Columbus East High School - Altis Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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Apple Festival activities: an invitation to Columbus Columbus became the apple of In- diana’s eye” during the week of Oct. 8- 11 when the Chamber of Commerce sponsored its first Apple Festival. Drawing people in from the sur- rounding areas and getting them ac- quainted with Columbus and its shop- ping facilities was the ultimate goal behind the project. Festivities included events like music concerts with the Air Force Band and the Senior Citizen’s Kitchen Band. As Grand Marshal, television personality, Bob Braun, presided over the parade, which featured State Fair contest win- ner Wapahani High School Marching Band and Hanna Barbera characters from King’s Island amusement park. From rock to barber shop quartet, people attend- ing the Apple Festival were exposed to every type of music at free concerts. Kim Ritter displays his winning form in the seed Hungry citizens file through the line to get their spitting contest where he became the Champion sandwiches at the downtown barbeque, sponsored seed spitter in Columbus. by the Downtown Merchants. S-2 Apple Festival

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V Temptation to over exaggerate the cel- ebration of America’s 200th year of Freedom was a major concern for the staff of the 1976 yearbook. Every July Fourth has the usual fireworks, pa- rades, and picnics. This year, however, had to be the biggest, the best, and clos- est where everyone got together to cele- brate the 200th anniversary of the birth of a nation. In order to capture as much of the Bicentennial events as possible, and their effect on us, the activities of the community needed to be told. Thus, the supplement was bom. Conceived during a gab session for future staffers during the summer of '75, it became our contribution to America for her 200th birthday. Despite offers from yearbook companies for using parchment paper or cover designs of the Statue of Liberty or Declaration of Independence; the supplement is our way of recognizing the Bicentennial. bicentennial Supplement

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Senior Bill Hashman, who played William Tell throughout the Apple Festival, distributes wooden nickles from time to time. Jon Brewer misses setting the world record for apple seed spitting by one foot after spitting a seed approximately 33 feet. Mayor Max Andress reads over his program after It the Hope fire department pitted against finishing his meal at the Mayor’s breakfast which the Columbus Fire Department in a waterball opened the Apple Festival. competition. Hope drowned Columbus and sloshed away with the trophy. Apple Festival S-3