Melbeta High School - Trail Blazer Yearbook (Melbeta, NE)

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The Trail Blazer Senior Clciss Will KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: The twelfth grade of this school being about to separate and scatter into parts un- known, but possessing treasures beyond price which should receive careful attention, does distribute them as follows in her last will and testament. First of all, we request that our memory as a brilliant class be ever kept green, that the good deeds we have performed be regularly told, that they may go down as a shining example to all the classes following ours. The president of this class is hereby given the right to destroy all class record books, so that everyone can go through life as having been an A pupil, and there w'ill be no way to disprove it. To the Junior Class we grant our class colors which we love so much. May they bring you unbounded joy. ' To our dearly beloved teachers, who crammed our minds with the wisdom of the ages, we grant a sweet succession of peaceful nights and dreamless sleeps. No longer need they spend the dreary hours of darkness wondering whether their dear pupils are poring over their lessons or foolishly wasting time. We also bequeath to our teachers, because of their watchful care, the limitless knowledge and information that we have at various times, furnished in our examination papers. We realize that many things we have written were new to them and to the rest of mankind. We hereby authorize them to spread this information, where it may accomp- lish the greatest good to the greatest number. To the superintendent and the Board of Education who have taken keen interest in our welfare we bequeath our deepest gratitude. The heavy debt which we owe them can only be paid by our future usefulness. To these creditors we pledge our future ser- vice, loyalty, and labor. To the Junior class we give the use of our class rooms with all their supplies and furnishings, for a period of one year. Of course, in the exceptional case of a student de- siring to stay a longer time because of love for his school, the period is hereby extended to such time as it will take for that student to feel the desire to leave his beloved grade. We also bequeath to the Junior class the true spirit and loyalty which we have pos- sessed. May you possess the same spirit and thus be a source of pride to parents, teach- ers and friends. My p If unconsciously we leave any erasers, pencils, or other scholastic equipment we give to whomever can get them in the mad scramble of the happy-go-lucky Junior class. In some mysterious way these articles which we have used may give them some of the great wisdom we have absorbed in this building of learning. To Ruthie Brakeman we will give Glenna's compact, that she may look her best dur- ing school hours and also after school when walking home with her boy friend. We bequeath the lunch box used by Dwaine to Dorthy in hopes that she too may enjoy the sweet fragrance of limburger cheese. The seat nearest the radiator may be a comfortable one on cold winter days for deli- cate little Don Parmenter. Dick Lewis falls heir to a case of Palmolive so that he can keep that school girl com- plexion. To the athletes We leave a few records to play with and break. We leave an adding machine to the track team so that they can add up their scores in future track meets. Wayne and Bonnie are alike in one respect. They both like to talk so we'll leave them an empty room with each other for an audience. We will a red lead pencil, which has been so well worn by Junior in writing notes to Wanda of the Junior class. She may sometimes want to write a little letter to Junior. Among our priceless treasures we are leaving an old arithmetic with all the answers written in and most of the problems worked out in detail. We will this to Rowena and advise her to pass it around freely to all who are having trouble with their problems. Whereby we appoint the Junior Class as executor of this will and stipulate that it shall not be required to furnish bond. In Witness whereof, we have signed, sealed and published as our last will and testa- ment this third day of May, 1945. THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1945. l91l5

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The Trail Blazer l-liqh School Group FRONT ROW-Rowena Cochran, Donaline Crabill, Lon Nichols, Dick Lewis, Dick Dutton, Clarence White, Munroe Kreiling, Bonnie Johns, Wanda Lawrence. SECOND ROW-Wayne Crabill, Elbert Corr, Dale Fullerton, Bernard Schuman. Junior Pester, Dick Fullerton, Donald Parrnenter, Bobbie Clayton, Billie Johns. BACK ROW-Dortha Johns, Joanne Johns, Imogene Regester, Leah Schmunk, Lois Labertew, Dwaine Johns, Glenna Regestcr, Dorothy Parmcnter. Arlene Foster, Betty Richards, Elaine Neal, Glenda Johns, Mrs. Brouillette CPrin.J, Mr. Ingwerson CSupt.J SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In 1941 there were two boys and four girls who entered Melbeta high school as Freshmen. Now four years later, six Seniors are graduating from Melbeta. The differ- ence isg there are now four boys and two girls instead of the original four girls and two boys. Last year 1944 Lucy Nichols and Lucille Romick quit school and were married. In 1942 Junior P. and Dick F. entered our school. Our first year, 1941-42 we were initiated in- to the wonders of High School and were called green, a fact we now realize was true. The experience and knowledge we have gained in the past four years of high school serve as our basic foundation in a secure and profitable future. In 1942-43 our sophomore year we were a little less scared and a little lighter shade of green. This year was moderately quiet and we dug deep into the mysteries of science and figures of geometry. We realize now our digging was worthwhile, when at the time it seemed a waste of time. In 1943-44 we had faded much more and hardly any green could be seen. We pur- chased our class rings and honored the graduating class with a banquet held at the Lincoln Hotel after which we went to the McGrew Senior Class Play. We also edited a Junior Class Paper called the Bond of which Lucy Nichols was editor. The rest of the class occupied numerous essential jobs. Now our last year, our Senior year, 1944-45, we seem to have lost all traces of green according to school traditions. During the past four years our class has been very active in pep clubs, athletics and all school activities. VVe close our High School years thankful for the privilege we have in gaining the knowledge and experience which will mean so much to us in our future. We will all go our different ways but will be successful because we all have a good foundation and that is our four High School years. 1945

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The Trail Blazer Senior Class Prophecy This is the summer of 1955, and I, Gloria Lee, nee Glenna Regest- er the new singing star of NBC at Hollywood, decided to take a rest trip east. As I was riding along on the streamliner and listening to the murmur of the wheels I iound my mind wondering back to the days of 1944 and 1945 when I was a senior of Melbeta High. As I rode along I started talking to a young nurse, who knew Dick Fullerton. I found to my surprise that he was the Chicago Cubs star first baseman. I decided to stop off there to watch him play ball the next day. When we pulled into the station the young nurse got off the train with me. She told me she was a nurse at the Fitzsimmons hospital, but she had left before I could ask her name. The next day I went shopping but happened to think about the ball game so I went to the ball park and was just in time to see Dick Fullerton hit a home run. He brought in three men, making the score 6 to 2 at the end of the game. As I walked back to the hotel I thought about the young nurse with whom I had visited on the train. So I decided to call on her. After talk- ing to her I said, You know it seems to me you look like someone I used to know. To my amazement she said, Well, my maiden name was Lois Lebertew, but now my name is Mrs. Ameche. You see I married Don Ameche's son. To say the least-I was surprised. In our conver- sation she mentioned Dwaine Johns and Bernard Schuman were both happily married and each had a pair of twins. They lived on adjacent farms in Iowa and they still stick like glue as they had in good old 1944 and 1945 school days. I decided to stop off there on my way back to Hollywood. This wouldn't be complete if I didn't tell you that I accidentally ran into Junior Pester in Buffalo, N. Y. and it is needless to say that he was still the gallant gentleman. He royally entertained me one evening at a very exclusive night club. He was the same old Junior-curly haired and dimples. He wasn't married but he told me about his various amours, and I was thrilled to hear he had made quite a place for himself as an actor, in fact I attended the play One Night Alone, in which he took the leading role. It seems that wonders never cease. My vacation ended all too soon. I went back to my career, tired but happy in the realization that I had met dear old friends that brought back to me pleasant memories of the good old days at Melbeta High. 1945