De Smet High School - Bulldog Yearbook (De Smet, SD)

Text from Pages 1 - 110 of the 1968 volume:

DE SMET HIGH SCHOOL AND AUDITORIUM LAURA INGALLS WILDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ARMORY Table cjj Contents Dedication Memorium Annual Staff and Newsette Staff Faculty and Administration Senior Class Underclassmen Sports Music Activities Grade School Advertisers Newsettte Dedication Nothing really nice was ever done on the first try.” With this motto, he strived to establish in each girl and boy to always work toward the ultimate of his ability. For his interest in each student as an individual and his faith in the worth of youth, We, the senior class, proudly dedicate the 1968 Bulldog to Mr. Drake. MEMORIUM We, the Senior Class of 1968, would like to take this opportunity to pay special tribute to three students of De Smet Public Schools who were drowned in a fishing mishap November 15, 1964, at Lake Henry. Michael Duane Pollock Jr. was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Pollock Sr. of De Smet. Duane entered our class in the fifth grade and was very active in band and chorus . Duane attended St. Thomas Catholic Church in De Smet, James Allen and Wallace Rodney Storhaug were the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Storhaug of De Smet. Jim entered our class in the sixth grade and was very active in basketball and foot- ball. Walley was a member of the fourth grade. Both attended Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bryant. Duane Pollock James Storhaug Wallace Storhaug ANNUAL STAFF FOURTH ROW:Mr. John Mundhenke, Advisor, Jim Bowes, Ron Blachford, Curt Wallum, Jerry Smith, Gary Lee, Steve Hayden, Jim Siver. THIRD ROW: Nadine Hannah, Ila Tande, Jane Smith, Glenda Skyberg, LeAnn Rounsville, Diane McKibben, Roberta Hoek. SECOND ROW: LaVonne Skyberg, Assistant Editor, Linda Larson, Helen Heitmann, Linda Johnson, Patty Poppen, Georgia Krieger, Donna Brusse, Editor in Chief. FIRST ROW: Mavis Hauff, Rosalyn Grafing, Maureen Cummins, Janis Cronkhite, Portia Dannenbring, Kay Halverson, Cynthia Abrahamson. NEWSETTE STAFF FOURTH ROW:Nadine Hannah, Margaret Johnson, Tom Fox, Gene Skyberg, Jim Johnson, LeAnn Rounsville, Roberta Hoek. THIRD ROW: Gail Bitner, Sharon Schardin, Linda Johnson, Ila Tande, Kay Alger, Dick Seeley. SECOND ROW: Mr. Graham, Advisor, Jane Smith, Janis Cronkhite, Linda Larson, Patty Poppen, Cynthia Abrahamson. FIRST ROW: Georgia Krieger, Portia Dannenbring, Denise Smith, Kay Halverson, Mavis Hauff. SEATED: Rosalyn Grafing, Editor, Laurel Abrahamson, Assistant Editor. BOARD OF EDUCATION Mrs. Brandt Office Secretary Mr. Graham Subjects: Bookkeeping General Science Typing Senior Class Advisor Mr. Lindbloom Subjects: Band Freshmen Class Advisor Mr. Luitjens Subjects: Senia: Math Algebra Physical Education Athletics Sophomore Class Advisor Mrs. Luitjens Subject: Vocal Music Mrs. Maguire Subject: English Miss Mortimer Subjects: English Shorthand Declam Sophomore Class Advisor Mr. Mundhenke Subjects: Library Typing Freshmen Class Advisor Mr. Parks Subjects: Algebra Eighth Grade Math Athletics Junior Class Advisor Mrs. Speaker Subjects: Home Economics Junior Class Advisor Mr. Stabbe Subjects: World History Guidence Junior Class Advisor Mrs. Wolkow Subjects: English Speech Dec lam Junior Class Advisor HIGH SCHOOL CUSTODIANS Ben Flindt Faye Munger JUNIOR HIGH TEACHERS-Front row: Miss Anderson, Mrs. Maguire, Back row: Mr. Parks, Mr. Sprang, Mr. Naeve. Grade School Custodian and Secretary: Curtis Pederson, Mrs. Clifford Poppen. GRADE TEACHERS THIRD ROW: Mr. Greene, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Casper, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Belzer, Mr. Winters. SECOND ROW: Miss Larson, Mrs. Dannenbring, Mrs. Naeve, Mrs. Lester, Mrs. Franzen, Mrs. Luitjens. FIRST ROW: Mrs. Stabbe, Miss Rogers, Mrs. Underwood, Mrs. Junker. BUS DRIVERS Ronald Skyberg Wayne Grothe Mervin Schultz Clifford Richards (kneeling) Vern Johnson (kneeling) Secretary-Treasurer Student Council Bill Wilkinson Linda Larson is Labeled Push Student Council Charles Schultz Patty Aalbers Larry Akkerman Mana Rae Albrecht Curtis Asleson Beth Belzer Donna Brusse Maureen Cummins Craig Andrisen Ronnie Blachford James Borgstadt Philip Carroll Larry Hein Helen Heitmann George Hulbert Dennis Kruse Roger Lee Gale Larson Bill McCune Diane McKibben Georgia Krieger Gary Lee Patty Poppen Gene Skyberg Ha Tande Dave Smith Dick Peterson ■ Ron Montross Jim Siver Jerry Smith Susan Urevig Curtis Wallum George Widman SENIOR CLASS FLOAT FIRST PLACE TIE SENIOR ACTIVITIES Patty Aalbers F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 4; Speech Class Play 3; Junior Class Play 3. Larry Akkerman Pep Club 1, 2, 4; D-Club 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 3, 4; Class President 2; All State Football 4; Class Play 3. Mana Rae Albrecht Annual Staff 3; Newsette 3; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4; Homecoming Queen 4; Snow Queen and Sweetheart Candidate 3; Pep Club 1, 2, 4; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheerleading Captain 4; Class Play 3. Craig Andrison Football 1; Basketball 1; Golf 1, 2, 3; Boys Chorus 1, 2; Mixed Chorus 1, 2. Curt Asleson D-Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2; Track 1, 2, 3; Beth Belzer Band 1,2; F. H. A. 1,2; Chorus 2,3,4; Girls Glee 2,3,4; N. H. S. 3,4; Accompanist 2, 3, 4; Class Secretary 3. Ronald Blachford D-Club 3, 4; F. F. A. 1, 2, 3,4; N. H. S. 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3; Annual Staff 4. Jim Borgstadt N. H. S. 3,4; Class Play 3; Pep Club 1, 2. Donna Brusse Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 4; Girls Glee 1, 2, 3; F. H. A. 1, 2, 4; Pep Club 1, 2,4; Co-Editor and Editor of Annual 3,4; Class Play 3. Margaret Carrol Pep Club 1, 2, 4; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3; Philip Carrol Track 1; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3; D-Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Maureen Cummins Band 1, 2, 3, 4; F. H. A. Reporter 3; Girls Glee 1, 2, 3, 4; Pep Band 2, 3,4; Swing Band 3, 4; Percussion Ensemble 1, 2; Band Soloist 3; N. H. S. 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 4; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Lee Dannenbring F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Jerry Davis Basketball 1, 2; Football 2, 3, 4; Track 3; D-Club Treasurer 4. Rosalyn Grafing Co-Editor and Editor of Newsette 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Librarian 3, 4; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Drill Team 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 4; Homecoming and Snow Queen Candidate 4; Class Play 3. Don Halverson Cross Country 1; Basketball 1, 2; F. F. A. 1. Nadine Hannah F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Debate 1, 2; Declam 3, 4; Librarian 1, 2, 3, 4; N. H. S. 3, 4; Drill Team 4; Annual Staff 3,4; Homecoming and Miss Sweetheart Candidate 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 4; Junior Class President, Newsette 4; F. H. A. Parlimentarian 3; Secretary 4. Mavis Hauff Girls Glee 2, 3, 4; Declam 2, 3,4; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Newsette 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; N. H. S. Secretary and Treasurer 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 4; Class Play 3; Librarian 4. Steve Hayden F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; N. H. S. 2,3,4; Football 2, 3; Basketball 2; Track 1, 2, 3, 4. Larry Hein Track 1, 2, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3,4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; D-Club 1, 2, 3,4; Class Play 3. Helen Heitmann Pep Club 1, 2, 4; F. H. A. 1, 2,4; Annual Staff 4; Snow Queen Candidate 4. George Hulbert F. F. A. 3,4; Pep Club 1, 2,4. Jim Johnson Pep Club 1, 2, 4; Track 1, 2, 3,4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; D-Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Class President 4; Homecoming King Candidate 4. Linda Johnson Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls Glee 1, 2, 3, 4; Triple Trio 2, 3; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3; Newsette 3, 4; Annual 3, 4; PepClub 1, 2,4; Drill Team 4. Helen Kipp Mixed Chorus 1,2,4; Girls Glee 1,2,4; F. H. A. 1,2,4; Pep Club 1,2,4; Librarian 3,4. Georgia Krieger Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Debate 1, 2, 3, 4; Declam 1,3,4; Extemp 3, 4; F. H. A. 1,2, 3,4; Newsette 3, 4; Annual Staff 3, 4; N. H. S. 4. Dennis Kruse D-Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Pep Club 1, 2; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Cross Country 1, 3,4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 2; Class Play 3. Gale Larson F. F. A. 1,2, 3,4; D-Club 2,3,4; Track 1, 2,3,4. Linda Larson F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Newsette 3, 4; N. H. S. 3, 4; Student Council 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 4; Declam 3; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls Glee 1, 2, 3, 4; Librarian 4; Drill Team 4; D. A. R. 4. Gary Lee Vice President 3, 4; Student Council Vice President 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Boys Glee 1, 2, 3, 4; Boys State 3; Annual Staff 4; D-Club 3,4; Class Play 3; D-Club Secretary 3,4; Oklahoma 2) Homecoming King 4. Roger Lee Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Student Manager 4; Oklahoma 2; D-Club 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Boys Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4. Bill McCune Basketball 2. Diane McKibben Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Flag Twirler 2, 4; Band Staff 2, 3, 4; Girls Glee 1, 2, 3; Student Council Secretary and Treasurer 3, 4; Miss Sweetheart 3; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3,4; Vice President 3; Treasurer 4; Librarian 4; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Girls State 3; Class Play 3; Miss Holiday 4; Homecoming Queen Candidate 4. Ronald Montross F. F. A. 3,4; Football 1,2; Track 1; D-Club 1,2,3. Richard Peterson Debate 1, 2; Track 1, 2; Boys Glee 1, 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Madrigal 1, 2, 3; All State Chorus 4; Football 1, 2, 3; Oklahoma 2. Patricia Poppen Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls Glee 1, 2, 3, 4; Triple Trio 3; Annual Staff 3, 4; Newsette 3, 4; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; N. H. S. 3, 4; Class Play 3; Girls State Alternate 3; Road E-O Driving 3; Pep Club 1, 2, 4; Snow Queen Candidate 3; Vocal Soloist 4; Swing Band and Pep Band 1, 2, 3, 4. LeAnn Rounsville Pep Club 1, 2, 4; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3; Annual Staff 4; Newsette 3, 4; Declam 1, 2, 3, 4; Drill Team 4; Librarian 3,4; Snow Queen Candidate 4; Road E-O Driving 3. Charles Schultz Class President 1; Student Council 4; Football Manager 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Track 3; Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4; Boys Chorus 2, 3, 4; D-Club 3, 4; Class Play 3; Oklahoma 2; Assistant Director Chorus 4; Cross Country 2. James Siver Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Manager 2, 3,4; Student Council 1, 2; Annual Staff 4; Class Vice President 1. Eugene Skyberg F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Manager 4; Football 4; N. H. S. 3, 4; Student Council President 4. David Smith Student Manager Track and Basketball 2, 3. Jerry Smith Debatel; D-Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 4; Band 1. Da Tande Annual Staff 4; Newsette 4; F. H. A. 1, 2,4; Pep Club 1, 2,4. Susan Urvig F. H. A. 1,2,3; Pep Club 1,2,4. Curtis Wallum Student Council 1, 3; Debate 1, 2, 3; Extemt 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3,4; Student Manager 2, 3, 4; D-Club 2, 3, 4; N. H. S. 3, 4; President Junior ClasSyPlay 3; D-Club President 3; Homecoming King Candidate 4. George Widman Track 1, 3, 4; Vocal Music 1, 4; Basketball Student Manager 3, 4; Football 3, 4. Bill Wilkinson Football 2, 3, 4; ( co-captain ) Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Boys Glee 1, 2, 3 4, Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; D-Club 1, 2, 3,4; ( officer ) Sergeant of Arms; Secretary and Treasurer Senior Class; Boys State 3; Band 1, 2, 3; Swing Band and Pep Band 1, 2, 3; Homecoming King Candidate 4. Betty Crocker Award Patricia Poppen Football All-State Larry Akkerman D. A. R. Representative Linda Larson Snow Queen , Miss Holiday Miss Sweetheart, 1967 Diane McKibben N. H. S. President Mr. Irresistible, 1967 Curt Wallum Donna Brusse Annual Editor Newsette Editor Rosalyn Grafing Boy's State; Bill Wilkinson, Gary Lee Junior Class Play- 1966 Prom 1966-1967 ROYALTY Left to Right: Diane McKibben, Nadine Hannah, Rosalyn Grafing, Queen, Mana Rae Albrecht, King, Gary Lee, Jim Johnson, Curt Wallum, Bill Wilkinson. Crown Bearers: Melanie Williams, Perry Colwell. Royalty and Crown bearers on car. Queen, Mana Rae Albrecht, Melanie Williams, Perry Colwell and King, Gary Lee. CROWN BEARERS: Melanie Williams, Perry Colwell F. H. A. Float D Club Float F. F. A. Float Junior Class Play, 1967 ADMINISTRATION LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. Winters, Mr. Lester GOODY, GOODY, GOODY MRS. WHO?? Mary Myers Michala McCue President Vice-President Danny Spader Cynthia Abrahamson Student Council Janis Cronkhite Dianne Ogren Secretary-Treasurer Student Council Laurel Abrahamson Kay Alger Randy Asleson Gail Bitner Jim Bowes Mary Bowes Lex Dannenbring Portia Dannenbring Richard Dugdale Tom Fox Kay Halverson Gerry Harri Tom Hein Jerry Heitmann Dennis Hendricks Roberta Hoek Donna Hulbert Debbie Hyink George Johnson Karen Johnson Margaret Johnson Randy Johnson Debra Kaufman Mike Klinkel Rodney Kracht Linda Kruse Maria LaBore Judy Larson Rose Lee Patsy McAdaragh Micki Moe Sandy Munger Janice Olson Roger Parkhurst Marilyn Paulson Danny Pederson Dennis Peterson Lauren Poppen Scott Purintun Cathy Purrington Charles Richardson Judy Ryland Sharon Schardin Felice Schulte Carolyn Schwartz Glenda Skyberg Marcia Wendel Ed Wilkinson FLOAT FIRST PLACE TIE Julie Widman Kaye Lynn O'Keefe Joan Pitman Gladys Farr President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Student Council Vance Magnuson Bonnie Akkerman Marilyn Albrecht David Andrisen Student Council Pam Bau Darlene Beck David Bell Buddy Belzer Mary Boehm Steve Carmon Marlys Carroll Thomas Cecil Michael Coughlin James Cummins Wallace Grafing Craig Johnson Barbara Halverson Glennette Halverson Jamie Combs Jill Grothe Roberta Hanson Margaret Hayden Steven Johnson Scott Jensen Angela McCue Jackie Hannah Stephen Hoy Rebecca Krick Kathleen McDonnell Sheri Moe Vivian Muser Pam Neu Mary Lynn O'Keefe • Judy Seeley Marcia Serfling W , • Steve Siver Wanda Siver Jacky Rounsville James Skyberg Diane Smith Joyce Smith Linda Snyder Dallas Spader Jane Spencer Dale Van Dyke Mark Wallace Cynthia Wallum Dennis Washburn Peggy Watters Peter Watters Loren Wendel SOPHOMORE FLOAT FIRST PLACE Janice Lee Student Council i I i yJ Terry Long Student Council J Stephen Belzer Nancy Bitner Ronald Brown Jeff Burvee Debra Corbin Susan Cronkhite w J 't J '• I • ' • •? $ is A ♦ ” Thomas Cummins Lew Dannenbring James Dugdale Nancy Fox Mark Garry Gary Goreham David Gunderson Gregory Gruenhagen Danial Freeman Debbie Gunderson Teri Halverson Jacqueline Hanson Thomas Hayden Steve Hein Glen Klinkel Leslie Kracht Patricia Kruse Diane Larson Margaret Larson Rose Ann McAdaragl ! A a A Judy Munger Nanette Palmlund Linda Ogren Ronald Olson Katherine Price Ross Purintun Janice Purrington Robert Robish Jerry Pollock Richard Schardin Randy Schmidt Richard Seeley Joan Serfling Robyn Slaight Scott Sprang Donna Van Dyke Alan Wallace Veda Wallum Richard Wells Carolyn Wendel Vicki Widman Sharon Wienk Roberta Zeller Kathy Kickland FRESHMEN FLOAT 2ND PLACE A TEAM FOOTBALL TOP ROW: Curt Asleson, Scott Purintun, Jerry Davis, Ron Blachford, Tom Hein, Jerry Smith, Jim Siver, Roger Parkhurst, Larry Hein. SECOND ROW: Ed Wilkinson, Rod Kracht, Curt Wallum, George Widman, Larry Akkerman, Roger Lee, Bill Wilkinson, Gary Lee. THIRD ROW: Coach Parks, Coach Sprang, Randy Asleson, Pat Rodney, Terry Long, Jim Bowes, Gene Skyberg, Phil Carroll, Steve Carmon, Coach Drake. FOURTH ROW:Bud Belzer-Student Manager, Glenn Klinkel, David Bell, Jim Skyberg, Steve Johnson, Dave Andrisen, Scott Jensen, Mike Coughlin, Student Manager. B TEAM FOOTBALL TOP ROW: Pat Rodney, Curt Poppen, David Bell, Steve Hoy, Steve Carmon, Vance Magnuson, Jerry Pollock, Scott Jensen. SECOND ROW: Coach Sprang, Mark Gary, Gary Goreham, Terry Long, Craig Johnson, Allan Wallace, Steve Johnson, Bud Belzer, Coach Drake. THIRD ROW: Glenn Klinkel, Jim Dugdale, Les Kracht. Steve Hein, Steve Keller, Tom Hayden, Jim Skyberg. A TEAM BASKETBALL TOP ROW: Dave Andrisen, Ed Wilkinson, Phil Carroll, Dennis Kruse, Larry Akkerman, Jim Johnson. SECOND ROW: Coach Drake, Larry Hein, Rod Kracht, Scott Purintun, Randy Asleson, Tom Hein, Coach Luitjens. THIRD ROW; Student Managers-Roger Lee, George Widman, Jim Siver, Curt Wallum. B TEAM BASKETBALL TOP ROW: Dennis Washburn, Les Kracht, Mike Coughlin, Pat Rodney, Bud Belzer, Scott Jensen, Coach Sprang. SECOND ROW: Dick Seeley, Student Manager, Jim Skyberg, Bob Reese, Gary Goreham, Terry Long, Vance Magnuson, Glenn Klinkel. TRACK SQUAD FOURTH ROW: THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: KNEALINC: Steve Hayden, George Widman, Jerry Smith, Dennis Kruse, Curt Wallum, Jim Siver, Curt Asleson. Gale Larson, Steve Myers, Arden Wallum, Bill Purington, Ronald Huisenga, Ronald Blachford. Jim Johnson, Steve Komder, Jim Wika, Rick Holm, Rod Hildenbrandt, Charles Schultz, Jerry Davis. Coach Drake, Gary Lee, Randy Asleson, Coach McCaskell, Eugene Skyberg, Ed Wilkinson, Scott Purintun, Bill Wilkinson, Tom Hein, David Hannah. D CLUB TOP ROW: Coach Sprang, Bill