1932 Annual

The 1932 Bobcat (http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/Brookings-High-School/62033?page=0)  is dedicated to Mr. Horrigan, just as the 1966 yearbook is.  The dedication reads:  "To Mr. Horrigan, we, the senior class of Brookings High School, dedicate this annual of 1932.  Mr. Horrigan has been with us through three years of high school and has always been behind Brookings High School in every way.  Under his supervision and with his guidance it has been possible for our school to make marked progress in all lines."

If he had been with this class for three years, did he start teaching in the 1929-30 school year?  Perhaps he student taught then,  as he was still enrolled at the college.

A new teacher was William R. McCann.  There used to be a lawyer in town by that name.  His law office was right next door to the old Carnegie Library on the south.  Previous to that, there was a house, maybe a duplex.  If memory serves right, Bill Sherman's family lived there in the mid-50's before moving out by the drive-in. 

There were some interesting members of the senior class.  One name familiar to most of us is that of Harley Kabrud.  He was the 7th grade geography teacher for many of us.  He was also a jr.-hi-track coach, and our 8th grade football coach.  The day before he would give a test, he had a big review session for us that covered everything on the test.  When our 6th grade class was visiting in the spring of 1963, Mr. Kabrud was talking about the Soviet Union.  He said it could be pronounced "Soh-vee-et" or "Sah-veee-et".  Why I remember is a mystery to me.  Another memory is from the 7th grade party.  As a tribute to all of the teachers that chaperoned that night, a group of girls paid tribute to them by singing their own version of "We Love You Beatles"  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQ8P2QZvKg).  Instead of  singing the names of the Beatles, they sang the names of the chaperones.  "We love you Kabrud, LaChance, Cole, etc."  There is a website (http://www.sdstate.edu/sdsuarchives/collections/upload/Brookings-Businesses-Avenues.pdf)that lists the business that have been located at various addresses in Brookings.  On 6th Avenue (called Brookings Street in the early Years), this entry was listed:   205 6th Ave.--1919, Kabrud Brothers Insurance Agency, moved to 327 1/2 Main in 1921.  205 6th Avenue was where my family lived when I was in grade school.  Tom Bozied lived a half-block away.  In 3rd grade, I would stop over before school and we would watch Captain Kangaroo until 8:55, then run to school to get there before the 9:00 bell.

Harlan Otterness was also a senior that year.  I believe he was the father of Ron (class 1963) Terry (64) , Dan (1967), and Brian.  Brian was freshman when we were seniors.  Did the family move to Texas before or after he graduated?   

The following list of seniors may trigger some memories for us:

Wayne Albright--was this Gerry's father or uncle?

Firmina Alexander and Thornella Alexander--aunts of Gary?

John Beatty--he was the owner of Beatty's Jewelry, that his family started in 1918.  It finally closed in 1986.  He also wrote a column for the Brookings Register for a number of years.  He was very involved in the community and SDSU  (http://eidsnessfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=339048)

Marcella Beneke--anyone remember Lloyd Beneke?  He was the last homecoming lord at the old school (the last Lady was Bob Kallemeyn's sister Beth).  He was also on our Teener baseball team that went to Hershey in 1965.  Could this be an aunt?

Arlene Braley--when we were in grade school, was there Steve Braley a year ahead of us?  He was in our First Communion picture.  He is hard to see, but he is in the third row, second from the left, between Rick Thompson and Mike McClemans. 

There was a Mike Braley, a pretty good athlete,  that graduated in 1959 with Skip Webster and Bob Shelden.  Steve was his younger brother.  They moved away in the early 60's.  Might this have been an aunt?

Alta Bulen--any relation to Nancy Bulen, a year behind us?

David and Ruth Flittie --when we were younger, the Flittie farm was then south of town, just west of Medary Acres.  Now it is full of houses.  A United Church of Christ is about on the spot where the farmhouse was.  The only reason I know is that the Mrs. Flittie was a customer on my Minneapolis Tribune paper route.  For a while, my area was from 2nd Street South between Medary and Main. This was David Flittie's farm.  Unfortunately, he had passed away in 1957, so his wife, Ruth (Kohlhoff) Flittie, was running it  Now I know why I never saw him when I was collecting).  On page 25 of this website, there is better explanation than I can give (http://www.kohlhoff.com/familyhistory/daniel/K410,%20Part%20IV,%20pdf.pdf)  Mrs. Flittie was on the school board at that time in the early 60's, and was a very generous lady (she might tip me a quarter, which was a big hunk of change back then)..  One son Bruce Graduated in 1961.  Another son Roger was a couple of years ahead of us; he is shown in the 65 annual, but not in the 66 one.  This website might give us a clue (http://www.leagle.com/decision/19881450853F2d597_11353)

Dorothy Hoy--Sally Hoy was a year ahead of us in school.  She was one of the best girl athletes around.  She may have been in that first communion picture shown above, though I'm not positive.  Would she be the in the first row on the left?t   Her dad Dwight was a mailman.  I was able to know him somewhat during my tenure at the post office in 1968.  Her brother Tom was a bass player for The Talismen, whose drummer was Pat O'Connell, Kevin's brother (http://www.southdakotarockandrollmusicassociation.com/inductees/talismen.htm).  Unfortunately, she passed away recently (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=126359787)

Lilian Jensen, Gladys Johnson, Helen Johnson, Olive Johnson, Marjorie Johnston, Charlie Linn, Alice McComb, Allen Peterson, Helen Peterson, Mildred Peterson, Marvin Sterud, Frances Wilber, Leon Wilber--related to any  of our classmates with the same last names?

Maxine Kennard--the neighbor who lived between Tom Bozied and me in the 1950's was an old codger (buzzard, as Guy O. Karnes might say) named Harry Kennard. Brother-sister?

Some names go way back to the beginning of Brookings and Brookings County, such as Cora Jeannette Rude and Wilma Telkamp.

Don and Medora Lombard are pictured.  Would Don have been Tom's father?  Tom was a year behind us, and if memory serves right, he may have been in our Cub Scout den for a year or two.  I recall going over to his house to play a few times.  It was on Fourth St down by the retirement center.  My second Minneapolis Tribune paper route was in that part of town, so maybe that is why I seem to remember this.

The last name that is significant is Vernon Ullman.  20 years later, Janice Ullman was the first girl elected as student body president of BHS.  She was quite attractive and obviously talented.  Her senior pictures lists her belonging to Chorus, Band, Orch., Pit Orch., Pep Band, L'All., Jr. and Sr. play cast, GAA, Bob. Staff, Brob. Editor, NFL, Debate, Declam, H.R. off., FHA, Quill and Scrooll, Cue Cl., Kinetic Cl., Ind. Arts Cl., Stud. Body Pres., Bobcat Day Royalty. Are the two Ullmans related?

The format was the same as the 1931 Bobcat.  An organization not listed the previous year was FFA (Future Farmers of America).  There was again a combined Jr.Sr class play, but there were two Jr. class plays, and three one-act plays.  There were also contests for Typing I and II and Shorthand I and II students.  One of the new businesses advertising was Frie Motor Company.