Dawson High School - Reflector Yearbook (Dawson, MN)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Volume 1 Number 1 1950 TATTLER, JUNE 1, 1950 Price: 1 Red Hot Penny N EWS Elwood Throndrud, whose childhood and adolescence was spent on a farm, was proclaimed the United States Champion Hog Caller in a contest held recently in Boyd. Dennis Soblom, profes- sional bum for the past ten years, has been elected King of the I-Ioboes, in a nation- wide election held in Hobo- ville, Ohio, last month. Douglas Wogan has be- come the professor of a class on How To Look Dumb In Difficult Situa- tions at the Boyd Business College. Miss Mary Little, known as the girl who never shows up at her own weddings, surprised us all by eloping with Mr. Rodney Whiffle- foot, famous night-club own- er and society's favorite rhumba dancer. Miss Helen Eide has been fortunate enough to secure a position as a nursemaid to the Dionne Quintuplets. She has become a faithful counselor and guide to the five dimpled darlings, who are now 16 years old. Leon Werner surprised his friends and employers, who believed him to be very tim- id, by single-handedly cap- turing Louie the Lug , no- torious jewel thief, when he tried to walk off with Mrs. Vandersnoot's precious em- eralds. No-Foo-Ling, the luxuri- ous Chinese Junk, docked in San Francisco last week. On board was the famous ship- board entertainer, Miss Olive Melom. Miss Melom was the Toast of Broadway before she accepted this position. Miss Virginia Swenson is now a happy bride. She re- cently eloped with an Eski- mo and they are now living in Dawson, Alaska, in a. six-room igloo. Her husband is in the blubber business. The fine arts department of Chizzler Kc Co. is featur- ing the fine embroidery work of Mr. Everett Kew- pie Dahl. When asked about his work, Mr. Dahl replied, Ever since I was a keed, me fingers itched for me mudder's fancy woik, and today-today I am a Man! For relaxation from his hard labor, Mr. Dahl paints china teacups. Miss Florence Hanson, Florence Nightingale t o homeless cats, reports an increase in population in the Home, as Rosalind, the Hedy Lamarr type of cat, has given birth to eight fur- ry juniors. Mel Strom, who joined the Navy as Chief cook and bot- tle washer, is now enjoying the high rank of Admiral. His promotion has been at- tributed to his fine work in dish washing. SOCIETY Miss Leota Thompson will be featured in a group of short Missionary talks on her experiences at the South Pole. The talks will be il- lustrated. She will also have on display her pet penguin. This penguin has been train- ed to eat soda crackers and whistle. Miss Harriet Boraas, this year's top glamour girl, en- tertained a party of twenty boys at Jebbls Cafe last Tuesday. Her only feminine guest was Miss Edith Nor- gaarden, who has received much distinction for being the favorite bridesmaid at Society's big weddings. Miss Irene Rondestvedt, glamorous divorcee, is a Miss again. She recently returned from her seventh trip to Reno, Nevada. Her advice to brides is, Girls. don't look before you leap. Variety is the spice of life. Miss Judith Miller was the guest of honor at a bridal shower held recently at the Dawson Hotel. Miss Miller will be a June bride. She attended the University at St. Leo. She is to be wedded to her sweetheart of high school days. Miss Idelle Hanson, pro- minent society woman, has been sponsoring a series of musical recitals, the pro- ceeds of which go to the ad- vancement of boyology at the local University. Miss Phyllis Hullstrom was the main attraction at a party flung last week by Elsa Maxwell. Miss Hull- strom is a fortune teller of great renown, as she has the distinction of being right one out of ten times. SPORTS J erom e Stan geland, race - winning jockey of Spark Plug, popular race horse owned by Barney Google, has been voted the most successful jockey of the year. Have you ever wondered what happened to Lennard Pearson. handsome, husky Dawson high school athlete? He is now a professional football blower-upper. Miss Myrtle Dahl has ac- cepted the position of Dean of Javelin Throwers at the U. of Oxford in England. Miss Dahl was the champion in her college and she also won honors at the Olympic Games held recently in Bel- ingham. Minnesota. U. S. A. Lyle Thompson, the pre- sent athletic coach at D. H. S., has the distinction of having the only unscored on B. B. team in the district. He attributes their success to VVheaties. STAGE, SCREEN, RADlO The new picture being fea- tured at the New Con Thea- tre is showing Miss Marjorie Jordahl, recently v o t e d Oomph girl in a world- wide contest. Miss Jordahl portrays Scarlett O'Hara's great-grandmother in a re- Lake of the famous Gone With The Wind. Miss Laura Kvaal, the re- nowned ballet dancer, re- turned to the stage from an extended vacation of two years. which she spent with her head-hunting husband in the wilds of Australia. She will render several dances. the climax of which will be her impressions of the natives. ' Donald Femrite, greatest of all the Shakespearian