Houghton High School - Amygdaloid Yearbook (Houghton, MI)

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or .,,,,,. V al SENIOR GIRLS' CLUB -Officers- President . . . . . ..,....... ,,.. J oyce Koski Vice-President ..... Rita Bishop Secretary ..,.. .... B etty Johnson Treasurer .. . .... Bette Vest Sponsor .. ..........,.............................. Miss Siewert The Senior Girls' Club enjoyed several interesting programs. Mrs. George Swen- son read the second act of the play, The Klng's Henchmen, by Dorothy Canfield. Mrs. Melvin Jose of the Audrey Beauty Salon gave the girls an interesting talk on Personal Grooming. Mrs. W. G. Rice presented an interesting account of her trip to the Child Welfare Conference ln Washington, D. C. A large delegation of the club members attended the Older Girls' Conference at Hancock in April. The club sponsored Miss Hutzel of the State Department of Health. Her talk on Healthy Living was beneficial to the entire student body. , 1 JUNIOR GIRLS, CLUB -Officers- President ...... . , . ..... .... E leanore Soyring Vlce-President ...... . . .Helen Ann: Dillman Secretary-Treasurer ., ...... June Soyring QCommittee Chairmen- Program ....... .................,.... . .. .Elaine Koski Entertainment , . . . .Nina Medlyn . Refreshments . . . . .Barbara Haug Friendship .... .... D orothy Laux Booster ....... .......,,..,..............,.......,. M ary Datson The highlights of the year's activities were as follows: Election of officers, indi- vidual group meetings at Miss Siewert's cottage, eleventh and twelfth grade basketball games, gymnasium party, home room programs in the auditorium, and the play, The Awful Letter. The girls had a very enjoyable year under the leadership of Miss Slewert and Miss Kennedy.

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BASKETBALL First Row-Peterson, Caspary, Schorgi. Hobba. VViitanen, XVisti, Ayoub, Lenz, Second Row-Chaput, LaBissonie1'e, Gaffney, Rourke. Short, VVright, Race, Trathen, Swenson. Third Row-Tredray, Young, Knight, Peterson, Lehti, Nancarrow, Tretheway, Donnelly, Hornick, Mr. Bugrni, C. Mattson, R. Mattson. Our cage team came through the 1939-40 basketball season very successfully. Out of fourteen games the team was victorious in twelve. The two defeats were handed to Houghton by the strong L'Anse quintet. Houghton shared Conference honors with L'AnSe. The team as a whole was well rounded, each player having plenty of scoring punch and ability in ball handling. Herbie Schorg was lost to the team when he completed his four-year course in February. Ayoub and Caspary alternately filled the Vacant position. The 1940 class B district tournament was held in the school gymnasium for the first time in the history of the Houshton High School. Hanc0ck's Crimson and Gold nosed out Houghtorfs Orange and Black by a 17-16 score to win the tournament. Melvin XYiitanen, one of Houghton's scoring' aces, was chosen as a guard and also as captain of the All-Tournament team. y Houghton placed one player on each of the three Conference All-Star teams. Co-Captain XViitanen was chosen on the Hrst team, Co-Captain Hobba was chosen as cap- tain of the second team, and NVisti was chosen on the third team. Seniors lost by graduation are: Hubba, Schorg, VVisti, Caspary, Ayoub, Lenz, and Peterson.

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I-:lf .,, , .,. , -','. 'la .1 . Plays SENIOR CLASS PLAY POOR DEAR EDGAR On May 2nd, the senior class play, Poor Dear Edgar, was presented in the high school auditorium, under the direction of Miss Rafferty. The story centers around Edgar, played by Vernon Sturdy, who gets into serious difficulties. He becomes the hero, wins back his sweetheart, and is reinstated in college. The characters: Edgar Applethwaite Miggs ,...... . . , , , Coky Bradford . . , Betty Carlyle . . . Ed Coleman .... Beatrice Byron . . . Buggins Bates ., Dean Thomas ,... Miss Forepaugh .. Arabella Smith . . . Diana Dana ...,,.. Skoozie Skillman . . . . . , .Vernon Sturdy . . . ,Dorothy Beck ....,James Lenz . . . . .Bette Vest . . . .Guy Caspary .......Joyce Koski . . . .Mary McCarthy .,George Swenson .,EIlen Jarvenpaa . . . .Ruth Chappell . . .Elaine Blodgett . . .Henry Hobba. MISS CHERRYBLOSSOMU In a beautiful setting of Japanese cherry blossoms and other colorful scenery, the Music Department presented the operetta, Miss Cherryblossomj' on March 29. Q The story 'involved the life of a young girl, Cherryblossom Cin reality Mis Evelyn Barnesb who, upon the death of her parents, was brought up as the daughter of Kokomo, the proprietor of a tea garden. Later Horace Worthington, her father's former secretary, returns to Japan with a party of American friends. One of the party falls in love with Cherryblossom. Kokomo has already promised his daughter to Togo, a rich politician. The story ends with Togo giving the young lovers his paternal blessing. The c.. t of characters: Cherryblossom, American girl brought up as daughter of Kokomo Kokomo, proprietor of tea garden .,., . , . John Smith, American tourist ,..... . .. Henry Jones, Jack's pal . . . . .Florence Little . . . .Ward Swenson ...... . . . .Robert Kestner . . . . .Martin Moyle ......,.,Paul Lenz Horace Worthington, New York stock broker. . James Young, YVorthington's secretary Jessica Vanderpool, VVorthington's niece , . . . . , .Virginia Savard Togo, a Japanese politician .............. .... G eorge Swenson . . . .Vernon Sturdy CHRISTMAS PLAY The Music Department and Maskers' Club presented the annual Christmas play on December 20. The play, t'The First Christmas, told the story of Christ's birth. Ariel, a young shepherd, has been crippled by his older brother, Laban. After seeing a vision of the Nativity, Laban repents and as a result Ariel is made well. The cast: Obed . . ...,... . . . . .George Swenson Laban .. ..... Ward Swenson Ariel . . . . .Robert Kestner Levi ...... ....,.... P aul Lenz Nathan , . . . , .Richard Noblet David . . . Jacob ...... Jonathan . . . , .Martin Moyle . . .Paul Kestner . . . .Jack Gaffney Matthew . . . .... James VVright Ishmael .. ...,.. John McCall Josiah . . , William Caspersen Asah ..... . .Harold Richards Benjamin .. ...., John Hornick Melchian . . . . .Paul Robillard Gasper . . . ..... Robert Croze Belthazer .. ....... Robert Abb Mary ..... Mary McManiman Joseph . . . . . ,Herbert Schorg Angel . . . . . . .Ruth Chappell