Harmony High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Harmony, MN)

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Settcwd BoownaOP Oo-yyaJLJl Senior class officers: Anita, reporter; Dorothy, treasurer; Blaine, secretary; Keith, vice-president; and Donald, president. BURNELL OLSON: Intramural I, 2; F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4. INES OWEN: Class Play 3, 4; I-Act Play 3; Mixed Chorus 1, 4; Sextette 2, 3; Girls’ Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Operetta 2, 3, 4; Newspaper Staff 4; National Honor Society. PATRICIA RISELAND: Class Play 3; 1-Act Play 2; Intra mural 1; Mixed Chorus I; Conroy Girls’ Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4; Newspaper Staff 4. MILTON SHERWIN: Decorah High School 1, 2; Baseball 4. DONALD SIKKINK: Class Play 3, 4; 1-Act Play 1, 2, 3; Declamation: Local Winner 3, 4, District Winner 3, 4, Regional Winner 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Baseball 2, 4; Intramural 1, 2; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 4; Operetta 2, 3, 4; Boys’ Glee Club 4; Music Contest 4; F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; 4-H 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 3, 4; Newspaper Staff 3, 4; Club Officer 3, 4; Class Officer 4; F.F.A. Judging Team 1; State Farmer 3; F.F.A. Speaking Contest, District Winner 3; National Honor Society. RICHARD ROSTVOLD: Class Play 3; 1-Act Play 1, 2; Foot-ball 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Baseball 4; Intramural 1, 2; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 4; Operetta 3, 4; Music Contest 1, 4; 4-H 1, 2; Boy Scouts 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Officer 1, 2. ROGER SIKKINK: Class Play 3, 4; 1-Act Play 3; Football 4; Basketball 3, 4; Intramural 1, 2, 3; Mixed Chorus 4; Operetta 3, 4; Music Contest 4; F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; 4-H 1, 2, 3, 4; Club Officer 2, 3, 4; F.F.A. Chapter Procedure Team, State Champs 3. • 14 •

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ETHEL LIUDAHL: Class Play 4; Intramural 1, 2; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 4; Girls’ Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Operetta 4; Band 3, 4; Pep Band 4; Music Contest 4; Newspaper Staff 4; National Honor Society. NEIL MOREM: Class Play 3; Football 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 4; Intramural 1, 2; Mixed Chorus 2, 4; Operetta 3, 4; Music Contest 1, 4; Band 1; Boy Scouts 1, 2, 3, 4; Newspaper Staff 4; Entered navy May 12th. FRANCES McKAY: Intramural 1, 2; Mixed Chorus 1, 2; 4-H 1, 2, 3, 4; Newspaper Staff 4. ROGER McKENZIE: Preston High School 1, 2; Football 3, 4; Baseball 4; Intramural 3; Operetta 3; F.F.A. 3, 4. VERNON MICHEL: Football 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3„ 4; Baseball 4; Intramural 1, 2, 3; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 4; Operetta 3, 4; Band I, 2, 3, 4; Music Contest 1, 4; F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; 4-H 1, 2, 3, 4; Club Officer 3; F.F.A. Chapter Procedure Team, State Champs 3. DEAN MOREM: Football 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball Intramural 1, 2; Mixed Chorus 4; Operetta 3. 4; Music Contest 4. ELWYN NAGEL: Intramural 1, 2; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 4; Operetta 2, 3, 4; F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; F.F.A. Judging Team 1; National Honor Society. FRANCES NAGEL: Class Play 4; 1-Act Play 2; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 4; Girls’ Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Operetta 2, 3; Music Contest 1, 4; Club Officer 3; Class Officer 1. ANITA OLSON: Class Play 3; Declamation 1; Intramural 1, 2; Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 4; Girls’ Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Operetta 4; Band 1. 2, 3, 4; Brass Ensemble 2, 4; Pep Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Music Contest 1, 4; 4-H 1, 2; Annual Staff 4; Newspaper Staff 4; Class Officer 3, 4; National Honor Society; Valedictorian. • 13 •

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Se tand We are now standing at the threshold—-preparing to face the world with the knowledge that we have received the best training possible in the four years we have been a part of Harmony High. Our schooling has been completed during one of the most critical periods in the history of the world, yet we have carried on despite all odds. As freshmen we were 58 and each of us was slowly working into the pattern of activities that fit his personality when the news came that our country was involved in a great world war. Each of us was stunned in a different way, but together we silently vowed to make victory our personal goal. Time passes in a hurry—busy days and happy days—days that found us gaining both in knowledge and experience—and then we found ourselves seniors. It seemed strange to sense that we were seniors, yet the realization of the work ahead made us set out with new eagerness. Each year, new honors had toppled into the class coffer; this year was to top them all for success. In athletics, the seniors were in the majority in both basketball and football and helped hold high the banner of victory and sportsmanship. Again in vocal music, band, and speech, the seniors led the way as the main cog of a machine grinding out a slow but certain victory. No doubt, one of the seniors’ most outstanding achievement, one in which every member of the class was responsible for its success, was the senior play, Mail Order Brides.’’ It was a success in itself, but the fact that 890 people attended proved that the people of Harmony had confidence in the ability of the senior class to put on a superior production. Hot competition between boys and girls helped set an attendance record that topped all previous ones. We have had our fun too, but many times heavy hearts have caused forced smiles. Yet the Isense of of excitement as we supported our basketball and football teams gave us fun and thrills that were hard to beat. Tournament time with its splash of color and excitement provided another thrill despite car National Honor Soeiety Members: Seated, Left to Right: Eleanore Dennstedt, Blaine Harstad, Donald Sikkmk, and Elwyn Nagel; Standing: Ines Owen, Anita Olson, Beverly Johnson, and Ethel Liudahl. pooling and crowding to make our little gas go farther. Then too, programs, school parties, and dances have provided recreation for a sometimes weary class. Each year it seems the war has come a little closer to our hearts—it has slowly made itself our own personal war. Friends of ours who had been members of the same organizations as we, reported missing in action—boys who had left their mark in school and engraved on our hearts—killed in the service of their country. Above all, the return of Rufus Alexander, one of 12 survivors of an original company of 250, with a wound received on the German front, made us realize that this was our war. His words helped to spur on a class that was already leading in the buying of bonds; to spur on a class that already was giving to the armed forces many of its members to continue the fight for freedom. We are graduating into a world of uncertainty, a world sure of victory, but not sure how to face it. The one important weapon with which we have to face this world, is a flexible education given us by teachers and an administration that realizes the importance of training for the world of tomorrow. The sands of time are running low. Graduation will make us alumni; you, our Alma Mater. May we ever hold her honor high and to her we give our thanks for the years gone by and best wishes for the years to come!