1962

Autographs

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SOUTHITE

SUPPLEMENT

tt Sound

Off '62,

At the left is a scene from
"Honey Bu n," one of t he
show-stopping numbers from,
South Pacific.

At the left is Lithu-
a n i a n dancer J a n e
Lichtas in a pose from
her Russian d ance.

At the right is a
group of "Victorian"
Southites who appeared
as t he Lad ies Society,
one of the gay acts
w h i ch appeared i n
"Sound Off '62," pre-
sented in the school
audit orium on April 5,
6, and 7.

Below are a few of the Choralaires, a new group of top

singers from First Choir, shown as they presented a medley from
"Say It With M usic."

Below. Principal Richard C. Krebs and As-
si stant Principal George Laitner a ppear as theater
c ustodi ans in 1980 who dream of "Sound Off '62."

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Above is a scene from t he "Sound O ff" fina le, p resented Fea t ured duri ng one curtain act were Linda Andersen,
left, and Barb ara Spencer in a Western duo sung to "Lopin'
by South's First Choir which sang selections from The Sound Along ."
of Music.

At the left is a g limpse of o ne
of the mony gay dance numbers
from the show.

At the right is the Boys' O ctet in
one of several vocal selections of t he
revue which derives its nome from
the "Sound Off" 'd rill, performed
at the beginning of eoch show by
the RO TC C rack Squad .

Below, Mrs. C lora Ross, director of t he show Below, in a typical pose from " Fellows' Follies," are the
eight ,,nusuol "ballerinas" who threw the audience into ir•
ond o South High English ond speech teacher, repressible laughter ot eoch performance with their pseudo-
is shown receiving a corsage from three of the serious imitat ions.
oppreciotive members of her cost.

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our play,

Mrs . McThing,"

At the left, Moirata Brad ford, as Mrs. Schellenbach, is shown
disciplining Stinker (Stanley Novak) while Dirty Joe ( Bob Morino)
and Poison Eddie Shellenb ach ( David Smith) watch terrified .

Below, Mrs. McThing is seen in her two d if-
ierent personalities. Peggy Buhlman played the
ugly witch, and Morcio Grou, the beautiful witch.

Below, PoisoP Eddie p oints out to M imi {Julie
Lyon ) that she is not a dear little white rose, whi le
Mrs. La Rue, {Martha Neasloney) backs him up.

Stinker, Poison Eddie. and Dirty J oe ore shown having a
"friend ly" d iscussion in the Sha ntylond Pool Hall Lunchroom.

Chef Russell H ylen be-
comes quite disturbed
when he hears unmusical
names.

Below left, Howay {Lorry Headley), Mimi , Mrs. LaRue, Moude (Dia n na Ta ff), and Groce (Judy J ordan ) ore
convinciny Miss M cMarti n and Mrs. Link that their hats
are the latest in fashion.

C a rrie (Gladys Briggs), Mrs. Shellenbach and Virgil (James

Calvo) line up for a curtain coll. '

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WHO? All girls of South High.

wHAT? The All Girls' Party,

WHEN? April 27 7:30 -- 10:30.

WHERE? Gym 310 South High.

WHY? To introduce candidates for
May Fete to the student body
and have a night of fun and
laughter.

HOW? Dressed in merry masquerade
costumes.

The Preparatory Band opened the
concert with "Anchors Aweig h," "Over
the Rainbow," "Jeanie," and " Down the
Field ."

Adding to the program, the Dixieland Band Jean Ri c h a r d
p layed,,two song s: " Milenberg Joys" and "Cop en- Lynum Kra l
hagen.

~~The Spring

Swing,"

The annual instrumental concert, "The
Spring. Swing," under the direction of
Hamilton B. Smith, was held in South's new
auditoriu m on the evening of April 25 at
8 P.M.

Soloists featu red in the program were
Robert Pipal clarinetist ; Jean Lynum, voca l-
ist; and Richard Kral. trumpeter.

Robert
Pipal

The orchestra started out with a
Percussion Section and ended up with
t he selection of "Trumpeters' Lullaby"
and "Prelude and Fugue."

Concluding the program was the
Ccncer+ Band with such selectio ns as
" Our Director," "April Interlude," and
"Men of Music."

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and tt Music for Some of the ~elections the First Girls'
a May Night' Choir sang were "Four Sacred Songs for
exhibited talen the Night," "Red Rosy Bush," and "A
at South. Blossom Falls."

