Lenox High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Lenox, IA)

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY Q Q13 O ear' Q 71 lyl 'VNC N THE evening of March 21st the play A Case of Sprmgtlme was presented at the hlgh school gym na lum by the semor class It was met wlth a large audnence and vreat applause When Bob trled the sawlng a women ln half maglc trlck on the hlgh school prlnclpals daughter xt dldnt work' He dxdnt really hurt her but at FISH of curta1n Bobs alreadv ln plenty of trouble He trles to pretend that he s too slck to go to school untll thmgs blow over He phones the school prmclpal and talks llke hls Dad Bob cant come to school today Then he s forced to go on and lmltate the famlly doctor The boys got bronchlal compllcatlons Unseen by Bob hls parents are over hearlng all thls Bob IS forced to explam to h1s anxlous mother but hes so upset that hes almost glad to tell het There comes a t1me when a fellow needs a man to man talk wlth h1s mother It seems that h1s beautlful glrl lthe prlnclpal s daugh terl IS fallmg for a college man and Bob ln a great effort to prove how pollshed and suave he can be has tak en up maglC But then h1s blg trlck went wrong and hes practlcally suspected of attempted homlclde Mean while the k1d brother whlle demonstratmg hxs dynamlc muscle bulldmg lessons has torn the formal coat Bob borrowed from hls glrl to wear durmg hls maglc show land of course she got It from her father the prme1pal'l Joan comes by stlll mad to demand the coat back T hlde the damage Bob thrusts lt 1nto the laundry bag H doesnt know that the bag IS full of curtams to be dyed brlght yellow Theres a roar of laughter from the aud xence as the mald totes off the bag whxle the unaware Bob explams the delay by tellmg Joan how hes hav1ng the coat beautxfully cleaned the thmksl By the tlme Bob finds the real fate of that laundry bag 1ts too late and the outraged prmcxpal has dlscovered everythmg' The dye IS cast' By now Bobs family IQ begmnlng to get serlously XNOI'I'I0d Mother decldes to entertain the PTA ladles 1n hops that they mav mtercedc for her son Bob IS all set to proye how mlsunderstood he IS and that hes really a model boy but hls plan IS shattered Expectlng someone else entlrely Bobs mnocentlookmg kld brother has set up a whole SOFICS of home made booby traps fcontrlved out of such rellable Items as hot pads red pepper and electrlc fansl The PTA ladles IH a slde spllttlng scene walk rlght mto them and they KNOW lt s all Bobs fault Frantlcally angry they want to denounce hlm to the authorltles but that lsnt necessary The authorltles through a mlsunderstandmg are already out after Bob I must be llvmg under a curse' crles Bob but hes Bob IS on the top of the world forglven by the prmclpal safe from hls college rlval and all set w1th h1S glrl It s a Joyous and zestful comedy of youth The characters are as follows Dean Knodle Glenn Norton Mlldred Blvens Janet Walters Gene Hanson Bonme Roe Bob Parker who IS on the spot Mr Parker his father Mrs Parker his mother Betty Palkel his slster D1ck1e Parker the kid brother Gwen Anderson Dlckles flame Joan Abernaker the prmclpal s daughter Eddle her brother Louella the Parkers mald Mr Abernaker the hlgh school pr1nc1pal Jack Trost Mrs Brunswxck Paullne Knox Nlrs James of the P T A Floy Beck Nirs Hill Juanlta Ferguson Plalnclothes Man the law Dale Smlth NIISS Brlght from the zoo Peggy Ford Katherine Buxton Dale Purdum Bonme Bell McFee LENOX HIGH SCHOOL O O , 3 45 3 s 5'-'jf . N , ttf P ll! x It ml yi ll Q:-L . ' n V , . . . . . v 1 ' , . ' . . ' . . , ' . ' v ' Y . . . . , . . , . x ' l ' , . , . . ' ' , ,,.. . . U . . 