VOLUME XXVI

 

HALSTEAD, KANSAS, HIGH SCHOOL, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1944

 

Basketball Squad Is
Honored at Program

Each Player Receives Box of
Wheaties—‘“Breakfast
of Champions”

A special assembly was held at
ong o’clock March 27 in recogni-
of the basketball boys who
n thé\Class B state champion-
shi
The program was opened with
the National Anthem and the flag
salute after which brief talks were
en by Coach Avy Masterson; J.
: cDowell, president of the
Boa of Education; and W. R.
Masters, mayor of Halstead. As a
ecial gift to the team, a box of
ties, “Breakfast of Champ-
” was presented to each play-
er by Mr. McDowell.
Maurice Wear, captain of the

 

DR. F. .C. ALLEN WILL
SPEAK AT BANQUET
Dr. F. C. Allen, athletic director
at the University of Kansas, has:
been secured as the speaker for
the banquet honoring Halstead’s
two state champion teams—the
Dragon basketball squad, Class B
titlists for the state, and the debate
squad, Class C state champions.
The banquet will be held April 18..

4-H CLUB PRESENTS
PLAY IN ASSEMBLY
The Halstead Progressive 4-H
Club presented a one-act play en-
titled “Orchids for Roslind’ by
Pauline Phelps in assembly, March
24,
The story was about the Ham-
mond family. Robert was to take
Marie Brokaw to a dance. He

thinks she is the famous movie |
star and orders $15 worth of or-

 

MUSIC DEPARTMENT
APPEARS IN CONCERT
The music department of Hal-

stead high school under the_direc-

tion of Karl E. Johnson presented
a concert in the school auditorium
Friday evening.

The mixed ‘chorus and girls’ glee
club each sang five selections. The
girls’ quartet, composed of Mar-
jorie Armstrong, Mary Lou Pecken-
schneider, Colleen Thornhill, and
Cloyce Brown, sang ‘Rockin’ in
de Win’” and the girls’ trio, con-
sisting of Marjorie Armstrong, Col-
leen Thornhill, and Cloyce Brown,
sang “Trees.” Helen Schriver sang
a solo entitled “The Holy City.”

Cloyce Brown and Mary Lou
Peckenschneider played the ac-
companiment for the group num-
bers.

 

NUMBER i

“7 HAT STEAD WINS CLASS B STATE CROWN

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Defeats Clearwater
29-20 in Final Game

Go Through Season With 25
Victories and No
Losses

By turning back Olivet 51 to 22
and Clearwater 29 to 20 in the fi-
nals at Topeka March 24-25, the
Halstead Dragons won their sec-
ond Class B state championship in
three years. The two victories ran
the Dragons’ total to 25 and left
them the only undefeated team in
the state.

Halstead-Olivet

Led by England, the Halstead
quintet rolled over Olivet in easy
fashion Friday evening, outscor:
ing the Zoomers 20 to 3 in the
first period.