Second Choir presented such songs The First Choir opened the p ro-
as "Onward Christian Soldiers'' and gram with "With II Voice of Singing,"
"Catch a Falling Sta r." and closed it with "You and I," and
"Geronimo." They also sang II variety
During their performance, Second Girls' of other songs throughout the program.
Choir sang " I' m G o nna Wash that Man
Out of My H air," and t heir closing number "Music for a May Night," our
was " Looki ng-Glass River." annual vocal music conce rt, was held
in the auditorium on May 16, 1962,
Special features of the eveni ng were at 8 o'clock in the evening.
the appearances of t he Girls' Triple Trio ,
the Girls' Sextet, The Boys' Octet, The Presentations were made by
Choralaires, and II piano solo by Diane South 's First Choir, Second Choir,
Mahoney. First Girls' Choir, Second Girls'
Choir, and individual groups of First
Choir.

IM·. . ,"',.'- ~ Coralyn Hodges, Kothy Coble, Susan Gi ll, Helen Hrobic,
Linda Johnson , Diane Alaimo, Cindy Lang, Kot hleen Mc•
Pictured o bove are the Queens of the May Fete and Guire, Jennohn Bloem e r, J ennifer Taeblun , Kathleen Stell.
their ottendants and flower girls. Left to right, back row are: ing, Faye Mattson, and Anita Flower.
Queen of Athletics Jill Anderson, Jolene Schroeder, Diane
Sherman, Queen of Popularity Pauline Williams, Ma ureen
Murphy, Queen of Achievement Cherry Witham; front row:

The May Fete

Below are two of the flower girls woiting for the pro- Pictured below are, left to right, Populority Candidote
cession to start, Denita Alston, left; and Cindy Lang , right.
Anito Flower with ber flower girl, Faye Mattson , Thespion Rep-

resentative Mairota Bradford, and Y-Teen Representative Dionna
Toff.

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Pictured at t he left are a number of clu b
representatives waiting to pay honor to the
Q ueens.

Shown al the right a re other club representa-
tives waiti ng fo r their a ppearance in the C o rona-
tion .

At the left Kathleen McGuire is giving la st
minute advice t o the flower girls.

At t he right is part of the Medallion C ombo
which furnished music for t he Ma y Fete, held in
the school gymnasium o n the evening of May 26.

At the left, left to right,
are Rick Novak, Judy C al-
lahan, Tom Seco ra, Virginia
Kovalskas, S on n y Novak,
Gloria S e e f u s, C ynthia
Versch. Jim Calvo, Po 11y
Dolezal. L ar r y McCray,
J u d y Larimore, and Ron
Cage.

These six couples vi ed
for the honor o f b e i n g
elected as the I962 Prom
r o y a lt y .

and the Senior Prom were the

last two big dances oft he seas on.

Boys' Representative J oseph Cole k is shown
about to crown Queen Virginia ofte r Girls' Repre•
sentotive Kris Mactier hod placed t he crown on
the head of King Tom.

The 1962 Senior Prom was held in the
Peony Park Ballroom on the evening of
May 18.

Eddie Haddad and his Orchestra
furnished the music f.or the dance from 9
to midnight, but the highlight of the oc-
casion was the coronation of the South
High Prom king and queen.

Elections to choose the royal couple
were held during t he fourth hour lunch
period on May 16, and the result of the
balloting was kept a strict secret until the
IO p.m. coronat ion ce remony.

At the right. President Bob K i n g Tom Secora a n d
Murphy, Girls' Re presentative Queen Virginia Kovalskas a re
Kris Mactier, Treasu rer R a y pictured following the corona-
K u I a, Vice-Presid e nt G eorge tion ceremony and the pre-
Pserros, Secretary B a r b a r a sentation of their g i{ts and the
Baker, and Boys' Represent a- Queen's bouquet of red roses.
tive Joseph C ale k are shown
paying tribute lo the r o ya I
couple.

Many w h o attended th e
Prom took time to congratu-
late their new sovereig ns after
the coronation.

The e nthusiastic response to
the announcement of the
identity of t he Prom roya lty
indicated tha t the choice of
the 1962 monarchs was a pop-
ular one.

