Herington High School - Rocket Yearbook (Herington, KS)

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CLA S HISTDRY JUST A THINKING Dear Shrrley Remember that f1rst day when we entered the mysterrous realms of l-lerrngton Hlgh School? What a bewtldered bunch of green youngsters we were Taklng all the razzrn of the upperclassmen 1n our strrde but shyly we elected L C Honey cutt Prestdent Catherme Doyle V1ce Presrdent Leo Weber Secretary and Treasurer Bob Ellrott Drck Schnerder Hrstorran and Elaxne Trede Dorothy Zrener Cheerleaders Our sponsors were Mrss Burnett Mrss Hobbs, and Mr Burrows Our f1rst semester class prcnrc was held at the Herrngton Lake the latter part of September Although some of us came home a trrfle wet we all enjoyed ourselves The Rotary Club gave a prcmc for the freshmen boys whrch was held at the Herrngton Lake every boy had a grown up sponsor who escorted them The freshman attendant to the queen was Wrlma Rrchmond Twrla Wendt and Donna Sauer were the two freshman grrl delegates to the Y Teen conference at Cottonwood Falls Donna Sauer and myslef vrsrted out of town schools on v1s1t1ng day A large part ofthe hlgh school band was made up of a large portxon of freshmen I9 rn all Srxteen partrcrpated 1n vocal musrc The 1948 football team was supported by seven delegates from the freshman class Three were out for basketball and srx were out for baseball Second semester socral event was a prcnrc at Lake Herrngton Curtrs Beames enrolled rn January of 1949 and I-lelmer Jung hans Bernrce Brunner dropped out rn February As sophomores we elected Drck Schnerder Presrdent Paul Utech Vrce Presrdent Bob Ellrott Secretary and Treasurer Geraldrne Baker Hrstorran and Twrla Wendt Cheerleader Our sponsors were Mrss Brshop Mrs Frost and Mr Penner The f1rst semester party was a sock hop ln the gym Prrzes were grven to Donna Sauer and Hrram Harmon for the best decorated socks Frfteen took part rn football that year Leo Weber was on the A team rn basketball and Wayne Wrseman and RODHIC Baker were on the B team Three took part rn baseball Nmeteen took part rn band The football attendant to the queen was Marllyn Kendall and the second semester party was a hayrack rrde Those who dropped out durrng the year were Wrlma Rrchmond Gall McIntyre LeRoy Longhofer and Lou1s Engle To lead us to our drgnrfred places asjunrors we elected Bob Elirott Presrdent Drck Schnerder V1ce Presrdent L C Honey Cult Secretary Don Hayes Treasurer and Denms Brsby Hrstorran Many thanks to our sponsors that year Mrs Haun and Mr Bell for all the trme and help they gave to the class Our socral event for the f1rst semester was a dance rn the band room Remember? There were rune out for football and three on the A team rn basketball There were twenty two rn band Donna Bushey was attendant to the football queen A rrng C0mmltIC6 was chosen and our class rtngs selected The trme had come at last for our class to perform for the benefrt of all Iunror Play trme The curtarn went up at Paul Utech was elected to attend Boys State at Wrchrta and myself to attend Grrls State at Lawrence And soon came the trme we were all wartmg for Banquet Trme The offrcers met wrth the sponsors and selected our theme Moonlrght OnHawa11 All members of our class then went to work on the gym and before long II was changed 1nto a paradrse of blue and green streamers landscape and palm trees The tables were set and frnally the brg mght arrrved Our class showed plenty ofcompetrtron to the senror class that nrght but we all remamed frrends Those we lost during the year were Clarrce Schnerder Catherme Doyle Charles Wrll and Clovrs Smrth We galned Shrrley Murray and Donald Starr By the trme we became semors we were gettmg somewhat a1r mrnded At least that rs what the other classes thought about us Sometrmes when we assumed that bragadoccro a1r we drdn t feel that way It was Just a cover up because we were a llttle sad sometlmes that we would soon be leavlng hrgh school Jo McKee was elected to ftll the offrce of Presldent Denms Blsby Vrce Presrdent Jerry Rrttell Secretary Charles Krueger Treasurer Geraldtne Baker, Hrstorran Our sponsors were Mrss Melander and Mr Bell and Mr Butterfleld There were ten who played football Tw1la Wendt was football queen and her attendant was Donna Bushey The f1rst semester party was decoratmg the halls and tree for Chrtstmas Everyone emoyed the mrstletoe rncludrng the teachers that were present Srx semors played basketball Clarre Hyde was basketball queen and her attendants wereCatherrne Doyle and Donna Sauer The football basketball and baseball games are all memorres now but we ll always remember the thrrll that came when our boys won and a game and the heartbreaks we felt when they lost Our lrttle yunror frrends fell herr to arrangrng for the Junror Semor Banquet We truly thank them for grvrng us such a lovely one Early one mornrng we boarded a Rock Island tram for Kansas Crty lt was Skrp Day the day we had warted for stnce we were freshmen A good trme was spent that day and another memory added We arrrved home trred but happy At home agarn we remembered we had our second semester assembly to prepare our class day program Who the Valedtctorlan and Salutatonan are wrll not be known untrl that day Your guess rs as good as mrne as to who wrll recerve the Amerrcan Legron Awards but we know rt w1ll be someone who deserves rt and we wrll allbe very happy and proud of them Those we lost durrng the year were Ann Walker Peak Bonnre Zrebell Stneber Wrnona l-l1ldermanChr1s1ohn Shxrley Koepsel Dorothy Zrener Jones Those we galned were Clarre Hyde Ann Walker and Catherme Doyle And that mght of nrghts arrrved and the curtarn descended on frfty two eager senror students gorng that frnal march down the arsle to recetve therr drplomas tears but ll was over but not really over forwe had lustre cerved our passports for the begmnrng of a new lrfe Your frrend, Geraldrne Baker 8:00 p. m. on the eve of December 1, 1951, with The Clock Struck Twelve and rang down at 10:00 p. m. A great hit.

