Gerald Vier gever
Remembrance is a strange thing .
Some of the thin gs that happen to us fade from our
memor y immediately , never to be recalled .
Others last longer • . We tend to remember the
happy experi3nces of our life and quickly forget the less happy ones . we know that we shal l always remember Gerald .
To know him was a pleasure , for he was
bright, quick , even-tempered, a good athlete a nd a fine friend .
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For this reas on
He cannot be forgotten .
GJucafion
Mr. D. R. Stitt, Mr. Francis Martin , Mr. H. F. Syring
Mr o H. D. Richardson Principal Physics
Mrs . Ka t hryn Gates Home Economi cs
Mrs . Marj orie French Mathematics
Mr. F . G. French Music
Mrs. Juanita Simmers Commerce
Mr . F . C. Scritchfield Social Science
Class Color
Class Flower
Blue and White
Yellow Rose
Motto: Tonight we launch; Where shall we anchor? Vice-President Samuel Hahn, President Glen Van Horn, Secretary Millie Jontra, Treasurer Betty Kovar
Most Industri ous Most Courteous
Best Sport
Best Citizen
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EDITH CERNY Glee Club l - 2- 3-4. VPres. Y- Teen 4
ERNEST DOLEZILEK Athletics l-2-3-4 Plays 3 -4
PATRI CIA FOUTS Glee Club l - 2- 3 -4 Plays 3 -4
BETTY GENTRY Cheerleader 3-4 Football Queen 4
SAMUEL HAHN Football l-2-3-4 VPres. Class 3-4
SeniorJ 7
MILLIE JONTRA
Glee Club l-2- J - 4 Plays J - 4
BETTY KOVAR
Class President 3 Glee Club l - 2- J -4
MARY MARNEY Office Practice Plays J - 4
BONNIE MARTIN
Pep Club l-2-J-4 Glee Club l-2-J-4
HELEN OLEJNIK
Pianoist J - 4 Plays J-4
SeniorJ 8
PHYLLIS PA GE
Cheerleader 2- 3 Football Queen 3
GLEN VAN HORN
Class President Plays
3-4
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DONAlD VIERGEVER Plays 3-4
Glee Club 1- 2-3-4
CARLEEN WILD
Cheerleader 3-4 Glee Club 1-2-3-4
DOLORES YOUNG
Pep Club 3-4 Cheerleader 2-3
Class Color
Class Flower
Red and White
Red Rose
Motto: "Onward Ever, Backward Never" Treasurer Agnes Sturn, President Ernest Rezac, Vice-President Marie Krasny, Secretary Mary Krasny
JuniorJ
to right: First row-Phyllis Lillard, Dolores Britt, Marie Krasny, Shirley Lambert, td row-Agnes Sturn, Mary Krasny, Betty Tripp, Rosemary Lambert, Thelma Smith, l row-Teresa Bixby , Ernest Rezac, Gene Pelfrey , Pauline Shoddy, ArJB.n Hoobler, ,h row-Benjamin Rundus, Jack Bush, Dean Marney, James Shenk. 11
Cl ass Colors
Maroon and White
Class Flowe-r
White Carnation
Motto : ltFind a way, Or make a Way"
Pres~dent Robert Raffert y Secretary Mildred Foster Vice- President Larry Ketter Treasurer Jacqueline Lloyd
t o right: Fir st row-D or is Snoddy , Ja cqueline Lloyd, Barbara McClain , Darlene 0 1 Donnell, Summers, Virginia Kova r, France s McMaster, Second raw-France s Stockman , Larry Ketter, Reid, Mary Martin , Mildred Fost er, Connie Stevens, Third row-Robe r t Rafferty , l y Marney, Catherine Martin, Rut h Marney , Agnes Kovar, Dean Marney, Fourth raw-Clay , Leo Stockman , Joe Conl ey 12
ss Colors
Blue and Gold
Flower
Gardenia
ss
to:
"Succeed to Success"
Vice- President Melvin Ketter, Secretary Burns Hesse , Treasurer Marcia Cerny, President James McC oid
right : First row- Duane Sturn, Bennie McMaster, Neil Crow, Glen Viergever, Robe rt Nona Martin, Genevieve Andrick , Rebecca Fout s, Second row- Gerald Mason, George , John Kratina, Winslow Rundus, Nancy Adams, Marcia Stevens, Shirley Mesmer, Wood, Joann Perry, Third row- Fred Davis, Jim Dick, John Jacobson, Melvin Ketter , esse, James McCoid, Carolyn Lister, Marcia Cerny. 13
The Bulldogs started the year with a mere handful of returning
Lettermen aroused which Coach Hamilton had to fashion a team.
;reatest percentage of the "Rookies" were Freshman.
>mall but they made up for that in spirit and fight.
The
These boys were The club suffered
;orne disheartening injuries during the season but the greatest source of
~ouble
•layers.
was the lack of material.
The squad averaged about twenty-five
The team was outweighted qy every opponent, however it lost no
:ames by large scores.
Next year should see the Bulldogs winning their
hare of the games.
