Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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Marion went onto the communications department to see if anyone there could help him pass the word of the reunion around. There he found Mary McCarthy sending messages out to Don Con- yers and Jim Graves, who were Satan’s jesters, and to Shirley Story and Betty Todd, who were in charge of turning Satan’s food. Upon checking, it was found that everyone from the class of ’ 55” in Hades had been informed of the reunion. Ruth and Mike had ascended into Heaven and had gained entrance past the Pearly Gates under guard. Mike’s guards were Bill Todd, Wayne Wiles, Grover Cundall, and Eugene Dasher. On hearing music Ruth turned to the left and found the angel Gabriel, trying to teach Doug Reno how to blow his horn. Standing nearby was Carolyn Robinson, wishing she could learn too. On farther, Ruth saw five of the cutest little cherubs playing on a soft, downy cloud. These sweet things were none other than Larry Jenkins, Irma Redden, Doris Ehlers, Stuart Nielson, and Larry Mendenhall. Hearing what sounded like legal procedings, Ruth found the Celestial Board sitting in judg- ment of conduct not befitting an angel. The angel, George Meisinger, was sentenced for having his halo dimmed for two centuries. The board, Maybelle Warga, Nancy Perrv, Jay Dee Drueker, Larry Molck, and Melvin Wilson, said they would be out of session and would be only too glad to come to the reunion. The goddess Venus for the twenty —first century turned out to be Jo Ann Egenberger, while the god Mars was Don Freeburg. Jo Ann and Don gave Ruth directions to the Hall of Famous People. Ruth found Mary Thimgan, who had become the firstwoman President of the United Sta- tes; Nancy Land, who was acclaimed as a second Cleopatra; and Dean Dunham, the most fam- ous sleuth of all time; the world’s strongest orator. Bill Wever. A one—winged angel dipped over Ruth’s head and bounced onto the nearest cloud. The am- atuer flyer turned out to be Norman Clark, who was apprenticed to Jean Raftery and Janet Rouse on the subject of the finer points of flying. Pat Winscot was apprentice to Carol Burch, who had been named the finest harpest of the century; and Marjorie Adkins and June Dietl were appren- ticed to Catherine Berlett to learn the art of oration. In the haunting department, Wade Arnold and Betty Winters were filing reports on their last missions. Pat Janda was reported to be haunting good old P. H. S. As time was drawing nigh, Ruth proceeded to the reunion of the class of 1955. Everyone had assembled in the ruins of P. H. S. when suddenly Eileen Wiysel came in drag- ging a big gunny sack. Eileen explained that they had the soul of the angel who had fought so valiantly. When the sack was dumped onto the ground, everyone saw that it was their missing classmate, Roger Hi Id. A wonderful time was had by all, and it was agreed that we should have a repeat reunion every 100 years. THE END —21—

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CLASS PROPHECY On the day of May 20, 2055, Bob Carr, sight-seeing guide - in — chief, was just receiving a new load of inductives, when he noticed a chartruese T — shirt with a badge of the EC Fan Ad- dict Club on it. Since he was an old charter member before Satan made him forsake all old friends, he looked further and found himself staring into the face of Marion Hi Id, fellow charter member and President. Following mad embraces and hot tears, they decided to check up on the other mem- bers in their old High School Class of 1955. As soon as Marion was inducted, they set out to tour Hades. The first thing to see would naturally be the well-known furnace room. Much to their astonishment, they found that an old classmate, John England, was in charge. John courteously showed his friends around, introduc- ing them to the personnel — David Wuelling, who had had every curly hair on his head burnt off while working; Havely Sayers, whom you couldn't expect to find anywhere else; and Hazel Gold, who had astounded the world with her physical strength and was now putting it to good use. In the broiler room which was the hottest place in Hades, they found Mike Shellenbargar and Ruth Bruns sipping iced lemonade. Ruth had come down from heaven just to see Mike nearly 10 years ago and had never left. Everyone was naturally interested in seeing all their old class- mates, so Mike suggested they ask Satan and St. Peter if they would agree to let everyone go back to good old P. H. S. for a reunion that evening. Bob hurried back to the furnace room to tell John and the rest, while Marion, very interested in seeing all of Hades, agreed to go on and tell all he saw on his rounds. Ruth thought she could sneak Mike into Heaven and they would tell everyone there. The first person Marion met was Joan Mason. Joan explained she had been sentenced to Ha- des