La Farge High School - Memories Yearbook (La Farge, WI)

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292532551956 Memories X raizfnafics Front Row: Miss Bisfhop, K. Steinmetz, B. Campbell, L. Shumate, S. Melvin, R, Kennedy, B. Harris Second Row: J. Thompson, D. Marshall, A. Ernst, J- Sfi1Hf0l'd, M- Smith. D. Harris. N. Heisel. The Dramatics Clu'b this year presented one- act play entitled, The Breaking of the Calm . The cast ga'-e an excellent performance winning an A rating at the league contest at West Lima. This play took place on the poop deck of a sailing vessel-one evening during a calm. It was a strangly quiet calm which had lasted many days. The play revolved around the crew's struggle for survival witlhout food or water. The cast enjoyed putting on this play under the able direction of Miss Bishop. The cast consisted of the following: The Captain Captain's Wife The First Mate T.he Second Mate The Lascan Boy The Chinaman Larry Shumate Sihelby Melvin Bill Harris Berlie Campbell Kent Steinmetz Rod Kennedy

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333232231956 Memoreis .fa 914, 01 67 I J Nothing fhappened today. Too cold outside. 14 Nine week's tests begin. - 1Still cold! 'Game tonight with DeSoto. We won 15 Basketball boys attend State Tournament games 56-66. Quite a discussion in Social Problems. Lost those so-called words someplace. I'm speechless! Game with Soldiers Grove. We won 90-68. Homecoming dance after game. Who cares if it is Monday? Everyone is in a wonderful mood. Game with Wauzeka. We lost. Quite a few angry people around. Sad faces around school today. No one is say- ing anything. The name still lingers, Silent Sam . 'Game with West Lima. Guess who won? Na- turally, we did. St..dents in slightly better mood today. . 3' iie Vl.Lil Senoca'he1'e. We won again. l b1'L.u. y, 1956- We ve ilnally reached the shortest month of the year! Ground Hog's Day. No game tonight. Monday again! Everyone went to 'game at Viola, We won. Everyone worn out today. What's wrong, Verna, still too much party?'?? Everyone pretty well rested up. Game with Gays Mills. We won as usual. Oh, no, not again! Student Council has Valentine Party. Did some oi' the 'boys get some strange valentines. We beat Hillsboro again. Game with Viroqua ttherej. Big rest between games. Game with Readstown. We won. First night of tournament, La Farge did:n't play. Restinfg up for tournament. Ditto. We beat De Soto 85 to 68. NVhat a game. We beat Soldiers Grove 70-68 in an overtime. We're sub-district champs! We beat Blue River 91-72 to win the District Championship. Everyone weary from tournament, No basketball tonight. Seems funny. Game with Soldiers Grove grades. All the boys are keeping themselves concealed. Leap Year Day. yn know. M irch, 1956- ' Everyone getting excited over Cuba City game. Cuba City beat us 57-52 at Fennimore. ' All-Star game here. FFA dance afterwards. Short Social Problems class. Starting to practice for forensics. League Forensic Meet at Viola. We received nine A's out of eleven entrants. Co-op meeting. Aptitude tests given to Seniors. Another 'week finished. Some of us still snowed in after Saturday's storm. Cold outside. Notlhing much happened. in Madison. 16 vBoys still at tourney. Day seems terribliy long. 19 Gh, no, Mon-day. Oh well, C'est la vie . 20 Grade basketball tournament. 21 Some of the Seniors visit LaCrosse State College. 22 Seniors visit Platteville College. Some of the boys seemed to like their guide. 23 Forensics students having last practice before going to La Crosse. 26 Report cards here again. Long faces. 27 Volleyball tournament at De Soto. We didn't do anything. 27 Try-outs for Senior class play. 29 It iwas the third day of a hard snow. 30 No school-Good Friday. April, 1956- 2-6--Easter vacation. 9 Back to shcool. We're ready for another vaca- tion. 10 Just another day. 11 Lots of kids at free show at theatre, 12 Sure is nice and springy today. 13 Friday the 13th again, Seniors ihave another class meeting. 14 State Forensic -Contest at Madison. Martha Har- ris and Larry Shumate both received A's. Sen- iors, of course. Prom tonight. Darlene Miller and Charles Hysel, Kinrg and Queen. 16 Snowed today. You'd never know it was the mid- dle of spring. So many students saw the sun come up Sunday morning, 17 F'renc'h students get a treat from Mrs. Oaklief -a test! Real cold today. 18 Seniors hard at work on class play?? 19 Mr. Goss from tfhe Vernon County Normal came to talk to the students interested in going to school there next year. 20 Ball game with West Lima. We lost 2-1. Ath- letic Banquet. 23 Several 'students seen at the show Saturday night. Rod was so scared that he was almost sitting in iGene's lap. 24 Everyone getting their chest x-rayed. Ball game with Viola. We won 2-1. Movie during noon- hour. Seniors had play practice tonight. 25 All Seniors go to Gays Mills for Career Day. Girls are going to join the WAVES and t'he boys are going to join the Navy! 26 Had flre drill this morning. Boys go to Tomah for track. 27 Ball game with Readstown. 30 Visiting day at Vernon County Normal. May, 1956- 1 Game with Gays. 2 We haven't got far to go! 4 Ball game with Soldiers Grove. Rural visiting day. 9 Student Council has Farewell party for Seniors. 11 Class Play. League track meet, 19 Baccalaureate. 22 Senior Banquet. 24 Graduation.

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512323331956 Memories 01 e1'lS'lCS Front Row P Boldon, J. Sanford, TS. Munson, B. Deibig, MTS. Oaklief. Second Row M Smith, B. Calhoon, Martha Harris, Della Marshall, Audrey Ernst Third Row S Melvin, B. Campbell, J. Thompson, L. -Shumate, J- M0I'I'iS The 1955-56 fori'ns'cs group was under the dlrec.ion of Mrs. Oaklicf, 'Dhos participating were: Ur ginal Oratory: Martha Harris, Barbara Deibig: Non-Original Oratory: Aud.ey Ernst: Humorous Declamatory: Bessie Calhoon, Berlie Camp'bell and Judy Sanford: Non-Humorous Declamatory: Pat Boldon, Marjorie Sriith and Larry Shumate: Four-Minute Speech: Della Marshall: Extemporateous Speaking: Julie Morris: Extemporaneous Reading: Sherrill Munson and Shelby Melvin. All contestants received A's at the local con- test except Pat Boldon and Bessie Calhoon. The League Contest was held1March 14 at Viola. All La Farge contestants received A's except Julie Motris and Berlie Campbell. Those who received A's participated in the District Contest held at La Crosse March 24. Those receiving A's at La Crosse were: Martina Harris, Audrey Ernst, Larry Shumate and Barb Deibig. Martha Harris and Larry Shumate, both Seniors, received A ratings at the State Meet at Madison, April 14th. Congratulations! Barbara Dei- big and Audrey Elrnst received LB ratings. The com- petition was really good, so we know what a good job they had to do.