Wilkinson, Larry Akkerman, Rod Kracht, Jerry Davis, Curt Asleson, Jim Siver. SECOND ROW: Jerry Smith, Charles Schultz, Larry Hein, Coach Parks, Coach Drake, Ron Blachford, George Widman. THIRD ROW: Dennis Kruse, Roger Lee, Dave Andrisen, Randy Asleson. FOURTH ROW:Ed Wilkinson, Curt Wallum, Scott Purintun, Bob Reese. FIFTH ROW: Gale Larson, Tom Fox, Vance Magnuson, Mike Coughlin. SIXTH ROW: Tom Hein, Steve Siver, Gary Lee, Gene Skyberg. SEVENTH ROW: Coach Luitjens, Scott Jensen, Roger Parkhurst, Phil Carroll, Dale Van Dyke, Jim Johnson, Steve Hayden, Bud Belzer. GIRL'S GLEE BACK ROW: THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: Linda Johnson, Pat Poppen, Beth Belzer, Roberta Hansen, Donna Brusse, Roberta Hoek, Janice Purington, Linda Larson, Julie Widman, Marilyn Albrecht, Cathy Purrington. Veda Wallum, Becky Krick, Betty Peterson, Diane Heller, Joyce Smith, Maureen Cummins. Mrs. Luitjens, Gladys Farr, Mary Myers, Jill Grothe, Debbie Hyink, Roberta Johnson, Robyn Slaight, Darlene Beck, Sharon Schardin, Linda Kruse, Portia Dannenbring, Vicki Widman, Carolyn Wendel, Betty Pratt, Nancy Smith, Jo Ann Pitman. Lew Dannenbring, Judy Larson, Kay O'Keefe, Janice Olson, Diane Larson, Nancy Bitner, Janice Lee, Sheri Moe, Margaret Larson, Gail Bitner, Jean Van Dyke, Patsy McAdaragh, Felice Schulte, Mavis Hauff, Helen Kipp. Sharon Wienk, Glennette Halverson, Cynthia Abrahamson, Vivian Muser, Becky Johnson, Linda Snyder, Debbie Gunderson, Nancy Fox, Joan Serfling, Sandy Munger, Jackie Hanson, Dianne Ogren, Judy Seeley, Linda Ogren, Teri Halverson. A „ ,, ACCOMPANIST: Cindy Stalheim BOY'S GLEE BACK ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: Dennis Hendricks, Gary Goreham, Charles Richardson, Eugene Skyberg, Bill Wilkinson, George Widman, Charles Schultz. Mark Wallace, Danny Freeman, Bob Springer, Vance Magnuson, Roger Lee, Gary Lee, Scott Purintun, Danny Spader. Mrs. Luitjens, Mike Coughlin, Jamie Combs, Tom Cecil, Dennis Tingle, David Bell, Dick Peterson, Curt Poppen. ACCOMPANIST: Cindy Stalheim MIXED CHORUS BACK ROW: Mike Coughlin, Mark Wallace, David Bell, Gary Goreham, Dick Peterson, Charles Schultz, Gary Lee, Dennis Hendricks, Charles Richardson, Eugene Skyberg, Bill Wilkinson, George Widman, Roger Lee, Scott Purintun, Danny Spader, Tom Cecil, Bob Springer, Danny Freeman. THIRD ROW: Jamie Combs, Beth Belzer, Janice Lee, Linda Larson, Roberta Hoek, Curt Poppen, Vance Magnuson, Julie Widman, Veda Wallum, Sharon Schardin, Janice Olson, Betty Pratt, Portia Dannenbring, Linda Ogren, Dennis Tingle. SECOND ROW: Donna Brusse, Linda Johnson, Robyn Slaight, Roberta Johnson, Gladys Farr, Janice Purrington, Diane Larson, Diane Heller, Jo Ann Pitman, Marilyn Albrecht, Betty Peterson, Sheri Moe, Patsy McAdaragh, Carolyn Wendel. FIRST ROW: Lew Dannenbring, Judy Larson, Sharon Wienk, Kay O'Keefe, Glennette Halverson, Felice Schulte, Debbie Hyink, Pat Poppen, Mary Myers, Cathy Purrington, Cindy Stalheim, Sandy Munger, Darlene Beck, Judy Seeley, Dianne Ogren, Mrs. Luitjens. ALL-STATE CHORUS BACK ROW: Dennis Hendricks THIRD ROW: Dick Peterson, Scott Purintun SECOND ROW: Debbie Hyink, Bob Springer, Jill Grothe FIRST ROW: Sandy Munger, Roberta Hansen, SEATED: Beth Belzer A BAND-LEFT BACK ROW: FOURTH ROW: THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: HALF Mr. Lindbloom, Curt Poppen, Mark Wallace. Jane Spencer, Sheri Moe, Diane Kott, Jerry Pollock, Steve Belzer, Micki Moe, Tom Cecil. Gerry Lynn Harris, Diane Ogren, Cathy Purington, Diane Larson, Gladys Farr. Cindy Stalheim, Mary Myers, Georgia Krieger, Cindy Wallum, Shelly Cummins. Diane McKibben, Robyn Slaight, Scott Purintun. PEP BAND BACK ROW: FOURTH ROW: THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: Mark Wallace, Alan Wallace, Kay Halverson, Maureen Cummins. Roberta Hansen, Mary Kay Boehm, David Bell, Pat Poppen, Veda Wallum, Bob Springer. Linda Snyder, Mike Coughlin, Darlene Beck, Tom Cecil, Betty Pratt, Ed Wilkinson, Jamie Combs. Pam Bau, Cindy Wallum, Gladys Farr, Jill Grothe, Scott Purintun, Vivian Muser, Vance Magnuson. Cindy Stalheim, Mary Myers, Georgia Krieger, Gerry Lynn Harris, Dianne Ogren, Cathy Purrington, Glennette Halverson, Laurel Abrahamson. A BAND -RIGHT HALF STANDING: Alan Wallace, Judy Munger, Rodney Combs, Maureen Cummins, BACK ROW: Mark Garry, Greg Gruenhagen, Mark Harris, Don Pollock, Roberta Hansen, Mary Kay Boehm, Betty Peterson, Ross Purintun, Nanette Palmlund, Steve Carmon, Gary Goreham, David Bell, Pat Poppen, Veda Wallum, Bob Springer. FOURTH ROW: Linda Snyder, Mike Coughlin, Darlene Beck, Debbie Hyink. THIRD ROW: Pam Bau, Jill Grothe, Judy Coughlin, Dick Seeley, Vivian Muser, Vance Magnuson. SECOND ROW: Bergie Belzer, Tracey Peterson, Linda Ogren, Laurie Pederson, Glennette Halverson, Laurel Abrahamson. FIRST ROW: Kay Halverson, Kay O'Keefe, Mary Lynn O'Keefe. BAND REPRESENTATIVES Veda Wallum, Ed Wilkinson, Diane McKibben, Vance Magnuson, SUPERIOR VOCAL SOLO Pat Poppen CHORUS BOARD STANDING: Sheri Moe, Linda Ogren SEATED: Sandra Munger, Gary Lee SUPERIOR CONTEST WINNERS SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLE STANDING: Jill Grothe, Vivian Muser, Judy Coughlin SEATED: Scott Purintun, Diane McKibben, Dick Seeley FLUTE QUARTET Laurie Pederson, Linda Ogren, Glennette Halverson, Laurel Abrahamson SUPERIOR SAXOPHONE SOLO Jill Grothe SUPERIOR SAXOPHONE SOLO Vance Magnuson SUPERIOR TROMBONE SOLO Bob Springer EXCELLENT WINNERS AT CONTEST PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE; Maureen Cummins, Rodney Combs, Kay Halverson, Robyn Slaight, Judy Munger, Gary Goreham, Allan Wallace. TROMBONE QUARTET: Gary Goreham, David Bell, Bob Springer, Veda Wallum. FRENCH HORN QUARTET: Linda Snyder, Mike Coughlin, Darlene Beck, Debbie Hyink. CLARINET CHOIR: Mary Myers, Georgia Krieger, Cindy Stalheim, Mary Lynn O'Keefe, Pam Bau, Gladys Farr. CLARINET QUARTER: Gary Lynn Harris, Kathy Purrington, Kaye Lynn O'Keefe, Dianne Ogren. SOLOISTS RECEIVING EXCELLENTS: Bill Wilkinson, Vance Magnuson, Bob Springer, Jill Grothe, Roberta Hansen, Glennette Halverson, Sandra Munger, Sharon Schardin. N. H. S. FOURTH ROW: THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: SEATED: Roberta Hoek, Micki Moe, Linda Larson, Marcia Serfling, Gerry Lynn Harris, Gene Skyberg, Dennis Hendricks, Ronald Blachford. Mr. Lester, Beth Belzer, Rose Lee, Sharon Schardin, Janice Cronkhite , Cindy Stalheim, Debbie Hyink, Lauren Poppen, Dennis Peterson, Scott Purintun. Nadine Hannah, Pat Poppen, Dianne Ogren, Maureen Cummins, Georgia Krieger, Gladys Farr, Felice Schulte. Jeannie Van E)yke, Donna Hulbert, Mary Myers, Debra Kaufman. Jim Borgstadt, Curt Wallum, Mavis Hauff. STUDENT COUNCIL STANDING: Left to Right, Danny Spader, Charles Schultz, Mr. Winters, Linda Larson, Vance Magnuson, Terry Long. SEATED: Left to Right, Dianne Ogren, Gary Lee, Gene Skyberg, Diane McKibben, Gladys Farr, Janice Lee. SENIOR AND JUNIOR F. H. A. FOURTH ROW: Debra Kaufman, Jane Smith, Gale Bitner, Laurel Abrahamson, Michala McCue, Cindy Stalheim, Linda Larson, Margaret Johnson, Linda Kruse, Marla LaBore, Helen Heitmann, Ila Tande. THIRD ROW: Donna Brusse, Mary Myers, Georgia Krieger, Sharon Schardin, Linda Johnson, Pat Poppen Micki Moe, Janice Cronkhite, Rose Lee, Kay Alger, Mana Rae Albrecht. SECOND ROW: Cathy Purrington, Helen Kipp, Margaret Carroll, Denise Smith, Marilyn Paulson, Donna Hulbert, Maureen Cummins, Mavis Hauff, Rosalyn Grafing, Judy Ryland, Patty Aalbers, Mrs. Speaker, Carolyn Schwartz. ' ’ FIRST ROW: Dianne Ogren, Felice Schilte. SEATED: Debbie Hyink, Glennette Halverson, Jackie Hannah, Kay Halverson, Portia Dannenbring, Diane McKibben, Nadine Hannah, Cynthia Abrahamson. SOPHOMORE AND FRESHMEN F. H. A. FOURTH ROW: Donna Van Dyke, Debbie Gunderson, Nanette Palmlund, Patty Kruse, Janice Purrington, Judy Munger, Julie Widman, Marilyn Albrecht, Kathy Price, Betty Petersen, Diane Heller, Susan Price, Vicki Widman, Pam Bau, Marlys Carroll, Becky Krick. THIRD ROW: Becky Johnson, Margaret Larson, Nancy Smith, Roberta Johnson, Robyn Slaight, Roberta Hanson, Nancy Fox, Sandra Kaufman, Diane Smith, Betty Pratt, Angie McCue, La Vonnne, Pitman, Mary Lynn O'Keefe. SECOND ROW: Roberta Zeller, Gladys Farr, Lew Dannenbring, Joan Serfling, Jill Grothe, Carol Montross, Mary Lynn Johnson, Sheri Moe, Diane Larson, Cindy Wallum, Jackie Rounsville, Susan Cronkhite, FIRST ROW: Bonnie Akkerman, Pam Neu, Laurie Pederson, Ten Halverson, Vivian Muser, Rose Ann McAdaragh, Margaret Hayden, Mary Kay Boehm, Judy Seeley, Nancy Bitner, Jane Spencer, Kay O'Keefe, Wanda Siver. SEATED: Marcia Serfling, Carolyn Wendel, Linda Snyder, Sharon Wienk, Jackoline Hanson, Janice Lee, LuAnn Garry, Linda Ogren, Jeanie Halverson, Veda Wallum. F. F. A. FOURTH ROW: THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: SEATED: Lex Dannenbring, Steve Carmon, Ronnie Montross, Steve Palmlund. Craig Johnson, Gale Larson, Curt Poppen, Wally Grafing, Richard Dugdale, Kenny Wallenstein, Tom Hayden. Steve Johnson, Greg Gruenhagen, Loren Wendel, Jim Cummins, Jerry Pollock, George Johnson, Richard Wells. Steve Hayden, Lee Dannenbring, Scott Sprang, George Hulbert, Jamie Combs, Randy Johnson, Dennis Tingle, Tom Fox. Gene Skyberg, Ronnie Blachford, Merle Poppen, Mr. Gebur. DECLAM THIRD ROW: Nadine Hannah, Roberta Johnson, LeAnn Rounsville, Marcia Serfling, Margaret Johnson, Scott Purintun, Lex Dannenbring, Danny Spader. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Walkow, Miss Mortimer, Diane Heller, Linda Snyder, Debbie Gunderson, Kay Halverson, Georgia Krieger, Jackie Rounsville, Donna Hulbert, Tom Hayden, Scott Jensen. FIRST ROW: Becky Johnson, Gladys Farr, Joan Serfling, Sandra Kaufman, Jill Grothe, Margaret Hayden, Mavis Hauff, Portia Dannenbring, Lew Dannenbring, Rose Ann McAdaragh. DECLAM WINNERS Humorous Portia Dannenbring Local-Superior District- Superior Region-Excellent ORATORY Scott Purintun Local-Superior District- Superior DECLAM TROPHY POETRY Kathy McDonnell Local-Superior District- Excellent DRAMATIC Nadine Hannah Local-Superior District-Excellent DEBATE FOURTH ROW: THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: Mrs. Walkow, Jamie Combs, Randy Schmidt, Mark Wallace, Scott Purintun, David Bell, Scott Jensen, Loren Poppen. Linda Snyder, Roberta Johnson, Diane Heller, Marcia Serfling, Ronnie Olson, Richard Wells, Tom Cecil. Gladys Farr, Kay Halverson, Georgia Krieger, Kay Alger, Kathy Price, Vicki Widman, Veda Wallum. Debbie Hyink, Sharon Wienk, Nancy Smith, Mary Myers, Margaret Hayden. LIBRARIANS SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: SEATED: Rosalyn Grafing, Kay Alger, Margaret Johnson, Roberta Hoek, LeAnn Rounsville, Mr. Mundhenke. Mavis Hauff, Felice Schulte, Gerry Lynn Harris, Cynthia Abrahamson, Diane McKibben, Debra Kaufman, Marcia Serfling. Kay Halverson, Janice Cronkhite, Nadine Hannah, Portia Dannenbring, Linda Larson. BULLDOG CADETS BACK ROW: JoAnn Pitman, THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: . Carolyn Schwartz, Michala McCue, Karen Johnson. Jeannie Halverson, Linda Larson, Becky Krick, Sandra Munger. Susan Price, Janice Olson, Patsy McAdaragh, Rose Ann McAdaragh. Jackie Hannah, LeAnn Rounsville, Sharon Schardin, Wanda Siver. Also a member: Linda Johnson B CHEERLEADERS TOP: Kaye Lynn O'Keefe LEFT TO RIGHT: LuAnn Garry, Mary Lynn Johnson BOTTOM: Mary Lynn O'Keefe A CHEERLEADERS TOP: Micki Moe LEFT TO RIGHT: Diane McKibben, Debbie Hyink, Mana Rae Albrecht KINDERGARTEN-MRS. BELZER, Morning TOP ROW: Cynthia Robish, Peggy Jones, Lori Lee, Robin Wallum, Carol Johnson, Karen Bau. SECOND ROW: John Coughlin, Tom Armstrong, Randy Cavanaugh, Wayne Lloyd, Joey Hayden, Joel Kickland, Ricky Schultz. FIRST ROW: Lynette Wendel, Kathy Smith, Tracy Graff, Susan Aanenson, Kim Gross, Valarie Ogren, Renae Larson. KINDERGARTEN-MRS. BELZER, Afternoon TOP ROW: Doug Janssen, Eric Leckey, Julie McCaskell, Nancy Kott, Debra Gebur, Todd Long, Douglas Hoey. SECOND ROW: Rodney Cundy, Joanne Grothe, Jeffrey Sweesy, Lowell Johnson, Doyle Langland, Tony Siebrecht. FIRST ROW: Kelly Broderson, Susan Ostrem, Mary Stadem, Nyla Gronewold, Susan Kuiper. 1ST. GRADE-MRS. LESTER TOP ROW: Theresa Johnson, Jeanne Langland, Kim Bau, Jacqueline Anderson, Jay Purintun. THIRD ROW: Shellie Gilbertson, Randy Holland, Scotty Hein, Gary Penny, Dennis Janssen. SECOND ROW: Lisa Peterson, Mark McCue, Connie Smith, Terry Williams, Melanie Williams. FIRST ROW: Ricky Albrecht, Bret Hof, Debra Griffith, DeAnn Hanson. NOT PICTURED: Judon Siebrecht, Connie Kaufman 1ST. GRADE-MISS LARSON TOP ROW: Melanie Spader, Laurie Albrecht, Jane Larson, Kevin Kruger, Mike Johnson, Mark Johnson, Joan Klinkel. SECOND ROW: Marylu Johnson, Ross Petersen, Marjorie Smith, Billy Coughlin, Lyle Gronewald, Timmy Gehm. FIRST ROW: Cindy Pratt, Patricia Hayden, Kevin Sheffield, Janet Steen, Gary Dierkson, Perry Colwell. 2ND GRADE-MRS. JOHNSON TOP ROW: Scott Moe, Kim Broderson, James Gebur, Bradley Schardin, Terry Pratt, Kay Wallum, Mark Spencer. Susan Hendricks, Cynthia Lloyd, Mona Peterson, Bonnie Holland, Pam Jacob, Patty Logan, rmcr d RO v : Sherry Neu, Molly Feaster, Laurie Snyder, Diane Bjordahl, Jeffery Albrecht, David Ward. FIRST ROW: Guy Gronewald, Donald Griffith, Billy Maguire, James Coughlin, Roger Watters. NOT PICTURED: Janie Garry, Dawn Harty 2ND GRADE-MRS NAEVE TOP ROW: Mary Stalheim, Rhonda Lee, Bonnie Purrington, John Anderson, Monte Gummer, Charles Aanenson, Timothy Gehm. THIRD ROW: Kent Munger, Leslie Johnson, Mary Wade, Laurie Pollock, Debora Heller, David Widman Loren Bitner. ’ SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: ar®n Stewart, Mark Hoek, Douglas Field, Sheila Gilbertson, Kathryn Kott, Jem Hof. Madalyn Hanson, Stacia Ogren, Connie Borah, Kim Slaight, Colleen McDonnell. 3RD GRADE-MRS. CASPER TOP ROW: Marty Lien, William Logan, Nancy Skyberg, Nancy Cecil, Daniel Anderson, Robert Schutt, Janice Palmlund. THIRD ROW: Tim Johnson, Pamela Janssen, Kelly Schwartz, Caryn Moe, Shon Slaight, Kevin Broderson, Kevin Rydbom. SECOND ROW: Jimmy Rodney, Patrick Hanson, Tammy Gehm, Wanda Hanson, Scott McCaskell, Joey Pratt. FIRST ROW: Brent Mundhenke, Mona Rae Cundy, Susanne Coughlin, Gwendolyn Farr, Randy Ogren. 3RD. GRADE-MRS. JUNKER TOP ROW: Cindy Bruvee, Janet Hendricks, Kevin Spader, Raymond Kerr, Janae Harris, Steven Palmer, Randell Janssen. THIRD ROW: Craig Bjordahl, Steven Bell, Philip Smith, Carla Hein, Jolynn Johnson, Claus Smith. SECOND ROW: Connie Steen, Kenneth Bau, Karen Sorenson, Dawn Gunderson, Linda Iverson, Patricia Ward. FIRST ROW: Ronald Penny, Susan Leckey, Kevin Baumberger, Scott Corbin, Vicky Williams. 4TH GRADE-MRS. DANNENBRING TOP ROW: Dennis Hellar, Chris Geyer, Mark Stalheim, Alan Smith, Glenda Johnson, Larry Dierkson, Vicky Schubloom. THIRD ROW: Clifford Beck, Karla Anderson, Janelle Serfling, Gordon Skyberg, Douglas Bell, Glen Wienk. SECOND ROW: Brian Cougiilin, Karen McDonnell, Dayle Field, Debra Iverson, Donna Bitner. FIRST ROW: Steven Munger, Judy Bitner, Greg Albrecht, Jill Abrahamson. 4TH GRADE-MRS. UNDERWOOD TOP ROW: Nancy Kaufman, Joel Bau, Judy Logan, Robert Wells, Janice Kerr. THIRD ROW: Stephen Stadem, Steven Kruger, Curtis Hein, Eddie Snyder, Richard Zeller, Billy Albrecht. SECOND ROW: Marcia Goreham, Tammy Reese, Cindy Spader, Kerin Vallery, Janelle Gruenhagen, Connie Van Dyke. FIRST ROW: Jeanne Combs, Vikki Irvin, Cathy Borah, Jan Larson, Gerald Farr, Jeff Mundhenke. 5TH CRADE-MRS. STABBE TOP ROW: Wendy Johnson, Sam Geyer, Neil Palmlund, LeAnn Moe, Mary Purintun, Judy Johnson, Sandra Palmer. THIRD ROW: Vicki Slaight, Steven Stewart, Barbara Lloyd, Gary Steen, Carson Aanenson, Rodney Petersen, SECOND ROW: Denis Borah, Jon Hof, Brad Pratt, Brad Jensen, Bob Pratt. FIRST ROW: Jani Wallum, Myma Hoek, Jan Cummins, Gail Corbin. 5TH GRADE - MISS ROGERS TOP ROW: Bonnie Bitner, Jeanne Burvee, Chris Dugdale, Nancy Aalbers, Bradley Albrecht, Kathy Tibbetts, Gayle Grothe. Steven Hanson, Brian Garry, Jody Rounsville, Terry Gilbertson, Richard Smith, Cindy Logan. SECOND ROW: Marsha Hagel, Theresa Hayden, Debra Gronewald, Pam Tingle, Susan Lee. FIRST ROW: Elvis Van Dyke, Ross Minier, Scott Myers, Bradley Klinkel. NOT PICTURED: Lonna Bowes 6TH GRADE-MRS. FRANZEN TOP ROW: Miles Siebelts, Gary Springer, Joan Wallace, Merri Dierkson, Diane Schardin, Jill Larson, Cathy Penny. THIRD ROW: Sally Feaster, Curtis Bau, Kevin Bjordahl, Cheryl Washburn, LuAnn Klinkel, Joanne Sorenson. SECOND ROW: Kent Sckerl, Patty McDonnell, James Ogren, Craig Wallum, David Johnson. FIRST ROW: Joey Coughlin, Mark Johnson, Dan Gunderson. NOT PICTURED: Susan Kellar 6TH GRADE-MRS. SMITH TOP ROW: Nanette Poppen, Rita Smith, Janelle Parkhurst, Margene Kracht, Julia Ward, Dale Storhaug. THIRD ROW: Randy Beck, Duane Wade, Carol Carpenter, Connie Widman, Craig Baumberger, Donald Hein. SECOND ROW: Carolyn Kerr, Gloria Bitner, Peter Stadem, Dennis Goreham, Gary Borgstadt. FIRST ROW: Alan Jacob, Sandra Wienk, Ross Bjordahl, John Hauff. 7TH GRADE-MRS. MAGUIRE TOP ROW: Loren McCue, Donald Smith, Joel Snyder, James Field, James Carpenter, James Rounsville, Vicke Schmidt, Barbara Bell, Janelle Klinkel. SECOND ROW: Denise Pratt, Joan Baumberger, Elizabeth Palmer, Loraine Muilenberg, Annette Heitmann, Lori Garry, Cecile Bjordahl, Jan Brusse, Jean Glover, Mary Krick. FIRST ROW: David Mundhenke, Paul Hoek, David Carmon, Terry Dierkson, John Hildebrandt, Carol Johnson, Dawn Johnson, Debra Brown. 7TH GRADE-MISS ANDERSON TOP ROW: Dawn Carmon, Paula Carroll, Laurel Kellar, Robert Beasecker, Stanley Myers, Ronald Albrecht, Mary Jo Hoy, Dawn Johnson, Patricia Tibbetts, Kathy Sheffield. SECOND ROW: Diane Carmon, Lori Kickland, Conda Hanson, Pamela Pederson, Marnell Purrington, Becky Akkerman, Rose Van Dyke, Judy Siver. FIRST ROW: Mark Neu, Thomas Long, Steven Anderson, Ronald Kaufman, Mark Bjordahl, Calvin Stewart, Randy Petersen, William Halverson. 