Lincoln Northeast High School

Nadine Turner Jordan

Dan, I remember ROYGBIV, but it was my seven year old granddaughter who told me I started to colors of the rainbow in backwards order. I thought surely she must be wrong, but she was right. I started with red on the inside bottom and it is the uppermost outside edge color.

My husband learned Men Very Early Made Jars Since U Need Pickles for the planets. Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune and Pluto, but now I think Pluto is out so the saying doesn't make much sense.

In physiology I learned On Old Olympus' Towering Tops a Fin and German Made Some Hopps. It is the cranial nerves. Unfortunately I only remember the saying and not the nerves.

One of my other granddaughters was taught in music that the bass clef is Good Boys Deserve Fudge Also. Sounds yummy to me.

Marjean Larson Gingrich

How about the seven deadly sins: GLESPAC greed, lust, envy, sloth, pride, avarice, and covetness


more mensa words: candle becomes cadle--noun, old Kentucky idiomatic term for a place to put the baby

pretend becomes prelend--verb, to give cash as an alleged gift, and then request its return

Charlene Shriner Neely

Hi,

I do hope we can keep this up, I have enjoyed hearing from all of you.

I'll add this memory of Christmas, I think it was 1952. How many of you remember Max Courtney, who drove a bus in Lincoln often on the Uni or Bethany routes.

A Christmas Memory

This was the Christmas I was to help Santa.
I was eleven and still sort of believed.
Dad kept most of the packages at the store
to bring home on Christmas Eve.

For two years it had been my job to keep the eyes
and noses of my younger siblings occupied
allowing Santa a chance to stash his packages
back porch under the shelf of pies.

This year I stayed up late to help wrap
the presents and put them under the tree.
A lovely Christmas snow had started earlier
shortly after three,

leaving roads blocked.
The bus that Dad rode every night
made it a over half-way
before becoming stuck tight.

Dad called from a nearby house
to say they would wait
for another bus to be dispatched;
they were alright, just a little late.

The radio announcer kept talking of buses
and cars stuck and all traffic impossible.
Then he announced that no more plows would go out.
Roads were impassible.

The stranded bus passengers were taken
into homes and given some cheer
but I was beginning to worry about Santa.
After all, he was my responsibility this year.

With nary another bus
nor a tow truck in sight
most passengers decided to walk home
that snowy night.

The snow was letting up
but there were some pretty deep drifts
and it was icy under-foot.
They couldn’t carry their gifts.

Dad had nearly a mile to go
on dark, unlit streets.
So home came a cold Santa
without any presents or sweets.

Dad was home safe. The little ones
all came down to kiss him goodnight,
then Dad, Mom and I sat by the stove
drinking hot chocolate by candle light.

He told us how he had left ‘Christmas’
on the bus. But not to pout,
Max, the driver on that run,
said that when the bus was pulled out

he would get his trusty jeep
which could go anywhere in any snow,
And deliver ‘Christmas’ to everyone’s door
as fast as he could go.

It would surely be late morning
at the very earliest.
Just after mid-night when everyone
had settled down for a quick little rest

when Max arrived at our door.
Santa had never looked so good!
He should have been home warming
his feet by the fire, that he should.

But he was determined to give the
passengers from his bus
a Merry Christmas.

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Dan Michaelson

A sad note, I saw in this morning's Lincoln Journal-Star that Lance D. Willet (our Lanny Willet) has died. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Roberta, Daughter Beth and son Steve. He is also survived by his brother Larry.

Marjean Larson Gingrich

I was sad to see Lanny's obituary. I remember him as being so cute. I think he was one of the first people I met when the Havelock kids transferred to Northeast in the eighth grade. I remember that he was planning to come to our reunion, even though he didn't graduate with us. It is interesting how many kids who went to school with us for a few years and then moved away, remember the LNE class of 59 their true classmates. I think that is a tribute to all of us.

To all of you who made donations to the Lincoln Public Schools Foundation--I can't mail the checks until I get a cashier's check for the cash I received. Howsumever, soon after I returned from Lincoln, I started a new job and physical therapy for my back. I love the job, but yesterday and today my back has been terrible. So, I haven't had time on a Saturday morning to get to the bank to get the cashiers check. But, I promise to do it before the end of the year so you can use your donation on this year's tax return. Sorry I have been so slow, but wanted you all (or as we say here "all you all" know that I didn't abscound with your money and run off to some exotic spot. My love to all you all, Marjean

Charlene Shriner Neely

Merry Christmas to all!

Here's to the past and all our wonderful memories and to the future may we all meet again.

Marjean Larson Gingrich

I think our next reunion should be at least a week long. So sorry to hear about Pete. He was a good guy and lots of fun.

