Sheridan Community High School - Sheridonian Yearbook (Hoxie, KS)

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7 Spring is here and that means graduation is just around the •corner, We the oenior of '51, can remember very veil the first faces and wondered fr m where they all came, but soon we were all acquainted and together we started our green year. Miss Harding and Mr. Barry were our sponsors and were very heloful in getting us started during the first year. The seniors lost no time in initiating some of us, and after the formal initiation e were really a Dart of the high school During our sophomore year Shirley ColTman, Luella Boor, and Viola Ploeger entered our midst. This year, Mrs. Rohlfing and Mr. Williams were our sponsors. We watched the new freshman come in and felt old and very wise because we were now sophomores. At the beginning of our Junior year we welcomed two new classmates, Marcella Manhart and Margaret Schuck. Our Junior year was a very busy one, we ordered our rings, sponsored the annual junior and senior banquet and put on a play. Our banquet was very colorful and gay, the theme being Gay Fiesta , and we spent many working hours planning and decorating the gym. We hired a small dance band from Colby to supoly the music for the dance after the banouet. Although the crepe caper ceiling started to fall down during Mr. Laird's speech, we received many condiments on our transformed gym. The play Grandad Steps Out was our well-Dresented comedy. The Cdst consisted of Monty Smith, Leona Rail, Karen Twell. Don Currier, dlma Walden, hirley Coffman, Donna Lee Currier, Bob Cooper, Junior Lacey, Dennis Slaven, Pat Jennings, Dorothy Reitcheck, and Margaret Schuck. We all enj.yed ourselves at the day practices, and unknown to our sponsors, Mrs. Schrock and Mr Bartel we sirned our names in red and green Daint on the side wall of the stage. We tried to out them on the back of the curtain, but it was so full of names we decided to try something new. After our art work was discovered a few d us, with the help of white paint, removed all traces of our autographs. Lyle Sample and Luella Boor entered the class for their senior year. Luella had attended her junior year at Ellis. Betty Breeden.left us at the end of the first semester. Our class rings had a ruby stone tooped by the traditional crest. They arrived soon after school started and we were very proud of .them. Our senior play, Wanted A Hero was definitely a credit to the whole class. Don Currier, Dennis Slaven, Karen Twell, Shirfey .Coffman, Viola Ploeger, Marcella Manhart, Lloyd Adams, Dorothy Reitcheck, Bob Cooper, Lyle Sample, Duane Duncanson and Helen Jones were the members of the cast. We were entertained by the juniors at the Junior-Senior Banouet ■on April 21 in the midst of a beautiful Hawaiian setting. We had a wonderful time and will always remember it as one of the outstanding niehts of the vear. On April 19 we took a day off and went to Hays to visit the coll- ege and to attend a few meetings about various vocations. It was educational and everyone enjoyed themselves. baccalaureate services were held the evening of May 20. Our speaker Mr. Woolard, gave a very interesting talk. Class night was May 21. The class will, proprecey, and history was read and a short program was p-iven. The long awaited Graduation night was May 22, Mr. Deane was the main speaker of the evening. He had also been the speaker at the grade school graduation of our class in 1947• as a reward for the four, long, ward years of work and Play, we started the mornii.g after graduation for five wonderful days at the Black Hills of South Dakota. As we all piled on the bus with our sponsors,Mrs. Schrock and Mr. Bartel and left the school we knew that we had truly completed our igh school education.

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Floyd Adams....wills his high scoring ability in basketball to Ford Farber. Lloyd Adams....wills his pleasant dreams of Margie Rueschhoff to John Molser. Barbara Bange....wills her ability to shy away from Jeans to Anita Nyfeler. Luella Boor....wills her dignified posture and carriage to Charlotte James. Shirley. Coffman....wills her quick temper to anyone who can keep it. Bob Cooper....being of sound mind wills his ability to remain in one seat in bookkeeping all during class time to next years bookkeeping students, they might need it. (Too bad we do not have a special time set aside for Jam sessions. Bob, for you and your friends.) Don Currier....wills his ability to play his cornet to Percy Percival. Donna Lee Currier....wills her flirty disposition to Myrtle Stevens. Wanda Davis....wills her naturally red hair to Ruth and Wilma Hyde. Elta DetJen....wills her punctuality to James Ball. Duane Duncanson....wills his ability to portray an Indian to Gordon Williams. (Could you be that quiet, Williams.) Dee Follis....wills his cowboy boots to Wilfred Reinert. Ernest Gelst....wills his ability to pass English to William Weber. Hazel Hllburn....wills her ability to enjoy hillbilly songs to Marilyn Evans. Dale Jacob....wills Luella B0or to anyone who can find her at home when they go after her. Pat Jennings....wills her ability to go with a Follis for two years, that drives a red pick-up to Irene Beach. Helen Jones....wills her ability to write to soldiers to Clovella Black. Gerald Karnes....wills his position as basketball manager to Victor Oelke. Don Kemper....wills his wrestling ability to Eldon Stout. Junior Lacey....wills his speed and stubborness to Charles Kowry. Marcella Manhart....wills her height of 5'a to Zita Hunk. Henry Ochs... .wills his }t Ford to Miss Burns and Miss Carson. (We hate to see them walk.) Viola Ploeger....wills her unusual ability of getting along with Mrs. Schrock to William Lowis and David Shafer. Leona Rail....wills Harold Boor to anyone who can put up with him. Dwight Randolph....wills his ability to work bookkeeping in study hall to any future senior who can get away with it. Dolores Reitcheck....wills her ability to keep so many bovs on the string at one time to Donna Pratt. Dorothy Reitcheck....wills her ability to stay home overy night to Margie Klblock. Doris Rowilson....wills her abilit- to swoon over cowboy singers to Rita Conard. Lyle Sample....wills hi3 ability to snag a part in the Senior Play without trying out to John hosier. Dennis Slaven....wills his curly hair and horned rimmed galsses to Martin Lovin. Benny Tavlor....will his good disposition and mild temper to Eddie Goff. Monty Smith....wills his ability to date a different woman every night and still go steady to Ross Shipley. Karen Twell....wills her quiet manner to Ruth Turner. Wilma Walden....wills her French ancestory to Nancy Jo Richards.