Central High School - Arrow Yearbook (Aberdeen, SD)

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Pictured at the end of the play are Beth Westra, Kevin Button, Ai Lane, Steffen Porter and Cindy Midthun. Old Times Return in Melodrama Steffen Porter, Ai Lane, Dale Schornack, Paul Novak and Bob Mason all look very confident at the beginning of the play. In the past two years the fall play has been a musical, but once again Central was faced with change as a Melodrama, “Ten Nights in a Barroom,” was presented. The play was presented November 14 and 15 in the Civic Theater under the direction of Miss Patricia Peterson, and student director, Gwyn Pautsch. The play was an old time melodrama complete with hero and villain, barbershop quartet, hisses and boos from the audience, and even a rinkytink piano. The melodrama was a tale of sorrow and repentence as Romaine and Mehitable Cartright try to save Sample from the evils of the alcohol sold by the greedy landlord, Simon Slade and his son, Frank. Disaster strikes as Sweet Mary dies to save her drunken father and young Willie is slain by the nefar- ious Harvey Green. But good triumphs as Sample and Joe Morgan reform, Green is hung and Slade is murdered by Frank.

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Tables Turn on Sadie Hawkin's Day Lee Ann Swenson and Tom Rathbun flash big Sadie smites! Again, Sadie Hawkins brought girls one step closer to Women’s Liberation. Girls had a chance to take out their favorite guy, on Saturday, November 4. Girls were looking for light-weights rather than heavy-weights, on account of admission being a penny per pound for guys. Couples were dressed in “old grubbies” and danced to music provided by “Gravel Road.” Participation in the traditional hog-calling con- test consisted of three contestants, Bill Hayes was chosen outstanding hog-caller and was given a plastic pig. Kurt Lovrien and Debbie deDianous take a break. Scott Scepaniak, Debbie Haase and Bill Harris jive, jay Schlagel, Carla Van Beek, Tim Schweitzer and Lynn Halley stand by for hog-calling contest to begin.

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'm going to die ' states Diane The is to her father, Kevin Jtton, and to her mother, Beth Westra. Romaine.........................Alan Lane Simon Slade.....................Dale Schornack Willie Hamond...................Paul Novak Sample Swichel..................Steffen Porter Harvey Green....................Bob Heiser Frank Slade.....................Bob Mason Joe Morgan.......................Kevin Button Mrs. Slade......................Diane Schwab Mrs. Morgan.....................Beth Westra Mary Morgan.....................Diane Theis Methitable Cartright............Cindy Midthun Narrator........................Lyle Carlson Barbershop Quartet: Dave Holdhusen Wally Bray Rich Wendt Gwyn Pautsch The Extras: Lon Hawley Earl Welles Roily Feickert Pianist.........................Patricia Peterson Director........................Patricia Peterson Assistant Director..............Gwyn Pautsch Costumes Mistress...............Marilyn Tiet Publicity Chairman..............Mindy Diet Lighting Master.................John Sullivan Stage Manager...................Cathy Bosma Prop Mistress...................Jean Woodard The barbershop quartet, Rich Wendt, Dave Holdhusen, Wally Bray and Gwyn Pautsch, seem to be putting their whole heart into their singing. • Diane Schwab and Dale Schornack look as if they're having a heated argument. Dale Schornack, Paul Novak and Steffen Porter look as if they are hamming up Paul's death scene quite a bit. 21