Merna High School - Coyote Yearbook (Merna, NE)

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WILLIAM H, WAGNER Willie Wagner began his life April ll, 1934, on a farm near Merna, Nebraska, His father and mother named him after his grandfather, Willie started to school at Merna and went there all eight years of grade school, He took the Freshman year at Merna and then moved to Broken Bow for the Sophomore and junior years, He finished the Senior year with his old classmates at Merna, His ambition he says, To be a millionaire, When Willie was asked what his favorite subject was, he said, I like journalism best, In his spare time he likes to loaf and collect coins, Willie's pet peeve is women drivers, He likes to eat fried rabbit and listen to his favorite song, Down Yonder , New Years is his favorite holiday and he didn't want to favor any teacher, The Wagner family consists of two girls and three boys, Willie has dark hair, skin, and big brown eyes, He appreciates basketball and football of all sports, Throughout his high school days he learned so many expressions it would be hard to choose one, The color he likes best is red and when he was asked how he felt about graduating he said, It is wonderful, MAR Y JAQUE BITNER On a hot August day in the city of Fullerton, Nebraska, a person by the name of Mary jaque Bitner was born, She was named both for her father and mother, When asked by the interviewer she said, you might include that my queer middle name is pro- nounced as though it was spelled jake, She attended grade school and two years of her high school in Fullerton, She moved to Columbus to finish her high school days, She attended Hastings College and the University of Nebraska, After graduating from college she taught school in Milford one year, She then journeyed to the great school of Merna where she has taught the past two years, She claims that general math has always been her most interesting subject, so it is no wonder that she would teach this subject, Her ambition is to be a good school teacher, and her happiest day is most any day, When asked her most embarrassing moment she said, Oh, the time I washed on Halloween, and my clothes were hung on a flag pole by someone, Qlncidently, her clothes all had her names on theml, The memories of her childhood was when her grandfather and she got lost in a dust storm, Her favorite food is just anything as long as it is food, For her sport she claims she likes to go swimming, while her favorite holiday is Christmas and New Years,

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PATRICIA MCCARTY On August 18, 1934 a little bundle of joy was delivered to the Frank McCarty home near Merna, Nebraska, She had black hair and green eyes and her favorite uncle named her Patricia, She spent her first eight years of school in various country schools, but has spent her last four years at Merna High, Her most interesting childhood experience was getting a bicycle, She said her most embarrassing moment was when she got caught smoking behind the chicken house, Her favorite subjects are typing and journalism, and she also likes basketball and apple pie, Her happiest memory while in high school was playing hookey, Her favorite song is Thinking of You , and her hobby is collecting magazines, She spends most of her lesiure time listening to the radio and her pet peeve is puppy love affairs, Her ambition is to travel and her favorite movie star is Tyrone Power, She likes to say Real1yf and her favorite color is blue, She has carried the bass drum around Merna for the four years of her high school career, but she still thinks music is her favorite extra curricular activity, When the interviewer asked her how she felt about graduating she said, lt can't come too soon, GLEE HARROLD Leona Glee Harrold made her first appearance in a little farm house near Merna on May 20, 1935, She attended Wayside, Ortello, and the Merna schools as did most of her six sisters, She had decided that her favorite subjects are algebra and general math, Her most embarrassing moment happened during her Sophomore Year, While the teacher was taking roll call at school, a large sack of candy fell out of Glee's desk and scattered all over the floor, Was her face red: The sports she likes best are playing volleyball and watching basketball games, Glee feels she has little leisure time, but what time she has is spent reading books and eating popcorn, When she doesn't have popcorn to eat, she says her favorite foods are fried chicken and cherry pie, Glee said 'she earned her first dollar killing sparrows in the barn for her dad, Other child- hood experiences included the time her sister told her she could eat another peach and her mother had said she could not, Glee ate one and received a spanking, Her favorite song is Mr, and Mississippi and she said she could not give a favorite expression because they were too numerous to name, She seems to prefer green to any other color and her ambition is to go on to school after she graduates, Although Glee plans to eventually teach she admits she hates to graduate and leave Merna for good, She says her favorite holiday is Christmas which can be detected by her excitement when this season draws near,

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