ONCE UPON A TIME
| ORGAN PRELUDE | Arlynn Kintzel |
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| OPENING “Memories” | Men’s Chorus, |
| Mrs. Lauretta Graetz, director | |
| Chant: | Over the river and through the woods |
| | To Grandmother’s house we’ll glide |
| | The children are already there |
| | All gathered by her side. |
| | Once upon a time |
| | About a hundred years ago . . . |
| | But Grandma’s telling the story, |
| | So let’s listen as we go. |
| Grandma: | Mrs. R. A. Kreinbring |
| Grandchildren: | Curtis Freese, Rosalyn Kintzel, Diane Miller |
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SCENE 1 - Before the White Man Came
| Braves on Horses: | Bill Bachman, Douglas Cashman, Chester Noble, Kim Kreinbring, Curtis Greig. |
| Indian Dance: | Michael Thies, Robert Dircks, Bill Mingst, Danny Gottschalk, Jimmy Meyer, Stan Hasselbusch, Clifton Norberg, Tom Smothers. |
| Indians: | Julia & Melissa Gottschalk; Luella, Cheryl & Douglas Bixler; Charlene, Ron & Reese Bixler; Karl & Bernice Schnipkoweit; Lawrence, Eloise & Tom Kline; Jan Hasselbusch. |
| Co-Chairman of Scene: | Bernice Schnipkoweit, Julia Gottschalk |
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SCENE II - Wagon Wheels Go West
| Covered Wagon Family: | These people are direct descendants of the Thomas Robinson Family: Norman, Mabel and Gary Goldsmith; Carrell, Joyce & Debbie Yutesler; Walter & Charles Buckley; Lloyd, Herbert & Lester Robinson; Margaret Behrens. |
| Log Cabin Family: | Dale, Rhoda Mae, Larry, Ronnie, Kenny & Ricky Sheldon; Erwin & Ruth Frahm |
| Song of Thanksgiving: | Gary Goldsmith |
| Co-Chairman: | Melvin Hasselbusch, Mabel Goldsmith |
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SCENE III - Time of Disaster - Tornado
| Log Cabin Family: | from previous scene |
| Co-Chairman: | Dale Sheldon, Erwin Frahm |
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SCENE IV - Fourth of July, 1859
| Adult Square Dance Couples: | Mr. & Mrs. Henry Thies, Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Smothers, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hasselbusch, Jr., Mr. & Mrs. Winston Wessell. |
| Children Square Dancers: | Monica Robinson, Kevin Kelly, Robert Niermeyer, Ann Joslin, Becky Elijah, Joyce Ingram, Bill Tenley, Jane Wallace, Robert Thies, Karen Donohoe. |
| Caller: | Richard Fehling |
| Accordian player: | Leora Fehling |
| Fiddler: | Bernard Vogel |
| Picnic groups: | Ralph & Mabel Christiansen; Milton & Helen Behrens; Kevin & Michael Thies; Wayne, Virginia, Maureen & Ronnie Robinson; John, Danna Lu, Becky & Sandy Donohoe, Richard, Norma, Becky & David Elijah; Ray, Mary & Steve Ingram; Jim, Betty, Greg & Scott Tenley; Lill & Dixie Kelly; Erwin & Lois Niermeyer; Robert, Mildred, Christine & Kathy Joslin; Mary Kary Hasselbusch; Diane, Donna & John Wessell; Karen, Tom & J. J. Smothers; Sally Weatherwax; Velma & Jean Wiebke; Richard Kemmann; Glen, Kay & Jennifer Wallace. |
| Horse and Buggy Family: | John Christophersen Family: Betty, Mark, Timmy, Scott and Jane. |
| Chairman of Children’s Square Dance Group: | Ione Cashman. |
| Co-chairman of Scene: | Helen Thies and Pat Smothers. |
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SCENE V - (Part One) Beginnings of the Blaine & Logan Club
| Colonel Harvey: | Lester Kelly |
| Girl: | Roseann Geadelmann |
| Marchers: | Warren Goldsmith, Robert Miller, Jack Shriver, Wayne Paul, Gus Wallace, Ronald Kirkpatrick, Darrell Evers, Ralph Rowser, Marvin Pruess, King Kelly, Earl Bark, Don Claney, Jerry Ewing, Lorence Thien, Vernon Goldsmith, Kenneth Weaver, Jack Burgess, Mike Rouse, Dale Schroeder. |
SCENE V - (Part Two) Clarence Blaine & Logan Club
| Marchers: | Those of Part One plus the Men’s Chorus |
| Chairman of Scene: | Lester Kelly |
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SCENE VI - The Harmonic Society
| Professor Hurd: | Lloyd Phillips |
| Singers: | Anna Klatt; Ralph & June Rowser; Roland & Mildred Mingst; Irma Stonerook; Rosalyn Bergmann; James & Mildred Sawyer; Marvin Schilling. |
| Chairman of Scene: | Mildred Mingst |
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SCENE VII - Play at Simmons Hall
| German Band: | Leader: Fred Miller. Players: Don Pruess, Bill Bachman, Frederick Oetting, Richard Fehling, Jerry Graetz, Henry Feddersen, John Hoffner, R. A. Kreinbring, Robert Hoffner, Gene Hartwig, Merlin Hulse, Robert Hunwardsen, John Christophersen, Douglas Cashman, Harold Dewell. |
| Melodrama: | “Sally and the Villain” |
| Sally: | Joyce Withers |
| Villiain: | Bert Kelly |
| Hero: | King Kelly |
| Mother: | Norma Dettmann |
| Father: | Roscoe Schilling |
| Boy: | Eldon Hansen |
