1960

Shown planning the annual Spring I
Play, which was presented a t the Indian
Hill Junior High School Auditorium on
the evenings of May 26 and 27 , are ,
left to right , Student Director Don
Moran , Dramatics Instructor Richard
R. Miller, and Assistant Student Di -
rectors George Marek and Carla Spataro.

This year "The Matchmaker ," a
farce by Thornton Wilde r, was pre -
sented.

Student actors display the gaiety of
t his comedy as the matchmaker , Connie
Kostos, feverish ly schemed to get her
c lient , Jerry Kamphuis, matched up
with herself.

A scene which brought forth one of
the innumerable laughs throughout the
play showed Dorene Barrasky throw out
her hands in horror as Jeri Pluedeman
kissed Vern Barnett.

Left to right ,
Dorene Bartasky ,
Wendel Wiksell,

Jeri Pluedeman,
and Vernon Barnett
evesdrop on Jerry
and Connie.

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Fiveofche coupleswhoappearedin che Prom 1:

Corona tion Ceremony are, left to right, Rita • p-

Larimore and Rudy Tesar , Bonnie Collins and I....
Lee Kallstrom, Janet Moravec and Jim Fuxa,
Linda Carrell and Harold (Butch) Ranslem, and I
Bill Gorgen and Patsy Prochazka.
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Ac the righ t, Treasure r Art Simon is shown
presenting King Leroy Baker with a gi ft whi le SetUIJll
Queen Linda Carrell a nd th e c lass officers watch.
Leroy and Linda were chosen by their fellow

seniors as Prom sovereigns.
Below, theroyalcourtapplauds while Queen

Linda sheds happy tears as she makes her way

coward the throne .

Otherccupleswhoappearedin the ceremony
are, left to right: Jim Kopecky and Carol Ab-
boud, Darryl Zajac and Diane Oliver, Mike
Kielian and Kathy Novotny, Mary Prestito and
Leroy Baker, Pat Cooley and Bob Thompson,
and Sharon Johnson and Tom Hauptman. A 11
but Miss Cooley were candidates for the title
of Prom King or Queen.

Beside the royal couple are the senior offi-
cers-President John C. Smith, Girls' Represent-
ative Janet Janssen, Vice - President Honesto Si -
mon , Boys' Representative Frank Pospishil, Sec -
retary Connie Humpal, and Treasurer Art Simon.

Below, the royal court is shown during the

first dance.

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Club representatives are show n above
with the queens an d the ir flower girls.
Left to ri ght are, fi rs t row : Sha ri Zagor ,
Dore ne Barta sky, Jan Moravec , Rita
Larimore, a nd Li nda Ballou; sec ond row:
Jeanne Hahne , Son ja Heaton, Marie
Filipowicz, and Yvonne Tesar; third row:
Pa tti Moore , Jody C ullinane, Edda Fan-

slau , Mary Jo Saitta, Ja n Kamphuis,
Laima Runcis , C onnie Sha m blen, Janet
Janssen , Beverl y Cisar, Jan et Hatfield ,
Marilyn Olsen, Carolyn Vasku, and
Lollie Lin nem an; fou rth row: Queen
Sue Ihnen, Donna Carlson, Barbara Bell ,
Queen Gerri Erb, Diane Grell, and Queen
Jan Meyers; fifth row : Ka re n Cerveny,
Judy Bowsman, Mari an Russo , Jean
Dvorak, Rita Wagner, Lucia DeCar lo ,
Karen Griffith, Judy Sebron, and Ruthy

La rimore.

The royal cour t curtsies as Que e n of /
Achievemen t Ja n Meyers nears th e throne .

Sue Ihn en sm iles as she is a nnounced
the 1960 Q ueen of Ath leti c s.