ac- tors. will begin a road tour of the Broadway hit Ham- let. in which he ably por- trays the Ghost. The Scratchy Broadcast- ing System announces the beginning of the new sym- phony concert series, with the orchestra under the able baton of Layton Royce. world-famous conductor. Mr. Royce credits his musical inspirations to Mr. John So- lie, the great Norwegian vio- linist. Miss Rosella Schneider. better known to her many fans as Torchy sang a series of her hot torch songs at the D. A, R. convention held in lvashington. She got her start in a hamburger joint. slinging hash. Donald Engstrand, Great Lover of the Silver Screen, is vacationing at Lac qui Parle Lake with his leading lady. As he so aptly puts it, he wants to be alone. Miss Clanice Larson, head of the popular new radio quiz program, VVhotto, is frequently getting into ar- guments with smarter peo- ple. In a recent nation-wide poll, Mr. Virgil Helgeson, trombone - playing maestro, was unanimously elected King of Jazz. It may be of interest to his many fans to know that his featured blues singer, Rosita is De- loris Ronning ot' song-bird fame in Dawson High School. Raymond Bergeson return- ed from California for a vacation. Raymond has been employed as a stand-in for Mickey Rooney. VVhen in- terviewed about his work, he replied, Gosh, they have purty gurrila out there! Arvid Larson is employed as a model for Charlie Mc- Carthy products. He poses for McCarthy dolls, tooth- brushes, glasses, and tum- blers. He has been very successful in this capacity. Miss Vivian Rimstad is the star feminine trapeze artist of the Dintfling Bro- thers Revue of 1950. STAGE, SCREEN, RADIO Glenn Dunham, tobacco auctioneer for the Weedy Tobacco Co. has, after some months of diligent labor, got his speed up to 1' words a minute-not counting con- tractions. Raymond Peterson, men- tal giant of the D. H. S. class of 1940, has been elec- ted president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapo- lis. Mr. Peterson richly de- serves this position, having been a shining example in high school mathematics class. Russell Dahl is at present living in Florida, where he is employed by a family who want to keep their wee son believing that there is such a thing as a Bogey Man. Because she has always liked hills , Avis Vvinge is now chief cook on an Indian Reservation in the South Dakota Black Hills. Miss Winge is a great lover of outdoor life and is often seen riding the hills 011 her Indian pony, Benny . Miss Avis Buchmann re- cently returned from India, where she had become so intrigued by the Hindu snake charmers that she has taken up snake charming as her life's work. She charms them by whistling and beat- ing a tiny drum. CLASSIFIED ADS WANTED: Male assistant for my telephone office. Night work if you can get it. Dorothy Lusk. A WIFE! Must draw a pen- sion or work on a sewing project and have son in CCC camp. Curtis Nielsen, SPICY STORIES. Good pay. Address Harold Melom, edi- tor Americas Cheapest Pulp Magazine. EXTERMINATOR. Must be able to operate machine to exterminate foul jokes float- ing around. Clifford Plate. POSITION AS PERSONAL MAID. Fast worker. Recent- ly employed by Hedy La- Marr-fired for alienating husband's affections. V. Larson. VVORK, Train rats, Experi- ence gained in -IH Club work. VVhite rats preferred. See Ralph Bergeland. BUSINESS: Bring your but- ter and eggs to me. I guar- antee lower prices. Glenn Si- monson. FOR SALE ADVICE. On love affairs, technique, and w i n n i n g friends and influencing peo- ple. Reasonable rates. Flo- rence Trotter. DANCING LESSONS: ex- Broadway star, out of work because of return to old-fa- shioned waltz. Rates Rea- sonable. Call after midnight only. Eldora Holmquist. l t

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SENICR CLASS HISTORY In September, 1928, we, the Senior Class of 1940 started out on the first step of school life. Miss Potoff, our first grade teacher, initiated us so that we could en- dure the hardships of the forthcoming years. Our superintendent was Mr. Lok- ensgaard. Of the 48 seniors now graduat- ing, thirteen were together in the first grade. These Were: Raymond, Myrtle, Russell, Florence, Idelle, Virgil, Phyllis, Curtis, Irene, Deloris, Jerome, Elwood, and Florence T. Our second grade teacher was Miss Anderson. Now that we had really started our career as promising young students we felt quite superior to the lower grade. In the third grade, Miss Goebel taught us how to write with pen and ink and many of us would often go home looking much blacker than when we had come. Our fourth grade teacher was Miss Hansen. We now felt that we were getting well along in our school careers. Our fifth and sixth grade teachers were Miss Barnes and Miss Stemm. In the seventh grade we had the pri- vilege of initiating Miss Selander to the Dawson School. We had now reached the height of our ambition, and that was to climb the stairs to attend classes. Miss Bacon piloted us through the eighth grade and state exams and pre- pared us for our first commencement. At the be-ginning of