Dawson High School - Red and White Yearbook (Dawson, NE)

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SCHOOL DAYS JUNlDD'SENl0D BANQUET Labeled the high-lite of the school year, the annual Junior-Senior Banquet was held at 6:30 p. rn. on April 25, 1942. The theme was Victory, and a program was presented which included a speech on each letter of V-I-C-T-O-R-Y. Streamers of red and blue hung from the ceil- ing in the shape of a V, and a huge painting of the American eagle at one end faced our flag at the other. The tables also were arranged to form a HV. PROGRAM V Vigilance ..... ......... - W- ..... Sue Fishwood -I Ideals ............. ...... . -,---.. ,,e,. ,--.g- Ione Heim CViolin Solo ......., Nellie Lee Triggsh C Courage --.,-.. .... ., ...,.. ,- Jeanette Wilkinson T Taps .............., --.ll William Hasenyager 1Military Dance --- --- Mary Gilbertsonb O Order .............. .....c. S upt. H. E. Little R Reveille .... .--. ...... ......... I . L. Steber C'Ti1 Reveille -..- --- Quartettel Y Youth --. ..... , ,... -, ..... .......... W ilbur Bruhn MENU Cocktail Mashed Potatoes Creamed Peas Creamed Chicken Salad Olives Pickles Hot Rolls Butter Ice Cream White Cake Ice Tea DISTIQICT MUSIC CDNTEST April 17 and 18 the District Music Contest was held at Auburn. Dawson was well represented by these groups, which placed as follows: Orchestra, Superiorg Choir, Superior: String Quintette, Superior, Madrigal Group, Superiorg Girls Trio, Superior. Since this is the last year Nebraska will participate in the National Regional Music Contest, a special effort was made to send the small groups. Dawson will be represented in Omaha May 8 and 9 by the following: Girls Sextette, Girls Trio, Madrigal Group and String Quintette. slmlue couclinr . The Spring Concert, which has come to be looked forward to as an annual affair of the school, was presented Thursday, April 30, under the direction of Miss Anne Wiebe, Director of the Music Department of the school. A large and appreciative audience enjoyed the selections given by all the groups Winning Superior at the District Music Contest at Auburn.

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p cuooi DAYS NEWSDADEIQ The newspaper staff of the Dawson school began, as was its custom, the work of mimeographing a newspaper. This procedure was followed until Christmas, since which time the practice has been discontinued. Because of a paper shortage and a wish to aid the government by conserving in every way possible, the staff secured permission from the editor of The Dawson Herald, Chas. M. Ross, to have its news printed each week in The Herald. Every week, news of the Lion's Mirror appears on page two of the local newspaper. The staff of The Lion's Mirror is: Editor ----,..----.----..--- ..........,.. Colleen Mullins Assistant Editor ---- ---.- .--- Colyne Brien Sports Editor .-..--- --- Bobby Utermohlen Cartoonist -.-.--------.. --.- -----. Homer Spaulding Humor - .... .--..----..-- . . ..--. .. ----.-- - --..-.---- Staff High School Reporters ..--.--- Onneatta Nichols, Audrey Spaulding, Evelyn Brown, Barbara Spurgin. Grade Reporter .. -..--..- .. --.--..-.. Dorothy Lanning Literary Reporter - -..------.--------- Mary Spaulding News Reporters .--- Dean Suchsland, John McGinnis, Barney Koelzer. Typists --- Nellie Lee Triggs, Dorothy Ann Meyerkorth JIJNIOIQ CLASS DI-AY April 10, 1942, saw Hurricane House being presented to a tense and excited audience. The play certainly lived up to its name since nearly everyone was kept in an uproar throughout the entire evening. Miss Jeanette Wilkinson was the dir- ector and Miss Mildred Nemechek was assistant director. The play was a three-act comedy-mystery, with a cast and synopsis as follows: Tad Blaine -.-----.----- ----. ---..-.-- Lowell Hehnick Gwen Hunter --..- --- Margaret Sue Fishwood Perry Haviland ---- ---.----- D ean Suchsland Patsy Knapp -.---. .-..-- Dorothee Yates Diane Jardine --- -..- Betty Hendricks Denis Niles ------ .--- ----- Lowell Heim Timothy Pepper .-.. ..--- - --. John McGinnis Susan Fable .--. .- ----. Ruth Kean Bill Bailey --.-- --- Leroy Holder Vina Vale .... - -... --------- Rita Kean Rajah of Kaybir -----,. ----- . .-,-- Waldo Elwonger Corpse ------- -----.... ----.-- -- -- Lawrence Gerlt Property and Stage Manager --- -.. ----- Mike Kean Costume Manager ----.----.-------------. Colyne Brien Advertising ..----.-. - ---...-----, ---- Homer Spaulding SYNOPSIS Setting: The living room of Hurricane House, a ramb- ling structure of many rooms, located in a wooded sec- tion near a large eastern city. Time: Act I. About 9:30 p. m. Act II. No time elapses. Act III. Five minutes later.

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