Gem Consolidated School - Gems Yearbook (Colby, KS)

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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 '

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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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Class Will We sophisticated Seniors of 1949-50 have solemnly declared this to be our last wiIl and testament. We hope that these people will take these things we've treasured so long and use them to the best advantage. Look where it got us Therefore with great glee and malice aforethought, we hereby bequeath the following Absolutely no inheritances can be returned or exchanged Duane's extra hundred pounds goes to Frog, he needs it Beverley leaves one of her bobbypins to Darrell Jerry's ability to get knocked around 1D a ball game is gratefully given to Al Treat leaves the credit for all the baskets she missed to Bond Joyce proudly presents all of her ink splotches in Mechanical Drawing to Kenneth Jean can hardly part with all of her wasted study halls, but she finally decided that Carrol should be the lucky owner Joyce leaves those lovely squeaks and squawks on her clarinet to Peggy, they mlght sound better on a sax The beaut1ful small feet of Duane are herewith the property of Marseal Bev's way of lous1ng up a checker game now belongs to Claud Jean's smooth, graceful movements go to L Vena Estelle's quirk for saying the wrong thing at the right time or the right thing at the wrong time 1S bequested to Phyllis It about broke Jerry' heart to have to give up his boots but he felt he had to leave something tangible so they go to Ilea He had wanted to die with them on, to So rejoice, all you fortunate people, you Now you can really engoy next years school work iha'D Signed this first day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty CThe Seniors! C lass Prophecy We had clear flying weather but the magnificent scenery of the Rockies the pert, good looking blonde stewardess It wasn t until we were over Denver that I reallzed I knew her, but then I wasn't certain No lt couldn t be yes, it was or was it? Since the stewardess' seat was behind me, I turned and said, 'Miss Woerpel? She snapped to attention and slightly wlthered me with her reply I beg your pardon, sir, but my name 1S Mrs Anthony Hewitt and that happens to be my husband piloting this plane and passengers aren't sup why Jerry Knudson, you ol' sonovagun, you, what drug you 1H?n And so the gab fest was on We talked all the way from Denver to Chicago where I transferred to a plane to New York She was surprlsed to learn that I owned a small ranch Hide Away Ho, in Idaho, about 75 miles from the nearest neighbors There I live with my wife, raise dogs and horses, and write mystery novels We both agreed that we had found in life what we had wanted As a matter of fact, I told her, I'm on my way to New York now to attend to the publishlng of my latest mystery MURDER IN THE BIOLOGY 11 ' v . . . . S L . , . . ' d. D 7 didn't particularly interest me, though. I was paying more attention to . . . , . , - . -- . . ' ' V1 ' , . r . H . H H E . . ,