8TH GRADE-MR. SPRANG TOP ROW: Greg Krieger, Mike Carroll, Kim Wallum, Wayne Leckey, Glen Wendel, Marvin McCune, Dirk Poppen, Brian Borgstadt, Gary Schwartz. SECOND ROW: Cindy Kadinger, Connie Penny, Diane Kott, Shirley Palmlund, Jean Wade, Elizabeth Poppen, Janice Schardin, Debbie Peterson, Susan Corbin. FRONT ROW: Shelley Cummins, Larry Beck, Greg Hagel, Donnie Pollock, Danny Johnson, Rod Smith, Mark Harris, Bob Minier, Bergie Belzer. 8TH GRADE-MR. NAEVE BACK ROW: Gary McDonnell, Melvin Johnson, Marvin Olson, Jillaine Wallum, Julia Skyberg, Mark Purintun, Bruce Meyer, Gregory Carmon, Thomas Halverson. MIDDLE ROW: Rodney Combs, Paul Pirlet, Rick Johnson, Tracey Petersen, Kari Lee, Kathy Davis, Rebecca Zeller, Richard Abrahamson, Clayton McCue, Mr. Naeve. FRONT ROW: Terry Aalbers, Diane Robish, Rose Ann Dugdale, Cheryl Slaight, Connie Stalheim, Sharon Borah, Judy Coughlin, Julie Larson, Neil Wienk. NOT PICTURED: Patricia Peckenpaugh B-BAND BACK ROW: Pam Pederson, Jannette Brusse, Mr. Lindbloom. FOURTH ROW:Robert Beasecker, Mary Margaret Krick, Greg Krieger, Judy Coughlin, Shelley Cummins, THIRD ROW: Bergie Belzer, Barbara Bell, Densie Pratt, Laurel Kellar, Tracey Peterson, Patty Peckenpaugh. SECOND ROW: Mark Harris, Don Pollock, Marnell Purrington, Jim Carpenter, Paul Hoek, Stan Myers, Dawn Carmon, Rodney Combs. FIRST ROW: Marilyn Smith, Mary Jo Hoy, Cecile Bjordahl, Rick Johnson, Julie Larson, Diane Kott, Debbie Brown, Billy Halverson. GRADE CHEERLEADERS STANDING: Bergie Belzer, Lori Garry, KNEELING: Kari Lee, Lori Kickland. JR. HIGH FOOTBALL TOP ROW: Mr. Sprang-Coach, Larry Beck, Gary McDonnell, Greg Hagel, Paul Pirlet, Donny Pollock Loren McCue. MIDDLE ROW: Don Smith, Greg Krieger, Tom Halverson, Marvin McCune, Mark Purintun, Marvin Olson, Wayne Leckey. FIRST ROW: Jim Rounsville, John Hildebrandt, Clayton McCue, Randy Peterson, Bill Halverson, Jim Carpenter. JR. HIGH BASKETBALL TOP ROW: Mark Bjordahl, Ron Albrecht, Rod Smith, Paul Hoek, Greg Krieger, Randy Peterson, Wayne Leckey, Steve Anderson, Brian Borgstadt, Loren McCue, Mr. Sprang-Coach, Mark Neu. MIDDLE ROW: Danny Johnson, Clayton McCue, Tom Halverson, Melvin Johnson, Gary Schwartz, Jim Rounsville. FIRST ROW: John Hildebrandt, Marvin McCune, Glen Wendel, Mark Purintun, Larry Beck. JUNIOR HIGH GIRL'S GLEE BACK ROW: Barbara Bell, Kari Lee, Patty Tibbetts., Jean Wade, Pam Pederson, Shirley Palmlund, Dawn Johnson, Mary Jo Hoy, Mamell Purrington, Janice Schardin, Janelle Klinkel, Mary Margaret Krick, Denise Pratt. THIRD ROW: Mrs. Luitjens, Connie Stalheim, Kathy Davis, Tracey Peterson, Diane Kott, Debbie Peterson, Vickie Schmidt, Marilyn Smith, Diane Carmon, Becky Akkerman, Judy Coughlin, Bergie Belzer, Cheri Slaight. SECOND ROW: Kathy Sheffield, Cindy Kadinger, Shelly Cummins, Rose Van Dyke, Connie Penny, Laurie Keller, Jean Glover, Dawn Carmon, Rose Ann Dugdale, Julie Larson, JanBrusse. FIRST ROW: Annette Heitmann, Loraine Muilenberg, Cecile Bjordahl, Judy Siver, Dawn Johnson, Conda Hanson, Paula Carroll, Lori Kickland, Lori Garry, Debbie Brown, Carol Johnson. GRADE MIXED CHORUS TOP ROW: Barbara Bell, Kari Lee, Patty Tibbetts, Jean Wade, Kim Wallum, David Carmon, Stan Myers, Jim Carpenter, Wayne Leckey, Marvin Olson, Marvin McCune, Janelle Klinkel, Mary Krick. THIRD ROW: Kathy Davis, Tracey Petersen, Pam Pederson, Calvin Stewart, Billy Halverson, Joel Snyder, Loren McCue, Greg Krieger, Gary Schwartz, Melvin Johnson, Mamelle Purrington, Janice Schardin, Cheri Slaight, Denise Pratt. SECOND ROW: Connie Stalheim, Kathy Sheffield, Cindy Kadinger, Diane Kott, Greg Carmon, Mark Bjordahl, Dirk Poppen, Richard Abrahamson, Ricky Johnson, Diane Carmon, Judy Coughlin, Bergie Belzer, Rose Ann Dugdale, Julie Larson. FIRST ROW: Annette Heitmann, Loraine Muilenberg, Cecile Bjordahl, Judy Siver, Shelly Cummins, Paul Hoek, Wayne Wienk, Tom Long, Danny Johnson, Jan Brusse, Debbie Brown, Carol Johnson. SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS: MRS. BAU STANDING: Carol Kadinger, Larry Wendel, Shari Sass, Helen Elvic. SITTING: Julie Nesson, Curtis Wendel. DR. VERNON BEASECKER PEOPLES STATE BANK WARD'S STORE COAST TO COAST STYLE SHOP WAYNE'S TEXACO PEAVEY ELEVATOR KLINKEL’S TAVERN RECREATION DE SMET DRY CLEANERS DE SMET LUMBER COMPANY T. J. WILLIAMSON SONS FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY CITY BAKERY MERLE E. PRATT, Heating, Refrigeration Air Conditioning 206 SERVICE AND SUPPLY McDonnell body shop WIKA-JENSEN INSURANCE AGENCY EGGEN WILKINSON DR. ROBERT BELL LONG'S SUPER VALU KETELSEN FUNERAL HOME MOBIL OIL COMPANY IRVIN WOODWORKING LORRAINE'S BEAUTY SHOP LORANE'S CAFE FRENZ STUDIO DE SMET MOTOR COMPANY DE SMET VETERINARY SERVICE Merwyn T. Leckey, D. V. M. Verlon Vallery, D. V. M. ED'S STANDARD SERVICE STATION AUGHENBAUGH ANGUS FARM HOTEL DE SMET KINGSBURY ELECTRIC CO-OP INC. SY'S TAVERN HARVEY’S JACK JILL NELSON HARDWARE PESCHL LOCKER COTTAGE INN HYINK FURNITURE HARDWARE GREEN GREEN RYLAND'S MEN'S WEAR THE DE SMET NEWS DE SMET LUMBER COMPANY FLOYD'S JEWELRY HUISENGA APPLIANCE KRIEGER'S BEN FRANKLIN FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY IVERSON'S DE SMET AUTO SALES O’KEEFE IMPLEMENT STORE UNITED BUILDING CENTER GLENN’S ELECTRIC STALHEIM INC. KEN ANN'S STANDARD BUCHELE DRUG STORE FRANK'S BARBER SHOP DE SMET VETERINARY SUPPLY Clinton Hof, D. V. M. BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY John Schulte, Manager (issue of September 7) Elect Cheerleaders in A and B Squads for De Smet High De Smet High School held its annual cheerleading try-outs Au- gust 30. The “A” cheerleaders are Deb- bie Hyink, Micki Moe, Mona Rae Albrecht and Diane McKibben. Mona Rae Albrecht was chosen captain, this by the other cheer- leaders. The “B” squad are to be Lee Ann Garry. Kaye Lynn O’Keefe. Lynnie Johnson and Mary Lynn O'Keefe. There were 17 girls com- There were 17 girls com- peting 2 Freshmen. 7 Sophomores. 5 Juniors and 3 Seniors. When voting for the cheer- leaders the student was to look for good eye contact, enthusiasm definite motions, good jumps, and always a smiling face. These qualities desired in a good cheer- leader were listed at the top of the ballot sheet. (issue of September 14) Freshmen Elect Officers, Student Council Members The Freshmen class held its first meeting Friday, electing its student council representatives. They are Janice Lee and Terry Long. Other Freshmen class officers are: president. Pat Rodney; vice president. LuAnn Garry; secre- tary. Lynnie Johnson; treasurer, Carroll Montross. Bulldogs Down Elkton The Bulldogs went to Elkton Friday and defeated the Elks by a score of 12-0. the touchdowns made by Jim Siver and Tom Hein. Siver ran six yards at thebegin- ning of the fourth quarter for his touchdown and Hein ran five yards for his in the middle of the quart- er. Both extra point efforts failed. De Smet made 11 first downs, Elkton 1. Bulldogs offensiveplays numbered 66. for the Elks27; fum- bles. 3 to 6; total yards gained, 206 to 34. The Bulldogs will have Sioux Valley of Volga for the first home game Friday evening. • Land Judging School Held Saturday For Schools of District The De Smet FF A Chapter will be host at a land judging school Monday, in which eight schools of a district will be present. At this school, students will learn how to rotate crops, what kind of crops should be grown on dif- ferent soils, andmanyotherthings. • • British Young Farmer Visited De Smet FFA Bob Collier, a young farmer from England, who has been in the United States on a three-month tour since August 1, visited the De Smet FFA Chapter September 3 and 4. He is a member of the English organization , Young Farmer’s Club, which is similar to Future Farmers of America. Each year several FFA members tour Eng- land and YFC members tour the United States and Bob has been visiting various South Dakota FFA Chapters. He stayed at the Leslie Dannen- bring farm home and on the after- noon of the 4th he was taken on a tour of the De Smet industrial sights. From here he went to Milbank. • • (issue of September 21) Student Council Holds Meetings The student council has held meetings planned September 5 and 12, with Homecoming October 6. Descision was reached at the first meeting to have a theme f jr Homecoming floats, and to dis- cuss music for the dance. At the September 12 meeting the student council chose a Home- coming theme. Song Titles Old and New. The council received a letter from the Iroquois school inviting De Smet students to its Home- coming dance. September 22. Similar invitations are being sent to Iroquois. Willow Lake. Lake Preston. Bancroft and Erwin for the Homecoming dance here Oc- tober 6. The student council will meet once a week until October 6 from then on they will meet every other week. Officers Elected Newswette A newswette meeting was call- ed to order by Editor Rosalyn Grafing. September 12 to elect a co-editor. Laurel Abraham son, chosen for the office. She will take over next year as editor. This year’s staff is: Nadine Hamah. Mavis Hauff. Linda Lar- son, Patty Poppen, Gene Skyberg, Lee Dannenbring. Linda Johnson, Cynthia Abrahamson. Kay Alger, Margaret Johnson, Sharon Schar- din, Linda Kruse, Denise Smith, Jean Van Dyke. Janis Cronkhite, Georgia Krieger, Tom Fox and Roberta Hoek. (issue of September 28) SENIOR ON PARADE In the De Smet Hospital on December 21, 1949, our next Sen- ior on Parade was bom: Larry Akkerman. six feet and 180pounds. He was born to MR AND Mrs. Alvin Akkerman. He was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Akkerman. Larry likes football and basket- ball, for sports, and when asked what his favorite foods were, he added all plain foods. Heespecially likes Chevrolets for cars and also eqjoys drag racing. You’ll find him. usually, fixing up cars. too. His favorite actor is Steve Mc- Queen and actress Annette Funi- cello. He said his favorite movie was “Hell’s Angels’’. Larry’s pet peeve is people who can’t take a joke. His ad- vice to freshman is:” Workhard’’. • Band News The De Smet High School band of 60 peices under the direction of Jerald Lindbloom traveled to Huron State Fair for an after- noon and an evening performance. In the afternoon the band played from 12:45 until 1:45 for the Thrillcade Show and that evening played from 6:55 until 8:00 for the late model stock car races. The band left Huron that night at 10:30. The band will play at all of the home football games, includ- ing the one on Homecoming. On October 14. the band will travel tc Sioux Falls for the Augustana Homecoming parade, the event to be televised. It will go to one other home- coming but it has not been de- cided which one as yet. For the marching band. Scott Purintun will be the drum major, Mary O’Keefe and Diane McKib- ben the flag twirlers. and Kay Halverson and Kay O’Keefe the baton twirlers. DEBATE “Resolved: That Congress Should Establish Uniform Regu- lations to Control Criminal In- vestigation Procedures is the topic for this year's De Smet High School debate squad. The debate squad, consising of 16 students under the super- vision of the debate coach. Mrs. Donald Wolkow. began the season by attending a debate workshop at Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls Thursday. This workshop will be followed by eight or nine debate tournaments during the year. (issue of October 5) SENIOR ON PARADE The hospital reports at Sisse- ton. South Dakota, on March 20. 1950. announced the arrival of a bouncing baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Hartney Andrisen. They named him Craig Allen Andrisen. Craig is 5 fot. 6 in. tall, with brown hair and eyes. Some of his favorites are: color, blue; movie. Born Loser; singers. Young Rascals, actor, Paul Newman, ac- tress. Jane Fonda; and saying. “Sure? . His favorite sports are golf, basketball, and skiing, while his hobby is sleep when he can get it. Craig’s pet peeve is doing chemistry. His ideal girl has to be good looking and have a great person- ality. Craig says his most memor- able experience in D.S.H.S. was meeting Curt Asleson. Jerry Davis and Larry Hein. His plans for the future are to attend the University of South Dakota or to be a professional bum. Craig's advice to freshman is, “Get lots of sleep on Sunday night, because it is a long five days. � • • Second at Britton For Bulldog Runners; Place at Bradley The Bulldog cross country team placed second at the Britton In- vitational Meet Wednesday. Sept. 27, this behind Clear Lake, one of the better cross country teams in the area. There were 11 teams and 57 r nners in the event. Steve Hayden led the locals, finishing 6th. his time 9:56 for the 1.8 miles, followed closely by Dale Van Dyke. 7th. Tom Fox was 14th and Mike Coughlin 19th. Individual winner was Loren Kombestad of Bristol, running the distance in 9:44 minutes. The De Smet runners were at Clear Lake for its invitational event yesterday. A duel event is scheduled for De Smet Monday, with Volga the guest team, at 3:45 p.m. The State University invitation- al event at Brookings brought third place for De Smet Bulldogs, com- peting with over 100 runners from 11 schools. Dale Van Dyke plac- ing 11th with a time of 12:39 for the 2.2 miles. Steve Hayden placed 28th with 13:24 time. Ed Wilkinson 29th, 13.25. Tom Fox 36th. 13.43 and Mike Coughlin 37th. 13.44. Ail in Readiness For Homecoming Tonight, Tomorrow Excitement mounts as Home- coming nears for De Smet high school, with the voting on the king and queen holding high in- terest for Thursday evening Candidates for King are Jim Johnson. Curt Wallum, Gary Lee and Bill Wilkinson. Nominated for Queen are Mona Rae Albrecht. Rosalyn Grafing. Nadine Hannah and Diane McKibben. Coronation comes at 7:30 Thursday (this) evening at the school auditorium, with a pep meet- school auditorium. with a pep meeting to follow. The band will play. The parade is scheduled for 1:30 Friday, with the float theme. Songs Old and New. The Bulldogs will have the Willow Lake Pirates for competi- tion in the game at 7:30 Friday evening. A Homecoming dance will close the event. “Ma s Boys” to pro- vide the music. • Buldogs Recover From Early Setback To Win at Preston The Bulldogs trounced Lake Preston on a visit there Friday evening for the Homecoming event, but only after taking a setback as the Divers scored twice in open- ing minutes of the game. The final score was 32-13 as the hosts were held scoreless through the remainder of the game. Tom Hein scored two touch- downs and Bill Wilkinson, one. LARRY Hein made two conversions. In a game with 146 yards gained outstanding offensive players were Tom Hein. Jim Johnson and Bill Wilkinson. Standouts defensively were George Widman and Larry Hein. The Bulldogs had suffered de- feat a week earlier on a visit to Wessington Springs, the score. 26-7. De Smet was able to make but 111 yards rushing, to 221 by Wess- ington. 11 first downs to the hosts’ 11. Tom Hein made the only touch- down for De Smet. Larry Hein making the conversion. • • OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS Oct. 1 Roberta Johnson 2. Kathy McDonnell (issue of October 12) SENIOR ON PARADE “Have fun but learn something for your later life. This is th« advice of Curtis Lynn Asleson. next Senior on Parade. Curt was born in Volga Novem- ber 15, 1949. He has light brown hair and blue eyes. His most memorable experience is the plays the Advanced Speech Class put on last spring. He also had a part in the Junior Class play. Some of the things Curt likes best are: food, steak; color, blue; song. Poor Side of Town; singer, Johnny Rivers; movie, Ride the Wild Surf; actor, Ben Gazzara: actress. Sophia Loren. He Hists his favorite subject as American Government. Curt is very active in the field of sports. He has participated in “D“ Club. 1.2.3.4; football. 1.2.3, 4; basketball. 1.2; track. 1.2.3. • • • Bulldogs Take Victory In Homecoming Game De Smet successfully defended its Lake Central Conference Crown Friday night by defeating Willow Lake 24-6 at Homecoming The Bulldogs scored first on a pass from Jim Johnson to Tom Hein, fleet-footed half-back, and again on a quarter-back sneak Then elusive half-back Ron Blach- ford scored on a seven-yard run. and hard-hitting full-back Bill Wil- kinson smashed over for another touchdown. Willow Lake’s lone touchdown came on a 15-yard run by Brian Thorson. Kenny Sprang was com- mended for his fine running from the fullback spot. • NEWS FROM DOWN UNDER Let’s take a peek at the second grade news for this week. We were all excited about the Home- coming parade! In school we’re learning the short vowel sounds. “Timothy Stadem. Karen Stew- art, Jim Coughlin. Daun Harty. Su- san Hendricks. Mark Spencer. Dav- id War, Mary Stalheim.and Kathy Kott had birthdays last month. Thank you second graders, for your news. • CLASS OF THE WEEK CHEMISTRY There are 31 students en- rolled in chemistry this year The CHEM Educational Material Study is the new book being used for reference. Work is being done in the lab three times a week on modern approaches for chem- istry. James Cheadle is the in- structor. (issue of October 19) Senior on Parade Our next senior on parade is Patty Aalbers. She was born at De Smet Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Aalbers. She likes pizza parties and girl get-togethers. Her pet peeves are someone who thinks they are bet- ter than others, and people who are always talking about their boy- friends She says she likes all movies, but her favorite actor is Elvis Presley. Her favorite song is Come Back When You Grow Up. Girl. She likes lavendar as her favorite color. Her most remembered exper- ience was when her whole family went to New Mexico for their va- cation two years ago. Her advice to the Freshmen is §tudy hard and don’t goof around until the last minute. School goes faster than you think. 