Forest Lake High School - Forester Yearbook (Forest Lake, MN)

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THE SENIOR CLASS PLAY The Senior class presented the play, '‘Huck- leberry Finn, Detective”, in two afternoon and one evening performances at the Forest Lake High School Auditorium on April 15 and 16, The play is a comedy taken in part from the book “Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain. Huck's desire to be a detec- tive leads him into many difficulties but finally he does something worthy of attention. The characters were portrayed by: Merton Melbostad as Mr. Finn. Polly's hus- band and Huck’s father. Leona Houle as Aunt Polly (Mrs. Finn). Maurice Boehm as Huckleberry Finn, whose ambition is to become a detective. Delbert Anderson as Tom Sawyer. Huck’s companion since boyhood. Catherine Engquist as Clara Woppinger, who is determined to get herself a husband. Virginia Langdon as Amy Woppinger. Clara’s irrepressible sister. Lucille Houle as Mary Jane Watson, Aunt Polly’s niece. Ronald Hilken as Mr. Hunter, an old friend of Mr. Finn's. Aileen Kueflcr as Sunbeam Johnson, the Finns’ colored maid. Beatrice Swenson as Anne Rand, an un- expected arrival. The play was under the direction of Miss Babcock and Miss Eng. The following staff supervised other details of presentation: Zelda Churchward, prompter; Alan Sanstad, business manager; Harold Klees and Marvin Fuglie, property managers; Helen Landgraver, Betty McGee, Marion Shelander. Stanley Bronczyk, Irving Christenson and Theo- dore Heisler, ushers. When Forest Lake High Was Very Young It was mid-October in 1909 when the first classes met in the very new. four-square school house. It was October, because the workmen had not yet put away their tools, and the sounds of hammer and saw played sharp staccato as they mingled with the hum of school room activity. They were a proud group of boys and girls. Had they not waited—marked time—for two whole years after eighth grade was completed, to begin a high school career? It meant much in those days because it had hitherto been denied them. Prof. George Bakalyar, a young man fresh from the University of Minnesota, was the first man to head our school. He was Superintendent. Principal and teacher of high school subjects, all in one. Ho was also very much interested in athletics; and. after reorganizing a basketball team, added another title to his honor, that of athletic coach (incidentally the boys made a very good record, too.) He was an inspiration to the boys and girls and they readily accepted his ideals. One of these w as his loyalty to the colors of the U. of M.—and thus it has been that through the years all the “Rousera” have been a rally round the standard of the Maroon and Gold. After two years Mr. Bakalyar left us and Mr, J. Frank Oliver was elected to succeed him. Under his leadership, the first class of Forest Lake High was graduated. However, the first class having pursued all four years of study at this school, was the class of '13. And so it was a memorable October—way back in 1909, for it spoke of beginnings. It was the original link of a chain that should grow in length and si2e with the years. It marked the commencement of a long line of boys and girls that would go out from this training school, this community, to play their part in the af- fairs of men. This will become the more ap- parent as you peruse the lists of former class- men. Proud you must be of their achievement. Though they have scattered to the four winds— some very far indeed from the home base, they carry on nobly, and their challenge to their successors is: Succeed! Exceed! —Anonymous

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THE EIGHTH GRADE Top row: Paul Rapp. Philip Parenteau. Jams ■ Johnson, Eldon Larson. Billy Lake, Edward John- son, Winston Stream, Vernon Sanftner, Stanley R lander, Cyrus Lundbetg, Middle row: Kenneth Peterson. Anthony S tracker, Lois Bergerson, Leona Darwin, Dellas Hockstra. Mae Swenson. Mary Hendrickson. Margaret Saxe, Gertrude Groess, H ut v Trcttin, Lawrence Blanchard. First row: Gil- bert Smith, Ella Whittman, Gertrude Christenson. Lorraine Schmitt, Melva Gesslin, Helen Bronczvk, Doris Solem, Eunice Johnson, Ruth Bergeron, Lou tse Crete, Eleanor Dupre, Clayton Asp. THE SEVENTH GRADE Top row: Jean Bernier, Fred Holmquist, Harvard Jennings, Wallace Swanson, Norman Tollman, Warren Bcnoy, Richard Dahlin, Joseph Hauble, R ibert Boyer. Donald Swanson. Third row: Robert Holl, David Johnson, Alvin White, Rollin Houle. George Kocster, Howard Waldon, Gustaf Verges, Lawrence Dupre. Clifford Berggrcn. Wallace Langdon, Richard McGee. Second row: Herbert Lor- enz, Gordon Bickeh Roger Nygren, Delores Kuefler, Bernice Johnson, Doris Pederson, Ruth Hopkins, Delores Valerity, Robert Elmstrom, John Dawson, Dale Cross. First row: Anne Tricola, Phyllis Lar- son. Evelyn Palmer. Mary Jane Wcisser. Betty Kunshier, Hazel Anderson, Myrtle Anderson. Ruth Dar- win, Yvonne Hcisler, Susan Hlivka, Marie Lee. Betty Jane Johnson.

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THE JUNIOR CLASS PLAY The Junior Class cl Forest Lake High School presented Charles George's play, “The Tin Hero , on December 17. 1936, under the direction of Miss Doris Greenwood and Miss Frances Johnson. The cast of characters were as follows: Douglas Goodyear ............ Ronald Stephens Mrs. Blanche Goodyear ......... Lucille Fuglic Grace Goodyear ................. Anna Rainer Virginia Ferguson ......... ., Carol Engquist Baxter Warner ............. Anthony BronczyK Mrs. Baxter Warner ........Marion Landgraver Bunny Wheeler ............. Clinton Fladland Annette Conecdale ......... Genevieve Moen Adelaide Young .................. Pearl Novak Victoria Esmond .................. Ruth Taylor Mile Claudette Bordori ............ Doris Cyr Spike Ryder ............... Lawrence Frenning IN THE SPEECH SHOP Evelyn Nickelson A Senior participant. Evelyn Nickelson, won first place in the dramatic section of our school declamation contest for the third consecutive year. Many students took active part in the contest which was held January 26. The fol- lowing arc those who competed in the final elimination: ORATORICAL Lysle Peterson—What Price War? Ronald Stephens-—The Weighted Scales. Russell Sederstrom—Bigger Guns or Better Homes? DRAMATIC Evelyn Nickelson—Patience of Taku. Anna Rainer Grace Stephenson— Mother of Mine. Margaret Jean Johnson—The Unseen Witness. HUMOROUS Anna Rainer—Biff Perkin's Toboggan Slide Linda Lick—Junior's First Dale. Lucille Fuglic—Blue Forget-Me-Not. Beatrice Dickman—First Day at Kinder■garden. Anna Rainer, Lysle Peterson and Evelyn Nickelson represented their respective divisions in the sub-district contest which was held in Forest Lake February 11. Evelyn Nickelson went to the district con- test at North St. Paul on March 1. where she took second place. Lysle Peterson.