Climax High School - Viking Yearbook (Climax, MN)

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JUNIUR CLASS HISTORY. our class consists of nineteen members. During the course of the year Betty Simmons and Florence Leoper left us. AS money making sources this year, we spons- ored a penny supper and a nance. They were both well attended. our class play, HTho Henpecked Husbandu, a comedy in three acts, which was given March 15, met with such a gret: success that we agreed to present it again on March LG. For entertainment we had a roller-skating party, Oct- oher e, at the Palais Roller-skating Rink in Battle Creek. To make it a successful evening, we attended the Ritzzee hamburger shop before returning home. At the close of the year we sponsored a J-Hop and took part in the annual graduation exercises. Ardith Jones: JUNIOR PLAY The junior class presented a play titled HThe Henpeck- ed Husbandn, directed by Miss Ruth Metzger. The play was advertised for March 15th, out because of popular request it was again presented the following evtning, ,u,nTh,.gugt of characters was as lollovsi Mr. Samuel Casper LixonKThe Henpeckei Husband... Carrol Lindsay Mrs. DixoniHis wifeJ........Betty Jeane Nickerson Ellen DixonCTheir dnughtori:..m...n,.Thcta'hoof Mrs. FergusoniThe mother-in-lawJ.....Nyra Vestphal Filbert FergusonQThe brother-in-lavD.Vernon Rambov Jerry BartonCEllen's suitorl, ..... ...Bernard Roe Mrs. JohnsonQNr.Di. 's .'.' sisterb. .... .Wiona Reed WReform school Ear 3 g's Johnson's sony.. Gordon Low Miss ArnoldlPsycholc5y instructorJ...Lee Ella Bates Mrs. Rust Ardith Jones Mrs. Jones CCream of soc1etyJ.......DOPiS Russcl Marqu1sCFrench Noblemenh.............Vernon Taylor The play takes place in the home of Mr. Casper Dixon,an honest-to-goodness American citizen who has worked hard all his life and has saved enough money to retire. He is very contented with life until he learns his mot- her-in-law and brother-in-law are coming for a visit. To top it all off the mother-in-law brings along a French Noblcman, who is to teach him to write poetry.

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While these people are visiting the Dixon's, Mrs. Dir on, who has been devoted to hor husband all their mar led life, comes easily under the influence of her moth er and becomes a dominstdon nersonality. Their daugh ter having been engaged 4- to Jerry Barton, becomes very injatuated with Marquis de lu Benct della Fontaine. Mrs. Jones and frs. Rust, the so-crlled HCream of soc- ietyn, attend the meetings of the newly organized poetry apprecistlon club, only to be insulted by Nr. Dixon. Mr Dixon in order to get rii of all of his ln-laws calls on his nephew and sister. He himself pretends t that he has lost his fortune and to add to thc cutes- trophe, his sister pretends to be a victim of violent fits. Through the combined dfforts the unwelcome vga itors are soon driven away, and with Jerry's helr lr, Dixon proves that the Marquis is a crook. In the fri Jerry and Ellen once more become engaged and Mr. Jfxzf finds the peace and comfort for which he hoped in irc beginning. The play was very successful and we netted a profit of W56.00. We hope everyone enjoyed the play as much as we enjoyed putting it on. Betty Jeane Nickerson: -4- -w- -4- -4- -4- -+- J. HOP The annual J. Hop was held May 5, 1940, by thc class of 1941. The assembly hall of the Climax High School was very nicely decorated for this formal affair. At one end of thc hall above the.stage for the orchestra was the sung at the other end a rainbow with a large pot of gold at each end. Umbrellas filled with flowers dripping with rain hung from the lights In the library, deny' fel with white lattice work and flowers, rcfreshmtr' -1 served. Everyone spent an enlqynble evening, dancing to the music of Jack's Yellow Jackets.' ' Wiona Reed: Guest fat a weddingl' It certainly must be hard for you to lose a beautiful daughter like her. Brides Father- Yes, but it's a lot harder to lose one that's not so beautiful. '