Wessington Springs High School - Spartonian Yearbook (Wessington Springs, SD)

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With the Editors Thanksgiving Vacation CHIT CHA-lf' 'l After a week of Thanksgivingli COURTESY lvacation, students and teachers '1 f - '- EI':f: - '-'-'-- '+'2' EVBII 511011811 2- DSW Dine weeks ionce more resumed their work in still new is well under way, there is plenty of time to turn over a leaf, so to speak. Many students feel that as as their grades are passing, can get by. Tl1lS is true llaps but why not take advantage Ol the opportunity ohered you and make the most of your school year? Why not study a iew min- utes longer every day and bring up those grades on which you're getting by, to those of Wl'llCll you can be proud. Needless to say, there are very few of us who could not do better if we tried. In addition to this, courtesy. both in and out of the classroom is a goal for which we are working. Many students seem to be under the impression that telling off the teacher and fellow students, as it is often called, is something smart. For this there is only one answerg Ignorance is Bliss . Aside from the fact that it is discourteous and disrespectful, it shows a definite lack of intelligent thinking. How- ever, courteousy is like a game. It works well only when practiced by teachers as well as by students. Let's make the second quarter of our school year better than the first by more serious thought both in the classroom and out. P.J.B. long they per- WAKE UP AND LOOK AROUND So far this year, our War Stamp sales have not been what they, Sl'lOl11d be. Every boy and girl realizes, Ifm sure, just what War Stamp money goes for. If anyone called you unpatriotic, you'd has- ten to iniorm them that they are very wrong, but could you prove it? Your last week's money went for sodas, candy, movies, or oth- er luxuries, while you kidded your- self into thinking that no one would miss one small dime. It's time somebody told you to wake up and take a look around you. Things are happeningg things that are going to make a lot of difference to you and your friends. You're the people who are going to live in this world to- morrow and you're the ones who are going to be responsible for the type of world it's going to be. You can't sit back and let sombody else do your share! So you'd better get in on it now or tomorrow you may find your- self in a world in which you have no place. War Stamp Sales November 15 I WSHS. Each individual spent the vacation in different ways and to those of you reading this, the way the following spent theirs, may be of interest: Alan Sheppard ventured out of bed only for meals and an occas- ional huntg and I don't mean for ducks. Pudgy Butterheld traipsed up and down H 85 H aisles, deciding and redeciding what certain peo- D16 should buy her for Christmas. It is rumored that while assisting in decorating the store she almost hung herself from the ceiling with a piece of Christmas rope. Mrs. Law divided her time be- tween her young son Billy, and the toy department at the Gamble Store. Of course it is to be un- derstood that she was merely pur- chasing Billy's Christmas presents. Mary Lou Anton merely messed around and from this you may draw your own conclusions. Pat Pinard read funny books, ate her hoarded candy bars, and managed to eat her portion of a Thanksgiving turkey. Fayne Fitzgerald accompanied HSHCDH on his nightly prowls, be- sides numerous other things. No doubt others of you spent similar vacations but let's hope not quite so strenuous as a few of those above. The Girl Scout troop met at the high school gym Tuesday eve- ning. Miss Audrey Hanson visited at Lake Norden and Watertown last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Pat Pinard visited with relatives and friends at Burbank Thanks- giving and over the week-end. PLEASANT MEMORIES X QQ Seniors ....,-.......,.,,,., 33.60 Sophomores ............ --- 6.60 Freshmen .... -,, 4.00 7th and 8th .... --- 1.85 Juniors ...... --- 1.40' I I n 1 I specks yo' all had a wonderful vacation, judging from the dream- y look of a majority of the stu- dents. I know, the mornin' after the week before. Pleash shing it this way. Nev- er again will this phrase be utter- ed, for Mr. Franklin is now the owner of a brand new set of teeth. Two eighth graders apparently are taking advantage of leap year. ln study hall at that-tusk! tusk!! Kitty and Kayo this week are two sophomores. Kitty stays at the dorm and is a member of the Sing Sing Wildcats. She is blond and as subjects, takes world his- tory, home economics, English, and journalism. Kayo lives in in town not far from the dorm. Quite frequently you will see him driving a maroon and gray car. I simply canlt say more or it will give them away. - Typing Class Reveries The following is the result of a few minutes idle wandering over the keys in a recent sixth period typing class by one of our more deep thinking, literary minded seniors: Ah Love! Whose fingers hath clutched at my heart with a hys- terical longing and whose grip of steel will never loose me from its grasp. I-Iow beautiful is love, but yet so senseless. Love captures the soul of even the most stern and forbidding, and plants there the love for soft starlit evenings and the enchanting beauty of the moon's last beams shimmering over a spellbound world. All thought of time is lost forever to the world when alone we walk the pathways that lead to heavenly bliss. To many, love is a pitfall into which only the foolish will fall, but it is these same ones who fall in love themselves.-J.W. Editor's note: If you know of any poetry or prose, short stories, novels, etc., that your friends and classmates have composed, or if you are poetically inclined your- self,, drop them in the box marked Spartonian in room 6. We assure you that it will receive our full at- tention. Ruth Mary Urton of Winner was a guest of Ruth Bidleman's Sun- day night. 'Miss Rose Beitz spent Thanks- giving and the week-end at her home in Delmont. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Law of Clear Lake spent Thanksgiving and the week-end here with Mrs. Mark Law. I

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Published by Students of Wessington Springs High School VOLUME SIXTEEN Thursday, November 30, 1944 NUMBER TEN JUNIOR CLASS SHINES Qis......,....N..........'.f.........i:.?.....,..........E. I JUNIORS LEAD IN - IN COMEDY PLAY i3....,.--..fY.,.ii'i.if......5. FIRST NINE. WEEKS The Adorable Age, three-act I comedy by Dana Thomas, was pre- sented by the junior class of Wes- sington Springs high school under the capable direction of Miss Au- I drey Hanson, Friday in the highg school auditorium before good siz- I ed crowds afternoon and evening. Betty Wickre as Mary Gay,Q around whom the whole play was. built, gave an excellent perform-I ance as a teen-age girl just be- tween the adult and childhood stages, trying to do everything for I everybody, getting things all mix- I ed up, but so genuine that things just have to work her way in the end. The entire production cov- ered about a day and a half in the Colby' family's life, beginning about dinner time when Mary came home full of enthusiasm over a course she was taking from an eccentric philosopher on con- centration of mental powers as a means of obtaining anything she desires: foremost being a father, as her true father died when she was an infant. To this end she devoted her new-found faith, say- ing, Goodness! If I'm to have a father I surely ought to have, something to say about who it's going to be! Mary's mother, Mrs. Colby, well portrayed by Helen Raabe, meets a dashing, slick, polished gentle- man, Grant York, played by Ken- neth Kieser, who is interested in obtaining deeds for some Texas land, left to Mary Gay by her father, on which oil is likely to be found, and she, apparently, falls for his line. Mary tries to teach Uncle Jim, Alan Sheppard, who has been coming and going at the Colby home for 12 years, everything she knows about harnessing power and getting what is wanted, so he will become her step-father in- stead of Mr. York, whom she dis- likes from the beginning. While trying to straighten out her father problems, her love affair with Bert Parnham, Glenn Burchfleld, gets balled up and Jenny Engle rAlexa Grievew takes Bert over, spreading gossip and making things worse. Her tutor- ing of Uncle Jim in the art of love- making fails completely before the A smooth technique of York. Mary Gay, through her study on concentration