2 Her ambition is to become a secretary. Patty lists her activities as: F.H.A.. 1,2.4; Junior Class Play. 3; Pep Club. 1,2.3.4. • • • Student Council Plans For Homecoming Ticket Sale The Student Council held a meeting to decide on prizes for the Homecoming floats. First prize was $3 and second was $2. Linda Larson and Janice Lee were put in charge of the Student Council bulletin board. The members may order Stu- dent Council pins. Terry Long and Charles Schultz were put in charge of season bas- ketball tickets, to report at the next meeting. • • F.H.A. Girls CoUect $83 In UNICEF Effort The De Smet Chapter of FHA held its second meeting Monday evening. Oct. 9. at the school house building. A short meeting was held, with discussion on plans for the Snow Ball, and the state F.H.A. Convention. Afterward the girls went around town trick or treat’n” for the UNICEF. Within a half a hour the girls collected approximately S83. Lunch was served following. Gene Skyfoeig Elected F.F.A. District President The FFA Ritual Contest was held at Willow Lake October 4, with five of the eight schools in District II participating. These schools were Brookings. Elkton. Madison Central. De Smet and Willow Lake. JUNIOR PLAY Practice forthe JuniorClass Play has begun. Members of the cast include Michala McCue as Kay Meredith. Kay Halverson as Judy Meredith. Robert Hoek as Lois Andrews. Scott Purintun as Steve Wood- ward. Jim Bowes as Tom Nolan. Cindy Stalheim as Madeline Ross. Bob Springer as Phil Hunter, Portia Dannenbring as Bessie Trotter. Danny Spader as G.T. Ellison, and Debbie Hyink as Miss Denny. All seems to be going well and it will prove to be very successful is the general report. • • • to National Convention Dennis Tingle. Lee Dannen- bring and George Johnson attend- ed the National FFA Convention at Kansas City. Mo.. October 11-13. One hundred and sixty boys from South Dakota left Sioux Falls by chartered bus to attend the con- vention sessions. The boys were guests at the American Royal Livestock show, which is the second largest in the United States. (issue of October 26) SENIOR ON PARADE Going to college and studying nursing are the future goals of our next senior on parade. Beth Belzer. Beth was born March 8. 195v, to Mr. and Mrs. Vern Belzer at Huron. Some of her favorites are: fried chicken; book, any love story, class, bookkeeping; movie. Dr. Zhivago, pastime, lis- tening to the radio or record player; pet peeve. People who think they know it all.” Her most memorable exper- ience in DHS was her participation in the play Oklahoma Beth's ideal boy must be tall and good-looking. When asked what year of high school she liked the best she chose her sophomore year because the subjects were easiest and it was the most fun. The activities in which Beth has taken part are: Band 1-2, Vocal music 2-3-4. FHA 1-2, Jun- ior Class secretary. • Band to Mitchell Satuiday for Second College Event The De Smet band attended Viking Days at Augustana College October 14. Even though the band had a broken snare drum head, Mr. Lindbloom was well satisfied with the performance. LCC Trophy, Third in State Meet, for Cross Country The cross country runners of De Smet high school continued the successful season with a first place and team trophy victory at the Lake Central Conference meet held at Willow Lake October 17. Dale Van Kyke led the field for the 2.2 mile run, his time 1314. followed by Ed Wilkinson, times at 13:25, the team taking all but third of the six leaders Steve Hayden took fourth, fol- lowing Speiker of Willow Lake, his time 13:35. Fifth place was taken by Mike Coughlin, 14:00, Tom Fox. sixth, with 14.02. • • • SENIOR ON PARADE Senior on Parade wishes to bring De Smet attention to James Lee Borgstadt. Jim was born to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Borgstadt on December 23, 1949, at the De Smet hospit- al. He has brown hair and match- ing eyes. Jim has many favorites such as Shows. Goldfinger and Thunder- ball; food, pizza; color, blue; group. The Beach Boys; song. Little Old Man. by Bill Cosby; subject, physics. Jim’s pet peeve is people who think they know everything. His goal is to make life worth living. Undefeated, Bulldog Victory at Arlington Brot LCC Title The Bulldogs ran their con- ference record to 6 wins with no losses. Friday night, by de- feating the Arlington Cardinal 36-7. De Se coe d irst on two five yeard runs, one each by Jim Johnson and Jim Siver. Then Lar- ry Akkerman caught two touch- down passes from Jim Johnson, and Jerry Smith caught a third for another touchdown. With the second half under way Tom Hein slipped by the Arlington defences slipped by the Arlington defenses for a 20-yard touchdown run. The whole De Smet squad saw action. Arlington’s only touchdown came on a pass interception by Curt Hacfchad Undefeated in the conference, the team wins the Lake Central trophy for the second consecutive year. (issue of October 26) Snow Queen Contest Attracts 12 Girls A snow queen! Isn’t it a lit- tle early for something like that? Really it’s not. These are just the preliminaries for a state- wide snow queen contest to beheld this winter. The second annual snow queen contest will be held October 28, at 7:30 p.m., at Iroquois school auditorium. DSHS would be very proud to have one of its 12 rep- resentatives win. They are: Patty Aalbers. Maur- een Cummins, Mona RaeAlbrecht, Rosalyn Grafing, GeorgiaKrieger, Nadine Hannah. Helen Heitman, Linda Larson, Diane McKibben, Micky Moe. Marilyn Paulson and Le Ann Rounsville. • (issue of November 2) SENIOR ON PARADE Philip Dean Carroll is our next Senior on Parade. Flip, as everyone in De Smet High School calls him. was born in Huron on January 4. 1950. Whe he was born he weighed 13 pounds and had blue eyes and red hair. Today he still has his blue eyes and red hair but weights 190 pounds. Some of Flip’s favorites are: Hobbies, hunting and just plain running around; food, steak; show. Born Losers', actess, Ann Mar- garet; actor. Dean Martin, song. Devil Woman Flip says his most ideal girl couldn’t be too short. She must have a good sense of humor, per- sonality. and she must like to have fun. The State B’s of 1967 is Flip’s most memorable experience. Among his activities throughout high school, he oists. Football 1, 2.3.4; Basketball 1.2,3.4; Track 1. and D Club 1.2,3,4. Flip still isn;t quite sure of what he is going to do after grad- uating from high school. • Season Scores Reviewed For Victorious Bulldogs The student body congratulate the football team for winning the I-ake Central Conference title for the year. The team was 6-0 in the conference. The scores for this year’s games were: Elkton. 12-0 Volga. 12-7 Lake Preston. 32-13 Willow Lake, 24-6 Howard, 20-13 Arlington. 42-7. Singe is Practicing For All State Choius All State Chorus members are working hard to prepare for the performance at Huron. November 10-11. Spot checks will be held the first day to see if the numbers are memorized, and this calls for many hours of practice. The singers are participating in a joint rehearsal at Brookings with several area schools each Monday night. This year's representatives are Roberta Hanson. Sandra Mung- er. Bob Springer and Dick Peter- son. Alternates are Jill Grothe, Debbie Hyink. Dennis Hendricks and Scott Purintun. • • B” Bulldog Squad Deafeats Volga 6-0 The De Smet “B;; football team downed a Sioux Valley team by a score of 6-0 in a game Oct- ober 24. Terry Long carried the ball on a kickoff return for 65 yards, to the five-yard line and Leslie Kracht went over for Kracht went over for the game's only touchdown. De Smet held Sioux Valley down to only one first down, while De Smet got 11. Offensively, Steve Hein and Terry Long were the best players, while defensively it was Mark Garry. Pat Rodney and Terry Long. (issue of November 9) SENIOR ON PARADE On June 30, 1949, Lee Dan- nenbring. our next Senior on Par- ade, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dannenbring in Parkston. He now has blond hair and blue eyes. Lee has many favorites and lists some of them as: Color.blue; movie. Red Line 7000; food, steak. He has gone to high school all four years in De Smet. Dur- ing these years of high school he says his most memorable ex- perience was his trip to Kansas City. He has belonged to FFA all four years. The advice Lee has for the Freshman is to study hard, but don’t let your studies get in the way of your high school activities all the time. • DECLAM A trophy was presented to De Smet for winning the district de- clam contest held in De Smet November 1. The eight towns participating were: Arlington. Bancroft, Car- thage, De Smet, Erwin, Iroquois, Lake Preston and Oldham. America’s Moral Crisis, giv- en by Delmer Wolkow of Erwin, received a superior rating in the oratory division. The Big Parade 3iven by Scott Purintun of De Smet received an Excellent. In the dramatics division a superior was given to Jo Harmon of Carthage on The Deires. Na- dine Hannah giving The Candle in the Dark, received an Excel- lent. • • SENIOR ON PARADE It was truly a red letter day on May 16. 1950, for Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Davis Jr., for on that day they became the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy. known to us as Jerry. He was born in De Smet and has always attended school here. While getting his education. Jerry was also in such activities as D Club; ’B’’ basketball 1. 2, 3, 4, track 1,2.3; and Junior Class play. When asked what he thought was the most memorable exper- ience he had in DHS, he replied Speech Class Play.” Of course Jerry is like every- one else-he has favorites, some of which are. Movie, Snow White and Seven Dwarves; actor. Bill Cosby; actress, Sophia Loren; and food, chicken. As a high and mighty Senior. Jerry gives this advice to Fresh- men, “Study hard, but have fun while you’re in high school . Senio is Make Decision On 1967-68 Annual The Seniors held a class meet- ing October 24 in the English III ROOM AT THREE o’clock. The main purpose of the meet- ing was to discuss whether to have plain or hard covered annuals The majority of the class wished to have the soft covered ones. This vote was then taken to the school board by Mr. Winters, to be voted upon there. A committee was chosen for the selection of class motto and colors. F.F.A. In Judging Contests Cooperate to Save Pheasants Ron Montross. Lee Dannen- bring. Gene Skyberg, Ron Blach- ford, Wally Grafing, and Loren Wendel attended a livestock and dairy judging school at South Da- kota State University last Saturday. They judged seven classes of dairy animals, three classes of hogs, two classes of cattle, three classes of sheep, and one class of grading of cattle on the hoof. (issue of November 16) SENIOR ON PARADE Our next Senior on Parade might be seen at the movie, Ride the Wild Surf, and would be wear- ing green, the color of money. He is Larry, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hein. He was born in De Smet on July 22, 1950. He has brown hair and blue eyes. His favorite class is chemistry. If he was seen listening to records his favorite song would be Red Rubber Ball. Johnny Rivers or the Monkees would most likely be the singers. Doris Day, his favor- ite actress, and Troy Donahue, his favorite actor, could interest him in any movie. He likes to participate in any sport except track. Larry’s advice to the under- classmen is: 'Goof off. but make sure you get good grades to have a good future to look forward to.” Larry lists his activities as: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Foot- ball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2. 3; D Club 1,2,3,4; Pep Club 1,2. ANNUAL STAFF MEETS The De Smet annual staff met November 7 to plan for annual pictures scheduled to be taken November 9 and 16. It was also confirmed that this year’s annuals will have soft covers as the student body voted unanimously in favor of them. • • • The Junior Class Play Topped School Record The Junior Class this year made a grand total of $268.75 on its play, Do You Trust Your Boyfriend? This is the most money any Junior Class has made on its play. Each member of the Junior Class had an important part in putting this play on. • • Local Declam Winner Gets Excellent Rating In District 3 Event Portia Dannenbring, the winner of a superior rating from the dis- trict declamation contest held in De Smet, accompanied by her di- rector, Mrs. Wolkow, went to Mad- ison November 8 to the Division 3 contest. Seven different schools competed in this contest for the right to go to the state contest. Portia received an Excellent rating. Mrs. Wolkow says the partici- pation and the hard work put into the declam pieces by the students made for a very successful year. (issue of November 23) SENIOR ON PARADE A bouncy baby boy with brown hair and blue eyes was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hayden in De Smet on January 30. 1950. He is Sephen John Hayden and now stands 5’ 9” tall. He lists his favorites as: Song. Last Kiss; singer, Nancy Sinatra; actor. Don Knotts; actress, Eva Gabor; movie, Dr. Zhivago; food, chocolate cake; sport, basketball; color, blue. Some activities in which he has participated are: Football 2.3; bas- ketball 2; track 1.2.3,4; NHS 2. 3,4; FHA 1,2,3.4; D Club 4. He advises underclassmen. “Don’t wait until your last two years to start having fun.” SENIOR ON PARADE Who’s got brown hair, blue eyes, is 5 feet and 3 1 2 inches tall, and was born on March 21, 1950, at Madison, South Dakota? Of course, our next Senior on Parade is Margaret Carroll. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Carroll. Some of Margaret’s favorites are: color, blue; hobby, dancing; food, steak; sport, basketball; ac- tor, Troy Donahue; actress, Haley Mills; and her ideal boy has to be considerate, polite, and have a great personality. Margaret’s most memorable experience at DHS was the Junior- Senior Prom. Her advice to Freshman is. “Study hard for you're in high school only a short time.” Her future plans are to attend Stewart’s School of Hairstyling. • School Band Players Treated to Show, Lunch, Dancing The De Smet High School held a party last Friday. November 10, as a reward in selling magazines, they all attending the show Dr. Zhivago Afterwardsthey returned to the school for lunch and dancing. The party was sponsored by the Band Mothers with members welcome to bring a guest. • November 14 was a very hap- py day for twenty-two students from D.H.S., as on this day they were taken into National Honor Society. The ceremony took place at the P-T-A meeting. Choice Miss Holiday Candidates Made Four candidates were chosen for the Miss Holiday contest by the Student Council at its meet- ing November 15. They are Mona Rae Albrecht, Diane McKibben, Rosalyn Grafing. and Nadine Han- nah. It was decided to buy an up- right popcorn machine to be used for the basketball concession stand. Booster buttons are to be sold by Student Council members to the grades. Junior and Senior high, faculty and anyone else who wishes to have one. • • Magazine Drive Net Exceeds Past Years For the past three years the De Smet Band has sold magazines. This year the members exceeded the goal of $1400.00. Prizes were selected by the top five sellers. These are 1st., Donnie Pollack, $132, 2d, Greg Gruenhagen, $103, 3rd, Maureen Cummins, $87. 4th, Veda Wallum, $83 and 5th, Kay Halverson, $82. Other members of the band won prizes such as dream pets and mas- cots. The total earning was approx- imately $600. The band is earning money to go to Rapid City in the spring. • Morals and Manners Subject for FHA A record attendance of 91 girls were present at FHA. Monday. No- vember 13, with 25 FF A boys pres- ent to participate in a program on morals and manners. Opening the evening was a series of skits presented by the Freshman FHA girls. Beep Beeps and How to get a Date” proved to be very humorous. The skits were followed by a panel discussion on almost every- thing, but it did originate from mor- als and manners. After the panel discussion the boys and girls split for their bus- iness meetings. Following the meetings, lunch was served by the girls. • • • BAND BOARD ELECTED The De Smet band has elected one delegate from each class to make up a band board. These are Diane McKibben, senior. Ed Wilkinson. Junior, Vance Mag- nuson. Sophomore and Veda Wal- lum. Freshman. (issue of December 7) SENIOR ON PARADE Mavis June Hauff was born June 5, 1950 in Minneapolis, Minne- sota. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shelly. When asked what her favorites were, she reported: Color, blue; song. “When lik- ing turns to loving,’ ; movie. “No Man is an Island”; actor, Steve McQueen; actress. Haley Mills; book. “Gone with the Wind”; food, pizza; subject, Home Ec. III. Mavis has blue eyes and blonde hair. She’s a short 5’3”. When asked what her ideal boy was she replied, ”6’ 2”, brown hair, brown eyes, wonderful personality, and is considerate.” Mavis’s most memorable ex- perience in DHS was the last half of her Sophomore year, starting on Christmas Day. Her advice to Freshmen is: “If you study hard, school goes faster, but always remember to have fun.” Mavis plans to attend South Da- kota State University and major in child development and become a nursery school teacher. Mavis’s activities are; FHA 1,2.3,4; Girl’s Glee Club 2,3,4; NHS 3,4; NHS, Sec. Treas, 4; Declam 2,3,4; Pep Club 1,2,3,4; Newsette Staff 3,4; Annual Staff 4; Senior Class Vice pres., 4; Li- brarian 4; Student Play Director3. SENIOR ON PARADE Guess who is 5' 7” tall, green eyes, ash blonde hair, and is graduating next Spring. She was born in Lake Preston on a cold January 18 morning in 1949 to Mr. and Mrs. Leo G. Heitmann and they named her Helen F ranees. Helen enjoys watching all sports, drawing, and dancing. Her favorite actor and actress are Troy Donahue and Sandra Dee. Pizza is her favorite food which she eats while she is watching “The Sound of Music.” The Junior and Senior Prom was her most memorable exper- ience in D.H.S. Next year she plans to attend a school of hairstyling. • SENIOR ON PARADE George L. Hulbert was born in Huron February 19, 1950, to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hulbert. Ife has brown hair and hazel eyes. His favorites are: food, hot- dogs; color, blue; sport, basket- ball; and saying. “ Youwanta bet?” George is going to trade school in Watertown after graduation. His advice to Freshmen is “Study Hard”. SENIOR ON PARADE Let’s play a guessing game, and see how you score. Who was born on May 29. 