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

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0 5 I Sf f f -= V Our senior year was the most wonderful year in high school. We elected Sally Crabtree for president, Robert Bymers for vice-president, Renee Olson for secretary treasurer, Marian Martin for class reporter, and Mr, Ingvalson for class adviser. Our class was very fortunate in having been able to have our school paper, The Cardinal , printed. The entire school found it interesting. With ideal leadership we sponsored parties and other activities. A Teen Can- teen was formed and sponsored by the Parent-Teachers Association. We found it to be one of the outstanding activities of the season. Five members received charms for four years of band work; sixteen were active in glee club. Both band and glee club were of the school ' s best activities and a number of members took part in speech and musical festivals. One girl took part in the twirling organization. She received a pin for performing for four years. Arlene Retzlaff, Joyce Hokana, Helen Hagel, Renee Olson, 7 and Danny Slemmons were given membership in the Keystone Honor Society. Then came the senior class play, A Quiet Sumer , which was a big success. This concludes the history of the class of 1951 We now wish to express our appreciation to our teachers, who have so faithfully guided us on the road of education. 1951 Ellendale High School Yearbook - Coleman Museum 2017

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J 4 48 4 5 0 - £ V ' rtyidto ' Uf, As ire look back through the past of the senior class of 19!?1 we find thirty- eight green but not bashful freshmen beginning their first year in high school. We lost four of the thirty-eight, before the sophomore year. Our class officers were Joyce Hokana, president; Danny Slemmons, vice-president; Arlene Retzlaff, secretary-treasurer. Shirley Adams was elected as our class reporter. Our class adviser was Mrs. Brouillard. At the close of the freshman year we went on our yearly picnic to Weber ' s Gulch near Forbes, Our sophomore year with a membership of thirty-two students started out with a bang. On October 1, we all came to school decked out in our initiation clothes and obeyed every call of the Mighty Seniors. Our class officers that year were Duane Wanttie, president; Eugene Krieger, vice president; and Eugene Burlingame, secretary-treasurer. Arlene Retzlaff and Derril Wedell were chosen candidates for king and queen at the Oompah Carnival. Our class reporter was Arlene Retzlaff, . and our class adviser was Mr. Lindquist. In 19!?0 the sophomores returned to school as juniors with lots of ambition. The enrollment was thirty-two that year. Class officers were president, Sally Crabtree; vice-president, Garry Bowman; Shirley Adams, secretary-treasurer; and Arlene Retzlaff, Loretta Mintz and Helen Hagel, class reporters. Mr. Lindquist was class adviser. After Christmas vacation, we were found selecting class rings, another very enjoyable event for the juniors. We selected a gold mounted ring with an E as the center. We received our rings in April and of course were all proud of them. We knew we were becoming grown up and would soon be mighty seniors, and would then have the honor of wearing them with the 19f?l up instead of down. This year we presented a play, since there was no carnival. Miss Onsrud directed us in this play called Home With Father”. Then came the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom, the outstanding events of the year. Our theme was Goodbye and Good Luck . This event was one that gave the class the ability to show its skill in planning, skill to create something new, and to work together, and skill in handling difficult situations. The banquet was held in the Masonic Temple basement and the Prom was held in the gymnasium with John Taylor and his orchestra furnishing the music. Sally Crabtree and Shirley Adams of the junior class were made members of the Keystone Honor Society. The juniors picnicked at Wylie Park near Aberdeen. 1951 Ellendale High School Yearbook - Coleman Museum 2017

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(Plate PiofiAecy The year, it says here on the calendar, is 1961. This is the year of our Class of ' 51 reunion, and Arlene We dell, Gary Tiegs, and I, Shirley Adams, were placed on the invitation committee. The President had just passed an economy move that closed the U. S. Post Offices, so our invitations had to be personal. This came as a low blow to us, for we all hated so to leave ELlendale. But Gary volunteered the services of his Cadillac, and we couldn ' t refuse him. We ate our first dinner at the Stork Club in New York. Before our meal was half devoured, Arlene let out a blood-curdling scream; I turned around and saw hot coffee trickling down her back. And standing behind her, looking very much ashamed, was Eugene Burlingame, all decked out in a tuxedo. He apologized pro- fusely — in French, yeti Also a resident of New York, we learned, was Winnifred Cofell. She had be- come very successful drawing comic strips. When we asked if she liked her work, her only comment was, As a matter of fact, yes. We stopped in at the Kentucky Derby, and to our surprise we found Ray Barton was the leading jockey there. Ray showed us a picture in his local newspaper, and all of us became very suspicious. Leaving Ray with his horses, we immediately went to Hollywood to see Hedda Hopper. Just as we suspected, Delmer Heine in dis- guise. We promised not to ruin his career if he would help us find some of our classmates. Arlene Retzlaff, he told us, was to visit her (purely a social calli) and she told us that her best customers were Dorothy Schneck and Dorothy Brown. Hedda also informed us that Bruce Beaver was in Hollywood judging beauty contests. We were informed that he was very fond of his job. Out of curiousity, we visited the movie studios. In one of them we saw Betty Hutton and her double doing a noisy song and dance act. The double was none other than Shirley Lien. We discussed old times with Shirley and then left for points east. Gary insisted that we stop at the hot-rod races in the Bonne- ville Salt Flats. The proprietor was our own Marlene Olsonl She told us that Melvin Martinson had entered his Model A in a race two years ago, and had not yet returned.. The last report stated he was still going around a far turn. While we were visiting -with Marlene, her sister Renee dropped in. She was on her way to Reno for the tenth time. Our next stop was Chicago. Here we found Loretta Mintz and Midge Hagel. Both of them had jobs as models. Loretta specialized in styles for the stout woman and Midge was modeling clothes for the woman 5 7 and over. Isaac Hill 1951 Ellendale High School Yearbook - Coleman Museum 2017