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

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enlor Gprop QCQ In the spring of l957, James Achey, the president of our class, decided to make a tour of the world to check on the senior class of '47. Starting from La Cygne he first visited Shirley Bays who was settled with her fine husband west of La Cygne.' There were two little Kenneths pulling at her apr on strings . Going on to Jingo he found Charles Van Vlack Cknown as nthe kidnl who could never find time from farming to come to high school. Charles said he wasn't both- ered with the labor shortage anymore because he now had four little WKidsW as his helpers. Kenneth Miller had decided married life wouldn't be so bad after all and had settled on a large ranch near Fontana raising cockle burrs and sunflowers for his little Norwegian wife. Beginning the second week of his tour,James had just entered Kansas City when he happened to run across an etiquette school for teen age girls. Thinking he might find some of the students of the class of '47 in the school he asked to see the teacher and was greatly surprised to find the teacher none other than Jeannine Karr. Estill Russell, better known as Pete, decided he would like to drive a truck. James found him driving a trailer truck for the Gillette Transport Company in Iowa During his time off he was located in a small village caring for his wife and fam- ily. . a Maretta Reinke, the school teacher of our class, taught all over the state of Kansas, but, deciding that the Kansas children were bright enough,she went to Iowa to teach. When James visited her he found that she had given up teaching and had become the wife of a truck driver and is now struggling along teaching her little nPetesW to read and write. Billie Conard, who always had a great desire to become an undertaker, began his study right after graduation and soon became well known all over the world as the owner of Conard's Funeral Home of Chicago. James was interested in the fact that his sons and Marian were his assistants. r Going on to Detroit he learned that Dorothy Marsh who had given her heart and hand to a very nice young man was now helping him sell new l957 Ford cars in their garage, and also caring for her four little Dorothys. In Washington D. C.,James had the opportunity of seeing Roy McRae. Roy,assis- tant post master of La Cygne during his high school, years, decided to make that his career. Roy told James that he had been appointed Post Master General by the president and was then serving his third year and that he appreciated the assist- ance of his wife, Ferne. James next visited Elsie La Master in her elaborate home in New York City. After attending college for several years, Elsie decided that she had learned all there was to know, so she established the La Master College of Brain Culture for men from all parts of the world. James didn't like the weather in New York so he took a flying trip to Miami, Florida. Everyone there was talking about Bernard Massey from La Cygne, who had organized a Bathing Beauty Club for girls from eighteen to twenty-five yearsgold. James lingered for several weeks but since he hadn't heard about all his classmates he decided to visit the West. Stopping off at the famous city of Reno he accidently met Jeannette De Mott, the girl who always had a great desire to become a lawyer. He was surprised to hear that she was there for the purpose of getting a divorce from- her French husband who objected to her job of helping other people get rid of their husbands. James asked Jeannette what became of her friends Lois Rogers and Beverly Barker. Jeannette told him that after graduation Lois entered beauty school in Paris in one of the finest schools to study the exquisite feminine coiffures. A recent picture of her showed that she practiced the new hair-dos on herself. Beverly, who wanted to work in a jewelry shop, was not only working in one, but also was owner of a jewelry store in Switzerland. In her spare time she took skiing trips in the.Alps with her latest husband. Visiting Rosalie Hoppe in Hollywood, James asked her what she had done after graduation. He found that she had gone to art school to take up dress designing, winning several honors. After taking several trips, one of which was to Paris, she was now costume designer for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Hollywood and was known all over the world for her costumes. On the front page of a newspaper was the life story of Bobby Banks. James read that Bobby,who had wanted to be a doctor, had attended medical college after graduation and was employed at Research Hospital in Los Angeles, carrying on his greatly desired career and caring for his wife, Shirley, and family. Marie Smith had always wanted to travel, but James was pleased to learn that 30