Decatur Central High School - Hawkeye Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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I Abner (Andy Nicely) shares a moment with lisy Mae (Melodie Prillimon) on his way to find mething necessary. the Conpone Meeting, all the Dogpotchers ten as Senator Phogbound (Ch ris Fitzpotrick) jnounces plans to turn their town into a bomb iting site. Cast of Characters L ' il Abner Andv Nirpiv Daisy Moe Marryin ' Sam Eorthquake McGoon . Mommy Yokum . . . Poppy Yokum . . Melodie Prillimon . . Kevin Sterrett . . Croig Emmert . . Heother White . . Mark Schroeder . . Shown Cornes . . Sondhi Ahern . . Aaron Cootes . . Tony Nelson . . Chris Fitzpotrick . Anthony Fitzpotrick . . Lauro Emmert General Bullmoose . . Appassionato Evil Eye Fleogle . . . Dr. Finsdole Senotor Phogbound . . Avoiloble Jones Stupefyin ' Jones Fall Ploy 25

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Hillbillies Take DCs Stage by Storm The Dogpatch Dilemma . . . This year saw change in the way things were done in the Drama department. One of the changes involved the moving of the yeor ' s spring musical to the fall to allow the directors more time in working with a much larger cast. The year ' s production of 1 7 Abner was based on the lives and ad- ventures of the comic book hillbillies from the backwoods town of Dogpatch. In the musical, the beauty of the town, Daisy Mae, was after the boy she had always hoped to marry, Li ' l Abner. She was working to do just that on Saddie fiawkins Day, when the girls chased the boys they liked in o race, and if they caught them, they got to marry them! However, the gov- ernment had just declared Dogpatch unnecessary and had demanded that eve- ryone leave so the town could be used for a nuclear bomb testing site. All plans were halted, though, when it was discovered that the strengthening tonic which Li ' l Abner took every day could turn any man into a muscle man. Totol chaos happened throughout the Mommy Yokum (Heather White) shows that she is in charge of the Yokum Clan, much to Poppy ' s (Mark Schroeder) dismay. Morryin ' Sam (Kevin Sterrett) tries to prove to Dr. Finsdole (Tony Nelson) and the Government Man (Aaron Coates) that Dogpatch is necessary. musical when the country ' s own General Bullmoose tried every evil scheme he could devise to get the secret of the tonic and use it in order to rule the world. The musical made a big hit with eve- ryone. Opening night for Li ' l Abner was a sellout. On its second performance, it missed a sellout crowd by thirty seats. Another change that came about was the first-time co-directing of a production be- tween Drama Director, Kathleen Hollibaugh, and Choral Director, Susan Denney, with Senior Vicki fforrell as the Student Director. The cast and crews put in many long hours of work, but in the end it was all worth it. I feel Li ' l Abner went very well; we had a sellout and made a lot of money for the Drama Department. [ ' Abner was a big musical and everyone worked together as a unit. No single person made it work, it took everyone to bring it together, commented the Drama Director, Kathleen Hollibaugh. It all just went to show why Decotur was still rising above the rest. 24 Fall Ploy

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Freshman Chod Mann uses the computer in the lob to do a moth assignment. The computer lob was offered to students in tfieir study halls to work on programs. Students in sophomore English learn gerunds, infinitives, and participles. English was required for all four years of high school. Senior Sherri Cochran uses the card catalog in the library. The card catalog helped many students locate books. 26 Academic divider