Pictured above from left to right are the members of ward, Ted Drefs, and Bi ll Drefs; SECON D ROW: Assistant
South's Baseball Team; FIRST ROW: Billy Yambo,, Lonnie C oach Mel Comstock, Jim Albin, Rich Novak, Lou Secora,
Bernth, Ron nie Bernth , Denny Crum, J oe Berenis, Donnie Gary Furnace, Mike Gillespie, Bill Greguras, J ohn Leifer!,
Crum, Ken Kennedy, Denny Kirschen mann, Woody W ood- Da nny Reza c , a nd C o ach Cornie Collin.

South tied North for the Intercity

Baseball Championship.

_Due to the pitching of Bill Drefs and the strong hitting power of South's Don
Crum, Joe Berenis, Lou Secora, and Ken Kennedy, South rated tops.

South 2 Central 3 South 4 Prep 0
South 4 Lincoln Central South 4 Benson 0
South 8 Abraham Lincoln 2 South I Lincoln Northeast 4
South 7 Tech 5 South 7 Westside 4
South 8 Lincoln Southeast 3 South I North 0

J oe Bereni s prepares for a game with Denny Crum eyes Coach Collin for J oe Berenis returns to fie ld as the
Westside. last-minute a dvice. other side retires.

Pictured above are members of South High's Track lncont ro, Gary Wea k, and Joe Patlan; THIRD ROW: Coach
Team, loft to right, FIRST ROW: Bo b VanMoorleghem, Fritz Al Brown, Dave Rak, Dennis Almquist, Bob Stern , Tim He n-
Good man, John Pintore, Joe Bejeris, Chip Nilo, Wayne Boldt, dricks, Stan Maliszewski, Vincent Toledo, Rich Carleson,
Gary Will, and Tom Ruffino; SECOND ROW: Dave Mc- Harold Samson, Mike Teply, Minales RobiAs , Dick Oldfield,
Mahi ll, J im Weok, Dennis Cole, Bill Able, Jerry Gohr, John Gene Aultman, and Ray Wade.

The Packer Track Team

gained ex per •1ence.

At the right, pictured be-
ginning the 880-yard run, are
Chip Nila, Tom Ruffi"no, J erry
Gohr, J e s s e Klinkenburger,
Bob VonMoorleghem, Gene
Au ltman, and Gary Weak.

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Above Ed Bentz, sophomore, t ees
off No. I during the C ent ral match.

At the left a re the members of t he
Varsity G olf Team, left to right, first
row: Don Gamble, Walt Link, J oe
Zadina , and Ron Malfa it; second row:
Coach Robert Murray, Rex Sweet wood,
J ack Onik, Bob Mur phy, Don Anderson,
and Ed Bentz.

Above, Bob Murphy, senior, tees off
No. I hole at Spring Lake Park d uring (
the Centra l match .

On the right are the Reserve Golf
Team, left t o right, first row: John Sem-
p ek, Jack Sherman, Martin Benedict, and
W a rren Wolfe; second row: Ted Matyja,
Mark Hetterick, George Verootis, J im

Kochanowicz, and J im Spicka.

Our golfers tied for second place.

April 6 South 347 Benson 352 May 7 South 349 A. L. 433
April 9 South 374 Tee J ay 420
April 23 South 342 North 3 15 Fremont Invitational 23 1
April 27 South 2½ Fremont 12½ May 8 South 250 Lincoln 30 1
Mey 4 South 320 Central 332 May 11 South 322 Prep 324
May 14 South 300 Westside 505
May 5 City Tournament 318 May 18 South 447 Tech
South 349 Prep 233
State Tournament
May 19 South 260 Lincoln S. E.

Coach Robert Murray's golf team finished its season on May 18 with a victory over Tech High. O n Mon-

day of that week, at Spring Lake Park, t he Packer golfers upset the Westside Warriors to secure a_second place

tie with Westside in the final Intercity standings. South's 5-2 record was topped by Creighton Prep which finished

its season with six wins and one loss. 14

Members of the Boys' Tennis Teom pictured
at the right ore: FIRST ROW: Buddy Binder, Rich
Covalciuc, and Dwight Dean; SECOND ROW:
Ken Pedersen, John Phipps, ond Cooch Cecil
Stutzman.

South's Boys'

Tennis Team
tied for

fourth place,

South 3 A. L. 0
0
Sout h 3 Tech 3
0
South 0 North 3
3
South 3 Cent ral

South W estside

Sout h 0 Prep

South 2 Benson

while the Girls' Tennis Team
won one game.

