Moundridge High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Moundridge, KS)

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SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the Seniors of 1954, being of sound mind and memory and laboring under no legal re- straint, are hereby willing to pass on our indi- vidual possessions and talents. We hope that you will be able to improve yourselves and make M.H.S. as successful as did the remark- able Seniors of 1954. This being our last and only will and testa- ment to you, we hope that you will not feel offended, but rather privileged to find your name in the annals of M.H.S. history. To Mr Greer, our superintendent, and the rest of the beloved faculty we leave the price- less possessions of our good conduct and be- haviour. We trust that school won't be too gloomy without us. VVe will now, our individual talents and pos- sessions. Bert Becker wills his outstanding ability to drive a car and not wreck it to Janice Reusser, who, we think, will benefit greatly. To Nelson Goering, Wayne Becker wills his slenderness. Watch your physique, Nelson. With the hope that Laverne Stucky will calm down in mixed chorus, Lowell Becker wills his low voice. Maybe Leverne will spend less time trying to show-off. Marlene Becker bequeaths her straight-for- wordness to Darleen Helms. May this trait give Darleen the courage to tell the teachers what she thinks. David Behr wills his shyness to Norma Kauf- man. Everyone will be able to enjoy quietness in the halls next year. Henrich Fast wills his politeness to Jimmy Gaeddert. Perhaps the students won't have to run every time Jimmy approaches. To Karen Wedel, Evelyn Flickinger wills her love for men . Don't let this interfere with your romance with Pal, Karen. Florene Flickner passes her pretty dark hair to Sharron Toews. May the change be becom- ing! Although Twilla Gehring enjoys sewing, she is willing her ability to sew to all the future wives of M.H.S. Merl Hoyer wills his outstanding poker play- ing to Ronald Sperling. Rake in the cash, Ron- nie! Patsy Huffman passes down her position as drum majorette to Neta Mae Biffel. Carol Kaufman wills the honor of basketball queen to Kathryn Schrag. May her flute playing help her win the election. Lola Jane Krehbiel wills her' cheerleading talent to Evelyn Holdeman. Liven up the Pep Club. To Keith Schlender, Bob Krehbiel bequeaths his altitude. This trait should make Keith a star basketball player. Louise Kuhn wills her piano playing talent to Ronald Schrag. Go to it, Ronnie! Katherine Lohrentz passes on her long dark eyelashes to all the girls who have stubby ones. Jean Regier wills her melodious soprano voice to Valeda Auxier. We hope that it makes Valeda as famous as it did Jean. To Delbert Kuhn, Berneil Rupp wills her brains. This should improve Delhert's grades. Berneil plans to keep a little gray matter be- cause Theodore Mueller doesn't approve of ignorant females. Duane Stucky wills his slow gait to Rozanna Goebel. Slow down a little, Rozanna, youfll get there sooner or later. Erland Stucky wills his ability to screech around corners to Dorothy Galle. We'll be see- ing you in the hot rod races, Dorothy. To Larry Wedel, James Stucky hands down his little black telephone book. We hope Larry won't have to call as many girls in one day as James did. ' Joyce Stucky wills her ability to fight it to Imogene Ediger, who takes things as they come. To Averil Unrau, Marlene Stucky wills her ability to get a man and keep him. The task might be a little difficult, Averil, but Marlene accomplished it so it isn't entirely impossible. Velma Vogt wills her co-operative person- ality to Pauline Wilkening. Jerry Voth wills his musical talent to all future trombone players of M.H.S. Leola Wedel wills her ability to talk her way out of situations to Irl Unruh who spends most of his time in the office. Louis Wedel wills his natural born ability to tell funny jokes to Edward Baldwin. We hope Edward will quit laughing at his own jokes. Snap that sense of humor, Edward! Sher-ry Westerman wills her cockiness to Karen Kaufman. Of course, Sherry claims that she has reasons to be cocky because she is wearing a sparkler. To Betty Stucky, Jerry Westerman wills his job as a Soda Jerk . As we come to the close of the last will and testament, we hope we leave with you many pleasant memories of our good deeds and words. We can sincerely say that we have enjoyed the many happy hours we have spent here. May the future seniors find the underclassmen as cooperative and as friendly as we did. In witness whereof, we, the class of 1954, the testators, have to this will set our hands and seal this thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four. Signature KX!

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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. ,

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X A L. JERRY WESTEHMAN president TWILLA GEHRING, Vice President I ' . . M' d Ch r . t,2,3,4g Glee Club l,2,3,4g Pe Club 3.i ii-'S S'.I35t'3,1323fZg5?!SSs.Ci'S seL'34?.ai9 ':T'? +'r.3.sf2 2-f+Jf':Y-Tfe3s 7,2-11,41 2: Deb-fe 41 gmc'- urcr l,2.3g Football l,2,3,4g Basketball 2g Track ig 1 'A e'1d1 44 Speech 3' St-nior Pluyg Junior Play, Contest Play, Editor of Annuul 43 Assistant Editor of Wl'Idcat's Howl 3,45 Journalism 3,43 Speech 4, Student Council 45 Good Citizenship Boy. Csnox. KAUFMAN, Secretary Mixed Chorus l,2,4g Glee Club l,2,4g Band 2, 3,4g Orchestra 2g Pep Band 3,43 Journalism 29 Pep Club l,2,3,4g Pep Club Treasurer 4, Y-Teens l,2,3.4: Y-Teen Cabinet 4g Class Secretary 4, Junior Playg Senior Playg S eech 4g Basketball Queen 4: Assistant Editor oPAnnuaI 2. C, .... ., 'MM IOR me FIORENE FLICKNER, Student Council Mixed Chorus l,2,3,4g Glee Club 1.2,3,4g Pep Club l,2,3,4g Y-Teens l,2,3,45 Y-Teen Cabinet 4g Student Council 1,4g Junior Playg Editor of W1Idcal's Howl 4, Assistant Editor of Annual 4, Journalism 4. Joyce Srucxv, Treasurer Mixed Chorus l,2,3,4g Glee Club l,2,3,4g Pep Club l,2,3,4g Class Treasurer 43 Y-Teens l,2,3,4: Journalism 25 Junior Playg Orchestra 23 Home- coming Attendant: Cheerleader 3,45 Sextet 2.3, 43 Quintet 3, Speech 4g Band 23 Contest Play 4. V, rx Y, J P554 ' J P V S: J The .ttoundridge Journal I-I.rtend.s Congratulations to the Seniors of '54 9