Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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Standing fleft to rightl Doyle Hansen, James Barkley. Seated: Helen Reuber, Alleen Lindquist, Lois Schaefer, Velma Paul. SPEECH Interest was high in speech this school year, with seventeen contestants entered in the elimina- tion contest. At the home contest held on February 7, 1949, those entered in Oratorical were James Barkley, Charles Krusenstjerna, and John Witt, Dramatic- Jean Landgraf, Velma Paul, Helen Reuber, Lois Rohlf, and Lois Schaefer, Humorous-Mary Bird, Carol Schaefer, Joan Taphorn, and Joan Wilken, Interpretative Reading-Alleen Lindquist, Helen Reuber, and 'Lois Schaefer, Original Oratory- Doyle Hansen, Radio Speaking-James Barkley and Joan Wilken, One-Act Play-Doyle Hansen, Howard Hoefling, Jane Teaquist, Lois Schaefer, Melvin Lindner, and James Barkley, Extempora- neous Speaking-Doyle Hansen. The sub-district contest was held at Hayes Consolidated, the pre-district at Ida Grove, and the district contest at Estherville. At the district contest the play received a two rating, as did Velma Paul wih her dramatic selection, and Doyle Hansen in Extemporaneous Speaking. Jim Barkley was awarded a one rating in the Oratorical Divi- sion. Jim won the right to represent Odebolt in the state final contest at Boone which was held April 23, 1949. He Won a one rating in his oratorical selection Our Beachheads of the Future. Thank you, Mr. Shaw, for your interest and help. Hcre's wishing success for future declamatory contests in which OHS participates. Best of luck! Sixty

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Standing: Cleft to rightb Ferne Kessler, Audrey Schultz, Clara Taphorn, Beverly Witt. Seated: Joan Einspahr, Shirley Siebrecht, Alvera Lansink, Jean Landgraf, Mary Bengford. THE SCHOOL CHRONICLE Every Friday, sixth period, we, the Senior Stenography class, edit the School Chronicle for the following week. It consists of news from the Kindergarten to the Twelfth grade. We elected our Editor last spring, while the rest of us chose our own assignments, all working under the able direction of Miss Bruce. We have found this work very interesting and have enjoyed doing it. We hope you also have enjoyed reading our paper. We wish to thank The Odebolt Chronicle for their cooperation with us. We hope the future staffs of the School Chronicle will profit from this experience as we have. SCHOOL CHRONICLE STAFF Editor ..-- --- Jean Landgraf Feature --- --- Clara Taphorn Column ................ Audrey Schultz Sports, Agriculture ...... Mary Bengford English, Speech, 1 Social Studies ......... Beverly Witt Commercial, Homemaking, . Math and Science --- Alvera Lansink Junior High .,.,......... - Ferne Kessler Music, Grades 4, 5, 6 ..... Joan Einspahr Grades 1, 2, 3, Kindergarten ...... Shirley Siebrecht Fifty-nine

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4Left to rightjz James Barkley, Fayetta Murr, Lois Schaeffer, Doyle Hansen. WNAX FORUM The above students participated in the High School Forum Series ,which was sponsored by WNAX last fall. This is the third year that the Sioux City radio station has conducted such a pro- gram, and the third year that Odebolt has been among the participating schools. Two years ago, twelve schools were included in the plan, and t-he programs proved so popular that the number of schools was increased to twenty this year. The program is recorded on a wire recorder in the school auditorium by WNAX technicians, and is broadcast on Tuesday evenings from WNAX, one school each week for twenty weeks during the fall and winter. This year our topic for discussion, which was chosen by vote of all pupils in the school, was Is Permanent Peace a Possibility? It was of timely interest to everyoneg and it required much study and concentrated thought on the part of the four students selected to represent the school. Lois chose the negative side of the discus- sion, while Fayetta, Jim, and Doyle attacked the topic from the affirmative angle. The panel, accompanied by Mr. Shaw, speech director, were guests of WNAX in Sioux City on April 19, where they met with the speakers from the other nineteen participating schools. At this time the common subject, Are We Americans Losing Our Basic Freedoms ? was assigned, and each group prepared a speech which was given later in the day in competition by one speaker from each school. Jim Barkley represented Odebolt and he went through to the semi-final contest, which was broadcast that evening. Bill Kruse of East High, Sioux City, was chosen by the judges as the best speaker. His award is a trip to Wash- ington, D. C. On April 20, Jim Barkley appeared on a panel arranged by Station KAYL of Storm Lake. Eight schools in this vicinity were represented by stu- dents who spoke on Zeal for Democracy. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY The Junior Class, under the direction of Mr. F. J. Shaw, presented their annual play Thursday and Friday, November 18 and 19, 1948. The comedy, Headed for Eden by Sidney Duvall, was presented by two different casts on successive eve- mngs. CAST A CAST OF CHARACTERS CAST B Joan Kies Mrs. Skipworth Joan Kies Marilyn Olberding Imogene Marilyn Olberding Doyle Hansen Henry Banks Doyle Hansen Ruth Kessler Dorothy Ruth Kessler Kathryn Currie Peggy Verna Mae Tiefenthaler Velma Paul Gladys Velma Paul Helen Landgraf Nancy A Helen 'Landgraf Jane Teaquist Kate Roberts Lois Schaefer JoAnn Bye Rosina Margaret Bengford Jeanne Lindquist Minnie Jeanne Lindquist Joan Wilken Marcella Joan Wilken Don Sorensen Hank George Hummel Charles Krusenstjerna Eldon Oldnettle Tom Bengford James Turner Lyle Konrady Barry Richards Bob Roberts Serg. Kelley Ken Howard Limpy Ronald Rex Tom Reynolds Albert Veit James Barkley Howard Hoefling Curtain-Irvin Stehr Lights-Don Peterson Stage Crew-Charles Gunderson, Jack Gunderson, Royce Hannel, Sidney Nelson Due to illness and other causes, the following Juniors were not in the play: Donna Marshall as Mrs. Skipworthg Lorna Snyder as Minnieg Mildred Schramm as Marcella, Lawrence Hoefling as Henry Banks. Sixty-one