Powder Valley High School - Badger Yearbook (North Powder, OR)

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Baccalaureate Baccalaureate services for the graduating class were held Sunday evening, May 14, at the high school with the Reverend Sydney Walker of Baker delivering the sermon. + + Commencement Commencement exercises we re held I4 riday evening. Ma HI, in the gymnasium. For the lirst time in the history ol North Powder High School, the graduating class wore caps and gowns. Mr. Lyle Johnson, registrar of the Lastern Oregon College ol La Orande, spoke on the sub- ject. “Where do you go from here.” Lienor Hayes gave the valedictorian address, and Margie McCall so the salutatory address. 4- + Jamboree The Basketball Jamboree was held Friday, December This an- nual invitational student body activity brought ten teams from Union and Baker counties to compete for the championship and officially open the basketball season. Several hundred spectators witnessed the play- offs and the defeat of North Powder by Union in the final game. A trophy was awarded the captain of the I nion Bobcats by Sheila Mc( anse.

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qiRLS' LEAQUE First row: Elsie Nice. Jean Newman. Alta Pearson, I.a Verna Colpitts, Dorothy Thompson, Barbara Young. Second row: Edna Kenworthy. Bonnie McCanse, Phyllis Jones, Shirley Pearson. Claudeen Jones, Elenor Mayes. Third row: Delpha Smith. Myrtle Simonis, Barbara Pearson. Dorothy Peterson. Janet Wilson, Jeannette Davis, Arelona Frost. Fourth row: Margie McCanse. Patricia Tunnock, Margaret Shaw, Jeannette Davis. Loretta Turner. Lau Rose Bowman. Top row: Clairellen Mann. Bonnie Looslie, Sheila McCanse, Joan Johnson, Mrs. Spence, Floy Mann. This year tIit' organization of the («iris’ league was under the direction of Mrs. Spence. Officers were: PRESIDENT MARGARET SI I AW VICE PRESIDENT RELOXA FROST SECRETARY ELENOR MAYES TREASURER BARBARA PEARSON One of the outstanding activities of the league was the Fathers’ and Daughters’ banquet which was held February 2X. The color scheme was pink and silver. The girls also gave the basketball boys a banquet on March 2 . On May 5, they entertained their mothers with a Mothers’ and 1 )alighters’ tea. The Girls’ League served chili to all the participating teams in the basketball jamboree. qLEE CLU5 The Girls’ Glee Club was continued this year under the leadership of Mrs. Spence. It has participated in numerous programs. However, the highlight of the year was the presentation of a color- ful and successful musical on April 7, which was given in vaudeville form. Solos, duets, and trios, along with tap dance numbers added var- iety to the songs sung by the Glee Club girls, dressed in formals and ac- companied by Margie McCanse.

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SETllOR CLASS PLAlj AUNT CATHIE'S CAT Aunt Cathie’s Cat went prowling around the stage of the North Powder gym on the night of November 19, when the seniors presented their class play. The grave in the cellar and the ghostly Maria Gracia succeeded in thoroughly frightening the leading character, Aunt Cathie, as well as the audience, and all were relieved when a sane explanation was offered for the mysterious events which took place. The cast was as follows: Bill Pryor Jane Trimble Cathie Trimble Margaret Trimble Dottie Trimble Maria Gracia Jose Gracia David Brent Liz Pryor Tilly Pitts Officer Gas Man ...Kenneth Myers Elenor Hayes Arelona Frost .Margie McCanse Sheila McCanse —Margaret Shaw Tom Taylor Howard Bowman Barbara Pearson Delpha Smith Jim Wilson Richard Brant JUNIOR CLASS PLAIJ “HOBGOBLIN HOUSE” A sigh of relief went up from the audience when the supposedly insane Bluebeard Bronson was captured by the heroes. Jack Loring and Frank Harlow, and the mystery of the rolling skull and the head hanging in the closet was solved. This play was presented by the junior class on March 10 with the following cast: Miss Prissie Marion Carter Jill Carter Susan Perkins Delilah Worts Henry Goobee Jack Loring-------- Frank Harlow Bill Wilkins Bluebeard Bronson Dorius Krupp Patricia Arnold Elsie Nice Joan Johnson Barbara Young Dorothy Peterson Floy Mann Kenny Smith Bob Tally Don Hunt Ed Taylor Freddy Taylor Howard Taylor Pat Tunnock