1 - ,, . . ,, . ' ' ' v v ee I , l . . u is 11 1 K . ' ' V ' ' 4 ' ' . . . Y H , . ' ' ' ' , ' ' ' ' wrong. Events take a sudden and delightful turn, and Y , Y b .x V W . . . v in , v Y . . Y. . . , ' ' !Y ' V 7 . . . . . , - . . . U H , , ' . . ,. . , . . . . . . . Y . . . H. . . . V , L ' A ' ' H x Y L , ' - r u n - f 1 1 Y I ' , Y Y 1 ' ' , , - 0 . 1 . . u 9 , . , ' ' ' ' . y ' , , , . 7 ' A . V. , . . Y . , , . ' I X . I . n . 1 , 1 Y ' It .11 ' .- , ..,. ,, ll v ' Y! ' ' -21-

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Q SENIORS Now herc s a l1ttle dltty About us Sen1ors gl eat You llsten to th1s poem now And tell us how we rate Beverly who IS ln OUI class Is lndeed a very fine lass Shes the blonde whos here at school And one that never breaks a rule Theres Floy yes slr shes here too You hardly ever see her blue She stud1es every slngle page And plays mald when on the stage Oh Vaunce1l Beck IS a swell glrl She has long ha1r wnth the prettlest cur She doesnt care any for a Lenox guy But as for farther south oh my oh my' Now M1ldred B1vens shes all here From head to toe and ear to ear She s a smart one 1n our class And then she says Do you thlnk I ll pass? And Katty Buxton shes OK She learns more thlngs from day to day She attracts just qu1te a few Joes Yep she gets plenty of ah s and oh s And now thele IS Ramona too She IS really a good sport clear through She s the chunky one 1n our class But IS really a very swell lass Oh Peggy here IS qulte a dame Each llttle spark becomes a flame Now ltS a semor lt was a Mar1ne But I guess to her they re all pretty keen Now Hanson here IS a lot of fun And he helps the teacher to keep on the run Rlght now hes rak1n the school yard a b1t So a certaln semor gal wont have a Edd1e H111 IS our llttle squlrt Who IS, well sort of, qulte a fllrt, He really gets around OK, And brother, l1sten, that a1n't hay 'Norma HOXNdld IS a qulet g11l When wlth the band she tw1rl tht lXklI'1 Thls ycar he 1 a our hom c mm queen And boy oh boy dld she look l1ee1 Knodlc Knodle hc s our man And he IS qulte a basl etb'1ll f n About the g1rls he does11t seem to care But afte1 h1m they 193115 do te'11 Knox I nox whos there? Well 11ow we 198115 do can Im sure you d all llke Paullne Laust shes got a bI'1l11 IHSICIO ll bean Who lcally IS 1 Olld pal Shr thlnks school IS Ju t dumb A d wonders why sht has to comc M'1rv1n herc IS the guy who can cl aw lhlngs from Whlstlers Mothcl somebodys pa He a lot of fun sometlmes a wee b1t shy But we know that MHYVIQ XVIII get Glenn Norton IS a ladys man The g1rls all Ketch 1m lf they can Hes not bashful 1n any way He says Just what he wants to say Dale Purdum IS our athlete Whos hardly ever ln hlS seat Hes always up walkln the floor Watchln and watchln h1s l1ttle Jun1 or Cora Lou Reynolds IS a qulet dame Who w1ll some day go up 1n fame She IS l1ked by every one And IS honestly more fun V1rg1n1a here IS our redhead Not much of a temper tho IIS sa1d Shes the only red head that there IS And way down deep I thxnk shes IS BONNIE Roe IS our class sweetheart Whom we all l1ke r1ght from the start And at basketball shes a WhlZ Yep thats r1ght she IS she ls' Now Paul here IS a dlfferent man, He doesn't do more than he thmks he can, I expected he could have lf he'd try, But oh, he's such a funny guy 20 1711K Sm1th IS tllll mathr