Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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MILESTONE 1919 Seniors ' MARGARET E. STUKEY Academic Course. Chorus (2-3); Inter-class Basketball (1); Normal Training. RUSSEL C BEATON Academic Course. V ice-Pres. Class (1); Glee Club (1); Football (2-3-4).; LYDIA A. 1 ASEWALK Normal Training Course. Chorus (1); Captain of Plymouth (1). GRACE DUEL Normal Training Course. Chorus (1-2-3). LYMAN JOHNSON Academic Course. Hildreth High School (1-2-3); Senior Class Play. DORIS BURTON Academic Course.

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1919 MILESTONE Seniors MARY A. OVEROCKER Academic Course. Chorus (1-2); Captain of Plymouth (1): Sec. Treas. Class (3); Ass’t Class and Faculty Milestone (3); Inter-class Basketball (1). WESTON H. BENJAMIN Academic Course. Grand Island High School (1); Gleneveille High School (2); Dramatic Club (4); Senior Class Play. — GERTRUDE A. MADSEN Academic Course. Glee Club (1); Chorus (2); Captain of Plymouth (1); Pres. Class (1); Alumni Editor Milestone (3); Inter-class Basketball (1); Senior Class Play. CLARICE F. KNIGHT Academic Course. Chorus (1-2); Glee Club (1); Captain of Plymouth (1); Martha (2); Editor Jokes and Snapshots Milestone (4): Class Basketball (2); Orchestra (2-3-4): Mound Builders ); Senior Class Play. GEORGE BALLANTYNE Academic Course. Football (1-2-3-4); Basketball (1-2-3-4); Student Council (3); Capt Football (4); Capt. Basketball (4); Senior Class Play. MARTHA ANN EVANS Academic Course. Chorus (1-2); Cap tain of Plymouth (1).

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1919 MILESTONE Class History j T’was a dark and gloomy night. Setting around the campfire, the group had fallen into a deep silence. Jake Rimner had just finished telling the story of one of the interesting events in his life and we were thinking deeply. Finally, to break the monotony, Eric La Barg, got to his feet and said: “John, tell us the story of the most interesting part of your life.” Glad to be able to keep the conversation rolling, John edged in closer to the fire and began. “The most interesting part of my life were the four years that I spent in the good old Norfolk H. S.,” he said. “Go on, tell us about it,” said the rest eagerly. With the ruddy glow of the camp fire falling full on his face John proceeded : “One day, in early September, long ago, we the ‘Class of T9’ entered our H. S. career as green as green can be. There were 85 of us stepping on the first rung of the ladder of knowledge. After the excitement was over and our stage fright had left us, we donned our new cloak of responsibility and proceeded to elect our class officers. Faye Ogden, as president, led us through our first year of H. S. life. She was assisted by Russel Beaton, vice president; Grace Colwell, secretary, and Mildred McNamee, treasurer. For our sponsor, we had Leon B. Walker. Before we had crossed the green waters of the freshman sea, 35 more recruits had landed our ship, making a total of 115 on board. Our social achievements, the first year were not many. We had a Sophomore-Freshman party, in which we were the guests of the Sophs and one or two more quiet affairs. But the biggest event of our Freshman year was the Jitney Circus, held under the direction of Mr. Walker. Our class did not net the most money but we sold the most tickets, both in individual sales and group sales. On becoming Sophomores, our hopes of becoming the largest graduating class on record were badly shattered, for many of our class mates decided to feed the fishes of the Freshmen sea a second time. But nevertheless, our class roll numbered 58 heads. For our class officers of that year we elected Gay Johnson, president; Helen Weber, vice president; John Zurbrizen, secretary and treasurer; and Miss Love, sponsor. We felt very fortunate in securing such an able sponsor, but our hopes were cut short by her resignation, being forced to the bedside of her mother. This was a serious blow to our rising hopes, but nothing daunted, we elected Miss Josephine Johnson as her successor, and found that the good old N. H. S. had more than one pood sponsor.