Roger Remter, who moved to Eagle in 11th grade, and therefore did not graduate with us, is another one like Lanny Willet who considered LNE his true alumni group. He and his wife Betty stopped in Chattanooga on their way to visit Roger's daughter for Christmas. He called me in advance, so we were able to meet for dinner one night. I'm afraid his wife didn't enjoy it much because she had recently had an ochular implant, and the background noise was very bothersome. If I had known, I would have chosen a restaurant more likely to be quiet, But Roger and I had lots of Havelock memories to recall, including the back row of the Joyo Theatre. Reynold, I guess we were there to keep you company.

I have a great new job that I really enjoy. I am Program Manager hired by Goodwill to develop a mentoring program for disabled 16 and 17 year olds. Our objectives are to help them look at career possibilities and pick a post secondary school where they could pursue that career. We hope for 100 kids in two years, which will mean field trips to hospitals, veternarians, restaurants, and retail stores. I have to find two people to hire in the next two weeks. Not as easy as it should be in this economy.

Took all three of my daschunds to the vet this morning (one at a time) for their annual check ups and shots, so now it is time for the grocery store and then a nap

What do you think? 2014 in Hawaii or maybe on a cruise ship. Love all you all, Marjean

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Great news! Gary Ackerman is alive and well on Classmates.com.

Carol Geerdes Kossack

It must be a different Gary Ackerman. Our Gary died in 2005 and I went to his funeral.

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Classmates,com shows a picture and says he graduated from Mortheast in 1959. I sent a note,let's see what happens, If it is a hoax,it is a cruel one, There is a picture on Classmates.com. mj

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Carol: I'll take your word for it,but I don't drink or do drugs, but I swear that yesterday when I opened Classmates.com after receiving a notice that Lois Pape had joined,there was a picture of a guy,who resembled Ron Converse, and the profile said "age 68, Lincoln Northeast High School, Classof 1959."Today it is not there, so it must have been some kind of hoax. If it shows up again, I'll let you know. mj

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Yesterday, again when I opened the e-mail about Lois Pape, it directed me to Classmates.com. There was a list of people who went to school with Lois, and one of them was Gary Ackerman. When I clicked on his name there was photo and answers to the standard questions. Maybe Gary joined before his death and they never remove them. It kind of freaks me out.

Carol Geerdes Kossack

Just wanted to update all of you on Janice Monk Holady. She has still been taking regular chemo treatments but last Thursday they discovered she had broken the upper thigh bone in her left leg which connects to the hip socket. She had surgery yesterday and the surgery was a success but the chemo treatments will be delayed as she will need all her strength for physical therapy from
the surgery. Thought we could "shower" her with
Get Well Cards - Please pass this on.
Jan's address is:
Jan Holady
2539 E. Geneva Drive
Tempe, AZ 85282

Thanks! Carol

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Thank you to whoever has been adding information about our departed classmates. The information about
Cliff Welding brought tears to my eyes. The photo of him as an Army officer in the memory book Carol made reminded me, as did his senior picture, what a beautiful young man he was. Seeing him always reminds me of Kay Webster Boese, which also makes me so sad. They truly did have two wonderful sons together.

I am still so proud to have been classmates with all of you who might read this, and the all too many we have lost.

JAN MONK--Hang in there, kiddo. Do you remember the day we were walking home from school, and you told me my mother wouldn't know you from Adam, and I said, that she would because Adam didn't have a navel, and you probably did. Ironically, I now have a fake navel, created by a surgeon.

Carol Geerdes Kossack

I last updated this on Feb. 21 and at that time I had some hope Janice Monk Holady would get better but it was not meant to be. She was such a strong fighter; she suffered alot but never seemed to give up. I was kept updated by her husband Hal and her brother Terry. She became too weak to talk on the phone so it had been quite some time since I talked to her. I was told she greatly enjoyed the many cards from we classmates and had them displayed in her room and would look at them several times during the day when she was strong enough.
Jan was one of my best friends since 8th grade when Havelock became part of Northeast. We seemed to click immediately and it lasted a lifetime. Jan was a very happy person her entire life - I never saw her angry or upset. She really loved life. I have many fond memories of Jan and will cherish them forever; she will be greatly missed.

Marjean Larson Gingrich

How about the Cornhuskers in the Big Ten?  Creates a bit of a problem at my house as both of my children graduated from Ohio State.  But now they have an excuse to go to Lincoln, my son  already told me that he and his friends will ride the overnight train from Denver when the OSU game is in Lincoln.  Also means that I can see the Cornhuskers play in Columbus every other year.  Columbus is much closer to Chattanooga than Lincoln is.  What do my other classmates think of this astonishing development?  In truth, I don't think things have been the same since the Big Eight became the Big Twelve.  Playing Oklahoma every other year just doesn't seem right.  Love and happy summer to all of you.  Marjean

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Dan Michaelson

Marjean, I think the switch will be GREAT!  More TV exposure, more revenue, and better academic standing are but a few of the benefits.  Tell your son to be ready to pay "Ticket Broker" prices to persons selling them on the streets, because UNL's Memorial Stadium has been sold out since 1962.

