Ransom High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Ransom, KS)

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CLASS OF 1933

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CLASS MOTTO: The elevator to suc- cess is broken; take the stairs. CLASS FLOWER. Blue and white dai- CLASS COLORS: Royal blue and white. CLASS PROPHET Emma Oppliger CLASS POET Peggy Conard CLASS HISTORIAN ............ Edwin Shellenberger CLASS WILL by Maurice Jackson VALEDICTORIAN Peggy Conard SALUTATORIAN Emma Oppliger SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS: Werner Luetters, President; Maurice Jackson, Vice-President; and Edwin Shellen- berger, Secretary-Treasurer. Com- mencement exercises were held May 24, 1932. The school had an enrollment of 100 students our senior year. That to- tal was the highest that it had been for our four years of high school. We had an enrollment of 16 for our Freshman class. Officers were; Emma Oppliger, President; William Jaehde, Vice-President; Mildred McNinch, Secretary-Treasurer; and Mr. Meisel, Sponsor. Our Freshman class play was, And Home Came Ted , preced- ed by The Light That Jailed'. We had an enrollment of 22 stu- dents in our class our sophomore year, with Melvin Elliott serving as our President; Rex Stowe, Vice-Pres.; Edwin Shellenberger, Secretary-Trea- surer; and Miss Joseph, Sponsor. The Patsy was our Junior Play. Mildred McNinch was our class President; Ed Shellenberger was Vice- Pres.; Emma Oppliger was Secretary- Treasurer; and Mr. Nipps and Mrs. Meisel were our sponsors. CLASS ROLL: Harriett (Cofer) Pfaff Harvey Cofer Blanche (Combest) Best Peggy Conard Melvin Elliot Glen Garrelts Maurice Jackson Vera Jennings Bernard Kraus Werner Luetters Freida (Lyon) Stowe Joe Lyon Mildred (McNinch) Shank Ora (Montgomery) Keyser Blanche (Olsen) Newkirk Emma (Oppliger) Hamlin Evelyn (Roth) Hunter Edwin Shellenberger Hazel (Snider) Andrew Rex Stowe David Strieker Carl Weedin Charles Yost Faculty, 1930-1931: Front row Ethel Shearer. English, Blanche Meisel. Business course. Florence Scott. Music; and Mildred Fox. Domestic Science, Domestic Arts, and Latin Back Row: Otis Rogers, Jr. High Principal Frank Meisel. Manual School Principal, and Roland Nipps, Coach and We ordered our senior class rings on Oct. 31,1931, the beginning of our senior year. These rings had the em- blem mounted on black enamel and they arrived in November. Our class officers were; Werner Luetters, Presi- dent; Maurice Jackson, Vice-Presi- dent; and Edwin Shellenberger, Secre- tary-Treasurer. The football boys (22 on the team) had new uniforms that year. The jer- sey's were cardinal with white letters on the back. The average weight of the football boys was 129 % pounds. Marvin Elliott was the football cap- tain. The cheerleaders were Victor Long and Wilma Thomas. A new 2000 watt light had been in- stalled during the summer, which made it possible for outdoor ball- games. The senior hike was to a canyon North of Brownell. Students in typing 1 class took a Training and Agriculture; Paul H Andree, High Math. speed test in November. The highest score was made by Velma Haug and Emma Oppliger. This score was made by typing 29 words a minute for a period of 10 minutes. Edwin Shellen- Derger, Franklin Clark, Fred Amstutz, Irene McKenzie, and Vera Jennings had perfect papers, writing 10 min- utes without an error. The foods class served hot lunches in December. The average attendance was 30, which was one-fourth of the student body. Four of the girls took charge of the meal each aay. They planned the menu, bought the food, and prepared and served it. A typical menu consisted of creamed beef on toast, pickled peaches, and cocoa. The Senior class raised money by selling subscriptions to the Ness County News. With this money they raised, they bought and donated a Philco Radio to the school. Cast of And Home Came Ted , Out Freshman class play, presented Nov. 28, 1928. Front row: Ed Shellenberger. Peggy Conard. Mildred McNinch. Emma Oppliger. Rex Stowe, and Harriet Cofer. Back Row: Wayne Williams, Blanche Combest. Lucille O'Neil. Carl Weeden. Merrill Wheatcroft. and Harvey Cofer The play had a surprise ending as the script called for Ed to kiss Peggy at the end of the play, but Peggy fooled him and ran off the stage before he got a chance to kiss her.