for her inferno gossiping. When told of the reunion, she was overjoyed and agreed to tell Joan Koubek and Margaret Svobada, whom she knew she could find in the coal mines. On Marion went, meeting Elwood Johnson and Denny Ptak, the two centaurs who guard the Gates to Hades. Also near by was Kay Barnard trying her best to get out and away from Denny. In the volcano control room, he found Don Thuman and Bill Toman fiendishly throwing swit- ches and watching guages. Marion noted that a lot of the key positions in Hades were occupied by members of the Class of “55”. Just as Marion stepped out of the volcano control room, he heard a cry of Yeo and turned to find himself looking at his old pal, Terry Ernst. Terry had the most beautiful red sunburn seen on or off earth. When questioned about this, Terry explained he had just returned from slaying dragons and gotten too close to their fiery breath. Terry liked the idea of the reunion, and said he would be glad to take Marion to see Satan to see if they and their classmates Could get out. Satan was sitting on a pedestal with Nola Weiss washing his feet with fire-water, and five girls attempting to eat fire to entertain him These girls proved to be Barbara Yenney, Donna McCormick, Ann Smith, Barbara Anderson, and Dorothy Piper. Satan was in a good mood, so he readily agreed to the reunion. Just as Marion and Terry were leaving, Satan's right-hand girl, Sharon Fleischman, drag- ged in a maiden whom she claimed had been leading the men astray. This little maiden turned out to be Gail Peterson. Satan just laughed and said, That s what she s here for, and turned her loose. Gail told Marion and Terry that she had three assistants for her work, Sally Quinnett and Phyllis Tritsch, and Janet Rhodes; and she and her assistants would be glad to come to the re- union. —20—

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CLASS WILL We, the Seniors of P. H. S. being of comparatively sound minds, do hereby, in this year of 1955, make our last will and testament. I, Marjorie Adkins, do hereby will a little bit of everything to anyone for whatever they want to do with it. I, Barbara Anderson, do hereby will my freckles to Banjo Ulrich. I, Wade Arnold, do hereby will my job downtown to anyone else who wants to get away from the drudgery of school work. I, Catherine Berlett, do hereby will my ability to keep my mouth shut in class to Duane Kaffen- berger. I, Kay Barnard, do hereby will Denny Ptak’s teasing to Katie Ptak. I, Ruth Bruns, do hereby will my ability to hold my temper to Judy Sikora. I, Carol Burch, do hereby will my bookkeeping workbook back to Joe. I, Bob Carr, do hereby will Shirley Sudduth back to me for future reference. I, Norman Clark, do hereby will my book on “How to Build Muscles” to next year’s football team. I, Don Conyer’s do hereby will my ability to go steady with two girls at once to Perry Dewall. I, Grover Cundall, do hereby will my wolfish ways to Gary Rieke. I, Gene Dasher, do hereby will my nickname “Birddog to next year’s pleasant hunters. I, June Dietl, do hereby will my long hair to Nancy Holman. I, Jay Dee Druecker, do hereby will my position as tackle to Herman Weber. I, Dean Dunham, do hereby will my ability to “cast nasties on people to Mr. Floyd. I, Jo Ann Egenberger, do hereby will my nickname “Smiley” to Liberace. I, Doris Ehlers, do hereby will my pleasant disposition to all the Monday morning grouches. I, John England, do hereby will my nickname “Frog” to the future biology classes. I, Terry Ernst, do hereby will my nickname “Purp” back to Nebr. City. I, Sharon Fleischman, do hereby will my ability to chew gum to any Freshman who thinks he can get away with it. I, Don Freeburg, do hereby will my safe and sane driving to all the hot rodders of Plattsmouth. I, Hazel Gold, do hereby will all of the reams of notes that I took in classes to the trash can, so I can relax next year. I, Jim Graves, do hereby will all of my broken bones, bruises, and scars back to the football squad. I, Marion Hild, do hereby will my title as President of the EC Fan Club back to Mad comics. I, Roger Hild, do hereby will my ability to flirt with girls to Weldon Stoehr. I, Pat Janda, do hereby will my charming personality to everyone. I, Larry Jenkins, do hereby will my little red Ford to Jerz Hirz. I, Elwood Johnson, do hereby will my ability to wise crack to any poor soul lost for words. I, JoAnn Koubeck, do hereby will all the stationery I’ve used in writing to Dana back to the of- fice. I, Nancy Land, do hereby will my ability to call teachers by their first names to nobody. I, Joan Mason, do hereby will my job of writing gossip for the Platter to anyone who wants to lose friends and win enemies. I, Donna McCormick, do hereby will all the rounds of archery I’ve shot in Phys. Ed. to Pochahon- tis. I, Mary McCarthy, do hereby will my innocent expressions to Minnie Etta Frazer. —22—