Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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10 Musical TOP LEFT: Fiorello fScott Butler talks with his sec- retary Marie CCaroI Pohlpeterj about discrimina- tion. BOTTOM LEFT: Morris fNorman Dodsonj and Mrs. Pomerantz fSandy Steinj celebrate in the Jewish section. ABOVE: Dora CSharon Sowersj talks to Marie fCarol Pohlpeterj about Thea's ar- rest. ABOVE RIGHT: As the crooked politicians play poker at Ben Marino's, they select a candi- date for Congress. FAR LOWER RIGHT: Fiorello encourages the strikers of NIFTY SHIRTWAIST CMuffy Walker and Dawn Hoenigj as Thea fNora Bakery joins the picket line. MIDDLE LOWER RIGHT: Alice Son helps Craig Dickinson with make-up. LOWER RIGHT: Fiorello and Thea enjoy a quiet moment. PHOTOS BY: B. Peppie.

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-THE OW LEFT: Carol Pohlpeter and Nora Baker run through their lines during dress rehearsal for the summer musical, FlOFlELLO. TOP: The hay flies after the Science and Photo Club hayride for the North Dakota students in October. ABOVE: Writ- ten on the blackboard in the Little Theatre is a message from the North Dakota students. lays and Home- coming activities have been a part of FMHS since the early 1900's. ln addition to these tradi- tional events, summer musicals and a student exchange program are popular happenings. Students from all grades com- bined their efforts and creativity to produce the second summer musical. Using their acting, di- recting, and behind-the-scene experience, students produced the Junior Class Play, and the One-Acts. To get a wider knowledge of different climates and cultures, the school exchanged students with a North Dakota school. For one week Fort Madison and Minot, North Dakota students dis- cussed and explored the prob- lems, attitudes, and traditions of their areas. BELOW LEFT: B. Fitzsimmons. CENTER: B Pepple. OPPOSITE TOP: D. Fraise. OPPO SITE RIGHT: B. Thornburg.

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MUSICAL lllREll0 Presented luly 9-11 FIORELLO, a political satire based on a portion of former New York mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia's life, was presented by the FMHS vocal music department July 9, 10, 11. A proclama- tion signed by Mayor E. R. Rainey of Ft. Madison designated these days as Fiorello H. LaGuardia Days in honor of his' accomplishments as mayor through the depression and World War ll. FIORELLO was the ninth annual mu- sical presented at FMHS and the sec- ond produced during the summer. Ter- ryl Otto and Bill Slicker, co-directors, expressed their support for the sum- mer musical program. They appreciate the convenience of longer rehearsal times when students do not have to re- port after a full day of school. The di- rectors also find more students free during the summer months and fewer conflicts of schedules. Donna Smith was the student direc- tor ofthe musical production, with Liza Alton serving as a character director. The musical accompaniment for the two act, 17 scene play was provided by members of the FMHS and Aquinas bands. The play was based on a book writ- ten by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott with music by Jerry Brock and lyrics by Sheldon Hornick. Musical 11