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

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1940 -4.-. -.A. g4+ Ym:r H E o w L I T Baggage g i-Page26 J LJNIOR PLAY I BACK ROW- Alice Beebe, Doris Schmidgall, Dwayne Agar, Harold Foss, C. Lor- raine Haldorson, Irene Allenspach. FRONT ROW--Patricia Mecklenburg, Waldo Thurston, Alrthur Camlpbell, Mr. Heimerl fdirectorl, Henry Quasebarth, Donald Thompson, Lois Jane Nissen. The class proved their acting ability when they presented The Man from Nowhere, a com- edy in three acts, on Novemb-er 10. The cast of characters included: Anne Royce - - - Patricia Mecklenburg Mrs. Craddock -- - - Doris Schmidgall Hilda, the maid - - - Lois Jane Nissen Dora Pry - - - .... Irene Allenspach Miss Primm - - - .... Alice Beebe Rodney Baxter ..... Dwayne Agar Henry Holt ..... Henry Quasebarth Professor Holmes - - - Waldo Thurston Mr. Graydon ..... Arthur Campbell Mr. Cox .... ...... H arold Foss The play is centered around the boarding house of Mrs. Craddock. Two of the rooimlers Anne and Henry, are supposed to be in loveg but a number of things happen with the arrival of the man from nowheref' The Swedish maid and the absent-minded professor furnish mluch humor throughout the play. Anne becomes more and msore friendly with the new man and finally they fall in love. The play ends happily after many complications and suspicions. Besides the cast, those who worked on the production of the play and helped to make it a success were: C. Lorraine Haldorson - student director Donald Thompson - - - stage manager Lorraine Erdman, Helen Cushing and William Fiedler .... stage crew Ernestine Charles ...... make-up

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MIXED CHORUS r f THIRD ROW-Betty Schrnidgall, Marvis Swenson, C. Lorraine Haldorso-n, Ruth Claire Grandjean, Riobert Reese, Irene Croom, William Wente, Jean Grand- jean, Betty Steinbring, Dorothy Theilmfann, Marjorie Reed, Margarette Plummer, Eva Mae Flannigan. . ' . .--, SECOND ROW-Warren Morton, William Sommer, Tillie J epma, Kenneth Oster- man, Jack ,West, 'Verne Delp, Arthur Campbell, Hilmer Sandine, Waldo Thurston, Edith Zeltwanger, Faye McDowell, Haroldine Bush, Warren Reese. FIRST ROW-Harry Frisbee, Marlys Nieland, Virginia Huntley, Shirley Ann Swanson, Elaine Jacoby, Donna Camipbell, Miss Utne fdirectorl, Marion Domek. Leone Nieland, Maxine Sluhrbier. Jeanette Atz, John Boon. The Mixed Chorus of this year was a combi- nation of both the boys' and girls' choruses un- der the direction of Miss Utne. Since this group was so large, the group did not perform as often as some of the snnaller groups. Carinina , one of the favorites of the group, was sung at an assembly program during the fall. The outstanding accomplishment of this group was the production of a black-faced min- strel show which was given under the direction of Miss Utne on February 16. Various other groups helped in the production, but the mixed chorus was the nucleus of the presentation. The songs sung by the mixed chorus for the minstrel show were: Me An' Ma Little Banjo and Mas- sa's in Da' Cold Cold Grounf' Both of these se- lections were sung in true negro style and spirit. The chorus also assisted in the grand Iinale of the sho-W. MIXED OC'I'ET-- . From the mixed chorus were chosen four girls and four boys to comprise the Intixed octet which consists of Patricia Mecklenburg and Margarette Plummer, sopranosg Eva Mae' Flan- nigan and Edith Zeltwanger, altosg Verne Delp and Kenneth Osterman, t-enorsg and Arthur Campbell and Waldo Thurston, basses. The octet sang for the Christmas program and the program at Alberta.

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Page27 THE OWLITE 1940 BASKETBALL BACK ROW-James Thozrnrpson, Kenneth Schmidgall, Robert Giese, Junior Wiese. MIDDLE ROW-Mr. Wartman fcoachl, Robert Reese, Do-nald Thompson, Hilmeir Sandine, Milton Giese, Jack -West, Kenneth'Osterman. FRONT ROW-Waldo Thurston, Frank Fiedler, Donald Domek, William Grand- jean, Henry Quasebarth, Harold Foss, William Fiedler. Mascot Milo Thompa SOD. This year Hancock has enjoyed one of the best and most successful seasons for the past eight years. Through the able coaching of Mr. Wartmxan and the fighting and willing spirit of the team, they came through a schedule which was no easy job considering that District 11 is one of the strongest districts in the state with Breckenridge as state chaimlpions for 1940. On Saturday, December 1, a practice game W8.S held at Benson with the Hancock boys losing by a. close margin-33 to 28. The regular sched- ule was as follows: Hancock 50 Cyrus 6 Hancock 24 St. Mary's 23 Hancock 36 Alberta 27 Hancock 26 Chokio 24 Hancock 17 Morris 32 Hancock 20 Starbwck 26 Hancock 30 Herman 14 Hancock 33 St. Mary's 27 Hancock 21 Alberta 19 Hancick 33 Graceville 19 Hancock 19 Chokio 24 Hancock 33 Cyrus 24 Hancock 29 Sta.rbuck 51 Hancock 31 Gracevilee 25 Hancock 25 Herman 23 Hancock 31 Murdock 29 Climaxing the successful season was the sub-district tournament which was held in the gymnasium building of the West Central School of Agriculture at Morris on March 6, 7, and 8. Hancock 36 Cyrus 20 Hancock 38 Alberta 26 Hancock 22 Starbuck 30 After defeating Cyrus in the first night of the tournament, Coach Wartman drawing for Han- cock drew to play Alberta in the second evening. After taking Alberta, Hancock played the winner of the other bracket, Starbuck, and lost to the Vikings after a close fought game. Hancock can