Kearney High School

Class Of 1969
 
 
 

Memories from 1969


 

 Kearney Public Schools Then and Now

  • Kearney High School (KHS) had 1,133 students (9th-12th grade) in 1969, compared with X,XXX students in 2009.
  • Whittier Elementary School is now a Kearney Public Schools administration building.
  • Kearney Junior High is now Central Elementary School.
  • Kearney Junior High Auditorium is now the Merryman Performing Arts Center.
  • Kearney Public Schools now has 3 preschools, 12 elementary schools, 2 middle schools (Horizon and Sunrise), but still has only 1 high school.
The KHS Class of 1969 had 242 graduates, compared to XXX graduates in 2009.  Festivies in the spring of 1969 for seniors:

  • Senior Banquet and Prom - Saturday, May 3, 1969  Theme: Up, Up and Away
  • Senior Awards Night
  • Graduation Ceremony - Sunday, May 26, 1969
  • All-Night Party
 

 

Scholastic and Leadership Achievements in 1969

DAR Award

  • First Place: Sarah Shofstall
  • Second Place: Sue Spracklen
  • Third Place: Georgenne Parker
Elks Most Valuable Student Award

Four-Year Regents Scholarship Recipients

  • Ken Campbell
  • Mary McKinney
National Merit Finalists

  • Ken Campbell
  • Mary McKinney
Organizations in 1969

Band and Orchestra

  • President: Dick Hindalong
  • Orchestra Vice President: Terry Yost
  • Band Vice President: Bob Elliott
  • Band Secretary: Dana Hendricksen
Bearcat Booster Club

  • President: Terry Yost
  • Vice President: Judy Beekman
  • Historian: Nanette Oman
  • Treasurer: Sally Johnson
  • Secretary: Sue Lancaster
Choir

  • President: Roy Livingston
  • Vice President: Carla Van Zandbergen
  • Secretary: Carla Coppel
  • Librarian: Janet Browne
Distributive Education Club of America (DECA)

  • President: Kathy Gregg
  • Vice President: Jack Karenbauer
  • Secretary: Mary Grimes
  • Treasurer: Gale Epp
  • Historian: Morris Motes
  • Reporter: Bob Kincaid
Drama Club

  • President: Jeff Ayers
  • Vice President: Nancy Lane
  • Secretary: Candi Imming
  • Coordinators: Sarah Shofstall, Phil Holmgren
ECHO

  • Editor: John Wolf
  • Business Manager: Celia Hoffman
  • Advertising Designers: Jeff Ayers, Susan Dage
  • Sports Editors: Bob Elliott, Wayne Garrelts
  • Photographer: Russ Best
French Club

  • Vice President: Georgenne Parker
Girls Athletic Association (GAA)

  • President: Marcella Daake
  • Vice President: Bobbi McGuigan
  • Secretary-Recorder: Barb Schroeder
  • Secretary-Treasurer: Carol Ninegar
K-Club

  • President: Randy Rayback
  • Vice President: Dick Barney
LOG

  • Editor: Debbie Lewis
  • Copy Editor: Georgenne Parker
  • Photo Editor: Mary McKinney
  • Promotion Manager: Janelle Pacha
  • Senior Staff Editors: Laurie Bragg, Mary Sue Gaer, Elaine Isom, Kris Krumland, Nancy Lane, Betty Lindholm, Kathy Moffett, Nancy Rogers, Karen Shafer, Mary Louise Steffens, Kay Stehlik, Ted Venema, Vicki Wells
  • Photographers: Russ Best, Tom Bixby, Pat Gifford
National Forensic League

  • President: Russ Best
  • Vice President: Kathy Morrison
Senior Class Officers

  • President: Jeff Ayers
  • Vice President: Carla Van Zandbergen
  • Secretary: Janet Browne
Spanish Club

  • Treasurer: Dan Snowden
Student Advisory Board

  • President: Jerry Foote
  • Vice President: Jerome Howe
  • Secretary: Karen Shafer
  • Senior Members: Candi Imming, Debbir Mahrt, Mary McKinney, John Wolf
Thespians

  • President: Jeff Ayers
  • Vice President: Nancy Lane
Youth Center Council

  • President: Roy Nelson
  • Vice President: Ken Campbell
  • Secretary: Debbie Lewis
Y-Teens

  • President: Celia Hoffman
  • Historian: Mary McKinney
Varsity Cheerleaders

  • Head Cheerleader: Carol Cullen
  • Cheerleaders: Patti Barney, Tami Bowman, Carla Coppel, Cindy Hauver, Kris Krumland
Reserve Cheerleaders

  • Head Cheerleader: Pam Porter
  • Cheerleaders: Kimi Cushing, Janie Hellman, Sondra Wilmot
Drum Majorette and Majorettes

  • Drum Majorette: Rhonda Vires
  • Head Majorette: Nancy Rogers
  • Majorettes: Jeanne Anderson, Darla Lewis, Jackie Ransom, Vickie Richardson, Terry Yost
Drill Team

