Handy High School - Occident Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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Bay City celebrated its 100th birthday in the summer of 1957 with a gala celebration. During the week of merry-making, a carnival-like midway was set up in lvenona Park, teeming with bearded men in lumberjack attire. A teen- age dance was held on Handy's football field, there were parties for the kiddies, boat races and fireworks were featured, and the Centennial Ball was the dressy affair of the week, for those who could afford it. Climaxing the week of in- tense celebration was the mile-long parade, which featured relics from the attics of long-time residents, and the beautiful queen who was chosen to reign during Centennial Week. The Centennial Queen and three members of her court rode in high style as a climax of the Centennial Week parade. Miss Beverly Erickson of Pinconning was surrounded by three court members, all Handy grads: jackie Glass, class of '55, Sue Wuepper, '57, and Betty Beach, '58. elcbrated centennial 'fhe Royal Qrder of the Brothers of the Brush dents of the county sprouted whiskers for this displayed their many months' growth of beards Hblrtlldily party, and many ended up in the at the Centennial parade in june. Many resi- brig If they di-ilI1't. Sclzool life

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Amateur comedians and artists made up the cast of the 1957 Musical Merry- Go-Round in May, with the theme tying into -the Bay County Centennial. The tribute to the county was carried out by Indian dances, old-time skits, and other activities out of the past. Under the ex- pert direction of Mr. Robert White and Mr. Earl Loessel, the students portrayed A group of amateur actors presented an old- time comedy routine. Curses, Foiled Again, starred Barbara Skinner, janet Dixon, Ron Lucas, Dick Remington, with Phil Nuffer on the floor. 16 an interesting example of the life in the early days of the county. 1957 MGR Carol Timmons was one of the features in the MerryfGo-Round with her flowing interpretive dancing. School life

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