Shown above with the May queens
a re the ma ids of honor , class representa -
rives , and flower girls. Left to right
a re, first row: Kathleen Lindsay . Mar -
ion Li ndsa y, and Li nda Anderson; second
row: Margaret Sova , Kay Lillethorup ,
Ma ry Alice Ku bovy, Barbara Baker, and
Jael Bland; third row: Cathy Wolfe,

JeanJohnson, DianeSherbowdy, Virgin-
ia Riter, and Cheryle Alston; fourth row:

Je anne Spenc er, Debbie Wagner, Queen
Susie Ihnen, Donna Carlson, Lucy Mit-
term eier , Barbara Bell, Queen Gerri
Erb, De bbie Joh nson, Nanc y Ay rers, Di-
ane Grell, and Queen Jan Meyers; fifth
row: Nelsie Larsen, Lollie Mitt e rmeier ,
and Joyce Indrace k.

Queen of Popula rity Gerri Erb is
photographed ap proaching the da is.

Following the ir corona t ion, the
q ue ens rece ived gifts fr o m the ir subje c ts.

Above are the members of South's Escort Platoon, left to right, first row:
James Murphy, Grover Partee, Albert Sperry, George Ojeski, David Workman,
Larry Sexton, Stanley Keast, Tom Siedlik, Pat Parsons, ana Fred Svoboda; se-
cond row: Frank Susterka, Rod ger Denny, Jerry Sterba, Walter Link, Fred Mar-
tin, Martin Ba ker, Bill Steen bock, Burt Robinson, Rich Kral and Rick ThiII;
third row: Norman Robinson, George Glocke, Jerry Hunacek, Melvin Cerny,
La rry Winn ingham, Melvin Clarke, Joe Calek, Mike Pluedeman and Gary
Doughty.

These boys were responsible for maintaining order, supervising parking, and
ushering at e ight football games, Open House, the Christmas program, Career

~ o J e 1-dfAaL 3IU(JfPUJttNight, the Promotion Dance, the A11-City Music Festival, and the Military Ba 11.

a!td ~9ttiluJ1t 1t1h,

At Federal Inspection, on April 29, an inspection com m ittee observed the
leadership, drill, a nd command of Company "B, ". inspected the Arms Room,
checked the records of South's Battle Group, and reviewed the Rifle Platoon
Defense tactics, the Squad Fire Team tactics, and the Butts Platoon and Crack
Squad drills. Later SHS cadets performed a Brigade Drill at Fort Omaha.

At the Recognition Night ceremony, on May 20, Cadet Major Art Simon
received the World-Hera ld's annual ROTC medal as the "outstanding cadet"
at South High . '.Art had won the "Best Junior Cadet" medal ln 1959 .

Other awards included:
Best Company - "B"; Best Platoon - First of Company "D"; Best Squad -
Third of First Platoon, Company "A'";
Department of the Army ribbons - Cadet Sgt. Mike Pluedeman, Cadet Sgt.
Maj. Kenneth Vance, Cadet Lt. Col. Thomas Engstrom;
South Omaha Kiwanis Best Freshman Cadet award - Cadet Pfc. Bruce Glll;
South High Student Council Best Sophomore awa rd - Cadet Sgt . Walter Link;
Creighton University Phalanx award - Cadet Sgt. Marvin Vala; Arnold Air
Society of the University of Omaha award - Cadet Maj . William Stillmock;
Great Plains Chapter of t he Association of the United States Army award
Cadet Maj . Robert Halac;
American Legion Post No. 331 medal - Cadet Sgt. Frank Susterka.

Above , left, S/S gt.
James C . Be a n is shown
c hec kin g Pac ke r equipme nt
before Federa1 Inspec t ion.

At t he left, So uth cade ts
are pic t ur e d rece ivi ng the
exa mi ningoffi ce rson April
29 .

Att he r ight, Cadet Lt.
Co l. Thomas Engstrom and
M/Sgt. Richa rd G. Coo per
a ppear as they revi ewed
So uth 's mi lita ry pla ns .

On June 1 at Fontenelle Park and on

June 3 in the school gym, the seniors
gathered informally. Their principal

activity was a ut•
ographing year

books.

