Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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Just a Buck Brought a Panther Band Spectacular, Wrth a roll of drums and a clash of cymbals th curtarn swung back on the 1958 Panther Band Varrety Show the f1rst of rts krnd to be held rn Elwood No one among the 2 800 people who saw the Vane tres could rmagrne how much work had gone rnto rt Plans for the show were drawn up rn December and every one had been workrng hard srnce then But the crowd drd know that what rt saw was worth far more than the buck admtssron prrce Show -stopprng acts were the Drxreland Flve the trombone sectton s Shoutrn Lrza Trombone Mr Brugger s Srxteen Tons Ann Krncard s Spotlrght on the Plano and the foutme PY the Wlukle Malofettes The Panther Band had two guest performers Mrss Trudy Land captured the hearts of her audrence Lrttle Selrta Sue Smrth natronal s1x year old twrrlmg champ was outstandrng Elwood and W1llk1e Hrgh were certarnly proud of the Panther Band and the Band Parents that ntght Lovely D1ane Etchrson was accompamed by the Wrllklettes Pretty Trudy Land of Wmdfall thrrlled the audrence wrth her The Feature Twrrlers krcked up a Ann K1HC31d was outstandmg rn srngrng Redskm Ramble Spothght on the Pran ' 18 L i l 7 . , e The finale of the Varieties was the Gay Nineties beautiful backlight effects- - - . ll ' .Il u - f O 1 Q I

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Last night my team went down so narrowly When I had thought that we would have won so easily Indeed I dreamed of a length of swift successes Glorifred by fabulous play and htgh heroics But then of a sudden it was over And we were out eliminated fawful wordlj I was held fast in the cold arms of defeat T11 hardly could I breathe The victor s shouts and laughter like lashes Whipped the raw flesh of my misery Mockrng dending exultmg Indeed I wished that I were dead I sought the sanctuary the cloak of night Even the stars looked down to mock my awful shame And I wished again that I were dead Someone to soften and console with arm about my shoulder said We ll show them all next year But next year is so very far away By then I could be dead I hoped I would be dead That all that was yesterday This morning I awoke to the barking of my dog Cavorting about my bed He was as glad to see me as before Sensed not the bitterness of my defeat Outside my window a new bird of spring Shrilled out his ancient song of Joy The sun rode up the sky dignified and serene Warming alike the winners and the losers And I was glad I was ahve C tg 4i.,fi'72J,f,f' and o Heart breaking Sectional Loss to Pendleton. The backing of the fans plays an important role in sectional crowns. This year Elwood was unde- feated in spirit. During Red and Blue Week students such as Janie Bykowski and Jane Marty decorated the halls and rooms. The Panthers lost a heart-breaking overtime game to Pendleton in El- wood's first game. But all of Elwood was immensely proud of their Panthers.

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and Half-ca-Buck Brought o Terrific Junior Class Play Mr Donald Brown drrects a tense scene durrng the dress rehearsal l 1 sf' M mi 9 it, 'sgukigh X Everythlng went wrong when the Albrrghts trred to entertarn Stephen Dunberry Entitled Susan Steps Out, the junior class play was presented to the public on April 24, 1958. The story revolved around a teen -age girl Susan Al- bnght who decrded that havrng Just moved to Hammondvrlle rt was hlgh nme somethlng was done to make her famrly known She decrded that the best way to accomphsh thrs was to rarse the money for a new gymnasium To do thrs she wrote to an eccentnc but wealthy old man Stephen Dunberry who l1ved rn Hammondvrlle as a youth To the sur prrse of everyone he promptly sent a check to pay for the new gym Then he changed hrs mrnd cancelled the check and decrded to v1s1t Susan and her fam rly srnce rt turned out they hved rn hrs boyhood home The results were enought to keep everyone laughrng Members of the cast were Ann Orbaugh Jerry Mc Coy Judy Hartrng Ted Schuck Judy Barber Mary Jo Brown Dave Small Lors Bohlander Brll Hobson Darlene Rodgers Esteleen Arnold and Chrrs Pantos Mary Jo Brown trres to console The make up commrttee worked B111 Hobson after he fell 1n a Judy Hartrng srghs as she hears overtrme preparrng the cast for water tank another rdea of Ann Orbaugh the play Y 19 5 I . U :ga fa: T . ' ' Y , - I . I I I I I . I l I A , . - . si sk I k . o , , Y , A it f w. , T T A if 4' X r, . s'f- , - f: - rf. 'We . ,, '4 .-1 e- 2 ' A , slsi 5 siir ,I '15 K 5 f H y' X ggi, gf? o fi 35:1 T f B f M' X '5 5 Q ,Hi 'fs at i . ' 1 1. w.......i