Merna High School - Coyote Yearbook (Merna, NE)

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DICK HICKS In the city of Kearney, Nebraska, on june 13, 1934, the Richard Hicks family welcomed their first son, They named him Richard Ray Hicks after his father, Dick favorite sport is basketball and he likes to watch a good football game, His favorite subject is algebra, This brown haired and blue eyed person' says his favorite hobby is girls and in his spare time you will always find him in the cafe talking with them, His-favorite food is banana cream pie, and his favorite song is Jezebel , Snooty people is his main pet peeve and one can always hear him saying Oh, Heck. He relates his happiest memory was when he received all of his English credits, His most embarrassing moment was when he went into the girls rest room in Callaway, Dick finds john Wayne to be his favorite movie actor and says that Christmas is his favorite holiday, Dick began his school days at Kearney where he went during his primary year, He then went to Denver for the next four years, followed by the next two years in California, He started and completed his high school days at Merna, About graduation he doesn't have much to say, His anibition is to become a rancher, KARL. DUANE IVIILLER The first day of December, 1933, was happy day in the Mr, and Mrs, Bill Miller home because a little bundle of joy was delivered to them, Did I say joy? I meant Karl, This tall dark headed Senior started on his pursuit of an education at Spring Creek, After he had worn this school out he went to Broken Bow, Ortello, Anselmo, and last but not least, Merna, All through his 12 years in school he has stuck by English as his favorite Subject, He Seems to try and divide his spare time between Elaine and horses, but his hobby is devoted to horses, He remembers very well the first time he ripped a pair of pants at school, Getting a licking every day when he went to grade school also seems to stand out in his mind, Karl likes to sit with Elaine listen to his favorite song, Bluebird Island, and try to concentrate on eating pie and ice cream which is his favorite food, His favorite expression is Oh Heck, RUTH STEVENS On December 18, 1934, in Merna, Nebraska, Mr, and Mrs, Herb Stevens were blessed with a baby girl, She had grey eyes, dark hair and she was full of pep, Her uncle decided that Ruth Janette would be her name, Getting caught swiping watermelons was one of her childhood experiences, Aniong her memories was going to girls' state and being crowned Color Day queen, Her niost embarrassing moment was when she fell into a mud puddle while trying to ride a horse, Her favorite subjects are algebra and journalism while her teacher is lvlrsflvlanning, She finds basketball and volleyball as her two favorite sports, In her spare time she works and attends the rnovies, While attending the rnovies she particularly likes to see Doris Day on the screen, In any other spare tinie she has and likes to listen to her favorite songs, Twelfth Street Rag and 'LToo Young , Her favorite food is a big dish of ice Cream She has taken up a Very interesting hobby of collecting match book covers, Stuck up people is her pet peeve and her favorite color is red, Her favorite expression is Oh Sugar and the class play was her favorite curricular activity, Her ambition is to be a success in-whatever she does. She does not want to graduate because she is having too much fun in school,

