Steamboat Rock High School - Old Gold Yearbook (Steamboat Rock, IA)

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0lD l30lD I 940 CAST OF CHARACTERS llsaii Peg Sothern.. ........ ...LeOra Platts Link Forester ............. Elmer Gast Mrs. Chilton ........ Lorraine DeVr1es Florence Chilton ..... Faye Schwitters Sue Chilton ............ Nonma Hartman Calvin Chilton... ...... Merton Snapp The Senior Class Play NMOUNTAIN MUMPSU nMounta1n Mumpsn was selected as the Senior Class Play and was presented under the direction of Miss Dorothy Barker during the first part of May. The play dealt with the plight of the aristocratic Chilton fam- ily when they found that they were faced with financial ruin and the transformation which took place when Patsy Sothern, a victim of mis- taken identity, arrived and was immediately forced to take charge of the wayward Chiltons and their mixed up affairs. To further compli- cate matters the whole Chilton household was placed under quarantine when they became afflicted with. a strange disease called Umountain mumpsu. Clever lines, romance, adventure and a happy ending char- acterized UMountain Mumpsu. CAST OF CHARACTERS The Junior Class Play UHUCKLEBERRY FINNW On November 29 the Junior Class presented the p1ay,nHuckleberry Finnn, to a large and appreciative audience. The playwasdirected by Miss Dorothy Barker and turned out to be a splendid success. UHuck1eberry Finnn concerned the problems which confronted the rogulsh uHuckN and his fun-loving pal, Tom Sawyer. A11 of the boyish pranks of these UDamon and Pythiasn companions were portrayed with a fine sense of theatrical value. uHuckleberry Finnu was a thoroughly modern play packed with laughs and clean, wholesome entertainment. 50 Timothy Hegan....... .... ..Ray Taylor Kerry Regan. ...... .Alvin Hundertmark Mrs. Shotts... ...Anna Mae Janssen Lida Shotts... ..... Luella Eilders Dr. Miller .... ...Russell Karsjens Homer Riggs... ........ Roger Gast .I t Huck Finn ............... Robert Klatt Tom Sawyer. .............. Dallas Gast John Finn ............... John Jaspers Aunt Polly Watson ..... Marjory Taylor Mary Jane .................. Bmth Bear Fred Raymond ......... Andrew Ackerman Clara Woppinger... .... Freda Reiter Amy Woppinger .... ..... Pearl Eilders Ruth Watson .... ...... Lois Jaspers Melba White .... ...Charlena Johnson

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ow sow- BACK ROW: Coach Kenneth E. Amsberryg Andy Ackerman,forwardgMax Sharp- shair, guard, Merton Snapp,guardgJohn Jaspers, guardgJun1orPer- sons, forward, and Russell Karsjens, student manager. FRONT ROW: Roger Gast,guardg Alvin Hundertmark,guard3 Elmer Gast, cen- terg Harold Boyenga, forwardg Ray Taylor, forward, and Jim Sharp- shair, forward. BOYS' BASKETBALL SEASON'S RECORD 19 Steamboat Rock Wellsburg Steamboat Rock 27..Iowa Falls HBH 15 Steamboat Rock ..Hubbard Steamboat Rock 38..New Providence 19 Steamboat Rock .... Alden Steamboat Rock 5O..Iowa Falls NAU 52 Steamboat Rock Radcliffe TOURNAMENTS Steamboat Rock ...... Alden HARDIN COUNTY TOURNAMENT AT RADCLI FFE Steamboat Rock .... Union Steamboat Rock 22 ........... Owasa 21 Steamboat Rock ...... Owasa Steamboat Rock 35 ........... Alden 25 Steamboat Rock .... Whitten Steamboat Rock 24 ......... Hubbard 27 Steamboat Rock ...... Union SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT AT IOWA FALLS Steamboat Rock ...... Owasa Steamboat Rock 50 ......... ..Owasa 25 Steamboat Rock Wellsburg Steamboat Rock 26 ......... Whitten 29 The Pirates had a season's The Steamboat Rock boys' basketball team ended their season March lst with a record of twelve victories and seven defeats. They won sec- ond placein the Hardin County Tournament, fourth placeixlthe Pine Lake Conference, captured four consecutive decisions from their most bitter r1val,Owasa,and took both contests from another b1tterfoe,We1lsburg. scoring average of twenty-nine points comparedtoopponents' twenty-two NAU, gotasmany as thirty points team, Whitten, a state finalist, An innovation whidutheboys captain, They chose a different average. Onlyoneopponent, Iowa Falls in a single game and only one Class B defeated the Bucs. lnauguratedwasthe selection of their leader for each game and Elmer Gast, lax Sharpshair, Roger Gast, Alvin Hundertmark, Ray Taylor and Harold Boyenga were game captains for one or more contests during the year. Major letter-winners included Harold Boyenga, Roger Gast, Elmer Gast, Ray Taylor, Alvin sHundertmark, Jim Sharpshair, Max Sharpshair, Merton Snapp and Andy Ackerman. Numerals went to John Jaspers, Junior Persons and Merle Bolar. Russell Karsjens received a manager's letter. 52