Dazey High School - Log Yearbook (Dazey, ND)

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peculiar things with. By the end of the period t.he debt had rose to the stupend- ous figure of ovcr forty billions of dollars. It would not be fair to imply, by fail- ure to mention it, that won1en's skirts continued to rise during the thirties. They definitely did rot. By 1935-36 tho-1 too had suffered a depression and had fallen 'to the height which seems ridiculous toiay. fsee cutj. Those horrendous mach- ines, the jukeboxes, had -extracted huge numbers of nickels and dimes from peo- Dles pockets with such tunes as, Josephine The Sunrise Serenade and Stardust , Perhaps we ought to mention the beginning of va type of song that was to sweep over America in the years to follow. I me-an those songs with the lyrics which made no sense whatever. There. was The Three 'Little Fishes , The Umbrella Man , Flat Foot Fl00zy with a Floi Floi and many others which ut- terly am-azed us, but which the most stlaid have been caught humm-ing or whistling in odd moments. During these years the Dazey High School had done some good work in the fields of dramatics and oratory under the tutelage' of Mr Peterson and Mr. Berg. The local school had done well in track activities with such oustand- ding performers as the Oppegard boys, Russel Myers, Kermit Larson and others. Lem. Hawkins was no longer hearduduring the noon hour each day from WDAY. Witli the beginning of the war, we all anxiously watched the progress of the battle over there . Selective Service came into being in America and America went all-out for preparedness. XVe began to see stories in the papers about young re- cruits training with wooden guns, Then came Septem.ber 15, 1940, the climaCtiC fiav in the battle of Britain. In the early spring Of 1941 came a day never to be f0l'gotten in Dazey. Cn the evening of March 15, came the terrible blizzard. brinfring its tragic consequences to Dazey and the rest of 'the northwest. Then, during the same year came the attack on Pearl Harbor. XVe ne-edn't chronicle De- cember here, as we each have our private memories as to how we reacted to tl1e event. -x With the war, the breadlines were replaced with cigarette lines , nylon! lines, and lines for nearly everything you could use. The Dazey High School Card- inal adopted the policy of sending Copies of the paper to the boys who were scat- tered in the various branches of the service. The circulation list must have been NmwAAM

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f, . . AA,v-VMAAA,-,,vs.A.A -s.AAA,v-vva. Wi..h 1937 the crops in the area began to come back slowly. 1938 gave us Corrigan's flight to Ireland and we had heard a great deal about the Townsend Pension plan. The football team continued its successful course. The team added eight victories against two defeats. During the four year period the DHS team had amassed a total of 726 points against 298 for their apponents. The high point of the season was probably the 26-24 victory over West Fargo to annex the cham- pionship of the Southeast District and the h-eart-breaking defeat, of a badly batter- ed but fighting ball team, at the hands of Minnewaukan for the championship ot' the Eastern half of the state. We could not fail to mention the outstanding per- formances of Kermit Larson on the gridiron which earned him all-sta.e and later all-american honors for six-man football. Now let us recapitulate a bit to see just where we stand, before we cross that natural division of history which falls on 1939 with the beginning' of the European war. North Dakota had begun the long climb back to prcperi-ty from the depths of a terrible depression. Roosevelt had been re-elected for the first time, the head- lin-es, VVPA, and dust storms had become things to remember. The term. New Deal had come into our vocabulary and we each had our particular opinions on what should be done about the national debt which friend hoosevelt was doing .-.-.-.-.-..-v-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.A.x,vvv-.-.-v-y-.-.-.-,-.- in 'I In 4a 4a I It tn 4 1 I 1 I m I 1 41 lu 41 I 1 I in 4 1 I J 5 5

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A f. . fvxf,AAA,v-V-.nAAAAA.,vvx.AAA. C0U1Darable to 'that of the New York Times. Already America had for the first time placed a man in the presidential chair for the third time. Casualty notices began to appear in the papers. By the fall of 1944 the Allies were confident of vic- tory and estimates of when that victory would come varied from six month to five years. 'By this time automobile drivers had learned just how tough and durable were the tires they had purchased back in 1940. Everyone had learned aboult ration books for nearly everything. Invitations out to dinner were not quite so numerous, and Franklin Roosevelt carried the nation for the fourth time. Many people were somewhat dubious about a man from Missouri who ran along with Mr Roosevelt in that election. Indeed, they were -to learn much about him. On April 12, the following year, America was shocked to learn of the death of their president and Mr Truman took t.he reins of our government in a most difficult period. During this same year Dazey High School produced a basket- ball team which will be remembered as one of the outstanding teams in the his- tory of the school. The boys in red captured the district title and went on to be- come the first Dazey ball team to gain a berth in the state tournament. The team was under the direction of Supt. Saug-stad and sparkplugged by team captain Clifford tSnowbal1J Pedersen, who wasnamed to the all-state team. i if x Y If S0 during the summer of 1945 Dazey, and America, launched in.o another era of peace. Returning veterans began to lalk of GI rights and school privileges. As a result of the progressive educational laws regarding the returned veteran, ther-e are probably more graduates of Dazey High School getting advanced ed- ucation at this time than any previous time. This is a tremendous forward step. and w-e can only hope that progress in all other lines of peaceful living will follow the gigantic forward stride of education. During the two years following the 0l0Se of tl we war DHS has done little which need be recorded here. The en- rollment has been on the increase, DHS captured another county' .track meet title in the spring of 1947. The county meets of the years 1946 and 1947 were domin- ated by outstanding performances by Dazey's speedster, Keith Muncy. During this period Dazey school has constructed a cinder tack on the lot just north of the school and instituted the annual Dazey Invitational Track and Field Meet which has been held successfully during two seasons, ... -wNvvAvvv, ,-.-.Av-gov-.-.-. s.-.-.N -.-.-.-. .-.