First-row Viergever, Shenk, Dolezilek, Decker, M. Marney, Hahn, Van Horn, Second-row Pelfrey, Rafferty, Stockman, 1. Ketter, K. Marney, Bush, Rezac, Third-row McCoid, B. Rundus, Davis, Hoobler, Jacobson, Hesse, M. Ketter, Fourth-row Conley, Crow, Sturn, Young, W. Rundus, McMaster.
The first team played a consistent brand of unspectacular but more the less first rate basketball . year.
Their passing and team-work were a decided improvement over last
The Bulldogs managed to win second place in the league , with f our wins in
eight starts .
If the improvement continues the club should win the League Champion-
ship next year .
Coach Hamilton, Re zac , M. Ketter, Curwick, Hesse, L . Ketter, Pelfrey Bush , Rafferty, Hoobler and Dolezilek
The Bullpups were chiefly composed of freshmen with a large a mount of s oirit a nd determination .
They won second place in the league with a balanced win and loss
column of four each .
Thi s club shows a lot of fi ght and with the i r gr owing ski ll
should be able to push Rossville into the win column in the years t o come .
Rundus , McCoi d, Stockman, Shenk , Conley, Reid, Young , Mason, S t~ and Coach Hamilton 17
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County Tournament "A" Team Third Place
"B" Team Sec ond Place Second Place Shawnee County League
On February 8, 1949 , the Red Pepper Club gave a banquet in
honor of the boys who were on the fo otball and basketball
squads .
Bonnie Martin , as President of the Club , welcomed
speaker and the honored guests .
Fritz Knorr, from the Kansas
3tate Athletic Department gave a brief speech and then showed > basketball film .
Coach Hamilton announced football awards .
Advanced (j'fm
Jrejhman
pt,_'f:!icaf £Jucafion
The Red Pepper's Club is andorganization to
ouse sportsmanship in school .
On the ni ght of the
kaloosa football game Rossville celebrated it's
necoming .
Betty Gentry was crowned queen with
·leen Wild and Dolores Young as attendants . .n
Sam
was king with Ernie Dolezilek and Gerald Decker
his attendants .
A dance was held after the game
1sored by the Pep Club .
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ChoruJ
Jk7j Motto :
"Clean Speech , Clean Sportmanship , Clean Scholarship and Clean Lives ."
Pur pose :
"To creat e , maintain , and ext end high standards of chr is t ian chara cter throughout the school and communi t y ."
The
meetin ~ s
Left to Right : James Shenk, Vice President ; Mr . F . G. French , Sponsor ; Burns Hesse , Secretary ; Samue l Hahn , President; and Gene Pelf rey , Treasurer . are held twice a mont h .
Topics of interest to high
s chool boys is discussed .
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The Flying Dutchmen went on a camping trip in the snow in November . Everyone had fun although they did just about freeze .
This however
didn't dampen the spiri ts of the Flying Dutchmen beca use a spring outing is now being considered . Concessions were taken care of by the Hi - Y boys at the town team t ournament in order to ma ke money to send some boys to Camp Wood next August . La st summer they sent Ern i e Rezac, Gerald Decker and James Shenk .
Left to ri ght :
Betty Kovar , Service; Beverly Marney, Publicity; Edith
Cerny , Vice- President & Program; Shirley Lambert, Worship; Betty Tripp, President; Mrs . French , Sponsor; Helen Olejnik, Treasurer & Finance; Dol ores Britt , Social; Marie Krasny, Membership; Bonnie Martin , Music ; Connie Stevens , Secretary .
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rhe Junior Class presented "Her
st Flame" on November 23.
Gene-
ve is just having her first case
~uppy-love .
A glamour gal also
ts the much sought after man.
1while, Gen ' s father, as police
3f, is having troubles with a
Lng burglar.
So Uen decides to
3 a party, and corner the thief . does this and in the end decides
b her sister's beau is much too
for her.
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Mrs . Plaster of Paris Cast of the Characters Mrs . Pauline Plaster, from Paris, Texas Millie Jontra Zeb Whittier , the Norton handy- man Glen Van Horn Nellie Smudge, "Nosey Nellie" · Phyllis Page Thomas Bigbee , l ocal fina ncier Ernie Dolezilek Louise Ferguson , a vi llage belle Dolores Young Marvin Clarke, in love with Louise Don Viergever Tillie Bird, who runs "The Bird 1 s Nest"' Mary Marney Myrtle Prune, her friend Helen Olejnik Mrs. Liddy Ann Smudge , Nellie's mother ·Karle en Wild Samantha Whittier, Zeb's sister Betty Gentry Mrs . Walter Clarke, Marvin's mother Bonnie Martin Mrs. Mattie Ferguson, Louise's mother Edith Cerny
.e play concerns a man hunt by a Mrs. William Clifford hanges her name to Mrs. Plas.t er for the murderer r husband. The quest leads her to a small town in her dress, habits and actions result in some very scenes as well as some serious ones. She finally vers that the murderes is none other than the wealthy 1fluencial Mr. Bigbee. 28
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