Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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ANNUAL SALES CARNIVAL Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and witness the most hilarious, uproarious, sensational show yet contrived for Broadway production. The admission price is only one thin dime. These were the immortal words spoken by Barker Budix Reynolds, Jr. at the annual carnival that was released on the afternoon of March l in the Odebolt High School Auditor- ium. Blaring saxophones, blatant trumpets, booming drums, and high class propaganda echoed through the halls. Teachers were stunned, students gazed in a starry-eyed man- ner, but the nineteen fifty annual staff was making progress, for a deluge of money was flooding the campus of O. H. S. The sole purpose of the carnival was to obtain money for the nineteen fifty Trojan. page sixty-four Subscriptions were sold, pop and candy were consumed by delighted pupils, and conces- sions were opened to further the fund raising campaign. A concession entitled the Holly- wood Brevities of l95O climaxed the enter- tainment. Tommy Bengford, or better known as Mae West, was awarded the Oscar for the best performance of the day. Everything was fine until special agent of the F. B. l., Dean A. Brown, strolled in and quelled the boister- ous laughter. Complete success of the carnival was clue to the splendid manner in which Jim Turner and Tom Reynolds organized the show. Full co-operation was displayed by all members of the senior class. No admission was charged, thus everyone was able to attend and really enjoy himself. The only comment verbally expressed was: The l95O Annual Carnival was certainly grand.

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JUNIOR CLASS PLAY JUNIOR CLASS PLAY On October 25, the juniors gave a farce-comedy entitled When l Was Green, written by Guernsey Le- Ffelley, for their class play. The cast of characters was as follows: Walter Dad Bleacher ...... ...... J ames Brower Etta Mom Bleacher - .... Lois Rohlf Patsy Bleach-er, l4 ....-. --- Janet Sonksen Gatesworth Bleacher, l6 --- --- Gordon Friday Beatrice Bleacher, 12 --- ..... Barbara Boyd Anne Bleacher, 20 .... -- Dolores Huebner Logan Ellsworth, 2l --- --- Kenneth Fertig Henderson Elliot ..... ,- Richard Swanson Ernestine Elliot .... .... J oyce Thielke Trisha Elliot, l5 .... .... M arjorie Dinges Roger Martindale ..... --- Donnie Gunderson Sadie, l5, gun moll --- ....... Ruth Treman The Blackmailer, l6 -- --- Howard Einspahr Loretta Drinkwater -- .... Helen Reuber SYNOPSIS How often, with the best of intentions, people precipitate a storm of altercations: Anne Bleacher thought it would help out the family finances-and they needed helping- when she told the Henderson Elliots that they could use the garage apartment at her home while they were in the city. She had no idea that Henderson Elliot was vice-president of Southern Alliance, the big outfit that was about to snatch a business-saving contract right out from under the nose of the company her dad works for. Jumping at conclusions, Gatesworth, Patsy and Beeney decide that they will be do- ing their dad a big favor if they get rid of the Elliots, They are sure that is what Dad Bleach- er wants to do, but that he hasn't the courage. This same little band, following Gates- worth's motto, Give the World a Boost Through Friendship, start meddling in Anne's love life. From a fragment of a tele- phone conversation, they decide that Anne has been jilted by wealthy Roger Martindale. They arrange for Roger to call and Roger de- cides to stay, as a butler. A prankish chap, this Roger, He know a good thing when he saw it-meaning Anne-and, moreover, Mrs. Bleacher was frantic for a servant when the Elliots are invited to dinner. With Logan Ellsworth, a long time suitor, green with jealousy, and Mrs. Elliot blue fthe kids had added a chemical to the shower at- tachment to produce the effectl, the dinner party is decidedly colorful. The Elloits leave in a huff. Dad Bleacher gets fired for bung- ling a deal with Elliot, and Anne's marriage prospects hit a new low. But after some of the jolliest mix-ups the resourceful LePelley has ever cooked up, everything is unscrambled in time for the final curtain. page sixty-three

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY The play chosen for presentation by the senior class was Stardust, a three act comedy written by Walter Kerr. The setting is a dramatic school whose arty students go through antics which are incomprehensible to more prosaic people. The date was set for May 8, and the play had been in rehearsal for several weeks when, because ot untorseen cir- cumstances such as illness of some of the cast, and conflicts with contests and track meets, the production was cancelled. The cast which had been selected is as follows: Mr. Bach ..... Dean of Women Prudence Mason Claire Carter --- Jerry Flanagan -,- Arthur Scott, Jr. Janet Ross .... Phil Ford ..... Marion Phipps --- John Redman - - ........ Tom Reynolds Cynthia Keene --- -- Raimund Brown Mavis Moriarity Miss Freman .... Miss Robinson - Miss Jones --- Tad Voorhis -- Stella Brahms - --- Doyle Hansen ------ Joan Kies --- Lois Schaefer --- Velma Paul -- Jim Turner ------- Jim Barkley --a---- Jane Teaquist - Charles Krusenstjerna -------- Jo Ann Bye Verna Mae Tiefenthaler -- ...... Howard Hoefling --- Jeanne Lindquist ------ Ruth Kessler --- Margaret Bengford ---- Helen Landgraf --- Ronnie Rex -- Joan Wilken ' 1'::::1:::-:g-1,1-1-,::a::vff.:.:Z-':a5:5:-4:-..,.1 ,:.::s, .'x2:2: . ' -..: :'N2 .: W - :.:1-za:z515:zas:ga:asz:a:ss:a:a:s:as':::' 4 1:1 ,: -f:'1:.:z-11. ,'-sv-1:-:'f.2. f :f ':-,:: :rf-2 5-5.5:5.::.'1:::1: - , . - ' V' - '--:H - is '. 5:a:e:5:5:2:5:aa5:s---' - -'-::-.-.:-: :-::::f::s::e::e:: a a ' -: s g. ,- :1. 1. -1' Q s.-55' -1-: