Emery High School - Eagle Yearbook (Emery, SD)

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Floating to Victory The traditional bonfire was held with King Terry ignit- ing the M which was built by the freshman agriculture boys. The pep rally and the snake dance which was held on Main Street, brought the coronation festivities of 1969-1970 to a climax. The Homecoming events on September 19, 1969, will long be remembered by the student body of Emery High ' School. That week each class and various organizations worked diligently on their floats striving to capture first place honors. The day was highlighted by a parade through the down- town district which featured the royalty, E. H.S. Band, F. H.A., F.F.A. , drill team, and the senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman floats. The Emery businessmen and grade school also participated. The judges classified the floats into two classifications: beauty and originality. The sophomore class captured first place honors in the cli- vision of originality while the juniors captured first place honors in the division of beauty. The evening was spent at the ball park where everyone enjoyed the Homecoming football game with Montrose as our opponent, which proved to be a very thrilling game. A social sponsored by the town's youth organi- zation completed the fun-loving Homecoming events. Students viewed the traditional bonfire.

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Left to Right: Diane Huber, Larry Plucker, Helen McCormick, Terry Janssen, Rodney Fluth, and Jerilyn Langle. It Was a Time of joy and Tears The tension mounted during the entire week For the royalty members. Finally on September l8, T969, Coronation festivities were held. Bill .lan- ssen served as Master of Ceremonies. Each class presented a comedy skit which filled the evening with Fun, laughs, and frolic. The musical enter- tainment was performed by the E. H. S. Band and a group of senior boys which was enjoyed by every one. The King and Queen of Emery High School For T969-T970 were to be announced. Amidst tears of ioy and gasps of surprise, King Terry Jan- ssen and Queen Helen McCormick were crowned. Queen Helen was presented with a bouquet of roses which the Pep Club Furnished. The other four attendants were Larry Plucker, Diane Huber, Rodney Fluth, and Jerilyn Langle. Dale Werning and Carolyn Roskens, the T969 king and queen, crowned Terry Janssen and Helen McCormick, the T970 homecom- ing king and queen.

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Library is Improved After several years with the library in a small corner, it was Finally moved behind a partition in the study hall. Sev- eral of the librarians worked very hard to get the library in its new position, this also encouraged them to keep the li- brary neat and clean, too. Under the supervision of Mrs. Uhrich, library supervisor, and Darlene Marquardt, head librarian, there were several eager competent librarians, which included, four sophomores Five iuniors, and eight seniors who alternately assisted in making the library a good place to study and a good place to check out books and magazines. The library has increas- ed by many books, new magazine subscriptions, two new tables, a large desk, two small tables for typewriters, and several chairs. Even though the moving of the library pushed the seniors to their own home room instead of in study hall, it was well worth it. Everyone knows a good library is a necessity in any school. One interesting observation was the observance of National Library Week, April 12-18, with many posters and decorations hanging on the book shelves. During Na- tional Library Week, there were l22 books and 22 reference magazines checked out ofthe library. The school had pur- chased approximately 200 books during the year. These seventeen librarians worked hard to keep the library in order