Merna High School - Coyote Yearbook (Merna, NE)

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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,

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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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MAR ION OLS ON This mischievous, happy-go-lucky fellow stands at five feet, eleven inches and tops the scales at one hundred, eighty pounds, He was born August 24, 1935 at Merna, Nebraska, He must be a good student because he said he liked mathematics and geo- graphy, He likes two of America's favorite sports, football and baseball, in which he has taken part for a number of years, When asked what was the happiest memory of his school years he remarked, The last day' of school every year, This surely wasn't because he didn't like school, probably it was because he liked picnics so well, It seems like this guy had just one embarrassing moment in his life and that was Freshman initiation, I wonder how that could have been embarrassing ? Did I say he liked school? That must have been an error because he said his pet peeve was teachers: When asked what he did in his leisure time, he said huh, that being his favorite expression, and then added that he liked to sleep when he had any leisure time, You're probably wondering how his short fellow got to weigh so much, but if you asked him what his favorite food was he would say fried chicken, Now do you wonder how he got to weigh one hundred, eighty pounds, For his extra curricular activities he likes singing and his favorite song is At The End of a Perfect Day , When asked how he felt about graduation, he stated that he was glad to see it come and his only ambition after he graduated was to be a success in life, Oh: I guess Ihave omitted one thing to make this little story complete and that was to tell you this fellow's name, Well, it's Marion Olson, a Senior at Merna High School, STANLEY YOUNG A sandy colored hair boy first opened his blue eyes in Oregon City, Oregon, on May ZZ, 1934, to see his parents Mr, and Mrs, Dale Young, The name Stanley Dale was given to him, He has never figured out where his parents got this name, Stanley said he had many childhood experiences which he wouldnever forget although he did not say what they were, This lad picked Marysville School in Portland, Oregon to begin his school days, He has attended Gates, Broken Bow, Curtiss QU, N, S, Aj, and last but not least to finish his high school days, Merna, All through these past twelve years he has found mathematics his favorite subject, while his ambition is to graduate, He likes to listen to the songs Baby It's Cold Outside and Meandering while eating his favorite dish, Chop Suey , He likes to go to Broken Bow to see a certain Senior during his leisure time, On his way to a baseball game, his special liked sport, one could probably hear him saying Hi Ya Toots . When he isn't at baseball games you can find him working at his hobby, leather tooling, He.said he really enjoys playing in the band, Stanley said he liked girls, especially one, although when asked his favorite movie star he replied, Gary Cooper, of course , Lavendar is the color that catches the eye of this tall Senior, High heels and slacksf he said sternly, when asked his pet peeve, When asked about graduating, he just frowned and scratched his head and replied, HI just don't feel too sure about it,