McHenry High School - Spectrum Yearbook (McHenry, ND)

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THE YEAR 1975 Oh hum! eleven o'clock, guess I'd better check in, must be up at eight. Carol, did you see this article in the paper about a General Don Borlaug who is to head an expedition of some sort into India? Isn't he the same guy we knew back at McHenry High School in l949'? Sure, he was that boy with a crew haircut, and who wore such loud clothes --remember those green cords he used to wear? ...and those fancy sweaters! Did you say he was a general? A Briga-dier? --but I thought he was planning on the ministry or missionary work or something. I was talking to one of his classmates the other day, Melvin Midgley. Midge says that Don had some rather disappointing girl experiences shortly after he left high school--who was the Glenfield girl he was sweet on? Oh, yes, Marlys Christianson, her mother was a teacher at Glenfield. Well, anyway they had a falling out, guess she wanted to be an evangelist and Don didn't want com- petition in the family so they quarreled, and in a moment of anger he up and joined the army. I guess he is loving 'em all now and leaving them too. Say, you know Ol' Midge is doing all right by himself. He's coaching some school over near Starkweather. Small school, not to much material, but I guess he is solving it his own way. He's raising his own team--has five boys already and has begun on his girls' team--he figures he'll have his six girls in three years or so. His wife is the former Doreen Hoyt, remember, she was a pretty good athlete herself! I wonder what has happened to other members of that Class. Let's see, there was Perry Thompson, that all freckled faced kid, who was rather sticky with that Johnson girl from Glenfield. Oh no, he never married her or anyone else in fact. l don't know, but I guess he moved around quite a bit, never stays long in one place. He was always kind of handy with the cards, remember the District Tournament at New Rockford? I heard he took his mates for everything they had. You know, I stopped at a farm house the other day, and when a farmer opened the door, I though his face looked familiar, so I asked him his name, and he said 'Herbert' something or other. I can never remember his name, so I asked him if he was the guy who was going with a Gladys Grafsgaard back at McHenry High. He said, 'Go with her sir, I married heri' fl don't quite know if he mumbled something under his breath or not.l So I asked about Gladys. I guess she has been teaching in that same home school of hers ever since she left high school. Herbert, I understand keeps house for them, and takes care of the children. I had some of his delicious rolls while I was there, he can really make bread! Gladys, I guess, has to write teacher's examinations each year to get her certicicate. She couldn't leave Herbie long enough to go to college. I wonder if Betty Baker likes to dance as well as she did in school. I believe that was all she thought about--well, that and men. You wouldn't believe it, but Betty really snapped out of it when she left school. She went to a business school and then took a position with one of those big stores in Fargo, selling lady's dresses and stuff. Oh, she is so trim and neat, lost most of her excess weight, yea! She is a head buyer, goes East every spring to buy for the whole store. I guess she's got too important a job to bother with a mere man now. I Carol, did you put the cat out? l'1l bring the milk in, might freeze. I'll turn out the light. Hal who would have thought it of Ol' Midglel 15

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When it was decided to revive the publishing of a Yearbook, a very able Senior, Don Borlaug, was selected for that responsible position. One of the most difficult tasks to be given to a student in our high school is that of Secretary of the Student Association. The task this year was greater than ever because of the extent of the activities and amount of money that had to be handled. This all-important job was awarded to Senior Perry Thompson. The manner with which Perry handled this terrific job and at the same time held his forward position on Coach Bil1igmeier's Blazers and yet maintained a B average in his class work illustrates beyond doubt, the extraordinary abilities of this class. Yet, there is more to relate. Betty Baker served honourably on the Student Council, while Gladys Grafsgaard, a star forward on the girls' basketball team, also served as Feature Editor of the Yearbook, circulation manager of the Spec and acted often and well as substitute teacher in the Primary Grades. Need it be men- tioned that Melvin Midgley, all six feet three, of him, was the scourge of the basketball courts in these here parts: chosen unanimously on the District Tournaments three years in a row--all tournament team. Coaches around here will be glad to see him out of high school competition. So, we the Class of '49 in looking back over the years, view many of our achieve- ments with pride, and a few with regret. Yet, we shall not spend long in looking back for we have already turned to peer into the future--to raise our sights on bigger things to be done, and go eagerly forward to do them. Jlvkivkikik What Would Happen If Phyllis couldn't play the piano? Doreen couldn't chew gum all day? Helen grew a little bit? Jimmy forgot how to do General Mathematics? Billigmeier couldn't go to Jamestown? Marlys didn't get a letter? Pete wasn't such a flirt? Rodney had straight hair? Roger wasn't such a clown? Irene wasn't to tall? Smitty was on time for class? Betty would ever hurry? Clayton wasn't black and blue after pep squad practice? Noisiest:-- ---- Most Giddy: --- Hands ome st: ----- Most Stubborn: - - - Most Love Sick: Thinnest:-- Broade st Smile Believe it or Not The girls-It's the nature of the beasts. Lois and Doreen. Melvin Midgley. Myrna or Lois. fwhen their mad., The girls Qwhat they wouldn't give for a man., Betty Baker Qlf she lost twenty-five pounds. Marvin Qfrom ear to ear.l Fastest: -- - Peppiest: ------ - Most Athletic ------ W ittie st: -------- - - Most Cow Boyish- Most Popular Girl Doreen Qshe can run the hundred in nothing., Clara. fshe eats on a day vitamins., Doreen Hoyt. Roger McNeese. Pete fHe'd trade his wife and girl for his horse.j Lois Vance fshe's a democrat.

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