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

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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

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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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Mary Romine, senior, expresses surprise and ex- citement after being voted Miss Congeniality by the other Junior Miss candidates. Bob Braun of the 50-50 club television show fills his capacity as Grand Marshal of the Apple Festi- val parade. S-4 Junior Miss Exhibiting the proper equipment, Dr. Charles Rau prepares to demonstrate the procedure used in wine making during the agriculture show at the Commons. Mr. Will Shakle explains the steps used in cutting beef correctly at the beef cutting demonstration at the Agriculture show.