Fort Laramie High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Fort Laramie, WY)

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FRESHMEN • SOPHOMORES

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TK. Wtf Junior Class Play Presented November 13, 1953 CALL ME DARLING! SMITTY ............................A household maid ....................... Judy Keating MARY JANE ...................... A precocious child of 15...... LaQuita Hubbard MOM IIASKINS .................. A sympathetic woman.............Norma Brittenham AUNT ANNIE...................... A timid soul of about 30...........Hazel Walker VIRGINIA GREGG.............. A pretty and refined girl of 18........ Blye Cobb PAMELA PAYNE ................ A statuesque girl of 19............ Barbara Stabio BILLY HASKINS ............... Boyish, pleasant personality...... George Nietfeld NEELEY........................ A breezy spirited boy of IV......Jimmy Stevenson POP HASKINS........................ A tolerant father............. Wilton Haynes MRS. J. FRANCIS HAMILTON.......... Socially prominent............ Sylvia Sherrill LORELIE HAMILTON ................... An exotic girl................... Jim Rutter MR. CHALMERS ....................... A political man.................. Bob Kapus VS Stage Manager-Norman Michel; Sound Effects-Herbert Paules; Curtains-Sam Field; Programs-Anna Belle Latta; Class Sponsor and Director-Mr. George Kezele; Prompter and Assistant Director-Mrs. Rilla Williams. STORY OF THE PLAY The Haskins family is all in a dither because they are expecting, momentarily, the return of the son, Billy, who through his heroic exploits during the shipwreck has be- come a national figure. When the whole town has turned out to welcome Billy his easy going, homeless pal, Cornelius Neeley Crum is mistaken for the hero. Neeley receives the cheer and adulations, until the Haskins family appear to straighten out the error but not until Pamela Payne, the college reporter has whispered to Virginia (Billy's one-time sweetheart) about Neeley's (whom she believes to be Billy) amorous inclinations. Complications pile up when a local filling station is held up. Pamela elopes, and poor Billy is suspected in both cases. Neeley turns up with $200, the exact amount taken in the holdup. Pop Haskins and Smitty, the maid, are drawn into the misunderstanding and Billy concludes that a hero's role is not all that it should be. However in the end Billy is exonerated and wins the girl of his choice. Neeley is adopted by one of the town's most exalted citizens, and the Haskins family once more basks in the reflected glory of the hero.

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S Xfe iO K ne @l6lA4. LEFT TO RIGHT: Ivan Samson, Tommy Schissler, Sadie Martinez, Ardith Hubbard, Harry Heller, Don Williams, Mr. McKenna--sponsor. Inset- Erma Nolke. President............. Sadie Martinez Vice-President........ Harry Heller Secretary............. Don Williams Treasurer............. Erma Nolke News Reporter......... Ardith Hubbard Safr Mune “i Utonq, In 1944, 11 very eager youngsters started to school in Fort Laramie: Sadie Martinez, Myrna Oliver, Ardith Hubbard, Kathleen Borrcscn. Duane Lambert, David McCunc, Ivan Samson, Dewey Barrs, Melvin Anderson, Alvin Paulcs and Ross Willey, with Mrs. Runscr as our teacher. She was also our second grade teacher, followed by Mrs. Coy, Mrs. Michel, Mrs. Walker and Miss Schultz. Then junior high with Mr. Clawon as sponsor one year and Miss Landon the next. As freshmen we and our sponsor, Mrs. Williams, eluded initiation. This year wc find that only three are left who began together. Along the way we have gained Tom Schissler, Harry Heller, Erma Nolke and Don Williams. Before Mr. McKenna's arrival, Mr. Melonuk helped us initiate the freshmen at the city hall and everyone had a hilarious time. TONY MARTINEZ A class mate in the Navy 20