| Chairman of Scene: | Ione Cashman |
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SCENE VIII - School Days
| Presentation of the following people: | Mrs. Margaret Sylvester, Mr. Henry Irons, Miss Janna Beadle, Mr. M. H. Johnson, Mrs. Ione Cashman, Mrs. Theo Meyer, Dr. J. E. Smith. |
| Song: “Graduation Day” | Community Singers |
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SCENE IX - Butchering Days
| Cast: | Raymond & Emma Doermann; Emma Pruess, Elwood Hasselbusch, Dora Meyer, Pauline Hasselbusch, William Mingst, Herman Hunwardsen, Denny Hulse, Rosalyn Dircks. |
| Co-chairman of Scene: | Eleanor Hulse & Pauline Hasselbusch |
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SCENE X - Armed Services Memorial
| Song: “In Solemn Silence” | Adult Mixed Chorus |
| Taps: | Frederick Oetting |
| Color Guard: | John Davis, Wilbert Gottschalk, Arnold Pruess, Lorence Thien. |
| Firing Squad: | Albert Kelly, Jerry Ewing, Marvin Pruess, Chester Rouse, Donald Schroeder. |
| Representatives of the conflicts: | John Feddersen, Raymond Geadelmann, Dale Schroeder, Jesse Shriver. |
| Narrator: | Henry Klatt |
| Chairman of Scene: | Henry Klatt |
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SCENE XI - The Farmer's Picnic
| Master of Ceremonies: | Rodney Hatcher |
| Oldest man in Clarence: | Lester Kelly |
| James W. Good, Congressman: | Durwood Greig |
| Cherry Sisters: | Alyce Weatherwax, Mildred Mingst |
| Picnic Grounds: | Same as those of Scene IV |
| Chairman of Scene: | Velma Wiebke |
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SCENE XII - Clarence Churches
| Song: “One God” | Community Chorus |
| Talk by | the Reverend Cyril Ashton of the Methodist Church |
| Talk by | the Reverend Edward J. Bowes of St. John’s E. & R. Church |
Song: “May the
Good Lord Bless
and Keep You” | Community Chorus |
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THE COMMUNITY CHORUS of 104 Members
Mrs. Lauretta Graetz, Director
Men’s Adult Chorus
| Merlin Geadelmann | Gary Goldsmith | Don Pruess |
| Darrel Dircks | Charles Penningroth | Richard Kemmann |
| Norman Bergmann | Gene Geadelmann | Jerald Graetz |
| Warren Goldsmith | Robert Hasselbusch | Jerald Gallagher |
| Eugene McCaw | John Otte | Robert Tschirki |
| Richard Weatherwax | Marvin Schilling | Lloyd Phillips |
| Walter Hartwig | Robert Rix | Roland Mingst |
| Gene Hartwig | Norma Goldsmith | Leonard Schaefer |
| James Sawyer | Robert Elijah | Mark Damborg |
| Ralph Rowser | Melvin Hasselbusch | Paul Hasselbusch |
| King Kelly | John Christophersen | Richard Elijah |
Women's Adult Chorus
| Mary Woode | Joyce Withers | Joan Tschirki |
| Verna Lee Rix | Dorothy Claney | Helen Thies |
| Shirley Geadelmann | Estaline Geadelmann | Phyllis Wendt |
| Beverly Steinke | Velma Folk | Elizabeth Meyer |
| Rosalyn Bergmann | Betty McVay | Irma Dircks |
| Kay Wallace | Connie Schaefer | Donna Wulff |
| June Rowser | Mary Lou Ruther | Mildred Mingst |
| Romona McCaw | Vivian Ebert | Thelma Elijah |
| Anna Klatt | Alice Ann Gallagher | Jeanie Hartwig |
High School Mixed Chorus
| Dorothy Ashton | Edwin Decker | Marcia Barnes |
| Marlaine Hansen | Dennis Hunwardsen | Nancy Frahm |
| Joyce Kruckenburg | Keel Kreinbring | Carol Resewehr |
| Karen Smothers | Tom Weatherwax | Donna Becker |
| Roseann Geadelmann | Jim Joslin | Jackie Kirschner |
| Carol Thien | Clem Ward | Ronnie Johnson |
| Diane Gritton | Lynn Baldwin | David Bowers |
| Kay Ward | Diane Bergmann | Allan Hasselbusch |
| Carol Hoffner | Kathryn Decker | Kim Kreinbring |
| Sandra Frahm | Patirica Niermeyer | Phillip Schilling |
| Sharon Carbaugh | Lois Kruckenburg | Steve Phillips |
| Susan Wessell | Phyllis Decker | Steve Klatt |
| David Dewell | Kathy Kress | Norman Hartwig |
| Allen Conrad | Marilyn Schwien | Lynn Schilling |
| Gar Ruprecht | Anne Ward | |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| ORGAN: | Schmidt Music Company of Davenport furnished this very fine Lowery (Heritage) Organ for use during the Clarence Centennial. |
| ORGANISTS: | Arlynn Kintzel & Dorothy Ashton |
| SCENERY: | Wilfred Liercke |
| SPOTLIGHT: | The Iowa Electric Light and Power Company furnished the spotlight for use during the pageant. |
| SCRIPT: | Mrs. R. A. Kreinbring |
| LIGHTING: | Walter Hartwig & Lavern Kintzel |
| SEATING: | American Legion |
| STAGE: | American Legion, Dale Sheldon, Chairman |
| PARKING: | Clarence Volunteer Fire Association |
| SOUND SYSTEM: | Les Bemke, Wheatland, Iowa |
| TICKETS: | Clarence Commercial Club, Wayne Saunders, Chairman |
| PROGRAM PRINTING: | Reverend Edward J. Bowers, Reverend Cyril Ashton |
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