Riverview High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (Holmesville, NE)

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GENE CRIPE He doesn t hurry he hasnt any cares he doeln t worry t nds to his o n affairs LOREN FRANTZ A little nonlenle no and then la relished by the best CHARLES RICHARDS Uh Huh 7 Clan .Hzstory We the Senxor Class of 1949, entered I-lolmesv111e as tradltlonal greenhorns lacklng only the usual turndlty of Fresh men 1n September of 1944 The seven boys and four g1r15 who made up the Class were Alfred Dorn Duane Howard Dale .Tantzen Loren Frantz Gene Crxpe Thornas Bear Dav1dSxsler Joan Humrlch Lavona Frerlchs Anna Lmeweber and Darlene Forke The fxrst great event of our hxgh school careers was the 1n1t1at1on party which turned out to be not quzte as frxghtemng as we had expected It to be Soon after that event we unfortunately lost Thomas Bear who moved to Cahforma The presence of Arlene Frantz, however, evened up our class agam We entered our Sophomore year full of experzence and knowledge The entrance of Sh1rley Tztus Charles Rmchards and Jeanette Meyers made up for the loss of Joan Hurnrxch Darlene Forke and Dale Jantzen Later 1n the same year Jeanette Wzth our promotion to the rank of Soph mores came the pr1v11ege of uutlatmg the Freshmen ln return for whxch they acted as the hosts for a hayrack rxde Duane Howard and Davrd Sxsler played as substrtutes on the hrst team and Alfred Dorn played on the flrst team squad during the1r Sophomore year In our Junior year we lost Arlene Frantz Dean Glerhart and Shirley Titus Thomas Bear came back to us from Call forma and later proved to be one of the star basketball players ln the Southern Gage Conference Before we knew at we had the task of puttxng on a class play After a good deal of confusion Bolts and Nuts the Junxor Play was presented to the pubhc The varsxty basketball team of 1947 48 mcluded Thomas Bear Alfred Dorn Gene Crxpe Davzd Sxsler and Duane Howard Thomas Bear was given the title as captaxn of the all star teaxn of the Southern Gage Conference Alfred Dorn was a substxtute for that team O , . I , . n ' I I e w . 1 1 1 I . . I I I I I I I . I ls W . . , f U dropped out because of illness. O ITIOIL I . I , . I -. ' In . , - , . n . ' ' -U . I I . , . . ' .

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el'll0I'J MR 5lJLER LAVOINA FRERICHS A busy person who finds tune for everythxng and does xt well ANNA LINEN EBI-IR All the qualxixcationn of A regular gal rolled into one THOMAS BEAR some new trxck he s always try un DUAINE HOWARD All great men are dead and l don t feel so well myself DAVID SISLER He would mterrupt St Peter 5 roll call just to ask a questxon 6 O Always joking, always smiling - gl..

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The boys brought two basketball trophxes home They won the Southern Gage Tournament by defeatmg Odell They also won the district tournament but were defeated by Brock at Peru Davld Slsler and Loren Frantz We then settled down to work on our musxc progra.m sang in the boys quartet and recewed excellent ratmgs triple trlo Lavona and Davxd sang solos at the Mudecas Muszc Contest and both recewed an excellent rating The would be mus1c1ans then journeyed to Geneva for the dzstrxct contest There Loren Frantz also sang a solo Lavona and Loren both received an excel lent and David recelved a superlor rating Our Junior year was the flrst tune the school had Lavona Frernchs, Duane Howard and Davxd Sxsler gave contest Out of the entire school dramatic group Davld the Distnct Contest and recewed an excellent rating U1 the one act play, Andante, and received an honorable After the basketball season we had another great Junior Semor Banquet We had a Treasure lsland theme which many people considered one of the most orxgmal to be carried out at I-lolmesvxlle And so the days shd past and our Senxor year arrxved The fxrst bxg event of this year was the Semor sneak day We followed the footsteps of the prevlous class to Kansas City Lavona Frenchs sang mn the partnczpated mn the speech contests readlngs for our local dramatic was chosen to go to Tecumseh for on the readmg he gave I-Ie was also mention for his fme job of actlng task upon our shoulders gwmg the Mxssourl There we vlsxted the Ford car assembhng plant and the Kansas Clty Zoo We left very early on a Friday mornmg and returned the next Saturday evenmg Later in November we vlsxted Beatrice to have our pxctures taken at Gale s studio Though most of us were dissatisfied we decxded that our pxctures were as good as could be expected In their Semor year Duane David Gene and Loren played on the varsity basketball tearn Thomas Bear was dxsquallfled because of a mzsunderstandxng concerning the all star game Alfred Dorn was dlsquallfled because he had lived outside the dxstrlct durlng the SIXITUTIBI' Sxnce the number of girls m our class was small there was not much talent for girls sports commg from the Semor Class Anna Lxneweber played on the volleyball tearn during her Junlor and Semor years Lookmg forward now we see the music contests dramatxcs contests the finish of the basketball season the Junlor Senior Banquet Baccalaureate and Commencement stxll he ahead of us We are lookmg forward to each of these wxth a good deal of antxcxpatlon As we look back on the years we can thmk of many thlngs we w1sh we had done dxf ferently but on the whole these last four years have constituted a very happy and wholly satxsfactory experxence Anna Lxneweber Lavona Frerxchs Duane Howard David Slsler Clay Roll Charles Rxchards Loren Frantz Gene Crxpe Tho s Bear Class Flower Whlte Carnatlon Class Colors Purple and Whmte Class Motto Perseverance Overcomes Everything 8 , . . - 1 . . . . . , . ,, U . . . . . . . . ,, ,, . . . . . . ' ll n - - na - Il ' . . . . . . 1 . . . ' 1 . . . U H . . . - . . . - . D -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . 1 . . . . 1 I 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . I - 1 1 1 . . ,- ..f - U