Broad Ripple High School - Riparian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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SMALL TALK . . . While Babe Williams (Marsha Maroney) discusses mundane matters, Sid Sorokin (Greg Dehnke) thinks of completely different things he would rather do to occupy their time together. SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT EQUALS . . . Employees of the Sleep Tite Pajama Factory look on as Prez (Jos Bill) and Joe (Brad Cooper) figure how much seven and a half percent eguals. ... AND HER STOCKINGS ARE NOT VERY STRAIGHT . . . Mabel (Linda Kohlmeyer) demonstrates one of the embarrassing and compromising situations in which a girl might find herself. FIERCE AS A TIGER ... Two of the girls (Dania Morris and Stephanie Carpenter) agree with Poopsie (Cindy Randa ) as she sings about the fierce personality of their new superintendant. Musical 25

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Strike halts pajama production Hey there, you with the gum in your mouth, screamed Mr. Gene Poston, get rid of it! Aside from the reprimiands about gum and such, Mr. Poston and Mrs. Lucinda Paul made little ' small talk ' at rehearsals and instead went straight to work on the show. Golden Singers couldn ' t waste time in their hurried production of The Pajama Game for the teachers ' strike delayed the musical two weeks. Therefore, everyone raced with the clock in order to complete rehearsals on time. The music department ' s two student teachers, Mr. Dana Taylor and Miss Linda Clingerman, spent many hours assisting Mr. Poston and Mrs. Paul in directing the production. The Golden Singers weren ' t the only students working hard on The Pajama Game. Members of the orchestra began preparing several weeks in advance. Mrs. Marilyn Zimmerman and Mr. Rudolph Finnell directed the orchestra through a strict schedule, rehearsing the overture and accompaniment. Everything was accomplished in spite of the race with the clock. The Pajama Game was a story of union versus management in the Sleep TAKE IT EASY GLADYS . . . Myron Hasler (Alan Bouwkamp) eases up a bit on his secretary (Courtney Spudic) when he sees she is truly sorry for throwing her boyfriend into a jealous state. I HAVE TO DO THAT? . . Part of the female cast looks on with embarrassed curiosity after hearing Mrs. Lucinda Paul tell Todd Rinck to prepare to change his pants on stage. Tite Pajama Factory. The new superintendent, Sid Sorokin (Greg Dehnke), felt that ' a new town was a blue town ' until he was acquainted with the head of the grievance committee, Babe Williams (Marsha Maroney), Babe and Sid fell in love which quickly led to trouble because union and management just didn ' t mix. The conflict arose because the union asked for a seven and a half percent salary increase which was flatly refused by the boss, Mr. Hasler (Alan Bouwkamp). Mr. Hasler ' s secretary, Gladys Hotchkiss (Courtney Spudic) gave the show some ' steam heat ' with a lively dance routine performed during a union meeting. This only antagonized her jealous boyfriend, Heinzie (Todd Rinck) who was the factory ' s time study man. The plot thickened and problems occurred right and left but as is the case for most musicals, everyone lived happily ever after in love. SWINGIN ' HER HIPS . . . Gladys Hotchkiss (Courtney Spudic) and the boys attempt to lift morale by providing much appreciated entertainment in the form of ' steam heat ' during a union meeting. I 24 MusicaJ

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REACTING AGAINST REACTORS . . . Residents march against the construction of the Bailey Nuclear plant in the northern Indiana town of Valparaiso. Anti-nuclear feelings peaked after the events at Three Mile Island. A STEP DOWN . . James F. Neal, former Watergate prosecutor, leads the defense team for the Ford Motor Co. in the landmark exploding Pinto case. Neal handles cases of the magnitude that most attorneys dream of. PROSTESTING PATRIOTS . . . Wabash College demonstrated on the circle against the holding of 50 Americans by Iranian Militants. The American flag was displayed prominently in stark contrast to years past. I tf c NO Kim SCO- m ■ N 1 26 70 ' s Issues