Pawnee City High School - Indian Yearbook (Pawnee City, NE)

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We decided that we should hire a gondola to sightsee in Venice. We went to the largest gondola boat line in Venice and who should wait on ui but Marilyn Wamke, the owner of the company. Marilyn operates the company in her spare time since she lives in Austria where Bob K. is stationed in the armed Forces. We thoroughly enjoyed our ride but finally had to bid farewell and board our plane for Spain. A fiesta was underway in Madrid and everyone said we should attend the bull fight that afternoon, with many doubts as to whether I would enjoy it, we went - and found Jon Fink to be billed in the main feature fight. Anxiously (and fearfully) we awaited the main event; and when it came, Jon entered the arena confidently challenging a white bull. Jon proved the master of the situation and in no time had conquered his foe. With all this excitement over, we decided to head for Africa. In Tanganyika we found Jack Chittick and Jo Ann Allen patiently teaching the Hottentots scientific farming. Jack has come up with several new ideas in farming but he’s trying them out on the savages first. In the Gold Coast we found Jerry Reed practicing medicine. It seems Jerry had come to this country for three reasons . First, to practice medicine: Second, the name Gold Coast fascinated Jerry, who was always looking for an easy fortune (In his spare time he mines for gold); Third, being a staunch Democrat Jerry just had to go some where to escape the Republican administration. Leaving Africa we headed for Arabia. Here we found Yvonne Edgerton in the harem of The Sheik of Araby. In- cidentally, she was his favorite wife. We thought this situation was quite reversed since it was Yvonne who usually had a flock of boys dangling on a line. During a short stop-over in Afghanistan, we met the famous atomic energy scientist, Dave Hoffman, who was working for the government of Afghanistan. The poor natives hadn’t heard of atomic energy until Dave happened along; so he decided this was an easy job and the place for him to stay. Next we flew to India and while walking through a narrow winding street we found Marianne Mangnall playing her clarinet and charming snakes! Marion K. surely must have changed some of Marianne’s attitudes since high school days. In Burma we found (of all people) Ardell Tegtmeier acting as a safari guide into the jungles and her specialty was hunting elephants for ivory. What a change! Our plans called for Siberia next and after crashing through the iron curtain (we made a big hole in it) with some difficulty we reached our destination. Imagine, we saw Gary Pattison working - in the salt mines that is. This is the only job Gary has held for any length of time. The atmosphere here wasn't too inviting so we left for Japan. We arrived just in time to see Japan's lady wrestling champion, Joan Hays, go into action. We understand Joan has her eye on the world's title, and after seeing her in action we believe she can do it. We toured the farm where Elda Tegtmeier raises silkworms and orange tea. Elda informed us that the one thing that has had her baffled for ten years is hov to eat peas with chopsticks. Our next destination was Singapore. There we found Orleuc t-rank operating an exclusive and swanky night club. From the looks of all the money being spent. Orlene must make a small fortune every night. Our next stop was in Australia. Out in the middle of nowhere we found a huge ranch where Darlene Anthol raises kangaroos for all the leading circuses in the world. Darlene started to raise horses but switched to kangaroos when she found they were always one jump ahead of horses. While we were in Australia a special bulletin came over the radio that the famous explorer, Edgar Bredemeier, had finally reached the south pole and had set up a village, Little Pawnee , somewhere in the antarctic. We would have gone to see this but we didn't know the exact location. Heading our plane northward, we next landed in Hawaii. Roger found the hula dancers to be the most entertaining and we noticed Loretta Oenbring was one of them. She explained that she was working while Don K. finished his term in the service. Leaving Hawaii, we continued on our way to Nicaragua in Central America. Here we found the Dirt-Cheap used car market owned by Francis Oenbring. Wondering if we could rent a car, we went to talk with Francis and he was glad to oblige. Business had been good. Francis said, and he was having the time of his life (sounds just like him). Taking our used Cadillac, we drove to the studios of SWW3-DTV (Spanning the World With 3-D Television). Bruce McClintock was the owner, operator, and inventor of 3-D TV. Our last stop before going home was in Canada. Arriving there, we obtained the help of a mounted policeman to guide us through some of the country. Leland McClintock turned out to be the guide and I have never heard him talk so much before as he did while taking us sight seeing. Leland must really enjoy his work! Back in New York City, we arrived in time to hear the famous pianist of Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera Company, the New York Philharmonic Symphony. Katherine Peckham. giving her annual piano recital. Backstage, after a splendid performance, Katie talked about her career and family faster than we could listen. The next day we boarded our plane for our flight to Pawnee City. We stopped in Lincoln long enough to watch the great Pawnee basketball team, coached by Lowell Johnson, win the state tournament. Next year Lowell plans to complete work on his course in medical and physical therapy. After reaching Pawnee City our trip ended. From there Roger flew back to his business and airport in New York. Thus ends the tale of the future of the thirty-five seniors in Pawnee City High School of 1954. P.S. I got my Master's degree. How? Don’t ask me! Donna Preston

