causes htm to run Ruth Bulwan and her beau Make up another twosome It mtght become qurte toothsome Don Burda next on our 11st Is gorng to be a farmer From all we gather some glrls thlnk He s really qurte a charmer Mary Beth Cogswell 15 famous For bemg late to class When she s settled rn her cha1r The rest are ready to pass Helen Couch 1S next She s known for all her grumbles If she doesn t speak out loud We alwayshear her mumhles Esther Duba IS our arust Our drawmgs she does all If you need a p1cture drawn Just wr1te to her or call Wayne Gallup known as Spread em ls one of our fxrst fxve In Enghsh class we sometxmes wonder If he w11l come out ahve Delor1s Hansen and her car They get along together They travel all the graveled roads In any k1nd of weather Next IS our Rex Kellough Who lS usually very slow But when a chance for ftm comes He s always there to go Joan Kucaba IS our scholar She left us 1n the dust She s gotng to Nebraska U now For her learnmg rs a must Lo1s Melnke tn her Dodge Jalopy On the road IS qulte a wh1zz Upon arrlval of the car She chrtstened xt Just L1z Ice Murphy IS mtelllgent We thtnk he s pretty lucky He comes to school 1n the afternoon And thxnks that tt s qulte ducky Sandra McBr1de known as s1lence But she s no slouch nor sluffer As you can plalnly see Mary Ann McCullough Wears a very ready smrle And on her books and papers She lS busy all the wlule Patr1c1a Nobbman we call Pat She s gomg to be a nurse We hope she never takes the Job Of dr1v1ng a brg hearse Melvm Pratt n1cknamed Buzz ls mechan cally qu1te smart He not only puts together But also takes apart Helen Jean Rasphcka plays A clarlnet tn our band Whenever help IS needed She s there to lend a hand Carolyn Rohng who comes next Is always known as Ma We wonder 1f she ll ever f1nd Someone she can call Pa . . . . , up I I 1 ' - - - H - H . . N . . . , . ' - 1 If poem contained them all, ls quiet as she can be, , . , . . 1 ' 1 J ' I 7 1 , A 0 I

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SENIOR CLASS PRCJPI-I ECY After stepplng off our latest modeled hydrogen plane rn 1976 we went dlrectly to the wartrng room of the arrport to rest awhile As we were s1tt1ng there a prxm young lady walked by us It was none other than 0111 own Darlene fThornpsonj Wrlson She graclously 1nv1ted us to lunch where she sard she would tell us where some of our old classmates had settled She took us to one of Frlend s swanktest Stork Clubs where we were met by the owner none other than our Bern Svehla He told us to st1ck around awh1le because they were prxvrleged to have w1th them that rught one of the world s famous torch smgers Sandra McBr1de After leavrng the Stork Club we were carelessly crossrng the street when my partner was struck by a brg long l1mous1ne To come to fmd out the owner was none other than L1la Kay Buckrngham We all got 1nto L1la Kay s car for a haremscarem rrde to the state s largest hospltal wluch rs now located at Frrend We were met by the head nurse Carolyn Rohrxg It seems she was on nrght duty w1th E1l1s Shutts who had been workrng w1th E1nste1n on an experrment w1th a drug more effectlve than Alka Seltzer when hrs apparatus blew up Carolyn also sa1d that she had one of the state s fmestnursesarde workmg for her She told us rt was Mary Ann McCullough We talked to Mary Ann and asked her who kept her chrldren wh11e she worked She told us that she had an excellent housekeeper It was one of our former classmates Helen Couch After we left the hosprtal Darlene persuaded us to go to v1s1t the Burda ranch As we were passmg the shores of Turkey Creek we say none other than our old classmate Esther Duba pamtrng prctures of slups as they docked 1.l'l the harbor at Turkey Creek It seems Esther had been made head arttst of R K O Studros Srttrng beslde her rn the latest type of swrmmrng surt sunnlng herself was Esther s secretary Helen Jean Raspllcka After chattmg awhrle we conunued our Journey to the Burda ranch As we entered the yard we saw to our amazement none other than our old pal Delorrs Weber the ranch housekeeper chasmg rn the lot several of Don s thousand head of cattle We asked her where the boss was and she replred He IS rn hrs lounge readrng the latest rssue of the Ladres Home Journal Delousalso told us that Don had recerved a letter the day before from a fellow we all remembered Joe Murphy lt seems Joe had Just arnved rn Aus tralra where he was experrmenung w1th rarsrng a new type of cane that he d1dn t ra1se rn hrgh school As we were drtvrng back from the Burda ranch we passed another well kept ranch when we saw a famrllar face come sobbrng out of a chlc ken house We surmlsed trouble so thought we had better turn back and mvesugate It seems Patsy Hoarty fthe former Patsy Ahernj was attempung to gather the eggs when an old setung hen dec ded to be rather possesslve more so than Patsy thought Patsy wanted us stay awhlle but we told her that we had many classmates yet to v1s1t so we con trnued our Journey Upon entermg the school zone we saw a frustrated teacher chasmg one of her pup1ls out the door As we looked closer we saw lf was Patty Asmus lt so happened that one of her angehc puprls had struck her on the srde of the head wrth a flyrng sptt ball Patty told us that our good frrend Lo1s Mernke was dolng mrssronary work rn Afrlca w1th one of the natrve chlefs As we ventured farther rnto the thr1v1ng Clty we notrceda huge neon srgn on a large burldrng whrch read Kellough Baby Products Darlene told us that Rex had done qurte well for hrmself s1nce the town was progressrng raprdly Upon our advancement rnto the mam part of the c1ty we saw a 1918 vehrcle stalled 1n the center of the mtersectron As we approached the car we Klrppenstern Implement Company Phone 2351 Complete One Stop Farm Servrce ' C1ty of Frlend Electrrc Apphances Ph0I16 5251 1 . , . . , . ' 1 , . . . . . , . . , . 1 , . . . . 1 . , . , . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , . . . . . , , , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 11 ' - ' - 1 . . . , ,, . . , . . .... . . , . . . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 . ' 1 0 - I , , . , 1 11 11 - ' ' 1 - 1 11 - 1