Rosalie High School - Bulldog Growl Yearbook (Rosalie, NE)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In September, 1947, we started in the First Grade with Mrs. Smith as our teacher. There were four of us: Rod Smith, Warren Franson, Sharon Eby, and Faith Roloff. We gained Donald Newill and Kenneth Freel in the Second grade, and lost Faith. Mrs. Copple was our teacher. Mrs. Orr greeted us in the Third Grade. We improved our class with Leroy Bonneau. Don Newill and Kenneth Freel lost out again that year. Our fourth year of school was also taught by Mrs. Orr. Sharon Eby left us there, and we three boys, Rod, Warren, and Leroy made up the class. In the fifth grade Mrs. Orr taught us for the last time. The three remaining boys made it through that year with no more difficulty than usual. The three broke in a new teacher, Mrs. Chambers, in the sixth grade. She did a good job teaching us our grade school fundamentals. In the seventh grade we again had Mrs. Chambers as our teacher. There were still three boys in the class. We were jubilant in the knowledge that our school days were half over. Miss Stanek and Mrs. Anderson were our teachers in the eighth grade. We finally got a girl in our class. Kay Twiford joined us that year. We all graduated into high school. In our Freshman year we gained Gene Kratke, Larry Blank, Gene Slaughter, Dennis Slaughter, Margaret Moseman, and Charlene Perrin. Rod Smith was President, Larry Blank was Vice President, and Gene Kratke was Secretary. We had Mr. Smith as our sponsor. The same group went on to the Sophomore ranks. That year we had Warren Franson as President, Larry Blank as Vice President, Margaret Moseman as Secretary. Charlene moved to Walthlll the first semester and that left only eight of us. Mr. Deboer was our sponsor. Charlene came back during the Junior Year, and an import arrived from Texas, Shirley Vestal. Now there were ten. Warren was President; Leroy Bonneau, Secretary; Margaret Moseman, Treasurer; Mrs. Whitcomb, our sponsor. The class, predominantly boys, selected a western theme for the Junior-Senior Banquet. We spared our mothers long, tiresome trips downstairs to the Auditor- ium by having dinner served in the Home Ec dining room. A grand Prom followed in the Auditorium. Senior officers were Charlene Perrin, President; Margaret Moseman, Secretary; Shirley Vestal, Treasurer. Mr. Beck was our sponsor. A pink carnation was chosen as the class flower. The best helping hand is at the end of your arm, was our motto. Colors voted by the majority, the boys, were pink and black. Warren Franson and Rod Smith spent all twelve years at Rosalie. Warren was awarded a Regents Scholarship.

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I, Rod Smith, will and bequeath my ability to get along with the teachers to Gary Burmester; mv basketball suit to Joe Mallette (who may wear it longer than I did); my football suit to Gene Busselman (who may have to do some taylor work on it); and everything else to anyone who wants it. I, Shirley Vestal, will and bequeath my temper to Patty Gustin; my typewriter to Linda Nelson; my A's in Shorthand to Sharon Kaye Freel; my voice to Sharon Eby; and my ability to go steady to Barbara Slaughter. I, Leroy Bonneau, will and bequeath my ability to talk Mrs. Whitcomb out of anything to Joe Mallette; my ability to stay in class to Al- bert K.; my desk in study hall to whomever wants to sit there all day long. I, Larry Blank, will and bequeath my ability to go steady to Claire Johnson; my desk to Patty Gustin; my Dad's Dodge to my twin brothers; my ability to get into trouble in assembly to Eddie N.; and every- thing else, except Enid, to anyone who wants it. I, Gene Slaughter, will and bequeath my ability to be ornery in school to Dennis AnderBon; my ability to stay up at night to Loren Ahlers; my books to Wesley Gunderson; and my desk to R. W., and everything else to whomever can get away with it. I, Dennis Slaughter, will and bequeath my football suit to Claire Johnson; my pencils to Coach Ostdiek; my intelligence in algebra- class to Ji Barada; my ability to stay out of mischief to Joe Mallette; my three broken pair of glasses to Ronald Blank to use for playing basketball; my old beat-up Ford to Gene Busselman when his Chevy wears out. I, Gene Kratke, will and bequeath my books to Larry Eearson; my desk to Albert E.; my beat-up Ford to Joe Mallette; and everything els except Jackie, to anyone who wants it. I, Margaret Moseaan, will and bequeath my desk to Donna Lou; my books to Larry Pearson; my ability to keep pencils to Larry Richardson; and everything else, except Gene Busselman, to Connie Nelson. 1, Charlene Perrin, will and bequeath my cheerleading outfit to any- one who can wear it; my typing errors to Gary Burmester; my desk to whomever can keep it together; and everything else to my brother , Darwin. I. Warren Franson, will and bequeath my ability to tear out trans- missions to Joe Mallette; my intelligence to Wesley Gunderson; my sense of humor to Kathleen Canarsky; all of my pencils to my little brother, David; and everything else, except my girls, to anyone who will accept it. I. We, the Seniors, will and bequeath The Bulldog to the Juniors to publish monthly and send each of us a copy. II. We, the Seniors, will and bequeath the misplaced pencils in our possession back to the rightful owners. III. We, the Seniors, will and bequeath our ability to keep quiet in the assembly, and no copying in class to the Fresh- men. IV. We, the Seniors, will and bequeath our desks to anyone whs wishes to refinish them. SENIOR CLASS WILL