Polk High School - Cub Yearbook (Polk, NE)

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OUR BANQUET With the Mexican theme carried out, we entertained the seniors and the faculty on May 2, 1952. As you entered the banquet room, you were greeted by a wishing well awaiting coins to make wishes in the future come true. As you proceeded down the walk, the senior's motto, Success Awaits at Labor's Gates was suspended from the ceiling, appropriately paint- ed in the class colors, copen blue ;yid silver. When you came to the end of the walk, a patio with neatly arranged lawn chairs awaited the guests. A white picket fence with gay colored flowers on it, enclosed the banquet tables which were set in the form of a square. Inside the tables was a replica of a Mexican ranch complete with the sandy soil, plants, corral, and an adobe. Hanging from the ceiling were gay colored balloons, and small red lanterns. The lanterns and the candles on the tables furnished the lighting for the banquet. The waiters and waitresses were six members of the sophomore class. They wore typical Mexican outfits. The waitresses were: Anita Samuels, Wilma Meyer, and Janice Wilshusen. Waiters were: Loren Gemeroth, Larry Cramer and Kenneth Werner. Kathleen Holmes served as hat and coat taker. Dale Peterson, toastmaster, was in charge of the following program: A gay Fiesta in Old Mexico”-Dale Peterson; South of the Border -Donald Nybcrg; Mejicanos! We Say Grace”-Marlyce Shostrom; Success Awaits-at Labor's Gates -Gaylen Holmes; Along the Navjo 7rail -Dale Peterson, Neal Sandell, Dean Lindburg, and Gaylen Holmes; Idle Chatter in the Plaza -Virginia Harding; Gay Caballeros -Ronald Nyberg; My Adobe Hacienda and Rosita -all junior girls; Over the Border and Adios”-Emil Rosno; High School Song by All. The Juniors mothers prepared the following menu: Barcardi; Ablondigas a la Mexican; Mazie y Guisantes; Pure de Papata a de Papa; Encalada; Pan y Mantica; Tornati; Olivas; Nuces; Cafe; Aqua; Haiado y Bollo. Mr. Doose, sponsor, ably assisted the juniors in putting over the Banquet.

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY We, the Seniors of'53 wish to record to you our successful four years in Polk High School. In the fall of 1949, twenty-two green freshmen enrolled at Polk High School. During the year, Bob Myers, Donald Doose, and Eugene Olson left our class. President - Gaylen Holmes Vice-President - Bob Cuda Secretary - Virginia Harding Treasurer - Lois Miller News Reporter - Bud Cramer Sponsor - Mr. Bradley Eighteen members enrolled in our Sophomore class. We were glad to welcome to our class, Almetta Leamons from Rising City, and Ro Jean Nelson. President - Gaylen Holmes Vice-President - Lois Miller Secretary - Virginia Harding Treasurer - Almetta Leamons News Reporter - Marilyn Hahn Sponsors - Mr. Bradley - First Sem. Mr. Doose - Second Sem. The Juniors elected Virginia Harding, Harriet Bush, Lois Miller, Gaylen Holmes, Donald Nyberg and Dale Peterson as waitress and waiters--for the junior and Senior Banquet. Janice Jones was elected as hat checker. Our Junior year, we had a class enrollment of eighteen. We were happv to welcome Ervin Schulze to our class from Seward. President - Dale Peterson Vice-President - Virginia Harding Secretary - Marilyn Hahn Treasurer - Lois Miller News Reporter - Ervin Schulze Sponsor - Mr Doose We presented our play Everything Happens To Us” on December 7. On May 2 we gave the Seniors a banquet carring out the Mexican theme. As Juniors, Virginia Harding and Gaylen Holmes led the Senior baccalaureate and Harriet Bush, Ro Jean Nelson, Neal Sandell and Donald Nyberg led the Seniors commencement. Processionals and recessionals were played by Carlyn Strand. In the fall of '52, eighteen Seniors enrolled. We were happy to welcome Bob Renquist from Racine, Wisconsin.

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 CLASS PLAY FATHER BE CALM Dick Hamilton's grandpa had a temper but he's learned to soften his with a bit of humor. Dick's father hadn’t learned that yet, but then Dick's father had more temper to control because he had Dick. And Dick had wrecked the family car and because Dick's father had refused to let Dick use the Second-Hand'’ one they'd bought to replace it, Dick had borrowed, without permission, Bert Hemingway's new Buick. Bert was his sister Marilyn's new boy friend, and Dick couldn't for the life of him understand why his father was so upset. What if the cop did bring him home, the car was safe. Of course, he'd jimmied the works for Marilyn and her boy friend. That’s why he’d sneaked out when his father said he couldn't. He'd found Bert and everything would have been all right if his teacher, Miss Alder, hadn't come to the house to get his father's permission for him to go to the Expo- sition Building on Saturday and his father had discovered he was not in bed. Of course, his father never expected Bert Hemingway would be the one to fall over the tub or he wouldn't have placed it there for Dick to knock off the chair when he came in in the dark; all of which didn't help Marilyn’s romance in the least. Even so, things might have worked themselves out if Dick had kept his word and gotten home from the Exposition Building at seven-thirty, but when it got to be ten o'clock and he wasn't there and when Miss Alder called and said he hadn’t been to the Exposition Building at all but to the Carnival, Father Hamilton’s temper went off like an atom bomb. If Dick's father thought he was having trouble he should have been in Dick's shoes. The trouble had started when he saw the new Studebaker they were giving away at the Carnival and by nine-thirty that night Dick had used every device ever invented to buy, earn, beg or steal the stubs to every entry's ticket. He had collected three hundred and twenty-one of them—then through a twist of fate, had to go home before the drawing took place. Fate took another twist right in the middle of the Worst Scotch Blessing Dick had ever had. Junior burst angrily into the room an- nouncing that some fool had broken into his favorite radio program just to read off a lot of silly numbers. The number happened to be the number Dick had in his tickets. MR. HAMILTON—Gaylen Holmes MRS. HAMILTON—Shirley Hahn RICHARD HAMILTON—Ervin Schulze JUN1E HAMILTON—Harriet Bush REDFORD SANDBERG—Donald Nyberg MARILYN HAMILTON—Virginia Harding BERT HEMINGWAY—Leon Stunkel GLORIA—Lois Miller MARGY—Janice Jones EVERETT PARKER—Ronald Nyberg COP—Neal Sandell MISS ALDER—Rojean Nelson GRANDPA—Morris Fisher