  • Captain: Janelle Pacha
  • Members: Pam Ball, Ann Beckman, Laurie Bragg, Ann Chamberlain, Mary Sue Gaer, Pat Gifford, Sue Lancaster, Nancy Lane, Debbie Lewis, Martha McConnell, Cindy McCoy, Mary McKinney, Sue Merboth, Terri Moore, Nanette Oman, Chris Roland, Belinda Rude, Kathy Staley, Mary Louise Steffens, Kay Stehlik, Ramona Styskal, Vicki Wells, Sherri Wilson
Color Week Royalty

  • Queen: Mary Louise Steffens
  • Junior Attendant: Carla Coppel
  • Sophomore Attendant: Jane Hellman
Christmas Ball Royalty

  • Beau: Randy Rayback
  • Belle: Terry Yost
Betty Crocker Homemaker Award

  • Debbie Mahrt
Athletic Achievements in 1969

Football

Cross Country

Wrestling

Basketball

Track

Golf

Tennis

:Local Rock Bands in 1969

  • Beggar's Opera - Ken Campbell, Wray Cummings, Tim Flesner, Dennis Morrison, Bob Westerlin
  • Sunny Funny Company - Dick Albrecht, Wally Helton, Rick Houchin, Mike Loveless
Businesses in Kearney in 1969

ABC Rexall Drug
Anderson Brothers Plumbing and Heating
Anderson Divan Cottrell
Anderson Studio
Ayers Clothing
A&W Drive In
Baldwin Manufacturing
Banker's Life
Warren R. Barney Insurance
Baumgartners
Ben's Floral
Bike's Burger Bar
Bob Strong Pontiac
Boogaarts
Book Mark
Brodine, Inc.
Brown Shoe Fit
Buffalo Air Service
Buzz's Body Shop
Camel's Cafe
Central Typewriter Company
Chicago Lumber Company
Claussen's Shoe Store
Colony Town and Campus
Ed R. Crowley Insurance Agency
College Book Store and Market
Corral Cafe
Dovverstein Roofing Company
Eldon's Frontier Service
Famous Shoe Store
Federal Land Bank
First Federal Savings and Loan
First National Bank
Foote Oil Company
Fort Kearney Grain
Gambles
Grandpa's Steak House
Grantham Mobil
General Telephone
Gregerson Jewelry
Guarantee Mutual
Helleberg and Helleberg
Hellmans Ready to Wear
Henley Agency
Hilltop Lanes
Hitchin' Post
Hogin's Cleaners and Tuxeco Rental
IGA Foodliner
Jensen's Photography
Jon York Motor Vehicles
Kaufman & Wernert
Kearney Clinic
Kearney Floral & Nursery Company
Kings Food Host
Kizzier Chevrolet
Klone's Sporting Goods
Ku Ku Burger Bar
Layne Pumps
Leibers & Stumbo
Liberty Cleaners
Lucas & Sons Plumbing
L & W Service Center
Martin Lumber Company
Meadowlark
Medical Arts Pharmacy
Merle Norman Studio
Midway Coca-Cola
Miller Skelly
Mills Clothing
Mystery Oil
Norge Laundry & Dry Cleaning Village
Oertwig Transfer
Olson-Hill Ford
Paul's Broiler
Peterson Motor Company
Pitcher's Jewelry
Planeview Cafe & Steakhouse
Platte Valley State Bank
Ransom Body Shop
Rockwell Manufacturing Company
Ruter's The Fashion
Schwesers
Snack Bar
Tastee-Freeze Drive In
Tel-Star Motor Inn
Tollefson-Elliott Lumber Company
Well's Import
Zimmerman Printing, and of course.........RAY'S PIZZA, home of BBQ Sauerkraut Pizza!  Who could forget?
 

 

Top 10 Hits of 1969

  1. Sugar, Sugar by The Archies
  2. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In by The 5th Dimension
  3. Honky Tonk Woman by The Rolling Stones
  4. Come Together/Something by The Beatles
  5. Everyday People by Sly & The Family Stone
  6. Crimson And Clover by Tommy James & The Shondells
  7. I Can't Get Next To You by The Temptations
  8. Get Back by The Beatles with Billy Preston
  9. Someday We'll Be Together by Diana Ross & The Supremes
  10. Dizzy by Tommy Roe
Top 9 Movies of 1969

  1. Midnight Cowboy
  2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  3. Easy Rider
  4. The Wild Bunch
  5. Alice's Restaurant
  6. True Grit
  7. The Italian Job
  8. Topaz
  9. Paint Your Wagon
Top 10 TV Shows in 1969

  1. Laugh-In
  2. Gomer Pyle
  3. Bonanza
  4. Mayberry RFD
  5. Family Affair
  6. Gunsmoke
  7. Julia
  8. Dean Martin Show
  9. Here's Lucy
  10. Beverly Hillbillies
Cost of Living in 1969

  • Loaf of Bread - $.23
  • Gallon of Gas - $.36
  • Gallon of Milk - $1.26
  • New Car - $2,475
  • New House - $40,000
  • Average Income (one person) - $6,500
  • Woodstock Ticket - $6 per day
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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