La Cygne Rural High School - Swan Yearbook (La Cygne, KS)

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Gfass History In the fall of l945, 35-freshmen took passage on the show boat NSwanH. Be- ginning the long voyage of knowledge were Bobby Banks,Billy Conard,Shirley Bays, Jeannette De Mott, Beverly Barker, Virginia Miller, Kenneth Miller, Lois Rogers, Norman Wade, Bernard Massey, Maretta Reinke,Marie Smith, Elsie LaMaster, Rosalie Hoppe, Wanda Hensley, Ruth Coffel,Jeannine Karr, Junior Ayres, Naydene Long, Roy McRae, Dorothy Marsh, Goldie May Jackson, Bryce Milton, Charles VanVlack, Bessie Caraway, Ervin Ray, Basil Fri, Billy Trinkle, Emma Sue Silvey, Ivan Wade, Betty Jean Rose, Betty Sue Phalen, Roy Parker. we chose Norman Wade to be our captain, Shirley Bays,for first mate,Ivan Wade to keep the log,and Lois Rogers as purser. kiss Potter was chosen to be our guide. Our get acquainted party on the boat in the early fall was the first of,many good times together. Several of our members who became sea sick and decided to return to shore were Billy Trinkle, Emma Sue Silvey,Ivan Wade,Roy Parker, Junior Ayres, Betty son. We were all glad to have Vivian Cooper and late spring of l944 we had another party before hoping all would be back in the fall to start on In the fall of 1944, 22'sophomores gathered other voyage on the HSwann. Several members lost had to go off without them. we chose Norman Wade as first mate, Rosalie Hoppe to keep the log, and Potter was again chosen to be our guide. we had Morrison's and Bessie would like 20 members. lake. we welcomed Leonard Frank as a Jean Rose, and Goldie May Jack- James Horn join our crew.In the we all bade each other good bye another voyage. , at the their to be Billy gangplank to start on an way to the boat, and we our captain, Shirley Bay Conard as purser. Miss S our party with the freshmen at new crew member. Wanda Hensley Caraway decided to take another course. Virginia Miller, thinking she another boat, went to the Drexel Show Boat. That left us with only We sold magazines for our Junior--Senior Banquet fund. In the late spring we had our other party, and after telling each other good bye,we left with the hope that we would see each other in the fall. In the fall of l945, 20 members filed up the gangplank to start the voyage of our junior year. We had acquired two new crew members--Betty Sue Phalen from the Wichita boat, and Vivian Cooper from Pleasanton's boat to which she had transferred during her sophomore voyage,and lost Bryce Milton to the Parker boat we again chose Norman Wade to be our captain, Shirley Bays for first mate, Lois Rogers to keep the log,and Beverly Barker as purser. Miss Dorothy Henkle and Miss Olive Gage were chosen to be our guides.We put on a real show on October 5O,call- ed nKay Beats the Bandu. we were proud of its success and of the 880 we cleared. As we didn't have time for a class party, Elsie LaMaster invited us to her cabin, for a Christmas party. We drew names,and had a wonderful time. We were very sorry when one of our sponsors,Miss Henkle,took sick just before the Christmas vacation but we welcomed Miss Louise Mitchell who took her place until she was able to re- turn. At the end of the first semester Ervin Ray left us to join the Blue Mound showboat, and about the middle of the second semester Norman Wade dropped over- board to take something else up. On May 2, we invited the faculty,the schoolboard memberaand the seniors to our show boat to entertain them for one evening at our Balloon Banquet boat, and again told each other good bye. In the fail ' of high school. joined our crew sponsored by Miss Gage. About the middle of May we stopped our of l946, there were l8 members to start on our last long voyage James Achey, from the Navy,and Estill Russell from Adrian had . we elected James Achey as captain, Billy Conard as first mate, Rosalie Hoppe to keep the log, and as purser. Miss Mitchell and Mr. Handley were chosen to be our guides. A picnic at the airpark and a Christmas party in the study hall were enjoyable all school affairs dur ing the first semester. Deciding .o publish an annual, we elected our staff, and they are now busy getting every little detail correct to make the annual a success.Money was rais- ed by the sale of magazines and by the sale of f ood at basketball games.Mm work- ed hard on our senior play in the spring,and later enjoyed the banquet given for us by the Juniors. Time passed quickly and on May 16 we left the boat forever to travel on our separate voyages. By Maretta Reinke