mat1c1an finc Who l nox 111 1h1 1gs all down tnc 11e I e his 1 g1rl 111 every DOII up C1san 1 IS qulte 1 1 11rht lon w1tl1 tl1 othe1 men Cent '1 st XlSllS tht Ch1Cl en Inn ut Ill ch mol how he hates to 1 Ollx lIe cl 11ther d1ear1 the llttle 1e1l lxow lic hr 1s our 1-11 scle man Ilt too IS q.11t '1 basketball ffm o klcldm now he gets around 1 tl h1s heat 1 ound l'11tt Walter play b1 ketb'1ll too cant dn o tl11nk he '1 prett gal fut I gt s he yust w '1nts to be the1r p'1l 1 nothcr blond '1t chool IS Phll Oh ye that gal 1 qulte a p1ll At chool h seems to be rather shy But she 1SllI l1ke that wlth her col lege guy Don Immel here IS a football man As well as belng a baseball fan He too IS our hlgh tenor great Who TISQS early and goes to roost ate Dorothy here IS a blonde st1ll She 1S a pretty qu1et J1ll When she hears some Knox at the door She trots r1ght across that k1tchen floor Dad says Harold stay home tonlght And Harold answers Oh I mlght But before the n1ghts over hes ln h1s helght of Joy In town talkmg about football wlth another boy V1rg1n1a Hewltt IS a new g1rl here Cause she moved just thls year She IS a pretty swell glrl tho Just ask that r1ngless semor Joe Now Juamta, here, IS the author of the rhyme Please, Folks, 1t's no great cr1me, She tr1ed, so to her IIYS a hlp, hlp, hurray, To a pretty swell glrl, I'd l1ke to say c o 0 Av, ' I ' , I' , . -, . 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Q JUNIOR CLASS PLAY . N THE evening of October 30 1946 Juniors of Lenox High School presented a pleasant comedy entitled My Hearts in High With the Whlrl of commencement act1v1t1es on popu lar DOFIC gets news she has won a contest and IS to be mtcrvlewed as to her fitness for the prize The inter viewer 1S a woman hater and it appears that he b9116V6S that Dor1e IS a boy To avold a preliminary bad impres slon Dor1e rigs herself up as a boy Once she has con vinced him of her ab1l1ty she ll persuade hlm to give her a chance even though she 1S a girl Bart reluctantly whats up they dont hes1tate to threaten to spoil It all Dories dad IS a menace too The interviewer keeps re ferring to your son Theodore trick Dor1e lIlt0 revealing her 1dent1ty in a side splitting scene Each threatens to give her away unless she dates h1m for the Alumni Dance In desperation she promises each It xx orks until they compare notes A grand plot played against a background of famlly llfe Then Freddle and Dash JUHIOFS who presented the production were DOF19 an adorable young m1ss Kathleen Maharry Elva her moody mother Leomdas her meek father Perky her little slster Aunt Amlty a spry old aunt Bart her old standby K1ts1e her best frlend Dot a fllppant classmate Dash a lively boy friend Freddie a hopeful boy friend Mr Leonard Sherman an archltect LENOX HIGH SCHOOL Norma Ward Ray Nixon Pat Sheridan Mary Rees Harold Maynes Charlene Hughes Joan Fleming Bill Terry Ph1l Ranck Eugene Smlth y , 3 . . , Al ! ' ' I7 l . . ,, . .,.. ..,. , . . . . . Y l U H . . , ,...,1 , .. ,, ., . , , , , ., ,. , ,.,.,, 1. ,, .. ' 1 ' ' , . . , , ............,.,. ,..... . ,. .............,,..... . L . y . . . , I . . . , , ...,. .. .... ,.,. ,. ,, promises to help her, but when Freddie and Dash discover 1 -A -'---- -- - -V , Y f Y I . I ' . . . - , - , - - , - , ..1,.......,.....,,...,..,,.................... .. , . ' u 1: - , , 'I 1 ' , , .,.,,.., . ,. . ' v , . ' .,.,,,, . ,............. ....... . ..,. . , ., I , , ..............,..,....,, , ...,.. ,,... . f . , . . , ..,....,,,, 1. Q22-.