New Haven High School - Mirage Yearbook (New Haven, IN)

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Talent Shines on stage Dogpatchers brought to life in Li ' I Abner musical Opening the show with a foot-stomping country song, dogpatchers Clem Scragg (Charles Dolby) and Romeo Scragg (George Censic) describe themselves and their life styles as citizens of Dog- patch U.S.A. Ending the year with style, the NHHS drama club presented Li ' l Abner to wrap up their year of production. The play began with the main charac- ters introducing themselves with the song It ' s A Typical Day In Dogpatch U.S.A. The senators then announced that the U.S. government has declared their town, Dogpatch, the most unnec- essary place in the U.S., and had decid- ed to test a nuclear bomb on it. The citizens of Dogpatch then begin a search for something that is necessary in Dogpatch. Li ' l Abner ' s (John Fedele) mother. Mammy Yokum (Kim Teter) shows the government scientists her Yokum-berry tonic. The tonic suppos- edly makes men big and muscular. Lat- er though, it is discovered to destroy their romantic interests. I really enjoyed working with the cast members in the play. I not only met new people, but I made lasting friends, stated Janet Augenstien. General Bullmoose plans a scheme where his confidential secretary enters the race and Evil Eye Fleagle (Mitch Burris) puts a whammy on Abner so General Bullmoose ' s secretary can catch Abner and marry him. The scheme also consists of Abner having an accident and General Bullmoose and his secretary taking the tonic. The day of the race and mix-up ap- proaches, and Earthquake McGoon (joe Cox) gets Daisy. The secretary gets Li ' l Abner and takes him off to Wash- ington. Mammy Yokum discovers their plan to kill Abner. The whole clan goes to Washington to save him. General Bullmoose ' s plan was to have Evil Eye Fleagle put a whammy on Abner. The clan got there just in time. Right when Evil Eye Fleagle put the whammy on, he took a silver tray and transfered it on to General Bullmoose. Back at Dogpatch, Earthquake backed down and let Li ' l Abner marry Daisy Mae. Abner had drank a special tonic to get back his romantic interests. I enjoyed watching Li ' l Abner be- cause there were so many people that I knew. I enjoyed watching fellow class- mates shine on stage, stated Missy Hieber. Front Row: B. Huguenard, K. Teter, D. Wilson, S. Robinson, B. Renninger, R. Shuman, ). Fedele, J. Cox, C. Barrientos, T. Monroe. Second Row: M. )ackson, K. Hoffman, ). Moyer, H. Scott, R. Mom- enee, S. Teter, T. Moyer, M. Schmidtke, D. Stoller. Third Row: C. Crow, J. Volz, K. Berning, A. Myers, R. Sturm, T. St. Peters, D. Manns, A. Embree. Fourth Row: G. Sovine, C. Dolby, B. Lee, I. Teter, B. Sloan, D. Durm, C. Patty, R. Feldheiser. Back Row: S. Reed, C. Pranger, G. Arnold, G. Rowland, T. Riffe, G. Gensic, ). Pranger, J. Ral- ston, L. Hanefeld. One highlight of the play Li ' l Abner was Lori Brunton ' s (Daisy Mae) solo performance of Namely You to capture the heart of Li ' l Abner. 3 Spring Play 26 0

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After getting their pictures taken, Reid Wise and Mary Shrock watch Gary Fox and Leroy Pierce, who are in charge of the picture booth, and pa- tiently wait for the results. Sadie Hawkins was a lot of fun. Hav- ing the girl pay for the evening was a pleas- ant and interesting change for the better. I can hardly wait until next year. — John Dize As graduate Matt Nahrwald and senior Cathy McQueen exchange smiles, they share in a mo- ment of excitement after being crowned Li ' l Abner and Daisy Mae. Squaring their sets Monica Schaeffer looks on as Melissa Davis, John Fedele, and Scott Eakright enjoy their evening of trying to square dance. Sadie Hawkins 25

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Earthquake McCoon (Joe Cox) plans on getting married to Daisy Mae. Marryin ' Sam (Roger Shu- man) describes his marvelous eight dollar wed- ding which includes his ever fabulous jig with a pig- The musical Li I Abnerwas really neat. I had heard so much from my dad about the comic strip that I just had to see the play. I ' m certainly glad I did. — Jenny Nieter The overbearing, dominating Mammy Yokum (Kim Teter) mends Pappy Yokum ' s (Bryan Sloan) drawers in the opening act of the play Lil ' Abner. Appassionata (Kelly Hoffman) shows her disa- proval of having to actually run after hearing General Bullmoose ' s plans for capturing Li ' l Abner at the Sadie Hawkin ' s Day Race. Spring Play 27 C