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

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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

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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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Special Holidays and Special Friends Vacation time is party time for New Haven students Cod made holidays for New Haven students. Many holidays throughout the school year provided much-need- ed breaks for students. Holidays during the summer added those extra special events, such as the Fourth of July and Memorial Day. Traditional activities for the Fourth of July included going to the annual fireworks at the Coliseum, or maybe going to the lake. Although the holidays during the summer allowed al- most everyone to take off work, the holidays during the school year were more appreciated because of the time off from school. The most awaited-for break of the year had to be Christmas vacation. Two weeks of freedom helped ease the pain Although a large part of the Christmas spirit is giving, senior Melissa Davis shows that receiving is almost just as fun as senior Melissa Drews waits for her turn. On Valentine ' s Day, junior Kim Drummer takes on the big job of delivering balloons and flowers to the students. Holidays are the busiest days of the year for office service workers. pholo by krain Vondran of knowing that we still had another semester to go. Students participated in many activities with the families over break. Sometimes this was not exactly the most enjoyable part of vacation. I had to put up with old people go- ing on and on about how we were growing up so fast, and how big we were getting. But overall, it was alright since I haven ' t seen some of my rela- tives for so long, commented junior Deb Stoller. Even though much of Christmas break was spent with the family. New Year ' s Eve was the time to celebrate with friends. The days of babysitting were over for most New Haven stu- dents. Other holidays during the school year did not provide days off from school, but students still had fun with them. Halloween, Valentine ' s Day, and St. Patrick ' s Day all added a bit of zest to the normal everyday routine of school. Although not all holidays were vaca- tion days, most students enjoyed them because they were something different and out of the ordinary. I love holidays because I get to see people I haven ' t seen in such a long time. It ' s also great to get friends to- gether and really party, stated senior Gretta Childress. — Michelle Geller pholo by Michelle Clements Halloween just happened to fall on the day tha was designated to be Senior Blow-Off Day. Se nior Terry Schlotterback gets in one of his rowdi est moods for the double celebration. ♦ Holidays 28 iO