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

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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.

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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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With the Editors BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Buy War Bonds and Stamps! Does that really mean anything to you? It's fired at you in every theater you attend. Along the highways more than half the signs display it. Every newspaper you pick up shouts it at you on almost every page. You pick up a pencil to write your daily assignments, and it's all over the side of that. Posters on bulletin boards stare at you at every turn. You hear it every time you turn on the radio. Yes, we've all seen it, hundreds and thousands of timesg seen it so much that we cease to see it. As Bert Van Dyke, well known gradu- ate of 1943-4 said, when he found it impossible to concentrate on his Government chapter, It just goes in one eye and out the other. But there is one thing we can't forget. There's a war on. And our military leaders, men who ought to know, say that the tough- est fighting is yet to be met in Europe, and there is no idea as to the time required for Japan. Every one of us has some close relative, brother, sister, cousin, uncle, or perhaps even father, in this war. Many of them are over- seas. They're giving everything they've got-even life itself-oh, yes. maybe some of them didn't want to go at iirst, but you don't hear of them griping. A lot of us will be in this thing before very many sheets come oiT the calendar on the wall, but that's no excuse for doing nothing now. The one way we can help, the best way We can do something about it and not just talk, is to get on the bond wagon. The average income of school students has almost doubled. Surely we can all invest at least ten cents each Tuesdayfor a War Stamp. This would total more than S20 a week for the school, and if carried through an entire year, would mean a S720 contrib- ution. Nobody would miss my dime? Don't kid yourself. Get in the fight. Back the attack. Buy War Bonds and Stamps! -ALW gnc-0-e-nv-0-9+-env-94--wma-4wr++o4-0-ge ? Office News 2 9 9 o Q' Mr. Holland attended a meet- ing of the State Music Council in Huron, Sunday. Plans were dis- Zzussed for a Regional Music Con- est. New books have been ordered for the World History class. Miss Rose Beitz and Mrs. Bertha Eagle were supper guests at Bert Kidman's Friday evening. 1 I l 0:04-o-4-any-o--o-4--of-0-a--awww-m-o-s--0--s--Q--Q--0-02 l ci-ur CHAT Starkle, starkle, little twink, What the -- you are I think, Up above the world so high Like a flashlight, maybe, huh? S p r i n g s - that's the way you spell it. Here's the way you tell it! Somethimes me tinks I will go crazy. OK, OK, youse knows am. Then there was the Scotchman who fried his bacon in Lux to keep it from shrinking! One day I overheard Betty Wickre hollering to her mother. CDon't worry I live only a block away.l 'Come down off that raft- er, motherg that's not the way to 'get on the beam! I Fibber and Mollie are freshman and sophomore and have been seen around just the past couple of weeks. They are both dorm kids, Blinky being a sophomore and Mick a freshman. Last week's Kitty and Kayo were Beverly Knight and Bob Wolting. Luella Krueger was a guest of Paul Bauer's in Wolsey, Saturday Declamatory Contest Held at Woonsocket Seven towns participated in the district declamatory contest held at Woonsocket Wednesday, Nov- ember 29. Three students from Wessington Springs took part and all received ratings of good. In the humorous division, Beverly Hein recited The Waltz by Dorothy Parker. Mar- garet Waybright took part in the oratorical division with, Shall We Have Two More World Wars? by Dr. D. F. Flemmingg and Joseph- ine Schroeder's reading was, The American Way, by Kaufman and Haut. Randall Fisher of Woonsocket received a superior rating in the oratory division. Margaret Smith of Plankinton, superior in the poe- try divisiong Dessie Hutton, Let- cher, superior, humorous: and Shirley Duncan, Mt. Vernon, su- perior, dramatic. FFA OFFICERS HOLD MEETING F.F.A. ofhcers met last Thurs- day, November 30, and with the ,aid of Mr. Gadda, decided to have a play on any date available in January. Plans were made for par- ants night, an annual affair which is usually held in the middle of February. Copies of the newly-arranged F. evening. i F. A. Constitution were distributed. SPRINGS vs FORESTBURG 0 Friday December 8 A 7:30 At Forestburg 1 O LETCHER ..... . . . . NEXT TUESDAY 1l ilq 11-1 u :xi-v 7 ii: 0- -1 -.11 n-1 ,,,.--1 '-1-.. . 1 --1 1-1 1-it