Nebraska City High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Nebraska City, NE)

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Below: Senior Karen Johns works on the IBM display-writer which is on loan to the business department. Economy and winter were top concerns Many students arriving on the foggy first day of school on Aug. 24 were glad to get back to see their friends, while others were already wanting to get school over with. Students faced a few new changes at the beginning of the school year. One of the changes which the Seniors disliked the most was that everyone had to stay until 3:02 p.m., unless they were on work credit. Pep rallies were also often limited to the end of 7th period so they wouldn’t take as much time from classes. Three new teachers joined the faculty. They were John Minnick, English and journalism; John Schneider, a Nebraska City High School graduate teaching math; and Mike Fischer, instrumental music. Paul Stevenson rejoined the staff as a shop teacher after a year’s absence. Three new classes were also added this year. Geography, taught by Loyd Maskell; Physiology and Anatomy; taught by Bill Runkles, and Weight-training, instructed by Dan Ostransky. Students as well as teachers had a sobering learning experience on Dec. 3 when three convicts from the State Penitentiary in Lincoln came to talk with classes. The convicts discussed exactly what prison life was like. The economy was a major concern for all residents of Nebraska City with farm prices being low and several major local businessess closing their doors. The closings of the Morton House factory and the statewide closing of all Safeway grocery stores had a drastic effect on the Nebraska City economy. Many employers made cuts in employment and hours, leaving many adults, as well as students, jobless or finding less in their paychecks, (continued on page 4) 2 You Heard it from a Pioneer Above: Senior linebacker Chad Daffer pauses a moment during a football game. Daffer received a scholarship to play football at the University of Nebraska.

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Below: Three convicts from the Nebraska State Penitentiary (on the right) and their prison counselors provided a not-so-pleasant look of prison life to JoRene Cole’s English class on Dec. 3. Above: Peru State Student Teacher Miss Beth Propst was largely responsible for bringing the prisoners to Nebraska City. Miss Propst student taught in the English and journalism classes. Above: Betty Nienkamp forces a smile after she and Carrie Davis accepted the runner-up trophy during basketball districts. The Pioneers lost to Lincoln Pius X. who went on to the state tournament. You Heard it from a Pioneer 3