Palmyra High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Palmyra, MO)

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emhfz D ' First Row-Shirley Anne Courtright, Dean Drebes, Carolyn Schade, Spencer Woodall, Margaret Tucker, Miss Seeger. Second Row-Edna Knueppel, Marjorie Gottman, Donald Bestman, Wayne Myers, Carol Ann Wage- hoft, Marilyn Ravenscraft. Third Row-Ianet Maddox, Carolyn Becker, jerry Yates, LeRoy Strate, Shirley Williams, Helen Cal- lighan, Leon Drebes. Seam PM This year the Seniors chose for their play A Feudin, Over Yondery' a hill billy comedy in three acts, by Le Roma Rose. The plot revolves around the Popoff family years because one of the Popoff boys said he was and the Fry family who have been feuding for going out to shoot an old skunk one day and ac- cidentally shot Paw Fry instead. Periodically Mountain Maggie, a legendary character who travels around the hills nursing the sick, must come to patch up someone hurt in the feud. Rosie Belle Fry, being handy with a gun, takes the only unattached nose. Emmy, whoid like to get hitched, decides one of the Popoff boys. But how can she marry She enlists the aid of Mountain Maggie who's tired it. Mountain Maggie, wise in the ways of human that some plain sugar water she gives them is a They are tired of being lonely and have just about Belle arrives with the news that it was all a trick. end, of course, the feud is ended and everybody is mixups and ribtickling situations. The cast consists of the following: Mountain Maggie --W .ees Shirley Courtright Maw Fry ...,,,s. --- Margaret Tucker Emmy Fry .ttct -- Margie Cottman lzzie Fry s...u -- ..... Leon Drebes Clem Fry ,...t,,,,,.,t,v. Donald Bestman Rosie Belle Fry- - ttt... Carol Ann Wegehoft Aunt Harry Hornhonker ...., Carolyn Schade Becky Mae Hornhonker ...u Shirley Williams Willy Hornhonker cc.. .- ....e.. Dean Drebes Pappy Popoff ,,,. ----- s,.... LeRoy Strate Zeke Popoff t,...r ...N S pencer Woodall male in the hills from under her sister Emmy's she'll end up as an old maid if she doesn't get someone with whom her family is having a fued? of tending to victims of the feud, to put an end to nature, convinces Maw Fry and Pappy Popoff love potionn which will make them fall in love. decided to marry and end the feud, when Rosie Once more the feud is going full force. ln the happy, but not before there are quite a few merry The Travelin' Preacher aatttat Wayne Myers ----Dotty VVheeler Barbara Carter Ianet Maddox VVedding Guests ----- ------- Jerry Yates Maurice Kreider Edna Knueppel Carolyn Becker Marilyn Ravenscraft Helen Callighan Musicians ---- Entertainers --- -----

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Q 1 n I fi v Chester Irene Martha .lane Norma Jean Bobby Bross Hoerr Faxon Donelson Porter President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Three O'clock Goodnight Easter Pittsburgh Concharito in the morn- Irene. Parade. Pennsylvania. in B Minor. mg. The beginning of the 1952-53 school year, brought fortyone familiar faces to the classrooms. Our new member being Eugene Riney. After electing our sponsors, who are Mr. Hagar and Mr. Stanley, the fol- lowing officers were elected: President ........... .- .......,vc,e...... .Chester Bross Vice-Pres. aan-.. ......r,g,,,............. Irene Hoerr Secretary .g,, ,-r ..,.....crcc........ Martha lane Faxon Treasurer ...,..gg,g,,,,,,..,.... Norma lean Donelson Reporter ...A.,,,c.........g,,,.......... Bobby Porter Student Council Girl Member .g....,,,, Carolyn Turner Student Council Boy Member-.- ........ Jackie Kimberley We are also proud to have Sonny Kroeger, a fellow classman, as Vice-Pres- ident of the Student Council. Our football attendants were Norma lean Knueppel, and Martha Iane Faxon. The whole class put forth a lot of effort to make a first place prize-Winning float. ln the fall, followinb our football season, we had Marie Lochman as our Barnwarm- ing Attendant. VVe did very well on selling magazines to make money for our Prom. Jackie Kimberley was chairman, with Sonny Kroeger, and Norma ,lean Donelson being team captains. Sonny's side, being the losing team had to give Norma Iean's team a party. ' VVe hope that our Senior year brings as much fun, and success as our junior vear.