New Rockford High School - Dial Yearbook (New Rockford, ND)

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King David and Queen Karen HOMECCMI G OF l953 Chosen for the 1953 homecoming theme was Oil Complying with homecoming rules, all the girls wore skirts and sloppy shirts, while the boys wore jeans, sloppy shirts, and boots. Taking honors in the homecoming parade were the juniors with their first prize floatg the sophomores took second, and the seniors placed third. Elected to reign over the homecoming festivities were King David Nielsen and Queen Karen Haedt. Attending the Queen were: Jan- ice Anderson, Arden Thompson, and Shirley Holtz, who were escorted by John Juel, Du- Wayne Affeldt, and Richard Ziegler. During the half of the New Rockford-Leeds homecoming game, the King and Queen were crowned, and the Queen and her Court were presented with corsages. To conclude a successful homecoming which began the preceding night with the snake dance, New Rockford won their homecoming game Z6 to 6 over Leeds. Following the game ahomecoming dance was held in the basement of the gymnasium. Junior float Back row, left to right: Janice Anderson, DuWayne Affeldt, Arden Thompson, John Juel, Shirley Holtzg seated: Queen Karen Haedt and King David Nielsen. The royal couple is crowned 2 . The royal court

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, 0 E-ACT PLAY CAST Front row, left to right: B. Myhre and J, Utecht, Back row: M. Flowers, R. Frazer, and Miss Gunderson, director. This year New Rockford again competed in the one -act play contest at Devils Lake. The contest was held earlier this year than last year, so practice began late in January. The Giant's Stair was the name of the play chosen by the di- rector, Miss Annie Gunderson. Holding character roles in the play were Marlys Flowers as Til, a mentally unbalanced womang Janice Utecht took the part of Mrs. Weatherbum, Til's older sisterg Royce Frazer had the part of Mr. Bane, the sheriff concerned with the disappearance of Mrs. Weatherburn's husbandg with Blayne Myhre taking the part of the prosecuting attorney. Superior. the highest rating awarded in the one- act play division, was attained for Central High for the production of The Glam S Stan' Maryls Flowers Interest in inter- pretative reading ran high with four entrants ISHS! FOSICY participating in the contest held at Devils Lake on February 17. Blayne Myhre was the only boy entrant from New Rockford, and he lwas awarded the only highly superior in the New Rock- ford group. Blayne's reading was The Explorer by Rudyard Kipling. Two su- periors were attained by New Rockford participants. One was given to Janet Foster for her excerpt from A Man Called Peter by Katherine Marshallg the other was obtained by Janice Utecht on her selection The Murder of Lidice by Edna Millay. A rating of excellent was attained by Marlys Flowers on her reading White Cliffs' by Alice Duet Miller. Janice Utecht Blayne Myhre 37