Lakota High School - Days Gone By Yearbook (Lakota, IA)

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY The Senior Class presented the play There'll Come a Day, on April ZZ, the story is as follows: Make way for the Kelton family of Rainbow Falls! They've joined in the big push, and here they are located in sunny California, very much intent upon crashing the movies. And do they crash them? The crash they make is the next thing to the one heard 'round the world. It may not get them right into pictures, but it gets the audience into a laughing mood--and right away. Because this Kelton farnily is one family bent on succeeding. There' Papa Kelton--he's employed as a milkman while awaiting his big break--but so far, it's been only milk bottles! And there's Mamma Kelton--an aspiring playwright with ideas, ambition, and three effervescent daugh- ters who, with their friends, proceed to keep the whole place in a turmoil all the time. No wonder Mamma's plays haven't broken any records on Broadway. No won- der Mamm's plays have never even BEEN on Broadway--what with adolescents ex- ploding all over the place every time she starts to concenentrate. And there's Beatrice--daughter Beatrice--who was cut out for the movies. But apparently cut out wrong--she can't even get in a mob scene for a Bugs Bu.nny picture. And there's Lindy--the little one of the family--who finallys succeeds--succeeds in getting the whole farnily practically booted out of their tired apartrnent fthe last in townj and into a tent. There's the eledest daughter, Julie, the only really sensible one of the whole crop. And there're all of the neighbors, who apparently use the Kelton domicile as the hub of this fair city and charge in and out like nobody's business. 48

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JUST DUCKY Cast of Characters Mr, Maxwell, thinks he is head of house ---------- - - - Paul Darnauer Mrs. Maxwell, head of the house ------ - - Delores Kiellifz Betty Lou, the young daughter ------- L vis Leslie Bernadine, Betty's best friend ---- - - Helen Sfenlel Wilbur, atom bomb ------------ ' ' Richard P1'iCe Hercules, Wilbui-'s talkative friend - - - --------- - - - - - Jenifer Bosma Connie, the older daughter ------------- '-'--' ' B 6 rneice Weffjes Craig, Connie's boy friend --------- --'- R OSC? Meyer Mr. Moore, Craig's distinguished father - - - Ronald Meyer Miss Blayne, lovelorn columnist ----- - - Jennie Swalve Aunt Many, energetic lady ------ ---- G ildd M012 Del Marshall, newspaper reporter - - - - - Walter Eichenberger THE STORY OF THE PLAY What makes teen-age girls do the things that they do? That is a question. What should be done about them? That is a problem. Betty Lou Maxwell and Bernadine Smith are a couple of questions and problems rolled into two. It seems that they're always up to something, and, gee whiz, there's just no stopping them. But after all, girls will be girls. This day started off peacefully enough at the Maxwell house, in fact, it was a whale of a day. Papa Maxwell had just been chosen as the new head of the citizen's committee. Why? Because he had one of the finest and most upstanding families in the entire community. But it seems that Betty Lou and Bernadine had been wanting to write to Vester Blayne--who edits the lovelorn colurnn in the local papers-- and they chose this day. Of course, they had no problem. Heavens no! But doesn't every girl have the desire to send in a letter anyway? So they proceeded to make one up, filled with pathos and deep heart throbs. It was really a. sender. Since they wanted to make it sound as desperate as possible, they said that the writer was in love with a man forty-four years of age, who had children fourteen, fifteen, and nineteen--and that she was frantic and knew where she could get hold of a shotgun. So they mailed their masterpiece, and waited in anticipation for the evening paper. But was their letter pub- lished? No! lnstead, Miss Blayne called on Mama Maxwell and unfolded to her the complete story of Betty Lou's sad plight. From there things reach one of the most feverish fever pitches ever crowded into one play. When Mr. Morre--the chairman of the citizen's committee--and Del Marshall, a newspaper reporter, drop in for an inter- view with Papa Maxwell, the girls mistake Marshall for the county marshall, the state marshall, or at least some kind of marshall, so they once again go into a huddle. They just know that he's there to arrest Betty Lou. So what do they decide ? Insanity. Betty Lou will plead insanity: little brother Wilbur also is coaxed into acting balmy, and they even go so far as to prove that the entire family is nuts--and that includes papa himself. 47

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August 30 September Z-3 ' 8 10 14 17 Z0 2.1 ZZ 25 30 October 4 5 12 14 15 Z7 November 12 15 17 19 ZZ Z5 30 December Z 6 SCHOOL CALENDAR Where is everyone going ? Down to the building on the corner. Ah, yes, school has begun for another year. Good old State Tests. Results? Half! Our first baseball game with St. John's over there. l wonder who won? fThey did. 8 to Ol. Baseball game with Ledyard. We fared a little better. They defeated us 7 to 5 here. We played a game of baseball with Tyke over there. Say, we're in a rut. We lost again 5 to 3. Today we tripped over to out dear friend, Ledyard, and defeated them by a score of 9 to Z. Bungo for our side. Entertainment was furnished to the entire school today by Barbarita, a Mexican dancer. Wasn't that fascinating, boys ? Another baseball game. Today Burt came over and we were cheerfully defeated. Assembly talk by nurse speaking on X-Ray's to T. B. Today we traveled to Burt. Oh no, defeated again. Baseball sectional tournament. You can't judge a speaker by his name because today Captain Dry gave a speech and showed the school movies on the Merchant Marine. X-Ray of high school: grades and faculty. Baseball game with St. Johns in Lakota. We came out on the short end of the bargain. Swea City came over to challenge us in a game of baseball. The score, ah yes. Smile pretty and say Cheese. The Seniors journeyed to Mason City to have our pictures taken. Junior Class Matinee at one-thirty. My, did their knees shake. Junior Class Play -- Just Ducky -- and they did fine. We enjoyed our yearly lecture by Mr. Hamilton on the Mason City Business College. I-le has the best jokes! Basketball started off with a bang. Both the girls and the boys de- feated Woden 59 to 30 and 36 to 26, respectively. We played Grant in the fair city of Lakota. The boys triumphed 33 to to ZZ but the girls bowed to a worthy opponent by the score of 39 to 47. We played Buffalo Center over there. Just a boy's game but they re- ported that one football game for one night is sufficient. Titonka came to make it a very thrilling boys' game. The Lakota men defeated Tyke Zl to Z1 and the girls took an easy game 46 to 12. We really were in luck tonight. Whittemore came over and both boys and girls defeated them 45 to 36 and Z9 to 17, respectively. Don't everyone run so fast. You'1l all have to come back when Thanksgiving vacation is over. The impossible has almost happened. We lost to Swea City by only five points. The score 30 to 25. lt must have been the boys' bad night tonight for they took the short end of the score in the game against St. Johns. We played Grant today and the boys downed their easy opponents by the score of 45 to 14. Our girls played a good game but they were the losers in a 37 to 39 battle. 49