South High School's 1960 National Honor
Society included:

Above, Jud y Sebron, U. S. Senator Roman Hruska , and Janet Ba hr Jean Kubovy
Art Simon e xa m in e the first schola rships from Aerie No . 154 Leroy Baker Patricia Le as
of the Fr a terna l Orde r of Eagles to the University of Om a ha . Vernon Barne tt Lola Linneman
Judy and Art each were presented one of these $250 gran ts by Dorene Bartasky Patti McIntyre
Senator Hruska a t the Sou th Oma ha Ea g le s' . Recognit ion Ban- Robert Binder James McNamara
quet for outstand ing South Hig h seniors o n May 12 . John Bluvas Michael Mc Pherson
Elaine Bogus Jan Meyers
South High Sc hoo l's chapter of the Na tiona I Honor Society Jeanene Bourne Janet Moravec
ba ses its me m bership on cha ra c t er, schola rsh ip, leadership, Judith Bowsman Ladislav Nemecek
and serv ice. This ch apt er, now sponsored by Miss Jean Lan- Lee Bugle wicz Kathleen Netzel
da le a nd Mrs. Ellen Finn e gan, was organized a t South High Jerome Carstens Diane Oliver
in 1928 . Marlene Charvat
Rosa lie Chlupacek Janet Palmer
Beverly Cisar Jeri Pluedeman
Patric ia Cooley Richard Porter
Kay Crandall Frank Pos pishil
Lorraine Davis Peter Q uintero
Otto Deuchler Geraldine Rak
Jean Dvorak Virginia Riter
Linda Evers Vicki Roberts
Edda Fanslau Barbara Rosinski
Marie Filipowicz James Rowling
Sandra Flower Laima Runcis
Jean Frisch Marilyn Sager
Carol Gano Bonnie Sa ss
Darlene Grabenschroer
Donald Gruide1 Gary Schrack
Sharon Guthrie Jud y Sebron
Jean Hahne Connie Shamblen
Donald Harm Art Simon
Sonja Hea ton Honesto Simon
Connie Humpal John C . Smith
Joyce Indracek Sarah Smith
Janet Janssen Beverly Sperry
Donald Jetter Yvonne Tesar
Diane Joerns Robert Thompson
Jean Johnson Robert Vandenberg
Sharon Johnson Robert Van Outry
Ph yllis Van Severn
James Jones Jean Vavra
Jerry Kam phuis Zita Vingelis
Carolyn Karpisek Elisabeth Vinski
James Kisicki Elaine Vondra
Kathleen Kissel Joann Wessman
Jea nie Kocourek Sue Williams
Mildred Kover Darryl Zajac
Marcia Kozak Rita Zanski
Stanley Zwerling

Frank Pospishil an d Elisabeth Vinski
were chosen as commencement speakers
by a faculty committee fr om among a la rge
and select group of sen iors who tri ed out
for the honor.

In his com-

mencemen t mes-
sage, Prin c ipa l
Richar d C. Krebs
announced that
th e C lass of 19 60
had won more
honors fo r South
High than any
previous class in
the sc hool's his-
tory.

r The followi ng sc hola rships and awards
were won by South Stude nts:
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I World -Herald -- Ja net Janssen and Frank
Posp ishil.
Valedictorian Janet Janssen and Class President John Smith
Oma ha University Regents - - Janet Moravec, are show n receiving awards from Max Stanley, exalted ruler of
Fra nk Pos pi sh il, and Stanley Zwe rling. Omaha Lodge No. 1817 of the Brotherhood of the Protective Order
of Elks. Janet and John each won both the local and state Elks'
Omaha University Music Award - - Jan Mora - awards. Ja net was named the most valuable student, and John
vec . was c hosen for leadership. This was the first time that both a-
wards had gone to two students from one school.
Nebraska Uni versity Regents -- Leroy Baker,
Vernon Barnett , James Kisicki, Jan Meyers, In addition to these awards, Janet received the $250 World-
Frank Pospishil, and Stanley Zwerling. Herald Scholarship and the George M. Moffitt Scholarship given
through the Whitehall Foundation. John was awarded the Damsel
N. U. Re ge nts Alternates -- Lee Buglewicz, Club and the Stanley R. Osborne Scholarship Trust Fund. The
Thomas Gross, Sharon Guthrie, Sonja He a ton, latter is a $200 per year renewable grant. He a lso won the local,
Kathleen Kissel, Lola Linneman, Dan Mc - state, regional, and national Elks Oratorical Scholarship.
Gee, Lad Nemecek, Richard Porter, Peter
Quintero, Ma rilyn Sager, Ron a ld Samson , WOW Gold Medal for Proficiency in Social
Karen Steen bock, Yvonne Tesa r, Robert Va - Studies -- Pa trici a Cooley.
lencia, Ro be rt Vandenberg , Elisa be th Vinski,
Rob e rt Vl asa k, a nd Darryl Zajac. Br andeis Watch for Scholarship and Leader -
ship -- Joan Wessman .
Nebraska State Teachers Colleges -- Bever-
ly Cisar, Kay Crandall, Darlene Graben- Rotary Award -- Peter Quintero
schroer, Jose pl; Perina, Karen Richter, Lai ma
Runel s, Marilyn Sager, Marialyce Supenski , Assistant Principa l Howa rd R. Sorensen is pictured distributin g
Phyllis Van Severen, and Frank Vondra. some of the 68 scholarships presented to South g rad uates on com -
mencement night.
University of Ne br aska Freshman Scholarship
- - Leroy Bake r and Jan Meyers .

