Kimball County High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Kimball, NE)

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A Pageant Led Us Through the

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mm ALONG WITH MANY other football fans. Superintendent Darryl Kile spent a evening at the North Platte Holiday Inn, enroute to the football playoffs. The varsity cheerleaders helped Mr. Kile and a few friends take a swim in the hotel pool • SUPERINTENDENT Darryl Kile assists Mr. Buford Williams and his wife Benny during the Kimball Invitational cross country meet . Hello Boss t welcome the new superintendent. Superintendent Darryl Kile, armed with 14 years experience at Utica, Nebraska and new ideas, took charge of the school system. His reasons for the move were the need for a challenge and the friendly, sincere people of Kimball. Regardless of his reasons for joining the staff, Mr. Kile found he was put to the test numerous times and more often than not came out ahead on his score. Two issues facing Mr. Kile and the administration were the relocation of Mr. Kile's office to the West Elementary School and the formation of a Class III school district which would place both the elementary and high school under the same board of education. Mr. Kile says he has always had a great interest in motorcycle riding. He belongs to the Nebraska Retreads, which is a statewide motorcycle organization for riders over 40 years of age. He also is a member of the national group called the Gold Wing Road Rider Associa- tion. The membership requirement for this group is to have a Gold Wing Motorcycle. His other interests include fishing, hunting, music, reading, and sports. After arriving here from eastern Nebraska, Mr. Kile's comment was, The best kept secret of western Nebraska is the beautiful, cool summer evenings. Opening

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A MOCK HANGING „ about to take place! The outlaw, Black Bob, is captured in the town square by vigilanties and is about to be hanged. GAYE RUSSELL and Betty Schindler share news over a backyard fence in a scene from the pageant. Pages of History. Kimball celebrated its 100th birthday this year, and the whole town joined in The celebration started as early as August with a pageant that covered the last 100 years in Kimball county. Area residents were led through the pages of Kimball's history from the days of covered wagons until the present time. Over 150 people contributed to the production of Kimball's pageant. The production was presented two nights in August during the county fair. The pageant was written in 1954 by Mr. Bill Boast, drama instructor at the high school, and was first performed that year. Performances followed for two more years and were then discontinued. In 1967, during the celebration of the state centennial, the pageant was brought back to the stage. Mayor Edith Haines had the idea of bringing the pageant back . Scenes in the pageant covered a wide range of historical events in Kimball County including the moving in of pioneers, the railroads, and the homesteaders. Scenes colored pictures of the local residents' plight during the Dirty Thirties, the construction of Kimball's first school, the discovery of oil and modern times. Several local residents organized the Antelopeville Vigilante and Social Club. These vigilantes added centennial excitement to the celebration beginning in August and going through Farmer's Day on September 14. A running feud between three thugs organized as the Over the Hill Gang and the good guys” planned a mock bank robbery shooting and a hanging Finally, on Farmer's Day, Black Bob was hanged in the town square. Local residents readied