Herington High School - Rocket Yearbook (Herington, KS)

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lIlASS PIHIPHHIY While gazing through the bars of our cell e of the windows of our glorious institution we real1zed that soon the class of 53 would be granted full pardon Come let us hop on our Jet propelled crystal ball and f1nd out what our fellow inmates w1ll be do1ng in 1978 twenty five years from now Leroy Langhofer ownes and operates a cha1n of grain elevators 1n and around Delevan Lester Schlesener IS d1rector of a ma1l order muscle building course See his amaz1ng new offer 1n the latest ISSUC of your L1ttle Lulu comic book .Terry Strickbine has a Job painting ce1l1ngs He does it faster and easier because he doesn t need a ladder Charles Mclntyre 1S Santy Claus in Macy s Department Store 1n Kansas City Alex Mowat 1S now papa of Alex Mowat IV Claudine Darby 1S first French horn 1n Mitch M1ller s orchestra Bob Schaaf has at last at last found the lost chord Beverly Lee 1S so disappointed cause all her kids don t have red hair Judy Z1nn has at last saved up enough money for a train t1cket for Denver Carolyn Henderson 1S now demonstrat1ng tractors for the plow Jockeys Helen Pankratz 1S st1ll trying to conv1nce Miss Torkleson that she doesn t like English Ballads Mary Weber has the gum concession at HHS It s a very profitable business Buck Brunner IS now president of the Profess1onal L1ars Club Paul Krause has at last got a new letter sweater Sonya Woten IS piano player at the swanky night club Schultz s Saloon Dean Walters ownes abakery and IS the biggest loafer 1n town Edd1e McAdams 15 still trying to beat .Terry in a game of snooker Rev Harry Granzow is m1ss1onary to the South Sea Islands where he preaches to he hula hula g1rls 'Three Fingers M1lham IS st1ll cutt1ng meat at St1les MaUT1Ce Morgan now owns Dickinson and MOTTIS Counties opponent IS Mr Pickering Duane B1ehler IS Vocational Ag teacher at HHS Dean Stroda 1S champion hog caller and lady killer of Morr1s County Denny Tatge IS installing park1ng meters at Skyl1ne DTIVG Paul W1ll 1S Publ1c Enemy No 1 Dean Floyd is chief d1str1butor for the Kentucky M0OnSh1nerS Assoc1at1on Delmar Falen IS pres1dent of Falen s Ice Cream Inc Easter Haefner has Just completed a book entitled My Twenty Four Years w1thLeroy Shirley Schlesener now knows what It s l1ke to get up all hours of the night to feed a brakeman and get him off to work Glenn Bayes IS head Basketball coach at Bradley s College for Women Lester Harmon st1ll can t decide which he likes best women or females Bob Holeman s theme song 1s For Men Who Know Tobacco Best,It s Women Two to One Don Herp1ch has given up women He s marr1ed now Carl Elliott IS st1ll try1ng to figure out how many sides a circle has Phyll1s Sm1th now runs a trained flea c1rcus Sh1rley Bell 1S a1rl1ne Hostess on the first Atom1c powered Rocket ship to the Moon Janine Bishop LS creating a sensation model1ng the new back less, s1de less, front less bathing su1t Carolyn Brux IS now yodel1ng with the Hoos1er Hotshots Karl White 15 assistant chief test pilot of the Herington Model Club We aren t say1ng what k1nd of models he is testing Majorie Meyer 1S a retired Beauty Queen of Hollywood after having taken Marilyn Monroe s place Bobby Jo Dale is president of his own brewery His advertising slogan IS 'Bottle s Beer for a better burp Grady Ghrer IS chief brain surgeon at the Her1ngton Hospital Buddy Sager st1ll hates the name Joseph . . . . , . . . . . t Bob Hannegan is running for President on the Republican ticket. His Democratic 1 1 ..' v O ' ll O .

