Peabody High School - Warrior Yearbook (Peabody, KS)

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Banquets show students recognition i i At the FFA Banquet, Royce Schmidt Scholarship students and their parents contemplates Bernie Hansen’s message. help themselves to a buffet line. Banquets were a way of showing students, parents and teachers that they cared. Getting together was one way of showing and saying “thanks for working so hard,” and “thanks for helping us.” Along with getting to- gether and discussing all the projects, the banquets were a place to install new officers and to honor those who excelled in FFA, FHA, athletics, scholar- ship and other areas. £§ i'f «AB At the Prom Banquet Curt Glaser takes Jill Sims signs her name in the National his turn at the salad bar. Honor Society member book. At the annual FFA Banquet vice president Curt Glaser steps forward to receive his Neal Sheep Proficiency Award from Sc.= tt Entz.

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“Each year the dances get better and Santa gets youn- ger, just to keep up with the kids,” said the enthusiastic Santa (Jesse). Santa once again reserved room and found time to join in the Christmas spirit as his rein- deer patiently waited outside the junior high gym. D.J. Madness sent Gayle Kiger to Peabody on De- cember 19, 1981, for the Sophomore Christmas For- mal. He played songs that everyone could relate to from rock’n’roll to the knee slapping, fun-loving kind. Attendance was low but many had an enjoyable night of visiting and “getting down to the beat.” Playing songs helps to soften the mood a way of getting couples onto the dance and get people together. Slow songs have floor and keeping it occupied. Santa makes his annual appearance Santa. Sheila Philpott, Sandi Clark, Ran- Nightengale get in the Christmas spirit of dy Preheim, Troy Arnold and Linda togetherness and fun with a dance.

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It’s 1904 at the St. Louis Bicentennial Exposition celebrating the 200th anni- versary of the Louisiana Pur- chase. People from all over Missouri arrive to work on the fair grounds, including Lucille Lovejoy (Penny Totty), Rose Harris (Lisa Handle) and Flossie Hill (Kim Grossnickle). Harry Barker (Mr. Dale Belcher), a talent agent and promoter, convinces Flossie Hill to run off with him to New York and become an ac- tress. Louie (Scott Zogel- man), Flossie’s beau, is in a deep state of depression until Flossie returns heartbroken and downcast. Louis gladly accepted her back into his life and the musical ended on a happy note. Louie (Scott Zogelman) welcomes back his girlfriend, Flossie Hill (Kim Searles), after a brief absence as Hazel (Janet Wolfersperger), Miss Hathaway (Jill Sims) and Miss Thornton (Lana Brooks) look on. Flossie was deceived by Harry Barker (Dale Belcher) to run away with him to New York. Later Harry ran off with a dancer from Little Egypt and Flossie’s money. Production debuts all school cast in, Harry Barker (Dale Belcher) and Lucy fair will enable her to be more famous and Devon (Shana Maples) wonder how they successful. Harry thinks up a scheme that are to go about paying for their meal with will allow Lucy and himself to get a free no money in their pockets. Harry is ex- meal, plaining to Lucy how her appearance at the Renee Hammar waits as Julie Waner applies the last touches to her makeup. The tension of the dressing room mounted as curtain time approaches. 30