Loup City Red Raiders

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LOUP CITY RED RAIDERSSCHOOL DAYS 1954-1958

Joe Hegarty

Elaine PointkowskiAl Kusak

Barbara Hoffman

Paul HensleyMary Jane Mendyk

Jim Peters

Dee ObermillerMarge Janda

Ruth Ann Slominski

Richard “Fish” LoftEldon KieborzJoe Hegarty

Sandra AndersonPat Butera

Bruce Blincow

Donna KusekKatheryn Sides

Jim Eurek

Ron KutaLavern

LewandowskiRay Stenka

Gladys DzingleDavid EurekCarl Mendyk

Jo Ann WilsonLloyd Heil

Mary Ann Goc

Carolyn MendykAlvin Bose

Wayne Burson

Richard ObermillerImogene Trompke

Elsie RichFloyd Bukowski

Grid DanceKing Eldon KieborzQueen Ruth Ann

Slominski

Ned Hedges & Ruth Ann Slominski

Photo’s from Paul Hensley

December 1954

Yvonne & Sharon Voigt

in bad car accident in Gibbon.

Joe Hegarty...End

All-Conference 1957.

Ron Kuta Bruce Blincow

Ron Kuta &Bruce

Blincow

1957 Red Raiders

Joe is next to #72 Bruce

Note from Smitty to start 1957

football season.

1957 All-Conference

Joe Hegarty--EndGeorge Krolikowski--

GuardEldon Kieborz--Back

Wayne Gappa--Honorable mention

Brothers...Joe & Mike Hegarty

1957-58 Basketball Season

Wayne Gappa & Bruce Blincow with Coach Ned Hedges

Class Play“Off the Track”

Class of ‘58

Gather around you don’t want to be lateas I spin a story about the class of ’58

Forty students is all we hadsome were good and some very bad

Sixteen girls and 24 boys was the numberthe girls were smart while the boys would slumber

Loup City, Nebraska was the placeafter graduation we all left in great haste

Football, Basketball and Track we’d playoften after school we had to stay

Yvonne as a Freshman broke some hearts then off to Washington she did part

Ruth Ann was always as funny as a clownCould always find her at the cinema in town

Eldon could run so very fastwould win a race even in a cast

Bruce was so very tallthrough the rim the basketball would fall

A new kid came to school one dayhe was from the farm and drove a Henry J

If having fun was your wishyou could always count on Fish

Now I live in the Sunshine Statebut I’ll never forget that Class of “58

JTH:2/2009

1954-1958 WORLD EVENTS

1954First Atomic Submarine LaunchedRoger Bannister Breaks Four-Minute mileSegregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.54% of American Homes had Televisions

1955The Felt tip pen was introducedFirst tests on Fiber Optics CommunicationsBill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” rocks the worldJames Dean dies in Car Accident60% of Americans had incomes between $3,000 & $10,000/yearDisneyland OpensMcDonalds Corporation FoundedRosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a Bus

1956Elvis introduced in Ed Sullivan’s ShowGrace Kelly marries Prince RainierSuez CrisisT.V. Remote IntroducedVelcro IntroducedIBM creates first Hard Disk Drive

1957Dr. Seuss publishes “The Cat in the Hat”Soviets Launch SputnikLasers developedAverage cost of new car was $3000

1958NASA FoundedStereo LP records first soldParis Fashions dictated skirts above the KneeAnnual family income reaches $5000Hula Hoop becomes popularLogo Toy Bricks first introducedPeace Symbol Created

Remember the Good Times

Rabbit & Pheasant Hunting

Watermelon Raids

Roller Skating Parties

The Ball Park

Sadie Hawkins Dance

Those Were the Days...

Pool Hall Snooker

Bowman Lake Rope Swing

SchoolDances

Loup City

LCHS Jenner’s Park

Sherman Co. Court House “O” street, Loup City