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Twenty-six students joined to- gether in the fall of 1929 to form the Freshman class of the 1933 graduating class. Class Officers were; Dean Stover, President; Os- car Oppliger, Vice-President; and Lucille O'Neill, Secretary-Treasur- er. Our Sophomore year there were 96 students enrollea in school. Our class officers were; Lutie Krug, President; Velma Haug, Vice-Presi- dent; Lorena Lyon, Secretary-Trea- surer; and Mr. Meisel, class spon- sor. We presented a play our Junior year entitled; A Pair of Sixes . This was a 3-act comedy presented on Nov. 20, 1931. In the fall of 1932 we had the largest class enrollment, with 22 students. This was somewhat less than that of the year before, but most of the classes lost students. The total high school enrollment amounted to 81. In the Jr. High there were 35 stu- dents, 23 8th graders and 12 7th graders. Agriculture seemed to be the most popular subject as it had an enrollment of 24 students. The text used was Modern Agriculture , by Grimes and Holton. Mr. Ander- son was the teacher. Sr. class officers were; Lucille O'Neill, President; Mary Mast, Vice-President; and Oscar Op- pliger, Secretary-Treasurer. Oscar Oppliger and Dean Stover were the cheerleaders. CLASS ROLL: Marie (Barber) Paris Reginald Buxton William Clodfelter Velma (Haug) Felton Mary Sue (Haynie) Horchem Lutie (Krug) Schwein William Luetters Howard Mast Mary Mast Phyllis (Miller) Dooner Ruth (Mishler) Green Lucille (O Neill) Luetters Oscar Oppliger Jessie (Petty) Scott Harold Sidebottom Opal (Sidebottom) Hahn Dean Stover Hannah (Strieker) Naiman Mary (Strieker) Marcy Albert Yost In November of 1932 our Senior class went on a most enjoyable hayrack ride. The ride started at 5:00, with the destination being Sand Creek, which was reached about 6:30. After a few of our mem- bers staged a football game, a hearty lunch was eaten and we started home. Various games were played on the return trip. Our Senior class play was An Arizona Cowboy . What turned out to be our out- standing basketball game of the season was played between Ran- som and Ness City. Both were un- defeated W.K.E.A. teams. An en- thusiastic crowd witnessed the double-header basketball exhibi- tion on Friday evening, Jan 27th. The girls' team lost to Ness City 19-29, but the boys' team defeated the rivals by a score of 25-16. This was the first victory for Ransom over Ness City on our local court for a good many years, and by vir- tue of this victory, Ransom led the eastern division of the W.K.E.A., having won all games played so far that season. A noticeable feature of Ransom's playing was the splendid team work of the players. Willour was the high scorer for Ransom with 13 of the 25 points being cred- ited to him. Taken from the Ransom Record , dated Dec. 23, 1932. Miss Florence Scott entertained the members of the Senior class with a Christmas party at her home on Thursday evening, Dec. 15. Ev- eryone was present with the excep- tion of Mary and Howard Mast and Albert Yost. The first game of the evening was played after everyone had arrived. After this game, This is my nose , five card tables were set up and Progressive Rook was played. Following this, delicious popcorn and punch were served. The lowest score was seventy points in the hole, made by Oscar Oppliger and the highest score was made by Edwin Shellenberger, who scored 1130 points. After the re- freshments, consisting of ice cream and cake were served. Miss Scott asked all to go into a room where she had a present for everyone. Each of the members pulled a string that was tied to the present in a box. When everyone had a string, the lid was taken off the box and each member received the pre- sent that was tied to his string. The presents were enjoyed by everyone. After thanking Miss Scott for the presents and the fine time, every- one adjourned to his home. On September 5, 1887, School District 71, containing 12 sec- tions of land, was formed. The first district meeting was held Sept. 29, 1887, at which J.B. Bistline, direc- tor; John A. Snodgrass, clerk; and Charles Horchem, treasurer; were elected to the Board of Officers. This district was changed on Feb. 13,1890 by attaching the south half of sections 13 and 14 in Township 13S, Range 24W, and was changed again Jan. 11,1926 by detaching the N.W. quarter of 22-16-24. District 71 disorganized and made a part of Joint District 21 by redistricting on March 1, 1946. With this change, all property, both real and personal of School District 71 became part of School District Joint 21, which had been formed Dec. 3, 1945. The first offi- cers elected to this new district were; P.N. Combest, director; Mar- aret Mishler, clerk; and Frank andwehr, treasurer. On July 28, 1920 Ransom Rural High School 3, containing 106 sections, was formed. The first dis- trict meeting was held Nov. 12, 1920, at which Mrs. George Schoeppel, Director, Mrs. Lawrence Miller, Clerk; and Mr. C.E. Scher- zinger. Treasurer; were elected to the Board. The entire territory of District Joint Union, Arnold, was attached to District Joint 21, Ransom, on May 28, 1960 and the entire terri- tory of District Joint 93, Brow- nell, was attached to District Joint 21,Ransom, on May 25, 1961. On July 1, 1965 U.S.D. 302 was established for all school purposes and all former school districts were disorganized effective on the same date. The first officers of this dis- trict were: Bob Giess, President; John F. Mishler, Vice-President; Mrs. West, Clerk; Florene Riden- our, Treasurer; and members, Rus- sell Squier, Rex Huxman, Reginald Buxton, and Gale Squier. There have been 336 regular teachers who have taught in one or more of these districts, (substitute teachers have not been listed). The teachers are listed here, alphabeti- (continued on page 33)