Davenport High School - Dragon Yearbook (Davenport, ND)

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The Cast of ttThe Katz Whiskers Class text I I I . T A e ext , . EVE h The Katz' Whiskers , a three-act comedy, was presented by the junior and senior classes on November 4, l966. The story dealt with an Ozark family, Mrs. Katherine Katz, and her daughter and son, Miriam and Rodney, who run a boarding house to pay off their debts. Being very kind-hearted, Kitty let a few of her relatives, Mrs. Alicia Katz, and her son Paul, stay on without charge. Kitty and Alicia soon found out from Mrs. J. Gerney Heifer that one of their relatives, John Thomas Katz, was uranium rich. The halarious action that followed showed how three lonely widows set their sights to marry a rich man. Included in the cast were: John Thomas Katz iPaul Fredriksoni, who loved and lost; Bentley Brown iTed Bietzi, a friend of John Tom, who also had struck it rich; Mrs. Katherine i Kitty i Katz iBoni Graffi, who operated a boarding house: Rodney Tiger i Katz iRon Geerdesi, her twenty-one-year-oid son; Miriam i Peg i Katz ELepha Nokiebergi, her seventeen-year-old daughter; Mrs. Alicia t Aliie i Katz, iCharlotte Discheri, Kitty's mournfui sister-in-law; Paul i PoIe i Katz iTony Nokle- bergi, Aliie's spoiied son; Kay Ryiand iAdeie Vangsnessi, a boarder in a tizzy over Tiger; Thelma Thorpe iSusan Cockeriili, a boarder, who is pretty gone over Pole; Humboldt Buzard iDoug Tromi, a boarder who is a super salesman; Mrs. J. Gerney Heifer iMarcia Tuskindi, who jiited John in his youth; Ardyth Heifer iCarole Buchholtzi, her suitry daughter; Eiviry Sap idane Merhiyi, the maid from Tarnation Gap; Oscar Jorgen- son iDei Bernsteini, the Swedish man-of-ail-work; Algernon ithe Duck i Mallard iTom Fredriksoni, in a panic over Peg: Richard i Dick i Richards iMichaei Guisvigi, a friend of Duck's who was also in a panic over Peg; Tabitha i Cousin Tabby i Katz iCaroie Buchholtzi, the bearded lady from the carnival; Clem Corkins iSteve Kittie- soni, the tattooed man from the carnival. Mrs. Lila Geerdes directed the play. 50

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JTE TRIO: Val Grindberg, Carole Buchholtz, CLARINET TRIO: Janet Vangsness, Susan Cockerill pha Nokleberg. Adele Vangsness. , TOP ROW: Peter Fredrikson, Jim Plath, David Fredrikson, Darrell Discher, Craig Buchhcltz, Charlotte Discher, Adele Vangsness, Boni Graff, Ron Geerdes, Tony Nokleberg, Steve Kittleson, Ted Bietz, Tom Fredrikson. MIDDLE ROW: Eldon Bernstein, Dean Merhiy, Greg Plath, Susan Cockerill, Marcia Tuskind, Pat Zimprich, Barb Colliton, Sylvia Swisher, Mike Gulsvig, Doug Trom, Del Bernstein, Paul Fredrikson. BOTTOM ROW: Brian Zimprich, Verden Anderson, Alvin Nokleberg, Kathy Swisher, Lepha Nokleberg, Jane Merhiy, Carole Buchholtz, Val Grindberg, Dallas Glasow, Gerald Vangsness, Allen Noklebeng. Band and ' Chorus Y Ei 5 '- l5.:'7l1 TROMBONE TRIO: Top nght Bradley Keller- u man, Gerald Vangsness, M , , Darrell Discher. ' 0LOISTS: Hop Pictum Charlotte - CORNET TRIO: Bottom scher, Lepha Nokleberg. Right Tony Nokleberg, . K' I . KAPHONE DUET: M-ddIe Picture Eiiiiesftte 50 Ron 'k Colliton, Boni Graff. ANIST: Bottom Picture Janet angsness.

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STANDING: Val Grindherg, Barb Colliton, Janet Vangsness, Pat Kathy Swisher, Nystul, Jane Merhiy, Sylvia Swisher. Pat Zimprich. Speech Class Doug Trom, Ron Geerdes, Tony Nokleberg, Tom SEATED! Jane Merhiy, Lepha Nokleberg, Boni Graff, Paul Fredrikson. Fredrikson, Steve Kittelson, Mike Gulsvig. One - Act Play Members of the Speech Class found the Speech Contests, which were held in the spring, to be very rewarding. Humorous readings, serious interpretations, and story telling were events that the individ- uals entered. Students participating in the District Contest at Page were: Charlotte Discher, Lepha Nokleberg, Jane Merhiy, Ron Geerdes, and Tony Nokleberg. The one-act play, Joint Owners in Spain , was also entered at the District Contest. Members of the cast were: Lepha Nokleberg, Boni Graff, Jane Merhiy, and Charlotte Discher. Because of the number one ratings attained at the District Contest, Tony Nokleberg, Charlotte Discher, and the one-act play were entered in the State Speech Contest at Jamestown on May 5.