Blue Hill High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Blue Hill, NE)

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Seniors FW Left to rightz' joeline Kuhn, Sharon Bentz, Don Bauder, john Tjaden, Pat Roberts, Doris Hofman, Ken Buschow, Keith Kort, Dale Strasburg, Ruth Hofman, Alvin Witte, Marlys Oye, larry Brehm, Barbara Bachman, Dan Baird, Mr. Pearson, director MSTRANGER IN THE NIGHT Sylvia Lee ..........................,........... Barbara Bachman Mable Crane ....... ...... R uth Hofman Grant Terry ...... ....... ...,.. . D an Baird J. T. Rutledge ...... - .......... ...... A lvin Witte Velda Stevens ....... -- ........... ....... M arlys Oye Clifford Newkirk ........ - ..,.......... Dale Strasburg Nona Pollard ........ Sharon Bentz Eddie Beach ....., .......... D on Bauder Rose jordan ......... ....... J oeline Kuhn Sam Fisk ......,....... ........ K eith Kort Marcella Bender Sandra King ..... Policeman ...... Pat Roberts Doris Hofman Ken Buschow The senior class play, Stranger in the Night, a three-act comedy, was presented on December 9, at 8:00 p. m. A book and gift shop owned by Sylvia Lee and her partner, Mable Crane, located off the lobby of the Boulevard Hotel, is the center of comedy and mystery. Other employees in the hotel are: Nona Pollard, an emotional and romantic elevator opera- tor, a lively bellhop, Eddie Beach, energetic Marcella Bender who operates a gymnasium. Other inhabi- tants of the hotel who help to identify a mysterious author and wouldbe murderer are: J. T. Rutledge, a retired business executive, his secretary, Velda Stevens, Clifford Newkirk, a studious young man, a successful business woman, Rose jordan, and Sandra King, a lady wrestler. Grant Terry, trying to un- cover a newsworthy story, captures, with the help of the policeman, the murderer, Sam Fisk, alias hotel detective. Also, Sylvia Lee was discovered to be the unknown author of Mable's favorite book, How to Capture the Man of Your Choice.

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Back row: Sharon Kort, Nancy Muhleisen, Betty Karr, Hilda jesske, Marian Huse, Victoria Nemecek, Geor- gia Mazour, Neil Rose, Mr. Pearson Front row: Ron Kort, Ron Muhleisen, Ruth Baird amine Haw 77544 TOO MANY GIRLS On April 24, the junior Class of '59 presented the play, Too Many Girls. Mr. Bill Pearson directed this most delightful, three-act comedy, and Mary Alyce McMahon assisted as student director. Too Many Girls is all about getting Uncle Henry married. The trouble is that Uncle Henry is against marriage because there has been only one girl in his life, and she is now a famous radio style commentator. But Uncle's little family, consisting of his sister, Laura, and his nieces, Helen and Dulcy, are just waiting for the day when Henry will meet the right girl. Laura is waiting for Doctor Harold to pop the question, and Helen is anxious to be- come engaged to her one and only boy-friend, Peter Drake. Dulcy, a precocious young woman of fifteen, decides to do something for her suffering female rel- atives. Dulcy writes a letter to Georgia East, the radio commentator, telling her that Uncle Henry is desperately ill and calling for her in his delirium. Helen prevails upon Peter, who was a big hit as the leading lady in his school play, to masquerade as Georgia and try to rekindle the old flame in Henry's heart-only until Henry relents and agrees to their engagement. But the real Georgia East appears on the scene first, and when Helen learns of this, she is frantic trying to contact Peter and appraise him of the situation. Then 'lAlong Comes Spring. Spring is a young and pretty girl who has been sent to visit Uncle Henry by Grandma Hudson. Grandma, too, thinks it is about time that Cupid has an assist where Uncle Henry is concerned. When all these com- plications set in, Henry really does think he is going to have a nervous collapse. There are now just too many women in his life. He even takes to a wheel chair in his efforts to drive them out. But don't for- get Spring, This young lady sets about straighten- ing out Henry's life, and she more than succeeds, thus making possible three marriages: that of herself to Henry, that of Laura to Dr. Harold, and that of Helen to Peter Drake. ' CAST OF CHARACTERS Dora, the maid . .. . ......... .. . Georgia Mazour Dulcy . .. .. . ..... . .................. . Sharon Kort Laura . . ..... . ..... . Ruth Baird Agnes, girl next door .... Nancy Muhleisen Henry ..... . . . .. ........ . .. Ron Kort Helen ...... ....... Marian Huse Dr. Harold .. ................ Neil Rose Peter .. .. . Spring . Georgia East . Millie, Henry's secretary .. Ron Muhleisen Betty Karr Victoria Nemecek Hilda jesske ?9aa,m,m ,allag Zdemlfope 770. ?ecvwaa ddzeeteaf, and mme maze flop:

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Mr. LaVoie directs the cast in one scene in the high school operetta 71594 Seam! CAST OF CHARACTERS Fernando Fussbutton ........ff77.....ff-.4,.----ff4- DHD Baird Samanthia Highnote .,,A.A. ,,....f...-. M ildfffd Lukas Mary Allen ,,v,ssoo,,,,,,,,--, .,,-,,.. B arbara Bachman Anastasius Longword ..ff......... Neil Rose John Warren ,,......... ...V-fv----- T Om Korr Wuhingron ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ..,... D uane BuSChOW Girls' Quartet Jean ,.,,.,,,..,........,.,,,.- ..... M ary Courtright Jane ....... June ............. Joyce .................. Boys' Trio Jerry ............,...... Jack ....... Betty Karr Ruth Baird Pat Roberts Roger Hesman Dale Gartner Jim ........ ..,.,. D ean Wormuth WORDS AND MUSIC Mixed Chorus members of the Blue Hill High Schools music dapartment presented the operetta, Words and Music, on May 14, 1959, in the high school gymnasium under the direction of Mr. Gary LaVoie. The story is concerned with Barton College and its annual custom of presenting an operetta. Be- cause the head of the dramatic art department Cwho usually writes the operettaj is afflicted with a severe case of measles, trouble arises. A typical operetta scene with its interested onlookers Barbara and Tom rehearse one of their duets in the operetta 0,eefaeZZ'a In order that the Barton tradition might be con- tinued, President Fussbutton imposes upon Dean Highnote, dean of music, to write the musical score, and upon Dean Longword, dean of English, to write the speaking parts. All seems to be in good order when it is found that the two deans are as old-fashioned as the horse and buggy. In desperation john, secretary to Dean Longword, and Mary, secretary to Dean Highnote, convince their bosses that they are too old-fashioned to write a modern operetta, and they should let friends in New York of john and Mary do it for them. Neither dean knows of the other's plans. In reality john and Mary write the entire operetta. Without giving either dean a chance to see the completed work, john and Mary give it to President Fussbutton and the faculty. After hearing a bit of the operetta, the faculty gasps in astonishment, as the operetta is a wee bit hotsy-totsy, and john and Mary confess that they wrote the operetta, not the deans. Following this revelation, Fussbutton decides to use the operetta, being sure to state that it is a student-written operetta. Highnote and Longword are greatly relieved, and Longword invites Highnote to attend the operetta on opening night with him. This situation, combined with the amusing antics of Washington, the colored handyman, and the songs of the Boys' Trio, the Girls' Quartet, and the Mixed Chorus made for a delightful high school operetta. Entire cast and stage chorus assembled on stage for one of the songs in the operetta