Browns Valley High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Browns Valley, MN)

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BAND Front Row, left to right: Marlys Reed, Robert Madison, Betty Nickolauson, Maryls Schueller, Darlys Labs, Karen Roske, Helen King, Arlyne Piechowski, Marlys Plant, Elaine Pistorius. Second Row: William Randall, Orville Larson, Leona Smith, Susan Phelon, Phyllis Phelon, Darrell Spinier, Joyce Giedt, Thalia Duffield. Third Row: Nina Duffield, Dorothy Plant, Patricia Duffield, Phillip Phelon, Lyle Fibranz, Francic Determan, Gail Madison, Marlys Lindsay, Jerry Bullock, Mr. Stoyke. The band has shown steady progress this year in size and quality. It has played at football and basketball games and will make other public appearances during the year. The Girls’ Glee Club has appeared at the performance of the junior class play and will take part in the concert March 6. Front Row, left to right: Marietta Piechowski, Betty Fogel, Sonja Jacobsen, Marlys LeClair, Joan Nigg, Darlene Sauer, Janice Hanson, Sylvie Nye, Norma Lubbers, Nina Duffield, Betty Nickolauson, JoAnne Schwagerl, Darlene Ziemer. Second Row: Joyce Vollmers, Elaine Pistorius, Marion Pitzel, Helen Reed, Kathleen Schwagerl, Bethel Judish, Vivian Biel, Charlotte Minder, Arlene Grimli, Geraldine Kleindl. Third Row: Marlys Plant, Leona Smith, Shirley Ziemer, Doris Spotts, Germaine Roerig, Rita Roerig, Myrtle Kaufman, Mr. Stoyke. Fourth Row: Arlyne Piechow- ski, Darlys Labs, Susan Phelon, Bernice Piechowski, Shirley Westman, Glenda Knight, Virginia Madison, Elsie Grimli, Helen Spotts, Ethel Spindler.

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BOYS’ GLEE CLUB Front Row, left to right: James Piechowski, James Olson, Gary Jacobsen, Milton Kaufman, James Madison, Francis Determan, Mr. Stoyke. Second Row: Roger Goodhart, Gilbert Despiegler, Leland Witte, Vernon Smith, Donovan Nigg, Kieth Deyo, Gary Christensen. Third Row: Gerald Schueller, Peter Piechowski, Odell Hoffman, Jerome Hoffman, Wayne Sauer, Harry Ziemer, Vergil Tobeck. When the students registered this fall they selected a number of extra-curricular activities in which they would like to par- ticipate. One of the most interesting activities which was listed was Boys’ Glee Club. With a little coaching and coaxing from teachers, quite a few boys decided they would like to try out for this organization. Surprisingly enough, most of them like it and do quite well. The previous year there was no boys’ music organization, so Mr. Stoyke, Music Instructor, is well pleased with the progress this group has made. The Mixed Chorus includes members of the Girls’ Glee Club and of the Boys’ Glee Club who have been chosen because of their superior qualities. This organization, to- gether with other music groups, is included in the March 6 concert under the direction of Mr. Stoyke. It is regularly scheduled to meet only once a week, and, in spite of this handicap, has shown that they are an im- portant part of the school’s music program. MIXED CHORUS Front Row, left to right: Peter Piechowski, Elaine Pistorius, Marlys Plant, Leona Smith, Marion Pitzel, Betty Fogel, Shirley Schiefelbein, Shirley Ziemer, Arlene Grimli, Joan Nigg, Vivian Biel, Sonja Jacobsen, Germaine Roerig, Fay Cardwell. Second Row: Gilbert Despiegler, Donovan Nigg, Nina Duffield, Betty Nickolauson, Darlene Ziemer, Bethel Judish, Kathleen Schwagerl, Helen Reed, Janice Hanson, Ethel Spindler, Charlotte Minder, Geraldine Kleindl, Milton Kaufman, James Madison, Gerald Schueller. Third Row: Francis Determan, Phyllis Piechowski, Rita Roerig, JoAnne Schwagerl, Marlys LeClair, Beverly Ziemer, Doris Spotts, Keith Deyo, Gary Christensen, Mr. Stoyke.

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JUNIOR CLASS PLAY The action of the play, “Tiger House, revolves around the isolated country estate called “Mystery Manor because of the alleged haunt- ings. Erma Lourie, a young shop girl, has inherited the estate from her eccentric aunt, and according to the terms of the will, she must occupy the house for a period of one year. Erma’s cousins, Arthur Hale and Oswald Kerins, her Aunt Sophia and Peggy Van Ess, a former girl friena, are all house guests when things begin to happen. Wall pictures light up, book cases open and tiger claws haul people into them. The fireplace reveals secret panels and rooms are discovered. Finally it is discovered that a cousin, Arthur Hale, was trying to drive Erma Lowrie away from Mystery Manor so he could become owner of the estate. CAST OF “TIGER HOUSE Bottom Row, left to right: Leona Smith, Virginia Madison, Susan Phelon, Darlys Labs, Myrtle Kaufman, Mr. Sweeney, Director. Top Row: Gary Despiegler, Rodey Ewald, David Peickert, Gary Christensen, Jack Baer. ON STAGE O Wayne Sauer and Bernice Piechowski ONE-ACT PLAY CONTEST Twenty-seven signed up for try-outs. The dramatic play chosen for presentation in the con- test was “Finders Keep- ers by George Kelly. The story of the play is the following: A woman who finds a purse in a department store brings it home and tells her husband she isn’t going to return it even though she later learns that it belongs to her best friend and next door neighbor. There is a surprise end- ing which shows how the husband forces the wife to give back the stolen property. , The Sub-District Con- test was held at Browns Valley on February 27, with the following schools participating: Morris, Gracville, Clin- ton, Chokio, Alberta, Herman, Beardsley, and Browns Valley. Arlene Grimli and Mr. Sweeney, Director. ONE - ACT PLAY 27