Hildreth Public School - Greyhound Yearbook (Hildreth, NE)

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Class History In 1943 the September school term rolled around. Eight cute little ornery young- sters started their first day of school. What a happy bunch we were; Those who made up this group were: Maxine Casper, Janet Johnson, Don Kruse, Pon Kruse, Carol Hansen, Barbara Lantz, Dick Fuerst, and Merlyn Rahmann. At the second semester we gained Wanda Frerichs. Our teacher was Miss Leona Glenn. Miss Glenn with the same youngsters returned in the fall of ‘44 for the enrollment of the second grade. Upon entering the third grade we lost Wanda Frerichs who went to country school for a few years. Rodney Hinrichs and Gene Frerichs decided to come to Hildreth to fur- ther their education, so we gained the last of the second semester. Miss LaVina Kleen had the privilege of teaching us. In the 4th grade we started off into a year of adventure and excitement, with Joy Hendricksen as our teacher. This year we gained Glen Duis. The eleven of us continued on through the fifth grade, with Verna Vannier helping us to gain more knowledge. In the sixth year, Maxine Casper, Janet Johnson, Barbara Lantz, Carol Hansen, Merlyn Rahmann, Dick Fuerst, Gene Frerichs, Rodney Hinrichs, Ron Kruse, Don Kruse, made up the ornery bunch. Dwaine Ostebuhr joined us and we had the same teacher. Wanda Frerichs, Val Jean Quadhamer, and Paul Harms, joined us our seventh year. We lost Dwaine Osterbuhr. At the beginning of the eighth grade Barbara Lantz moved to Colorado. Howard Glenn was our teacher for both 7th and 8th grades. After eight long years of waiting, that moment arrived when we could walk up the high school steps along with new friends and classmates, from the country. Our lively group consisted of: Marva Ann Fritson, Helen Adam, Maxine Casper, Leola Frerichs, Wanda Frerichs, Janet Johnson, Carol Hansen, Merlyn Rahmann, Donna Schmidt, Val Jean Quadhamer, Don Kruse, Ron Kruse, Dick Fuerst, Paul Harms, Rodney Hinrichs, Denny Reil, Glen Duis, Gordon Loschen, Jerry Johnson, Gene Frerichs, and Don Wilken. In our Sophomore year we lost Glen Duis as he decided to move to Oklahoma. Sharron Whipple joined us in our Junior year. On entering our last and most exciting year we lost Val Jean who moved to Minden. We now had the name we longed for, “full Fledged Seniors.' After Commencement Exercises on May 19th, when we receive our diplomas, and turn our tassels, a night which we will never forget, we are now ready to enter into a world unknown, ready to face our future, on our own, but not alone. 17

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Senior Class Poem Here are the facts about a cl 5s alive. The Senior Class of 55 Helen Adam is a brain in our class. There's seldom a test she doesn’t pass. Rodney Hinrichs, slim and tall, Plays his trumpet for all. Pretty and smart, that’s Leola Frerichs, She’d be a pin-up in any army barracks! ! Don Wilken is a real nice guy, He’s going to be a minister by and by. Wanda Frerichs, is everyone’s pal; We all know that she’s Wayne’s gal. Gordon Loschen can really jump and run, When he hears the sound of that track gun. Marva Ann Fritson studies real hard, But still she’s lots of fun and everybody’s pard Don and Ron Kruse, twins, and on the basketball five, Play, pass, and shoot with lots of jive. Maxine Casper’s a talkative little gal, And is everyone’s Pal. Dick Fuerst is tall and silly, But we all like him ’ rilly. Carol Jean Hansen never has much to say, But she gets good grades anyway. Jerry Johnson is always full of fun and mischief. But to the teachers he’s just one big grief'. Donna Mae Schmidt lives on a farm, She works hard and doesn’t do anyone any harm. Gene Frerichs plays the tuba in band, And if anybody needs help he’s there to give a hand. Janet Johnson is a cute little chick, She’s going to make some guy heartsick. Denny Reil is tall, dark, and Handsome, Many a girl would like to hold him for ransom. ron Whipple 16 Sharron Whipple is going to be a farmers’ wife, And live happily the rest of her life.

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Senior Class Will We, the senior class of 1955, being of sound mind, do hereby will and bequeath these assets to the following underclassmen, with the only stipulation being that, in return for our generous gifts, they must faithfully execute the official duties which shall be handed down to them when they become seniors. I, Helen Adam, will my seat in History class to Joan Jelkin so she won’t have to turn around every now and then. I, Maxine Casper, will my nickname ‘’gabby” to anyone who can fulfill the qualifi- cations . I, Gene Frerichs, will my nickname “Dad” to Dwaine Osterbuhr, provided he can figure out how I acquired it. I, Leola Frerichs, will my long blonde hair and my cheery disposition to Eleanor Hitchcock. I, Wanda Frerichs, will my fiance to myself since He’s the nicest guy I know. I, Marva Fritson, will my typing ability to whomever is office girl next year, provided she does as good a job as I did. I, Dick Fuerst, will my hot-lips (on the trumpet that is)to Kathy Glenn hoping she uses them for the same purpose. I, Carol Hansen, will my ability to attract curly-headed boys to my sister, Minnie, hoping she gets a “Curly” like I did. I, Paul Harms, will the two car wheels that I don’t use going around corners to Evon Fritson hoping she uses them. I, Rodney Hinrichs, will my 6’4” to Wayne Casper so they’ll “have it made” at State next year. I, Janet Johnson, will my ability to blush to June Johnson, hoping it doesn’t embarass her the way it has me. I, Jerry Johnson, will my mischievous ways to Roger Warnken, hoping he doesn’t get into all the trouble I did. I, Don Kruse, will my irresistible approach to the fairer sex to my brother, Gary, hoping he does as well as I. I, Ron Kruse, will my freshman interest to anyone who will guard her safely. I, Gordon Loschen, will my ability to attract blondes and redheads to anyone who will take full advantage of the ability. I, Merlyn Rahmann, will my ability to giggle to Elna Saathoff, hoping she uses it. I, Denny Reil, will my wooing ability to LeRoy Frerichs, hoping he gets as good re- sults as I did. I, Donna Schmidt, will iny Kearney interest to Karen Hinrichs, provided he doesn’t hinder her studying. I,.Sharron Whipple, will my cooking ability to Marilyn Lieske, since the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. I, Don Wilken, will my even temper to Ronnie Nordborck, hoping he keeps it even. To the Juniors, we will our scholastic ability, hoping it will set an example. To the Sophomores, we will our talents and our leadership ability. To the Freshmen, we will our congratulations for a successful year, and wish you all the luck in the coming years. We, the Senior Class of 1955, will the following assets to the faculty: To Mr. Lewis: All our pep and energy for his Model A Ford. Mr. Crist: All the luck possible in the coming years. Mr. Glenn: All the entrances we missed during play practice. Mr. Straatmann: All our live wires to his radio shop. Mrs. Lynch: All the aromas floating from the Home Economics Room. To the Janitor: All the paper we left on the floor and all the doors he unlocked for us. 18