Norwich High School - Eagle Yearbook (Norwich, KS)

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yf6f'LLCl-fb 'Dwelve years ago, the 'tforty-niners or mlost of the Class of '49, entered fthe portals of dear old NHS, for the first time to seek our education. CWe must of needed it to be dumb enough to even start to school.J Of the eleven, who started in fthe :first fgrade in 1937, only five+Marilyn Talbert, Delores Holland, Glenn Schrag, Jack Doze, and Dale Smith have completed their tvwelfve years of education for something simcilarb in Norwich Grade and High School. Durinag the many years others in our different grades and classes have dropped out and others have joined in grade, or in high school, 'to make a total of eleven in the graduating class of '49 as when' wepstarted to school. 'We entered high school with the title of green freshmen with fifteen eauger and bashful mem-bers-ffour girls and eleven Iboys, the biggest class we ever had in school. Later in lthe year We lost Lester Oltt, makin-g only fourteen forty-niners. Finally after we got ovler our shyness, we 'hard :two swell class parties with our sponsor, Mrs. Gray. Dila Lee Boyd, our football queen candidavte, took second -pla-ce in the election making us very proud. During our sophomore year we recovered from all eagerness and bashlfulness. Our enrollment this year was :hour girls and nine boyws but we later lost Glenn Walker leaving a total of thirteen 'tforty-niners. Mr. An- derson fwas our sponsor and about all we got done was pestering Mr. Gould and having parties. 0More than were allowed, anyway. Clhecklj The juniors had us serve the Junior- Senior Banquet. We dressed as pirates which was fitting with their theme. More fun! The boys were extremely active in sports and the girls active in music this year. When the 'tforty-n'iners returned to school as juniors they had a year full of activities. We 'started out with thirteen bright and talented faoes, having lost Lila Lee Bloyd durinrg the summer, and during the school year we lost two of our boys, Clarence Ward and Jimmy Walkser leaving only eleven of us. As a means of securing money we put in a coke machine, sold magazines and had our forty-niners carnival which was A lbig Suc- cess. Later, 'we presented our Junior Play, Love, Inc, under the direction of Mrs. Freeman, our sponsor, which was also a bil' hit. Then -we gave the annual Junior-Senior Banquet in April using the theme Under the Big 'Ilqpl. But don't let all this work fool you, because we found time for plenty of mischief and one class panty at Freeman's. Our senior year began with the same en- rollment lwe had last year. This has been a lbusy year and an important one for all of us. To raise funds for the senior trip that wle are planning to take after school is out we sold magazine sulbscrilptions, Christmas cards, -had a box supper, sponsored a Bald Ealgle and Hairy Apes basketball game, and presented our Senior Play, I-Iullalbaloo. All these activities were accomplished with the help of our sponsor Geraldine Gosch. We greatly appreciated and enjoyed the west+ ern banquet the Junior Class gave us. During the year our bnoys have taken an active part in basketlball, football and track. Dale Smith w-as elected foostlball captain, Glenn Schrag was elected basketball captain and Jack Doze was elected track captain. We wish to thank our panents, the fac-ulty, fellow classmen, and friends-who have made our school years both edulcattional and enjoyaible. We are grateful to all of you for your patience and consideration during our years with you. we have always tried to do our best before and will conatinue to do so in fthe future.

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' fo- -Ylinem DALE SMITH Football Captain - 'Love Inc. - The Tramp Barbers Class Secretary - Class Treasurer - Pep Club - Football Basketball - Track - Eaglet Starff 'Too Much Study Is Wearisome To The Brain NEIL WILL Football - Basketball A- Track - Boys Glee Club - Pep Club - Mixed Chorus -- Sunlb.onnet Sue - Love Inc -- The Tramp Barbers - Eaglet Stalff Bless The Man Who First Invented Sleep ELDON WINEINGER Track - Football - Love Inc. - The Tramp Barbers Boys Glee Club - Mixed Clhorus - Pep Club Get Behind Me, Fair Maidens GEERAJLIDWINE GOSCII-I Sponsor

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We put on a box supper and sponsored a .'f,6!lJ:U-'L 'Poem Gather 'round, pardners, and I'1l describe 'for you The tri-p of the Forty-Niners true. We'll remember the start in '4t,. As long as we remain alive We shook in our boots and our faces were pale Als we started over the rough ole trail, But we managed somehow to survive the year Without losing a limlb or shedding a tear, And a courageous bunch in '416 Still retained their shovels and picks, And as sophomores turned disdainiful faces Away ,from the lowly fresbgmen's places, For, though we had a lot to learn We thlou-ght that we had brains to burn. Then in the ,fall of '47 We entered the gates of junior heaven, Powerful had we come to 'be Arnd we tackled our tasks with merry glee. We had a carnival and a play, Anvd other things 'along the way, 'Til finally in '48 ' Wse joined the ranks of the honored great. We took our place at the head of the school, Enjoying our mighty Senior Rule. game, To bring ourselves a load of fame, And when the curtain fell on Play, All agreed that come what may our Senior The senior cl-ass would do alright, And make their way with truth andmight. Now we find it is '4-9 . . . The year of the trip of the loyal line From wihich we took our famzous name With which to Iasbel us in Iife's game We've reached the dreamed of hills of gold, And we are sure, as the years We will ,find that our trip has seek A useful life on a higher peak. Now, pardon us, friends, for unpack, And em-pty the contents of our sackg We have to assemble our load 'Cause, pardners, now its time unfold, taught us to we have to High School of rig, to dig! l ! I -M.M .T.