Walnut Hill School - Annual Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Alf Geo Air Geo Alf Geo Alf Geo Alf Geo Alf Geo Alf G99 Alf I I I O S 5 o 9 I 0 I Gbdfather or no godfather, I read somewhere that Gary Griess was the one who competed with George Thomazin for that place in history. . You must have been mistaken. Gary Griess worked with' John Jeffries and was renowned for leadership in science. That all may be, but Professor Griess also proved the Griess theory which many times outproved the Einstein theory. , Oh, well it doesn't matter anyway. Look, old boy, here, this heareded old fellow is Kenneth Bernhardt. It says he was the man to be given n credit for perfecting colored television, Guess they really thought they had something in colored TV in those days. Cwhistlesl Look at that sporty sports car . I suppose that was quite the thing thene Here is the picture of the most daring sports car driver... Jerry Pricea Looks more like ascientist doesn't he? . The United States Presidents in those days had it just pretty good d1dn't they? Here are some of the secretaries of that time. Say, now what about that? Who is this one? V Oh, that is a Linda Bryant. This one is Kay Wades It says that Linda Bryant started her career as a school- teacher. CTurns a few pages! These are famous entertainersl There is Judy Bain, a famous vocalist, and Marguerite Wortman, a noted TV comedian. j another pagel Say, isnjt that the world's fastest CTurning V comptometer operator?.a Sure it is.... that is Mary Proplesch. She thought of many new within seconds. ways of solving problems Isnit that the famous woman doctor lives in the plague of 1970? Sure McDermitt. ' - who saved so'many it isl That s Sue the one who made life hy his invention of many That fellow is Peter Bell. He was easier and work faster and simpler machines . There is James Cowan the famed news commentator and war correspondent. Well, what do you know about that? That is that famous Ronald Osborne who replaced Edgar J. Hoover as head of the FBI That'distingudshed looking gentleman there is none other A u -F - A. . ..-jf-j'..1'1, 1 r- ' .' , .H , , 1 A. ,v. I . t I LU.. g up , . I .l . A - ' - . , - 1 1 f ,. 5, ,, -' -' ' 'L . ' '

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Alf Geo Alf Geo Alf Geo Alf Geo Alf Geo Alf Geo It seems to give the stmy of the people of this ancient civilization. c , , r It should be interesting. Let's see what it Says ab0ut them. CBoth sit down and get ready to read it? It says the land had many great agrioulturists some of whom were Gary Kracman, and Dennis Ekdahla Seems they T served in their national Department of Agriculturei When was this? CPointsD 1970 Aa. Boy, this book is priceless! Look it says that a Joel Staley and a Donald Hhdgens, oh, yes and ehanles Moon were the first archeologists to find over large numbers of valuable relics from the Far East. Say, look at these buildingsl Wonder who the architects were. Oh, here they are: Russell Cotter, Michael White, Eric Snethen, and Richard Simonsen. Snethen and Simonsen built the city s tallest building, 'guess they weren't architects but were actually construction engineers. it says that during that time they were having war with a country called Russia. Dannie Pike was apparently from this ancient city of Omaha and was very successful in scientific warfare. iTurns a pageb Cwhistlesb Say, George., Take af look at these nurses..... must have been both army and navy nurses from the looks of the uniforms. Oan't tell for sure. , See if you can read the names. Oh, yes, the names are clear enough. Sharon Morton,. Bonnie Stewart, Mary Switzer, Sharon Rueth, Roberta Ruberti and Mary Hamilton. Guess they must have been a credit to the spirit of that ancient lady, Glara Barton. That must have been a city of strong and husky people. It says here-that physical education was taught in the schools in those times. Some of their instructors made themselves quite famous..4a.h at least famous enough to rate a picture in this book-1 .That old fellow there was David Scott, the famed coach from Alabama University. or X - - ' . -'.r-r, - .- .' '1 . f 5 I .. . - .. . .' . . r Say I've read about that Hice .T Now what -does it Oh, he was the man noted fellow somewhere before. ,Fred say about him? for his great work in actually getting equal rights for the American Indian. Take a look at this! nLinda Chaddock, the first woman to lead Notre Dame to victory fifteen times in a row.M Now, what about this. My God-father. The great George Thomazin..... the world's greatest mathematician, since Einsteinu 74- '

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1. -1 -NSD Gerald G. Freedmanr who founded the Freedman Bureau of Technology still in operation today. Did you know he received Sis Doctor's Degree from the University of Space on the planet ars. - , Geo: Alf: Geo: Alf Geo Alf Geo Alf Geo Is that Dale Lenon, the millionaire from Las Vegas? Wasn't he the fellow who bought the Empire State Building and gave it to the Boy Scouts of America? , Now that was a fine thing to do. That other fellow there is Richard Settgast, the first president of the Universal Federation. . Say, now that looks like Larry Ainsworth, the president of General Motors, who contriuhuted so much to progress in the United States. l've seen his pictures hefore.' There is an article about Larry Scott, too. He was the fellow who won so many athletic awards and became the second Jim Thorpe.in the history of American athletics. This is a right good book isn't it. The whiskered fellow there haS to pe William Stull, the-great naturalist who went to elementary school at Walnut Hillg Q . , . . . . 5, . , Yes, that's right. Say, Alf, old boy, have a look at these two Firls.... artists'it says.4.'Hmmmmm... Josephine Krska and Frances Keller. ' 1f A . - . I , Sure, George, you remember them, they were in the Who's Who as great American artists.....-and were especially famous fOr thGiP paintings of realistic things. :Nel1,thetVsecmsf'to he dll of it, f Did you notice-that' l all of those people were from one school...that Walnut Hill school.... There were certainly a lot of successful people from there weren't there J is , ,f f , Those must have been the.davs. 'Education meant something in th0SG GSYS, but now they don't teach the 3-R's anymore like they did in those days. J .ly Let's call it a day, Alf and go home todstudygour findings for today. CGather up their materials and equipment and go off stage to the right.D . I 4, . Pu .1 . . -A , o r--J w H '. -.V Q, . - . 5 -Q ' ' ' . ..n-4 ' ' ' .mis ,W-il, ,- . it -. ,...- -1. -. ..36.-