Holly Springs High School - Holly High Lights Yearbook (Holly Springs, IA)

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Junior-Sen ior Banquet About the first of April, the six Juniors began casting furtive glances in the Seniors direction and hiding mysterious boxes when any of the Honorable Upperclassmen came into view. The reason for all this secrecy was the Junior-Senior Banquet, of course. The Seniors were very much surprised when their invitations read Hotel Martin instead of the Mayfair as they had all guessed. They still hadn't found out what our theme was to be and we tried very hard to keep Gay Nineties out of our conversation. After much tedious typing and planning, the glorious night came and we all thought we were well rewarded for all our hard work. On Friday night, April 14, 1950, six excited Juniors and seven less-delirious Seniors, Mr. and Mrs. Heacock and Mr. Wanser met in the Corn-room of the Martin Hotel for the Junior-Senior Banquet of 1950. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Haddock were our guests. All the girls looked very pretty in their new formals and with Ina Ronfeldt as Toast- mistress, we sat down to enjoy a delicious meal and a delightful program. Ina gave the Seniors a warm welcome and Mary Modde, Senior Class President, thanked us heartily for the lovely banquet. At the end of the program, Mr. Heacock gave a very inspiring talk on setting up a goal in life. Afterwards we all went to the Capitol Theatre to finish out our evenings entertain- ment with a very good movie. We all remember how Pat and Bettie Lee stepped on their formals with very damaging results. Mrs. Heacock took pictures of all of us and some were on color film. All in all, everyone agreed the Junior-Senior Banquet was a very successful event. Z8

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Junior Class Play The Junior Class Play this year was a three act comedy, Saved By The Belle The play was presented Friday, November 18, 1949. Saved By The Belle was under the fine direction of Mrs. Heacock. The cast was as follows: Mrs. Fish Pudge Lulu Mitzie Ginny Doris Harriet Rita Bonnie Jackie Clark Slugger O'Day Warren Sands the house mother a good natured girl of l9 girl of Z0 with a deadpan humor a sentimental girl of 19 a very athletic looking girl of 19 she used people for her purpose a very studious girl she inherited the fortune--a fighter a girl of Z0 with a nice personality a fighter J'ackie's trainer a young reporter--Rita's fiance' Mary Modde Ilene Belknap Lois Zortman Ina Ronfeldt Esther Dietrich Pat Heacock Evelyn Beem Bettie Ericksen Janice Coover Edward Weber Dick Pixler Elden Baker The play took place in the living room of the Aurora Sorority House at the Stone- hall College for Women. The main character was Rita Powers who was an orphan. She had been sent to college through the generosity of her Uncle Henry. When he passed on, he left Rita one piece of property, which soon turned up at the sorority house. It came to be Jackie Clark, a young contender for middleweight championship. He was accompanied by his trainer Slugger O'Day. They were penniless so the girls hid them in the garage and took food to them when Mrs. Fish wasn't around. When Mrs. Fish appeared on the scene, the boys posed as dancing instructors--with very amusing conse- quences. But when Warren Sands threatened to expose them in his paper, the girls kidnapped him and held them captives until the championship fight. The entire cast is shocked to learn that Mrs. Fish knew all along about the stowaways, but she is able to explain everything to the Dean, so that the girls are not expelled. Dispite all the trouble everything turns out swell, Jackie wins the fight, Rita has enough money to remain at the college, the girls are not expelled, and Rita promises to marry Jackie in the future. The play was a success, in production as well as attendance. All the cast had loads of fun at practices and wish to thank Mrs. Heacock for the patience she had to endure while we were having fun back stage. Z7

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Music f We feel that this year has been an outstanding and successful year in music. Mr. Luedtke has been our fine band instructor for the past year and we feel that we have made a lot of progress. We have given several public concerts, and made a trip to the music festival at Sloan, at which Benny Cox played a clarinet solo for the evening performance. On April 1, we went to Onawa to the Preliminary State Contest with seven entries coming back with two first ratings, Dick Pixler and Marilyn Haddock, the rest were second ratings. Dick and Marilyn then went to the District Contest. Marilyn again V getting a first and Dick a third rating. Marilyn went on to the State Contest at Perry to come back with another first rating on her saxophone solo. We want to congratulate Marilyn on her achievements and hard work. Also all the others who have very ably represented our school in the contests. Mrs. Haddock assisted Mr. Luedtke in directing the trio and sextette this year. She has put in a lot of time and effort to help us and we sincerely want to thank her for what she has done. Our trio rated a second at the contest at Onawa. As for our financial standpoint is concerned, our Band Mothers Club has done very well in providing us with sufficient funds. They have sponsored several extra activities to raise money for the band. We hope that this next year will be as successful in music for our school as this year has been!2!!! 29