Odessa High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Odessa, NE)

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On the cold untery night of December 26th, 1932, my parents JERRY received a late ChF1SCm8S present another boy My parents named tLIFPQiD me Jerr Cl1fford although my brothers wanted to call me Tarzan MARLATT I lived on a farm, 6 miles west of Kearney, on the south slde of the Platte River for the flrst 5 years of my life We then moved to the place upon which we are now living Wh1Ch 18 3 mlles south and mile west of Odessa I completed the f1PSt elght years of mg school life at the Cottonwood School, Dlst 3 of Phelps County Durlng these years, I joined A H club I earned two free trips to the Nebraska st te Falr by tree identlflcation At the State Falr I took 3rd place the f1PSt year 2nd place the next year 1n thls event I started my hlgh school education at Odessa where I shall soon graduate My plans for the future are to attend a mechanlcs school But no matter where I go or what I do, I shall On the dark and dreary wlnter nlght of November 8th, 1932, on the CAROL rolllng plains of Colorado, my parents recelved the1r flrst ch1ld JOYCE but my father d1dn't walk the floor, he Just sat and llstened to RIPP the electlon returns only to flnd that the natlon rece1ved one of 1 s greatest Pres1dent , Franklln D Roosevelt It was declded that my name be Carol Joyce with Rlpp tacked on In the year of 1937, we moved back to Nebraska and the year followlng began my school llfe in Odessa Public School w1th Miss Elliott as my teacher The next four exrs passed w1th few mashaps just the chicken poxs and measles I then moved from the primary room lnto the gram ar room to f1nd Mrs Shephardson seated at the teacher's desk Then Sth and 6th grades passed by and the 7th grade gave me Mrs Toole for a teacher It was here I began my A work In the fall of l9L6 I became a freshmen ln high school and received only lnjurles at freshmen int1at1on Withln a few short months I H1l1fIVC gained my b8S1C education but I get a sad feellng when I thlnk about leav ing Odessa 9 g's- f never forget the good times I have had at O. H. S. at 8 03 n. I . u . . -H

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NOTICE As we, the most brilliant students of Odessa High School, are about to grad uate we wish to leave with you a resume of our lives So that th08e V0 leave behind might profit from our inspirations and be beneflt d by our ex periences My l1fe history might seem like a study of the schools of Buffalo nHMA County I was born near Miller, Nebraska, on Sunday, April 23 JOAN 1933 There I lived until I was eight year old When we moved KING to Kearney, I attended Emerson Grade School for 2 years, then we moved west of Kearney and I enrolled at Alfalfa Center fOr another year In the spring of l9l+5, W6 moved to Riverdale If 'as ther' that 1 started to high school in l9L6 At the beginning of my S0Phm0P9 year I went to live with my grandmother at Gibbon s1nce there was some distance from our farm home to the Riverdale School Then the following year our family moved north of Odessa and I transferred to this high school where I will graduate in May, 1950 The stork was fly1ng over the country on March 9, 1933, with a Ronald baby in his b1ll Not knowing where it eas to go, he looked down, Wayne saw my face, and dropped me on the Nielsen place what luck NJ-018031 I was a healthy 3 Bfb pound baby boy Was I a common every day baby? Oh, no' It only happens once 1n a lifetime For the first few hours I was Mr X, but as luck would have it my parents, Hr and Hrs Albert A Nielsen named me Ronald Wayne The first few years nothlng zappened to me except I d1d what came naturally The year 193A found us movlng from my b1rth place to another farm near Kearney, Nebraska This farm was a nice place to grow up it was located L mlles south and 3 mlles west of Kearney Life went on, t1me passed, until I entered Reed School Thls was a little country school lf mlles from home I attended Kearney as a Freshman, and ln my sophomore year I entered Odessa High I am now in m last year of h1gh school and after that I intend to fann w1th my father On the Zhth day of August, 1932 at six o'clock in the evening, ELSIE Dr Hart of Kearney said I spolled a dlnner date for him by making my imprompted appearance My parents lived just west of BIRT the school house then, but as my Dad's work was in Kearney we moved there shortly after my sisters's birth two years later There I grew to the ripe old age of 5 years when I started to school I attended the Emerson School In 1939 my folks moved back to Odessa and I entered Miss Ell1ott's Room where I met my classmates C ol Qipp, Delmer Swartwood and Marvin Elllott It was there I really liked school and even thought of fa1l1ng so I could stay in her room The rest of my school life was spent ln Odessa where I nad many teachers whom I liked l9L3 I started my L H club l1fe by oin1ng a swine club and since that tlme I have completed 6 ,ears of club work In l9L8 L9 I won a tr1p to A H Club amp at Seward In l9L9 50 I received a Scholarsh1p to the Kearney State Teachers College for outstandlng work 1n L H work I can truly say I regret leavlng Odessa High school 8 3 : . u 5 o MAE . , V , e e ' . ' . ' . . . In v- V 0 - ' - C

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Pep Club L Yrs Glee Club I+ Yr! Cheer Leader 1 Yr Cardinal Staff li Yrs Annual Staff 1 Yr Declan 3 YN Phy Ed 3 Yrs Glee Club A Yrs Basketball 3 Yrs Track 3 Yrs Cardinal Staff 1 Yr. Annual Staff 1 Yr. Declan 3 Yrs. SENIOR CLASS OF 1950 Class officers President Carol Hiop Vice Pres1dent Joan King Secretary Jerry Marlatt News Reporter Elsie Birt Treasurer Ronald Nielsen 2.12.11 Aqua and S1lver Qggto o at the Top but Climbing .l.fJsL Suset Pea Pep Club A Yrs Glee Club A Yrs Cheer Leader 2 Yrs Cardinal Staff 1 Yr Annual Staff 1 Yr Declan A Yrs Phy Ed 2 Yrs 10 Glue Club Basketball Track Cardlnal Staff Annual Staff Declam L Yrs L Yrs L Yrs 1 Yr 1 Yr 3 Yrs Pen Club Glee Club Cheer Leader Cardinal Staff Annual Staff Declan Phy. Ed. A Yrs L Yrs 1 Yr 1 Yr. l Yr. 3 Yrs 3 Yrs: