North High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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The POLAR BEAR d| | M JUNE, 1943 Every Family Has One h Penelope Reardon — Betty Kurtz Laura Reardon — Barbara Bates Mrs. James Parker — Betty Merritt Essie — Dorothy Randle Nana Reardon — Flo-Reen Slater Reginald Reardon — Don Grier Marcia Reardon— Jane Couchman Warry Reardon — Kinsey Stewart James Parker— Bill McKinley Sherwin Parker — Norman Allen Lily Reardon — Nadene Bosley Todd Galloway — Paul Mumma Set in Fernwood, New Jersey, the all-school play, Every Family Has One , revolved around a typical American family, the Reardons. While the Reardons appeared to be hilariously eccentric, they were really quite normal. Mrs. Reardon, a confirmed social climber, invited Mrs. James Parker, wealthy mother of Sherwin Parker, to spend the weekend with her while Mr. Parker and Sherwin were on a business trip. Mrs. Reardon was determined that her daughter Marcia was to marry Sherwin. Nana Reardon, the wise cracking grandmother, was just as determined that Marcia would not marry Sher- win. With the help of Cousin Lily Reardon, Nana succeeded in getting rid of the Parkers and marrying Marcia off to the boy she really loved. The rest of the Reardon family and Essie, the colored maid, helped to make the whole story side-splittingly entertaining. The all-school play, a tradition in North High, is always well received, and this semester the play was considered by the audience to be one of the best. Con- gratulations are in order for the entire cast and those who worked behind the scenes. Thirty

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The POLAR BEAR JUNE, 1943 A Cappella Choir The A Cappella Choir consisting of about 50 voices has been kept quite busy this semester. At the begin ' ning of the semester they sang for a forum at the Shrine Auditorium. May 8 the combined choruses of North and East High sang over the radio for National Music Week. The program was over a nation-wide hook-up. June 6 they will sing for baccalaureate services and June 9 for commencement exercises at Roosevelt High School. Miss Ruth Rickards, director of the Choir, is versatile in her musical talent as she not only directs the vocal work and often accompanies these groups, but has re ' cently taken over direction of the Band and Orchestra. FIRST ROW (Left to right): Roberta Fastjc, Alice Undc wood, Joy Campbell, Phyllis Farrand, Rosie Gabriel, Joanne Shepard, Gloria Stevens, Alice Erlandson. SECOND ROW: Edythe Carey, Maxine Healy, Dorothy French, Doris Ann Holmes, Jane Couchman, Bernadine Richardson, Shirley Newberg, Lillian Cooper. THIRD ROW: Lee Faye Rickabaugh, Marian Skaggs, Pauline Wieslander, Helen Thomson, Janice Baynes, Marilyn Coon, Mildred Davis, Mary Louise Kinzle. FOURTH ROW Marilynn Sauve ' , Barbara Bates, Arlene Shirk, Beverly McKinley, Joey Wise, Evelyn Rau, Blanche Landis, Mary Parlee. FIFTH ROW: Virgil Blackledge, Carmie Smith, Dick Porter, Lyle Anderson, Keith Bullington, Norman Allen, Frank Lorey, Carl Peresman. SIXTH ROW: Lee Meredith, Jim Wise, Arien Miller, Alan Thompson, Edward Killam, Albert Gay, Robert Perdue, Lovel Ellis. Twenty-nine

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The POLAR BEAR [)| |m JUNE ' 1943 Sports Nancy Gilbride, Pat Knight Jim Lott Bob Sullivan M. A. Jencks, Walter Bcsley, Norma Becker Theresa Anderson, Francis Cretzmeyer, Arden McClain Ken Brown Dick Strickler, Dick Johnson Keith Scott Thirty-one