Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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ONE ACT PLAY The Must a fantasy by Dana Thomas was chosen for the contest play thus year The settung was In the year l9-44 on a tlny troplcal island In the Pacnfuc where sux Amerucan solduers have dled In an engagement wuth the Japs Theur conversatuon whnch at times betrays the fact that they are dead deals wuth world affaurs whuch brought them to thas god forsaken hole durlng World War ll and the events leadung up to thenr recent death Only after the appearance of Chanley s sweetheart after havmg been knlled un a plane crash nearby and the vusut of Leon s mother who has been dead fave years does the realuzatlon come to them that they are all dead The play recenved a ratung of I ln the State Speech Contest at Esther vnlle havnng won In three prevuous contests to reach the fnnals THE CAST R Stewart Chanley scnon of wealth now a solduer Jerry Reynolds Warner Scates a musucuon also ln the army Wally Duffy Dutch Lewns another soldner Bull Teaqunst Leon St John wounded In actuon Vern Ogden Velvet colored soldaer Jam Meyer Clare Lathrop Chanley s sweetheart Carol Schaefer Mrs St John Leon s mother Marlene Wmter I ' . . I I I I Q - - ' 11 - 11 I I , . Hike Harmon, once a taxi driver ........................ Jean Olson PACE FIFTY FIGHT

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4' Georgua Hux Wally Duffy AFFIRMATIVE Resolved That all Amerucan Cutuzens should be Subgect to Conscruptuon for Essentual Ser vuce un Tume of War Thus was the subgect of debate whuch was chosen for hugh school debate teams thus year It proved to be quute unterestung as the four members of Odebolts debate team can tell you The affurmatuve team was composed of Joan McCorkundale and John Wutt The team s furst debate was held at the Home Speech Contest for Odebolt students They debated each other and had fun doung ut Next THEY went to Correctuonvulle to the Prelumunary Speech Contest There they de bated agaunst Correctuonvulle The Pre Dustruct Speech Contest took place at Odebolt They agaun debated Cor rectuonvulle They were judged thus tume and receuved a l ratung entutlung them to go on to the Dustruct Speech Contest nhl The dustruct Contest was held at Hum boldt There un a round robun affaur they met some of the best teams un thus sectuon of the state The affurmatuve team debated agaunst Correctuonvulle St Mary s of Storm Lake Esthervulle Storm Lake Western Chrustuan of Hull The negatuve team debated agaunst l Akron 2 Spencer 3 Algona 4 Sheldon 5 Western Chrustuan of Hull They won fuve out of ten debates but thus ratung was not hugh enough to permut truem to go on to the State Speech Contest After a successful season the team feels t uat they have accomplushed quute a lot and have also deruved much enuoyment out of the experuence NEGATIVE Joan McCorkundale John Wutt PAGE FIFTY SEVEN . . . I ' I. . - I ' 2. . ' . 3. ' . , 4. Georgia Hix and Wally Duffyg the negative, 5'

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Ellllllll llllES llllll The Sensor Class Play chosen for thus year was The Magnlfncent Obsessuon by Lloyd C Douglas Thus was a dramatlzatlon of the famous novel and told of a noted braun surgeon who was devoted to humannty be cause ofa unnque vntallzlng prlnclple He drowns when he mnght have been saved by the means that IS used lnstead to save a wealthy playboy The play boy regenerated seeks to take the surgeon s place proves hus extraordlnary pnnclple as a true way of lefe and overcomes the hostulnty of the surgeon s lovely wldow The followlng cast presented the play on Tuesday evenlng May 20 Martha a housekeeper Joan McCorkmdale Nancy Ashford a frnend of tne Hudsons Carol Schaefer Helen Hudson wlfe of Dr Hudson Ruth Krusenstgerna Dr Malcolm Pyle colleague of Dr Hudson Joe Klpp Monty Brent coussn of Helen Hudson Jerry Reynolds Joyce Hudson daughter of Dr Hudson Georgia Hux Bobby Merrlck a frnend of Joyce Wally Duffy Dr Wayne Hudson an ernment braun surgeon John Rex Perry a handy man Don Gunderson Mrs Wuckes an acqualntance of Dr Hudson Beverly Bergman Jack Dawson a friend of Bobby Ball Teaquust Sound Effects Bob and Don Klus Lughts Don Gunderson Curtam Rollun Lznman BETWEEN ACTS Glrls Trno Nancy Rector Janlce Turnn Georgna Hux Velvet Shoes and Stop Dat Buzzln Barntone Horn Solo- Souls on a Sllvery Sea Jean Olson Top Dance Murlel Schrooten Bonrue Raasch Judy Ogden Jane Leonard Mllntary Dance Trumpet Quartet Trlumphal March from Ando Dale Lange Roger Barkley Ronald Salmonson Ruchard Treman I , 1 , .........-........-.-..-- r 1 , ..-------.--.-.- . , . ................. , ...-.-........... I I I -u--uu-uduH- . . , ....................... . ' I I . -..---.--. Marion Dawson, wife of Jack ........s................. Janet Ogden , ...................... , , . un--n-nn-u-- I . .I . . ll ll ll ' I ll ' ll ' ' II 1 l 1 V I I PAGE FIFTY NINE