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

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N 5 23 1C In the year 19U6, thirty-five non-quaking, confident freshies entered the Junior High Assembly. Their confidence was soon shaken, however, and they found that their outstanding brilliancy was apparently unnoticed, especially by the seniors. Then the class was organized. The officers chosen were: president, Jeanette McShane; vice-president, Harold Edwards; secretary and treasurer, Joyce Hill; class reporters, Peggy Walleen and Wayne Gibson; and class adviser, Mrs. Brouillard. We had a good year with lots of parties and lots of learning that was to help us through the rest of high school. For our class picnic we went to Weber ' s Gulch in the hills. There in the wilds we ate our dill pickles and ice cream. The fall of 19 7 found a crowd of green sophomores entering Senior High, chuck full of spirit, charaping at the bit, ea er to start on an active year and grab all the honors within reach. Marvin Griffin was chosen president; Lyle Heitman, vice-president; Michael Hermansen, secretary and treasurer; Nona Mellang and Margaret Walleen, class reporters; and Mrs. Strand, class adviser. Our enrollment dropped to twenty-four that year. Although much was done in the way of fearful drawings and other intimidations on the part of the seniors, in regard to the terrors of initiation, the sophomores survived it all exceedingly well and were made to feel that they were at last a part of Senior High. We chose Fort Ransom for our class picnic. There was not the usual display of enthusiasm that characterized the freshman picnic, but that may have been due to the sophistication. Our candidates for King and Queen, Marvin Griffin and Betty Bauder, won over the other excellent candidates and reigned over the annual Oompah. In 19U8 the sophomores became very grown-up juniors with much pull, push, and ambition. The enrollment was 25 that year, for we had one new member. Class officers were president, Harris Voegeli; vice-president, Nona Mellang; secretary and treasurer, Betty Bauder; class reporters, Jeanette McShane and Ella Steinwand; and class adviser. Miss Onsrud. Then came the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom, the major event of the season. Our theme was Spring Serenade . This event was one that enabled the class to show its ingenuity, originality, cooperation, and tact. The banquet was held in the Catholic Church basement and the prom was held in the gymnasium with John Taylor and his orchestra providing the music. Donna Mae Van Sickle of the junior class was made a member of the Keystone Honor Society. The juniors picnicked at Richmond Lake near Aberdeen. A few found time to take a motor boat ride. At last the juniors became the traditional dignified seniors. Harris Voegeli was again chosen president; Marvin Griffin, vice-president; Betty Bauder, secretary and treasurer: class reporters, Nona Mellang and Betty Bauder; and class adviser, Mr. Ingvalson. T he seniors had their turn at initiating the sophomores. This was a very eventful dav for everyone. J Our athletic class shared in eight major football and basketball championships which were won during our four years in high school. As seniors we had nine football lettermen and four basketbaU. lettermen. One girl took part in a twirling organization and received a pm for four years of performing. Three class members received charms for four years of band work, seventeen were active in glee club, and a number took part in speech and musical fest- ivals. Four were given membership in the Keystone Honor Society. Beginning early and increasing in strength was the spirit of an annual. The staff was chosen and work was begun. It was not easy work, and there were many difficulties to over- come. We changed the traditional name Microphone to the The Redbird . Next came the senior play, So Very Young , which was a colossal success. -incV ' u iS the histor y ' the class of 1950. Thus far the undertakings of the class of have been successful as those of a progressive class are sure to be. 1950 Ellendale High School Yearbook - Coleman Museum 2017