AK SAR BEN Scholarship to Creighton Uni-
ve rsity - - Frank Pospishi 1and Peter Quintero.

AK SAR BEN Scholarship to Omaha T. Tn iversity
-- Kay Crandall and Elisabeth Vi nsl<i .

De bate Schola rship to Ripon Colle ge - - Peter
Quintero and Stanley Zwerling.

Nebraska Wesleyan University Ac hieveme nt
Scholarship -- Sue Williams.

Assoc iated Retailers Scholars hip to Omaha
University -- James Fuxa .

Be thel College; Ba ptist General Conference
Youth Fellowship Sc holarship -- Joann Wess-
man.

Sears, Roebuck Foundation Scholarship --
Vernon Barne tt.

Assoc iated Contractors Scholarship to Ne-
braska University (State Winne r) -- Leroy
Bake r.

Armco Steel -- National Society of Profes-
sional Engineers $3000 -- Leroy Bake r.

Nava l ROTC -- Robert Vandenberg

World - Herald Ca rriers Scholarship -- Robert
Vandenberg.

Na ti onal Merit Sc holarship Commen dation --
Sharon Guthrie and Sta nley Zwerling.

Principal Richard C. Krebs and Sponsors Miss Mar- Senior Class President John C . Smith, Vice-President
garet Ge aring, Dale I. Marcum , and Miss Jean Lan- Honesto Simon, Secretary Connie Humpal, Treasurer Art
dale are shown synchronizing thei r watches before the
Simon, Girls'RepresentativeJanetJanssen, and Boys ' Rep-
commencement exercises to insure the required pre - resentative Fra nk Pos pishil rece ived the first six of the 613
cision tim ing for the performance whic h began at diplo mas issued at the South High commencement.
8 p. m . on June 1 0.

Atthe Ju ne 5 Baccalaureate Se rvices , held for the
second ti me wi th the prospec tive gradua tes from other
Omaha public high schoo ls in the C ivic Auditor ium
arena , nearly 600 Southites heard an addre ss by the
Reverend Carl M. Reinert, presi dent of Creighton
Un iv e rsity . The Reve ren d Edward W. Stimson, pastor
o_f the Dundee Presbyte ria n Church, gave the invoc a -
tion; th e Re verend Horace Schaffner, pastor of the
Florence Christian Chu rch , the sc ripture; and the
R_everend Harold Mitchell , pastor of the Grace Metho -
d1st Church , t he bene diction .

Some 5000 parents and fr ien ds att ended
the commenc e ment exerc ises in the Civic
Aud [tori um Arena. They watched and listene d
as South's First Choir, Orchestra , and Color
Guard perfo rmed ; the Reverend Arthur H.
Pinkall, past or of St. Lukes Lutheran C hurch,
gave the invocation; Seniors Elisa beth Vinski
and Fra nk Pospishil spoke on ·"Our Hour of
Decislon" and "It 's A11 Over, " respectively ;
68 schol arships we re presente d; Dr. Harry A.
Burke, superintendent of schools, addressed

the c lass; and Dr. Jo hn A. Ai ta, m ember of

the Board of Education, presented diplomas

to the largest high schoo l graduating c l ass in

the history of Nebraska.



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