Fernald High School - Echo Yearbook (Fernald, IA)

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Ti EFIIOI' On April 30, the Seniors presented the hillbilly comedy, Hillbilly 1Ved- din to an enthusiastic crowd. The cast was as follows: Paw Belsnickle-the lazy father .................. Charles Chitty Maw Belsnickle-the demanding mother ....... Katherine Turner Ceelie Belsnickle---daughter 19 ......... .. Mary jean Kaufman .. . . . .. Thelma Smith .. Mary Anne Larson ... . .. Martha XVatt ... . . . Mary 1'Yatt Bon'nie Mae Belsnickle-daughter 18 .. Juney Lou Belsnickle-daughter 16 Four Belsnickle-daughter 14 ....... Five Belsnicklevdaughter 13 ........ Six Belsnickle-adaughter 12 ............. ..,. S ally Lyons Obeey Upschlagera-18 year old neighbor .. Allen Anderson Chiz Upschlager-Obeey's brother, 17 .... .. Gerald Klonglan Ronald Maxwell-medical student, 25 .. ........ Bob NN'ise Lucy Maxwell-Ron'ald's haughty aunt .. jo Ann Nelson The Reverend-valley's only minister ..... Cav Huhn Cousin Zeke--relative of Belsnickles . , . .... Ray Couser STORY OF THF PLAY Paw Belsnickle is a man with a problem. Rather SIX problems- in the form of six unmarried daughters. 'luney Lou, his third daughter, is a pretty girl who wants to marry Homer Upschlager. Since he wants to marry her at first glimpse the solution may seem simple. But No!! Maw Belsnickle has decided 'luney Lou cannot be nnarried until Ceelie, a rip: old nineteen, and Bonnie Mae, the bookworm, are safely married off. She elects paw to get husbands for them. Paw takes his shotgun off the wall with a very simple method of procuring the necessary husbands in mind. lie decides to wing them, pick out the buckshot, and have them married to his daughters belore they know what has happened. Bonnie Mae, how- ever, declares that method is out of style and balks at the entire idea of getting married. Ceelie is far more interested in her pet rattlesnakes than a husband but she is perfectly willing to get married. She is, in fact, willing to do anything but take a bath. ln the midst of Paw's husband chasing, Ronald Maxwell, a medical student, and his aunt arrive at the Belsnickles' mountain cabin. They are touring through the hills and theii car has broken down. Temporarily they seek shelter at the cabin. Both Ceelie and Bonnie Mae are attracted to the handsome stranger. Bonnie Mae keeps her adoration secret. Ceelie, however, demands that Paw cap- ture Ronald Maxwell for her. She utterly refuses to marry anyone else. That presents a major problem since Ceelie is the dirtiest, homeliest hill- billy girl in' the Valley. Paw gets his trusty gun, but, unfortunately, misses Ronald. Two neighbors tmale and unmarriedj decide that the handsome stranger loose among the Valley's most attractive girls is a menace they must do away with. They decide to fake a fend to scare him away. Maw won't allow Paw to take another shot at Ronald so he, ignorant of the other plan, also decides to fake a fend and shoot a husband for Ceelie under the protective curtain of fire. Both sides determine to use poor Ceelie as bait. lt's all a merry mix-up from there on!! They have a bigger feud than anyone dreamedg the rattlesnakes escape in the cabin, someone is bitten tor pretends to bej and Paw finally forces Ronald to the altar with Ceelie. just in the nick of time Bonnie Mae rescues Ronald, Ceelie finds a husband who really wants her and it's a happy ending for all concerned. 20

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unior Class Ifrunt Row: I-lay Mauser, livelyu hIz11'hoe, Vhyliss Stevens, Bzlrburzl Czm Cmsby, lhbllllll l7zm'if-lsm1, Kay lluhu, Janet Nlcllricle, Florence XY:1tt, De llauclszlker. 22 thou, Nlurgaret Miller, Helen XX'l1cc-luvk, Mike Kendall. Rack Row: liluiup