Halstead High School - Dragon Yearbook (Halstead, KS)

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Henpecked Hem y Henpecked Henry a three act comedy by Bert Stoner was presented by the Semor Class wxth the amd of other schoolmates The play was present ed May 5 to an audxence that thoroughly enjoyed every mmute of It Er11la Hyde 15 one of those dorrnneermg women who rules her husband wxth an xron rod Henry the husband 15 never allowed out of her s1ght unless she deems xt absolutely nec essary Is 1t any wonder that h1s fr1ends nxckname hmm Henpecked Henry 'P No xndeed Henry s close frxend Ace Bhss asks Henry to accompany h1m on a f1sh mg trxp Henry srghs wear11y that Er111a w1ll never allow h1rn to go But Ace thmks he can put one over on Ermlla and he concocts a brmlhant tale of a conventxon be held 1n the dxstant c1ty of Placerv11le and he convxnces Henry s Wlfe that xt 1S v1ta1 to her husband s best 1nterests for h1m to attend that conventxon Reluctantly Erxlla agrees Arrmvmg mn P1acerv1lle Henry and Ace start m on the1r f1sh1ng unaware that they are on restr1cted property They are apprehended by the Law and forced to spend an entxre week 1n the Placerv111e jaxl Determmed to punxsh ham by tak1ng h1m back to Placervxlle she closes up the1r house drags Henry mto the1r car and off they go For once Henry IS m luck and because of the extremely comm 1nc1dent Erllla 15 forced to brmg Henry back home Henry IS dehghted For dur1ng the t1me that they are away the Hydes res1dence had been taken over by the beaut1ful and glamorous Edna Rogers a movme star and her two sxsters The three g1r1s mxstake the Hyde res1denc:e for one belongmg to then' uncle Henry Hopper who lxves on the same street ln the end Henpecked Henry became boss of h1s household and h1s w1fe CAST OF CHARACTERS Henry Hyde Clarence Buttron Erxlla Hyde Rxta Mae Enzbrenner Ellen Hyde Emma Lou Mxer Dottxe I-Iart1gan Vera Fultz Ace Bhss Francxs Rothrnxer Kurt L1tt1e Rlchard Zemt Edna Rogers Patrmcxa Dussault Gladys Rogers Ruth Lanter Paulme Rogers Beulah Sears Wllham B Crxpps Kenneth Moranz Sponsor Mr C E Gerber ll cc , A Mrs. Ace Bliss fEdnal ---- ----------------------------- ------- G r ace Wehking

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play and part1c1pated 1n basketball and softball The year passed sw1ftly and we found ourselves Jun1ors wlth the except1on of Llnette Mlller who dec1ded to attend another school Dur1ng our .Tumor year Mrs Arlene Sheahon was our class sponsor Flrst came our Jumor Class Play Mama s Baby Boy whxch was a smashmg success Wlth the grass and flowers of spr1ng came our J'un1or Semor Banquet Wl'11Cll was a colorful and excltmg affa1r We entered our Semor year w1th hght hearts and one member spon sored by Mr C E Gerber Even though small 1n number the class had blg 1deas Wxth the help of the .Tumor class a school paper was pubhshed each month an annual of Wh1Ch we are very proud and a class play whlch was rated as one of the best 10 1 I ' - In 1 .v - - 1 1 , - 1 1

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Semor Class Will Bexng of sound mlnd and body We Hope we the Sen1or Class of 195U after much thought ano cons1derat1on have wr1tten out our lxfe s w1ll to Huron H1gh Students and Faculty To the faculty Mr Gerber Mr Bennett and Mrs Lanter we leave the manner In whlch we always had our lessons to use as ex amples to other students when the gomg gets rough Also we leave our old photographs wh1ch w1l1 remlnd them of what can happen 1n four years xf the pupxls aren t treated r1ght To the Junxors we leave our memor1es of the Junlor Semor Banquet our Sneak Day the thrlll of Commencement N1ght and the courage to thr1ve through your Sen1or year 1n 1951 To the Sophomores we leave our fa1thful typmg erasers wh1ch we hope they won t use as much as we d1d all our old books pen 115 and notebooks wh1ch they m1ght fxnd And to a certaxn Sopho more boy whose xrutxals are J Z we bequeath hxm a 1931 Chevy for the purpose of a hot rod To the l1ttle 1nnocent Freshrnen we leave our ab1l1ty to play basketball our excess knowledge whlch we have accurnulated ln the past four years our way wxth the teachers so we were always on the honor roll and a b1t of encouragement to rem1nd them that school 1sn t as bad as they th1nk at t1mes To Mr Ed Kelsay goes our best w1shes for the future and our greatest apprec1at1on of h1s ab111ty ot the good up keep of the school and property and we g1ve h1m w1ll1ng1y all our pencll ma1 ks and 1n xtxals In addltzon we leave our remammg possessxons whxch he may fxnd 1n our lockers and dress1ng room To Mrs Brown we w1ll her our gurn wh1ch we left by mlstake on our plates and a memory 1n her m1nd of the student s healthy appet1te Her del1c1ous meals axded 1n the development of the m1ghty muscles of the graduates of our school To all of th1s we do hereby aft1x our seal thls 19th day of May 1n the year of our Lord 1950 QSIGNED AND SEALED1 The Sen1or Class of 1950 12 I 1 3 n ' K 1 1 1 , . . . l I . , . . 1 - 1 - 1 ' I . . , . n 1 Q 1 , . a n A . . , . . - C , . n ' 1 2 n . , . . , - ' Y . . , . I - .