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March 16. 1965 To My Students: in view of the fact that I not only must write a thesis to complete work on my Master's degree in History, but also must find a way to spend the first million 1 made teaching (the teachers will laugh at this). 1 am taking a trip around the world. The following is a report on some of my most interesting experiences which 1 dedicate to you - my students. Early on the morning of May 28, 1964, 1 took a taxi to Waddell's Interplanetary Airport. While at West Point Roger invented the first plane to travel to the moon. Going to the window to buy my ticket whom should 1 meet but Roger! He tried to talk me into buying a ticket to Mars but 1 finally made it clear to him that 1 just wanted to go around the world. Upon hearing this he generously offered to make one of his planes available to me and he would be the pilot. Naturally, 1 accepted and as soon as Roger got his map of the world we left in America's first Jet airliner that Roger had also designed. With Roger acting as guide and pilot we proceeded on our flight. Our first stop was in Iceland, to refuel. We were amazed to find Byford Packett working as a mechanic at the airfield. When we inquired about his being here he said that he had come to have a good, clean enviroment in which to raise his 40 kids. 3 rabbits, and 1 goat. Having the greatest pan of our journey before us we left Iceland and headed to England. Since 1 had so much money and other valuables in my possession, I decided it would be safer for me if I hired a man from the famed Scotland Yard while I was in England. When I phoned for a man they obligingly told me that thier foremost sleuth would be at my service - one Louis McClintock. It seems Louis had made quite good at Scotland Yard; in fact it had just taken him six days to catch the notorious criminals who had stolen the door of his office! With such a trusty bodyguard I continued my tour of London town. 'Imagine my amazement while visiting the palace when I found that Gary Meader is acting as the private tutor to the Crown Prince of England! Proceeding to the House of Parliament I was conducted on a tour of the building and since Parliament was not then in session I had the opportunity to visit the office of Sir Winston Churchill, and who should be his receptionist. Switch board operator, and private secretary all rolled up in one - none other than Evelyn Scott! I always knew she was efficient. Since my time was growing short, I decided to hurry back to the airport; and after bidding farewell and thanking Louis for his excellent protection (after I boarded the plane I found that one of my diamond earrings was missing!) we started on. Roger said that he had heard that the luxury liner. The Queen Elizabeth, was docked in Liverpool. Because he thought he might be able to get an idea for an invention he was working on, we decided to fly over there even though it was out of our way. A few hours out of London it became evident that we were running out of gas (Roger said he forgot to refuel!). Seeing an island below, we landed and immediately were surrounded by an armed guard of about 20 men. We were marched to a huge building where we were led before the royal governor of the island. Nothing could have surprised us more than when Reah Hunzeker appeared as the governor! To our inquiry as to where we were, she informed us that this was the Isle of Man. Secretly we thought this was just perfect for Reah, since she never could concentrate on just one man in high school. After receiving permission from Reah to refuel the plane, we were allowed to leave the governor's mansion. After refueling, we again took off and winged our way to Liverpool. Landing in Liverpool we went to the dock and inquired about the Queen Elizabeth. The guard told us that she would be in dock for ten more minutes while her Admiral, Donald D. Knox, was receiving last minute instructions. We were curious to find out if this was the Red Knox, our classmate in Pawnee High. Hurrying to the ship, we boarded, and since Roger had permission to tour the ship he could examine the ship in order to find out necessary information for his next invention. We heard a thundering of footsteps and Admiral Red made hi aopearance. Since this was the first time we had seen Red serious, we asked him what his trouoie was. He said that his girl in England had found his little black book and that she had learned about his girls in all the other ports around the world. Poor Red, he’s still having trouble with his girls! We walked around the ship a little longer and then with a few seconds to spare we said goodbye to Red and hurried back to our plane. After flying for an hour, we could see a strange looking depression in the ground. Being rather curious, we ecided to make an emergency landing and find out what this oddity was. Upon landing we saw a group of machines and men a short distance away so we walked up to them and one of the men informed us that this was an engineering project headed b) the famous engineer. Vaughn Yost. It seems Vaughn was trying to build a canal from London to Calcutta. Vaughn always did try to do the impossible! Vaughn was buried deep in papers, which looked Greek to me, so we decided to go back to our plane and continue on to France. Landing in France we were walking down a street when we saw a sign advertising Bob's Brew. Deciding that we should try everything at least once, we investigated and found .that our old friend Bob Blecha owned a very successful brewei and that Don Peacock was working as Bob’s official taster. Our only comment - what could be more fitting?? After leaving Bob's shop, I became interested in the advertisement of a fashion show. After all, what is the use of a woman visiting Paris without attending a fashion show? I found seats in the salon where the show was to be held and anxiously awaited the showings. Among the models I spied Jacquelyn Packett showing some of her own creations. As I talked to her she persuaded me to buy one of her designs and she said that she was becoming very famous in France and throughout the world. She and Allan B. had decided to make their home in France permanently. Knowing that Roger would be impatient, I hurried back to the plane and we again took off into the wild blue yonder, this time for Switzerland. After dodging the mountain peaks we landed in a little mountain resort town. The tourist trade was quite heavy and everyone was headed for the ski lift. Further inquiry led us to discover that Dale Wende was operating a ski lodge since he had retired as the world's champion ski jumper. Dale also operates a branch office in Timbuctoo, Africa. Kenneth Klepper is the manager there and for some unknown reason Ken doesn't have a very prosperous business. In the air again, we winged our way to Italy.

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Most Ambitious Senior - JERRY REED Most Athletic Boy LOWELL JOHNSON Best Sport Boy LOWELL JOHNSON Most Studious Senior - EVELYN SCOTT Most Cheerful Girl MARIANNE MANGNALL Most Cheerful Boy GARY PATTISON Most Intellectual Senior - ROGER WADDELL Senton, ‘TVtum Best Sport Girl KATHERINE PECKHAM Best Sport Girl JOAN HAYS Most Popular Boy JON FINK Best Citizen Boy VAUGHN YOST Best Citizen Boy JACK CHITTICK Most Popular Girl DONNA PRESTON Best Citizen Girl DONNA PRESTON