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0523 16 $ School £ve tfo BRUCE MCSHANE ELLA LEONA STE INWAND HARRIS VOEGELI Harry Football 1-2-3-H Glee Club, Chorus 1-2-34+ Football 2-3-1+ Track 1-3 Choral Festival 2-34+ Basketball 1-2-34+ Basketball 1-2-3 Music Festival 2-3-1+ Glee Club, Chorus 1-2-3-1+ Baseball 2 Triple Trio 2-3-1+ Choral Festival 2-3-1+ Boy Scouts 1-2 Band 1-2-3-1+ Music Festival 2-3-1+ Redbird Staff k Band Festival 1—2— 3—1+ Mixed Ensemble 1+ Senior Speech Program 1+ Student Council 3 JEANETTE MCSHANE Red So Very Young 1+ President 34+ Class Reporter 3 Redbird Editor 1+ Glee Club, Chorus 1-2-3-lt Cardinal Staff 1+ Cardinal Staff 1+ Choral Festival 2-3 4+ Redbird Staff 1+ Music Festival 2-3 -U MARGARET WALLEEN Peggy Senior Speech Program 2-3-U HELEN TUURI Tvrirler 1-2-34+ Glee Club, Chorus 1—2— 3—1+ Speech Festival 1+ Glee Club, Chorus 1-2-34+ Choral Festival 2-3-1+ Keystone Society 1+ Choral Festival 2-3-1+ Music Festival 2-3-1+ So Very Young . 1+ Music Festival 2-3-1+ Triple Trio 1+ Cheerleader 1+ Senior Speech Program 2-34+ Mixed Ensemble 1+ Class President 1 Redbird Staff 1+ Band 1—2— 3—1 Class Reporter 3 Band Festival 1-2-3-1+ Cardinal Staff Typist 1+ DONNA MAE VAN SICKLE Senior Speech Program 2-3-1+ Redbird Staff 1+ So Very Young 1+ U-H 1+ Glee Club, Chorus 1-2-3-lt Cheerleader 1 Office Helper 1+ Choral Festival 2-34+ Girls 1 State 3 Music Festival 2-34+ Class Reporter 2 IVAN SAND Sands Senior Speech Program 2-3-1+ Redbird Staff 1+ Speech Festival 1+ Glee Club, Chorus 1-1+ So Very Young 1 ELINOR WEDELL Choral Festival 1-1+ Keystone Society 3-1 Music Festival 1+ Cardinal Staff Typist 1+ Glee Club, Chorus 2-3-1+ Football 1-2-1+ Redbird Staff 1+ Choral Festival 2-34+ Track 14+ Girls » Friendly U— H 1 Music Festival 2-3-1+ Baseball 2 Office Helper 1+ Senior Speech Program 2-3-1+ So Very Young 1+ Redbird Staff 1+ Redbird Staff 1+ 1950 Ellendale High School Yearbook - Coleman Museum 2017

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Piofi tecef Here v re are in the year 1965 A.D. Wayne Gibson, Ella Steirrwand and I, Harold Edwards, having made our first, second and third million as inventors, decided to take a quick trip around the world and see what the rest of our classmates of the outstanding class (they were all outstanding in front of the school house at one time or another), of 1950 were doing, climbing into our Atomic Hydrojet Aircar, with the Super Buper Liquid Powermatic Fingertip Clutch Control, (a recent invention of ours) we set out at a moderate pace. Climbing to 95,000 feet, we cruised along at about 5000 M.P.H. Our first stop was Hew York City. While our Atomic Hydrojet Aircar with the Super Buper Liquid Powermatic Fingertip Clutch Control was being refueled, we wandered down fifth avenue. Passing a small 1000-story building, we heard horrible noises. Ella screamed and ran to call a cop. Wayne and I bravely entered the building, (our knees were knocking but that was probably caused by the cold) expecting to find someone being murdered. However, it was only Bauna Bell and her Yowling Yahoos , successors to Spike Jones and his City Slickers. Leaving the building, we came upon Ella, who was accompanied by Eddie Brauer. Eddie informed us that he had just returned from Betroit where he had been granted a free 10-year membership in Henry Ford ' s A.l.F.A.A. Inc. ( American Lovers of Ford Automobiles Association Inc.) for driving a Ford for almost 20 years. Eddie showed us where Marvin Griffin and Bonna Mae Van Sickle were play : ng the lead in the current stage hit, John ' s Wife ' s Other Husband. We were in a hurry though, and as they were not at the theatre, we were unable to see them. Next we set out for Poughkeepsie, Hew York, where Ivan Sand, one of our more settled classmates, was professor of English at Vassar College. We found Ivan a dignified, bespectacled old gentleman wearing spats, high button shoes, a coat with tails, striped trousers and carrying a cane. Ivan told us that Bruce McShane, the owner of an overall factory, had been elected president of the American Temperance Society. Back in our Aircar, we turned on the visio-radio, just in time to hear and see Jeanette McShane, the popular blues singer, singing her latest recording hit, The Sliy is Blue, the Sea is Blue and I am Blue For You . An announcer in- formed us that Jeanette was sponsored by Marilyn Hiepler and her dairy of Contented Cows . Changing the station, we heard Nona Mellang, successor to Bill Stearns, broadcasting a baseball game. Nona,we learned, had decided to stay single for the good of humanity. 1950 Ellendale High School Yearbook - Coleman Museum 2017