Maupin High School - Redside Yearbook (Maupin, OR)

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r ti 6 =e 77 F REDSIDE Qinh' Cjlee QUcL FRONT ROW: Lu Vern Fulkerson, Eulalee Palmateer, Lillian Bryant, Nona Ashley, Marcia McLeod, Lucille Hagen, Florabelle Davis. SECOND ROW: Edith Walters, Marjorie Doane, Connie Bittrich, Lora Mae Tuniscn, Florence Wing, Amylou van Laanen, Betty Jo Chastain, Lee Fischer. THIRD ROW: Dorcas Crabtree, Phyllis Troutman, Nola Delco, Norma Brittain, Erma Mayfield, Vonna I ee Tunison, Laura Whitlock. FOURTH ROW: Mae Walters, Opal Cox, Chloe I foliamon, Harriett Endersby, Mrs. Monger, Grade Stout, Opal Wing. Nina Ashley. r 9 t 9 1 t feoyi' Cjlee GUI FRONT ROW: Verl Confer, Paul DeCourcy, B'll Woodcock, King Clark, Keith Alsup, Delbert Doane. SECOND ROW: Joe Woodcock, Keith DeCourcy, Dean Crabtree, James Paulson. Paul Lewis, Wesley Maglll, Carl Barnett. THIRD ROW: Harold Delco, Raymond Doane, Fred Wilkie, Clarence Fargher. Jack McLeod, B'll Dixon. FOURTH ROW: Dale Savage, Hugh Riley, Mrs. Monger, Delbert Endersby, Leland McCoy, Vernon Mayfield. Nineteen — FORTY-ONE m

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THE REDSIDE Ite pian 7nxuipe 447 In February eleven Maupin High School students took the National Thespian vows in the high school gymnasium. The colorful candlelight ceremony was performed by an initiatory team of twelve from The Dalles Ieska, troupe 3. The team wore black robes with the Thespian symbols. The eleven Maupin students repeated the pledge after Mr. Albert Hingston, adviser of The Dalles troupe. The Dalles vice-president presented each student with the Thespian colors, blue and gold and the usher awarded the certificates of membership. After the ceremony refreshments were served in the Home Economics room which was patriotically decorated in red, white and blue. The tables were placed in a “U” shape with red, white and blue streamers running down the center. The center piece was a huge cake with the word “Thespian” written on it and decorated in blue and gold. The tables were lighted with tall red tapers. The cake was served with ice cream of red and white with a hatchet center. The troupe officers are President, Marcia McLeod; Vice-president. Jack McLeod; Secretary, Betty Jo Chastain; and Reporter, Keith DeCourcy. The national Thespian motto is “Act well your part, there all the honor lies. Speech Glut). The Maupin High School speech class began the study of dramatics with a three-act melodramatic farce as their first project. “Laughing Gas” was the play chosen. The cast of characters was portrayed by James Paulson as Ambrose Rosenbloon. the ignorant policeman; Lee Fischer as Kitty Doe, his flashy chorus girl fiancee; Marcia McLeod as Penny Whitman, a new-comer to New York; Florence Wing as Vivian Whitman, her sister who seeks a job on the radio; Betty Jo Chastain, their old maid aunt; Amylou van Laanen as a “would be surrealistic poet, who in reality is a gun moll; Keith DeCourcy as Paul Van Doren, posed as a radio actor who is also in reality a gangster; Dean Crabtree as Cris Win, whom everyone believes to be a detective story writer but turns out to be a first rate detective; Frances Heilmeyer as Olga Swenson, the Swedish maid who turns out to be Chris’s helper on the detective case; Jack McLeod as the Judge; Joe Woodcock as Mr. Merlino, owner of the apartment house in Greenwich village, and Dale Savage as the corpse around whom all of the commotion centers. Bill Woodcock was the efficient stage manager and the play was ably directed by Mrs. Monger, the speech class teacher. The play was given a boost by “Mr. Hill of Portland who furnished a microphone, loud speakers, and other sound equipment for the production of the play. The cast enjoyed working together on the play and proved to be as good entertainment for the audience. After the play was over the remaining speech class periods were divided between debating. declamation, different types of speaking, parliamentary procedure, a radio program, and a puppet show. On February sixteenth eleven members of the speech class were initiated into the Thespian National Dramatic Honor Society, one of six schools in Oregon to belong. The climax of the years’ work was the field trip to Portland on which they visited the Oregon Journal building and KOIN radio station. They also sat in on a court session which proved to be interesting as well as educational. Eight een FORTY-ONE

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THE REDSIDE Qinb' JleacjM The Girls’ League was again supervised by Miss Margaret Sprague. All of the girls of the high school belong to this organization to bring more companionship to the girls. This year the girls gave a football banquet in the Home Economics room for the football squad. The schoolboard was also invited and Mr. Woodcock acted as master-of-ceremonics. The tables were colorfully decorated using fall flowers and yellow candles with goal posts at each end of the tables. Small footballs were given as favors to each guest. The officers elected this year are: Beulah Richmond. President; Julia Ashley, Vice-president; Mary Jane Walters, Treasurer; and Mae Walters, Secretary. Qisill' QUe GUL The Girls’ Glee Club meets every Monday. Wednesday and Friday this year with the Boys’ Glee Club meeting every Tuesday and Thursday. There are 30 girls in the Glee Club, under the direction of Mrs. Gladys Monger. The officers are as follows: Dorcas Crabtree, President; Chloe Hollamon, Vice-president; Betty Jo Chastain, Secretary-Treasurer; and Harriet Endersby, Librarian. The Boys’ and Girls’ Glee Club presented a Christmas pageant. “The Price of Peace.” The Glee Clubs attended the County Music Festival this year and went to The Dalles to put on a radio broadcast later in the spring. A musical play entitled The Gay Nineties Revue” was presented the last of March. This year we have formed an all Girls’ Quartet and Sextet from our group. feoyA,' Qlee. GUI). The Boys’ Glee Club meets every Tuesday and Thursday in each week. There are 25 boys in the club. A boys’ quartet was made up of Joe Woodcock. Dean Crabtree. James Paulson and Keith DeCourcy. These four boys and the other boys on the basketball squad went to The Dalles to broadcast over the radio station KODL. The boys rehearsed for a minstrel, which was given in March. Officers are: Keith DeCourcy, President; Bill Dickson. Secretary; and Jack McLeod, Librarian. I wenty EE: . F