Alcester High School - Cubette Yearbook (Alcester, SD)

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DECLAMATION Front Row: Mary Ann Sierners, Sally Herbrandson, Miss Keating, Judy Warnkviat, Beverly Peterson, Judy Wells. Back Row: Marcia Day, Sharon Ball, Arvid Holthe, Sharon Doty, Carol Lundberg. SALLY TAKES STATE ORATORY Sally Herbrandaon, a senior who has been active In declare all four years in high school, talked her way through the local, district, regional (November 13 at Yankton), and state (November 22 at Pierre) contests with her oration, The Young South.” The declam students were under the able direction of Miss Keating, the Eng- lish instructor. The local contest, held October 23, was won by the following: Beverly Peterson,humorous, Soap Opera”; Judy Warnkvist, poetry, The People Will Live On ; Mary Ann Siemers, dramatic, Mary Stuart Pleads ; and Sally Her- brandson. These girls, Alcesterfs repre- sentatives to the district at Elk Point, October 27, rated as follows: Beverly- good, Judy-excellent,Mary Ann-excellent; and Sally-superior. These top ratings enabled them to receive the district plaque. Several assemblies were held in appreciation for the honor they brought to Alcester High School. -26-

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LIBRARY Row 1--Miss Keating, advisor, S. Eggen, V. Hagen, D. Mudder, A. Johnson, C. Hammerstrom, B. Rusten, L. Windquist. Row 2—M. Day, I. Siemers, R. Hammerstrom, G. Ekren, S. Herbrandson, C. Dean, L. Peterson, L. McCall. Miss Keating, advisor, D. Mudder, president; L. McCall, head librar- ian; V. Hagen, vice president; S. Eggen, treasurer. Hot pictured; A. Johnson, secretary. Fifteen girls, with Kiss Keating as their advisor, had charge of all books and magazines checked in and out of the library. Common Inquir- ies heard dailv are: Hey, where's today's paper?”, Let me see that ----1 , Where can I find some- the Civil War? . Alonp satisfying answers to there is the task Newsweek thing on with giving such questions, of collecting fines from students who forgot to return their books on time. If anyone wondered why the library books were lying on the table for a week. It was because some of the librarians were rearrang- ing the books and repairing them. Many new books were filed in the library this year. Some of the more popular ones are Gone W1th the Wind, Moby Dick, Love is Eter- nal , Karrlei on Wednesday, Lorna Joone, and The Pres ident's Lady. Also a subscription made £ or the very popular magazine. Teen. -25- Working here Is fun

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FUTURE FARMERS of AMERICA ALCESTER Row 1--R. Siemors, M. Ronning,B. Montgomery, W. Siemera, L. Lundberg, D. Skin- ner, L. Pilla, F. Cooper. Row 2--H. Schoellerman; C. Turner, secretary; L. Solbue, parliamentarian; L. Sveeggen, treasurer; C. Peterson, president; R. Siemers, sentinel; J. Johnson, reporter; L. Saugstad, vice president; E. R. Dobberstein, advisor. Row 3—P Peterson, J. Abrahamaon, C. Waddell, R. Han- son, C. Ounnare, G. Thormodagard, G. Kratochvil, D. Pickbohm, E. Peterson, M. Sommervold, D. Setter, V. Swanson, D. Swanson, C. Sandvall, C. Peterson, C. Welch, D. Sogn, N. Skinner. Row 1 --D. Saugstad, L. Fdckbohm, D. Stene, J. Mc- Kee, D. Dahlin, J. Setter, W. Edson, R. Holthe, R. Skinner, S. Keiser, G. Schoellerman, N. Thormodagard, G. Hendricks. P. P. A. activities started with sip at the banquet, held November 20. 1958. About 125 boys, fathers, and guests attended. Rex Messersmidt, WNAX, showed slides from a recent trip to Europe. Robert Anderson, former chairman of the Board of Education, was given the honorary Chapter Farmer Degree. The National P. F. A. convention was held in Kansas City during the month of October. Representatives attending from the Alcester chapter were Charles Peterson and Leland Saugstad. On April 20,21 the Alcester chapter attended the State P. P. A. Conven- tion in Brookings. Chapter delegates were David Satter and Douglas Saugstad. Alcester can be very proud of its chapter because they received a superior rating at the convention. These awards are based on accomplishments made by the chapter daring the year. Pour officers, Charles Turner, Charles Peter- son, Loren Solbue, and Leroy Sveeggen discuss P. P. A. policies. Several Agriculture III students do a lit- tle welding in the shop. -27-