Hyannis High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Hyannis, NE)

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Dance Date provlded musxc as well as entertamment for all trainees and thezr parents When thas Plane of 1949 made 1ts fznal take off we effectxvely decorated its flyxng field with xts class colors and motto We concluded the year s schedule wxth a plcmc dmner and softball tournament at Monahan s ranch Fxnally we found ourselves at the controls of the largest Semor Plane wluch has per mxtted us to do a few stunts We re elected our pxlot Delores McCray and fhght com mander Mrs Hayward Ron Anderson was elected co pllot Tom Stroud radlo operator and Darrell Metcalf navzgator We decxded to make tlus the happlest year of our trammg Our f1r st fl1ght was the xmtmatxon of the Freshmen who began thelr trammg xn September They passed all tests for strength endurance and good sportsmanshlp at our command clrcus performance We clarrn part of the credxt for thezr success slnce we put them through the1r paces crackmg a wlup lash at thezr heels Tlus encouragement brought forth un suspected talents for wxre walkmg Jugghng hxgh dlvmg snake charnung we1ght l1ft1ng clowmng str1p tease dancmg etc wluch were duly exlubxted before the cr1t1cal audxence of tramees and mstructors A f1lm The Menagerme and three reels of dance musmc were enjoyed after wh1ch refreshrnents of czrcus hot dogs longjohns and pop were eaten After votmg to ed1t a yearbook THE LONGHORN we spent a day ln Alhance hB.V1n8 photographs taken Ben Lmcoln flew from Whmtman and made a perfect landxng ln our class We d1d a httle ground work to earn money for s1de trlps Operatlons Hershey Bars and Souvemr Programs kept us successfully 1n the an- all year Hmghhghts of th1s year were the class partxes the Arm1st1ce Day assembly program the .Tumor Plane s dramatlc flight Rune and R1me Again the Chrxstmas party 1n the gym the Pep Club sk1ts and ralhes the basketball trips and games the fllms for mstructxon and fun the basketball banquet and Pep Club Prom the Commerc1al contest and the farewell functzon gzven xn our honor by the .Tumor Plane an Aprxl We took our last cross country hop on Sneak Day from May 3 to 5 and charted the famous Black I-l1lls regxon of South Dakota so that a map of our trip could be mcluded m our yearbook Now we have come to the last lap of our traxmng We feel we have done justlce to our scholastxc work lh add1t1on to enjoyrng our extra currlcular act1v1t1es Lxke all Senxors we have antxclpated the day when we should be free of all class work When we felt the a1r was rather rough at umes the work too monotonous and d1SC1pl1De too xrksome we kept our eyes on the skylzne our graduatzon and found xt a most worthwhmle goal We enjoyed a number of tumng up partxes the last few weeks of our course Followxng Baccalaureate servxces at the Congregatlonal Church m charge of Reverend Mr Taylor we found we had passed all requxrements for our fxnal take off Tlus was held at the Hyanms School hangar on Thursday evemng May 18 wmth Dean I-lenzhck of Umverslty of Nebraska zn charge of our farewell mstructlons Mr Sommers presented to us the scholastic honors won Mrs Hayward presented us as the Class of 1950 and Dr Howell presxdent of the Board of Elducatlon delwered our dlplomas We now have our lzcenses to make solo flights toward our xndxvxdual lxfe goals of the future and w1ll keep m mmd our class motto Onward and Upward 15 H ,, . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . u - , . . . . . , , . . . . 1 9 ' . . . - - ' I I . a ' O 9 v v ' s u 1 . . . . . . , . . , . u I . , . I I . . . . . . . . . . . ' n I v o I a n 1 q I n :Yo 1 1 ' I Or . . . H . ,, . ' I I . . . . . a 1 1 0 - 1 9 . . . . . . . . . . . H ,, - 1 an - an - - , . s 9 . , . . ,, . . . ,, . . n J . . . . . . I I I I I I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . , . . . . I I I v v - . . . . ' - - l ' . . . . . . 1 1 . . I 0 I 5 I . . . . . I I I . . . . . . . H I Il .