Pictured obove, left to right, ore the members of the Wolfe, ond Coro! Sporcic; SECOND ROW: Sho ron Bauer,
SHS Girls' Tennis Teom, Fl RST ROW; Shoren Fredericksen, Sandro Dudo, Paulo Freyer, Lottie Dolinski, Mory Kolo,
Condy Wise, Coralyn Hodges, Judy Rosenbou.gh, Irene Linda Young, and their coach, Miss Ann Legerski.

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ROTC Recognition Night,

At the left, Moster Sergeont Richord G. Cooper looks on while Principa l .
Richard C. Krebs pi ns a medal on Cadet Master Sergeant Donold Stevens for being
"Best-over-all Cadet" of the year.

South's annual Recognition N ight was held at
Athletic Park on the evening of May I I .

Below is o scene from the Recogn ition Night ceremonies. A t the left is the
master-of-ceremonies, Cadet Major Fronk Susterka . On the platform ore Mojor Chorles
Myers, Principal Krebs, Honorory Colonel Joyce Dusek, Cadet C olonel C harles Gonsior,

ond Kenneth Wenger, the representative
who presented the Associo tion of t he
United States Army Aword. In back of
the platform guests is ROTC Instructor
Moster Sergeant Cooper.

At the left is t he G irls' Drill Team,
lined up for reco~nition,

At the right Moster Sergeant Cooper watches
as t he Arnold Air Society Award is presented to
Cadet Ma jor Melvin Cerny, the· Outstandi ng Sen-
ior Cadet, by the Society of Air Force Reserve
Officers' Training Corps of Omo ha University. In
the background, award winners Cadet Second
Lieutenant Joseph Pipal, Cadet Lieutenant Fred
Martin, Cadet Staff Sergeant Byron H onson, and
C adet Staff Sergeant Garry Gernandt may be
seen.

The Senior
Picnic and
Dress-up Day,

Above ore some of the hungry seniors woiting
in line for their chicken dinner.

At the right is o somple of the kind of activi -
t ies the seniors participated in at Fontenelle Park
during their afternoon picnic on May 29.

There were mixed emotions os the '62 sen-
iors above received their caps and gowns and
their Commencement t ickets.

Our senior~ at the left look serious as they
examine seating charts for Commencement is-
sued by Miss Amelia Ma ngan, Loren Gammon,
and Donald Stewart .

Honors

At the left, Junio r Morshols Georgene Heyde ond Dovid
McM a hill march fort h to usher the seniors to their seots.

National Honor Society Above, Class Supervisors Mrs. Joyce Mattson, Miss Ma rgaret
members named Gearing, Miss Jean La ndale, and Miss Margaret McMarti n c heck
Baccalaureat e p rocedures with Principal Richard C. Krebs.

on June I are

listed below:

James Agnew, Donald Anderson, Jill Ander- Above a re some Southites prepa ring to make thei r ent rance in their ca ps
son, Borbora Baker, Jean Benedick, Diana Benson, and g owns. Be low they are awaiting th e Baccala ureate procession in the C ivic
Albert Binde r, Betty Bluvas, Mory Mairata Brad- A ud itorium Exhibition Ha ll on J une 3.
ford, Stephen Brezenski, Joseph Calek, Clarence
Roger C arrell, Mary Ann Davis, Charles Dicker"
son, Joseph DiM a ri, Walto Dodd, Penelope Draus,
Bill Drefs, J oyce Dusek, ,Ann Dvorak, J udy Dyson,

Carol Eklund , i(aren Flessner, Jeanette Freyer,
Kathleen Hargis, Ruth Horne, Raymond H ren,
Lyn n Jakub, Stanley Jones, Janet Kamphuis, Anne
Kochanowicz, Raymond Kuta, Robert Edward La-
Boone, Sherry Lastovica, Cheryll Lewis, C arol
Lub sen, Diane M ahoney, Georgia Mann, Nancy
Masilko, Elizabeth Mayhan, Kathleen McGuire ,
Marlee n McGuire, Parsla Mende, Beverly Moravec,
Ro bert Murphy, Martha Neasloney, J acqueline
Newcomer, Regina Oliver, Kenneth Pedersen, John
Phipps, Alice Pohl, Georgie Poloncic, Charles
Pospishil. Daniel Rishel, C he·ryl Rowe ll, Ba rbara
Sherwood , Dona Sivers, William Stearman, Mil-
dred Stepanek, Dianna Taff, Kay Totusek, Jerry
Vaca, M ary Ann Vajgrt, Vaira Vedzele, David
Williams, Pauline W illiams, and Cheryl Withmon.

