Fairbury High School - Trail Yearbook (Fairbury, NE)

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Make Believe Stunned, the group turns to look at Hazel, as her father discovers two engagement rings on her lin er. Standing tleft to rightl: Allen Wood. Julius Lawford: Carol Else, Emelina Tetler: LeRoy Hughes. Bill Iudson: George Holloway. Tim Redford: Dale Walker. Walter Sandley. Seated Cleft to rightl: Ianice Eisenhauer. Irene Sandley: Doris lean Washburn. Honey Maley: Cleo Hummel. Coletta Sandley: Ieanette Hayes, Ioan Hummel: Richard Iohnson. Stanley Hanford. The life of an attractive young Woman can be very exciting, as Dana Thomas demonstrated in his play, Yours Until Tomorrow. Hazel Sandley, the oldest daughter of Walter and lrene Sandley, started the comedy by ac- cepting an engagement ring from lim Bedford, Whom she loved devotedly. Two hours later, when Bill ludson, an old flame, returned and popped the question, she also accepted his Page 44 ring. Her younger sister Coletta enjoyed the excitement, but her parents, Who seemed old- fashioned, were greatly troubled. Unable to choose between the two, Hazel decided to use tests to determine which Was the better man. To test them for jealousy she persuaded Stanley Hanford, Whom she greatly disliked, to make love to her, but the plan backfired for when Bill and lim discovered the fake love scene they both socked Stanley and walked out. To make matters Worse, when loan Hummel, Stanley's girl, entered and saw Hazel and Stanley, she left on the verge of tears. Refusing to accept defeat, Hazel let 'il-loney Maley attempt to get a date with one of them, but both men resisted Honeys ap- proaches. The play was brought to a happy ending when Hazel chose Bill, loan returned to Stanley and, to add to the romance, lulius Lawford, an old beau of Mrs. Sandleys, fell in love with Mr. Sandley's secretary, Emilina Tetler. Thanks to the splendid direction of Miss lane Albaugh and hard work by everyone, the play was a complete success. The old must look old and the young must look young: this is the job of the make-up crew as they go to work giving new' laces to the actors ol the junior class play, Yours Until To- morrow. This committee's splendid work added greatly to the success of the play.

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is 2 Blond'ng their musical ability in the saxophone quartet are: XV Knsbr.-l. Richard Marshall and Bob Kenney. illis Else. Iunior The band added brilliance of color and sound at appearances in the Fairbury lmplement EX- position and Memorial Day parade in the spring. With few of its members graduating, the prospects for an even more successful season for '49 are highly favorable, Tuning up for their weekly practice is the sopho- more cornet trio consisting of Eugene Erwin. Bob Melander and Doyle Austin. who are play- ing together for their second year. , l..c...,,--nm After working strenuously for several weeks the band finally accomplished the difficult feat of forming a heart. At first it always seemed that one side or the other was unbalanced or that a few' people insisted on squatting down on the left instead of the right foot. But at length. the task was completed and presented to everycne's satisfaction and enjoyment. Page 43

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'l'here's No Business Like Show Business. This was the theme song of the dramatically tal- ented seniors of '48, After three weeks of hard rehearsal, New Fires, a comedy by Charles Quimby Burdette, was presented May 7, l94tS. Stephen Santry, an author living in Chicago, decided to send his family to a farm in Missouri which he inherited from an eccentric uncle. The sophisticated family looked on the ven' ture as a vacation trip until Stephen informed them if they wanted to eat they must Work for it. The family revolted. ln desperation to get to go back to Chicago, Olive, the oldest daugh- ter, played sick. Dr. Lynn Gray, a young counf try doctor, was called in to diagnose the case. l-le discovered the foul play, but announced that Olive had a heart ailment and couldnt go back to Chicago, Olive rebelled and planned to hitch-hike home until a neighbor girl, Mary Mar' shall, who came to visit Phyllis and Billy Santry, broke out with scarlet fever. During the quarantine Dr. Gray and Clive fell in love. Dick Santry and his wife, Eve, took a liking to farm life and decided to settle down to fruit growing and poultry raising and Stephen offered to give them the farm if they could make a success of it. Miss lane Albaugh, the director, the cast and all the committees deserve high praise for make ing the presentation the success that it Was. As lar as shooting is concerned, Butch Pleis. Ierry, is an cxperul. Here he explains to Lorence Kenning, Billy, the bagging of his first rabbit. Hubby, Ice Lesher, relaxes as his wife, Shirley Hammond, helps to put on a pair of house slippers during a scene in the senior class play. T he whole cast of the senior playA watch as Sid Sperry makes the presentation speech. Standing Cleft to rightl: Lillian Hohensee Mrs. Marshall: Lorence Kenning, Billy: Lillian McGin!y. Mrs. Santry: Willis Day, Mr. Santry: Charles Scheuler, Sid Sperry: Dorlha Garrison, Olive: Iim Preston, Dr. Gray: Allene Willig, Suzanne: Norma Hock, Mrs. Sperry. Seated: Belly DeBoer, Lucinda: Ruth Cunningham, Mary: Ice Lesher, Dick: Shirley Hammond, Eve: Butch Pleis, Ierry: Shirley Snyder, Phyllis. Page 45