1950, at St. John;s Hospital in Huron? Her eyes and hair are brown, and she’s 5'5” tall. Her favorite color is blue, movie. Dr. Zhivage. and food, toast and honey. She says she’s got some real good teachers this year, and she likes all of them. Her favorite subject is Home Ec. Her advice to Freshmen is: “Try to spend as much time think- ing as you do talking.” Some of her activities at DHS have been FHA 1,2,3,4; librarian. 1,2,3.4; debate 1,2; Declam 3.4; NHS 3,4; Newsette 4; Annual Staff 3.4; Junior Class president; Drill team and Girl’s State. Have you guessed who she is? O f course, Nadine Louise Hannah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hannah. BULLDOGS WIN OVER ELKTON The De Smet Bulldogs opened the ’67-’68 basketball season last Tuesday with a decisive win over a high-powered Elkton ball club. Tom Hein was De Smet’s lead- ing scorer with 30 points, followed by Jim Johnson and Dennis Kruse with 11 and 10 respectively. Kruse hauled down 9 rebounds. For Elkton it was Dick Sievert and Ron Klostermen with 18 and 17 counters respectively. The game was Elkton’s second loss. • B Basketball The “B” basketball team con- sists of twelve players and Mr. Drake as the coach. The players are Glenn Klinkel, Fr.; Pat Rod- ney. Fr.; Terry Long. Fr.; Les Kracht, Fr.; Gary Goreham. Fr.; Robert Reese. Soph.; Vance Mag- nuson, Fr.; Scott Jensen, Soph.; Buddy Belzer. Soph.; Mike Cough- lin, Soph.; Dennis Washburn, Soph.; and Jim Skyberg. Soph. The Varsity team, coached by Mr. Luitjens has eleven players. They are Dave Andrison, Soph.; Tom Hein, Jr.; Scott Purintun, Jr.; Ed Wilkinson, Jr.; Randy Asleson, Jr.; Rod Kracht, Jr.; JimJohnson, Sr.; Dennis Kruse, Sr.; Larry Hein. Sr.; Larry Ackerman, Sr.; and Philip Carroll. Sr. Both teams were victorious in their first games. « DIANE McKIBBEN SELECTED Diane McKibben, Senior, was chosen at De Smet High School as candidate for the Miss Holiday contest at Huron. MAROON AND GOLD DAY De Smet High School observed the year’s first Maroon and Gold day, November 28. This is a day when all students wear something that’s maroon and gold to get into the school spirit and pep the play- ers on to a victory. • (issue of December 14) First Defeat of Season For Bulldogs by Volga The De Smet Bulldogs were defeated for the first time this season by the Sioux Valley Cos- sacks. Volga. December 5. The Bulldogs scored 61 points, but this wasn’t enough to beat Sioux Valley’s 67. High scorer for De Smet was Tom Hein with 22. Larry Hein made 17, Jim Johnson 10, Phil Carroll and Larry Akkerman each 4. Tom Hein and Phil Carroll left the game in the last few minutes with five fouls each. The “B” team continued unde- feated with their victory, 37-26. Glenn Klinkel was the high scorer for De Smet with 22 points. • SENIOR ON PARADE The most memorable exper- ience of our next Senior on Par- ade, Jim Johnson, is attending the State “B“ tournaments. Since Jim is very active in sports in D.H.S., he lists his activities as: Football, 1,2,3,4; basketball 1,2,3,4; track 1,2,3,4; Senior class president; Pep Club 1,2. He is a member of the News- ette staff. Jim is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Johnson. He was born on February 5. 1967, in Sioux Valley Hospital. Sioux Falls. Some of Jim’s favorites are: food, chicken; movie. Dr. Zhivago; song. Hello. Goodbye, by the Beat- les; actor. Paul Newman; actress, Julie Christie; singers. Sonny and Cher; band Paul Revere and the Raiders; year, Senior. “Make the most of your four high school years,” is his advice to the Freshman of DHS. After graduation Jim plans to attend college. � SCEDULE OF THE MONTH Dec. 15, Christmas Concert Dec. 19.Basketball: Artlington, there. Dec. 20, Grade Basketball: Car- thage, here. Dec. 22, Vacation begins. Dec. 27, Scouts, 3 p.m. SENIOR ON PARADE “Work hard, but have fun, be- cause the years flyby.” is Linda Mary Johnson s advice to the green and humble Freshmen of DHS. Huron was the hub of activity on December 28, 1949, as Mr. and Mrs. R.V. Johnson became proud parents. Linda s favorites seem tocome in twos. Some of these are: colors, mint green and gold; songs. Please Love Me Forever and Poor Side of Town; actors, Troy Donahue and Elvis Presley; actresses, Sandra Dee and Connie Stevens; singers. Bobby Vinton and John- ny Rivers; food, barbecued ribs; book. Black Like Me; saying. “Are you kidding?”; movie. Blue Hawaii; and her hobby is bowling. Going to the State “Bs” as a sophomore and the prom her Jun- ior year, are Linda’s most mem- orable experiences at DHS. Her one and only pet peeve is people who think they are bet- ter than anyone else. Her activities included: Mixed Chorus. 1,2,3,4; Girl’s Glee Club, 1.2,3.4; Triple Trio. 2.3; F.H.A. 1,2,3.4; Newsette. 3,4; Annual Staff. 3.4; Pep Club. 1.2,3,4; and Drill Team. 4. • CANDY STRIPERS Tuesday. December 5. Mrs. G. Robert Bell talked to all girls, ages 14 to 17, who are interested in being Candy Stripers. The Candy Stripers will do vol- unteer work in De Smet Memorial Hospital and also in the new De Smet nursing home when it is completed. Their work is scheduled to start soon after Christmas. • • • Tigers Defeat De Smet In Fourth Period Rally The Bulldogs were defeated on the Howard visit Friday evening by the score of 68-64. The Bull- dogs led through the ball game but could not hold off a fourth quarter Tiger rally in which a 12-point lead dwindled to a 4- point defeat. Leading the Bulldogs was Jim Johnson with 28 points followed by Phil Carroll with 12. Larry Hein played a good defensive ball- game. For the Howard Tigers Tim Raabe, Terry Callies and James Clark were outstanding. • • CHRISTMAS CONCERT The music department is pre- paring for its Christmas concert to be presented to the public Fri- day at 8 p.m. (issue of December 21) SENIOR ON PARADE “Study, have fun. but stay out of trouble,” is the advice given to the Freshmen of DHS by our next Senior on Parade. Rosalyn Graf- ing. known to us as “Punky.” She was born June 12. 1950, at Flandreau, to Mrs. Clarence Holland. She has blue-green eyes and stands five feet and one-half inches tall with blonde hair. She lists some of her favorites as: Color, white; singer. Sandy Posey; book. Gone With the Wind; show. Doctor Zhivago. Her pet peeve is people who ask too many questions. Her ideal boy must be taller than she, fun to be with and likes outdoor activites. “Punky’s” most memorable experience took place on December 2 and is one which made her very happy. In her last four years at DHS hse has participated in the follow- ing F.H.A., 1.2,3.4; Librarian. 3,4; Pep Club, 1, 2. 4; Junior Class Play. 3; Newsette co-editor, 3; Newsette editor. 4; Drill Team. 4; Annual Staff. 4. After graduation Rosalyn plans to attend Northwest College of Commerce in Huron. • • • College Entrance Tests Taken by DHS Students Some 25 students went to Brook- ings December 9 to take the Ac- credited College Tests. Givenfive times throughout the year, the basic purpose of these tests is an entrance requirement to college. Each student must check the college catalog to see if these tests are required. The results of the test will be sent to the chosen college. Two very important factors are: (1) register through Mr. Stab- be; and (2) the sooner this test is taken in the Senior year the bet- ter. • De Smet Drops Both On Visit of Hitchcock The Bulldogs were defeated De- cember 12 by the Hitchcock Blue- jays. De Smet scored 46 points against Hitchcock’s 51. Jim John- son led the Bulldogs in scoring, with 12 points, Phillip Carrol mak- ing 8 and Larry and Tom Hein each 6. Larry and Tom Hein both left the game in the last few minutes with five fouls. The scores by quarters were: Hitchcock 13 26 36 51 De Smet 16 24 40 46 The “B” team met its first defeat that night 42 to 32. SENIOR ON PARADE Our next Senior on Parade is Linda Lucille Larson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Larson. She was born to them on July 26, 1950, at De Smet Memorial Hospital. Some of Linda’s favorites are: food, pizza; movie. Sound of Mus- ic; color, blue, actor, Troy Dona- hue; actress. Suzanne Pleshette; singer, Johnny Rivers; band, Mon- kees; song. Daydream Believer. Her pet peeve is people who think they are better than someone else. She is quite busy in DHS and she lists her activities as: FHA, 1.2,3,4; Pep Club. 1,2,4; Mixed Chorus. 1, 2,3,4; Girl’s GleeClub. 1,2,3,4; Declam,3; Newsette Staff, 3,4; Annual Staff, 4; Librarian. 4; National Honor Society. 3.4; Stu- dent Council. 4; Drill Team. 4. Linda’s ideal boy is described as a guy who is kind and consider- ate. is taller than she and has a sense of humor. The Junior-Senior Prom was the most memorable experience of her four years at De Smet. “Have fun because the four years of high school fly by so fast, but remember to study, too,” is Linda’s advice to our green and humble Freshmen. Going to College of Automation in Kansas City. Mo., is the future plan for this DHS Senior. • Young Children Entertained By Local FHA Chapter The De Smet Chapter of FHA held an evening meeting. December 11. Each member was to bring a small child, ages 3 to 6 for Kid’s night. A short meeting was held and games played. Santa Claus then arrived and the children, after talking with Santa, went fishing for presents. Lunch was served • • • De Smet High Debaters Competed in Recent Meets Georgia Kreiger. Scott Purin- tun. Debbie Hyink and Mary Myers won three out of eight debates at the conference tournament in Wa- tertown December 2. • • Class of the Week Walking down the street, a garbage can tripped me.” As everyone knows, garbage cans can’t walk but without the know- ledge of correct parallel structure of sentences one would not know how to correct this mistake. Eng- lish IV class with Mrs. Wolkow as the teacher is learning about par- allel structure, dangling verbals and mixed figures of speech. This work is done in prepar- ation for the term papers assigned at the last nine weeks. (issue of January 11) SENIOR ON PARADE Our next Senior on Parade is Patricia Clarada Poppen. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Poppen and was born to them December 22. 1949, at Hur- on. Her favorite food is fresh bak- ery rolls and her favorite song is Just as Much as Ever. Her pet peeve is narrow mindedness. Pat spends a lot of her free time drawing and playing the uke, but on Sunday afternoon it’s rid- ing in her brother’s green con- vertable. Her ideal boy is one who is intelligent, responsible, consider- ate and fun to be with. She lists her most memorable experience as the Christmas va- cation she spent in Arizona. When asked what is the one wish she would most like coming true. Pat replied,” That I could remain young and happy forever.” The activities in which she has participated in are: Band 1.2.3.4; Stage band; pep band; Mixed Chor- us 1.2.3.4; Girl’s Glee 1.2.3.4; Triple Trio 3.4; Newsette Staff 3.4; Annual Staff artist 3,4; N.H.S. 3.4; Jr. Class Play. Pat s future plans are to begin at the Medical Institute of Min- nesota on July 8. BULLDOGS WIN The De Smet Bulldogs got back on the winning trail again Friday by defeating the Lake Preston Divers 66 to 50 in a hotly con- tested game between the two long- time rivals. For De Smet. Dennis Kruse made 18 points and 9 rebounds. Jim Johnson 16 points and 9 re- bounds. They were followed by the Hein brothers. Larry and Tom. with 9 and 10 points, respective- ly. Larry Hein and Jim Johnson each got 5 assists while Tom Hein got two. For Lake Preston. Blain Mil- ler made 14 points, followed by James Anderson with 12. Ander- son also was the Diver's top re- bounder with 7. Stewart played a fine game for the Divers de- fensively. Seniors Make Decision On 1967-68 Annual The Seniors held a class meet- ing October 24 in the English III room at three o’clock. The main purpose of the meet- ing was to discuss whether to have plain or hard covered annuals. The majority of the class wished to have the soft-covered ones. This vote was then taken to the school board by Mr. Winters, to be voted upon there. A committee was chosen for the selection of class motto and colors. • • SENIOR ON PARADE The next senior on Parade would be none other than Ua Janet Tande. She was born on February 17, 1950, at the Lake Preston Hospital to Alfaretta Tande. Her activities are: FHA 1.2. 4; Newsette 4; Annual Staff 4. When asked what her future plans were she just said no definite plans.” Her most memorable exper- ience was the Junior-Senior Prom. Her favorite color is blue. Her favorite food is pizza. Her fav- orite song is Becky’s Christmas Wish.” The thing that she enjoys doing most is either baby-sitting or rol- ler skating. Her hobby is oil painting. Her pet peeve is people who are friendly one minute and stuck- up the next. • (issue of January 18) SENIOR ON PARADE Let’s take a look at our Home- coming King for 1967, Gary Wayne Lee. born in Huron. April 3. 1950, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lee. Some of Gary’s likes are: Food, fried chicken; song. Skip a Rope; singer. Monkees; movie. Dirty Dozen; actress. Elke Sommers; actor, Peter Sellers; sport, foot- ball; pastime, hunting. Gary’s advice to the Fresh- men is: ' Don’t smart off to cer- tain upperclassmen.” His pet peeve is boys in sports activities who don’t train. Gary’s future plans are to go to college and major in engineer- ing His activities during high school years are: Football 1.2,3,4; Track 3,4; Boys Glee 1,2,3.4; Mixed chorus 1,2,3,4; Boys State 3; Class Vice Pres. 2.3; Student Council V P.. 4; Annual Staff 4; 1st Team All Conference Football 4; Home- coming King 4; Oklahoma 2; Jun- ior Class Play 3. ANNUAL STAFF NEWS The first section, Teachers and Admistration, of the 1968 Bulldog is now complete except for the typing and some of the pictures. The staff is now beginning the Underclassmen” section. All the pictures for this section must be cut apart and placed in the cor- rect order before the staff can start arranging them onthepages. The editor. Donna Brusse, has written to Peterson Publishing Company in California for per- mission to use the cartoon char- acters Them Vermi ts” on the fly pages of the annual. As soon as the editor receives a reply the artist staff can begin drawing the fly pages. • DE SMET DOWNS BANCROFT The De Smet “A” basketball team defeated Bancroft January 5 by a score of 70 to 66. Lead- ing scorers for De Smet were Jim Johnson with 18 points. Den- nis Kruse with 16. and Tom Hein with 15. The other points made were by Larry Hein with 10. Phil- ip Carroll with 6. Randy Asleson with 3, and Larry Akkerman. Dennis Kruse left the game in the last few minutes with five fouls. The scores by quarters were: DE SMET 21 42 58 70 BANCROFT 18 32 47 66 The “B” team also won, by a score of 50 to 27. Terry Long led the scoring for De Smet with 18 points, followed by Glenn Klink- el with 14. The scores by quarters were DE SMET 13 26 37 50 BANCROFT 10 16 22 27 The games were played in Ban- croft. « DRESS-UP DAY Tuesday. January 9, was a special day for students of DHS. It was Dress-up Day. and students were to wear their Sunday-best. Everyone looked very nice. (issue of January 25) Chapter Farmers Initiated By FFA; Banquet Planned FFA met last Monday evening with the main discussions on the Pheasants Unlimited program and the FFA banquet. There was in- itiation of Chapter Farmers with Randy Johnson, Lauren Poppen. Curt Poppen. Steven Johnson. Loren Wendell, receiving the de- gree. A Creed contest ended with I uren Poppen winning. Dennis Tingle second and Tom Hayden, third. Student Council Pins Offered For Sale The student council is selling booster pins to Juniors and Sen- iors. The pins were originally made to wear at the tournaments. The pin is maroon and gold, made d metal and has a large bulldog with years 67-68 on them. The co6t is 35c. Future Homemakers Working Toward Degrees This year there will be 38 girls working toward degrees in Future Homemaking. The degrees are to help them further their knowledge in Home Economics and the organization. There are Junior, Chapter, and State degrees. There are 23 girls signed up for the Junior Degree, 12 for the Chapter, and 3 for State. After completing the standards and taking a test, each will re- ceive the degree. A key is given to the one completing the Junior degree, a scroll for the Chapter degree, and a torch for the State degree. The test for the Junior degree will be given January 25 at 3:15 in the Home Ec. Room, for the Chapter degree January 24. Girls receiving a degree will be eligible to become officers of the F.H.A. Chapter. • Dhddy Date Night Held By FHA The F HA gave the Dads a chance to go out with their daughters (for a change), as it was Daddy Date Night January 15. The girls brought their fathers. A regular business meeting was held. After this, the Dads played volley ball against the daughters. It was quite an experience to see the Dads participate, even beating the girls! Another game was played to find out how many points ’ the Dads were worth. About 60 were in attendance. • • • Beginner Debaters Compete in Tournaments Two beginner teams of fresh- man and sophomores went to de- bate tournaments. 