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Let’s Go, Indians!
Beat Putnam City
nd Reno (Okla.) Daily Tribune
A WEEKLY ACCOUNT OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
The El Reno Highschool Boom
the boomer
Published by the Creative Writing
Class, Uhder Supervision Of
Miss Josephine Hodnett
BOOMER STAFF
Florence Beemblossom, Editor
Assistant Editors—Frances Thomp-
• son, Burrel McNaught.
Copy Readers—Mary Marie Hauser,
Merllyn Senn.
Feature Writer—Norma Hurst.
Sports Writers—Bennie Niles. Fred
Wewerka.
Reporters-Don Davis, Marlene
Thompson, Mary Sue Moody,
Lilly Mae Albers, Charlotte
Jones, Arnold Ooucher. Joan
Anderson, Anna Lou Iley, Betty
Evans, Doris Pritchett, Don
Shuttee, David Skinner, Pat
King. Dorothy Dlttmer, Fred-
ric Wright. Kendall Gholston,
Mary Ann Barry, Rosemary
Dolezal.
Pastor Heard
In Assembly
Biel Mentions
Duties of Church
If Crisis Comes
FIXE ENTERTAINMENT
PROMISED BY SENIOR*
“You Cant Take It With You."
a Broadway hit for four years, is
the play being presented by the
El Reno highschool senior class
Thursday evening, with the pro-
ceeds going into the class fund.
The senior class voted this year to
make the final payment on the
electric organ as their gift to the
school. Since 1946 every senior
class ha* contributed Its entire
fund toward paying for the organ
which wa* installed last year
Plan to spend an enjoyable eve-
ning at the senior play Thursday
night. This promises to be the
"wackiest" and most hilarious play
ever to hit E3 Reno highschool It
has a cast of great stars.
We will be seeing you in the El
Reno highschool auditorium Thurs-
day night at the .senior play.
HERE'S A SALUTE
TO OLE PEP BAND
At every home basketball game,
the gym is packed with the cheer-
ing crowd, the pep clubs and our
happy jazz band. It is this band
that provides us with spirited
marches, preparing us for the
tlirills of the game. We all yell
far more when they play our old
favorites such as "Dull Razor
Blues," "Jumpin' at the Woodside"
and "St. Louis Blues." Here's our
grandest salute to the pep band for
doing a great Job. Keep it up!
In a devotional assembly held
Thursday in the El Reno highschool
auditorium. Rev. Robert Biel, pas-
tor of Trinity Lutheran church
spoke on "Communism and the
Church."
Rev. Biel mentioned some of the
things a church could do in helping
to meet this problem.
The first step, he said, Is to be
informed about this enemy. Second
every minister should give a warn-
ing when danger threatens. Third,
the church should distinguish be-
tween truth and error.
“The churches must be warned
that the real crisis Is .still ahead
and will come during an economic
depression; and the only hope for
the world is a revival among the
Christians, Rev. Biel continued.
Jimmy Brown, president of the
student body, presided over the as-
sembly. In addition to Rev. Biel's
speech, the following numbers were
given:
An organ prelude. "Claire de
Lune," by Rean Hog land; a violin I
solo, "Traumerei." by Robert Fergu-
son; and a vocal duet. "Whispering
Hope, by Peggy Royse and Bill
Parris.
The anthem, "Stand Up and Bless
the Lord," was sung by the a cap-
pella choir, which also gave the
prayer response, following the scrip-
ture and prayer by Anita Sue Wal-
ler.
The "Almu Mater" and "Blessed
Assurance" were sung by the stu-
dent body
Rev Biel closed the assembly wilh
a benediction
Calendar
EL RENO HIGHSC HOOL, TUESDAY, JANUART
Thursday, Feb. 2—Senior class pro-
duction of the hit comedy, "You
Can’t Take It With You," 8 p.m
Friday, F»b. 3-El Reno college
plays at Seminole. . . , Squaw
pep club square dance.
