McHenry High School - Spectrum Yearbook (McHenry, ND)

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Carnzfval Merr1ment ran h1gh and money cllnked mto the cash boxes as fun seekers paraded the colorful mldway hawked by students try1ng to add more suckers to thelr l1st The graders w1th the1r s1de show of Red Sea trmp around the world drew many laughs wlth thelr hoaxes The feature of the carnwal proved to be the Negro mxnstrel w1th such stars as Ronald Anderson Rodney Le1r Phyllls Bonnet Pete Erlckson and that natural coone Mxska Constance Borlaug as the splttlng Judge completed the cast wxth B11l1gme1er prancmg out as M C du-ect from the road show The carmval dance featured the second evenlng proved more popular than ever The evemng was hmghllghted w1th the coronatlon of Carol Brown as carmval queen In a colorful ceremony Clayton Lowe Presldent of the Student Assoc1at1on performed as the queen s chamberlam placmg the crown upon her head Beauty and color were added to the settmg by the queen s lovely ladles ln wa1t1ng Myrna Lemr Lo1s Vance Phyllls Tufte and Sherrmle Mxdgley Sy1v1a Parson and jo Dee Smmth dressed mn brlghtly colored evemng gowns scattered flowers for her majesty Mr Emckson Where were you last n1ght'? Pete Oh just r1d1ng around w1th some of the boys Mr Er1ckson Well tell them not to leave the1r ha1rp1ns 1n the car Mmss Duffey Say thls car won t cllmb a h1l1' You sald lt was a f1ne machme Car Dealer I samd on the level 1t s a good car Mlss Bergstad What' have you been flghtmng aga1n9 Good httle boys don t f1ght Larry Marr1ck Yes I know that I thought he was a good llttle boy but after I hmt hmm one I found he wasn t Answer on an exarnmatlon paper' The new moon has the shape of a banana' joDee floudly 1n mlddle of ceremony Mommy are we all gett1ng marr1ed'P Mr Srrnth durmg shop class Waldo Iwlsh you wouldn t wh1stle at your work Waldo Oh Iwasnt worklng Mr Sm1th 9 7 o to cv . . . . . an 10 . ' . . 1 1 ' 1 A 1 I - 1 l . 1, . l . I , . . . 1 . . 1 . I . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 - 1 llillfifflfikifflkfiliirllfsiiiffillfiiififllflfrffikilllfiiiflkllflffilk . . so . 11 . I . la . . . . 11 I . ll . . . - . ll . . , . . ' is . 1 . . . . . . , . . Il . ll - .ll . 1 ii . , . - . on . . . . U 9 .l ll . - l u I . ' 1 1 1 . . 1 li , . . . D . . I , . . - . K n , ll - I 1 . . , Il I ll ' 0 1 - li ' 1 1 1 - l

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1949 Prom l Looks like ut 3 fun Clara and Bob' Z Could xt be the whmskers fhey re lookmg nt? 4 Myrna and Carol what are you thxnklng' 5 MCHPUTY 5 Yfmng mitrons 18 1 3. jungle juice-what it won't do to you! - 1

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Off The Track The upperclassmen presented as thexr play of the year a h1lar1ous comedy Off The Track A story of stranded passengers ln an lsolated way statlon provlded the settmg for the gomgs on of the assorted spec1mens ofthe human race Marlln E1'lCkSOn the statxon agent wmth h1s Janltor Marvxn Mmska truly had themr hands full trymg to prov1de accornmodatwns for such a gathermng The crowd burst w1th laughter at Doreen Hoyt the buxom Itahan womar as she bounded for the lad1es room Marlys Mmdgley her daughter wxth her p1gta1ls and dlrty face provlded a success1on of laughs and brought the house down w1th her bread cuttlng antlcs joan McNeese the swanky and well dressed lady hxghly crmtmcal of everythmg but herself and Phyllms Bonnet the snoopy old ma1d were naturals mn the1r roles and gave talented Charactemzatlons james Hoffman l..o1s Vance lrene Smxth Marmlyn Aasand the care free college kmds added ga1ety to the show james techmque wmth the gu-ls Clayton Lowe 1n the role of an eccentrlc old man who seldom heard correctly d1d a masterful job of characte1 actxng I can stmll see hmm loolung out over those glasses of h1s w1th h1s grey bald head and those long legs and brlght socks protrudmg through those undersmzed trousers The surprxse of the mght proved to be Myrna Leu' who passed as the f1ancee of possesswe Clara Hardmg Myrna really had everyone guessmg She also proved qumte an able lawyer Would you beheve 1t'P W1th the last curtam the aud1ence laughed and clapped thelr approval Dlrector M1ss Duffey and cast well earned the pra1se that was gwen them Black Magzc The Sophomores and Freshrnen demonstrated that they were classes of many talents They proved to be the fmrst class of Freshmen and Sophomores mn a number of years to present a full length play To gmve tradltxon a further upset they dec1ded to present a mystery Black Magmc Wmth the two classes takmg part they came through under M1 ss Duffey s dmrectlon w1th a thr1ll1ngly scarry performance After the talented act1ng d1splayed th1s group can be expected to produce even greater product1ons as upperclassmen Z0 GA I! . . , . , . . . . , . . , . ' . 11 . v . 1 . , ' , I I . W . . Q 1 I . l A D I 1 - 1 u O - . . , . was of special interest. I I l 1 I I I . . ll If . ,n . ii . n I' - , . , . . . . . D ' I . 1 Ol Ii I