26 students to Watertown. Januay 6. and 10 to Redfield, January 13. Each team has been success- ful winning half of its debates. They must debate four times. The next tournament is Satur- day. Miss Wolkow is the instructor. o • School Represented In Snow Queen Contest Joan Mae Bonzer. Hecla. was crowned South Dakota Snow Queen for 1968 at the coronation pro- gram. January 13. in Aberdeen. Marilyn Mae Cl rode. Webster, was first runner-up and second run- ner-up was Nancy Ann Swanson. Langford. Governor Nils A. Boe was un- veiled as the 1968 Snow Man De Smet’s participant, Diane McKibben. received a musical snowman as remembrance of the event. Speech Class Attends One-Act Play Contest The speech class has decided to give two one-act plays. After reading through a number of them. Distant Thunder, and Dark Star were chosen. Miss Mortimer and Mrs. Maguire then decided which they thought were the best. It was Distant Thunder. The entire class went to Flandreau to a state one- act play contest Wednesday of last week. • (issue of February 1) SENIOR ON PARADE A lot of homework on the night of a basketball game is our next Senior on Parade’s pet peeve. Diane Marie McKibben. daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McKibben. was born May 27, 1950, at De Smet Memorial Hospital. Her favorites include: actor, Steve McQueen; actress, Julie Christie; show. Dr. Zhivago; song, Somewhere, My Love; group, Su- premes; pastime, sewing; food, barbecued spareribs; saying: ‘ 1 would if I could, but I can’t so I won’t.” Your four years will go fast. Keep your grades up; but be sure to have a good time, too.” is 'Diane’s advice to the Freshman. Her most memorable ex- periences were Girl’s State and the State ‘B” tournaments. Some of Diane’s activities in- clude cheerleader 2,3.4; FHA 1, 2,3,4; band; student council, secre- tary 3.4; Annual staff 4. and Home- coming candidate 4. BAND NEWS The 80-piece Northern Band will give a concert in the De Smet gymnasium Monday. Feb. 12. The band members will stay with families in De Smet. Those hav- ing room for some of them, are asked to please contact Jerald Lindbloom. The All-State Band is holding a regional try-out in Huron Febru- ary 13. Students to go from De Smet are Scott Purintun, Bob Springer, Vance Magnuson, Jamie Combs. Gladys Farr and Veda Wallum. Throughout the state there are 1500 students trying out for the All-State Band, which will be at Aberdeen March 22-23, with 160 students as musicians. The solo and small ensemble contest at Brookings. February 14. will take 29 from De Smet. There will be six soloists and en- sembles. The De Smet Band is pre- paring for the District 15 tourna- ment on February 19-20-21. SENIOR ON PARADE “My first day of high school, coming in green and humble,” is our next Senior on Parade's most memorable experience in DHS. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lar- son in De Smet, on July 15, 1950, was Gale Larson. Some of his favorites are: food, steak; class, advanced speech; book, Time Machine; movie, Your Cheatin’ Heart; car, ’59 Ford; actor. Steve McQueen; actress, Carol Burnett; song and group. Woman. Woman and theSupremes. Gale lists his ideal girl as. one with a pleasant personality and fun to be with. His advise to Freshmen is to learn and have fun! Activities in which he has taken part are FFA 1,2,3,4; and track 1.2,3,4. Gale’s number one pet peeve is people who won’t listen when you try to tell them something. • • • SENIOR ON PARADE Who likes the show Devil’s An- gels; the book. On the Beach; food. Southern fried chicken; actress, Ursula Andress; actor, Steve Mc- Queen; sport, basketball; color, red or blue: and likes to play the guitar? Give up? I’ll give you a hint: he’s 5’ 11”, has brown hair, green eyes, and was born in Plainville. Kansas. June 24, 1950. to Clif- ford and Betty McCune. Now you’ve got it! William James McCune. our next senior on parade. When asked his most memor- able experience in D.H.S.. he re- plied, ' my first semester in Mr. Cheadle’s chemistry class.” 'I made it. Why not you?”, is the bit of advice he leaves to the underclassmen. After gradua- tion he plans to be a writer. • • De Smet Downs Oldham The De Smet “ A” squad downed the Oldham Dragons January 12 by a score of 93 to 48. The Bull- dogs led the way through the entire game. Larry Hein paced the team by making 16 points. Jim Johnson and Dennis Kruse tied for second place, each having 14 points. Next came Tom Hein with 12 and Phillip Carroll with 11. The remaining points were made by Randy Asleson with 9, Rod Kracht with 6, Ed Wilkinson with 3, and Dave Andrisen and Scott Purintun each had 2. The scores by quarters were: De Smet 27 49 77 93 Oldham 9 29 36 48 The De Smet ”B” squad also defeated Oldham. Senior on Pa ad e Our next Senior on parade is Roger Allen Lee, born to the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lee. The date of birth was March 4. 1949, at Huron. Roger’s activities for the last four years have been, football 1, 2, 3. 4; basketball 1. 2; D Club 2,3,4; mixed chorus 1,2,3,4; boy s chorus 1,2,3,4; solo 4; ' Okla- homa 2; Junior Class play 3. If you see a boy walking down the street dressed in blue, head- ing for the next pizza palace, you’ll know for sure it is Roger. His favorite actor is Richard Bur- ton. and favorite actress, Elizabeth Taylor. You may also see Roger going to the show, Water Hole No.3 . His pet peeve is girls that think they’re so cute. He lists his future plans as going to General Beadle or Lake Area Vocational School in Water- town. When asked what his one wish would be. he replied, ' a date with Elizabeth Taylor! Roger’s advice to the Freshman is ’Study hard, but learn one thing: don’t smart off to the Juniors or Seniors because it doesn’t pay. Solo Eliminations Held in Voic, Instruments The solo elimination was held Monday. Jan. 22. after school in the vocal music room. Soloists to attend the contest are: Soprano I, Roberta Hanson; al- ternate Jill Grothe. Soprano II, Glennette Halver- son; alternate, Darlene Beck. Contralto. Pat Poppen. Sharon Schardin, Sandy Munger; alternate, Betty Pratt. Tenor. Bob Springer. Baritone. Vance Magnuson. Scott Purintun. Bass. Bill Wilkinson. The contestants were judged on appearance, poise, tone, reson- ance. pitch and clarity of words. There were also some instru- mental contestants judged. • • (issue of February 8) Seniors Visit Pierre and the Legislature The halls were calm and silent and the study halls were bare and empty Tuesday. Jan. 30, the day 44 DHS Seniors relinquished a full day of school for an educational tour cf the Oahe Dam and power plant and of our state capital at Pierre. Ten cars left at 7 a m., bright and early, and all met at the dam at 10 o’clock. From a tour of the power plant we left for the capital building. They ate at the cafeteria for the noon meal. After eating. Mr. Poppen, our State Senator, led us through the Senate chambers. House chambers and conference rooms. An hour was spent in the Crim- inal Investigation office listening to a South Dakota authority on crim- inal affairs. This lab was filled with evidence on past crimes, fing- er printing equipment, casts of footprints and car tire prints used as evidence in crimes, and a gun display. After this tour, the class split into groups to visit the House and Senate while in session. Mr. Drake, our government instructor took the class through the tunnel to the State Game. Fish and Parks Department Building and the Mu- seum. Cars were driven by Bernard Larson. Ed Poppen. Mrs. Bob John- son. Mrs. Warren Widman. Louis Lee. Lawrence McKibben, Gerald Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Albrecht. Vern Belzer and Mr. Drake. Each carload left the capital around 4 00 o’clock with a greater knowledge of the activities taking place at our state capital. The trip was felt very worthwhile by everyone who attended The Seniors would like to thank the drivers for getting us to Pierre and the Faculty for letting us have the privilege of attending. Also we would like to thank Mr. Poppen and Mr. Haufschild for all the plan- ning and time they 6pent to make this trip interesting for all who at- tended. SENIOR ON PARADE Our next Senior on Parade was born in Webster September 28. 1949. She is Susan LaDonna Ure- vig. daughter of Mrs. Ardes Ure- vig. Susans favorite food is shrimp; color, platium; song. Woman; mov- ie. Bonnie and Clyde; and Paul Newman is her favorite actor. When Susan was asked what her most memorable experience was she stated it was going to Minne- sota with Dennis and some of his friends to see her brother Doug get married. She was also asked what one other person she would like to be and why? Her reply was. My mother, because she has done so much for us kids by herself to keep us happy and to make sure we have a good home. Her advice to the Freshmen is Remember that once you do some- thing you can’t undo it. SENIOR ON PARADE ‘ The more you study the more chances you’ll have of being suc- cessful. This is our next Senior on Parade’s advice to the Fresh- men of DHS. Helen Jean Kipp was bom to Mrs. Ruth Feaster on July5.1950. at Winnemucca, Nev She lists her favorites as Food, any Spanish dish; show. Sum- mer Place; book. The Black Rose; class. Shorthand; actor and act- ress, Elvis Presley and Eva Ga- bor; group, The Monkees and her ideal boy must have a sense of humor and like to have fun. Helen says her pet peeve is people who can’t crack a smile and don’t even try. Her most mem- orable experience was the day Larry Hein threw a book at her. Helen’s activities in high school have been FHA 1. 2. 3. 4; mixed chorus 1, 2. 4; girl’s glee club. 4; U. Teens 1, 2; G.A.A., 1, 2; and librarian. 3. Helen's goal in life is to be a success in whatever she does. • • Students Judge Stock AT EMPIRE FAIR Mr. G-ebur’s advice to students of DHS is Work hard but enjoy life. Education is increasingly important but you are in the most carefree days of your life. He would also like to comment on the good conduct and dress of the students of DHS. As always, there are exceptions to the rule, but they are a good group of stu- dents. Wally Grafing. Lex Dannen- bring. Dennis Tingle. Kandy John- son. George Johnson. Steve John- son. Richard Dugdale and Loren Wendel went to Sioux Falls last Sunday to judge cattle, hogs and sheep This was in conjunction with the Sioux Empire Winter Show at Sioux Falls. The boys left at 11 30on Sunday and returned at 6 30. • (issue of February 15) ANNUALS Advance sales for annuals went on sale last week at De Smet High School, for $2.00, this a down pay- ment, the other $1.00 to be paid when the annual is completed. Linda Larson was in charge of the Junior-Senior study hall, Glen- da Skyberg the Sophomore home- room and Janice Cronkhite the freshman homeroom. Those within the community who are interested in buying an annual please notify the school office or Donna Brusse. SENIOR ON PARADE Our next senior on parade la Donna May Brusse, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brusse. She was bom in Huron on May 8, 1950. Some of Donna's favorites are: food, steak; color, sky-blue; song. ' Til Be True to You; and show. The Sound of Music. Her pet peeve is people who think they’re indispensible. Donna’s most memorable ex- perience was her summer in Ra- cine, Wis. Her future plans after taking correspondence schooling are to have four weeks of training with Weaver Airline Personnel School and then be employed by an air- line. doing ground work. Donna’s activities during high school have been co-editor of an- nual. 3; editor of annual. 4; FHA, 1,2,4; Pep Club 1,2.4; JuniorClass Play, 3; Mixed Chorus 1,2,4; Girls Glee 1,2,4. • • • BASKETBALL The Bulldogs downed the Iro- quois Chiefs on February 2 by a score of 69 to 61, in a game played at Iroquois. Jim Johnson scored 20 points to become De Smet’s leading scor- er in the game. Larry Hein scored 18 points, Randy Aselson, 12, Tom Hein. 11, and Dennis Kruse, 4. The remaining points were made by Larry Akkerman and Phillip Carroll, each having 2 points. The scores by quarters were: De Smet 17 34 50 69 Iroquois 13 30 41 61 The following evening, the Bull- dogs.traveled to Wolsey and won by a score of 68 to 60. Johnson was again De Smet’s high point man with 19 points; followed by Kruse with 15 and Tom Hein with 14. Carroll and Larry Hein made 8 and 7 points respectively. Larry Akkerman and Randy Aslesoneach scored 2 points. and David Andrisen 1. The scores by quarters were: De Smet 23 39 56 68 Wolsey 20 31 43 60 The Bulldogs traveled to Clark F riday evening and were defeated by the Comets in a score of 64 to 62. Larry and Tom Hein led the scoring with 18 points apiece. Johnson scored 15 points, Kruse, 9 and Carroll, 2. The scores by quarters were: Clark 17 38 51 64 De Smet 14 34 51 62 • 'D” Club Appoints Committee forBanquet Speaker The “D” Club held a meeting February 2, in the bookkeeping room. It was decided to have an out-of-town speaker at the “D” Club banquet. The president named Roger Lee. Rod Kracht and Steve Siver as a committee to arrange for the speaker. (issue of February 22) Senior On Parade Maureen Cummins has been very active within the walls of good ole’ D.H.S. these last four years. She has been in band. F.H.A and Girl’s Glee Club all four years, pep band for three years and swing band and on the annual staff the last two years. She is in the N.H.S. this year and played the part of “Phyli” in the Junior class play. Her most memorable experience was deco- rating for the prom last year. She was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cummins at St. John’s Hospital, Huron, August 11, 1950. She has many favorites. Among these are: Hobbies, playing piano and or- gan. sewing, all sports and horse- back riding; food, steak; song. Bottle of Wine; singer, Nancy Si- natra; actor and actress, Paul Newman, Susanne Pleshette; color, pink or blue; class. Home Ec; book. Book of Knowledge; movie. Doctor Zhivago. Who does Maureen think would be the ideal boy? One who is of medium height, has a sense of humor, and is rich. He had better not be a person who can befriends sometimes and think he’s too great to be anyone’s friend at other times because this is Maureen s pet peeve. Her goal in life is to get a good education, travel and achieve suc- cess and happiness. Her excellent advice to Freshmen is to “be sharp like the Seniors!’’ • SENIOR ON PARADE Our next Senior on Parade is David H. Smith, born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Smith April 15, 1950. Some of David’s likes are: Food, steak; color, green; singer. Glenn Campbell; group, Associa- tion; actor, Jonathon Winters, ac- tress, Jane Fonda; show. Eight on the Lam; song. By the Time I Get to Phoenix; pet peeve, hy- pocracy; saying, “I doubt it.” His advice to the Freshman is: Have fun and study hard because by the time you get here it will be too late.” David’s most memorable ex- perience is last year's State B’’ basketball tournament. His activities have been Junior Class Play 3, and Student Mana- ger 2. Senior On Parade , George W. Widman is our next D-.H.S. Senior to be interviewed. Huron, on July 7, 1950, was where and when Mr. and Mrs. Warren Widman were blessed with a son. Some of George’s favorites are food, a lot of anything; color, green and gold; song, any good one; sing- er, Ed Ames; band, Jepherson Air- planes; actress. Sophia Loren, ac- tor, Steve McQueen and Paul New- man, movie. Blue Max; and book. The Adventurers. The activities participated in by this Senior are debate, chorus, football, student manager and track. His most memorable experience in this four years at De Smet was playing football. When asked if he could have one wish and what it would be. George replied, Two and one half Mil- lion dollars, tax free.’ Attending the State School of Mines and Technology at Rapid City is the future plans of this Senior. • • Bandmaster's Convention Mr. Lindbloom attended the Bandmaster’s convention Febru- ary 9 and 10 held at South Dakota State University. There were 106 band directors present. They listened to new music by the SDSU band and heard the Rapid City and Brookings school bands play. Vilo Hobey, clinician, for Selmer Company, presented several forums on intonation and rehearsal techniques. A banquet was held Friday evening when announcements were made of students selected for All- State Band. Scott Purintun was one of them. m • • A SIGN OF GRADUATION The Senior Class met in the Sociology Room Friday to select their graduation announcements. Mr. Riggs, of the Josten Com- pany, the same company from which the class purchased its class rings, showed the different sam- ples. The deadline for the individual orders for each Senior was Wed- nesday. • March of Dimes The Student Council collected money for the March of Dimes February 16. The totals of the classes are. Freshman. S23.98; Sopho- mores, $39.12; Juniors, $23.25; Seniors, $30.43; total. $116.78. The Student Council will col- lect again Friday. DEBATE The debaters at D.H.S. have been attending tournaments for several weeks. On February 9 and 10 they attended an extempor- aneous debate and speech event at Madison. Two students went for extemp- oraneous speeches, Kay Halverson receiving an Excellent and Georgia Kreiger receiving a Good. The debaters were not placed. De Smet will be host to a de- bate and extemporaneous tourna- ment March 2. Students from Lake Preston. Iroquois. Clear Lake. Willow Lake and Watertown will be present. This is a beginner's tournament. The beginner debaters com- peted at Brookings. Saturday. • • m Local Students Attend High School Music Contest Forty-eight sleepy De Smet stu- dents boarded the school bus at 6:30 a m., Wednesday. Feb. 14.for toe mu sic conte st held at Brookings High School. After weeks of preparation, un- der instructors, Mrs. Lawerence Luitjens. vocal, and Jerald Lind- bloom, band, they were full of an- ticipation and a bit nervous about the outcome of the day. One student. Bobby Springer, received a Superior plus on his trombone solo and was also hon- ored with an invitation to appear at the grand concert that evening. Others who received Superiors were: Patty Poppen. alto solo; Jill Grothe, saxaphone solo; Vance Magnuson. saxaphone solo; and the saxaphone and flute ensembles. Individuals receiving Excellents were: Vance Magnuson. baritone solo; Sharon Schardin, soprano solo; Bill Wilkinson, bass solo; Bobby Springer, tenor solo; Triple Trio; French Horn Ensemble; Jamie Combs, comet solo; Trom- bone ensemble; clarinet quartet; clarinet choir; percussion en- semble; and comet ensemble. Reciving Good ratings were Sandy Munger, alto solo; Roberta Hansen, soprano; Jill Grothe, so- prano; Glenette Halverson, So- prano; mixed vocal ensemble; Gladys Farr, alto clarinet; and Scott Purintun, Sasaphone. Accompanists were Mrs. Rob- ert Bell. Jill Grothe, Beth Belzer and Glenette Halverson. ♦ • DRILL TEAM The De Smet Bulldog Cadets, a drill team started by Mrs. Luit- jens. practiced Saturdays and every morning at 8 the week be- fore the first performance, which was at the Arlington game Feb- ruary 9. The members of the drill team bought the material and made their own uniforms, which are black. Pom-poms of maroon and gold were also obtained. They use a combination of three routines. The band accompanies them. Members of the drill team are concentrating on the performance at the District Tournaments in Huron Monday night, at the game between De Smet and Hitchcock. (issue of February 29) DISTRICT 15 TOURNAMENT The De Smet Bulldogs won the District 15 Basketball Tournament for the third year in a row this year. It took victories over Hitch- cock, Tulare and Wolsey to bring the honors at Huron Arena last week. Tom and Larry Hein caught the attention of fans and sports writers with their ball handling and scor- ing. each making 50 points in the tournament. A full report of the tourna- ment games appears elsewhere in The News this week. • • March of Dimes Tops Goal Set The high school for the last four Fridays has been collecting money for the March of Dimes, with a goal set by the Student Council as $150. this topped. The Seniors contributed S49.01, an average of 26.1c per week, and the Juniors contributed $43.38. an average of 19.5c. The Sopho- mores came up with a total of $57.06, which averaged 23.8c per student, and $31.55 or 11.1c per student was contributed by the Freshman. It made a total of $185.00. • Open House Held For Bancroft Parents Parents of students of Ban- croft high school came to De Smet high school Tuesday for an open house. The school house and teaching system were presented to them. • • • March of Dimes Drive Held by Junior High TOTAL AMOUNT Mr. Naeve 14.37 Miss Anderson 9.43 Mrs. Maguire 7.03 Mr. Sprang 9.02 L.I.W Building 63.80 Total $103.65 Total from both schools was $288.65. DRILL TEAM The high-stepping Bulldog Ca- dets added interest at the tourna- ment at Huron, the first the drill team, the Bulldog Cadets, hadper- formed out of town. The Bulldog Cadets add to our school and we are proud of them. • • (issue of March 7) Senior On Parade Mr. and Mrs. John Rounsville were the proud parents of a baby girl named LeAnn Rae born April 26, 1950, at De Smet Memorial Hospital. LeAnn lists some of her fav- orites as: food, anything eatable; color, avocado; actor, Sidney Poi- ter; actress. Patty Duke; movie, To Sir With Love; songs. Don’t You Believe It, and Simple Simon; subjects. Chemistry and Sociology; pastime, goofing off. When asked who her ideal boy is LeAnn said, ”A guy that is full of fun and likes to be out for a good time.” The most memorable exper- ience was being grounded for a month, and the Junior-Senior prom. LeAnn’s pet peeve is people who are conceited. As for advice to underclass- men: Have fun iq your years at DHS, and make the most of them, they go fast.” For the future LeAnn plans on attending Sioux Falls School of Nursing and than joining the Air Force and becoming a Flight Nurse. • • • NATIONAL MERIT TEST The National Merit Test is given nationwide to Juniors in high school on a voluntary basis. A dollar fee is charged. The test puts one in competition for schol- arships. Twenty-four Juniors of De Smet took this test February 27. In the fall, they will find out if they got a scholarship. • • Class of the Week The English II classes, taught by Miss Helen Mortimer, were last week studying one of the most important parts of English, that is, correct capitalization and punc- tuation consisting mostly of mem- ory work. Next week our study will be based upon poetry enjoyment. • • • SENIOR ON PARADE Participating in All-State Chor- us is the most unforgettable ex- perience of Richard G. Peterson, next Senior on Parade. He has been active in other extra activi- ties, such as mixed chorus, boy’s glee club, madrigal, football, track and debate. Dick was born on March 6. 1950. He has acquired many favorites. A few are: food, pheasant: movie. To Sir With Love; actor. Bill Cos- by. His favored kind of girl has dark hair, brown eyes, a good sense of humor, a nice person- ality and she must be good-look- ing. As of yet Dick has no plans for the future, but if he follows his own advice to the Freshmen: “Take the advice of the teachers.” he will be a success. Operation Pitfall Students from 7th through 12th grades of De Smet and the public were invited to attend an assembly in the De Smet auditorium. Thurs- day. for Operation Pitfall,” a group of five inmates of the State Penitentary. who volunteered to make public appearances to pri- marily Junior and Senior High Schools. Purpose of this is to bring to the youths of the state actual cases of men who have experienced the “Pitfalls” of life and have ended up in prison. The inmates are ac- companied to their speaking en- gagements by a prison official. The men speak of their own experiences and what factors they believe significant leading to their incarceration. Topics the five convicts spoke on were: The importance of small inci- dents as primers to larger and more serious acts. The realization that Some peo- ple do get caught.” Alcohol and its correlation to crime. The importance of a good edu- cation (90 per cent of the inmate population are school drop-outs). The narrator of the five was Jim. 16007, and the other four speakers were Charles. 15475, Levi 16010, James, 15657 and Jack. 14426. They led to searching oneself to find out if he or she is taking the same steps they did. and if so. desires to take action to change one’s life. If everyone tried to analyze himself and not someone else their program did accomplish its pur- pose! QUESTION OF THE WEEK What would you do if you were hit by a zephyr? Kay Halverson: “Duck!” Pam Bau: “Hit itbackand run!” Janice Lee: “Go tell my big brother to hit it back!” (issue of March 14) Senior On Parade A Senior on Parade born June 1 7. 1949. in Huron is James Alfred Siver. his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Siver. Some of Jim’s favorites are color, blue; food, steak; show. The Sand Pebbles; actor. Steve Mc- Queen. actress. Hike Sommers His most memorable exper- ience was working on the Junior- Senior Prom Jim plans to attend South Da- kota State University. Brookings. His activities during high school are: football, 1. 2. 3. 4; track, 1. 3. 4; Student Council. 2; class officer. 1; D” Club. 1.2,3,4; Annual staff.4; Jr. Class play; Student Manager. Senior On Parade A Senior on Parade who lists his favorites as: food, anything but liver; show. Jonathan Winters show; movie. Dirty Dozen; ac- tress. Natalie Wood; actor, Steve McQueen; singer. Bobby Vee; color, candy apple red; pastime, playing basketball or watching T V.; saying. Whoopee!!” and sport, basketball. And, oh yes, his pet peeve is people who tell good jokes—that's Gene Skvberg. The six-foot, three-inch Senior was bom in De Smet August 7. 1950. to Mr. and Mrs. Selmer Skyberg. his full name Gene Ar- thur Skyberg. Some of his activities at DHS include F.F.A.. 1. 2,3.4; N.H.S., 3,4; football. 4; Student Manager, 3,4; Newsette. 4; Boy’s State al- ternate, 3; Junior Class play; Stu- dent Council president. 4; Mixed Chorus. 4; Boy’s Chorus. 4; Pep Club. 1.2. His most memorable exper- ience was going to Waterloo. Iowa, with the Dairy products judging team He leaves this bit of advice tc underclassmen: Study hard, have fun and be sure to brush your teeth, after every meal.” Gene plans to attend SDSU. Senior On Parade Born April 24. 1950. in La- Moure, No. Dak., to Mr. and Mrs George Krieger is another Senior on Parade, Georgia Lynn Krieger. She lists her favorites as food, steak; color, blue; movie. To Sir With Love; song. Love is Blue; subjects, Sociology and English; sports, waterskiing and hiking; book. Exodus. Her ideal boy is described as someone tall, dark and handsome, well-mannered and fun to be with. The most enjoyable experience of this Senior is the work she does as a counselor at camp. Georgia s pet peeve is getting up early in the morning. The activities of Georgia have been F.H.A., N.H.S., Newsette. Annual staff, band, debate and declam. Her plans are to attend Au- gustana College. Sioux Falls. Senior On Parade Jerry Wayne Smith is the next Senior on Parade a son of Mr. and Mrs George Smith, he was born March 28. 1950 Jerry’s activities in DHS are: D’’ Club, 1.2,3,4; Debate. 1; Foot- ball. 1.2.3.4; basketball. 1; track. 1,2.3. Favorites listed by this Senior are hobby-causing disturbances and collecting butterflies; food, anything except onions, liver and cherry-nut icecream;color.black; drink. Pepsi; actors. Steven Mc- Queen and James Colburn; ac- tress. Ursula Andress; show. To Sir. With Love; saying, Friends, Romans, Countrymen. lend me your ears.” Ha! What have we here? A bag of ears;” car. Chevy; town. Ipswich. His most memorable exper- ience was the Junior class picnic and last summer. Senior On Parade High school Senior at D.H.S. is Charles Schultz, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Schultz. He was bom to them October 27. 1950, at the De Smet hospital. Some of Chuck's” favorites are food, steak; color, blue and silver; movie. Sand Pebbles and Blue Max; book. Valley of The Dolls; band. Cowsilles; actor. Steve McQueen; actress. Jane Fon- da; and song. Love is Blue. His pet peeve is Freshmen. Sophomores and Juniors. When asked if he could have one wish what it would be “Chuck” replied ‘ I d wish for a life-time supply of wishes so I’d never run out.” The most memorable exper- ience of his four years at De Smet High was the Junior-Senior Prom. The activities in which he has participated are: D” Club, bas- ketball. track, football student manager. Student Council repre- sentative. Junior Class play, one- act play contest, mixed chorus, boy’s glee club and assistant di- rector of chorus. Chuck’s” future is still in the planning but he does want to attend college. (issue of March 21) All School Play Tiy-Outs Everyone has been quite excit- ed about the coming event of the a 11-school play to be presented next month. Mrs. Wolkow is direct- ing this play and anyone who wished to could try-out. The title of the play is The Diary of Ann Frank. The characters are Mr. Frank. Danny Spader; Mrs. Frank. Portia Dannenbring; Miep. Roberta Hoek; Mrs. Van Doan. Jackie Rounsville; Mr. Van Doan. Gene Skyberg; Peter Van Doan, Bill Wilkinson; Margot Frank. Julie Widman; Anne Frank. Nadine Hannah; Mr. Kraler, Scott Jensen; Mr. Dussel. Dick Peterson: Gestapo. Lex Dannen- bring, Phil Carroll. Charles Schultz. Gary Lee and Jim Bowes • • SeniorOn Parade Our next Senior on Parade was bom August 8. 1950. to Mr and Mrs. Robert Blachford. His name is Ronald Dean. ''Ron lists some of his fav- orites as: Color, red. food, steak, potatoes, shoestrings and milk; ac- tor. John Wagner; actress. Ursula Andress; and saying. O-o-o-h really? His avorite pastimes are hunt- ing and sports and hunting and sports and etc. His activities in DHS include F.F.A., 1.2.3.4; D Club. 3.4; N.H.S.. 4; football.2.3.4; and track. 1,2.3.4. He plans to attend SDSU and study animal science. Ron's advice to Freshmen is. Have fun today because tomorrow comes mighty fast! BAND NOTES The De Smet school swing band played for the talent contest held at the auditorium Friday evening by Cerebral Palsy organization as a benefit for children of the county. Competing in the contest was the Dixieland Band, this created this year by Jerald Lindbloom. band instructoranddirector. Mem- bers of this new group are Judy Munger. Rodney Combs. Jamie Combs. Robert Springer. Scott Purintun and Jerry Pollock The school band will travel to Brookings April 6 for full band contest. Also coming up for the band will be a spring concert May 3 and a Rapid City trip early in •June. The band will be in Rapid City for three days for Rapid City Band Days. During their stay, the band members will see the world premiere of a movie. As an added note of interest, the band has recently bought a new base clarinet DE SMET HOSTS TWO DEBATES On March 2. 1968. a debate tournament was held here in De Smet. Towns attending were Wa- tertown. Clear Lake, and Lake Preston Watertown took first and second with an eight win. no loss record each. Lake Preston took third with a six win. two loss record. This tournament was also an individual tournament. Because there was no final round, many superiors were given. Those re- ceiving two-one superiors received trophies. Three of these were given, two students from Water- town and Kay Halverson from De Smet. Kay Halverson. De Smet received a blue ribbon. De Smet was also a host to the Regional Division on March 5 and 6th in the American Lutheran Church. Towns in this region are Doland. Sioux Valley. Clear Lake. Groton. Lake P reston and De Smet. Individual events were held Monday evening Those winning were Doland 1st. Lake Preston 2nd. in Original Oratory. Doland 1st; Sioux Valley 2nd; in Women s Extemporaneous. Doland 1st; Clear Lake 2nd in Men's Extemp Those participating in these were Scott Purintun. Original Oratory; Kay Halverson. Women's Extemp: and Vance Magneson in Men’s Extemp. On March sixth all day. a de- bate was held For this one team will continue until he has lost two rounds. The team repre- senting Region IV is from Doland Those debating from DeSmetwere Georgia Krieger. Scott Purintun. Debbie Hyink and Mary Myers. ♦ • Track Season Starts; 50 Boys in Training Track season is in full swing at De Smet High School with 50 boys in training, the first meet to be April 6 at Brookings. The boys have been training since March 1. Coach Drake made this state- ment about the team ‘ The boys have been working very hard. We will be quite young as we have only eight Seniors on the squad. However, these eight are going to be very important in any suc- cess that we have this year. We are looking for a lot of help, also f rom some good Sophomores of last year. If we continue to show good hustle, we could give some schools trouble. DECLAM CONTEST An East Central Conference Junior High declamation contest was held March 1. planned and organized by Mrs. Donald Wolkow and the advanced speech class. Miss Mortimer and Mrs. Maguire. Nadine Hannah. Portia Dannen- bring and Mavis Hauff assisted them. De Smet won the contest, with 53 points. Other towns attending, and their winnings were: Arlington with 34 team points. Iroquois with 41 team points. Er- win with 34 team points. Bancroft with 26 team points. Oldham with 31 team points. Lake Preston with 3 team points. Sioux Valley with 49 team points. Local winners were: Pam Pe- derson. Superior 1; Joan Baum- berger, Superior; Loren McCue, Good; Barbara Bell. Superior 1; Connie Penney. Superior. Janice Schardin. Good; Elizabeth Poppen. Superior; Kim Wallum. Excellent; Lew Dannenbring. Excellent; Betty Pe- terson. Excellent; Tom Hayden. Excellent; Nancy Smith. Su- perior 1. De Smet Pups Again Crown Conference Conference Champs The De Smet Pups have won the title of Champs, after playing in the tournament held at Arling- ton and Oldham. They won over Lake Preston Monday evening, then over Bancroft and Oldham. SEX EDUCATION The sex education program held Monday evening. Mar. 4. was on the social aspect of sex. The Rev. Carlton Hermann spoke, then the Rev. Thomas Mech- tenberg, co-director of Catholic Social Services. Sioux Falls. He told the parents and students in attendance of his field as a social worker and the problems presented to him. There were about 50 parents and students who attended. • Sex Education The Rev. Kenneth Farr pre- sented the psychological side at the second SEICUS (Sex Education Information Council of the United States) class Monday evening. Feb. 26. The second half of the film was shown. Mr. Farr and Dr. Robert Bell answered questions asked. The next class was March 4, The Rev. Carlton Hermann in charge of the program. • • F.H.A. The F.H.A. chapter held its monthly meeting March 11 in the school auditorium. ARound Robin had been planned with Arlington, but its chapter was unable to at- tend. The meeting consisted of dis- cussion on new officers. Region 11 will nominate a candidate for state president this year, Jackie Hannah chosen as De Sinet’s nominee. Margaret Hayden was chosen as a voting delegate to represent the school. Following the meeting a pro- gram was given by the Stewart School of Hairstyling. They gave suggestions on make-up and hair styles. Six girls were on hand to present this program. Our next meeting will be elec- tion of officers with the eighth graders as our guests. • (issue of March 28) Speech Class Helps Put on Play The Speech class is going to be very busy from now until the end of the school year. Especial- ly since they are going all out to help put on and make possible the play, The Diary of Anne Frank. The