Ravenna High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (Ravenna, NE)

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The Bluejav 194-8 Class Prophecy Melv1n tVan Johnson? Franek has Just completed another plcture co starred wlth Margaret OBr1en 1n Lost Hor1zon As usual Melvln IS lost Senator Allen Ahrens has Just opened the 88th sess1on of Congress by readlng the Presldents budget tBy latest reports Congress has Just completed 1tS 9 month s ses lon and Senator Ahrens IS st11l readmg the budgetl Bryan fRockfist7 Bachkora IS st1ll starr1ng 1n the Rose Bowl Why Just yesterday he p1cked mov1e star Darlene tLa Roob Malxner a dozen whlte roses Gene Marrs new bouncer at the Cozy Cafe 1S st11l tossmg out all the guys who make eyes at Wllma Holub the Chlef waltress there Tommy Manv1l1e 1Ba1ley LEWIS, star centerflelder of the New York Yankees has Just knocked h1S 37th out of the place Ind1cat1ons are that he w1ll be marrled to h1s 38th Wlfe next June Sld Luckman tRon Clark? 15 st1l1 toss1ng them for the Ch1CagO Bears In h1S spare moments he lS teachmg Enghsh at Ch1cago U fOne of h1S old acquamtances Sara B Flnch 1S taklng a sum mer school course under h1mD Don Kappler and h1S all g1rl orchestra are maklng the1r 20th appearance at Reno Nevada It seems that Professor Don has some other busmess to attend to also Fern Muhlbach 1n between Ord tr1ps IS h1s Hrst cornet Senlor Nurse Jeanne Relnertson of the Mayo Cl1n1c IS wa1t1ng on George Kucera who IS suffer mg from an attack of too much love Jeans blll for SGTVICGS S2 for 1 Marrlage Llcense Robert Rasmussen IS 1n h1s 6th year of Deep Sea DIVIIIQ He attr1butes h1s success to the fact hat he never bothers to breathe Multl M1ll1ona1re De Alton Fox has Just donated S50 000 to RH S He says he spent 16 of the best years of h1S l1fe there Vlfglnla Voss star c 1ter for Charles Stubers barnstormlng glrls basketball team has Just elcped Wlth the tra1ner Frederlck Roth SILENCE' We now pause ln memory of Helen Novotne who volunteered for an expedltlon to the planet Mars after hearmg there were men there She IS presumed mlsslng 1n act1on Lyl rBronko NQQUFSKIP Capellan durlng h1s offseason wlth the Green Bav Packers has Just wrested the Heavvwe1ght Rasslmg Champ1onsh1p from John Pesek Nebraska xxlrere she dCSlQI1S and models or1g1nal creat1ons ID fem1n1ne attlre Verna Frahm has recently moved to Canad1an tlmberland as she heard lt vtas overrun by wolves Norman Sherman famous cr1m1nolog1st IS runnlng down the notor1ous gunvs ornan Dorothy fGu7 zy Wuzzyb GYUdZlHSk1 1n h1s sleek new 1917 Model T Janet Schlueter has Just opened her new Nlght Club MEN WANTED Irma Novy the famous gad about has Just hlred Phlladelphxa s most exclusive law firm of Scott Loprest1 and Chab to help her solve her men troubles Helen Psota has establlshed herself as head bass fiddler 1n Borls Sklnemovskxs all glrl symphony orchestra IH R10 De Jaruero EISIE Mae Skala a Powers model has Just been named MISS Sugar Beet of 1958 Alv1n Bauer of the State Leglslature has proposed that 9th per1ods be abchshed IH h1gh schools forever tG1V6 h1m a hand folks? The world famous Harlem Globe Trotters have Just become the Trotterettes w1ththe1r pur hase by JoAnne Be-h1endt Poole bus1ness tycoon Lenore Hervert has been hung ID Denver for n1ne years under a dlfferent name James Kostal IS Presldent of the Sodtown Chamber of Commerce h1s electlon h mug Leen assured by h1s marrymg '1 yromlnent Sodtownlte Patrlcxa Whltcomb won the NoLel Peace Pr1ze for spreadlng cheer rand cheersb throughout the world V1rg1n1a Morltz recently traveled to Afrlca Now she 1S so happy ln the Congo she refuses to leave Phyll1s Knerl Just rece1ved her degree 1n psyc 11atry from Co1u1'nb1a Un1vers1ty She expects her first patlent to be 1X1 s Ollver who has been mentally deranged s1nce she started to work on the annual Llla Ma1 He1der has Just bought Cozy Cafe to prepare far publlc approval the new TSCIDGS wh1ch she brought back from France La Rhae tLa Amour? Scott 1nterv1ewed by reporters after a recent tour of France ln the theatrlcal productlon Bloomer G1rl revealed her 1ntent1ons to ret1re from stage 1n order to resume her pursult of an e1us1ve b1f'logy lnstructor Dr Macel Hervert PhD LL D DDT has Just fimshed a research proJect under the gu1dance of Dr Elbert Epsteln on the subJect Men Are They Wolves or MICSQ Page I welve 'I I ' - ' 1. ' -1 - - - , . , . . . - , S. 7 7 V A - . . . , . . , , , . 1 v 1 - . . . . . L . . . - it C , . . , Q . , . Miss Helen Dobish has recently opened a fashionable salon in the booming metropolis, Ravenna, Y H J .k . . . . . . . 1 . . . V , - . ' ' nl Y! I - y . . . . , . V - 11 1' ' ' . 7. . , . . ' ' L 2 ' ' . ' 'is ' ' . ' . - A . 3 I . . . ' - ll Y - 41 ' ' ' ' . Y Y . . , . ,, . . ., . . ., . 4 . . . , , .