our freshman year the new building was put into use. Many new- students were added to our class this year. Of course there Was the usual procedure of intiation by the Sopho- mores. The next year we were quite proud of the fact that we were in senior high. This year several sophomores participated in football and basketball. These were Ray- mond, Everett, Russell, Curtis, Layton, Lyle and Elwood. Our Junior year proved to be grand and glorious and was filled with excite- ment. The class play My Wife's Family , under the direction of Miss Deters was acclaimed a great success. The champion- ship football team consisted of many ju- niors. We ended the year with the grand finale of the Wor1d's Fair Banquet. Our high school career was brought to a climax during our senior year. During the year most of the seniors bought rings and some of them got sweaters, which were ga' een and white. At the time of this writing, no definite information is as yet available about the class play, banquet, or commencement week. HIGHEST RANKING SENIORS VALEDICTORIAN wi , 3, . ,. SALUTATORIAN 4755? . swim 1 X T. I Virginia Swenson Idelle Hanson A

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CLASS WILL We, the Class of 1940, of the Daw- son High School, County of Lac qui Parle and State of Minnesota, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and realizing that we must part with sundry honors, talents, looks, and emotions, do hereby pronounce this to be our last will and testament: First: We hereby bequeath to our beloved Principal our affection and res- pect for his careful guidance for three years over the storm-tossed seasg Second: To the Faculty we do here- by bequeath the fond memories of our most brilliant class, and wish to express our most tender and sincere sympathy for the loss they are about to inicurg Third: To ou.r school we leave our high records in Public Speaking, Scholar- ship, Typewriting, and Athletics of all kinds, Fourth: We give, devise, and be- queath to our successors, the Juniors, our seats in the Senior rows, on the condition that they keep them as nicely as we have. We al.so desire the Juniors to do all in their power to help fill the vacancies left by us in the hearts of the faculty mem- bersg Fifth: The following individual Se- niors, each having valuable possessions, do hereby bequeath them as follows: Raymond Bergeson wills his smile to Bernhard Amdahl. Jerome Stangeland wills his height to Curtis Johnson. Dorothy Lusk and Irene Rondestvedt will their fine senses of humor to Gloria Swanson. Harold Melom wills his imitative abilities to Harlan Danielson. Bing Royce leaves his ability in So- cial to Randolph Thompson. Russell Dahl and Virgil Helgeson donate their fine musical abilities to Harlan Farmen. Harriet Boraas and Edith Norgaar- en will their giggling to Verne S. Blondie wills his speed to Philip Lar- son. Deloris Ronning will.s her night life to Delores Smith. Ralph Bergeland wills his red hair to Leona Rogers. Avis Buchmann wills her art of story- telling to Aletrice Lar.son. Myrtle Dahl wills Raymond Stafford to Dorothy Dahl. Donald Engstrand and Lennard Pear- son' will their ability in Physics to its forthcoming victims. Helen Eide wills her bookkeeping ability to Russell Danielson. Donald Femrite will his typing abili- ty to Harlan Helgeson. Florence Hanson wills her ambition in studying to Bernard Thompson. Igdelle Hanson and Virginia Swenson will their brains to Maynard Callihan. Eldora Holmquist wills her dancing ability to Frances Johnson. Phyllis Hullstrom wills her cooking ability to Lloyd Anderson. Marjorie Jordahl and Laura Kvaal will their numerous boy friends to the So- phomore girls. Arvid Larson wills his nickname, Charlie McCarthy, to Keith Erickson. Clarice and Virginia Larson will their Madison ambitions to Hazel Dahl. Mary Little wills her dark hair to Theora Schneider. Olive Melom wills her skating ability to Plhyllis Knutson. Judith Miller wills her Friday nights to Elizabeth Swenson. Curtis Nielson wills his basketball ability to Tommy Gillott. Ray Peterson and Dennis Soblom will their friendship to Conrad M. and Teddy S. Clifford Plate wills his speaking abi- lity to James Bakken. Vivian Rimstad wills her study periods to Daniel Olson. Rosella Schneider wills her -height to Doris Marsh. Glenn Simonson wills his bookkeep- ing knowledge to the Juniors. Mel Strom wills his track ability to John F. Lyle Thompson wills his technique with women to Calvin Haugen. Leota Thompson wills her quietness to Shirley Marker. Bumpy Throndrud wills his football ability to Conrad Hofseth. Florence Trotter wills her Irish eyes to Billy Mahlum. Leon Werner wills his timidity to Reuben Vane. Avis Winge wills her ability to get dates to Frances Johnson. Douglas Wogan wills his pocket comb to Robert Holmquist. We hereby appoint our Principal, Mir. Gerald Kieffer, and our esteemed athletic coach, Mr. Dan Soli, executors of this will and revoke all former wills. In witness thereof, we have subscribed our name this 29th day of May, 1940. CLASS OF 1940