Meadow Grove High School - Trojan Yearbook (Meadow Grove, NE)

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BACK ROW: Gertrude Pfisterer, Vance Dunivan, Bernard Osborn, Bill Sessler, Donald Warnke, Arlie Novotny. Mrs. Gaskill. CENTER ROW: Dorothy Jeanne Ballard, Donna Mann, La Donna Wieting, La Von Niles, Una Lee Wright, Barbara Stolle, Martha Lulow. FRONT ROW: Larraine Pratt, Imogene Stewart- Joyce Schulze, Eileen Werner, Ava Nell Fowlkes, Betty Louise Wiese, Shirley Ann Williams. On August 31, 1942, 29 Juniors entered Meadow Grove High School. Upper classmen at last! We selected as our sponsor Mrs. Gaskill and the following officers were chosen: Una Lee Wright President Ava Nell Fowlkes Vice President Gertrude Pfisterer Secretary-Treasurer Three new pupils joined us. These were: Martha Lulow and Joyce Schulz from Mount Hope and La Donna Wieting from Sunny view. Later on we lost Betty Lou Wiese, Barbara Stolle, Donna Mann and La Von Niles from our ranks. Ready-Made Family a farce comedy was presented. The cast included, Bernard Osborn, Una Lee Wright, Dorothy Ballard, Imogene Stewart, Shirley Ann Williams, Bill Sessler, Arlie Novotny, Donald Warnke, Gertrude Pfisterer, and Ava Nell Fowlkes. Other activities which were sponsored by the class were our farewell parties for Miss Bastian and Mr. Tyler. -13-

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Donna Nelson is teaching wrestling. She is demonstrating her new Vi Nelson. Sylvie Rezac is still in California frozen to Lockheed Airplane factory. Bob Stewart obtained the position of a burlap sarge. He is swapping out guns for the army. Patricia Werner is still in Meadow Grove. She is manager of the lingerie department in the other half of Yenter's store. Bob Lewis proclaims to be a second Atlas. He is selling his lessons a dime a dozen. Marilyn McMillan dwells in Africa and teaches the natives how to design clothing. What clothing? Rusty Phillips is still unmarried. He is judging a beauty contest waiting for a Betty Grable, Lana Turner, and Hedy Lamarr combined. Dolores Rudnick is still singing lullaby's, the name is To My Gene's. Helen Schutt has been teaching school the past ten years. She has advanced from Mt. Hope and is now teaching in Meadow Grove High. Evelyn Wilson is now a registered nurse. She took the First Aid course seven times. —Too bad. He was a window washer and he stepped back to admire his work. —Out of the millions of marriages all through the centuries, scientists have proved that fifty per cent of the couples were men.

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cS ophomo’ies BACK ROW: Mary Lou Ferry. Duane Lieswald, Richard Boelter, John Hopkins, Duane Collins, Miss Bastian SECOND ROW: Phyllis Shell, Helen Shell, Kay Lewis, Helen Lyalls, Betty Jeanne Hannen, Marion Huelle- Opal Rudnick. FRONT ROW: Pamela Sessler, Rachel Lewis, Richard Rodekor, Isabelle Munger, Hertha Terry, Lillian Sparr. In the fall of 1942, eighteen sophomores, still rather shy from their freshman year, stumbled into the assembly and timidly found their seats, then felt rather foolish when they were moved. The class selected the following officers: Opal Rudnick .................................... President Rachel Lewis.................................Vice President Mary Lou Terry Secretary-Treasurer One new student, Richard Boelter, entered our class. Three students left us. These were Kathleen Lewis, Helen Lyalls, and Duane Collins. The subjects offered to the sophomores are English, geometry, world history, and geography of Nebraska. 14-