Ellendale High School - Redbird / Microphone Yearbook (Ellendale, ND)

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Junior Class TOP ROW -W. Gulke, M. Nelson, M. Stein wand, R. Bassett, C. Merrick, V. Strand, E. Kuch, M. Sukut. THIRD ROW— R. Graham, L. Boyle, D. Zinter, L. Eynde, F. Bauer, O. Amphlett, L. Mellang. SECOND ROW— R. Young - , K. Hess, V. Schmitt, E. Hill, D. Strand, M. No. ss, V. Beecher, L. Hill, Miss Onsrud (Advisor). FRONT ROW — R. Merkel, K. Heine, R. Aberle, D. Mattheis, A. Watkins, M. Carlson, B. Graham, H. Stucker. DRAMATICS AND SPEECH Under the direction of Miss Minnie Onsrud and Miss June Probstfield the speech and dramatic work began early last fall with the senior girls’ speech program on October 22 and culminated with the senior play on SENIOR GIRLS’ SPEECH PROGRAM This program was held Wednesday evening, Octo- ber 22, in the high school auditorium and was di- rected by Miss Probstfield. Arms for the Love of America — a vocal solo by Inga Martin, accompanied by Ilene Fuller. The Bardess of Peopod County — Florence Grenz. A piano duet — Ilene Fuller and Ruby Sprouse. Alice’s Blue Gown — one-act play — Virginia Mat- theis, Gladys Wahl, Lois Coleman, Ilene Fuller, Hilda Quashnick, Edna Klipfel, Ruth Ofstedal and Doris Gee. My Sister’s Best Feller — Ruby Beaver. San Antonio Rose — duet — Alice Klein and Vir- ginia Mattheis accompanied by Ruby Sprouse. Hitchhikin’ Ain’t No Fun — Maralyn Bowerman and Eva King. Three Maids and a Man — one-act play — Gertrude Fey, Virginia Whelan and Ethel Johnson. Two Debussy compositions — Golliwogg’s Cake Walk; Clair de Lune — Pat Goddard. Mine Leedle Yawcob Strauss — -.Esther Zimmer- man. SOPHOMORE CARNIVAL PLAY This year the sophs presented “Lucky Lucy” as their contribution to the carnival. The cast in- cluded : Malindy, the colored woman Joyce Evans Granny . . Marion Durheim Mudge Holden (Lucy) Viiginia Reukauf Arthur Collins... Vistor Strand Dennis O’Rourke Kenneth Isaak Fred Blakesley Alden Johnson and Alvin Marvick Mrs. Jeffrey Holden Judith Gessner Lucy Holden Phyllis Christensen JUNIOR CLASS PLAY “Sadie of the U.S.A.,” a comedy in three acts, was the play given by the junior class on December 10 in the high school auditorium. This play concerns a 16-year-old girl who gets involved in a subversive plot to blow up a munitions plant. The following were members of the cast: Mrs. Carson, manager of the Carson Hotel Ruth Beecher Fred, her grown son LaVern Boyle Sadie, the 16-year-old daughter Lynette Mattheis Mrs. Corbus, an elderly invalid... .....Marjorie Noess Agnes Emory, Fred’s fiancee Dorothy Strand Valerie Starr, a trained nurse Muriel Carlson Algernon Smith, Sadie’s boy friend Benjamin Graham Joseph Barnes, a new roomer Owen Amphlett Jim Radcliff, another roomer Charles Fleming Mrs. Brown, a tax assessor Norma Johnson SENIOR CLASS PLAY The seniors chose as their class play “Lease on Liberty.” The cast included: Grammy, seventy-eight, but with the spirit of ’76 Gladys Wahl Magnolia, maid in the Penfield Home Inga Martin Matt, Mr. Powell, Jr. Alvin Marvick Miss Jennings, applicant for position as Grammy’s companion Eva King Jinx, bad luck, but adorable.. Edna Klipfel Vera, a non-meddling mother Ethel Johnson Fay Latimer, the successful applicant... Virginia Whelan PAGE 5 1942 Ellendale High School Annual - Coleman Museum 2017

