Canton High School - Cantonian Yearbook (Canton, IL)

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l 1 I 5 Steve Kennedy, standing in center, oversees plantation hands as they gather to create a festive atmosphere in the parlor of Merrill Manor. A few old Negro spirituals added to this very colorful part of the play. Carol Rainey and Lance Lindeen, lovers in the play, have rosy future in view after learning that her aunt will con- sent to their marriage. Former objections to the marriage have been dissolved. amen Janice Nagel, as a gracious Southern lady, pauses a moment as Steve Kennedy, in the role of a devoted family retainer and friend, announces the arrival of holiday well-wishers. 24 This page spunsurvcl lay: CALLACHER AND REEDER AGENCY AND DMRY DREAM

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Director C. J. Walker offers helpful criticism to cast members during one of the long tedious rehearsals, essen- tial to every successful class play. SENIOR CLASS Joe Sepich looks calm even though the doctor Hoe Royerl has just told him he has heart trouble and will not live long. PLAY ln the living room of their home Mother and Father, Ruth Hick and Joe Sepich, spend a quiet evening without the children. Four of the dozen , Roy Hopper, Arland Whites, Connie 1 Joe Franzoni, and Maralyn Chaddock wait backstage l on opening night for the curtain to part. This page sponsorvfl lay: AVERYS FURNITURE AND DR, J. S. RAGSDALE

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JR CLASS PLAY lin easliing tlleir llerculean vitality, tlie .lunlors flew to tlle task of giving a profes- sional performance of mln Virginnyf' a rama oi the new ancl olcl Soutll. Witll clircclor Daisy Coty lrolcling the reins, tlle lunlor Class was sulocliviclecl into various committees, ancl theatrical liopeluls timiclly truclgec to tryouts. Fllu next tliree weeks iounci .luniors ran- sac mg their attics trying to uncover some- tlnng tl1at remotely resemlalecl a costume ol thi l800's, digging up elegant stage furnish- ings selling tickets to mothers, fathers, great- aunts anol fifth cousins, emoting loelore the mirror and iutilely attempting to clo stacks of lmomeworlcl ln the miclst ol tllis irenziecl activity, the cast was busy getting Min character, ancl the stage liancls, uncler tlle watchful eye of Mr. Vvayne Fisher, were transforming the auclito- rium into the parlor of a Southern mansion. Hollis Forrester tBucky Turll speaks with his financee Uanice Nagell shortly before his departure for California to make his fortune. In Ol' Virginny augments inventory of Junior Class achievements Somehow surviving a near epiclemic of chickenpox ancl the common colol, coupleol with a seige ol snowy weather and butter- flies tlle .lunior Class, all pulling togetlwer, proclucecl a play well worth the time consum- ing efforts put into it. A- A- S- Auctioneer lLarry Sepichi discusses matters of the pend- ing sale with mistress of Merrill Manor Uanice Nagel? while inquisitive neighbors portrayed by Kathy Kamlager, Bobbie Martin, and Dottie Lowe, talk with servant tShar- on Carverl as she begins to pack. Miss Daisy Coty, Junior Class play director, goes over the script with sound and light technicians Harley Rakestraw, Jerry Yocum and Larry Schrodt, making sure that each has his proper cues . Behind-the-scenes boys play an important role in all stage productions, carefully coordinating lighting and sound effects with the scenes on stage.