Conde High School - Spartan Yearbook (Conde, SD)

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buying tickets. Leonerd Dnhl, Tommy Reerdon, Don Dlttmen and Esther Bnin were ,our representetives on the committee that drew up the Constitution for the Student Council. Through the efforts of members of the Junior cless, school dances Vere egeln mede possible. Tommy Renrdon uns elected president of the cless with Miss O'Lenry es fnculty adviser. Our clnss pley WLunntics et Lerqeu Wns'eccleimed one of the best mystery comedies presented in CHS. Five Junior boys ngnin found themselves in the first eipqht on the Conde High bnsketbell term with the seme holding true for the bnsebell tenm. For the second time in two veers the cless of '41 claimed top honors in the inter-cless besketbell tournement defeeting both the Sophomores end Seniors by leree scores. Members of the cless took en ective pert in musicnl mroups. Wnyne Clevelend Wes selected to renresent CPB in the first South Dekote Boys Stete which Wes held in Aberdeen. The Junior-Senior bouquet nes held et the Potel Hewitt dining rooms on the eighteenth of Mey. The flnel event of the school yefr nes the ell school picnic which Wes held seein nt Lnke Kempeske. As dignified Seniors re entered upon our lest yeer in high school on September 3, 1940. We lost Frences Gross end Hnttie Resels end qeined Fern Wehl. Elected to reign over us for the yeer nes Weyne Clevelend with Miss O'Lenry ngein chosen es cless ndviser. Elected to represent the oless in the student council were Doris Zeck, Esther Bein, Leonard Dahl and Tommy Reardon. Dolores Bnmek, for the secord time was crowned queen of Spnrtnn Gele Dey. Five boys of thc class carried the burden of the bnskwtbell mnrfnre for dear old CHSH-Wayne Cleveland, Leonerd Dnhl, Donald Dittmnn, Richard Meison, rnd Tommy Reardon. This seme group of follows also Won, for the third successive time, the inter- clnss bfsketbnll tourney. The Senior Gless play, nEvcry- body's Crnzy,W Wes presented on Merch 28, end broke all records for net gnte receipts. The Conde High School bend will lose four veteren members in the gredunting clnss of '4l: nemely VenOrnum, Glevelnnd, Miesen, end Reerdon. The letter two heve been in the band since it ees organized in 1954. Sevnrfl Senior girls were in the mixed chorus and glee club. Lecnerd Dnhl represented GUS in n typing contest held nt FETCH Zommercinl College in which he won n six months scholersgip. Cur high school life ceme to e climnx on the evenier af Mer 20 with Commencement. Iteque finish. 15

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY May 20, 1941 brings to a close high school life for the class of '4l. We leave this school, as young men and women, to face the trials and tribulations in a troubled world. Thirty-one members made up the class as we entered these portals in the fall of '57. As tradition had it, we were thoroughly initiated by the unperclassmen. At first we were a bit shy of the massive halls and rooms of CHS but we soon learned to take our nlace in classes and in the affairs of the student body. Elected to guide us for the first year was loris Zeck as president and Nr. Vincent as class adviser. Being musically inclined, the class found itself well recre- sented in all musical organizations. The boys of the class took an active part in all athletic competition, as did the girls. Soon after the, school year started we lost June Ahlfs, who moved to Minnesota, and Dick Chaon, who decided to quit school. The days went by quickly and soon with final exams over we found ourselves Sonhomores. The class as a whole did O. K. for themselves at the school nicnic which was held at Melgard Park in the fair city of Aberdeen. Returning to school in '38 we found that we had lost the following members of our class: Pyhllis Benson who transferred to Groton: Martin Cleven who decided that farm- ing beat searching for knowledge: Velma Chandler launched herself upon the sea of matrlmonyz and Bob Funk who just naturally quit. We found that we had gained one new punil, Frances Gross, who entered Conde High School from the Brad- ley institution of learning. During the course of the year, the class of '41 really steooed into the spotlight. Iblores dawek was elected queen of Spartan Gala Day. Hlchard'M1esen, Wayne Cleveland, and Don Uittman made the first eight on the CHS basketball team. Tommy Reardon and Wayne Cleveland made up two-thirds of a trumpet trio. However the achievement giving us the greatest satisfaction was winning the inter- class basketball tourney. The Sophomore team defeated the Senior team in the first game and went on to down the Juniors which clinched championship honors. Leonard Dahl was chosen class president with Mr. Sabaka as class snonsor. Spring came and with it several of the boy's fancies turned to the thoughts of . Among those affected we found Wayne Cleveland and Donald Dittman who have never completely Fecovcred. The picnic was held at Lake Kampeska and was de- clared a success from all angles. Our Junior year fcund us making the Seniors do our bid- ding. We gained one new student, Albert Fits, to give us a total of twenty six in our class. Several of the class found themselves in the Athletic Benefit play NKid Colbyn which was presented on Spartan Gala Dey. Our candidate for queen, Luciile bhegdon, was defeated in the election for Spartan Gala Day Queen by the Senior entry, but only after several Senior Boys become financially embarassed due to 14

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1 SENIOR PROPHECY One spring day in 1961, I found myself wandering around my old home town of Conde, South Dakota, and I decided that I would spend a few of my leisure hours in the way of renew- ing old acquaintances of my schoolhood days. After ponder- ing a whlle on which was the best way to find their where- abouts and their occupations I concluded that I should visit the school in which I had spent so many uleisuren hours. As I ascended the stairs of the old schoolhouse Cerected in 19055 I recalled a few of my many experiences there. My first intention was to look up some of the student: and teachers to see lf I couldn't gain some information from them. On second thought I decided that these students and teachers now wandering around the halls would not be able to recall with any degree of accuracy the whereabouts of my former schoolmates. I finally decided to visit the publish- ing room of the school's periodicals to see if I could find some record of my schoolday pals. While brouslng around the texts and guides I happened to run across the 1961 edition of WWho's Who in Conden. I was overjoyed at the possible discovery of the fate of the class of '4l. Before opening the cover I wondered if any of ghem had been successful enough to have their name in WWho's hon. ' I opened the cover and thumbed through the introductory pages. On turning the first page of the contents I found that Wayne Cleveland, one of my old school cronies, is em- ployed as a sausage stretcher in Flnklest1en's Frankfurter Filling Station. With experience gained in the Conde Meat market, it was very easy for Mr. Cleveland to make both ends mea . I also found that Irvin Simmons is now head of the Plastic Surgery Department at Useless University in Noluck, Iowa. He was going the rounds every night with his new ln- ventlon, a fur lined gravy bowl. This was designed to keep Sunday's left-over gravy warm for Monday's'd1nner. I found that Dolores Bawek is a feather dancer -with Dippy Dahl's swing band. Charlie always wanted to become president of a breakfast food company but corney was the closest that he could come to corn. Dolores was doing all right at her chosen profession and seems to have a great futhre in store for her Cprovidlng birds continue to-grow feathersi. I found that Erwin Cleven is making his fortune as a gold miner in the Coteau Hills east of Crandall. Red is mining alone and has already taken out enough gold to make Death Valley Scottie look like a piker. Kenny Hlldebrant, the Conde crooner, is now a singer in the Stork Club. If he continues to put all of his weight behind his work,. he ls liable to push ahead of the Master Singers. p 16