Montello High School - Granite Hilltopper Yearbook (Montello, WI)

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Audrey Zostrow, Orlond Rodke, Ruth Colnin, Chorles John, Arthur Gruhlke, Bernice Rodke, Jomes Buchen, Morie Collins, Blanche Campion, Eleanor Geske. SENIOR CLASS PLAY DEAR DIARY: Oh boy! Am I glod to get home in one piece. Attending the class play was like doing Christmas shopping the Saturday before. I never did like jostling my way through a crowd and that's what I had to do tonight to get o good seat. It wos worth it, though, for those Seniors surely did a grand job on their play “Huckleberry Finn. When I went backstage after the final curtain to congratulate the cast, I found Tom and Huck gratefully pulling on their socks and Melba scrubbing off her somewhat damaged paint job. While removing curls, braids, wrinkles and mean looks, the rest argued about who were to return the borrowed costumes and furniture. None of them (with the possible exception of Miss Swiggum, the coach) seemed too glad that it was over. Their practices had been so much fun—much of which they attributed to Clara Woppinger and Tom Sawyer's four weeks' feud carried on behind the scenes. I want to preserve my program as it may be a long time before I see this same group in a theatrical again! Aunt Polly, who is so nervous Ruth Watson, her sister - Mary Jane, their young niece - Fred Raymond, in love with Ruth Melba White, colored maid at the Watson's Clara Woppinger, Deaconess of the Church Amy Woppinger, her irrepressible sister Huckleberry Finn, who loves to play pranks John Finn, his father - Tom Sawyer, Huck's pal and comrade Audrey Zastrow Ruth Colnin Marie Collins James Buchen Eleanor Geske Bernice Rodke Blanche Campion Orland Rodke Charles John Arthur Gruhlke

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Fir»» Row: Ettolyn Droeger, Blanche Compion, Marion Bloda, Shirley Moore, Irmo Eichsteodt, Mary Block, June Noieen. Second Row: Maxine Zimmerman, Marian Day. Esther Wegner, Vero Burlingome, Marian Zierke. Bernice Furmon, Margaret Metcalf, Miss Petschel. Third Row: Ruth Stein, Loretta Neck, Gloria Beland, Eleanor Seske, Violetmoe Westphal, Ruth Calnin, Arlowiegne Klimke. Fourth Row: Bernice Radke, Leona Bettin, Virginio Wittliff, Ramona Walters, Audrey Zastrow, Elnore Zostrow, Lillian Bell, Arlene Esselmon. HOME EC DEAR DIARY: Who says we can't cook? After tonight I defy any man, woman, or child, regardless of oge, race or coior to utter anything to that effect, I just now got home from school (it's 9:30), my hair is straight from a steam-filled kitchen, my fingers are all puckered up from washing dishes and my spirits are of their lowest ebb. We girls of the Home Economics Club cooked and served an entire three-course dinner for sixty-five guests at the annuol F. F. A. Father ond Son banquet. And con those men eat! You should have seen the barrels of mashed potatoes ond gobs of chicken that they consumed and all in the course of on hour. When we started washing the huge stocks of dishes (all of which didn't do my manicure any good) we re- alized that getting the meal wos only the start. And that's not a||—next Monday night we have to serve another dinner for the principals and coaches of the tournament schools. Serving those banquets would be plenty of work for all year, but our club really can be noticed at other times as well. Let's see, we sponsored one of the first school parties of the year on October 7. That night we nearly had some casualties; for all the girls, not excepting Miss Petschel, our adviser, come close to swooning over Eddie Howard's rendition of My Last Goodbye. We held pop corn and taffy apple sales and even had to sweep up the upper corridor a couple of times. Then there was our Halloween party and the officers ore now planning a Valentine's party and later a Spring Style Show. I'm glad I'm not one of those officers, because they're always so busy! Who ore they? Well, Loretta Neck is president, and Bernice Radke is vice-president, while Blanche Campion is our sec re to ry-1 reasu rer. | Page Twenty-Three £)►

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DEAR DIARY: FOR PETE'S SAKE I just come home from the ploy, For Pete's Soke, which wos given in the new gym by volunteers from oil four classes. You know, it was the first play produced on this stage and it really went over big. The acoustics is grand! I thought Gertie did a swell job of ploying aunt to Don's college boy role. We olways knew that Herb was built like a football star, but until tonight he never WAS one Blodwyn and Marie both got into the swing of their parts and put them across well—looked right at home in all of their scenes. Their mother, a terribly haughty woman, was played by Mertice,ond could she handle that lorg- nette1 Alden's dignity was a good counterpart to Francis' first act. But after that Fran ond Don really had to tell some whoppers to keep from sinking. I'd say Lucille can make less noise when she tip-toes than anyone I know. She mode a fine sleuth. And the negro maid, that was Irma! How awful it must have been, while put- ting the minstrel black on, to see your complexion go muddy in o few minutes. I am sure that Bob and Doug will be much in demand around school tomorrow since it has been let out that they are rich. On the whole, I'd say, Orchids to each member of the cost and also to their coach, Mr. Nickel, and then I'd give special mention to Vera Burlingame's ef- ficiency in off-stage work. David Selznick here they come! P S.: Here's the cast of characters from my program: Miss Sarah Pepperdine, Peter's Aunt Sarah - Gertrude Otto Jasmine Jackson, The colored cook - .... Irma Eichsteadt Peter Pepperdine, Heir to Pepperdine's Traditions - Don Wetlaufer William Bradshaw, College Halfback ... - Herbert Hallman Dean Murglethorpe, Dean of Elwood College ... Alden Eichsteadt Thorndyke Murglethorpe, a College Grind ... Francis Ambrosich Mrs. Georgiana Clarkston, a Social Climber - Mertice Johnston Peggy Clorkston, flaming vomp ...... Blodwyn Grohn Nadine Clarkston, Peter's heart beat ... - Marie Kurkoske John Boliver, rich banker ... ... . Robert French Dupont Darby, a poetical coot - - ... Douglas Wheotor 9 Page Twenty-Five )