Fairdale High School - Fairdalian Yearbook (Fairdale, ND)

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Ihe Gypsy Rover IS a productxon that wxll long be remembered 1 y he resxdents of thxs commumty Featurxng a chorus of tlnrty olces the operetta told the story of Rob a wealthy baby, who was tolen mn mfancy and was reared m a gypsy camp and brought up is one of the gypsmes Leadmg roles were played by Lorrame Hedlund and Norman Skytland wxth Helny Ohnstad as dxrector and Rxta Nordlxe as accompamst The Wishing Well, another three-fact 'nus1ca1 play was presented last year, and Llfe of Stephen Foster, one act musxcal play was gxven an November These operettas have been partxcularly valuable because they have given a large GYPSY ROVER number of students experxence m performmg for the pubhc, and have also dxscovered much hidden talent for solo work among the students Fan-dale as proud of 1ts th1rty pxece commumty band Organized a few years ago by Mr Anda carried on by Mr Haugen, and now duected by Melvm Hanson, the group has furmshed much enjoyrnent school students Present presxdent IS JoAnne Samson Dramatzcs work rn our school thzs year has been qulte extensxve A one act play Dumb Dora was presented as a part of the carnwal program xn October The cast zncluded Marie Westby Dons Mathzason, Donald Stoa, Edwma Thrugstad and LeRoy Stensland wxth Mxss Ohnstad as d1rector The November drarnatlcs schedule zncluded Life of Stephen Foster, wh1ch featured speaking par. ts as well as solo work Leadmg roles were gxven Ruth Westby Jerome Nordby Edwma Thrugstad, Joanne Stensland and L.11a Mae Okeson For the fxrst tame a .Tumor Class Play was given Llghts- Out, a a comedy mystery m three acts was gxven xn December wxth Helen Overbye and Orv1lle Fossland m leadmg roles The supporting cast mcluded Lorralne Hedlund LeRoy Stensland, Edna Zumwxnkle Avis THE BAND Llen, Glora Skytland June Lee Donald I-laug, Gerald Llen and Gene Weberg Helny Ohnstad dxrected the performance One of the outstandmg events of our sprmg calendar wxll be the Senxor Class Play The Gzrls Ensemble a group of ezght vozces has been a musical asset to the school and commumty The group has made at least a dozen appea ances at school church and social affazrs The Quintet ms a mlxed d1v1s1on of the Glee Club QUINTET Z0 ' -il-f I , . 1 I EQ' '-T' . . . . . I W v , , Vi I - ' ' 4 - .i ..- rx - ' , ' ' . . ' f ., . , . for its members and for the community. Many of the members are - I . l 0 ' 1 3 l . . . . . . r , ' 1 ii -til . D . I . ' . . I , . M 1 n N g, . . ' . . l . - . D . . --. . -- V . . , . ' . . I I - I . , . . ' I I 2' , , ' ' .

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Truls Tollefson our fa1thfulJan1tor has been school custodxan for ixfteen years He IS as much a part of our educatlonal system as are the books and the desks for he has been a school fixture datzng back to 1933 wxth only a few mtermzttent years off duty Last year Miss Ohnstad lnaugurated a new system for choosmg the ushers to attend the Seniors at commencement exercises The plan is to select ushers from the Jumor class on the basis of scholastic averages for the current year of high school work The 1949 ushers were JoAnne Sarnson and Grace Monson The 1950 ushers w111 be an nounced ln May Edwma Thrugstad Sophomore IS hot lunch chairman for the year succeedmg Helen Overbye who served the prevlous school term Her work xnvolves meal planning and record keepmg Our lunchroom serves as many as eighty elght persons as day and our monthly records often shows a total of 1200 meals Faczlztxes have greatly Improved by the purchase oi a steel cabinet and an electric hot plate The local Parent Teachers Association which had been dormant for a nu.mber of years was reorganized last fall and has had an active and successful season Officers elected were Mrs Harry Bergquist, presidentg Mr L Overbye, vice president Helny Ohnstad secretary, and Mrs I J Iverson treasurer A prograxn of school beautification was chosen as the special project of the year and wnth Glenn Lxen as project chairman the members of the organizatxon met to paint and repaxr the school buzldmg Helen Overbye, a Jumor, was chosen to represent the American Legxon Auxaliary at the 1950 Girls State held at Grand Forks Lorrame Hedlund was named alternate Candxdates are chosen on the basis of scholarship leadershrp and cxtizenshzp Last year the appointment was gxven to JoAnne Samson ZZ MR TOLLEFSON - '. ,'v ., 'lu ' EDWINA