Below, Parsla Mend e ( left), Albert Binde r,
and Cheryl Witham beam after receiving thei r
Eagle and Eagle Auxiliary Scholarships.

Da y,

Above are the seniors who received honors on June I, left to ri.ght, Kathleen McVey, Dianna

Ta ff, William Nod ean, Barbara Baker, Stanley J o nes, Pauline Williams, Robert Murphy, Kennet h
Ped e rsen, La rry McCray, Kathleen McG uire, Don Anderson, and L. Joseph Vandenberg.

Honors Day Awards

Elks Youth Leadership--Robert Murphy Arthur Brandeis Award--Don Anderson
WOW Life Insurance Society Award in American History-• American Legion Post No. 331--Sta nley Jones and Pa ul ine W il-

Kathleen McGuire liams
St udent Council Behind Scenes Award--Willia m Nodean and Westside Rotary Award and National Merit Fi nalist--Kenneth

Dianna Taff Ped ersen
J unior Scholastic Magazine Award for Poetry--L. J oseph Van- District DAR Contest Winner--Barbara Baker
Q ui ll and Scroll Membership--Kathy McVey and Dianna Taff
denberg
First Place Nebraska Student C raftsman's Fair, Electrica l Divi-

sion, Certificate of Achievement-- Larry McC ray

Scholarships

C reig hton Presid ent's to Valedictorian--Kathleen McGuire
World -H e rald-- Barbara Baker and Robert Murphy
Hastings College Academic Dean's--Roberl Murphy
G rinnell College-- Barbara Baker
Phillips University--Jean Benedick
South Omaha Eagles--Albert Binder and Porsla Mende
South Omaha Eagles Auxiliary--Cheryl Witham
Dr. Horry A. Burke--Janet Kamphuis
Medical Scholarship--Project MORE--Marlene McGuire
Oklahoma University-•Jose ph Celek
Associated Clubs of South High--Judy Dyson and Dan Rishel
United States Military Academy--Joseph Calek
NROTC to t he University of Virg inia--John Phipps

G . I. Forum Auxilia ry--Genevieve Galvin and Pil ar Navarette

Ak-Sar- Ben--Alberl Binder, Janet Kamphuis, a nd Kathleen McGuire
Union Pacific Future Formers o f America Award--David Rye

Union Pacific 4-H Award--Gary Norskov
Dano College Merit Award--Kay Lillethoru p

Brigham Young University--Georgio Mann

Omaha U niversity Regents--J oyce Dusek, Diane Mahoney, and Kenneth Pedersen
Presser Foundation Music Award to Omaha University--Diane Ma honey
Midwest Athletic Club--Walta Dodd

Nebraska University Regents--Barbara Baker and Parsla Mende

Ne braska University Regents Alternate--James Agnew, Don Anderson, Albert Binder, Betty Bluvas,

Stephen B~ezenski, Jose~h Cal~k: J oye~ Du sek, Thomas Harvat, Raymond Hron, Ja net Kamph uis,

Anne Louise Kochanow,cz, W,11,am Lind, Carol Ann Lubsen , Di ane Mahoney, Georgia Mann,

Kathleen McGuire, Marleen McGuire, Ro bert Murphy, Jacqueline Newcomer, Kenneth Peder-
sen, John Phipps, Charles Pospishil, Cheryl Witham, and Frances Young

Nebraska Universi ty Freshman--Parsla Mende

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Baccalaureate,
and

Commencement

were rewarding

occas.ions.

The photo at the top of t he page
shows some of the cameras which clicked
as the 458 Southite graduates made
their entrance into the Civic Auditorium
Arena for their Commencement on June
8.

In the center is a view of the g rad-
uating class and a small portion of the
huge aud ience.

At the right, the graduates cross
the stage as Principal Krebs read s t hei r
names, Board Member Richard Swenson
presents their diplomas, and Acting
Superintendent of Schools Owen A .
Knutzen extends his congratulations.

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