Ogallala High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Ogallala, NE)

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Senior Class Wil Class of 1941 We. the Senior Class of 1941, of the city of Ogallala and State of Nebraska, being sound of mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this our last will and testament as follows: I. Letty Lee Baker. . . . . I, Jean Barnica,.......... I, Bonnie Bishop,......... I, Lorraine Bishop, . . . . I. Edith Bloomquist, . . . I, Bonnie Jean Boyd, I, Edithora De Ford, . . . . I. Lucille Donahue, . . . . I. Wanda Mae Downey, . I. Betty Jane Dunwoody, . I, Gladys Ehlers,......... I. Maxine Featherston, . . I, Neva Fedde............. I. Velma Fell,............ I. Thelma Frerichs, . . . . I. Lorene Gaston,......... I. Harriet Gavenman, . . . I. Mildred Harder, . . . . I, Luella Harding,........ I, Phyllis Hayford, . . . . I. Pauline Hoke,.......... I. Kathryn Ihrig,......... I. Maxine Kuntz,.......... I. Georgia McAndrews, . . I. Cathleen Mueller, . . . I. Evaleen Mueller, . . . . I. Berdeen Pilger,........ I, Mine Potter,........... I. Maxine Potter,......... I. Marian Raleigh, . . . . I, Faye Ramsey,........... I, Jane Rasdal,........... I. Lynn Hope Reed. . I, Mary Elizabeth Sibal, . I, Dona Stansberry, . . . . will and bequeath my diamond to anyone with a dime and a desire to get married. will and bequeath my studiousness to Byron Osmera. will and bequeath my beautiful hair to Mable Fedde. will and bequeath my position as president of the Normal Trainers to Kenneth Frerichs. will and bequeath my job at jen-E-Lee to Patty Welsh. will and bequeath my place in the sextette to Joanne Hillyer. will and bequeath my freckles to all girls having clear complexions. will and bequeath my black hair to Delores Stutheit. will and bequeath my place in the Martens' car to Mildred Martens. will and bequeath my ability to putter around in civics class to Waldo Brandt. will and bequeath my red hair and freckles to Cleynna Bromley. will and bequeath my sophistication to Thelma Davis. will and bequeath my height to Mary Combs. will and bequeath my quiet nature and good will to Adolph Holscher. will and bequeath my beautiful face to all girls lacking such a necessity. will and bequeath my shorthand to anyone dumb enough to take it. will and bequeath the dye used on my hair to LaVerne Frosh. will and bequeath my glee club robe to anybody with a dollar, will and bequeath my job at the Prairie Salad Shop to Jimmy Bush, will and bequeath my rosy cheeks to Miss Nielsen, will and bequeath my apartment at the Ceisert’s to Wendell Stans- berry. will and bequeath my good nature to the faculty, will and bequeath my attentiveness in English class to the juniors, will and bequeath my love for Dale Cantonwine to the junior girls, will and bequeath my position as president of the Pep Club to Kayte Honnegger. will and bequeath my complexion to Kenneth Cannum. will and bequeath my figure to Bob Harvey. will and bequeath my studiousness to my little brother. will and bequeath my ability to walk to school with Marion Steven- sen to Bob Pounds. will and bequeath my beautiful alto voice to the Girls Glee Club. will and bequeath my dark complexion to Arlene Cook. will and bequeath my four A's to Clarence Hunke. will and bequeath my talkitiveness in sociology class to Kenneth Frerichs. will and bequeath my boy friend to Maxine Feltz. will and bequeath my ranching ability to Diana Jacobson.

