Rushville High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Rushville, NE)

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we feel that these twelve years in school have not left us at sea, but have prepared for something bigger in the future for each of the seventeen members of the Class of '51 of Rushville High School. Ann Kriegshauser Charles Chamberlain Richard Coffey CLASS UV 51 M U I T U ous Am: succxssg ous HOPE: 'ro w1N FLOWER CULUQS mmm

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we started our next year with Mrs. Anne DeWitt as our captain. We lost her on some deserted island and picked up Mrs. Hoback. There was a mutiny by the crew and she left us. She was replaced by Miss Dill, who was an Admiral. David Dieriex was her thought that we eeded quite a few more new crew Clare Sullivan, who left us, so we took on Duane Bruce Hollstien, Doris Points, and Jo Wan Kidney. advisor, and he members to replace Cerny, Billy Palmer, us a year. Hazel Duane Cerny and Bruce Hollstien stayed with Bishop, Mary Jane Spencer, Genevieve Sydow, and Duane Bolek also left us. Much to our regret, the next year Admiral Dill left us and was replaced by Captain Peterson, along with three new crew m mbers, Joan Gilliam, Mary Anne Burger, and Betty Ann Cech. At the end of our eighth year, we were all promoted and given a larger ship. We got our ship from the more experienced crew of twelve years, who had not vacated it yet. They welcomed us heartily with an initiation cruise. we lost five crew members, Florence Heesacke Pauline Eden, Betty Ann Cech, Ann Kriegshauser, and Billy Palmer, but gained sufficient new members to adequately replace them and fill the new positions on our larger ship. They were Duane Cerny, Ralph Dykes, Walter Kirstine, Elwin Laurence, Ed Loosvelt, Janet Reed, Pat Talbot, Gwen Jungck, Bonnie Sipp, Gene Kleve, and June Stabler. Mr. Brooks took over command of our new ship with Jo Wan Kidney, president, Gwen Jungck, vice-president, Mary Anne Burger, secretary, and Joan Gilliam, treasurer, as his assistants. There were a few losses in the tenth year of our voyage, Walter Kirstine, Elwin Laurence, Doris Points, Janet Reed, Bonnie Sipp, and Floyd Taggart. we took on Mr. George Gibson as Admiral this year and also picked up some pirates we found marooned on an island. They were Florence Heesacker, Bonnie Grein, Clara Mae Talbot, and Ann Kriegshauser The Admiral's helpers this year were Robert Arthur, president, Ann Kriegshauser, vice-president, Richard Coffey, secretary, and Florence Heesacker, treasurer. In our eleventh year we lost Jo Wan Kidney, Lois Jacobson, Betty Dieriex, and Bonnie Grein. They left us for a trip on a slow boat to China with some pirates. Willis Gran was picked up in the next port. Miss Leech was our captain this year. The crew and Captain leech worked very hard on the two main events of the year, the Junior Class Play and the Junior-Senior Banquet. The captain's special assistants were Joan Gilliam, president, David Dieriex, vice-president, Ann Kriegshauser, secretary, an Gwen Jungck, treasurer. Our twelveth and last year at sea we acquired Kathryn Moore. Our crew was now down to seventeen members, but we were strong and we managed the forty freshmen at initiation very nicely. There are only three of the original class left. They are the undersigned. Mr. Walter Skelton and Mrs. Alonso were our captains this year. Their assistants were Florence Heesacker, president, Ralph Dykes, vice-president, Gwen Jungck, secretary, and June Stabler, treasurer. I' e

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.f 5 ' ' RALPH DYKES Vice-President F. F. A. Pres. 3, L3 Football St. Mgr. L3 Mixed Chorus l, 23 Boys' Glee l, 23 Phys. Ed. 13 R Club 2, 3, 1., F. F. A. 2, 3, Ag Declamatory Contest 33 Class Play 33 Commercial Club 33 Booster Club 3, A3 Basketball Lg Track L. FIDRENCE H ESACKER President Commercial Club Pres. 33 G. A. A. Pres. 33 Booster Club Pres. L3 Pep Club V. Pres. L3 F. T. A. Trees. 33 Booster Club Trees. 33 Cheerleader 2, 3, L3 Class Treas. 23 Librarian 2, 33 G. A. A. 23 Declamatory Contest 23 Booster Club 2, 3, L3 Band 2, 3, L3 Mixed Chorus 2, 33 Girls' Glee 2. W' 1