Thursday and Friday—The band
studies under Rtvelll in the
band clinic sponsored by Okla-
homa City university.
Monday, Feb. 6-Carnegie vs. El
Reno college, here.
Tuesday, Feb. 7—Capitol Hill Red-
skins vs. El Reno Indians, here.
Bids Issued
By Society
23 Students
Are Being Added
By Honor Group
Seniors of '50
Dorothy Mathis, a popular red-
haired senior, Is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wooldridge,
203 -North EH Reno avenue.
"Strawberry." as she often is
called by her friends, holds mem-
bership in the Squaw pep club and
BMC literary society at the present
time. She was formerly a member
of FHa and Adelante, the 6panish
club. She is secretary of the Squaw
pep club this year.
Dorothy plan* to become a gui-
tar teacher after being graduated
from highschool.
Dorothy lists as some of her
favorites the following:
Subject, world history; sport,
basketball: flower, rose; magazine’
Life; orchestra, Tex Benekes;
song, "Dear Hearts and Oentle
People;” pastime, playing the gui-
tar; quotation. "Pretty is as pretty
does;’ pet peeve, homework; and
■ eature on the school news page
Oad-About,
Fashion Notes
Judy Kerr is sweet and pretty in
her tan corduroy straight skirt and
weskit. Judy made this smart out-
fit herself. With this. judy wears
a yellow short-sleeved sweater
with a brown scarf around her
neck. Her anklets are yellow, and
her shoes are brown loafers.
Irene Randall, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L N. Randall, who reside
north of H Rm0l i* beginning her
fourth year in El Reno highschool.
Her Junior homeroom elected her
treasurer. Irene now holds mem-
bership in the Future Homemakers
,o s
In order to become a member of
thw organization, the student must
be in the upper third of his class
scholastically. All students in this
classification are considered.
A satisfactory leadership and citi-
zenship record are also required for
admission Into the society, into
which no more than 15 percent of
the senior class and 5 percent of
the second semester Junior class
|may be admitted.
Seniors of 1950, who were elected
during their junior year, include
Don Shuttee, president of the chap-
ter: Pat Hutchinson, secretary;
Dorothy Dittmer, Florence Beem-
blossom and Elizabeth Ozmun.
Seniors who were selected this
year include Pat Babcock, Margene
Barton, Jeanniue Broady. Jimmy
Brown. Nadine Bynum, Rosemary
Dolezal, Nadine Dorsey, Patsy
Eason, Rose Marie Husmann, Anna
Lou Hey. Patrick King, Wanda
Koebrick, Eleanor Little, H K.
Moore, Frances Sim* and Fredric
Wright.
Selected from this year's Junior
class are Barbara Brush, Lou Anne
Fisher, Janet Huddart, Beverly
Johnston, Jackson Reynolds, Or-
vella Vance and Luann Wilder.
A public initiation will be held
in the near future.
Societies Have
Joint Meeting
Members of PhilaiatlJan literary
society were guests of Bonita Marica
Catta last Thursday in the music
room of E3 Reno highschool for the
annual joint meeting.
i, .“*5? A”ilnT' BMC President,
introduced Peggy Royse. mistress of
ceremonies. Entertainment was pro-
vided by Peggy Royse. Janet Hoop
er. Bill Farris. Eleanor Porter and
Dorothy Mathis.
Pat McWhorter, president of Phi
expressed the thanks of the club
and invited the BMC members ro
the annual book review tea. Miss
Rose Witcher will be the guest re-
viewer for that occasion.
Band Clinic
Is Planned
El Reno Musicians
Will Participate
In Annual Event
Tuesday, January 31, 1950
Senior Play Is
Event of Week
PUBLISHED IN INTEREST OF SCHOOL SPIRIT
In Commerce
The Shorthand H class took it*
rogular monthly 80-word test on
Thursday of last week. This test
1* printed by the publishers of the
textbook. The material was dic-
tated at 80 words for five min-
utes. To pass this teat, students
must transcribe their notes 95 per-
cent accurately or better.