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MASS Wlll We the Sen1or Class of 1953 bexng of sound mxnds and sore heads h1tt1ng the books oo hard declare thxs to be our last wxll and testament To the members of the faculty we gxve our apprec1at1on for a hard Job well done To the Freshman Class we w1ll our ab1l1ty to be prompt and always on tlme for class To the Sophomores who thlnk they know xt all we wxll our sense of reasomng and modesty To the .Tumors who w1ll take our place next year we leave our hopes that they may be as superlor students as we were Glenn Bayes leaves h1s shy and sly ways to Ierry Sly Shxrley Bell w1lls her father to the .Tumor Class to see lf they can do anythmg w1th h1m Duane Blehler leaves wxth h1s F F A Jacket and the f1rst penny he ever earned He stxll brags about lt .Tamne Blshop leaves her pecuhar sneeze to Carohne Weber Carolyn Brux wxlls her take me home slogan to Kay Hlckey Duane Brunner leaves h1s dr1v1ng ab1l1ty to Carollne Weber Robert Dale leaves h1s preszdency of the Funnel Club and Hot Rods to Bxlly Schnell Claudxne Darby wxlls her book 'How to Make Love 1n 10 Easy Lessons to Loretta Moore Carl Ellxott wxlls h1s qulet and 1ntell1gent ways to B111 Shockley Delmar Falen w1lls h1s famous bark to Robert Mowat Dean Floyd leaves h1s braxny 1deas and group xndlfference to Jerry Kmrkland Grady Ghrer leaves h1s two arms to s1gn1fy fouls to M1lton Wade Harry Granzow leaves and .T1ll comes tumbhng after h1m Esther Haefner leaves w1th Shorty Bob Hannegan leaves to be Adalal Stevenson s campa1gn manager for the com1ng elect1on Lester Harmon leaves to the amazement of h1s teachers and classmates Carolyn Henderson leaves her ab1l1ty to be loyal to her beloved l1ttle dough boy to Max1ne Cheever Don Herplch leaves h1s gambhng ab1l1ty to Don Czarnowsky Bob Holeman leaves h1s magnet1c ab1l1ty of draw1ng women to hlm to Merle Schnell Paul Krause wllls h1s 1rrest1b1e charm to Oscar Albrecht Leroy Langhofer w1lls hxs football helmet to Jimmy Ghrer Beverly Lee wllls her ab1l1ty to take part 1n all the school act1v1t1es and a couple on the slde to Peggy Douglas Edwxn McAdams leaves h1s ab1l1ty of sneak1ng out of lst hour study hall to Bob McKee Charles McIntyre leaves h1s abxhty to swallow h1s food whole to Buzzy Gardner Marjorle Meyer leaves her bookkeep1ng bra1n to Beans Ewxng .Terry M1lham leaves h1s mouth to anyone who can afford to pay the dentxst b1ll Maurlce Morgan w1lls h1s ab1l1ty to make wlse cracks to the teachers and get away w1th It to Gary Thompson Alex Mowat w1lls h1s yellow leaf corn plants to the Hermngton Vocat1onal Agrxculture Experxment Statwn Helen Pankratz leaves her way wlth out of town boys to Norma Kerns Buddy Sager leaves lus deck of marked cards loaded d1ce and moon playmg ab1l1ty to Carl Dan1tschek Bob Schaaf leaves h1s monotone vozce to Rodney Alward Lester Schlesener wllls h1s pool play1ng ab1l1ty to Dale Scratchj Wxll Shmrley Schlesener leaves to be head master of the brakeman Phylhs Smlth leaves her brams to the b1ology class for analysts Jerry Str1ckb1ne w1lls Smokey Stover twenty f1ve cents to buy a pack of clgarettes Dean Stroda wrlls h1s many women adm1rers to Frank Meyers Denny Tatge leaves h1s remarkable ab1l1ty to fmd lovers lanes to Harold Chalker Dean Walter leaves the hamr on h1s chest to stuff the p1llows mn the Home Ec room Mary Weber w1lls her ab1l1ty to be engaged to one man and gomng steady wxth a half a dozen others at the same t1me to Ela1ne Kloepfer Karl Whxte w1lls h1s mu1t1 m1ll1on dollar model arrplane busmness to Stanley Veal Paul W1ll w1lls h1s ab1l1ty to stay away from g1r1s to Jerry Weatherman Sonya Woten leaves to become the ch1ef bottle washer at the Coca Cola Bottlxng Co Jud1th Z1nn leaves her sm1l1ng face and good humor to Carol Oesterrexch Q , . 1 , K 1 1 t , . w 1 1 ' 1 1 , 1 1 , . . . , . , 1 4 1 .6 N u . . - 1 1 u 1 . 6 1 . !

