Madrid High School - Pirate Yearbook (Madrid, NE)

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HOT The Skitter family lives in the backwoods country, in the very heart of the mountains in the deep south. Corney Bell, the beautiful daughter, has been visiting friends on the ourside where the city people come to stay at the lodge and fish. The frm really starts when Comey Bell comes home and finds she is being married off, however, she hits the roof. Nobody is going to trade her off for a hawg , She has fallen madly in love with a furriner and while dancing together at the lodge, he told her she war party . Because of some misfortune, the man himself fRobert Brucej arrives at the Skitter farm, He is in a great predicament. He will be shot by Paw Skitter if he don't marry Corney Bell, and Sammy Fester has threatened to shoot him if he does. As the saying goes, Al1's well that ends well , as everything turned out for the best for everyone involved. Corney Bell got her secret love and Dizzy Mae went back to her imaginative bear. The other Skitters settled back to take civilization in stride, CAST Maw, the hard working mother, Marian Hilferty, Paw, the lazy and shjftless father, Dean Kornelseng Curly, the eldest son who is in love with a girl who models in the Rears and Sawbuck catalog, Jerry Ritter, Corney Bell, the beautiful daughter, Beverly Long, Dizzy Mae, the daughter who people think is a leetle tetched , Norma Shirley, Zeke, the youngest son, a brat if there ever was one, Larry Mylerg Elle Lou, a Neighbor girl, Karen Smith, Sammy Fester, a man in love with Corney Bell, Harvey Brottg Robert Bruce, Corney Bell's secret lover. Gary Johnsoug Ed Small, his friend from the store, Francis Vlasing Carol Hughes, the girl out of the catalog, Dellene Mc- Cormick, Doris Dean, another model, Emmie Adams.

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On November 10, forty-three students and their Music Teacher, Miss JoAnne Sorensen attended the S, P, V, A. Music Clinic held at Ogallala, The day was spent rehearsing for the concert which was held in the evening, Those who attended were: First row, left to right: Miss Sorensen, S. Scott, I. Kluge, E. Adams, J, Kluge, M. Stransky, N, Shirley, B. Softley, K, Smith, W, Williams, I. Allen, W, Carothers, G. Johnson, I. Regier, F. Vlasin, and D, Weins. Second row: E, Tiessen, J. Olson, E. Tickle, P, McCormick, C. Hazzard, B. Long, M, Johnson, D, McCormick, M. Hilferty, M, Hazzard, D. Kornelsen, B. Tjaden, D. Buchanan, L, Myler. Third row: L, Johnson, L. Adams, I, Buchanan, C. Wiebe, M. 0lson,'G. Hilferty, S, Hilferty, N. Gauger, D. Day, K. Daigger, R, Eggert, R. Bates, B. Howard, T. Lee. MIXED CHORUS Above is pictured the Mixed Chorus. They have sung at various times during the year, The Chorus presented Twas the Night Before Christmas at the Christmas program and also furnished the music for the Junior Play. This group is looking forward to doing various numbers for the contest.

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Homecoming 'IT' D The second annual Horne- coming was under way at the Dellene Mc, W Brule-Madrid game, October NOIIIIH S. 9, 1953. During the Half- time Ceremonies, the King 737 and queen were crowned for Beverly L. the '53 football season. Scmor Play 'PLEASED TA MEETCI-IA Henry Bixby - - ---- the father - - - - - Martha Bixby - - ---- the mother - - - Betty Bixby - - ---- the daughter - - - - Elmer Hicks - - - - fresh from the country - - Binks ---- -- - - ---- the butler - - - - Marie ----- ---- th e maid - -- - Beevy ------ ----- a detective - - - Andrew Grimes - - - - - a pretended detective - - Archie Pomeroy - - - - one of Betty's boy friends - - Helen Maxwell - - ---- Betty's girl friend - - Ruth Adams - - - ---- another friend - - Howard Wills - - - - a boy friend - - --PLoT-- Francis M. Dean K. sk Gary J. - - - DON BUCHANAN - - BEVHILY SOFTLEY - ' - JOAN KLUGE - - FRANCIS MOUL ' - - - JOE ALLEN - - SHELIA SCOTT ' ' ' BILL TIADEN ' BILL BUCHANAN ' 'WAYNE WILLIAMS - MARLENE STRANSKY - MARLENE IOHNSON ' ' ' ' HM EASTIN This play was about a family who inherited a large amount of money. They moved to the city where Mrs. Bixby makes her bid for society.