Lester Prairie High School - Prairiette Yearbook (Lester Prairie, MN)

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1950 SENIOR CLASS PLAY EVERYTHING I-IAPPENS TO US by Robert St Cla1r JOHN ARTHUR ROSS U A Q chemxst age 45 RONALD KAMMAN KITTY ROSS hxs wzfe age 42 CONSTANCE RATTENSTETTER RHETT oldest son age ZZ DEVAN KNACKE RONALD middle son age Z0 RONALD EMICH JAY, youngest son age 16 ELTON KLAUSTERNIEIER GLORIA TI-IATCHER Jay s self 1mposed fiancee ELAINE LAMPHER MARTHA FAY object of Ronald s affectmn HELEN FRUETEL CHARLEY DUNCAN man of all trades EMNIERT DOSE JOSEPHINE CARTWRIGHT spmster fr1end RUTH KUHLMAN IKE HICKS telephone employee EARL STREY IVA SORRELL, young real estate woman MARIAN ADAMS Stage Manager HILLARD KLAUSTERNIEIER Sound Effects RALPH WOLTER Pr ompter GREGORY HENFLING Director MR H KL-IMA STORY OF THE PLAY The Ross famxly are exclted because Rhett their oldest son IS going East to marry the daughter of a multl m1ll1ona1re who owns a strxng of five and ten cent stores in one of whlch Rhett has been workxng Mrs Ross who always trxes to lwe up to the joneses decades that thexr old home 1sn t good enough for such a wealthy daughter in law so she takes advantage of a Federal Fmancmg Act to buy a new one wh1ch she and her two younger sons frantically try to redecorate themselves before Rhett comes home wxth hrs brzde The younger Ross boys are not much help Ronald IS an embryomc genius wxth a penchant for wrxtxng bad Jokes jay 15 a hxgh school boy whose forte is the constant practlce of mental telepathy Naturally they both have thexr crushes These are Gloria Thatcher and Martha Fay two lovely young girls brimful of rdeas Then there IS Esther Todd the beautxful but mysterious maxd josephme Cartwnght a spmster w1t.h asthma Charley Duncan a man of all trades who invents things Ike Hicks a know it all telephone employee and Iva Sorrel, real estate woman w1th a sad demeanor and a sadder sense of humor Each one of these characters successfully muddles things up for the harrassed family and the tragedy comes when Rhett telephones from New York to say that the mlllxonaxre has suddenly changed hxs mmd and wxll not allow Rhett to marry the gn-1 Oh how fast and furiously thmgs happen from then on The surprise ending made thxs play a hat 18 ' . . I 00 0 Ilool I O I I , ..... ........... , ' . . . . ...... , ...... ..... , - - ollll 5 U I I , ......... .... ESTHER TODD, new maid , , , , ,,,,,, . . ,,,,,,,,, .LILA SEEFELDT ' 9 , - - . A

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Jumor Class SECOND ROW Mass R E e t Ad no Da leen Roos A l Lung lo ame I nge N ma B eye Nlargaret Schmnl Shirley I.AlnQe Wrlene Vlolte and Ve c j god mike FIRST ROW Betty Lou Bu-ldxol Donna Debne Robert Lo nee Ca 1 B ttche Ch s R f Ea ID mm n Willa d Pax-part and Alle Ku nz l 1 B i k e s abse t JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY Pralrie High School Ardm Rolf and Vernon Zellmann jorned our class somewhat later 1n the year For a short time our class had numbered twenty srx the largest class 1n hxgh school but Ardm Vernon and Ruben Roos sonn left the group Our class officers for the year were Lxlllan Benkowskx President Carl Bettcher Vice President Lorrame Lange Secretary and Leo Snegosky Treasurer Norma Breyer and Bob Lorence served the class on the Student Councll One great, unforgetable event of that year was the party our class gave to the Sen1ors Our class trip to Mankato was an enjoyable educatronal exped1t1on whrch w11l always be remembered Our Sophomore year began with mneteen enthusxastlc students Four of our Freshman group who did not return were Orvllle Foust Melvm Artmann Dale Marshall and Delores Kuntz Dorxs Ehrke left soon after school began Arlen Lung Jomed the class during the year Our class officers were Bob Lorence Presxdent Shlrley Lampher V1ce President Margaret Schmalz Secretary and Darleen Roos Treasurer The class sponsored two successful parties, a card party and a Sadie Hawkm s Day Party Our class trip consisted of visxtmg various centers of mterest 1n Mmneapolxs and St Paul This year our class began with nmeteen jumors but L11l1an Benkowskx and Leo Snegosky soon left the group The officers elected were Arlen Lung Pres1dent Darlene Wolter V1ce President Lorrame Lange Secretary and Norma Breyer Treasurer Margaret Schmalz. and Carl Bettcher were our two class representatives on the Student Councxl The junior class presented as thelr play, Hobgobhn House, a mystery comedy ln three acts by jay Toblas In the mxddle of May the class gave the Seniors a Prom Banquet This was the high light of our three years at Lester Z0 , A . I A 4 N, , . , M.,--A . 1 I , - H h- . o I . ' ' t f -fi A 1 Q. . . .l ' o vu., ', 'A 1 ' , v r , v' r, r , r en , , rr ' ,a , or r r, z, ' r, r, roni a a z' , : ' z, r, re , r e r, arle ol , r a an , ' r I n e e , O1-'a r n m ier wa n , f' Twenty-four high-spirited students-were enrolled in the '47 Freshman class of Lester . . - . , . . , l 0 : . l l S I ' 5 1 : , 3 . ' 2 ' . ' . . - . : , . 5 . , . - s 9 Q 1 o . . . , . . - . . , . . . n : I F n ' ' 9 ' . S . . o QQ O ll 4 . n Q