Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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 Victory Resounds From Band Cheer, Cheer for Alliance High, rings through the auditorium as the basketball game is ready to begin. The Pep Band, directed by Mr. Don Harriss. creates enthusiastic yells for the team. The Pep Band is truly a contributing factor to our Bulldog spirit. students experience an attitude of anxiety. Finally the l« ng awaited vacation has begun. Tired, contented citizens leave their City for a brief interlude. Choir and Band Present Gifts Mr. Harry Toenjes. Junior High Band director, exclaims. What a pretty shirt! The band and choir students presented Mr. Blinde. Mr. Harriss. and Mr. Toenjes with gifts at the annual choir and band party. Mr. Harriss was given a gift certificate and Mr. Blinde received a backseat radio speaker. Dick Householder, band captain, and Roger MacNeill. choir president, made the presentations.

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STUDENTS WHIRL . . . into a flurry of activities that match the excitement of the season! The first semester nears it’s end . . . various organizations sponsor Christmas programs and parties Santa Claus Is Cornin' to Town Lynn Hansen and Shirley and Carol Appleby look on admiringly as Santa Claus shows them the presents he will give to the boys and girls at the Indian Mission Each year the Y-Teens bring gifts to be given to the Indian children. The Y-Teen Service Committee planned a program and a good time was had by all. Hint: Joan Stilley plays the part of Jolly Old St. Nick. F.F.A. Initiates Ten M-M-M-M-M Good Nightclubbers” in 'Hernando’s Hiedaway” enjoy cake and punch at the refreshment tabic of the Pep Club Formal. Pictured above arc Jerry Nuss, J. D. Smith, Cclinda Mounts. Bob Lilly, and Jane Woodham. Silhouetted walls, paper champagne glasses hung from the ceiling, and red and white paper table cloths made the theme Hernando's Hideaway the best ever. Upon entering the gym, couples were ushered to the tables by girls carrying flashlights. Highlight of the evening came at 10:00 p.m. when Roger MacNeill was presented as Pep Club Boyfriend. His attendants were Tom Wright and Jerry Atkins. Ten boys w'ere initiated into the first degree of the Future Farmers of America, October 14, 1957. As prescribed by the F. F. A. Manual, the boys are holding a rope and wearing green hands” on their shirts. 18

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 A Crutch for Polio STUDENTS SETTLE . . . to a school mid-seasonal pace. The weather is bad one day and good the next . . . but spring is just around the corner. A Club initiates new' members . . . juniors make “Buy a crutch for polio, Sally Mintzer says to Jim Trabert. Geri Lichty tells Jim Reynolds that he can vote for the polio king and queen if he buys a crutch Students of A. H. S. could buy them for a dime and. by doing so. advance the “Teens for Polio drive. This Messy Stuff! Pictured above are the main leads of the operetta, Finian’s Rainbow. The operetta, a comedy presented by the members of senior choir, can be described by the words fantasy, reality, Irish folklore, and romance. County Government Highlight for Juniors Diana Craig and Dixie Rader are pictured talking to Mr. Wheeler, social science teacher. They arc making preparations for County Government. Each year the student body elects students to be officers in the government of the county. This gives the students a closer look at our government and how it works.