Strahan High School - Wasp Yearbook (Strahan, IA)

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Boys Basketball The Stranan boys have had a very good season They fxmsned the season wxth a record of 18 wlns and 8 losses As for the tournaments they have done very well In tne County Tourna ment they won thlrd place and tne Sportsmansnxp trophy 1n tne State Sectxonal they won frrst place and went on to take second place 1n the Dxstrzct For the comxng year the boys w1ll have three of the fmrst fxve back and some promxsxng reserves Boys Baseball On September 4 l95u the Strahan baseball squad started baseball prac txce Date Opponent e They Place September Zu Hastlngs Strahan September Z6 Coburg Strahan The spnng season starts on Aprzl 1 1951 We are nopmg to keep our re cord unblem1shed by any defeats G1 rls Basketball The Strahan glrls fxmshed the season w1th a record of 9 wms and 12 losses The team w1l1 lose two players Jo Ann Wortman and Pat Kxer through graduatxon We lost Freda Brown through the movmg of her parents to Wales L1ncoln For the comlng year we w1ll have four of the flrst SIX back and some prom1s1ng reserves 19 s ! We played only two games and won them both. They are as follows: W A .--T-- 7 6 Z 0 ' 1

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The Stroke of Twel-ve SENIOR CLASS PLAY Characters Madame Oranagx a dxsguxsed detectxve Sam Adams Troy Brown Ernestlne Brunetta a talkat1ve nexghbor Joan Wortman Lloyd Branton a bl1nd 1nval1d Alvm Lowe A ex Benn a wlse dehvery boy Eugene Anderson Jxm Macallxster a pla1nclothes detectlve Darrell Bayes THE STORY OF THE PLAY Lloyd Branton a blxnd cr1pple has just moved 1nto h1s new apartment I-hs housekeeper Madame Oranagx nas Just about completed tne movmg of personal effects when the prxvacy of the nousenold 15 dlsturbed by four new comers Jxm Macallxster a frxend of Madame Oranag1 Mrs Brunetta a. nelghbor from down the hall and Alexander and Arlene Benn Alex brxngs flowers to the bhnd man and suggests that n1s s1ster read to h1m zn ner spare tune Branton's br1ng1ng of Arlene or All1e as she 1S called xnto ms home changes everyone's l1fe completely The young g1rl IS told by the detect1ve that ner employer IS a murderer wmch she refuses to belleve unt1l Madame Oranagl 1S k1lled Tnen she lends herself wholeneartedly to tne 1nvest1gat1on and eventual capture of Mr Branton for whom formerly she had felt nothlng but respect and pxty The unmaskmg of the k1ller and attendant suspense form the bas1s for the tense last act Z1 1 , ' ' ........................ . Arlene f Allie l Benn, his older sister ..... .. ........ ........ P at Kier