Moundridge High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Moundridge, KS)

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CLASS S OFFICERS : J U N I O Kenneth Preheim, student coluncilg Jo- R Ann Waltner, treasurerg Iris Smith, sec- retaryg Bob Krehbiel, president, is not S pictured. F R E S Nyla Westerman, vice presidentg Karen Becker, treasurcrg Hozanna Goebel, sec- H rctaryg Vclcra Stucky, presidentg Mel- M vin Gocring, student council. E N Jerry Westerman, presidentg Twilla Gehring, vice presidentg Carol Kaufman, secretaryg Joyce Stucky, treasurerg Florene Flickner, student council. Karen Kaufman, treasurerg Connie Goer- ing, secretaryg Larry Krehbiel, student councilg Raymond Dyck, presidentg La Vern Stucky, vice president. '55

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THE TUDE T CO CIL AT WORK Second row: Kenneth K. Stucky, Kenneth Preheim, Dick Gaeddert, Melvin -Goering, John Toews, Larry Krehbiel. First row: Sherry Westerman, Jerry Westerman, Jean Regier, Marlene Becker, Florene Flickner, Mr. Stucky. S Mus. PHYLLIS BEAM , C McPherson College, B. S. Degree. H Home Economics, lst som. P 0 E 0 L R S 0 x N Mas. HEIFF N Small vocal groups W E L MM. DIHKS, Mn. FAST, Mn. Rupp ' ' 'V ,HON G U 0 S T 0 D I A M ,,.....,.,...... N S Mfr CUlllll1fIlll'llfS of llulchinsnn Coca-Cola Bottling Company

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY By Berneil Rupp On the morning of May 4, 1969, I stepped out of our all plastic prefabricated house on the outskirts of New York City. Before going to work, I decided to stop at the postoffice. When I got there a pleasant surprise awaited me. It was a letter from my home town, Mound- ridge. Upon opening it, I found that I was in charge of getting our high school class together for the annual alumni banquet to be held on June 8. This was to be a special celebration because it was our class's 15th anniversary of graduation from high school. That evening, after work, my husband, Henry Fast, and I started planning our trip back to Kansas. Henry was given a vacation from his job in the Better Mousetrap Factory . Before leaving, we took our car to the station to be serviced. VVe were surprised to learn that the service man was our old classmate, Duane Stucky. Duane's wife, Marlene Stucky, was rock- ing their twin boys, Maynard and Pete Ferd, but she managed to serve us the special for the day which consisted of hydrogenerated bread and weakened water. While we were talking to Marlene and Duane, they told us that Louis Wedel's trial was to be held that day in the Crowded Cells Court. Louis had patented a new style toilet bowl. When Senator Wayne Becker discovered this, he had Louis arrested on the grounds that he had been taking part in Un-American activities. Henry and I felt sure that we must do some- thing for this dear old classmate of ours. After inviting Marlene and Duane to the alumni ban- quet we hurried to court. But when we found that Bert Becker was the judge and Joyce Stucky and Leola Wedel were members of the jury, we decided that everything possible had been done for Professor Wedel. It seems that Louis had beaten Bert, Joyce, and Leola in a game of Chinese Checkers and the only way they could pay him off was to declare him innocent. They promised to accomplish this before the alumni banquet. About this time a police car drove up and brought two bubble dancers in, Velma Vogt and Florene Flickner. These two had been working as airline stewardesses, but found that this job did not bring them enough money. So they took up bubble dancing. Everything was fine until Velma's bubble broke. Both girls now promised to' turn over a new leaf and get bigger and better bubbles. We told them that if they did this, they would be more than welcome at the banquet. The first person I decided to contact upon our arrival in Moundridge was my dear step-cousin once removed, Jean Regier. She had married David Behr, and though they'had started out on the bare necessities of life, they were doing quite well. They were raising different types of wild-life, but the biggest attraction of all were the little Behrs. Kathy Lohrentz and Erland Stucky were livi- ing in a mansion on the banks of the Black Kettle. Erland had done quite well in the bank- ing business. ' I found that I would have a little difficulty She had in getting hold of Carol Kaufman. married ten Arabians and moved to India. Evelyn Flickinger and Merl Hoyer were an- other couple that had been doing well finan- cially. The source of their wealth was the in- ventions that Evelyn had patented. She had patented 720 different kinds of smearless lip- stick and 20 clocks that started running back- wards after midnight. These clocks were design- ed especially for the modern school girl whose mother wouldn't let her stay out after twelve. I was very happy that the circus had come to Zimmerdale while I was in Moundridge because one of our old classmates was a star performer. James Stucky was the tight-rope walker. He was trying very hard to support his wife, Lola Jane Krehbiel, and the four little tight-rope walkers. Bob Krehbiel and Louise Kuhn had just come back from a trip to Mars so I went over to their place to look at their souvenirs. Marlene Becker was working as a model in Chicago-or rather her brain was being used as a model. Her husband, Jerry Westerman was attempting to make a monster bigger and better than Frankenstein's and he was copying the monster's brain from his wife's brain. Lowell Becker and Sherry Westerman had just purchased another 80 acres to add to their Duroc hog ranch. They seemed to have con- centrated their efforts on raising pigs and kids. Patsy Huffman had found the ideal job. She was working in the egg department at the creamery. She simply ate all the egg yolks that the creamery couldn't get rid of. This took care of her meals and also provided her with living quarters. She was allowed to sleep in the egg cases at night and occasionally she as given some surplus cream for use as a bev- erage Jerry Voth was living as a hermit in Northern Canada and hadn't spoken to anyone since he thanked the school board for his diploma. The last person I contacted was Twilla Gehr- ing. She was the first woman to become a highway engineeress. Having gotten in contact with all my old classmates, I began thinking of the wonderful class that we had been. And I heartily agreed with the Moundridge High School faculty for the year 53-54 when they said that the class of '54 was reallly the best class Moundridge had ever' had. ,