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CLASS WILL We the members of the sem 1 ss of Herrngton High School havrng arrrved at that pornt rn our careers Where Trarls Drvrde and fully rea' zrng that dangers lr..l' along the trarl havedecrded to leave behind us for safe keeprng rn the hands of Alma Mater all our vaulable belongings to wrt as follows namely etc we frrst request that all our grades be thoroughly drsrnfectedsothat there wrllbe no danger of the Junrors catch rng them from us To our alma mater we leave our love our loyalty and our unfalterrng belref that she rs the best hrgh school any where To our teachers we leave the hope that they may some day have the prrvrlege of teachrng students as rxell be haved and rntellrgent as we have always been 4 We have pondered long about what we should do about the Junrors Vwe can t leave them our good looks for we have none We can t leave them a trust fund, for we have always found rt drffrcult to get the fund wrthout the trust We can leave them nothing to eat for we ate everything rn sight at the Junror Senror banquet 5 To the sophomore class now who could do any thrng for a sophomore? Sophomores see all hear all and are qurte sure they know all They need lrttle of our help so we grve our best wishes to them 6 To the freshmen we leave a desire that they may some day follow rn our footsteps We realrze that our foot can keep tryrng We now have a few specral bequest as follows Barbara Adams wrlls her slrm shape to Judy Zrnn Henry Altwrlls his nickname bones to Jerry Strrckbrne Long may he rattle C J Baker He would leave something but he needs ev erythrng he s got Geraldrne Baker wrlls her delrcate vorce to Emma Lou Locke Curtis Beames wrlls hrs car to any underclassman so that rt can further rt s education Dennrs Brsby leaves to the delrght of the teachers Brll Brttner leaves to burld a flashrng career Dorrs Bromley leaves to Jorn Henry Travrs Elmer Brunner leaves and Rrta follows Jeanne Buchenau wrlls her wrnnrng way wrth the teachers to Don Gerdes and Rrchard Murray Donna Bushey wrlls her way wrth men to Alma Johnson Herby Cale leaves before hrs debts catch up wrth hrm Patsy Darner wrlls her beautrful dyed hair to Carolrne Weber Catherine Doyle wrlls her abrlrty to say the wrong thrng at the rrght trr' e to Mr Butterfreld Bob Elliott wrlls shrrley Bell to Grady Ghrer Connre Escobar wrlls her abrltty to take thrngs slow and eas Rita Gravatt wrlls her rrght hook to Loueeu Lough Hrram Harmon wrlls hrs height to Buzzy Gardner Don Hayes leaves but he ll never be forgortenl L C Honeycutt wrlls hrs heart to Texas Claire Hyde wrlls her pep to Lester Schlesener Dean Kendall wrlls hrs farmrng abrlrty to Mr Mounkes Marilyn Kendall wrlls her left over frnancees to the fresh man class Charles Krueger wrlls hrs abrlrty to gas to Mr Picker rng, not that he needs rt Aleda Meyer leaves her quret manner to Donna Speer and she needs rt Shrrley Murray leaves her brrght and shrnnrng face to Rose mary Prerce Thenrn the years to come there wrll need be no worry about blackouts rn the halls of H H S GarlMcIntrye wrlls hrs dancrng abrlrty to Larry Valent rno Meulr Joe Mc Kee wrlls hrs natural red harr to Janine Brshop Betty Jo McRae wrlls her place rn the offrce to Short Lang hofer Wrlda Prgorsch wrlls her abrlrtytostudy to Denny Tatge so she won t be alone rn the world Helmud Rrffel wrlls hrs heart interest rn Marron to the Creamy Sophomores Gerald Rrndt wrlls hrs friends to someone who hasn t any Jerry Rrttel wrlls his corn to the F F A boys LaVelle Roehrman leaves Patty Strunk to Jerry Weather man Howard Runft wrlls hrs physique to Vvrllre Meyer Martha Samples leaves her hatred of men to Mary Lynn Ktught Donna Sauer wrlls her abrlrty to wrrte letters to Shrrley Zrebell Dorothy Sauer wrlls her abrlrty to get rnto the Town Club Glen Schlesener wrlls hrs quret laugh to Kay Hrckey Drck Schnerder leaves hastrly and Brrrx rushes after Donald Starr wrlls hrs abrlrty to translate shorthand to Ro bert Schaaf Elarne Trede wrlls her hold on Jrmmy to anyone who can take hrm away from her Paul Utechwrlls hrs abrlrty to play moon to Buddy Sager Leo Weber wrlls hrs forceful personalrty to Wlllram Kemph Ruth Ann Weber wrlls her abrlrty to get good grades to Dean Walters Twrla Wendt She would wrll something but she doesn t know what awrllrs and she d hate to grve something away she mrght need later on Wayne Whrsman wrlls hrs football physrque to Gray Thom son Charles Wrll wrlls hrs borstrous personalrty to Mrlton Wade Ronme Baker leaves hrs musrcal talent to Bryan Clore And lastly we do hereby appornt Mr Butterfield to the executor of this our last wrll and testament and repos rngconfrdence rn lum request that he be not required to grve bond for the farthful performance of lus dutres He has done a good Job of admrnlsterrng to us rn high school, and we believe he wrll have no dlffrculty rn carrying out our wishes herein stated ln wrtness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and stgnatures to this valuable document this rgth day of May, 1952 Signed Senior Class Of Herrngton High School I' . .I . 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