Osceola High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Osceola, NE)

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Senror Class Hrstory On a sunny mornrng 1n September of 1936 a group of sm1l1ng faces scrubbed shlny clean appeared IH the doorway of Mrs Merrxcks room for thelr frrst day of school Klndergar ten was a lot of fun drawlng cuttmg color mg and pastmg M1ss Nantkes taught us rn the fxrst grade We sat on our llttle red chalrs ln a Seml clrcle and learned to count and to read out of l1ttle green books about D1ck and Jane Dur1ng the next three years our teachers were Mrs Clemens M1ss Rasp and M1ss Hal qulst respectlvely Jeamce Schott came rn the second grade and Ramona Walgreen Jomed us ID the fourth The annual Polk County Spell1ng Contest was an outstandmg event Jean1ce Schott one of the contestants won three blue rxbbons On Mothers Day when we were rn the fourth grade we presented a play for our mothers Our rhythm band made several pub l1c appearances dur1ng these f1rst few years of school We wore l1ttle red capes and hats as we made muslc w1th stlcks oatmeal boxes trlangles and tambourmes In the flfth grade we gave up our rhythm band for tonettes and some of us began play 1ng real musxcal mstruments 1n the newly or gamzed school band M1ss Schlnzel was our teacher that year Upon entermg the department we consldered ourselves much older because we then passed from room to room Just lrke the h1gh school students and we even had a few partres Just l1ke therrs Jumor Grrardm Jomed us rn the slxth grade and Lee Adams Jomed us 1n the seventh grade J1m Inness and Lee Adams used to have fun chasxng each other around the de partment assembly In the course of one of these lxvely games of tag they accldentally broke the bust of Abe Lmcoln that had been rn the room for years and years Recesses were spent argumg about who was to be on whose baseball team and Just as everythmg was flnally settled tnot always to the satlsfactron of alll the bell would rlng and we would have to go back to classes Our teachers m the department were M1ss Swanson M1ss Duncan M1ss Anderson and Mrs Mxller When we reached the elghth grade we took a tmp to Lmcoln where we v1s1ted Morrlll Hall Mlllers Candy Kltchen and other mterestmg places At last we recexved our erghth grade dlplomas We were ready to enter hxgh school w1th memorles of many class pxcnrcs Senior Class The reporter paused and took a deep breath as he entered the door on whxch the followmg words appeared rn bold black letters Vrctor L Mangelsen Edxtor rn Chref Osceola Darly Chromcle Well 1ts about t1me you got here ' Behlnd the large oak desk nearly hldden un der a pyramld of unassorted papers we see the edxtor hlmself a man of large buxld w1th harr that IS hghtly greylng at the temples Ten years ago, Vrcs rich uncle dxed, leavmg hun a and all the other fun of our grammar school days Then came the happy h1gh school days Twenty c1ght of us had survxved our grade school experrences and were now on the thresh old of a new and exc1t1ng 11fe Our fxrst excrt 1ng exper1ence was Freshman 1n1t1at1on After that day I belleve all of us felt that we were full fledged hrgh school students A number of the Freshres were selected to serve at the Jun1or Sen1or banquet that year They were dressed as sallors The Sophomore year was a very uneventful year as It usually IS for every class but we d1d sponsor a very successful all hlgh school box socxal Exght of us ushered at Commence ment and Baccalaureate Our Jumor year was fllled to capacxty w1th mterestmg experlences Flrst our play Local Boy Makes Good was presented on November 13 to a record breakmg crowd Then came Jumor Rule Day which we d1d up mce and sweet' The Jumor Sen1or Banquet and Prom cllmaxed May for that year The theme car rled out for the occasion was Mardl Gras MHFCIH Schnelder was toastmlstress Our Sen1or year was character1zed by many events whlch seem to f1ll most Sen1or years The Gr1d1ron Coronatlon 1n Wh1Ch Ramona Walgreen was crowned queen and Bob Johan sen acted as Honorary Football Captam was held as a part of our flrst Homecommg Sneak Day was spent by the entlre class 1n Omaha Boys Town and the alrport were our mam Mama proved to be as successful as our Jun 1or class play Almost all of the sm1l1ng faces that appeared that mornlng rn September of 36 have d1sap peared but seven have remamed These are Tom Ball Laura Hartson J1m Inness Colleen Malek Sxd Sxgler and Marc1a Schnelder Of all those that had entered dur1ng thelr hlgh school days only Lo1s Dmges and Inez Swantek remaln Erme Glelm IS at Polk the Seaburg ers are near Shelby Lucllle Need lSchuttJ IS rnarrled Eugene Rhodes IS at Benedxct Now we are on the last lap of our hrgh school days Some are sad others are happy But 1n years to come wherever well be or whatever we re do1ng we ll always look back on our school days as the most care free days of our l1ves Prophecy huge sum of money whrch he 1nvested rn a newspaper Sorry s1r I came as fast as I could Never mmd that Kresha lets get down to busrness Each spr1ng all over the country ano ther class graduates from hrgh school Twenty years ago you and I d1d that very thlng S1nce that t1me the town of Osceola has grown xnto a c1ty we now have two newspapers trafflc lrghts and several other addltxons that mdrcate the growth of a prosperous cxty As a SPQCIR1 I O Y . . , ' i . 9 A 1 ' - . - . - n- . . , . 1 l . 