of power, has learn- ed to read backwards and upside down, and is able to read letters and telegrams received by York,' I 3 MRS. MARK LAW Mrs. Mark Law, who attended 'South Dakota State College. is 2 graduate of Wessington Springs high school. Her hobby is her baby and green is her favorite color. Mrs. Law is our junior high principal and science and journ- alism instructor. She is the Spar- tonian staff adviser. thereby discovering his plan. In desperation she tells Uncle Jim, who blows up the whole case in a burst of temper, only to find out that Mrs. Colby had investigated the case and was thoroughly aware of York's intentions. She explains, as a last effort, that she was just using York to startle Uncle Jim into popping the question, and York leaves town. The comedy element was the negro cook, Clarabel, 1Pat Pin- ardb who said when Mrs. Colby threatened to discharge her, Ah's worked heah fo yo since Mary Gay was jus' dat high. I ain' a servant heahg I'se one o' de fambly and yo jes cain't nah one ob de famblyi' When Mary Gay's mother left her dinner of lamb roast to take luncheon with Grant York, Clara- bell said: Looks lak she done lef mah lamb for a Black Sheep! Harriet Ayers, Mary' s aunt, played by Mary Lou Anton, is the council of the family, a dress de- signer by trade. The Messenger boy, Henry According to figures recently compiled, 53 students are listed on the honor roll for the first nine weeks ending November 10. The juniors top the list with 17 stu- dentsg freshmen, 153 seniors, 133 and sophomores, 8. All students on the honor roll de- 2. B have at least a C or better in portznent, and no lower than average. Senior honor roll students are: Ruth Bidleman, Rollin Boe, Pnyl- lu Butteraeld, Margaret Dusek, Rodney Engelen, Dorothy Gregory, Hollis Grieve, Duane McMillan, Velma Schuettpelz, Vera Schwa- bauer, Ila Thomason, James Ward and Artnur Webb. Juniors: Mary Lou Anton, Ada Faulilaber, Alexa Grieve, Arlene Heitzman, Erma Kludt, Iola Kludt, Ramona Koenig, George Krog, Patricia Magee, Darlene Peterson, Lorraine Pfeifer, Pat Pinard, Hel- en Raabe, Zilpha Shoif, Mary Swanson, Dorotny Weber, Betty Wickre. Sophomores: George Benjamin Fenn, Betty Fenn, Helen Harm- dierks, Lois Hawley, Frances Nel- son, Donald Thompson, Phyllis Wood, Irene Weber. Freshmen: James Anton, Alice Fenn, Darlene Hins, Myron Klep- pin, Lila Koenig, Arlene Kraft, Betty Krog, Dorene Krueger, Gil- bert Magee, Caryol Mead, James Meyer, Thelma Redmann, Alta Rogers, Virginia Webb and Herb- ert Wickre. I In the junior high grades, the 8th graders lead with five honor students, while the seventh grade has three. Eighth: John Anton, Burton Gillette, Alice Hille, Geraldine Rhodes and Deloris Voigt. Sev- enth: Anne Bidleman, Loretta Lawver, June Roush. Schroeder, who aspires to be an aviator, delivers a telegram, add- ing to the humor, Between act features were the boys' quartet: Dick Wade, Benny Fenn, Alan Sheppard and Rodney Engelen, singing, O, Aunt Jem- ima and I had a Dream. Rich- ard Bradley played two trumpet solos. l Returns on the ticket sales to- taled S7'7.85 and the profit goes to the junior class treasury. Betty and Herbert Wickre spent iThanksgiving day in Huron.

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' ' 1928-Phil Rae-bel. V Published by Students of Wessington Springs lligh School VOLUME SIXTEEN Thursday, December 7, 1944 NUMBER ELEVEN GOLD STARS' ADDED 4 SPARTANS PLAY FIRST TO SERVICE FLAG 2.............,..-......,...-..,.....,.......,,2.1 GAME FRIDAY NIGHT The high school service flag has 1 been brought up to date, throughl the work of Mrs. Greener and Miss Hanson. There are 174 stars on the flag, with three gold stars. 1 Those represented by gold stars are: Don Kleppin, Raymond Schmierer, and Paul Fildes. Don and Raymond were killed in action 1 in France, and Paul in a plane 1 crash 1 during training in thisg country. , 5 The graduating class of l938,g with a total of 17, leads the classes 1 and one of the stars is gold. 1 The complete-list of those rep-' 1 1 resented is as follows: 1915-Harley Holcomb. 1 1918-Maurice Zink. 1 1920-Albert Russell. 1924-Marion Burchield. 1 1925-Genevieve Vessey. 1 1927-Coye Hulfman, Frank Whitney. 1929-Vincent Buoye, Glen Hall, Donald Gibbs. 