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.H gl: gfymg Claris Jffulory ln the fall of 1946 a small green plane came to land at the axrport of the Umte d Au llnes of Hyannxs Hxgh School After passmg rxgzd mental tests and a gruellmg xmuatzon by crews of upper planes we mne t1m1d passengers were permxtted to board thms Freshman plane as the Class of 1950 and to begm our basxc trammg wxth Mlss Farley as our fhght commander We carr1ed l1ttle baggage except our warxed xnherent talents We elected the followmg crew members Ron Anderson pxlot Tocn Stroud co pxlot Darrell Metcalf radlo operator and Delores McCra5 navxgator The same cr ew membm rs served four years exchangmg the1r posxtxons occasxonally to prevent combat fatlgue Fur of our passengers who baxled out before the fxrst year ended made safe landxngs Be n l..1ncoln at Whltman A1rport Lo1s Gorsuch V1ola Gorsuch and lola Reeves at Mullen and Marlln Harman m the Mar1ne Corps We d1dn t fly very hxgh that year howeu 1 we took all the tra1nees on two pleasure flights and made oursclwes xndlspenslble around the school hangar After many ups and downs we were transferred to a larger plane the Sophomore uhxch was equlpped for rougher travel Only the four crew membz rs were on board wxth Robe rt Evans as our new flxght commander We concentrated on physlcal dcxelopment and be cam. members of the famous Longhorns Vxctorxes over all opponents won for us a u ry sp: cxal mxsslon to the State Basketball Tournament at Llncoln Although we dad not wm our battle the fhght was a successful leconnaxsance Upon our return home we were honored by our parents at a basketball banquet at Hotel Hyanms m recogmtlon of our prowess We flew an emergency mlssxon 1n Apr 11 when the Senxor Plane of 48 sent an S O S requestlng help ln delwerlng a commercxal cargo Hxlarzty House for fxnancxal gam fmal rztes In the fall of 1948 we buzzed rlght along 1nto our thxrd year of traxmng aboard the Jumor Plane whlch took us to new hexghts We elected our only gxrl cr ew member Delou McCray as pxlot and Mrs Nlck Hayward as flxght commands r Our fxrst flight was a commercial run Mxsslon Funny Brats was accomphshed and proved so rf mum rauu that we 1nv1ted all the Planes and fllght lnstructors to Joxn us on a joy r1de Ou 1 st fllm Westward Whoa bunco blngo square dancmg and eatmg chow provxded the evenlng s entertalnment In December we were thrilled by our fn st landlng ln the new town Communlty Buxldxng Low ce1l1ng and ze o v1s1b1l1ty grounded us for the first t1me from January 3 to 5 when the Blg Blxzzard of 49 made weather history We contmued hard physical traxmng m addition to our mental work and became helpful props of the Longhorn shmp Our pxlot was honored as one of our cheerleaders Our second reconnalsance of the Lmcoln State Tourn ament and another banquet held m our honor were ample rewards for our strxct traxmng We were the flrst Plane to be offered the excellent cltzzenshxp experxence of Boys and Glrls County Government Day sponsored by the Amerxcan Legion and xts Auvnlnary An addltlonal honor ame to our co pllot Darrell Metcalf who was awarded a solo fllght to Boys State at Lxncoln ln June Near the close of our tlurd year we gate a farewell Q nts rtalnme nt to honor the be mor Plane of 1949 ln commemoratxon of the Gold Rush a Fozty Nxnc r tha me was usa d Followlng a banquet at Hotel Hyanms a prom was held at the school hangar vxhe re a lxlm 14 S I O O L I 1 ' I ' - - : 1 . S A r ' . l , ' Q - - ', N . . , A ' ' . . . . . I M 1 , i W I . , A ' V . : X . . . Z . D , n 1 Z , , , . , , r 4 f - 4 v n ' 9 . I v ' 3 u . 9 . . , ,' , , V . . . . . 4, .V . n ,, n. . ' '- I I ' When their Plane made a take-off on its final hop in May, we decorated the church for their ' . . . Y . . . f' . . .. , . . . N L ' ' I 4 ' , an - no - X - - 1 I v ' - . . ., ,, ,, . x x . it ' I I ' ' . v. .. . U - 1 Y ' u L U! i 'su A . ., ., . . . U P I f I ' . , . . , r . . . . . . g ' Q , l I I I . . . . . ' . . C - , , , V . , . . . , Y ' x 3 A 5 I xx 5 I ' 1- ' x 1 - 1 '

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