Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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tfvw m wjutvw ;Ay -mtftvy.vife zzam BEGAN ST AK IN 6 HIS PERSONAL CLAIM WITH THE CLAIM AGENT , JlM EARL, ANO HIS BOOKKEEPERS Frances Gunsolley ano Betty Hilo. Oawn of the next day finos Jim Doody, HIS WAVY HAIR HANGING IN HIS FACE, SWEATING OVER THE WORK INVOLVEO IN OBTAINING HIS fortune. Nearby was Cyril Kocian, also WORKING I NOUSTROUSLY, WHILE PATRICIA ROGERS SAT SPECTATING. A SUOOEN COMMOTION NEAR THE OCEAN FRONT, ANNO UNCEO THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING BY SHIP. THEY HAO COME FROM the East by way of Cape Horn. Among the disembarking passengers were WOMEN WHO HAO BRAVEO THE ROUGH OCEAN. THEY CAME TO MEET THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO HAO TRAVELEO THE OVERLANO ROUTE. When the ship was unloadeo, Joan Ault and Mary Jane Harris,two of the passengers, WENT TO A NEARBY CASE RUN BY JAN I S SCHMIDT- mann. Near the entrance, underneath a sign which re AO Check Your Guns Here , stooo Cora Lee Hitt with an armful of loaoeo pis- tols. Insioe of the cage, waitress OeNie CUNOALL WAS SINGING ' 0 , SUSANNA . With the comiN6 of so many new settlers, a reign of Chaos, accompanied by all the lawlessness of a frontier community, was CHECKEO BY THE ORGANIZATION OF A VIGILANTE COMMITTEE, HEADED BY SHERIFF JOHN WHITE. Outstanding members were Ray Hilo and Dick Gerbeling. OuSK FINOS OUR PICTURE OF THESE BRAVE ,U9ERS, FIGHTING TO CONQUER THE WEST AND ITS GREAT RICHES, GRADUALLY F AO IN 6 FROM SIGHT, ANO THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF OUR MODERN WORLD COMING INTO VIEW. WlTH THIS BRIEF GLANCE AT THE PAST, THE GRADUATING CLASS OF I9U9 IS PRO UO TO SAY THEY MARK A CENTURY OF Progbess in our American History.

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gEZjESQS iv kv jsw .n v, v swr v frN. y awr -«v r «- % t , r] March ano Don Baker, who hao come West so he WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM IN WHICH TO EXPERI- MENT WITH HIS NEW-FANQLEO PICTURE-BOX. Directly inside the Fort s walls the '1|9ERS SAW a HUGE buffalo hung up for skin- inng. Bill Holly ano Tom Rohan, the Fort Butchers, were hoping to have the job oone in time for Chef Joann Hitt, to cook the MEAT . The author of the Fort was Wanda Cacy WHO WAS JUST COMPLETING HER LATEST NOVEL, mMy Rangeland Romances , or Life With The Cowpunchers . The money-makers of the Fort were none OTHER THAN DURANGO11 UhlIK ANO CHEYENNE1 Huoson who, while brannishing their trusty SIX-GUNS, WERE OFTEN SEEN WAITING FOR THE COMPENSATION OF THEIR WEEKLY HAUL OF FURS. TWO FAMOUS MEN OFFEREO GREAT COMPETITION TO THESE TWO SHARP-SHOOT ING 0 AMSELS---THEY WERE FABULOUS PLAINS HUNTERS KlT KELLI- son and Buffalo Bill Cecil, who frequen- tly TRAPPEO MORE BEAVERS THAN THEIR SEAM- tress, Ina Mae Finnefrock, knew what to do with. From these beavers came the service- able COATS WHICH WERE WORN BY MOST OF THE WOMEN OF THE FORT. Berna Forbes, Eona Jean Wetenkamp, Janice Long, and Deloris Hilo, WHO WERE TEACHERS ,FREQUENTLY MADE PRACTICAL THE FLIMSY UNHEATEO IN THE USE OF THE FUR COATS, BECAUSE : SCHOOL BUILDINGS WERE OFTEN WINTERTIME. After the 1|.9ers had a gooo night's rest, they prepareo to leave the Fort. But at THIS TIME THEY HEARD A FAINT CHURCH BELL from the Missionary Hut,ano oecideo to at- tend THE