Marengo High School - Echoes Yearbook (Marengo, IN)

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A not-so-innocent bystander told police that he ' had watched it all from across the street and this was his astonishing story. 1 ,, iN '- Gun Molly, better known to us as Rose Mary Toney, drove up, driving lmkegan u l i ,, I I It seemed that while every means of escape seemed hopeless, the heroine, Two I Z ?. -tl' u l escaped lunatic, slammed on the brakes, herded them into her car and drove f f . QD off, leaving the cops in a cloud of dust. Yes'1 Toney says, after hearing 5 3 ,Y that song 'Pistol Packing Mamma' I went mad, I tell you, Mad! Mad! Mad! .A :E I decided to listen to some music on the radio, which, I hoped would , I p W' sooth my worn and weary nerves. Upon turning it on, I heard Now remember, I i, if your face is sketched with lines, if your chin sags and if your mouth ' I, 3 droops unbecomingly at the corners, try Sluggo Tonic. It works wonders. U- f' This is your. announcer, Nellie Duke, signing off' until tomorrow when you Q , ,I li -Q will again hear our themesong, Ugly Chile. Z p H 4 ' , .3 ' K J , Remember the teachings of Miss Turner, I decided not to give up, but ls . .ef ' to try, try again to get some music, and I did get some music, straight 5 it ', I from the hills of Uld Kentucky camevthe Corn Poppers. 'me Band consisted f f A gf Dena1i'S'bew81't, Densil Vernon, Bradley Warren, and Moonbeem, for- y I ',,,. g a. A j -4 merly known as Lucille Tower. None could play any instrument, but when 5 i 1 it came time for a song, they just grabbed something and beat it out- It . if was usually this way. 5 ,, A f ' , I p A X ,Densil Vernon---Their Mad Pianiast , . e 5 V Bradley Warren--Their Gitar Player ? 9, e ' l ' Donald Stewart--Male Signer and Trumpeter gl , 1 1 It - ' 1 3: ' Lucille 'Power---Their Song Stylist ' jj p f The music was so relaxing that I lay back in my easy chair and quickly went gg in A l ' Q 5, I to sleep. W s 7 vw I - ' In my dream I was walking down 'Main Street in Chicago when I noticed ' , p , . ff, th8t the Plav, 'Little Abner, was in town so I decided to see it. I went j I D Z Q into the theatre, found a seat End waited for the show to begin. The first -5' ,QQQQ Q I ,1 act was Sadie Hawkins Day and Daisy Mae was chasing Lil Abner, Swiss I U , 5 ,if the stage. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I noticed A f' 1 , gyg Q, , V , 3 them to DB Charles Owen Miller and Rosemary Iiyers. Boy! was Charles Owen ' ' ' ' Q A' 51 burning up the stage, which wasn't hard to understand as I remember Charles . 5 nf wasn't the marrying kind. -The climax of the show was when Daisy Mae lRose- E 1 Q' gs mary Myers! with a tearstained face sang Lil Abner, Don't harry that Gal. . 3 ' ei The habit I had acquired, eating three times a da y, reminded me that A , it was time to eat, so I stopped to eat dinner at a little restaurant. I ' V ' -----ff-f-ff. sf' After they brought my beef soup to me, I noticed something in it. It was , ,, Q 1 , Q Q f a mouse! I hollered for the manager and he lGhig Creceliusl came out. He ' EA'fTf 'ffff'f'f fifj ':z:.' , ,,i . A, '. said, Don't yell and shout, and wave it about, or the other customers will f Q 2: '13 O ' , Izfg' want some too. I was so sick that I left that very moment. i f 2? 'ii' s ' B ' af' After recovering, I decided to go to a broadcasting station, as I had . ' . ' I , 'W never been in one before. 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