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MASS HISHIRY As we look back over our four short years as hrgh school students we recall some of the hrghlrghts that made those years seem lastrng As meek and shy freshmen We all trudged to our frrst class meetmg We rmmedrately elected our offrcers with the help of our sponsors They were Beverly Lee Presrdent Bob Hannegan Vrce Presldent Bob Dale as Secretary and Treasurer and Carl Ellrott asHrstor1an Our class numbered 51 members and gsponsors whowere Mr Boyd Talley Mrss Flora Burnett and Mr Joe Bussard Our frrst semester party was a prcnrc at the Hermgton Lake Transportatron was provxded and everyone brought therr own lunch and a gay evenmg was spent at Lake l-lermgton Second semester found us agarn Journeyrng to the lake to eat, but mrs trme rt was on hayracks The rides were drrty and dusty but we were havrng fun Tractors were drrven by Maurrce Morgan and Duane Brehler wrth the superv1s1on of Mr Talley The Freshman attendant to the Football Queen was Claudrne Darby I.n musrc eleven freshmen helped to frll the roll books for the band drrector Partrcrpatrng rn sports were nrne 1n football and one rn basketball As not so green sophomores we elected as our offrcers Bob Hannegan as Presldent, Bob Holeman Vrce Presrdent Carl Elllott Secretary and Harry Granzow as Treasurer As our sponsors for our sophomore year we had Mr Darrell Mounkes and Mrss laura Melander As an 3Ct1V1ty as sophomores we undertook to have a dance for our class Not many boys could dance but most of them made a try to show they were good sports The refreshments rn the Home Ec room delrghted everyone Incrdently we had cup cakes and COKES When we were Junrors we thought we were well on the way out and decrded to really have a hard year of earnmg money To lead us to the best path we elected Maurice Moran Presrdent Harry Granzow Vrce Presrdent Bob Schaaf Secretary and Glenn Bayes as Treasurer Our sponsors were Mrss Elorse Palmqurst Mr Darrell Mounkes and Mr Waldo Pankratz Our frrst attempt to establrsh our used- up funds was dues and our Carnrval The carmval was a huge success well recerved by the people The Queen of the evening of fun was Beverly Lee guls were requrred to grve the boys a party Thrs was a hambuger fry at the farrgrounds and served as our semester party Our Junror play was a comedy in three acts Our Mrss hmmy was the trtle and our performances were well recerved by the audrence The brg event of the year was rn the near future and rmmedrately we began to plan for the banquet We chose as our theme Evenrng In Parrs and much beauty was drsplayed rn It s entrrety For months afterward the scene was in one s mrnd Our Senror year found us at the top of everythmg At least that was our thought -maybe not tops wrth everyone else but wrth ourselves anyway At our frrst meetrng we chose offrcers whom we thought could take care of the busy seruor year Presrdent Jerry Mflham Vrce Presrdent, Grady Ghrer Secretary Carl Elltott Treasurer lekoy Longhofer andH1stor1an Carolyn Brux Claudrne Darby was crowned Football Queen by Captam LeRoy Longhofer of the Football squad on the mghr of Home comrng Her attendant was Sonya Woten Our basketball queen was Beverly Lee and Grady Ghrer was her escort Beverly s two attendants were Carolyn Henderson and Shrrley Bell Our Skrp Day was an excmng one and after a happy day we all trudged home for a short mght s sleep What fun we drd havel We decorated the Chrrstmas nee rn the marn hall Thrs served as our party of the semester and after e hard work fudge and cokes were enjoyed Wrth only a few weeks left rn our last hrgh school year but contalned rn those weeks were frlled the thoughts of Class Day Commencement and Baccalaureate Agam we beganto recall memones and the wonderful experrences that frll the heart of a senror Our four years are at an end and with sad hearts we look back and see the happy and emoyable thmgs we must leave The march down the arsle torecerve our drplomas many steps unsure because of tears but as that moment began to fade and one shook the hand of and older and more expenenced person rt gave an rnsprrmg hope that we now were begrnning a new era rn our lxves 38 We next tried a magazine sale to try for more money. The boys exceeded the girls in the total sales and thus the . . . v V . th