Corona High School - Yearbook (Corona, SD)

Page 83 text:

SENIOR PLAY Members of the senior class and three Juniors, dire ected by Mrs. James Jordre, produced UThe Jackpot' for their Spring Play on Friday evening, April 50. The three-act comedy centered around the Bobbltt Corn Poppitt Company, owned by George Bobbitt, CB1lly Wlldel. In his employ are Julie Carson CDorothy Schultel, who is his secretaryg Rita Ransom CJune Schultzl, the director of advertlsingg Connie QAnn Fenhausb, switchboard oper- ator: and Eddie Bratton KPaul Jordrel, sales manager. To promote the sale of Corn Poppitts, a box-top con- test ls started with a Southern gentlemen, KGlen Zeiglerj Budford Stonewell Jackson, as the Voice of Romance being the Jackpot. Complications set in when Honey Chile KVerda Pew? and her tough brother Nick Chile CRalph Seehaferb get 1 'into the act. However, by the end of the play everything has turned out satisfactorily with the help of Mr. Riggan, a radio technician, CGerald'MillerJ. SKIP DAY Early Friday morning April 2, six seniors and Supt. James Jordre left at five o'clock and checked in at the swanky Curtis Hotel. Then they visited the Foshay Tower and the Cedric Adams Noontime News at WCCO. After dinner they crossed the Mississippi River into St. Paul to visit the capitol building and the two famous museums. Some of the most interesting articles in the museum were an Egyp- tian mummy and some shrunken heads of humane. After this interesting visit, they went out to the Wold Chamberlain Airport and spent about two hours watching transports and Jets take off and land. After supper we lounged around in our lovely hotel rooms until it was time to go to the ice follies. After a late Saturday dinner we started back to Corona and six tired but happy individuals were taked to their homes by their releived superintendent. We arrived home about 7 o'cloek and we all had Hthe time of our llvesn. BASKETBALL BANQUET Members of the basketball team, teachers, and cheere- leaders were guests Tuesday, April 6, at a six o'clook banquet served by mothers of the basketball squad. Superintendent James Jordre was toastmaster for'Ljhe evening. There was no planned program, but everyone present was called on for an impromptu speech. Banquet tables, arranged in an open square, were dov- ered with white paper and had purple and gold streamers down the middle. There were purple and gold nut cups. The purple place cards were in the shape of a basketball, with the gold letters C.H.S. on them. In the center of the square f0Pmed by the tables was the trophy won at the Wilmot Invitational and a little basketball with C.H.Sf on it. , A The mothers of the Squad and the cheerleaders worked hard to prepare a fine chicken dinner which was apprec- iated by those present. After the banquet the young peg- ple left and the mothers remained to do the dishes,