This 1958-59 Primary Room photograph is  among several class photos in our collection.  Go to the Whitney School link to enjoy more.  Students in Naomi Rankin’s class shown herre include (front row):  Danny Gray, Terry Frohman, Sherry Lea Cullers, Leslie Jordan, Paula Jo Connell, and Dan “Burton” Haynes; in the back (left-to-right): Lester Haynes, Gerald Rudoloff, Paul Hartman, Ray Dooley, Bruce Carnahan, and Jim Dooley.

If you have a class photo not included here, please contact us so that we might make arrangements to add it to this collection.  Thanks for helping us expand and enrich Whitney Reflections!

Here’s the 1931 Freshman class at Whitney High School.  Left-to-Right in the front row: Gwendola Blust, Florence Millett, Eleanor Smith, Rachel Caswell, Elva Cunningham and Goldie Stevens.  In the back row: Arnold Stumph, Sterling Betts, Lee Lemon, Robert Connell, Thelma Raum. Rubiefern Harmon, Sponsor.  Thanks to Bob & Ruth Ann Connell for identifying them!

The Whitney High School basketball team was not a powerhouse in 1931, but they fielded a team and won  games against Bingham, the Chadron High junior varsity, and Cody.  Coach Harmon is shown here in front with Raleigh Pilster on the left and Lester Blust in the center.  Other team members (standing) included:  Don Hansen, Bert Broadhurst, John Lingel, Robert Lemon, Raymond Spearman and Curtis Norman.

This undated photo reveals movie posters outside the Farmer’s & Drover’s State Bank.  While the bank has long since burned down, its old safe, shrouded in concrete, has remained a fixture in downtown Whitney for many years.  The building at left has served many purposes over the years, including a general merchandise store.  In 2006, part of the building houses the Whitney post office.

In the 1920s,  Whitney, Nebraska was a bustling community.  Today, its quiet streets invite visitors to reflect upon those days of yesteryear -- not so very long ago -- when Whitney was a vibrant village in rural Dawes County.  This undated photo shows part of the west side of the downtown “Main Street.”  The Whitney Garage, in the foreground, has since been demolished and replaced by a newer structure housing the Whitney Irrigation District offices.

This undated photograph is among the collection held by the Whitney Irrigation District.  It was taken by one Mr. John Dwight Neale, a bond broker from San Francisco.  He played a key role in the financing of the Whitney Irrigation Project. That’s a Dawes County plate on  the vehicle, and the photograph appears to have been taken in the vicinity west of Whitney.  We’ve not been able to identify any of the people.  Can you?  If so, please drop us an e-mail.

The 1924 graduation of Eighth Graders from Whitney Grade School.  In front, left-to-right:    Mabel Burkitt, Irene Goodell (teacher), Eva Cunningham and Edna Pilster;  in the back:  Wilmer Brobst, Edward Pilster, Virgil Couch, Glen Kendrick, and George Mosher.   Notice the WGS Whitney Grade School pennant behind the class.

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