McHenry High School - Spectrum Yearbook (McHenry, ND)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY As we look back tsslve years to 1947, the year for our first year, we see that there were only two here in McHenry, namely, Oscar Bergstad and Lillian to complete all tsslve years here Lillian was not as her folks moved to Washington during her second year and for her fifth year It should be mentioned, too,that Eldon we eagerly walked into school of our number that began school Oscar was the only one attend all twelve years then :turned to McHenry Conant started here in Hazer able to first grade and stayed with us through his junior year, when he decided that the Navy needed him more Joann Ramey added her membership to the class during the last part of the fourth year There were not any more additions until 1 he seventh grade when Roger Aaker, Bobby Manz,and Delores Hoyt joined the group During these first eight years, each year we would look forward to such events as picnics, music festivals, Christmas programs, Y C L, and Mothers Day Programs as well as other things which made these years what they were For our Freshman year, there were two more added to the group, namely, Roberta Somerville and Esther Johnson During our Freshman year, along with the Sophomores, we presented the play, 'Father Be Calm The teachers that faithfully stood before us and tried to get some sense into us were Supt Haavig, Principal Rau, and Miss Hannah Nordmark Our Sophomore year found all of us back eager for another year This year we had new teachers Mr Olson replaced Mr Haavig as superintendent, and Mr Flaagan replaced Mr Rau as principal and coach Mr Olson directed the play uAunt Tilly Goes to Town' , which the Freshmen and we presented In our junior year, our class presented the play The Funny Brats under the for their parts' We also enjoyed getting ready and giving the program for our Junior Senior banquet Though we were quite concerned about each of our parts, all of us had an enjoyable evening Our last year has finally arrived It seemed that we would never make it, but as we look back, the time has really gone fast This year was no exception, as all of us were kept busy On October 15, during Teachers' Institute, our class went to all the neighboring towns, selling annual ads We thought we were very successful salesmen On the 17th of October, our class motored to Jamestown and had our pic- tures taken. We trust that the photographer's equipment stilllmrked after we left Another important day was when Mr Larson, who had replaced Mr Flaagan as principal and coach, went with us to Carrington for the Vocational Guidance Program, which was for all seniors in the county This year the juniors and we seniors staged the play, The Custers' Last Stand , which to us was a howling success, with Indians, cowboys, and what have you Two of us, Esther Johnson and Joann Ramey, also helped the Freshmen and Sophomores put on the play, NStop the Wedding We were also glad for the senior privileges which we engoyed during the month cf lay On some of these free afternoons we washed cars to earn money for our senior trip, though we were s bit disappointed that the weather didn't cooperate We also sold magazine subscriptions to finance our trip Sunday night, May 17, was our Baccalaureate service Rev W Clarence Johnson was the speaker The night of May 21 was what we all had been looking and working for-graduation Roger Asker was our Valediotorien and Roberts Somerville our Salutatorian Professor A B Holm of Mayville was the guest speaker The climax to our year was our trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota We left HcHenry on lay 25 Mr Larson and Emery Hoyt were the drivers We all enjoyed very much the trip and the beautiful things we saw, The doors of McHenry High School have closed behind us, but, new, better, and bigger doors now open as we gc into a different type of life that will fulfill our dreams and ambitions ' . n t I . ll .I . . O ll ll direction of lr, Olson. The ubratsn, Lillian Hazer and Bobby Mans, were well suited ll N . . It