Brownstown High School - Webb Yearbook (Brownstown, IN)

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“Old Boston” is setting for Bicentennial play Backdrops from a street in Boston to the “Old North Church” and John Han- cock’s house across the river highlighted the stage setting of “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” the Senior class play, presented November 14. As the play began, a high school girl (Cathy Conner) was reading Longfel- low’s poem and became so involved that Paul Revere appeared and began to explain the fallacies in the poem con- cerning the occurences of that famous night. Revere, played by Steve Bach- mann, involved the girl in the real story of his historic ride. Other characters por- trayed colonists involved in warning the countryside that the British were coming. Julie Hackman concluded the play with a dramatic reading of “| am Amer- ica.” According to Mrs. Doris Burcham, director, the reading was added to fur- ther enhance the impact of the Bi- centennial theme. ABOVE: While practicing for the Senior play, Brit- ish soldiers Faith Pottschmidt, Kim Wessel and Pam Holman tell Paul Revere (Steve Bachmann) to get off his horse. 24 Senior play RIGHT: As the narrator (Cathy Conner) reads from Longfellow’s poem, Bob Newman (Daryl Doty) hangs lanterns to warn of the British approach. TOP: Mrs. Burcham, director, tells Dave Gutting and Cathy Conner when Cathy should come onstage.

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Charlestown wins boys’ title; Salem takes girls’ competition Charlestown broke a 6-year winning streak held by Brownstown by capturing the 1976 BCHS Invitational Relays title with a total of 62 points. They also set new records in the Freshman Mile relay (3:52.4) and the Varsity 440 relay (45.3). Brownstown placed second with a score of 52 points. Salem won the girls relays title for the second year in a row. They had a total score of 81%. Charlestown placed sec- ond with 35 points, and Brownstown came in third with 25. Relay records were set in the long jump (16’ 134”— Charlestown), 100 yard dash (12.3—Sa- lem), shot put (35’ 9”—Salem), 440 yard dash (65.1—Salerh), 880 medley relay (2:00.6—Salem), and the 440 yd. relay (53.6—Salem). Barbara Russell was crowned queen of the Invitational Relays by Frank Lah- rman. Patti Sherrill, Susan McCrary, and Cathy Owens were her court. Relays 23

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Students become H.S. principals In Junior play When students, including his own children, became unhappy with the new principal’s tactics, in exaspiration, Mr. Dunhagen relinquished his duties to his son LeRoy and LeRoy’s strange friend, “Buzzy.” The plot thickened when the boys began to run the school and met with opposition from the schoolboard and even the students. The play, “The Worm Shall Squirm,” was presented on April 30 in the Walnut Street Gym. The main cast of twelve played roles of Mr. and Mrs. Dunhagen, their teen- agers, president of the schoolboard, neighbors, and other students. The play was directed by Mrs. Jane Parman, a teacher from the middle school. She was assisted by Ramona Roettger, student director. LEFT: After walking in a protest line against her brother LeRoy and his friend Buzzy, Rosemary Dunhagen cries because they named someone else homecoming queen. ABOVE: To help smooth matters between her husband and the school board, Mrs. Dunhagen in- vites Mr. McDonald over to discuss the situation. TOP: Mr. Dunhagen protests his daughter’s state- ments against his authority on the evening news program. Junior play 25