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

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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

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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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Senior Class Play This year, we found a play that fit our characters and class enrollment very well. We chose the mystery melodrama Spider Island which consisted of a cast of six girls and one boy. We worked hard on it for five weeks and then presented it on Friday night, April 28. We had a pretty large turnout netting S53.65. The cast was as follows: Abbie Mayo. . . . The younger sister .... . . Janice Coover Salem Mayo . . . . . The domineering sister . . . Ilene Belknap Dullie Peabody . . . . Their hired girl .... . Amy Zortman Star Mayo .... . . Their niece. . . . . . . Evelyn Beem Pat Casey . . . . . Star's girl friend . . . . Pat Heacock Meg Crosby . . . . An old crone .... . . Mary Modde Daniel Mayo . . . The brother ...... ...... . . Elden Baker lt was a thriller-diller mystery with an old abandoned lighthouse as the setting. It is inhabited by the two elderly sisters, Salem and Abbie Mayo and Dullie the maid. When their niece, Star Mayo, comes unexpectedly and learns about the ax murder, the gold, and her father's strange disappearance, mystery fills every corner! Not until the last act, after the tower has crumbled and Meg and Daniel are killed, is everything explained to Star satisfactorily. The blame is finally placed where it belongs on Meg Crosby, and everyone decides to leave Spider Island and start life anew. Everyone will remember the hilarious times we had at play practice. Amy's little fashion creations and J'anice's absurd knitting kept us all amused.. After practice one night Pat presented Janice with a beautiful birthday cake, which everyone enjoyed. The night of the play, Mrs. Heacock received a beautiful necklace from the Seniors for her splendid direction. We all enjoyed putting on this exciting play very much. 30