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FLIGHT ’41 The airship, Grade School, took off from Port 1, in 1929, with Miss Minnie Wheling as pilot. The passenger list included Roderick Ault, Wayne Cline. Kenneth Ditto. Jim Dun- woody. Glen Geisert, Jean Barnica, Bonnie Jean Boyd. Velma Fell. Phyllis Hayford. Cathleen and Evaleen Mueller, Don Thompson, Berdeen Pilger, Lynn Hope Reed, Mary Elizabeth Sibal. Jane Rasdal. Lorene Gaston, and Margaret Mary Thalken. Arriving at Port 2. the airship was taken over by Miss Ruth Ewers as pilot. Harold Hil- ton and Letty Lee Baker were added to the passenger list. No new passengers were boarded at Port 3. Miss Eleanor Yilk was pilot. The next stop was Port 4. where Mrs. Ruth Warren came on as pilot. Again the passenger list was enlarged by the addition of Maxine Kuntz, and Marion Raleigh. The next stop was Port 5. where Miss Bess Glebe took over as pilot. No one was added to the passenger list. The airship took off from Port 6 with Mrs. Maude Dewey as our pilot. Those added to the passenger list were Edithora De Ford, and Maxine Featherston. The passengers were then transferred to the airship. Junior High School, and the pilot was Miss Wilda Dierks. Added to the passenger list were Lucille Donahue. Kathryn Ihrig. George Plunkett. Georgia McAndrews. Mine and Maxine Potter, and Donna and Rose Dale Turley. Mr. Charles Compton and Miss Marjorie Stevens took over the pilot seats in Port 8. and Glenn Peterson. Herschel Amrine. and Betty Jane Dunwoody were added to the passenger list. The passengers then transferred to the air- ship. High School, which took off from Port 9. with Mr. Kenneth Worley as pilot for the first semester, after which Mrs. Bernice Lancaster took over. This year, added to the passenger list were Dale Chingren. Eldon Geisert. Marvin and Melvin Jacobsen. Wanda Mae Downey. Gladys Ehlers, Thelma F r e r i c h s. Clarence Martens. Johnny Walker, and Mary Alice and Patricia Thalken. Johnny Walker led the class this first year as class president. The next stop was Port 10. where Miss Doris Prichard and Mr. Frances Wilcox occu- pied the pilot seats. New passengers were Howard Lauderbaugh. Luella Harding, and Neva Fedde. Howard Lauderbaugh took over as class president. Arriving at Port 1 1 new pilots and passen- gers were again taken on. The pilots were Miss Nellie Beth Shoaf and Mr. William Hoppock. Miss Shoaf’s place being taken over by Mr. Daniel Richardson during the second semester. The class chose Margaret Mary Thalken to head the class as junior class presi- dent. The new passengers were Paul Harvey. Bonnie and Lorraine Bishop. Harriet Gaven- man. Pauline Hoke. Floyd Martin. Melvin Senzig. Joe Thalken, Wayne Willey. Faye Ramsey. Dona Stansbery. and Jack Manion. The class this year enacted the play “Tom Sawyer , one of the first costume plays ever given at O. H. S. The Juniors bid “aloha to the seniors in a typical Hawaiian setting at the Junior-Senior banquet held May 4. 1940. The last stop. Port 12. was very eventful with Mr. Vernon Payne and Miss Valentina Nielsen as pilots. Glen Geisert was elected to head the class as president in the senior year. Mr. Payne left after the first semester to ac- cept a better position and Mr. Wayne Wilson took his place. The passenger list was enlarged by Stanley Primus. Bernard and William Vasa, and Mil- dred Harder. On May 18 the first graduation program, baccalaureate, was held, and the seniors for the first time began to realize that they were about to complete their high school days. On May 20, Class Night, the history, will, and prophecy were read, and awards for the year were presented. At last the day arrived—Commencement! The diplomas, for which the seniors had worked for twelve years, were awarded. In- stead of having a speaker, the seniors pre- sented their own program. What do you think? We think Ogallala will win this tournament. These calculations of Dale Chingren. Margaret Mary Thalken. Cathleen Mueller, and Jack Manion proved positive when Ogallala was acclaimed South Platte Valley champions in basketball.

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I, Margaret Mary Thalken, I, Mary Alice Thalken, . . I. Patricia Thalken...... I, Donna Turley,......... I. Rose Dale Turley, . . . I, Herschel Amrine....... I, Roderick Ault,........ I. Dale Chingrin,........ I, Wayne Cline........... I, Kenneth Ditto,........ I, Jim Dunwoody,......... I, Eldon Geisert,........ I. Glen Geisert,......... I, Paul Harvey,.......... I, Harold Hilton,........ I, Melvin Jacobsen....... I, Marvin Jacobsen, . . . . I, Howard Lauderbaugh, . I, Jack Manion........... I, Clarence Martens, . . . I, Floyd Martin,......... I, Glenn Peterson, . . . . I, George Plunkett....... I, Stanley Primus,....... I, Melvin Senzig,........ I, Joe Thalken,.......... I, Don Thompson,......... I, Bernard Vasa,......... I, William Vasa,......... I, Johnny Walker,........ I, Wayne Willey.......... To the Freshmen.......... To the Sophomores, . . . To the juniors........... To our dear sponsors, . . . will and bequeath my four “A s” to Bob Stephenson, will and bequeath my hipping” ability to Hildegarde Peterson, will and bequeath my two front false teeth to the football team for future use. will and bequeath my boy friend in Venango to anybody dumb enough to go with him. will and bequeath my sweet disposition to Mr. Wilson. will and bequeath my stature to Ernie Schulz. will and bequeath my violin ability to jack Manges. will and bequeath my student trainer's job to LaVerne Vande Voorde. will and bequeath my football shoes to the football team, will and bequeath my physique to Wayne Cauffman. will and bequeath my football playing to Danny Saunders, will and bequeath my “Geisert Style” car to Mr. Richardson, will and bequeath my Boy’s State sweater to Mary Combs, will and bequeath my little brother, Phil, to the junior girls, will and bequeath my dark glasses to anybody who runs into doors, will and bequeath my ability to wow” the women to Harold Archer. will and bequeath my paper route to anyone with a bicycle built for two. will and bequeath my an’s” and ah’s” to persons giving speeches. will and bequeath my initiative to jack Antrim. will and bequeath my ability to get along with the teachers to Gene Gemmell. will and bequeath my ambition to get ahead to anyone without a great desire for learning. will and bequeath my walk to Mr. Rector. will and bequeath my car to the finance company as they will probably get it in the end. anyway. will and bequeath my airplane to the aeronautics course for future use. will and bequeath my basketball ability to Raymond Martin, will and bequeath the Thalken” athletic tradition to Buzz, the next in line. will and bequeath my brain capacity for calling signals to the foot- ball team. will and bequeath my talkitiveness to Harold Magee. will and bequeath my quietness to Ray Harter. will and bequeath my seat in the Roscoe school bus by Eleanor Thalken. to anybody worthy of such an honor. will and bequeath my talkitiveness to those wishing to become auctioneers. we will and bequeath our initiative and endurance. we will and bequeath our superior knowledge. we will and bequeath our home rooms, our textbooks and our dear sponsors. Miss Nielsen and Mr. Wilson, and our former sponsor, Mr. Payne, we will and bequeath the memories of our class, both good and bad. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have subscribed our names and affixed our seal the 22nd day of May in the year of Our Lord. One thousand nine hundred and forty-one.