Arcanum High School - Arcette Yearbook (Arcanum, OH)

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ON BROADWAY THE CALAMITYVILLE TERROR The first of two all school plays, The Calamityville Terror, was presented on two consecutive weekends, October 22, 23 and Oc- tober 29, 30, 1982. Written by William Gleason, this play is a comedy -mystery about a haunted house into which Mrs. Stowe is moving her small private school. The house is filled with unknown mystery, shocking sur- prise, and ultimate terror. As more and more frightening things happen, Mrs. Stowe tries to leave but finds that she cannot; not until she uncovers the mystery of Elsie, a crazy girl who was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Barclay. The Barclays were murdered by Olin Barclay, their son, so he could sell the old house for a lot of money, but Elsie Barclay stood in his way. Olin tried to convince Elsie that she killed their parents. At first, Elsie believed him and she went insane. Later, the truth came out and Olin tried to kill Elsie, but in the end Olin was the one who died by the deadly grasp of Adam Barclay ' s ghost. The play was directed by Mr. Thomas Nealeigh. The entire cast is pictured below. FRONT ROW (1 to r): Rob Rogers (Mr. Adams), Miss Doris Arnett (Mrs. Stowe), Vicki Pottenger (Taylor), Andrea Pigg (Gigi), Debbie Zarka (Linda), Brett Johnson (Fred), Kirk Gross (Olin Barclay) BACK ROW (I to r): Jay Eller (Joe), Tonia Vanderpool (Eva), Lisa Burger (Emmy), Anna Buske (Elsie Barclay), John Glenn (Adam Barclay)

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HURRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD MAID TO ORDER The last of the two all- school plays, Maid to Order, was presented on two consecutive weekends, March 18 and 19 and March 23 and 26, 1983. This play, written by Tom Taggart, was a farce about a misunderstanding of who the real maid of the Martin household was supposed to be. Faith Martin was happily married to the football coach, Carl Martin, of Yarmouth College. On the eve of the football team ' s biggest game, a pep rally was scheduled. That was also the evening that Julian Narramore, an actor and an old friend of Faith ' s, was to appear in a program of Shakespearean readings. Since the two events conflicted, a war breaks out between the Athletic Department and the Speech Department. Faith finds herself right in the middle of the war. On top of that, Miss Speare, head of the Speech Department, ac- cuses her of carrying on with Julian. To add more to the problem, Faith ' s rich Aunt Abby, who has never met Carl, was due to arrive that day. Unfortunately, Aunt Abby arrived when Carl was at football practice, and, since Julian was in the Martin house, she thought that Julian was Carl. Unfor- tunately for Julian, Carl found out, through Miss Speare, that Julian was carrying on with Faith. But to top off Faith ' s problem, her maid quit on the afternoon of a big dinner party, and Julian, who was trying to escape the wrath of Carl, masqueraded as the new maid — then a new maid ar- rives, then another, then another. To everyone ' s amazement, there were five people who claimed to be the new maid. After everything was sorted out, Faith and Carl forgave each other, and the play had a happy ending. The entire cast is pictured and listed below. Front Row: a Eller (Carl Martin), Andrea Pigg (Faith Martin), Amy Allison (Abby Dingle), Lisa Burger (Miis Speare), Brett Johnson (Officer Magoon), Vicki Pottenger (Valeria). Back Row: Kenee Nickell (Lotta Bowling), Amber Burger (Lotta Bowling), Samantha Stephens (Veevy McCoy), Becky Miller (Dagmar Wurst), Kirk Gross (Julian Narramore).