Madison East High School - Tower Tales Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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The intermission activities were brought to a close with th G d M eh Milward, Charyi Brandt and Jim Brazee. e ran are , led by Jean Wiedenbeck, Bob Brockel, Faye Long, Rich Touchdown Twirl-Homecoming '59 Touchdown Twirl, the fourth annual Home- coming dance sponsored by the East Side Youth Mayor's Council, was held at the Labor Temple following the traditional pageant night activities. Decorations followed a football motif. Minia- ture football players decorated the walls and colorful crepe paper streamers were drawn up in the center of the dance floor bya large suspended ball. Ron Mathison crowned Faye Long Queen with a garland of white carnations. Her escort, Rich Milward, became king. With a court of two other couples, followed by the members of the East Side Youth Mayor's Council, they led the grand march. Ron Mathison, Youth Mayor, crowns Faye Long, Homecoming Queen. Homecoming -19

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Pageant Night Honors Old Glory John Ahrens, our drum major for the past three years, rates special recognition for his fine leadership. The Junior and Senior High Bands proudly re-enacted The History of Our Flag for pageant night. The story of the development of Old Glory from the first flag made by Betsy Ross to our present flag of fifty stars was told as the band formed the Liberty Bell, Abe Lincoln's hat, and the U. S. shield, to the tunes of Stars and Stripes Forever, Grand Old Flag, and Yankee 18 - Pageant Night Doodle Dandy. Next the band paid tribute to the East High Alumni of I934. The traditional display of fireworks concluded Pageant Night. Fireworks explode and confetti flies, but Cathie Wittrock and Carolyn Natvig play on. The band forms the United States shield as it honors O1d Glory

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Members of the l-Iardcastle family, Eliza- beth McEachern, Raymond Duerst, Ronald Mathison, Karen Lynaugh gather around in their eighteenth century English country house. angst tb., fi A Three-in-One Evening of Fun The three fall plays will long be remembered by all who attended. The modern cut-down or vi- gnette settings used for these plays was appropri- ate to the mood and spirit. Romance, mg:-and I-gg Means BEL written in a modern vein, were full of humorous situations and conversations which Aslames Loughlinfin the backgroundjlooks on, Douglaslewett, Raymond Duerst and Dave Riemer discuss plans for the night's lodging before Leroy Phipps arrives on the scene. appealed to everyone. 2390095 -Q Conguer, with its appropriate perspective back drop and wing flats, provided a finishing touch to the wonderful evening of comedy. Elizabeth McEachern is delighted with the romance of Raymond Duerst and Carolyn Natvig. 20 - Fall Play