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The Bluejay 1948 Class Hlstory Only three of us senlors have survlved the torments of the Ravenna Schools slnce 193.3 and are here to tell of lt we belng Llla Mal Helder Vlrgmla Voss and 11m Kostal In the second grade Allen Ahrens and ,lean Robertson jolned our clan Allen IS st1ll Wlth us but ,lean left after the thlrd Grade only to find she must come back when she was a freshman Helen Psota al o breezed 1n ln the second grade and rlght on through She would not nuss graduatlna wlth u Cene Vlarrs came down from Ansley IH the fourth grade and beheve lt or not IQ st1ll here Phyllls Knerl came 1n 1n the slxth grade and had to leave after the seventh That was terrlble she had to take elghth grade exams IH order to grad uate wlth Us When Ron Clark tame 1n the lxth rade he was the mam attractlon for all lflq and IQ st1ll carryln th ll reputatlon trym to anyway La Rhae Scott jolned u quletlv 1n the slxth Grade but we all know she IS StlllW1tl'1 us now Melvm 1Wh1teyl Franek mowed down from Sarbent 111 thc Pl hth rade made headhnes wlth our class and IS st1ll makln them Twenty two of the freshmen that came 111 September of 1944 are t1ll wlth us These freshmen wandered throu h the bu1ld1n and from the ,lumor Hlgh to the Sen1or H1 h fthat was before we appreclated the fact that we had two burldln 1 starm at the faculty name ly Superlntendent Hopton PI'lHL1p3l O D Ru sell later on upermtendent after the death of 'Vlr Hopton and the freshman teachers MISS Cunnln ham tMrs Hanklnsl Mlss Rent frow Mlss Elftman Mrs Hollmanl Mlss Haubold Mlss Duncan and Mr Crumbllss Our class sponsor was MISS Haubold and later on MIQS Tolle tMr Harvey! Mlss Haubold left because of lllness The class OTTILCFS were Presldent Charles Stuber secretary treasur er Helen Psota We had several class partles du11n the vear Our clas act1v1t1es wound up for the year w1th a p1cn1c by the Loup Rlver The summer passed qulckly and 1n September of 1940 we aoam found our elves back Kelly Mlss Swanson and Mrs Crumbllss after Mlss Swanson went to the hospltal Our teachers whose faces were fam1l1ar were MISS Rentfrow Mlss Duncan Mlss Cunmngham Mrs HHHKIHSJ Mr Russell and Mr Crumbll s Thls was the year that the most traglc 1nc1dent of our school days occurred On September 6 194-5 our hlgh school blllldlllg burned down After we were settled 1n the jumor hlgh bulldlng we went about our bus1 ness to elect class OHTICGIS and sponsor Our offrcers were presldent Melun Franck sec retary treasurer Pat Whltcomb Our class sponsor was Mr Kelly Oh' how we complaln ed but 1 bet we ll always remember hlm as a sponsor who wanted us k1ds to have fun and eat a lot All those partles wlth gobs and gobs of food especlally Boston baked beans and home made ch1l1 At the carnlval sponsored by the jumors our candldates Lenore Her vert and Allen Ahrens were chosen ueen and Klnb After our school PILIHC at Poole Bluffs fdo you st1ll l1ke to play klttenball and r1de 1n the back of cattle truck 'Pj we sald Goodbye to our frlends and classmates unt1l next year Soon September rolled around agaln and we found ourselves to be jumors m the same old blllldlflg but lookmg forward to the new schoolhouse The faculty chanoed a llttle Mr Lhamberlaln was st1ll superlntendent but Mr Hankms became prlnclpal New junlor teachers were M1ss Zeck Mr Lyslnger and well known but new to us as a teacher Mlss Fmch Thls was the year we had only llttle thln s to do l1ke plannm the junlor semor banquet Oh what a tlme' Our sponsor MISS Zeck wlth a httle help from our class Offl cers presldent Melym Franek V106 presldent Fred Roth secretary ,l1Il1lX0Ql13l treasurer Don Kappler pulled us throu h admlrably Our first job was to ralse money We d1d th1s by sellmo statlonery presentm LeRoy the Ma 1c1an and sponsorln a box soclal QA new venture but what a success w1th Mr Kelly as auct1oneer'l Our banquet theme was Shlps and Bells and after several weeks of preparatlon we at last found ourselves seated around the table wlth Don Kappler as toastmaster Of course you remember the afternoon we spent shovelmg snow off the football Held lt was fun to work hard that way wasnt 1t9 Thls year Lyle Capellan and Robert Rasmussen Jomed us to represent Hazard whlle De Alton Fox at the same tlme declded to walt and graduate w1th u We were all very sad when we heard school was golng to close wlthout ey en havma our annual school plcmc Some of us were so sad we declded to set our own date for the p1cn1c and go any Page Thirteen . . . 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