Shelby High School - Husky Yearbook (Shelby, NE)

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Class prophecy The year Is 1975; the place, somewhere between the earth and the sky. I was just beginning to check the airflight passenger list when a voice called out from down on the run- way, Wait, wait for me. I looked up and saw a dark figure running toward the plane. As he reached the ramp, I noticed something very familiar about him. He resembled an old classmate of mine. I checked the passenger list, and sure enough, it wa3 he—Gary Hernbloom, Shelby, Nebraska. As I began reading through the list of names, I realized a most amazing thing: nearly all of the passengers were old class- mates of mine. I said to Gary as he was seated, You wouldn't remember me? Oh, sure, said Gary, you are Diana Thorpe. Gary had enlisted in the navy and liked it so well he had stayed on and had risen to the rank of lieutenant. It seems he had married a girl he met while in California. Prom the picture he showed me, she was beautiful, and Gary seemed to be very proud of her. At that moment a warning light flashed. I knew it was my duty to see that all safety belts were fastened. I looked at all the familiar faces abroad and wondered what act of fate had brought ib together at such a moment. I went immed- iately to the pilot's pit to learn the cause of the 3ignal. The worried look of the pilot told me this was a matter of grave concern. What is wrong? I asked. Engine trouble, he grimly replied. We will have to make an emergency land- ing. It is strange what a crisis will make a person do. Take the girl in the front seat. I knew her. Her name was Juan- ita Rinke. She was obviously frightened. I sat down by her side and asked if she remembered me. She said she did and wanted to know if I thought we were going to crash. I said, Oh, no, and began to talk to her about herself. I learned she was a secretary for a firm in Lincoln and that she was on her way to meet her husband, Clark Youngdahl, who had just been transferred. Sitting behind Juanita was a man I recognized as Rodney Pruss. I greeted him and asked him what he was doing now. He said he was with a law firm where he was coining money!11 He was also making a stab at politics, and I was sure, that with his aggressiveness, he would do well in that field. Rodney was not married. He said he was still playing the field . Good old Rodney I excused myself and went farther back to talk to JoAnn Bemis, the former JoAnn Glatter, whom I had a difficult time recognizing as the blond hair of her high school days was now back to its original color. She said she was doing sec- retarial work for a firm in Colorado, that is when she was not at home with her two children. She looked very happy and as lovely as ever. I caught sight of Karen Kubicek. I could tell she had finished her beauty training: she was doing quite well, Up- on talking to her, I found out she was happily married to 12

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CLASS HISTORY When looking back over the years, the Seniors of '59 find that six out of the present fifteen completed the full twelve years in Shelby Public Schools. These students are Kenneth Schlesinger, Roger Moon, Larry Kumpf, JoAnn Glatter, Maureen Krebsbach, and Karen Kubicek. Gary Hernbloom, LaVern Killion, Judy McMeekin, Juanita Rinke, and Janet Grubaugh, started in the first grade in Shelby, but did not fully complete all twelve years in Shel- by. Judy McMeekin left the class after her third year. Later she rejoined the class in the seventh grade, but only for a short period. Juanita Rinke, who attended a rural school after the third grade, returned in the sixth. Janet Grubaugh left the Shelby class during the sixth grade. Janet moved to Stromsburg. LaVern Killion left Shelby and moved to Gothenburg after his sixth grade year. Rodney Pruss joined the class in the seventh grade. He came from North Bend, Nebraska. Diana Thorpe Joined the class in the eighth grade. She came from Wichita, Kansas. Diana left after her sophomore year, but returned for her senior year. Kenneth Kubicek left Shelby during his freshman year to attend Sidney High School. He returned to join the Class of ’59 during his junior year. With the opening of the freshman year, the class was joined byJerome Scholz, MiMi Cc' in, Linda Bralthwait, Carol Smith, and Gary Hernbloom. The class then was composed of fourteen pupils. During the sophomore year, Gary Coffin and Diana Thorpe joined the class to make it sixteen. Gary came from Kramer High in Columbus, and Diana, from Osceola. Linda Braithwait quit school near the end of her junior year to marry; thus did not rejoin the class. Janet Knight did not return the following year. The Senior Class of 59 therefore ends its high school days with Juanita Rinke, GaryCoffin, Carol Smith, Gary Hern- bloom, JeroraeScholz, Roger Moon, LariyKumpf, Kenneth Schles- inger, MiMi Coffin, JoAnn Glatter, Maureen Kresbach, Rodney Pruss, Kenneth Kubicek, Karen Kubicek, and Diana Thorpe. 11

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Larry Daum. They have a baby boy named after Larry. Both seemed very pleased with the little one. I ventured across the Isle to cheer someone else. This time it was Larry Kumpf. He looked the same as before. He was still farming at Shelby, and was quite satisfied with results. He was married to a very cute Shelby girl. Across the isle from Larry, I spotted an old friend of mine, Maureen Krebsbach. I could plainly see that the vi- tality of her high school days was still there. She was a skating instructor In Lincoln, was married to her high school sweetheart, and had a baby girl. I started back to the cockpit to check the safe landing possibilities. A man stopped me by inquiring, Aren't you Diana Thorpe? I said, Yes. I am Gary Coffin, he said. I recognized him then, but he really changed. I guess that is what the navy did for Gary. He said he was on his way to Colorado on a government surveying project. Of course, Gary was single. Still the playboy. But I wondered for how much longer. We all knew Gary. Returning from the cockpit, I started for the lunch com- partment. Who stepped up to the door? Corky Schlesinger. Same old Corky. What if the passengers should wear safe- ty belts. That order did not worry Corky any. He had been playing football with the Cleveland Browns. He said it was about time for him to quit, and he was thinking of going in- to the IBM. business. He told me he had married a girl froqj Ohio. I was glad to hear of his success and happiness. In the first seat aat a woman wrapped in furs and appar- ently asleep. I started to pass by as she raised her head, and I recognized MiMi Coffin. MiMi said she was a lab tech- nician at the Lincoln General Hospital, and was the wife of a prominent Lincoln businessman. With MiMi was Carol Smith. She also worked at the Lincoln General Hospital. Prom what I learned, she was one of the best nurses there. They both seemed typical career girls. As I went on down the isle, a distinguished looking man asked me how long it would be before we landed. I instantly recognized this gentleman as Roger Moon. Roger told me he had received a degree in engineering and was doing very well. He and Judy had married after he had been graduated from college and have a baby boy. Next, I served coffee to Jerome Scholz and Kenny Kubicek. Jerome was farming at Shelby, and Kenny was working at Beh- len's in Columbus. Jerome, it seems, had married Linda, a girl he knew in high school days. Kenny as still single but had his eye on a certain young lady in Columbus. Lights of the plane flashed a signal for landing. I checked the safety belts and soon we landed. I bade my classmates farewell and joined my husband to leave the air port and my last flight as an air hostess. I was on my way to a new and safer life of teaching. 13