Ada High School - Viking Yearbook (Ada, MN)

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TRACK wr st., HOMECOMING Prrates bums fat men old ladres and some other we1rd lookmg creatures were all part of the openrng feature of our btg gala home student passed 1n revrew the judges marked them for ongrnalrty performance and the elaborateness of costumes They chose Stan ton Dekko as the frrst place wrnner Betty Naugle second and Lowell Storms thrrd Later 1n the evenmg amld the cheers of our basketball fans Patty Mack was crowned queen of homecomlng by Iarl Grlbertson the 1943 football captam Lowell Storms vrce presrdent of the Student Teacher Counc1l then presented her wrth a beautrful charm bracelet The queen attlred 1n the tradrtronal coronat1on robe was attended by Verna Nash Betty Lou Ol on Ardella Fett1ng and Iune Schackle gll wcarmg wh1te formals Iamce Omdahl Eva Mae Iohnson and Yvonne Peterson presented cr novelty tap and twrrlrng combrnatron after the coronat1on Followmg the game we were entertalned by the splendrd carnrval prepared by the sopho mores The fortune tellrng by Mlss Bryant was especrally popular The wrnners of the decoratrng contest were Sophomores Ftrst pnze and the Senlors run n1ng a close second Thrs party brought to an end our mrd wmter homecomrng wrth everyone sayrng lt was a huge success Although they entered a large rnexpenenced team the V1k1ngs were able to mass a total of 42 po1nts at the d1stnct track meet held at Ada on May 14 1943 The two outstandrng men on the V1k1ng team were Hadler and Iohn son who scored 10 and 7 poxnts respectrvely Hadler placed frrst 1n both the 100 and 220 yard dashes whrle Iohnson took second rn the pole vault and thrrd rn the broad jump Hadler was the only man to place tn the Regronal where he took frfth 1n the 220 yard dash Other members who placed were Storms who t1ed for frrst rn the 880 placed thrrd and fourth respectrve ly 1n the mrle run Noel Haaland who was only a seventh grader placed fourth 1n the hrgh jump whrle A Petry and Rrpley both placed fourth rn the shot put and pole vault 184- . r r' 'S-1' coming, Friday, Ianuary 21. As each costumed yard run. Smith and Iamison who C . I l 28

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The Basketball season started off wrth a lme up new to Ada fans srnce only two lettermen returned Arne Garness and Leo Merck Eugene Hadler and Malcolm Rlp ley both senrors and regulars on last year s quad entered the navy durmg the summer months Desp1te the1r lack of herght and IIIGXPGIIGIICG the new team played as seasoned veterans The addr t1on of Iack Evans at the begmnlng of the second semester gave spark and rnsprratron to the boys Playrng 15 games and wmnmg 5 the boys scored a total of 884 pomts to the1r opponents 487 mak mg an offenswe average of 263 pomts aga1nst a defensrve average of 32 7 pornts The hrgh llght of the season was the upset they scored over Tw1n Valley The V1k1ngs ended :th 1n the conference stand mgs The V1k1HgS can be congratulated for play1ng good clean basketball and g1v1ng every opponent a hard frght as the scores lndrcate Tvxo of the Team Sanders and Merck are graduatmg but Coach Ruoff rs left w1th good prospects for 1945 SEASON S GAMES e Opponent They Gary Cherel Waubun Halstad D Lakes therel Ferttle Cherel Borup Crookston T Valley there? Mahnomen Crookston there! Hendrum therel Fertrle T Valley Gary fherel Mahnomen Pl 1? 1944 VIKES IV! 1: rn. 7

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