SERVICES. MINISTER MANFRED MORITZ CONDUCTED THE PRAYERS ,WH ILE THE SMALL CHOIR composeo of Alta Miller, Joanne Lentz, Flo- rence Ellingson, and Frances Clinkenbeard, S A N 6 HYMNS. The CHURCH OFFEREO THE NECES- SARY ENVIRONMENT FOR A LONG-PLANNEO CERE- MONY. While Donna Wagner sang Because , Jack Downs ano Wilma Keil strolleo oown the AISLE ARM IN ARM, IN MATRIMONIAL BLISS. DEPARTEO FROM THE CHURCH, When they had THE CARAVAN ONCE AGAIN MOVEO ON. |N THE FIRST COVERED WAGON, THERE WAS PAT KOC I AN INTENTLY DRAWING PICTURES OF THE MOUNTAINOUS SCENERY THAT THEY WERE PASSING) IN THE SEC - ono wagon, Mary Woster was artistically CARVING ANOTHER NOTCH IN THE HANOLE OF HER GUN, REPRESENTING ANOTHER DAY OF THEIR JOURNEY. IN THE FOLLOWING WAGONS WERE OTHER BRAVE 'Ij ERS. AS THEY MOVEO ON, THEY SOON CAME UPON A FORK IN THE BARREN TRAIL. HERE, BEULAH MAE Gentry headed Northwaro. Destination?---- Washington TerritoryI At this point, Mary Ellen Reeo ano Ruby Everett also changed their course. They heaoeo their wagons to- wards Old Mexico,to the homesteads of Don Juan, ano Wild Bill Elliot. The rest of the waGion train sadly said FAREWELL TO BEULAH, RuBY ANO MARY ELLEN, AS THEY HOPEFULLY CONTINUED THEIR JOURNEY TO the gold fields. After days of relentless journey, they FINALLY REACHEO THEIR DESTINATION . GOLD WAS FO REMO 8 T IN THEIR MINOS . EACH SETTLER

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i w .wan aws tfrw «4sviw«w fiWraiwiwtfliwwimtmmfm Sneak Day n o c at mv orcrourn r n ■ Tur - f k ; ■ i u n hi i Sneak Day---the great oay reserveo for the oeniohs only1 It seemeo like May 10 rolled arouno mighty fast---ano so did 7 a.Ml Quite a few Seniors ran A GOOO RACE WITH THE SUN TO SEE WHO COULO GET TO THE HOTEL CORNER THE FAST- EST. (We HAD a WET TIME EVEN IF IT WAS A BRI6HT SUNNY OAY 111) The 1|9ers roareo into Lincoln around 9 a.m. ano everyone heaoeo toward RAD 10 STATION KFA9, THE CAPITAL, MORRILL HALL, AND THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS• Promptly at 11:50» E headed for Pioneer Park ano lunch. Boy , oid that chicken ever taste wonoerful! (So did all the potato chips, the sanowitches. ’’lunch potato salad, beans, cake, pie, pickels, etc. I) After OUT ALL THE AMUSEMENTS ANO HAD BARRELS OF FUN. Speaking of fun, no one coulo laugh any harder seeing all the everyone trieo boys’ ano and ’’Tex' luch next At 5 short vis TE RE ST ING The COWGALS ON a briole-path rodeo 1 It seems Wild Bill U9er cow- Cy Kocian Oh well BETTER Buo White had a little trouble with their hosses time kio s 1 P.M. WE ALL HEAOEO FOR THE NEBRASKA STATE PENNITENTARY (FOR A VERY it only). Everyone found the trip very interesting ano several in- SOUVENIERS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE PRISON SHOP. KFAB RAOIO STATION WAS AGAIN THE NEXT STOP OF THE OAY. WE ALL O R WD CO il L RL T T GRAM, INTERVIEWED HER ON After the broadcast INTO THE STUOIO TO LISTEN GOT AN EXTRA THRILL DURING THE AIR. WE ALL TO THE BROADCAST OF THE POLKA PARTY. RuBY THE OAY WHEN JACK WELLS, MC FOR THE PRO- HEADEO OUR VARIOUS WAYS. SOME TOOK IN THE LOCAL CINEMAS, SOME WINDOW SHOPPEO, ANO SOME CONTINUED TAKING PICTURES UNTIL THE LAST RAY OF SUN VANISHEO (OiDN'T YOU, DON?). Promptly at 9 50 everyone was again congregated at the busses, and wet WEARY, BUT VERY HAPPY, THE i ERS OLO HOME S T E AO---PHS . HEAOEO WITH A SONG ANO A SIGH BACK THE § IMS m wmw.