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Semor Class Prophecy Contmued feature 1n the magazme sectlon of our Sunday ed1t1on I want you to fmd out what each mem ber of the class of 49 IS now dolng and wr1te an artlcle about them Thats all Thus we flnd our hero enter1ng a nolsy ta vern on the waterfront of New York Hrs eyes open w1de and hls mouth gapes as he sees a former classmate walk onto the stage and s1ng Set em up Joe-We gotta make dough Marcla' ' was the only thmg poor Kreek could utter After her song was f1n1shed the two sat at a small table ln the corner whlle Marcla now Torch McFlame related the sad story of her exper1ences smce graduatmg from old Osce Hlgh Early the next morn1ng Kresha set out for the Emplre State Bulldmg Someone had 1n formed h1m that Jumor G1rard1n was employed there As he walked over to the elevator he recogmzed h1s old frlend The two had a n1ce v1s1t Whlle rxdlng from the bottom of the bulld mg to the top and back agam Tell me Jumor why d1d you declde to be come an elevator operator'7 Well ever smce I was a small boy Ive wanted to go up ln l1fe and I cant thlnk of a faster way to reach the top can you Say d1d you hear about Sldv No tell me He had three glrls flghtlng over h1m Each wanted to marry h1m so the four went to Ara mcreased so that at the present t1me he has 29 w1ves Some l1fe eh? Not for me I pr1ze my bachelorhood Gotta leave now Jumor Thanks for the mformatxon On hls way to the court downtown Adrlan passed Carnegle Hall He saw a large b1l1 board ln front announcmg tonlghts program Jeamce Schott Hmmm that name IS famlllar Why of course she was a member of the class of 49 All that practxcmg she used to do cer talnly wasnt a waste of tlme Kresha swltched on the radxo W1ll poor Gwenevere rescue her husband from the clutches of the beautlful he1ress Does John know the danger that l1es ahead? Tune 1n tomorrow same txme same statlon when we w1ll brlng you further adventures of the true to l1fe story of Johns Other Wlte play ed by Phyllxs From Th1s program was wr1t ten and adapted to radxo broadcastmg by Lo1s Dmges Harper famous novellst and author of The LIVES and Loves of Mortlmer Snerd The reporter made a mental note of the oc cupatlons of these two gxrls After parklng hls car he walked mto the crowded courtroom On tr1a1 for the murder of James Inness IS Dlanne Buhl At one slde of the room we see Mrs Innes the former Marge Johansen Seated next to her IS that fearless detectxve Duane Swanson All IS qulet as the Judge comes 1nto the room Soon the days proceedlngs are well under way I assert that this g1rl was drxven 1nsane and smce she could never have the man she loved she wanted to make sure no one else could I suggest that we adjourn court untll a sanxty test can be g1ven to M1ss Buhl These words came from the greatest female lawyer 1n the Un1ted States Mary Ann Berck Her lust for argumg when she was young developed 1nto a colorful career That noon Adr1an lunched 1n one of the fa mous Adams restaurants He was surprlsed to learn that the Adams was none other than Lee hlmself He marr1ed one of h1s secretarxes Merna Qu1ck Th1s was a complete surprlse to everyone who heard about It After eatmg our reporter goes to one of the few entertamment centers 1n the blg c1ty As he looks at the program he sees that the f1rst event of the afternoon IS the mldget auto race It wasnt surprlsmg when Kresha notlced that Tom Sterup was one of the dr1vers He ought to be good at 1t' Fourth on the schedule the natlonally famous tlght rope walker Lawrence Shemek After leavlng the grandstand lllICl dentally Tom won the auto race! Kresha en tered a small tent to have h1s fortune told The name on the tent read Zem Ketnaws Thats Inez Swantek spelled backwards but he d1dnt fmd that out unt1l later That mght Adrlan boarded a traln to start back to the Mlddle West New York was okay but he m1ssed hrs home town He sat next to a man ln a navy umform who was on h1s way o Chlcago As they became better acqualnted and the sa1lor learned where Kresha was head ed he sald the best guys we had And talk about a SallO1 w1th a g1rl ln every port that guy came close to 1t Hls name was Bob but we all called h1m Joe Someone else I know comes from that town Oh yes d1d you know Burt Bra zee Hes manager of the Redheads now Its the flrst tlme ln the1r hlstory that that team has had a red headed manager Hxs wxfe IS the former Phyll1s Anderson She plays cen ter on h1s team Small world 1snt lt Just how small lt 1S was proved ln Chxcago when who should be seen but Laura Hartson She came to the Wmdy C1ty to work shortly after graduatton She marr1ed and settled there and IS leadmg a very normal llfe At last the tram pulled 1nto Osceola Kresha sat 1n the tra1n depot and wrote notes on the rest of the class that he hadnt seen on the tr1p Poor Tom Ball marrxed Maxme Grossmck laus That wouldnt be so bad but Ramona and Deloles moved 1n w1th them and the poor guy d1dnt stand a chance Wlth three women to boss h1m He tr1ed 1n vam to get r1d of the two but gave up and adapted hlmself to the condltxons Last but not least Colleen Malek left D12 standmg at the altar and eloped w1th an Okla homa o1l klng For complete detalls be sure to get the maga zme sectlon of the second Sunday ID May dur mg 1969 There IS also a complete account of the Inness murder and trial o 3 ' o 1 I .. 1 , - . . . , . . . . . ,, ' 1 u ' ' . . . 1 - aa J ry s ' , . 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