play takes place in an attic in Amsterdam. This wouldn’t norm- ally cause too much trouble except that this attic has four different rooms. Because the space is limited on our stage the speech class has solved the problem by building new flats and painting them to look like a run down attic of a warehouse. They also built three separate platforms. Each student in speech is involved on a committee that has to do with the play. • • • Science Fair.Maich 29 At Lake Pieston There will be a Science Fair in Lake Preston, Friday, March 29. This science fair will consist of high school students from around this area, participating for top honors on their projects. There will be six students from the De Smet High School, they are: Jim Bowes with Reactions of Planaria in an Electrical Field. Felice Schulte with Decay Rate of Tooth Enamel in Common Sub- stances. Gene Skyberg with Boat Forms and Resulting Turbulence. Vance Magnuson with A Simple Gas Chromatograph. Dick Seeley with Construction of a Static Electric Generator. Jamie Combs with The Com- puter Flip-Flop. Third Quarter Honor Roll Superior Seniors: Mavis Hauff, Steve Hayden, Linda Larson, Patricia Poppen, Bill Wilkinson; Juniors: Debra Kaufman. Den- nis Petersen. Scott Purintun, Dan- ny Spader; Sophomores: David Bell, Jam- ie Combs; Margaret Hayden, Mar- cia Serf ling; Joyce Smith, Jill G rothe; Freshmen: Ronald Brown. Gregory Gruenhagen, Richard Seeley, Vicki Widman; Excellent Seniors: Larry Akkerman, Beth Belzer, Donna Brusse, Maur- een Cummins, Rosalyn Grafing, Nadine Hannah, Georgia Krieger. Gary Lee. DianneMcKibben,Char les Schultz, Eugene Skyberg, Cur- tis, Wallum, David Smith; Juniors: Randy Asleson, Jim Bowes, Janis Cronkhite, Portia Dannenbring, Gerry Lynn Harris, Dennfs Hendricks, Roberta Hoek, Donna Hulbert, Karen Johnson, Margaret Johnson, Rose Lee, Pat- sy McAdaragh. Michala McCue, Micki Moe, Mary Myers, Janice Olson, Lauren Poppen. Sharon Schardin, Felice Schulte. Cynthia Stalheim, Jean Van Dyke. Sophomores: Buddy Belzer, Gladys Farr, Glennette Halver- son, Scott Jensen, Rebecca Krick. Vance Magnuson, Kaye Lynn O’Keefe, Robert Reese; Freshmen: Susan Cronkhite, Gary Goreham, Tom Hayden, Ro- berta ohnson, Carol Montross, Linda Ogren. Nanette Palmlund, Betty Petersen, Ross Purintun, Janice Purrington, Veda Wallum, Roberta Zeller. Superior Roll has 5 Seniors; 21 Juniors; 9 Sophomores, and 12 F reshmen. Total number on Honor Roll is 73, or 30 per cent of the stu- dent body. Larry Winters Principal (issue of April 4) SENIOR ON PARADE Curtis Eugene Wallum was born on August 5, 1950, at St. John’s Hospital in Huron. He lists as his favorites: sports, track; color, green; show, Star Trek; actor, Steve McQueen; actress, Jill St. John; song, Quinn the Eskimo. His most important memory is visiting the Black Hills with some firiends last summer. Curt’s ideal girl is about 6’9“ with good strong arms, so she can slop the hogs and milk the goat. She must also be very dainty. His goal for the future is: af- ter becoming an intellectual he plans on devoting his entire life to the disencumberment of English in the high school. His activities have been: stu- dent council, D Club, IMHS, Annual Staff, track, football, basketball student manager, extemporaneous debate and MYF. • Giri's and Boy's Stater Named for De Smet Mary Myers and Debbie Hyink have been selected as De Smet High School delegates to Girl’s State. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Merwin Hyink. Rodney Kracht and Scott Pur- intun have been selected as dele- gates to Boy’s State. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kracht and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Purintun. Alternates for Girl’s State are Mickie Moe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Moe, and Jeannie Van Dyke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Van Dyke. Alternates for Boy’s State are Dennis Hendricks, son of Mr. and M rs. F rancis Hendricks and Laur- en Poppen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Poppen. • • • Event of Week; Laige Group Contest The large group musical contest will be held Saturday at B rookings, to include the groups from both the band and the vocal departments. There are 119 stu- dents from De Smet participat- rig this year. The band will be under the di- rection of Mr. Jerry Lindbloom and the vocal students will be under the direction of Mrs. Larry Luitjens. The mixed chorus will sing Be Thou_ Not Still, from the Bible, and in Latin, and Adoramus Te, by G.P. de Palestrina. The girl’s glee club is to sing Rejoice, by John Darwall. and Charade, by Harry Simeone. How the West Was Won, ar- ranged by Harry R. Welson, and A Hundred and Eighty-five Thou- sand Men, by John Leo Lewis are the two songs the Boy’s Glee Club will sing. The band is to play three num- bers: Vaguero, a concert march, by Nestico, Overture in B-flat by Giovanini. and Symphony No. 4 3rd movement, by Brahms. • Practice Under-Way For All-School Play A number of high school stu- dents are busy in several com- mittees for an all-school play: The Diary of Anne Frank. There are committees on props, adver- tising, costume, construction of stage, etc. The play cast and director, Mrs. Wolkow, have been work- ing hard almost every night of the week with practicing, blocking, and memorizing lines. Two performances will be giv- en. April 19 and 20. • Research in Libraiy Helpful in Preparation ForCollege The English IV students of De Smet High School are start- rig research papers. This is a joint project between Sociology and English. They are to get information about a topic of interest to them and use research material in the library. This will be pre- paring them for college. Along with this they are doing vocabulary exercises which teach them new words that belong to literature, science. English and Art. • Match of Dimes Patty An all-school party was held Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the school gym. Sophomore’s class were ad- mitted free, as they had contrib- uted the most money in the March of Dimes contest this spring. The party was put on by the Student Council, with admission at 25c. A free lunch, pop and icecream bars, was served. For recrea- tion. there were contest games be- tween classes, and other games. A large number of students came. • • (issue of April 11) FHA Assembly Program Presented by FHA Cindy Abraham son, Diane Mc- Kibben, Debbie Hyink, Nadine Han- nah. Jackie Hannah. Kay Halver- son, Glennette Halverson. Michala McCue, Kathy Price, Becky Krick, and Karen Johnson took part in a skit called Miss Popularity. It proved that an FHA’er can meet any situation and handle it in the best way possible. This program was presented at 3 00 on April 5. • • • MUSIC CONTEST The 119 students who partici- pated in the music contest held April 6 at the Brookings High School, were well-pleased with their ratings. The girl’s and boy’s glee clubs and mixed chorus, under the direc- tion of Mrs. Larry Luitjens, each received a Superior rating. The band, under the direction of Mr. Lindbloom, received an Excellent rating. CHORALEERS The Choraleers are a new sing- ing group started by Mrs. Larry Luitjens, vocal director at De Smet High School. Students in mixed chorus were eligible to try- out. and from a field of 44 candi- dates. 21 students were selected. Singing as first sopranos are Robyn Slaight, the only freshman chosen. Roberta Hansen and Debbie Hyink. Mezzo soprano positions were filled by Darlene Beck. Shar- on Schardin, Glennette Halverson, and Jill Grothe. The altos are Cindy Stalheim. Sandy Munger and Betty Pratt. Tenors are Bob Springer, Tom Cecil, Dennis Hen- dricks, Dennis Tingle and Gene Skyberg. In the bass section are Charles Schultz, Vance Magnuson, Dick Peterson, Gary Lee, David Bell and Roger Lee. Accompanist for the Choral- eers is Beth Belzer. The group is practicing each Monday night in preparation for two public appearances in April, and also for the spring concert to be held in May. They will be singing some spirituals, but mostly ‘pop’’ music. Mr. Kennedy Mr. Kennedy, a practice teach- er in American History and World History at DHS is from Clear Lake. He attended Gary High School and is now majoring in His- tory and Social Science at General Beadle. He plans to be in Madison this summer. His plans for next year are to teach Social Science at Great Falls, Mont. • • Dress-Down Day Coming Thursday The student council of DHS met Monday. April 1, at 3:00. The main topic of discussion was that of dress down day. It was decided to have this dress-down day Thursday, April 11. Janice Lee and Gladys Farr were ap- pointed to advertise the day on the assembly bulletin board by making a scroll listing the rules set up by the council. Also decided by the council members was to send a $5.00 memorial to the fund for the Rap- id City cheerleaders who were killed in the plane crash earlier this year. c SCIENCE FAIRS The East Central Conference Science Fair was held in Lake Preston March 29. five students attending it from De Smet. They were Felice Schulte, with a demon- stration on teeth; Jim Bowes, with an exhibit on planeria; Jamie Combs, with his binary computer; and Dick Seeley, with a static electricity generator. There were four different divi- sion for competition: Junior bi- ological, Junior physical. Senior biological, and Senior physical. There were three places given in each category. Vance Magnuson was the only one from De Smet whowonaprize. He got a second place in the Sen- ior physical division. A regional science fair was held in Brookings April 6. The same five students went to this fair. Although no awards were won. some interesting facts were 1 ea rned. The science group from De Smet is advised by JamesCheadle. the high school science teacher. « (issue of April 18) Trophies Won In School Year 67-68 Seven trophies have been won by students of De Smet High School through the year 1967-68. The school became Lake Con- ference champions by defeating Arlington in the last football game of the season, with a 36-7 score. This left the team with a 6-2 rec- ord. However, the two losses were not conference games. With a record of 6 wins and 0 losses, the Bulldogs acquired the Lake Central Conference trophy. The Cross Country trophy and the LCC Cross Country trophy were won by a team consisting of Steve Hayden. Tom Fox, Dale Van Dyke and Mike Coughlin at the Bradley Invitationals. The real contests in track however, occur in the spring. The school wasquitesuccessful in basketball. The Bulldogs won the East Central Conference tro- phy for third place with a 5-win, 2-loss record. The team then fared forth to the District 15 tournament and went all the way for the District 15 Championship Trophy. F rom the district event the Bulldogs entered the Region 4 tournament with great enthusiasm, to be defeated in the finals, to re- ceive the runner-up trophy. The season of basketball brought 17 wins and 9 losses. The Junior High added to the collection of trophies by winning a declama- tion trophy a total point winner. All in all. it was quite a suc- cessful year, one to remember, both for winnings and the exper- ience. Attend Judging School At Sioux Falls The Ag judging team recently attended a meat and livestock school at Morrell’s in Sioux Falls. On this year’s team are: Jim Cummins, Wally Grafing. Craig Johnson. Steve Johnson. Curt Pop- pen. Loren Wendel. Ronald Blach- ford. Lex Dannenbring, Steve Hay- den. George Johnson. Randy John- son. Lauren Poppen and Dennis Tingle. (issue of April 25) SPRING CONCERT De Smet High School will pre- sent its Spring Concert, Friday, May 3. It will consist of girl’s and bey’s glee clubs and mixed chorus, all directed by Mrs. Larry Luit- jens, and numbers by the band, directed by Gerald Lindbloom. The concert will be held in the De Smet School Auditorium for the public. $ C CLASS HISTORY CLASS HISTORY The class of 1968 began its education under the supervision of Miss Mary Ringer, also Miss Arlys Dyce, our first grade teacher. Enrolled were Maureen Cummins, Randy Aselson, Jerry Davis. James Borgstadt, Lynn Garry. Gary Lee, Curtis Aselson. Dav- id Smith, Jerry Smith, Steve Rasmussen, Patty Aalbers, Lar- ry Hein. Lex Dannenbring. Judy Ryland, Charles Schultz, Diane Ibis, Nadine Hannah, Pamela Will- iamson, Richard Sprague, Sharon Norgaard, Carol McKittrick, Sher- ry Wynn, Curtis Wallum, Donna Brusse, Georgia Krieger, George Widman, Dennis Kruse, LeAnne Rounsville, James Gardner, Diane McKibben, Jim Johnson, Pat Krause. Jerry Heitmann. William Wilkinson, Beth Belzer, Rose Maris Schelske, Roger Lee, Rita Thiele, Ila Tande and William McCune. As second graders with Miss Patti Patton as the teacher, the class gained William Shaw, Mel- anie Ibis, Linda Johnson, James Siver, Dick Peterson, Barbara Ol- sen and Danny Buckmaster, and lost Randy Aselson, Steve Ras- mussen. Judy Ryland. Diane Ibis, Richard Sprague. Jim Gardner, Jerry Heitmann and Rita Thiele. In the third year Miss Inez Sprucelake was the teacher, with Kim Richman and Lee Dannenbring added and Lex Dannenbring. Rose Marie Schelske, Barbara Olsen and Danny Buckmaster lost. In fourth grade Miss Donna Hummel was the teacher, and the class gained Philip Carroll, Mary Carroll, Mavis Hauff, Carolyn Kitchen and Michael O’Connor and lost Patty Aalbers and Bill Shaw. Entering fifth grade with Mrs. Faye Munger and Mr. Arnold Naeve as teachers, the class gained Helen Heitmann. Teresa Mastel and Duane Pollock and lost Pat Krause and Melanie Ibis. As sixth graders under the supervision of Miss Myrna Sees and Mrs. Henry J. Smith, we gained Susan Uriveg. JimStorhaug, Ronald Montross. Gene Skyberg, Susanne Skyberg, Rosalyn Grafing. Ronald Blachford and Earl Brown and lost Carolyn Kitchen and Mi- chael O’Connor. The seventh grade brought the supervision of Lonnie Moon and Miss Lorene Anderson as teach- ers. Linda Larson, Patricia Pop- pen, George Hulbert, Heidi Geyer, Kenny Pope, Margaret Carroll, Patricia Ellinghausen, Patricia Aalbers, Steven Kornder, Carol Anderson, Larry Akkerman and Gail Stechmann were new pupils and none lost. As eighth graders under the instruction of Charles True and Miss Eggert, Mona Rae Albrecht and Connie Van Tassel were added and Kenneth Pope. Heidi Geyer, Gail Stechmann and Patty Elling- hausen lost. As Freshmen with the class advisors of Donald McCaskell, David Edwards and William Wink- le, the class president was Charles Schultz, the vice president, Jim Siver, secretary-treasurer, Diane McKibben, Student council, Lynn Garry, Curt Wallum. As students we gained Michael Cavanaugh, Steve Hayden, Gale Larson, and William Nordland. As Sophomores with John Mund- henke, Gary Meeder and Miss Helen Mortimer as advisors, the class gained Sheryl Clay and Linda Wendel and lost Michael Cavan- augh, Duane Pollock, Jim Stor- haug and Connie Van Tassel. The class president was Larry Akker- man, vice president. Jim Siver, secretary-treasurer. Diane Mc- Kibben. The student council mem- bers were Pamela Williamson and James Siver. As Juniors Laurence Gebur, Miss Fridley and Mr. David Ed- wards were the class advisors. Heidi Geyer, Don Halverson and Helen Kipp were added and Sheryl Clay, Lynn Garry and William Nordlund were lost. The officers were president Nadine Hannah, vice president, Gary Lee, secre- tary-treasurer, Beth Belzer, Stu- dent council members, Diane Mc- Kibben and Curtis Wallum. As high and mighty Seniors with Mrs. Donald Wolkow, Ken- neth Graham and Larry Winters as class advisors, the class gained Craig Andrisen and lost Susanne Skyberg, Pam Williamson, Linda Wendel, Carol McKittrick, Shar- on Norgaard and Sherry Wynn. The class officers were: presi- dent, Jim Johnson; vice president. Mavis Hauff; secretary-treasurer, William Wilkinson, and student council members. Linda Larson and Charles Schultz. PROM The social event of the season for the De Smet school and the public, the Junior-Senior Prom, will be held Saturday evening at the auditorium. It will have The Fourth Dimen- sion. a band of Watertown youths, for the music. Starting at 9 p.m., the dance is open to the public. Choral eers The Choraleers is a music group of 20 students organized by Mrs. Larry Luitjens. They sing popular songs. accompanied by Beth Belzer on the piano. David Bell-guitar and Maureen Cummins on the drums. Their first performance was April 18. They sang Gonna Build A Mountain, and It's Up To Us at the Lutheran church for theALCW convention. Mary Myers, as intro- ductory speaker, gave a short talk on the role of youth of American today. The second performance will be April 29 at Hickory Stick. • • (issue of May 2) SCHOOL PLAY The all-school play. The Diary of Anne Frank, presented April 19 and 20. was a very fine pro- duction, well worth attending. The cast was well-chosen and each took the part well. The stage setting was unique, an upstairs apartment withanattic and two separate bedrooms off the common room and kitchen in which the four members of the F rank family, the three Van Danns and a dentist had to live during the war to escape perse- cution by the Germans. Special effects were created by the use of colored lights on the stage and a spot-light during the diary scenes. The members of the cast, all those who helped with the play and their director, Mrs. Wolkow, deserve congratulations on the fine job they did on The Diary of Anne F rank. • • • CLASS OF THE WEEK Mr. Kennedy, a practice teach- er at DHS, teaches World History, a class of 20 students. They are now studying World War II and its results upon the world and humanity. Before the school year is over, Mr. Kennedy hopes to present events that are living history today HOME PROJECTS The Senior girls have been busy working on projects which concern the home, each girl to hand in a booklet. 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