The following students, who had
not previously passed, did so this
month: Idly Mae Albers, 97; and
Margaret Frazier, 95.
The faculty committee In charge
of the National Honor society in-
clude* Miss Josephine Hodnetl,
chairman, Mrs. Avant Taylor, Miss
Mabel Jones, Mis* Row Witcher
and the Squaw pep and Principal Walter P Marsh!
Bits of News
Members of the creative writing
class didn’t know how much they
missed Joan Anderson and Merl-
lyn Senn until these girls were ab-
sent from school last week be-
cause of illness. Joan and Merllyn
write some of the best stories and
do much of the typing. The class
Is certainly glad to have them
back this week.
Remember Thursday, Feb. 2, is
the date set for the senior class
Play. “You Can't Take It With
You," directed by Max Kirkland
This comedy in three act* prom-
ises to be the most hilarious show
ever to be presented in the El
Reno highschool auditorium.
H R*no college student* have
checked out auppUes from Miss
Josephine Hodnett in preparation
lor selling part of the advertlae-
mente for the i860 Boomer-Col-
legian. Members of the highschool
creative writing class have
about finished selling their
of the ads.
Pat McWhorter looks bright and
cheerful in her brown straight
skirt, white blouse and bright red
orange long-sleeved sweater that
buttons down the front. Pat
chooses brown loafers and white
anklet* to complete her ensemble.
Max Niles looks neat in a brown
corduroy sport shirt and tan slacks.
With this, Max wears multicolored
sox and brown oxford*.
A pink short-sleeved sweater
worn over a white blouse with a
royal blue skirt make* Betty Chap-
pell look sweet and warm. With
this, Betty wears a royal blue
scarf around her neck, pink ank-
lets that match her sweater, and
blue and white saddle oxfords.
just
Modern Etiquette
Q. How does a young married
woman Introduce her mother to an-
other person?
A. She must be sure to give her
mofter s name, saying. "This is my
mothei, Mrs. Jones, " so that thy
other person will know what to
cab her in speaking to her.
Q. What refreshments should be
“J; * reception that follows
the christening of a child?
A. The menu is the usual one
for an afternoon Informal tea with
refreshment* served In buffet style
« a girl ever privileged to
announce her own engagement?
e^°rUyJ*h» famU» an(J close
inenas. Public announcement is
HE’S HAD ENOUGH
CHARLTON, Mass. —(UR)— Town
Clerk Frank P. Wakefield has de-
cided not to run for office again.
Now 95, he has held the Job nearly
half a century.
ol Americn
club.
During Irene’s first three years
in highschool she was a member
of the girls’ chorus.
Irene’a ambition Is to be an air- One of the sweetest members on
line hostess. Her favorite column the El Reno highschool faculty Is
'ThicM Pa*e ls Oad-About. ! Miss Dovie Anna Noble of the
I™ IlndI P,d' blu*-ey«i lass, highschool and college commerce
?ays that she plans to attend a! department. Miss Noble teaches
Our Teachers
The bookkeeping class recently
took a standardized test printed by
the publishers of the textbook. The
test covered the combined cash
journal, petty cash, sales and pur-
•cliases, discounts, sales, purchases
returned and allowances, taxes,
payroll deductions, and also voca-
bulary and entries for the above
transactions.
Gii Is passing with a grade of 90
or better were Dorothy Jean Ditt-
mir, 99: LUy Mae Albers. 95; Willis
SST’*"'
Shorthand I class took its first
three-minute, 50-word test last
Thursday. Students who transcribed
their note* with a grade of 95 or
I more were Luann Wilder and Mo-
dena Bowling, 99; Wanda Royse 97-
Dolores Brown and Mary Neattiery’,
96; and Glenna Ingram, 95.
business college.
Irene llRt* her favorites as fol-
lows:
Color, blue: subject, homemak-
ing; sport, basketball; magazine.