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2- 3-4; Pep Squad, 4; Senior Girls’ Speech Pro- gram, 4. EDNA KLIPFEL — “Klippy” - “The Deviltry doth shine from out her eyes ’ G.A.A., 2-4; Basketball, 2-3-4; Glee Club, 3-4; “American Passport ’ 3; “Early to Bed Early to Rise,” 3; Northern Normal Play Day, 4; Senior Speech Program, 4; Pep Squad, 4; “Lease on Liberty,” 4. MELVIN H. KUCH - “Serious— Sometimes.” Scout, 1-2-3; Basketball, 2-3-4; Football, 3-4. EDNA MAIER - “She has been blessed with spark- ling eyes, In which a world of mischief lies.” Glee Club, 1-2-3; G.A.A., 1-2-4; Basketball, 1-2- 3- 4;; Pep Squad, 2-3-4; Northern Normal Play Day, 3. INGA MARTIN - “I’m satisfied because I’m me.” Glee Club, Chorus and Choral Festival, 1-2-3-4; Band and Band Festival, 2-3-4; Pep Squad, 1-2- 3-4; G.A.A., 2-3-4; “Thanks Awfully,” 2; Masonic Oratorical, 4; Girls’ Speech Program, 4; “Lease on Liberty,” 4; Keystone Society, 4. VIRGINIA MATTHEIS— “Gin” - “Smile your way through life.” Glee Club, 2-3-4; Chorus and Choral Festival, 3-4; G.A.A., 1-3-4; Northern Play Day, 3; Cour- tesy Play, 3; Senior Girls’ Speech Program, 4; “Lease on Liberty,” 4; Pep Squad, 4. ALVIN MARVICK— “Buster” - “He’s a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing.” Football, 2-3-4; Track, 1-4; Hi-Y, 3-4; “Lucky Lucy,” 4; Speech Festival, 4; “Lease on Lib- erty,” 4. ROBERT McMILLAN — “Mac” - “A studious fellow and more too.” Football, 2-3-4; Basketball, 2-3; Track, 2-4; Hi-Y, 3-4; Hi-Y Secretary-Treasurer, 4; Tennis, 3; Speech Festival, 4; “Liberty and Union,” 3; Edi- tor, Cardinal, 4; Keystone Society, 3; “Lease on Liberty,” 4. LOIS MERRICK — “Birdie” - “People who make no noise are dangerous.” Glee Club and Chorus, 1-2-3-4; Choral Festival, 2; Scout, 2-3-4; Sub-Deb, 2; Twirling Team, 2-3-4; Drum Majorette, 2-3-4; “Thank Awfully,” 2; Fea- ture Editor, 4; Cheer Leader, 4; Pep Squad, 1-2- 3-4; “American Passport,” 3; “Lease on Liberty,” 4. ERVIN 0. MUELLER - “Thinking is but an idle waste of thought.” Football, 2-3; Basketball, 2; Track, 2-3; Hi-Y, 3-4. CLARENCE NEUMANN— “Fritz” - “A steady de- fense, both in girls and in basketball.” Football, 1 -2-3-4 ; Basketball, 1-2-3-4; Track, 1-2-3; Tennis, 3-4; Hi-Y, 3-4; Scout, 1-2-3-4; Class Secretary, 2; Class President, 4; Honor Athlete 4; Honorary Football Captain, 4; “Lease on Liberty,” 4. RALPH J. NICHOLSON— “Nick” - “Sometimes I sit and think, and sometimes I just sit.” Glee Club, Chorus, 2-3-4; Choral Festival, 2-3-4. RAYMOND OFSIEDAL— “Ray” - “Though good at heart he keeps it dark.” Basketball, 1-2-3; Track, 1-2-3; Glee Club, Chorus and Choral Festival, 2-3-4; Hi-Y, 3-4; Vice Presi- dent Hi-Y 4; Sports Reporter, 4; Class Secretary- Treasurer, 4; “Lease on Liberty,” 4; Keystone Society, 4. RUTH OFSTEDAL — “Ruthie” - “A sweeter girl ne’er drew breath.” Pep Squad, 2-3-4; G.A.A., 1-2-4; Scout, 1-2-3-4; Sub-Deb, 3-4; Courtesy Play, 1; “Thanks Aw- fully,” 2; “Liberty and Union,” 1; Senior Girls’ Speech Program, 4; Northern Normal Play Day, 4; Keystone Society, 4. HILDA QUASHNICK - “Wavy hair and big brown eyes, What could be nearer paradise.” Glee Club, 2-3-4; “Alice Blue Gown,” 3; “Ameri- can Passport,” 3; Senior Girls’ Speech Program, 4; Pep Squad, 4. ERNA RASCH - “Quietly she wins her way, doing kindness everyday.” “Pledges,” 3; Typing Contest, 3; Glee Club, 4; G.A.A., 4; Senior Girls’ Speech Program, 4. REUBEN ROEHL— “Reub” - “Life’s no longer if we hurry, Life’s no better if we worry.” Football, 1 -2-3-4 ; Basketball, 2-3; Track, 2-3-4; Glee Club, Chorus and Choral Festival, 1-2-3-4; Hi-Y, 3-4. PAUL SPEIDEL — “Spider” - “I’m sweeping this universe; keep out of the halls.” Basketball, 1-2; Band, 3; Hi-Y, 3-4. RUBY SPROUSE - “There are some we must remem- ber just because we can’t forget.” Glee Club, 1-2-3-4; Chorus and Choral Festival, 2-3-4; Scout, 1-2-3-4; Sub-Deb, 3-4; Pep Squad, 2-3-4; Freshman Reporter, 1; Junior Reporter, 3; Assistant Editor, 4; “Pledges,” 3; G.A.A. Secre- tary, 4. EDNA SUKUT - “Sort of sleepy, sort of shy, Never cares to ask you why.” Glee Club, 2-3-4; G.A.A., 3-4; Senior Girls’ Speech Program. GLADYS WAHL — “Chick” - “Studies are not her only woriy.” Glee Club, 2-3-4; G.A.A., 1-2-3-4; Courtesy Play, 2; “Sauce for the Goose,” 1; “Thanks Awfully,” 2; Junior Band, 3-4; Pep Squad, 3-4; Basketball, 2-3-4; Senior Speech Program, 4; Northern Nor- mal Play Day, 4; “Lease on Liberty,” 4; “Ameri- can Passport,” 3. LUVERNE WE DELL — “Weezy” - “The world knows nothing of its greatest men.” Football, 2-3-4; Basketball, 1-2-3; Track, 1-2-3-4. VIRGINIA WHELAN — “Virgie” - “Smiles and dimples for me.” G.A.A., 2-4; Glee Club, 2-3-4; Chorus and Choral Festival, 2; Northern Normal Play Day, 3; “Thanks Awfully,” 2; Oompah Queen, 2-4; Class Vice President, 3; Scout, 1-2-3-4; Sub-Deb Presi- dent, 4; Cheer Leader, 4; Senior Speech Program 4; Pep Squad, 2-3-4; G.A.A. President, 4; “Lease on Liberty,” 4; Keystone Society, 4. ESTHER ZIMMERMAN - “What is so rare as a girl so fair, Who has style, is worthwhile, And has done her full share?” Glee Club, 3-4; Basketball, 2-3-4; G.A.A., 4; Northern Normal Play Day, 4; Senior Speech Program, 4. RUTH ZIMMERMAN - “The kind of a girl you’d look at twice.” Glee Club, 2-3-4; Basketball, 2-3; Choral Festival, 2; G.A.A., 4. 1942 Ellendale High School Annual - Coleman Museum 2017

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Sophomore Class TOP ROW— C. Voeg ' eli, K. Sehnert, O. Morrow, F. Gibson, W. Randall, C. Mattheis, W. Bile, W. Gebhardt, B. Miller. THIRD ROW— K. Muske, R. Coleman, E. King, J. Gessner, B. Rowe, A. Kosel, A. Cook, A. Bauder, R. Gehring, O. Bauder. SECOND ROW — B. Ortner, P. Johnson, S. Neer, V. Davis, P. Christensen, E. Speidel, F. Tuchscher, M. Pfeifer, B. Hokana, E. West, B. Strand. FRONT ROW— D. Schmidt, V. Reukauf, J. Widmer, E. Gunther, J. Evans, A. Klipfel, G. Schmidt, M. Durheim, R. Tuchscher, S. Sharp, O. K. Fillers (Advisor). Ted, who inherits Grammy’s spirit Clarence Neumann Matthew Powell, Sr., nationally known “Cru- sader” ....Raymond Ofstedal Paul Butler, an important youth leader Robert Anderson Pickering, ace reporter on “The Ledger” Robert McMillan Betty Lou, her dad owns the latter paper Virginia Mattheis Rosalie Thayer, she’s enthusiastic for a “New Order” Pat Goddard Mischa, who finds Utopia in the U.S.A Kenneth Isaak SPEECH FESTIVAL The 10th annual Dickey-LaMoure Speech Festival was held in the Ellendale high school auditorium March 5. Ellendale presented a panel discussion given by Robert Anderson, Alvin Marvick, Robert McMillan, and Kenneth Isaak. H. S. SPEECH PROGRAM On Thursday, March 26, the senior high school presented the following program: Presentation of Colors Salute to the Flag Star Spangled Banner Story Telling — Christ of the Andes — Dorothy Smith Choral reading — The Auld Wife and Lochinvar (Scott) — Boys and girls Choral reading — St. Catherine, The Bugle Song (Tennyson) Uphill (Rosetti) — Girls group Oration — Lincoln; a Man Called of God — Randall Graham Selections — Winter Lullaby (Lily Strickland), Flow Gently, Sweet Afton — Girls Glee Club Verse reading — Incorrigible (Johnson), Smells (Morley), Trees (Kilmer), A Greeting (Davies), Barter (Teasdale) — Lois Coleman Reading — The Romance of a Busy Broker (0. Henry) — Patty Goddard Irish Dialect — Wee Hughie (Shane), In Service (Letts) — Marian Durheim Italian Dialect — Mia Carlotta (Daly) — Kenneth Isaak Negro Dialect — A Coquette Conquered (Dunbar) — Joyce Evans PLAY FESTIVAL Ellendale high school presented “Lucky Lucy” in the one-act play festival held at Oakes April 10. “Lucky Lucy” was also the carnival play. Alvin Marvick took Alden Johnson’s role. The critic was Mrs. Ingvalson. CHORAL READING Under the direction of Miss Minnie Onsrud, 27 girls and boys took part in a choral reading pro- gram. The high school has not presented such an activity for several years. Members of the group were : Girls: Doris Gee Edna Klipfel Edna Maier Inga Martin Muriel Carlson Violet Schmitt Dorothy Strand Lois Coleman Gertrude Fey Ilene Fuller Ruby Sprouse Virginia Whelan Patty Goddard Ruby Beaver Avis Naze Ethel Johnson Boys Reuben Roehl Charles Fleming Kenneth Heine Laurence Mellang Harold Stucker Victor Strand Delvin Zinter Robert Anderson Boyd Blumer Raymond Ofstedal on page 11) PAGE G 1942 Ellendale High School Annual - Coleman Museum 2017