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

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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

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DAWN PATTERSON and her teammates race to the finish line in the bed races. FARMER'S DAY QUEEN Lana Moore and attendants, Rhonda Seeman and lulie Barrett, ride on the Chamber of Commerce float during the parade. A Century Deserves mr is ■■■