Martensdale High School - Martins Tale Yearbook (Martensdale, IA)

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Freshmen Back Row: J. Brown, Seymour, Miller, Shepherd, Sinn, Reinholdt Middle Row: A. Brown, Kellogg, Cassady, Hendrickson, V. Hulbert, Miss Bassett tSponsorJ Front Row: Hyland, Wonderlin, Wilson, Beam, Spick, Weil Absent: Kelly, Dooley FRESHMAN NEWS Our class contains 18 members. Seven of those attended the Martensdale school last year. They are Max Beam, Robert Hyland, Dorothy Reinholdt, Iona Miller, Irene Seymour, Henry Wonderlin, Gene Weil. Newcomers to our class were Lois Hendrickson, Betty Kellogg, Helen Cassady, Mary Catherine Dooley, Betty Shepherd, Jeanne Brown, Eileen Simpson, Francis Kelly, John Spick, Gerald Wilson. Ada Brown joined us in November and Don Stewart enrolled in March. Eileen Simpson moved away in February. We had two parties. The first was a theater party in Des Moines, and the second was at the schoolhouse. In the class tournament the Freshman boys and girls didn't win a game. The Freshmen who are in the band are: Ada Brown, drum majorette, Bob Hyland, bass drum, Max Beam, snare drum, Francis Kelly, trumpet, Gerald Wilson, saxophone, Jeanne Brown, trombone, Henry Wonderlin, saxophone. H1...1..1111111,n4.-ln.-.lm1..-.11..111..1,, C197

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m..........1....11-.-.11111111111.-......l Sophomores Back Row: Halterman, Maxwell, Dooley, J. Seymour, E. Crow Middle Row: Miss Mackin tSponsorJg Weidmann, Brown, Deheck, B. Crow, Shafar, Hakes Front Row: Alexander, G. Seymour, Mc-Connell, Allen, Martens Absent: Ralph Sprague SOPHOMORE CLASS NEWS The Sophomore Class started their second year of high school with 16 members. Esther Brown who entered from Cumming and Clarence Dooley from Dowling High in Des Moines were two new- comers. Two other members, Ralph Sprague and Elnora Rothweiler, left us during the year. On September 18, we had our first class meeting to elect officers. Those elected were: Jane Deheck, president, Melvin Martens, vice president, Mary E. Hakes, secretary-treasurer, Ruby Shafar, class reporter. We enjoyed two class parties, one each semester, with our sponsor, Miss Mackin. Several boys and girls of our class went out for basketball, kittenball, and baseball this year. There were four girls and two boys who went out for the band. They are: Ruby Shafar, snare drum, Mary E. Hakes, snare drum, Edwin Crow, clarinet, Betty Crow, clarinet, Esther Brown, trumpet, Dale Maxwell, trombone. H1.-11111111-nn-lln1l...11111..11111,, C183

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DRAMATICS Back Row: Morgan, Weaver, Martens Middle Row: Miss Bassett tCoachJg Strahan, Weil, Mrs. Cramer lC0achJ Front Row: Hakes, Deheck. Bussanmas, Meilike, Brown H IGH SCHOOL DECLAMATORY The local declamatory contest was held on Monday, November 27, in the school auditorium. The following students entered: Oratorical Education Against Crime . . Leo Sinn Dramatic Camille ..... . Marie Weil The Soul of Ann Rutledge . Jean Meilike Little Boy Shaftoe . . Mary Ellen Hakes The Boy ..... . John Morgan Humorous Junior's First Date . . . Georgia Bussanmas Ma Takes a Chance . . . . Ralph Weaver The Boy Who Liked Red Hair . . . Philip Martens The winners, Leo, Marie, and Georgia, represented our school in the preliminary contest held here at Martensdale on December 4. Marie and Georgia won again but lost at the sub-district at Mitchellville. LETTER WINNERS Scholarship Awards: Ninth-Max Beam and Francis Kelly. TenthfEsther Brown and Jane Deheck. Eleventh-Dorothy Brown- lie, Virginia Larson, Armina Gallagher, and Georgia Bussanmas. Cheer Leader: John Morgan. Declamatory: M. Weil, L. Sinn, G. Bussanmas. Student Manager: Gene Fisher. in 11-1111111 xanax?-un 1111-11 1111 I I