Seventeen; orchestra, Tommy Dor-
sey's; book, “The Bent Twig;” song
"My Happiness ” g'
Irene says her pastime is read-
ing and her hobby is typing. Her
most Interesting trip was one which
took her to Yellowstone national
--------tcuuius
two hours of shorthand I, and one
hour each of bookkeeping, Short-
hand II and Typing I.
Miss Noble holds the A. B. and
B. S. degrees from Northwestern
State college, Alva, and master of
commercial education degree from
the University of Oklahoma, Nor-
man.
Much of Miss Noble’s leisure
time is spent reading and em-
broidering. She especially enjoys
*-#«* El Reno highschool
*Bdl accotnPanied by Melbem W
Nixon, director of instrumental
music, again will participate in the
™u*l Oklahoma City university
band clinic Thursday and Friday
***>• 2 and 3. along with six other
top-notch highschool bands of Ok-
lahoma, including Elk city, Nor-
man. Edmond, and Central. Capitol
HlH and Claasen of Oklahoma City.
TTwse organizations will combine
to form a massed band which will
be under the direction of William
Revelli, director of bands at Uni-
versity of Michigan; Bernard Fitz-
gerald. director of bands, University
of Texas; and James Neilson, head
or the Oklahoma City univers'ty
music department.
The massed band will present a
concert at 8:30 p. m. Friday in the
O.C.U. gymnasium. Numbers to be
Played include Grainger’s “Ye
Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon”
and "An Irish Tune from County
Derry,” Gounod's The Queen of
Sheba;’’ "American Legion For-
ever,” a march by Morton Gould;
Wagner's "Trauersinfoine:" "A FVilk
Song Suite” by Ralph Vaughan
Williams; Bach’s “Arioso,” from
his Cantata Number 156; "Cordoba”
by Ernesto Leucona; "11 Guarany’’
an overture by Gomez, and the
Echo Waltz" by Edwin Franko
Goldman, featuring a comet trio
composed of Bill Snyder, cornetist
with the Oklahoma State symphony
orchestra; Joel Wilkinson, band
airector at Capitol Hill junior
highschool, Oklahoma City, and
Carroll Dunn, director of Okla-
homa City's Central highschool
band.
Two Qualify For
Further Tests
Pat King and FYed Wewerka,
two senior students in El Reno
highschool, have passed the navy
college aptitude and Intelligence
tests, It has been announced. This
qualifies them for the physical
exams and reviews to be held in
Dallas, Tex., Feb. 10 If these boys
succeed In passing these tests, the
navy will give them four-year
scholarships to one of the 52 navy
credited NROTC colleges. The Uni-
versity of Oklahoma Is one of these.
Gad-About
Miss Hope Wood working over-
time as Miss Wills Dean .Nichol-
son is ill .. . Max Niles visiting
the homemaking department . .
Max Kirkland playing the har-
Much Happens
At Rehearsals
Students Enjoy
Preparations For
Senior Play
Many persons don't realize that
it takes rehearsals to put on a
play. It takes a lot of them. And
many more persons don’t realize all
the hilarious things that can hap-
P*n at a play rehearsal, unless they
happen to be Max Kirklands.
Some cast members nearly always
*pllt their sides laughing either at
the lines or the antics of the other
players. At one rehearsal of this
year’s senior class play, “You Can't
Take It With You," when Robert
Foster was filling in for an absent
actor, he started laughing so hard
“““ suaymg me nar- actor, he started laughing so h
Guy Taylor escorting a at one line that someone had to
pretty little girl around school, fill in for him.
(Could it be W. B.?> ... AU the
girls in homemaking scrambling
for recipe books . . . Carol Cosby
wanting to know where to buy cer-
tain pattern books. (Learning to
sew, Carol?) ... All the senior
girls talking about their grad-
uation dresses . . . Sue Bjhelman
eating an ice cream cone third
hour Friday.
