Hemingford High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Hemingford, NE)

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THE SPUDPICKER -l - 3n ittmtuirmut Perry Dean Johnson was born in Hemingford, Nebraska, Box Butte County, on the 24th day of November in the year 1909 and departed from this life on Friday, February 15th, 9 P. M. in the Chadron Municipal Hospital at the age of 19 years, 2 month, and 22 days. His relapse came unexpectedly at the end of 14 days' severe illness with pneumonia when it was thought by all that he was well on the road to recovery. He began his boyhood days on his father’s farm near Hemingford, en- tered the Hemingford Public School at the age of six, passed his grade each year, graduated from the Hemingford High School in the spring of 1928, ranking in the upper quartile of his class, and entered the Chadron State Normal College in the fall of this school year. - 4

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THE SPUDPICKER WE THE SENIOR CLASS Of 1929 respectfully dedicate this volume of the SPUDPICKER to our Sponsor COACH L. M. CARTER

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-» — = THE SPUDPICKER-- -- ..... He was an active member of the Alliance Chapter of DeMolay and the National Young Men’s Christian Association. He could always be depended upon. He completed everything which he undertook. Generally known by the name of P. D., he was an accepted leader in all school activities. This was es- pecially true in athletics. He made 7 letters and won one medal in high school athletics, never failing to letter in any sport offered by the school. P. D., was an ideal athlete, trained consistently, observed all the rules of the game, work- ed for the honor of the team and school, and was always willing to divide any honor or glory with his team mates. His high school will always remember when the team was within one yard of the goal, that he drew a senior out of the line in order to give him what might be his last and only chance to make a touch-down for his school, and a track meet where having already earned his letter he allowed a team mate to come in first so that he too might earn his. Although a freshman in college he lettered in football, and Coach Hahn of the Chadron State Normal considered him to be one of his most aggressive guards in basket-ball for this season, and one of the best liked men on the squad. During this time he carried every hour of work that the Normal Board would allow. He was an industrious and a diligent worker, a companion to his par- ents, brother and sisters, always grateful for his home life, for the sacrifices of his father and mother, whose only goal in life was to give each of their chil- dren the advantage of a college education, with an unselfish Christian citizen- ship for the community advancement instead of personal gain. He often told his mother, “Mother, when I am away from home, no matter where I go, and no matter where I am, I shall never do anything for which you will ever need be ashamed or have cause to regret.” His life was all of that. Perry Dean leaves to mourn his untimely departure his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Johnson of this city, two sisters and one brother; Mrs. Fawntine Black of Scottsbluff, Mrs. Willella Barker of Custer, S. D., and Mr. W. A. John- son of Grant, Nebraska; other relatives and a host of friends. He was baptised when a small boy, accepted Christ as his ideal during his high school days and his life represented the many possiblities of an unfold- ing leader, who clearly recognized the worth of weighing the values of a phys- ical, intellectual, and spiritual life. Chisel in hand stood a sculptor boy With a marble block before him. His face lit up with a smile of joy As an angel dream passed o’er him. lie carved that dream on the yielding stone With many a sharp incision. In heaven’s own light the image shone,— He had caught that angel vision. Sculptors of life are we as we stand With our lives uncarved before us, Waiting the hour when at God’s command Our life-dream passes o’er us. Let us carve that dream on the yielding stone With many a sharp incision,— Its heavenly beauty shall be our own, Our lives that angel vision.