Hancock High School - Owls Hoot Yearbook (Hancock, MN)

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W! ajft 1940 THE OWLITE Page12 MQW TENT!-I GRADE BACK ROW-Richard Schmlidgall, Dorothy Theilmann, Annabelle Reitz, Jean Grandjean, Betty Steinibring, Betty Eckstein, Warren Reese. FRONT ROW-William Sommer, Jeanette Atz, Marvis Swenson, Mr. Wartman ladvlserl, Eva Mae Hannigan, Gertrude Eckstein, Harry Frisbee. The smallest class in the senior high school started its year of activities by electing officers: Harry Frisbee ........ president Benny Schmidgall .... vice president Jeanette Atz .... secretary-treasurer Mr. Wartman ......... adviser Several of the former members of the class transferred to other schools or left for other reasonsg so the group began its year with fifteen students, There was one new lmiember, William Sommers, who moved to Iowa during the late Winter. In February the tenth grade girls, home eco- nomics class under the direction of Miss Norman gave a. dinner for the board of education and their wives. Most of the tenth graders took part in many activities of the high school. Benny Schmidgall was a member of the regular basketball squad. Band imlemibers from the class were Idella. Estensen, Betty Steinbring, Dorothy Theilmann, Harry Frisbee, and Eva Mae Flannigan. Jean- ette Atz, Jean Grandjean, Betty Steinbring, Marvis Swenson, and Eva Mae Flannigan be- longed to the girls' chorus. Eva Mae also be- longed to the girls' trio and sextet. The tap team included mlany members from the class: Betty Eckstein, Gertrude Eckst-ein, Eva Mae Flannigan, Betty Steinbring, Idella Esten- son, Jean Grandjean, Marvis Swenson, and Dorothy Theilmann. Harry Frisbee, Warren Reese, and William Somrmrers took part in the activities of the boys' chorus.

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Pagell THE owL1'rE -1940 ELEVENTI-I GRADE ,M THIRD ROW-Leone Nieland, Alice Beebe, Lorraine Elrdman, Anna Marie Cole- man, Margarette Plummer, Irene Allenspach, Ernestine Charles. SECOND ROW-Dwayne Agar, Donald Thompson, ,Arthur Campbell, Henry Quasebarth, Waldo Thurston, Harold Foss, William Fiedler. FIRST ROW-Edwin Fenner, .Doris Schmidgall, Lois Jane Nissen, Patricia Mecklenburg, C. Lorraine Haldorson, Helen Cushing, Mr. Heimerl fadviserl. The eleventh grade, consisting of twenty- four members, began the year by electing cap- able class oftcersz Arthur Campbell ....... president Lloyd Engebretson .... vice president Helen Cushing ....... .. secretary Henry Quasebarth ..... -. treasurer For their adviser they chose Mr. Heimerl, who was also their adviser last year. Another Halloween masquerade party was sponsored by the class for the high school. Everyone carmle dressed in queer and quaint cos- tumes. The evening Was spent in playing games and dancing, and later pop-corn and apples were served. On November 10 the class put on their iirst large dramatic production, The Man From No- where, under the direction of Mr. Heirn-erl. The Jay Jess Puppetteers showing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was sponsored by the class for the entire school on the afternoon of November 14. During the spring the class entertained the graduating class and faculty at a banquet held in the school gymnasium. Many of the members of the class were out- standing in various activities. Henry Quase- barth, Bill Fiedler, Harold Foss, Waldo Thurston, and Donald Thompson took part in basketball. Members of the band and boys' arid girls' chor- uses were Arthur Campbell, Waldo' Thurston, Helen Cushing, Margarette Plummer, Lois Jane Nissen, Patricia Mecklenburg, and C. Lorraine Haldorson. Lorraine Haldorson, Patricia Meck- lenburg, and Helen Cushing worked on the newspaper and yearbook staffs. A large number of the juniors took part in the dramatic ac- tivities. Patricia Mecklenburg and Lois Jane Nissen, the high school cheer leaders, are mem- bers of the class. Four students have left school from the class-Betty Becker, Virginia Paulus, Delores Rowles, and Lloyd Engebretson-leaving the class now with 20 members.

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NINTI-I GRADE THIRD ROW-Hilmer Sandine, Shirley Ann Swanson, Faye McDowell, Virginia Huntley, Lorraine Smith, Marlys Nieland, Edith Zeltwanger, Tillie Jepma, Marion Domek, Jack West. SECOND ROW-Howard Schmidgall, Betty Schsmidgall, Haroldine Bush, Marjorie Reed, Robert Reese, Gerald Andert, Kenneth Osterman, Irene Croom, Edith Durkee, Betty McCarthy, Warren Morton. FIRST ROW-Kenneth Schmidgall, Howard Krupke, John Boon, Robert Giese, Mr. Loken radviserl, James Thompson, William Wente, Luverne Munson, Junior Wiese. At the beginning of the year the class elected the following ofiicers: ,Warren Morton ...... .. president Jack West ....... vice president Hihner Sandine - - secretary-treasurer During the year the class discussed many interesting problems in home room under the supervision of Mr. Loken, class adviser. These' home room discussions were held on Monday mornings during the first hour. The class sold candy at some of the basket- ball games, and the money was put into the class treasury to be used at a later date. The ninth grade donated the largest amount of dimes for the March of Dimes in January. The ninth grade pupils have been very active in many of the activities of the high school. Off the thirty-two students, most of the boys and girls belonged to the glee clulb and mixed chorus under the direction of Miss Utne. The ninth graders who played instruments in the band were Jean Taplin, Billy Wente, Har- oldine Bush, Virginia Huntley, Junior Sandine, Irene Croomi, Faye McDowell, Marion Domek, and Betty Schmidgall. The newly organized tap team also- had a. large number from the ninth grade-Marion Domek, Betty Schmidgall, Edith Durkee, Tillie Jep-ma, and Haroldine Bush. Billy Wente some- times led the tap teaxms in a few numbers. Basketball was the chief interest of a num- ber of boys-Junior Wiese, James Thompson, Robert Reese, Robert Giese, Hilmer Sandine, Jack West, Kenneth Schmidgall, and Kenneth Osterman. Three ninth graders were members of the football squad this year-Hilmer Sandine, Robert Reese, and Jack West. Edith Zeltwanger was the only ninth grade girl in the girls' sextet. During the winter Jean Taplin was vaca- tioning in Texas and the southern states, but she returned to complete the work of the ninth grade with her classmates.