Irwin High School - Little Hawkeye Yearbook (Irwin, IA)

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BAND NEWS After a two weeks vacation from summer band concerts, the band began its regular routine in school. Band practice was held Tuesday evenings from 7:45 to 9215 and Friday afternoons from lZ:45 to 2:00 . The band was composed of the following: On the clarinets, Lyla Wiese, Virginia Anthony, Ardith Olson, Mary Jensen, Marilyn Simpson, Lorraine Smith, and Sally Steenhusen: on the saxophone section, Dixie Larson, Gloria Thompson, Kenneth Krueger, Richard Wetzel and Nedric Poynter, blaring out on their cornets were Jim McMahon, Milton Barry, Norman Campbell, and Arlo Barton: keeping the trombone section from rusting were Kay McMahon and Peter Steenhusen: keeping the baritones in tune were Richard McMahon and Larry Richards: blowing the big bass horns were Ladell Wiese, Howard Kuchel, and George Steenhusen. The only alto horn player was Donnabelle Jensen Keeping the band in time, with drums, were Beverly Thompson, bass drum: Verlee Petersen, cyrnbals: David Piper, Eleanore Shipp and Georgene Crouch, snare drum. There was also a group of beginners that came into the band, who were a great asset. The band played a number of new pieces, including overtures, waltzes, popular numbers, and marches. During the school year, the band gave a concert every six weeks, performed at a few P. T. A. meetings and also participated in a music contest. The band wishes to thank Mr. Draheirn, the director, for improving the band and putting forth so much time and patience. The students and the general public appreciate his excellent leadership. We the graduating students want to wish the band much success for next year and the years to come. 4184! 181811818 Teacher: Mary, this composition on milk was supposed to be two pages long and yours is only a half page. Mary: But I wrote about condenced milk. Now, children, can anyone tell me the meaning of unaware 7 A tiny hand waved frantically in the air. Please, ma'am, unaware is what you put on first and take off last.

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THE JUNIOR CLASS PLAY The Junior class, directed by Miss Pomeroy, presented their class play Bolts and Nuts on the twenty-third and twenty-fourth of October. Because ' of the bad weather the crowd was not as large as expected but everyone en- joyed the play. It was a farce in three acts, which starts when Rebecca Bolt gets an idea to make her home into a sanitarium for the mentally ill. Doctor Joy, a psychiatrist came to help her. The patients hear the rumor that Rebecca's brother has left her a fortune and it is buried in the house. Everyone looks for the money but Twind Starr is the lucky one who finds it. The characters were as follows: Benita Bolt - - - Lutie Spinks - Rebecca Bolt - Martha Grubb - - Twink Starr - - Dr. Hippocrates .Toy Henry Goober - - Phineas Plunkett - Miss Prunella Figg Cadwalleder Clippy Gertie Glossop - - Wilbur Glossop - - Jack Gordon - - .Terry Williams - - - Eleanore Shipp - Anna Petersen - Clarice Axland - - Myrtle Huey - Bill Ahrenholtz - - Lewis Juhl - Gene Borkowski - -Wilber Wetzel - Delores Swanson - - Marland Mork Delores Ahrenholtz - - -Jimmie Juhl - .Tohn Paulsen - - - -Richard Wetzel The money will be used for the Junior-Senior banquet which will be held in the spring. CHRISTMAS PLAYS On the fifteenth of December, the speech class, directed by Miss Pomeroy gave the following plays: Monologue-- She Wanted to Write was given by Dorothy .Tuhl and written by Elsie Yale. Those Christmas Gifts was given by Carmen Blackwell, Dorothy Iuhl, Dixie Larson, Lyla Wiese, and Marcille Ahrenholtz and written by Lucile Crites. A skit Babies was given by Dorothy .Tuhl and Carmen Blackwell. Monologue-- No Room in the Inn was given by Marcille Ahrenholtz and written by Irene Ihde. Pop Reads a Christmas Carol was given by Donald Thrapp, Carmen Blackwell, Jack Buthman, David Cerka, Lyla Wiese, Dixie Larson, and Teddy Axland. lt was written by Christopher Sergal. I WALSWORTH I x.m..,...,h.a A sauna by wnswonrn snornrns n.,e.nn., M. . u. s. A.