Decorah High School - Viking Yearbook (Decorah, IA)

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I-IENNING ST DIO -'A--'AAA'- 4y I CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1940 D 4 1 De Wltt Barber Shop IOO VVinnebago St. You always buy for less at the COAST TO COAST STORE Thurst's Music Shop King - lnstruments - Selmer VVe repair all makes of lnstruments E if H H FI ill Department Stores

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P I I I P I P I P P P P P P P P P P P P fr WHAT YOU BUY AT GERMANN'S IS GOOD T ln I I 'I 0 Decorah Farmers Ice Cave Creamery Company BUTTER and PASTEURIZED MILK Phone 128 1' I I ir R. W. KLINKER Ford and Mercury Dealer Guaranteed Used Cars Expert Body and Fender Work Wrecker Service Modern Lubrication PHONE 513 T I I I I P I P 'I If Hennings Cash Market Where Qualify is not Expensive 1' ll I 9, Holmberg and Erickson CHOICE MEATS and VEGETABLES GROCERIES Your Patronage A ppreciated SCHOOL CALENDAR SEPTEMBER, 1939 5-Assembly bells announced the opening of the 1939-1940 school session. D. H. S. welcomes six new faculty members. 6-Where do all these freshies come from? 7 11 12 15 18 22 The place is swarming With them. -D. H. S. enrollment reaches all time high of 500. We'll soon be needing another addition. -Froebel Club elects Jean Brandt, president. -New debate subject Should the Govern- ment Own and Operate the Railroads? -Students elect Irene Finberg Student Body President. -First special assembly with Ritz Trum- peteers. -First football game of season -Decorah 0 Rochester 13. - The meeting will please come to order. Yes, it's home room again, only its different 28 this year. 29-Beat Mitchellville 18-0. OCTOBER 6-Ambassador Quartet- Oh, those encores ! Oelwein 6-6. 11-The spirit of homecoming is in the air, and the halls are all decorated ready for the big game! 12-Muriel Nicholson, that cute little senior miss voted Homecoming Queen. 13-Rousiug Pep Assembly! Big Parade! No bad luck for us. Decorah defeated New Hampton 20-0. 16-Sophomore Homecoming Float received 17 first prize-Seniors second-just opposite from last year. Groans - Report cords. 20-Smothered McKinley High of Cedar Rapids 12-0. 24-Preliminary declamation contest. 27-Fourth victory of football season. Cresco 13. Decorah 27. NOVEMBER 1 -Dismissed at 3 :30. 2-Teachers become intellectual at State 3, Teachers Convention while students rejoice over vacation. Vikings trounce Charles City Comets 14-0. D. H. S. Band struts its stuff.

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BEA UTY-A Joy Forever Ann Cox Beauty Shop Trained Operators For Appointments Phone 335 EAST VV ATER STREET 7-Annual Home Declamation Contest-Mary Jane Talle, Frances Womeldorf and Irene Finberg win firsts. 8-Seniors top honor roll list-which is only natural. 9-Night school-mummies and daddies come to visit-Neal Davis did a fine job of por- traying Atlas in Speech Class. 10-Afternoon off. As a regular Armistice ritual we played Waukon there. 23-0. 14-Juniors do themselves proud with the pro- duction of Shirt Sleeves. 17 Speech class reviews interesting books by K N E E S K E R N Motor Sales OLDSMOBILE presentation of entertaining skits. All jitterbugs and rug-cutters turned out for the Barn Dance in the gym. It was a hit. 21-Decorah wins triangular declam contest with six tirsts. NOECKER CAB PHONE 4 JOHN C. HEXOM Q SON Fine Shoes and Hosiery O'NEIL BROS. Complete Line of Hardware Furnaces Stokers Oilburners Phone 710 for free estimates KEITH-SUMMERS CO. 22 Vikings place second in the conference al- though undefeated. 23-Thanksgiving! ! 27-Football banquet-who spilled that ice cream on the floor? 30-What -1- Thanksgiving again ! ! ! DECEMBER 4--Back again and none the worse in spite of all that turkey and dressing. 5-First basketball game of the season--Lime Springs 20 Decorah 34. 7--Mary Jane Talle, Irene Finberg will com- pete in Sub-district Declamation Meet. 8-Speech classes practicing for first produc- tion under direction of student directors. Viking Cagers spilled Lansing 30-19. 9-D. H. S. Debate, squad won 4 out of 6 de- bates at East Waterloo. 12-Speech Class Plays-presented two come- dies and a tragedy. 14-G. A. A. Volley Ball concluded. Leapin Lizards captained by Amy Hovden the winner. 15-Vikings defeated by West Union 30-18. 18-New collapsible bleacher installed in D. H. S. gym. Now we'll have plenty of seating capacity. 19-Osage 25-Vikings 23. Seniors head honor roll again. 20-Hanscom Players presented Rip Van VVinkle. 21-Home room Christmas parties-treats and exchanging of gifts. Evening vocal concert by D. H. S. musical organizations.