When the Shorthand I classes
took a review test over the words
In lessons 6-10, students making a
grade of 94 or more were Glenna
Ingram, Luann WUder and Georgia
Feddersen, 98; Dale Stafford, Wan-
da Royse and Sue Stephenson, 96:
Virginia Best and Janie Hunter, 94.
Sfiti1would 1,ke 10 n'1inf-f,awm of many
Officers Elected
By Adelante Club
Adelante Spanish club elected of-
ficers for the second semester last
week. The newly-elected officers are
Bob Turk, prsldent; Lillian Johnson
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varieties
In addition to her classroom
work, Miss Noble is co-sponsor of
Philalathean literary club.
Miss Noble states that her pet
peeve Is “late work with no rea-
son."
OPERATION BAKER
ORAND RAPIDS. Mich. -<U.R>—
saw;:
Mr,
___’ _ None of them ls related.
Last week Mis* Dovie Anna
Nobles sixth-hour Typing I class
changed typewriters, with some
students changing from pica to
elite type and vise versa This
change sounds like a small matter
to outsiders, but it makes a great
difference to beginning students.
This was done to enable the stu-
dents to become acquainted with
other machines. /'Aiilki/'
Student* typing at least 31 correct V-UMING
words a minute with five errors or
fewer were Barbara Brush, 49
Murlene Jeanne Worth and Mary
La June Pace, 45; Pwry Eichor,
41; Helen Roberts and Juanita
Mae Bites. 38; Barbara Brown, 37-
Biliy Wrede, 36; Hilda Ruth Mil-
>«•. 35; Lloyd Cory. 34; and Mary
Neathery, 31.
Noon Meeting Is
Conducted by FHA
Monthly noon meeting of the
Future Homemakers of America
was held Thursday, Jan. 26. in the
El Reno highschool homemaking
rooms.
Margene Barton opened the
meeting, and the devotions were
given by Elaine Bailey and Ernes-
tine Ownby.
The program and table decora-
tions for the parent-daughter ban-
quet were discussed. Letters of ac-
ceptance from Invited guests were
read.
The next meeting, to be at night,
will be Feb. 11, when a program
will be presented by girls from
Oklahoma College for Women,
Chickasha.
Auditorium Is
Scene of Debate
El Reno highschool auditorium
was tlie scene of a fiery debate last
Tuesday between Oklahoma City
Classen’s A team, composed of Bob
Turner and John Thomas, and El
Reno's A team, composed of Bob
Bourne and Guy Taylor There was
no official winner, but El Reno held
Its own.
Several other debates were held
later in the afternoon. Other de-
bate teams for El Reno were Tom
Tolbert and Billy Funk, Dale Henry
suid Alger Clark, Marilyn Norris and
Thomas Foreman, and Joe Davison
and Sandra Chiles. 1 me piay. ho mark it on your
Classen brought over seven debate j dar for 8 P- m. Thursday, F
teams. The El Reno debaters plan Iin highschool auditorium,
to journey to Shawnee FVb. 10 for
an official tournament.
B3 Reno’s teams are coached by
Max Kirkland, speech teacher.
WILLIAMS
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One unusual thing about this /
year’s senior class play ls that Billy
Spurr, Taylor Gustafson and Skip-
per King, three men from the FBI,
make only one entrance: but when
they do, they are the center of at-
traction.
The sound department ran into
trouble with Patrick King’s fire-
crackers at one practice. The stu-
dents just couldn't create an ex-
plosive sound. The latest prop is
a sand bog that falLs to hit a board.
But this is subject to change. You
can be sure though, when you hear
the explosion, that it Isn’t a fire-
cracker.
The stage crew has painted the
secener.v recently. Oh. what fun I
Paint specks all over everything. '
Yes, even on the floor, as someone
accidentally kicked over a can of
brown oil paint. Don't worry, though.
It won't show, and it wUl come off
in time.
These are just some of the thing*
that go to make a play. Sounds like
fun. doesn't it? Well, it is!
And you'll have fun if you attend
the play. So mark it on your calen-
Feb. 2,
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