North Platte High School - Roundup Yearbook (North Platte, NE)

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r fx. J ' ' J' . iv' Closing of schools because of poliomyeli+is was only a 'forecasf of 'rhe evenfs lhai hi+ The class of '43. ln spiie of +he faci +ha'r school was delayed for 'lwo weeks we made il up by preparing longer assignmenfs each day during fhe firsl semesler. We responded eagerly +o fhe many requesis 'For id in 'rhe war ef- fort We were ca led upon +o colleci scrap, Oc+ober I4. We searched our basemenfs, garages, and vacani' lo+s Thoroughly. As a resuli we dug up 22 ions of meial. When 'lhe scrap pile was sorfed 'rhe Girl Reserves chal- lenged +he Hi-Y boysiio a coniesi +o see who could ge+ +he mos+ members ' ou'r 'lo sor+ scrap. The boys won. The laHer perl' of Ocfober +he 5 S,Ng Q iunior and senior boys were called -gxlx N, u on +o volun+eer lheir services +o s P X' fxlop beeis. The boys responded NN Xsplendidly, and 'lhe beeis were so x gapped before fhe freeze. N ' X During +he senior conferences EW many seniors debaled whelher +o WS- remain in high school or fo enroll in ' college second semesier. QE, A 1 v , AQ R

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We Serve War Needs Five chose college liTe, eigh+ wenT inTo The business world. ln order To TurTher The war eTTorT many new subiecTs were added To The school curriculum. Among Them were mechanics and elecTriciTy, physical TiT- ness, reTresher maThemaTics, blue prinT reading, and senior manual arTs. Many sTudenTs regisTered Tor These classes in order To prepare Themselves To help win The war. ConcenTraTing on lessons and buying war bonds kepT us busy. ConTesTs were held beTween The classes To see which class could buy The mosT bonds. TwenTy-seven girls answered The call Trom The Red Cross To malce surgical dressings. The Junior Red Cross drive came along and sTudenTs conTribuTed approximaTely ThirTy dollars. The TaculTy members conTribuTed abouT one hund- red dollars. Members OT The dramaTics deparT- menT gave a play Heaven Can WaiT sponsored by The NorTh PlaTTe RoTary Club. The proceeds were donaTed To The canTeen. The winTer band concerT, enTiTled SaluTe To The Armed Forces was presenTed February 4. The annual choral concerT TeaTuring The A Cappella Choir delighTed everyone March 26. The TaculTy organizaTion was TirsT dis- rupTed when Van Shaw was called inTo The armed Torces. Miss Shirley PoTTer became an army hosTess, and Roy Mayer resigned To Train The naval WHAT, SCHOOL CLOSED-Exclaimed Joy Tramp To Tellow classmaTes Maxine CarpenTer, Bob PiTzer, Alvin Cooper, Bob Guilliaume, Don Wing as They reporT To reg- isTer for Their lasT year on SepTember 8, I942 only To find A-TOPPING WE WILL GO-ThaT's The song oT Paul Dean, KeiTl1 PeTerson, Dick Lebsock, Claude Milroy, Clarence Cain, Bernard Lebsock, Lowell Houser, and Dale Applega+e as They leave classrooms and TexT books To help in The beeT Tields. They worked Two days and sTudied Three each week. The doors locked because of The poliomyeliiis epidemic. -v,.!iI4I7S.J TO WIN THE WAR-ls The aim of Mary Gummere ginia Greisen, Percilla PaTheTios, Avrom LusTgarTen, Hyland, Paul Marzolf, Warren Kenny, Lillian Woods, B Jean Kuhns, Lorraine Hora, and Alice Mickish. They offered To collecT scrap during The scrap drive Odober I4, I942.