Gem Consolidated School - Gems Yearbook (Colby, KS)

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DUANE SADDLER Girl s Glee Club Band Paper Staff QASSOCIBCS Annual Staff Basketball Volleyball Softball Negro Mxnstrels Operettas Paul Splits the Atom The Roundup f M1nn1e The White Lawn loon Shy Light in the Window Girl Wxth Two Faces Presldent Secretary Treasurer 5, 4. 014 1'4f..r..J JEAN IOERPEL Stars V Seniors Boy's Glee Club . . . Band ...... . . . . . ...., 1,2 3, Paper Staff CSports Editorl. , ......,. Annual Staff .... Basketball . . . Volleyball . . . Baseball ....... Negro Mlnstrels . . Operettas ...... VPaul Splits the Atomu HThe Roundup of Minnieu VThe White Lawnn . . nkootln' Tootin' Ranchu VLight in the Windowu Editorl Girl s Glee Club Band Paper Staff iReporterJ Annual Staff Volleyball Negro Iinstrels Paul Splits the Atom 'Roundup of linnxe Rootxn Tootxn' Ranch Girl With Two Faces' Operettas Presldent Vice President CLASS FLOWER CLASS COLORS . . . . . . . .1,2,3 ESTELLE TREAT 2 2 Wh1te Rose Blue and Whlte ' ..........,,.. lJ,L4 . . . .....,.......... . 2,4 A ......... 4 . . . .......,. . . . 4 . . , . . , . . ..... . 1,2,3,4 ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . .l,2,3,4 . . . . , . . . . . . . . . t . . . . 3 ' - ..... .....,... 2,3 . . .......... . . . l,2,3,4 - ............ . 2 o ' ' H .,,...,..... . l H H ,....... ....... 23 ......,..,....... . . 3 H ..,...,..b... a ' .........,..... 1 ' ..,................ 1,4 - ............ . . 2 A ' ............. 1,, Basketball ..............., 1.2, '7 . . ,........... . .. ..L2 CLASS MOTTO - HThe Darkest Night the World Has Ever Known Did Not Put Out The . 9

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Senzor Class of 1950 Boy S Glee Club Band Paper Staff Khdxtorl Annual btaff Basketball Volleyball Bageball Negro Mlnbtrels Operettas Paul Splltx the Atom The Roundup of MIHHIL The Mhxte Lawn Rootln Tootln Ranch Moon Shy Why the Lhlmcs Rang Llght 1n the Wlndow Presldent Seuretary Treasurer JOYCE LAURITSEN Girl s Glee Club Paper Staff CReporterJ Annual Staff Basketball Volleyball Softball Negro Minstrels Operettas Paul Splits the Atom Roundup of Mxnnle Rootln Tootln Ranch Girl With Two Faces Moon Shy Secretary Treasurer Gxrl 5 Glee Club Band Paper Staff QRepOrterJ Annual Staff Basketball Volleyball Softball Negro Mlnstrels Operettas Glrl Wlth Two Faces Vice Presxdent 8 JERRY KNUDbON BEVERLEY IENTLICK

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H1story of the 1950 Semors On September 5, 1938, three llttle g1rls and three little boys enrolled in the flrst grade of the Gem Consol1dated School They were J C Dean, Donald Mullens, Duane Saddler, Jackle Sm1th, Estelle Treat, and Jean Woerpel The teacher of these brlght eyed s1x year olds, who were wondering what lt was all about, was Frances Dechert The next year the very much grown up second graders agaln had Frances Dechert for their teacher Murry Pavllcek Jolned the group to make lt seven In the th1rd grade Mlldred Hays was our teacher Murry Pavllcek had left 1eav1ng the or1ginal s1x In 1941 our teacher was Lucllle Koons who had the Job of hold1ng down the same group of students Our flfth grade teacher was Eula Pryor who 1n 1943 gratefully turned the Job over to the slxth grade teacher, Maxlne Nelson In the seventh grade Jerry Knudson and Joyce Laurltsen from the Tully country school 1D RHWLIHS county, Howard Buford from Llncoln Kansas, and George Dresher were added, and we lost J C Dean to Colby whlch made a total of nlne students Tw11a Saddler was our teacher Under the guldance of Ila Saddler 1n our elghth grade, our class agaln was nine, havlng acqulred Bernard Haremza but loslng Howard Buford S'1ll eager to ga1n more knowledge the fol1ow1ng year, the elghth graders entered the Freshman class of the Gem Hlgh School w1th the except1on of Bernard Haremza who went to Hays, George Dresher who moved to Topeka, and Jackle Smith who moved to Brewster Although we lost three, we also galned three Beverley from Colby So w1th Mrs Treat as our Jerry as our Secretary Treasurer, our We returned to school on September Hopson who returned from the army and the place of Donald Mullens and Betty sponsor, Estelle as our Presldent, and Freshman calss numbered n1ne l 1947, w1th n1ne Sophomores Charles B1lly Hedgpeth who came from W1ch1ta took GO1embOSk1 who moved to Colby We chose Mr McArthur as our class Sponsor, Jerry was elected Presldent and Estelle was Secretary Treasurer The h1ghl1ght of our Sophomore year was lnitlating the Freshmen who were all glrls Last year was an eventful one for the same group w1th the except1on of Charles Hopson who became a Sen1or after the f1rst semester Agaln we Mac' as Sponsor, Jean was elected presldent, and Beverley was chosen Treasurer Wlth the except1on of th1s year, last year was our bus1est standlng event of last year was, of course the Jun1or Senlor banquet presented 1n the sprlng chose Secretary The out whlch we And so 1D our twelfth year of schoolln we have s1x students in our class Th1s 1S of hlgh Estelle through the same number we began w1th Shurl Decker who was wlth us three years school transferred to Atwood the last year Wlth Mr Beery as our Sponsor as our Pres1dent, and Jerry as Secretary Treasurer, we hope to come w1th flylng colors th1s sprlng and rece1ve our dlplomas 10 . . . - , . ,. . 9 Mentlick and Shurl Decker came from Tully and Betty Golemboski joined our group , . . . Il I ' . - ' II ' I V0 '