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

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Editor of The Owl's Eyes, Johanna Van Otterloo, continually produced an excellent school paper. She was assisted by Gene Schmid- goll, Dorothy Wendt, John Torgerson, Rod Nel- son and Virginia Richards. The paper's name was changed to The Owl's Eyes when it was decided to call the annual The Owl's Hoot. the table. fl ctivitie 'LJ Mr. Whiting, as librarian, directed the activities of the library club. Ronald Banister Erwin Anderson and Billy Zeltwanger stand, with Mary Giese Dorothy Wendt Darlene Estensen, lda Noordmans and Norene Giese at

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Ho JO ,T h O?glVO3 b Hx5iOMlNG Klfv f Ofrlcia MCgi?EjyIDonald T Jean St .orgergo embring 'R John ' D0n Tofger lt was a wonderful night for John Torger- son and Johanna Van Otterloo on October 15, 1948, when they were crowned 1948 Home- coming King and Queen by Barbara Schmid- gall, 1947 Homecoming Queen. Both are from the Senior class, The Junior class candidates were Harold Charles and Jean Steinbring. Sophomore candidates were Donna Melchert and John Goll, Jr. Representing the Freshman class were Patsy McArthur and Donald Torgerson. In the afternoon all candidates were in the parade on beautiful floats made by their classmates, At night, a big coronation dance was held in the auditorium, which was very beautifully decorated in the school colors, red and white. All the alumni were invited. Peggy Rowles carried the huge bouquet of flowers for the Queen and Dennis Jaeger and La Donna Clements were crown bearers. The night before the dance, a big bonfire ceremony took place with cheering, singing, and a big snake dance through town. This was the sec- ond homecoming of Hancock High School. eff, Uhno Vo D Z . H0 llClllllllNG 'F- wr .

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Cheerleader Junior cheerleaders, Connie Grossman, Patsy McArthur and Marjorie DeGier, made promising cheer leaders. ., eww? A-.A...4l-4.4 Q-1.-...M .. Tony Noordmans was the peppy boy cheer leader. 1' ln their snappy red and white uni- forms the senior cheerleaders, Jean Stein- bring, Lois Mumm, Verna Wendt, and Nola Schmidgall led the cheering section to loud yelling to spur the team on. The old school song was replaced with the Detroit Victory March, a fast and DCPDY 5009- F1,f, ' f1 O f' - if -i ',,.Z', ::. -:I -. me ai: 12 ss. V 'R' ,fb- ' ..- c?f.: , I '-f' - g,'fg,gAj P , 1 -f . -' - , G - .9 e. f??E?5Wf fQCG3f'f5 . V ' I ' i C K ei , -Q .sz EEF RHYTHM BAND-SECOND AND THIRD GRADES Back row lleft to rightl : Gary Greiner, Mer- ritt Pulkrabek, Anna Marie Keller, Diane Zurn, Carol Ann Schmidgall, Edger Ver Steeg, David Nohl, Lowell Norris, Synova Delp, Harvey Chamberlain, Alvin Jacobson, Delores Myers, Ronald Gayken, Thomas Flannigan. Front row lleft to rightl: Judith Feuchtenberger, Robert Rustod, Rodney Van Otterloo, Kenneth Det- viler, Sharyn Nylander, Janet Morton, Diane Heltner, Gloria Olson, Kay Perrizo----maiorette, Robert Roseflwdirector, Darlene Kolling, Au- dre Kolling, Janelle Ras, Donna Mecklenburg, Robert Erickson, Garry Den Besten, Michael Jensen. ll-lelen Feigum, teacher, not shown,l SM