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ARLENE BARRETT On September 14, 1934, there Was a wild chase around the Barrett home, Why? They were getting ready for the arrival of a new member in the family. This was Arlene. Arlene was born on a farm about six miles west and south of Merna. Ever since she was big enough to eat Arlene has liked to eat ice cream and listen to the song Silver Bells. She leads a very active life. If you don't find her drawing or typing, she will be playing volleyball. Arlene feels pretty good aboutgraduating, but I don't know why, for she said her ambition was to go to college, Arlene has light brown hair, blue eyes, and her height is about five feet, two inches, Her favorite movie stars are Esther Williams and Bing Crosby, Her favorite color is green, Her niost common expression is WHO, ME and her most embarrassing moment is when she saw a picture taken of her, while dressing, Her pet peeve is people swiping her pencils, She has many happy memories and her happiest ones are her high school days, JOHN BREWER It was a cold December day, when the Brewer family's youngest son arrived, He had dark hair and blue eyes, It was on December 2.2, 1934, and the place was Denver, Colorado, He was named after his grandfather, David Brewer, He has attended schools at Arnold, and Merna, He started and completed his high school at Merna, His happiest time in high school was when he didn't get a detention for a month, In his leisure time you will find him sleepingg while getting out of work is his hobby, He says his favorite food is cherry pie and his song is South , His best liked subjects in school were journalism and algebra, His favorite movie actors and actresses are john Wayne and Doris Day, When asked his ambition he said, I have none, as Uncle Sam wants me, His favorite sport is basketballg his holiday is Christmas, He claims his pet peeve is women drivers and he says he feels happy about graduating, VIRGINIA ELAINE SEEVERS Virginia Elaine Seevers was born january 12, 1934, on a farm near Merna, Nebraska during a very bad blizzard, Elaine attended school in California, Sunshine and Merna, Her favorite sports are volleyball and basketball, When asked her most embarrassing moment she referred to a time when she was peeking through the key- hole of a business office and the manager stepped out, She likes to spend leisure time reading, playing the piano, and going to movies, Her favorite food is fried chicken and her favorite songs are Too Young and Turn Back The Hands of Time , Her favorite holiday is Christmas and her pet peeve is being told she should eat more, Elaine said she would dread graduation, but she would be rather relieved to be out of School, She will miss typing and English which are her favorite subjectsg but she will have more time to collect match covers, which is her hobby, Elaine believes she re- ceived her name from the famous Tennyson story, Lancelot and Elaine, There are several high school boys who could be substituted for Lancelot, This may be the reason Elaine has always enjoyed school, She said, I believe my Senior year has the happiest memories of all,

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REBA LA DONNA SELLS lt was back in 1934 on October 27, when the stork delivered a bundle weighing 5 pounds, lt was delivered to the Mr, and Mrs, George Sells home on the West Table of Merna, Nebraska, When La Donna was four and a half years of age she started to school in the kindergarten at Anselmo, 'Nebraska. La Donna found she was, going to like school very much so she decided to come to Merna until the sixth grade and then moved to South Dakota where she went to Serry School until she was in the eighth grade, She then decided to come back to Merna and has attended school in Merna since that time, La Donna's happiest days of high school were when she received her rings and when Bruce Cole was still attending school, La Donna spends most of her spare time with Bruce and working in the drug store, She has a hobby of collecting empty perfume bottles and has nearly two hundred of them now, She likes football and base- ball very much and spends her extra time playing music, Her favorite movie actress is June Allyson and her favorite movie actor is Randolph Scott, She likes to hear the songs Slow Poke and Button Up Your Overcoat best, Her favorite food is T-Bone Steak and her favorite colors are blue and yellow, Her happiest experience in grade school was when she was chosen May Queen, Her pet peeve is people who break off her pencil leads when she is in a hurry, She earned her first dollar working in the drug store, La Donna has liked school very much and will hate to leave school although she has much to look forward tog as her two ambitions are to get married and teach school, FRANKLYN MANNING - . On April Z, 1934, ina little sod house 4 lfZ miles southeast of Merna, Paul and Alice Manning were surprised when their second child was a bouncing boy, He was given the name of Franklyn after his grandfather Manning, He had many childhood experiences but the one he remembers most was the time he set the haystack behind their house on fire, He started to school in Merna but left to attend District 92 from grades 3 to 7, He then returned to Merna to finish his happy school days, His favorite past time is going to the movies, but he also finds time to enjoy biology, algebra, and journalism while at school, He thinks Mrs, Manning was his favorite teacher even if she did make him slave and get his lessons done, He considers stuck up girls his pet peeve, but with Christmas his best enjoyed holiday he forgets all his troubles with women, Franklyn has an appetite for both food and women, To satisfy his appetite for food he eats graham cracker pie and fried chicken while a date with Shirley Hirsch ends his woman troubles, Football and basketball are his favorite sports, but he found pleasure in the class plays, He also likes to sing Morning Side of the Mountain or Too Young , but when talking his most used expression is Oh Beans , Among his most embarrassing moments was the time Mr, Adams found Franklyn wrestling with some boys in the laboratory, His face turned red, but he didn't mind as red is his favorite color, His happiest memory was the night he met Shirley Hirsch watermelon swiping and he dreads graduating, His only ambition is to be a success,