Palmyra High School - Panther Yearbook (Palmyra, NE)

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SUPERIOR A TSTA TE M acBird Receives Three Ones The dramatics department of PHS, under the direction of Miss Marjorie Williss, spent many frenzied weeks of activity getting ready for the Mudecas Histrionics Contest at Sterling and the District Drama Contest in Peru. All those hours of practice and work paid off when the students received the following ratings at the drama contests: Peru Sterling ONE ACT PLAY. . fPardon My Second Scenej. . . 1 1 ORAL INTERPRETATION OP DRAMA ...... 1 1 ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY ...... 11 11 ORAL INTERPRETATION OF PROSE. . . . 11 111 EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING . . . . . 111 11 PUBLIC SPEAKING ........ . 111 11 INFORMATIVE SPEECH .... . 111 DISCUSSION-- Bob Beecham. . . . 1 1 4 Dean Baldwin ......... 111 11 As a special event, the PI-IS team consisting of Bob Beecham and Robin Armbruster was challenged by the debate team of Peru State to a round of debate on the subject of crime con- trol. After an hour Palmyra emerged victorious. Another great honor was received when the cast in MacBird, a one act play, received a Superior rating at the State Fine Arts Festival. TOWER VIEW BARBER SHOP 3839 SOUTH 48TH LINCOLN MORL.EY'S VARIETY 3841 SOUTH ABTH STREET Asa--2444 HORNUNG HARDWARE 3923 48TH STREET ass--1312 VANCE JEWELRY 6127 HAVELOCK AVENUE 434--7929 27 Ma cBird Thespians

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Curtain Opens On 'Quit Your Kidding' practice. Evelyn Buford ...... Winston Buford fWinniej . . Binnie Buford ....... james Horton Travis Uimj. . jean Owen ........ Betty Anderson ..... Thomas Patton ....... David Spivey Whitten fSpi1-cel Miss Sophronia Buford .... Director ....... Stage Managers . . Mrs. Mary Buford ...... . Dr. Mel Shannon ...... . Camilla Dusenberry ..... . As the curtain parted and audience stilled, the diligent work of the senior class became obvious in the successful play, Quit Your Kidding. This play was presented on November 9 and 10. Miss Williss directed the se niors and was rewarded at her surprise birthday party one night at play The play opened with a living-room scene of Mrs. Buford. Camilla con stantly falling over the ottoman adds to this humorous three-act play. Those performing in the play were: . Betty Armbruster . . Barbara Wilson . . Steve Randall . .Hilda Lover-check . . . .Ron Ekstrum . . . jane Bouse . . . Patti Roeder . David Lovercheck . . . Gregg Delp , . .Bob Beecham . . Kathy Sorensen .Lynette Ten!-Iulzen Miss Marjorie Williss . .Vicky Dickmeyer Earlene Grant Julie Seeman 26

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TIME OUT FOR LEISURE Always arousing the students interest during the year are the assemblies which the administration provides. Five Assem- blies were presented this year to add to the educational op- portunity of each student. On October 11, Mr. Charles Ramsden demonstrated some of his unique musical inventions. With the aid of Mary Helen Bremer, he showed how a simple rubber band, exposed to ur- anium, could be transformed into a lively musical instru- ment. Mr. Ramsden has also invented a steel guitar that pro- duces atomic music. This type of music closely resembles the psychedelic music of today. Also in October, Mr. joe Kilgore entertained the students and faculty with a talk about his experiences in the Vietnam war. He showed slides from the Delta region around the Sai- gon River where he was stationed. Hand-carved marioncttes, in a realistic presentation of The Story of Christopher Columbus was provided for the students by Mr. john Conrad on November 2. With only a few assis- tants to help with the mechanical part of the show, he cap- tivated the audience with his excellent vocal capacities. Micki the almost human chimp came to our school on March 27. His trainer, Merle Snyder, presented him in a clever, entertaining, and educational program. Mr. Snyder dressed Micki in chi1dren's clothes, had him eat his break- fast and do amazing acrobatic feats. On April 24, Mr. Eddie Cole presented a fascinating tram- poline and physical fitness program. Several students parti- cipated in the programg they played Spaceball and helped add to the enjoyment of the program. BARTH DRUG AND HARDWARE 145 sou1-H 9TH STREET. 1.lNco1.N 432-1412 BOB'S BARBER SHOP 1315 HPI' STREET, LINCOLN 432-2000 TEN-28 FABRICS 1028 'vow STREET, LINCOLN 432--6400 REGISTERED GURNSEYS AND F'UNK'S SEED CORN PALMYRA 983--5380 28