1930-Loren Carlson, Roy Wahl, Robert Jones. 1931-Robert Buck, Ralph Fer- ren, Lyle Lass, Junius Morehead, Lawrence Petrosky, Clark Zink. 1932-Allison Dunham, William Hatch, Robert Monteith, Everett Schwarm, Herbert Creighton. 1933-Wyeth Van Buren, Robert Cowan, Harold Olson, Ralph Hill- mer, Richard Monteith, George Pinard, Alwyn Robinson, William Srstka, Carol Whitney, Elvin Rum- elhart. 1934-Bob Austin, John Bowar, Roy Jones, Bernard Posey, Paul Setterstrom, Elmer Schmierer, Douglas Dunham. 1935- Bill Bowar, Maurice Burchlield, Virgil Harbert, Gerald Tupper. 1936- Howard Bill, Chester Brown, Richard Bryson, Harvey Christensen, Hilding Englund, Ar- vid Shulenberger, Ruth Palmer, LeRoy Huether, Donald Nighbert, Oscar Holmgren, Leonard Had- dorif, Everett Rumelhart, John Waybright. 1937-Wallace Churchill, Robert DeLay, Roger Dunham, William Flittie, Eugene Habicht, Leslie Hanson, Raymond Hendricks, Carl Jensen, Bill Munson, Robert Pal- mer, Philip Romig, Curtis Schwarz, 1 Raymond Schmierer igoldi, Har- old Voorhees, Walter Schmidt, Vernon Young. 1938-Milo Ballard, Merle Cow- THEODORE HODWALKER Mr. Theodore Hodwalker, senior high school principal, is a Neb- raska man. He attended Doan College, Crete, Nebr., University of Chicago, and College of Education, Greeley, Colo. His hobby is col- lecting Oriental art objects. He appreciates all music except jive. WAR STAMP SALES Tuesday, December 5 Seniors .................. 337.90 Juniors ............ ..... 2 1.00 Sophomores ......... -- 8.25 Freshmen ............. -- 2.95 7th and 8th Grades ...... 4.50 TOTAL 874.60 nie Hins, Hubert Holcomb, Donald Kleppin Cgoldl, Curtis Reedy, John Schmidt, Vernon Schmierer, Kenneth Schryer, Raymond Sef- rna, Kenneth Van Buren, Ervin Huether, Curtis McFarling, Robert Baltzer. 1939-Billy Bell, Bob Cameron, Charles- Fischer, Paul Fildes rgoldl, Merlin Hodgson, Everett- Hinrichs, Milton Horsley, Arthur Maxwell, Dean Schryer, Eugene Strachan, -Ivan Kieser, Wyman Whitney, Keith Bidleman, Donald Myers, Avery Thompson. 1940-Maynard Bill, Keith Brid- nour, Everett Dean, Milo Erickson, Harold Arnott, Douglas Flittie, Douglas Jones, Paul Jones, Eugene man, Franklin Fite, ReubenlKauble, Newell Patton, Charles. Fuerst, Harold Hemmelman, Con-'Reedy, Donley. Swanson, Marvin 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 Friday, December 8, the Blue and Gold will clash with the For- estburg Orange and Black on their home floor for the roll-off in the 1944-45 basketball season. Let's all help the team get off to a good start by attending the game. The squad will probably be made up of: Richard Bradley, Bob Winegarden, Vernon Winegarden, Fayne Fitzgerald and Ronald Sal- ter, Iirst flveg Bob Wolting, Ben Fenn, Clair Tiede, Lester Roush, Dick Wade, Lloyd Reindl, Roy Pal- mer and Rooney Flanneryi Tney will go by bus. The first game starts at 7:30. First home game is Tuesday, December 12, with the Letcher Tl- gers, at 7:30. Letcher was last year's conlerence winner, so it should be a very interesting game. Prices this year are 280 for ad- ults, l2c for students. Students, be sure you have your activity ticket with you. because it's either tnat or 12c to see the game: no exceptions! In the alumni game last Thurs- day, the score was: 1944-5 team, 8, alumni, 26. Friday, the college team came down for a practice game. Powell, Harold Schaefer. 1941-Dick Costello, Clarence Hainy, Bob Jobe, Leo Jonnson, Howard Kopke, Elmer Schnabel, Bob Wood, Don Zink, Elmer Haw- kins, Leonard Lenr, Eldon Beck- man, Louis Wolting, Don Jensen, Bob Adams,'Edmund Bauer, Mur- iel Carson. 1942-Alvin Dey, Joe Hanks, Vernon Luckey, Ralph Sheppard, Wilbur Schmierer, Manford Bill, George Stidworthy, Bob Oates, Francis Rumelhart, Arnold Zink, Milton Reimer, Roland Powell. Clinton Hern, John Hanks, Clif- ford Flittie, Robert Moorman, Ar- nold Runestad. 1943-Gail McDonald, Bob Pin- ard, Raymond Raabe, Ted Webb, LeRoy Winegarden, Arthur Han- sen, Robert Snultz, Russell Ben- nett, Rayburn Zink, Jack Pfeifer, Vernon Olson. 1944- Jack Younie, Gaylord Raabe, Arthur Fenn, Abe Ritch- hardt, Eugene Christensen, Ryland Moorman, Lynus Krueger, Albert Schaefer. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Leischner and Twila were Monday evening guests at the Hilding Gadda ' home.