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Ed (nickname is sonny) Schaffer

dan, i'm 100% with you.  more national coverage in the sports news and on television.  more talk, more construction to make the stadium big enough to hold the visiting teams' fans, which will also have to hold more husker home game fans.  wouldn't be fair to just build it bigger for the visiting fans.  more hotels and motels and eateries with that  great nebraska home grown food and home bred food.  lincoln would grow more and more.  the friendliest sports fans in the usa live in nebraska.  that is a consideration when football fans consider following their teams to "away" games.  texas football fans readily admit that lincoln has the nicest and friendliest fans of any of the cities they travel to.  virginia and myself are avid cornhusker fans and talk about it to our customers while working in their homes.  there are a good many cornhusker fans in texas.  some of the talk here in texas is,  "why should texas fight a war each week in the big 10, when they can stay here and win most of their games all season long with maybe 2 or 3 wars during the season."   the sports casters are talking it up as if nebraska is making a mistake.  texas would rather play in a weaker league where they are a big power, instead of playing  where they would be up against several big powers each season.  HURRAH, CORNHUSKERS. HURRAH! -----just in case i have a captive audience, i would like to make a request.  i am one of the kids that had to move with my parents to another state.  phoenix, arizona was a nice and amazingly beautiful  place to move to, but it affected my life for many years.  moving away from all my friends, as a sophomore, in october of the school year, just broke my heart.  i missed all my friends that i thought would be my friends for life.  anyway, i was lucky one night on the computer, and found "classmates".  when i entered northeast high school's name and the page opened up, there was archie tautfest, gary ackerman, and roger kness's names as students when i had gone there.  we went to school together since 4th grade.(archie since the last month of 6th grade.)  sadly. gary and roger had passed on.  my request is----to help me get back with some of you who are still there from the "good ole days".  many of your names are familiar to me. when i see the photos of you, they are all of you from 10 years ago, or less.  i have no year books. it would help a great deal if there were photos from "the good ole days".  if some of you could put a few photos onto this sight it would be great!  is there some year books from those years available to buy?  seeing you all as i saw you in those days would put my memories together with what you look like now.  it'd be a great help in knowing you again. i put some of my old photos onto this sight.  if you check them out, you might remember me. thank you all very much.      ed(sonny)schaffer

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Ed (nickname is sonny) Schaffer

hey everybody,  i thought the message forum would be busier than this.  some of you out there use face book and some other sites to communicate with each other.  i'm so naive about the computer and "computer land",  that i don't know how to navigate once i get onto a site like "face book".  i could use some friendly advice on how to participate that way too.  also would like to know other ways to cruise around and look for more old friends------and some new ones too.  i've never had any lessons or help in using the computer.  i really am missing out on a lot of things that you "more sav vy" friends can do.  heres hoping some one visits this site and sees this plea for assistance.   HURRAH HUSKERS!   bye for now.   ed (sonny) and virginia schaffer.

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Ed (nickname is sonny) Schaffer

hi again, looks like 3 messages in a row from us.  just saying to you all that i did figure out how to get onto "facebook".  this week i did a bit of what i've been doing over the past several years, on my profile page.  have only been on facebook for a few days.  am hoping to hear from some old friends and maybe some old relatives in lincoln, nebraska  and from those that moved to other cities around this world.  thats all for this time.  bye for now.      sonny (ed) and virginia schaffer

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Although I love living in Tennessee (think sunbelt) after spending all of my previous life in the snowbelt, but it is hard living in SEC country.  They think that Bear Bryant hung the sun, and they "don't believe I've ever heard of Tom Osborne."  I remind them of the National Championship game when the huskers beat Tennessee with Peyton Manning as quarterback. 

I think the Big 10 (actually now the Big 13) will be great.  They have their own tv Network.

I am wondering IS ANYONE OUT THERE?  Let's keep the forum going until our 55th.

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Dan Michaelson

Speaking of Peyton Manning, can you believe that the street running by Neyland Stadium in Knoxville is named Peyton Manning Boulevard?  I have been there and seen it! I thought streets were named after persons who were deceased, or past Governors, Presidents, or persons who were important contributors to our way of life. (Exceptions being trees, flowers, etc.)

Marjean Larson Gingrich

Right after I moved to Tennessee, there was a big FBI sting involving state senators and representatives.  One of the stingees was a Senator Crutchfield from our area.  Now, every day I drive past Crutchfield Street and wonder if they will ever change the name. 

Dan, my son has spent between $ 625.00 and $ 1000.00 for tickets to see the Buckeyes play in national championship games.  Unfortunately the $ 625.00 ticket was the best deal, as the Buckeyes won.  The thousand dollar ticket was just categorized as "Lesson Learned."

Joann Wendorff Wellman

it has been a year since the reunion!

money was given for the foundation.

I would be  interested in the name of the fund, the amt. given.etc.

since I am interested in contributing, this info would be good to know..

joann wellman.

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Archie Tautfest

Hi everyone, " I'm back ... ."

Vern, what a GOOD, ... GREAT, ...SUPER ...!!!!!!!!!!! job you have done on

 this website.