Coachella Valley Union High School - La Conchilla Yearbook (Coachella, CA)

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PAGE 66 cmd We in 0121455 U December 5 the class of '54 pre- sented Meet Me in St. Louis, a very successful play. When five kids didn't want their dad promoted because this advance- ment meant moving to New York when the whole wonderful World's Fair was about to start, you can pretty well bet that they stayed in St. Louis, especially when the little angels were: Gary Olesen as Lon, Barbara Newcomb as Rose, the old- est daughter, Becky Allison, as Esther, the calm sister, Sarah Swin- gle, who fitted the part of Agnes, the little tomboy, perfectly, and Earleen Churchill as Tootie, the in- nocent little devil of the family. Mr. and Mrs. 'Smith were played by Tony Freeman and Shirley Stephens. Charles Braswell did a swell iob as Grandpa Prophater. Mrs. Waughop was played exceptionally well by Gail Moore. Others in the cast were: Gayle Emmerling as Katie, the maid, Bobbie Jean Tidwell as Ida Boothby, the girl next door who loved Lon, Larry Gavin as John Shephard and Bill Porter as Fred Gregory, both beaux of Rose and Esther. Virginia Shea played Lucille Pentard, John Huntoon was Mr. Dodge, Hatton Adams appeared as Mr. Duffy, the meek little yes man, and Bill Roberts was the poor conductor who ran into a big rag doll propped on the trolley tracks - another of Agnes' tricks. Sue Van Blaricom's pet, Jerrie, played the big fluffy family cat, Lady Babbie. Back-stage work was done by Gayle Emmerling and Bill Porter, stage managers, Bill Roberts, electri- cian, Charles Braswell, sound effects. Properties, costumes and makeup were handled by Virginia Shea, Harriet Fuller, Bobbie Tidwell, Alice Lopez and Gail Moore. The stage set was constructed by Gayle Emmerling, Chuck Yates, Bob O'Toole, Bob Roman, Ralph Jar- vis, Elias Dominguez, Paul Talley, Bill Porter, and boys in shop with the help of Otho Moore and Robert Peirce. In charge of publicity were Lylia Smith, Sally Hoskins, Bill Kelley, George Cunningham, Norma Stevenson, Connie Lopez, Nannette McCurtain, Janis Poates, Hatton Adams, and Miss Mary Dolores Buck- ley. Tickets were handled by John Yoxsimer, Norma Neal, Helen Sutterlin, and Phyllis Sharr, supervised by Miss Carolyn Fisher. Meet Me in St. Louis and other appropriate musical numbers were played by the C.V. Orchestra directed by Delno Gillogly. The usherettes and Miss Margaret Burns seated the capacity crowd. Miss Elaine Buttrud directed the delightful production, with Charlene Nelson and Betty Lendrum assisting. WW'--M1Wmwmwwr vmtww-ss-1 .s r ,,,,, ,., W- -- e------ -f-f- -f f f

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Here is the cafeteria student help who make sure our knives, forks, spoons, plates, et cetera are cleaned, washed, dried, sterilized, et cetera. Kathleen Snider, Bill Thomas, Dan Moore, Bob Pixley, Bill Porter, and Leora Lizer do this job for us every school day of the year. Assistant librarian Cleo Johnson goes through a card file to locate a missing book. With all those books you can probably see why. MwqW' fiEiiY25'51iffi wvm7LuNi:fz-1. A .g gl f - f 'tzifswiziiusfi-mi A The hard-working snack bar crew pose iust a few minutes after the stampede has ended. Seeing that we always have a hot dog, french fries, or a shake are Naomi Sal- cido, Lois Barton, Kathryn Richter, Bettie Claborn, and Barbara Gold- ring. At mid-term CV lost three teachers and gained a like number. Here are two of the three newcomers who arrived too late to be included in the faculty section. Miss Mar- garet Christie taught Algebra I and chemistry after John Humphreys left for the Air Force. Mrs. Betty Hoff took over Miss Fisher's duties as gym and physiology instructor. Miss Margaret Carnighan, who is not shown, replaced Alexander Marko as Spanish and English teacher.