Hill Murray High School - Omega Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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TO VIE WITH PROM MEMORIES For from The homespun oTmosphere of o spelling mofch or o squore donce is The glomour Conn T d ec e wiTh The high school prom. No doubT mony o pioneer girl would look enviously oT The modern miss in her long eve ' d ' ning ress while mony o rugged fronTier boy would CC1sTo dubious glonce QT The whiTe dinner 'ockeT b I s worn y The boys of Todoy. Murroy's i948 J Thrill ond exciTernenT oTToched To The school's Top so- ciol evenT of The yeor. VViTh The Theme STor Dust seTTing The sToge, couples clcinced To The sTroins of unior-Senior Prom hod oll of The Les Willioms' bond G ld . o , silver, ond blue bolloons flooTed from The ceiling of The bollroom of The VVomen's CiTy Club where The Prom wus held. Below, righT, Borboro Geddes ond Kyle PeTerson leod The grond morch followed by Morilyn lvlonsergh d on KenneTh Carlson, ond Eorlene PeTrie ond Rich- ord Eddy. .loonne Petersen odmires her corsoge os she looks in The mirror while pinning The posies in ploce. PicTured below ore The merry doncers wiTh sTor ClusT in Their eyes. fsfhi ii - , --L Pan., 3 ,ui-li 1- Poge sixty-nine

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DQN Wg H V013 F02 T. MAKE 1 c. GEIQNI Quest-I -gin num GET 0 Dive 'l ,nv-1 ', HOMECOMING HOURS RETURN Homecoming has become a traditional event ot Mur- ray as each year o senior girl is chosen to be queen of the festivities. Bright fall days and the sharp October air gave cr fitting atmosphere to the early dawn ex- cursions to hang posters and to after-school campaign- ing. Early in the week signs, posters, ribbons, and other publicity ideas kept the student body informed about the five queen candidates. The girls chosen smiled will- ingly os their worried managers did last minute ground- work. The crowning of the queen is always a beautiful and thrilling moment-mode more so this year when the Page sixty-eight , queen of St. Paul's Winter Carnival crowned Phyllis Johnson qs Murray's 1948 homecoming queen. lcircle inset abovel There is always time for a social moment or two, and the photographer was on hand to take the obove pic- tures following a breakfast party at Shirley Swe-nsen's house. Above-Owen Eckblom, Audrey Grove, Barbara Biornstod, and Kenneth Larson. Below seated-Phyllis Johnson, Shirley Swensen, Genevieve Kulenkamp. Standing are managers Richard Eddy, Kyle Peterson, and Bob Joseph.

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HI-Y GROUPS STRESS SERVICE ii I Seated, left to right: Bob Biorndahl, Roy Milton, Bob Hohnen, Don Neale, Chorles Whiteheod, Robert Joseph, Poul Mielke, Alfred Nelson, Jcimes Preus, Phil Aus, Gordon Tinker. Standing, left to right: Roger Wood, Horold Hel- geson, August Hougon, Jomes Harmon, Chuck Michoelson, Richord Eddy, Richord Herschler, Bob Christensen, Bruce Anderson, Dick Lantz, Don Horvey, Chuck Grose, Don McGroth, Dovid Briggs. While Hi-Y is not on orgonizotion new to Murroy, this is the first yeor thot the group hos been recognized os o unit of the school's octivities. Two chopters hove operoted this yeor under the sponsorship of the YMCA, leoder ot the Hi-Y movement. Under the guidonce ot Robert Joseph, president, Chopter l hos devoted its eFforts toword Europeon relief work, o proi- ect of the Notionol Hi-Y. This Murroy Chopter re- ceived the citotion for being one ot the stote's model Hi-Y units. Como Pork Chopter, directed by president Jerry Gillett, stepped its progrom tovvords school protects. During the yeor it sponsored intro- murol othletics for oll boys. Mem- bers of the orgonizotion plonned, porticipoted in, ond tinonced the c H A P T E R i fntzimiigil 2'f0?R2mi,QOniZ0- c o Ni o c H A P T E R M u R R A Y H i-Y Q2g2,,Q3'i,,SO5,'fL,53E:,':5 T G' M u R R A Y H i-Y Seated, left to right: Wes Johnson, Gordon Lindgren, Jerry Gil- lett, Rcilph DeYoung, Art Koch, Joe Kvoose. Standing, left to right: Fred Swensen, Kyle Peterson, Owen Eck- blom, William Hend- rickson, Bob Picho, Bob Rutford, Bing Thompson, Art Kistler, Horlon Sween, Ken- neth Spotes. Page seventy