Conemaugh Township Area High School - Connumach Yearbook (Davidsville, PA)

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JUNIUH CLASS PLAY Lights! Camera! Action! These might have been the Words of Mrs. Kring, the director, as the curtain Was ready to open on the night ol February ll when the Iunior Class presented their play, The Whole ToWn's Talking. This comedy centers about the efforts of Mr. Simmons-Iohn Younkin to you -to promote a marriage of his business partner and his daughter, Ethel. In the role of Ethel, Sylvia Armstrong is emphatic in her disapproval of the idea. Operating on the theory that any Woman will Want the man every other Woman Wants, Mr. Simmons plans a few love affairs for unromantic Chester Binney, played by Richard Kisslak. In spite of all the complica- tions Mr. Simmons brings upon him, Chester is finally able to get himself out of trouble and win Ethel. The main characters Were supported by Mrs. Simmons, Sallie Mish- lerp Letty Lythe, Donna Kaltenbaughg Donald Swift, Ronald Ionesp Roger Shields, Dennis Rounsleyg Lila Wilson, Mary MacDonald, Sally Otis, Io Ann Pluta, Annie, Vivian Bloughp Sadie Bloom, Mildred Pike: Taxi driver, Tom Ratliff.

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ADVISORS Mrs. Statler Mrs. Kring

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SE Ilfllil EL 55 PL!-lY Romance, humor, vitality! This was the Senior play, Annie Get Your Gun, as it was pre- sented to a large and appreciative audience in the high school auditorium on December 9. The presentation of this play was a tribute to the dramatic talent of the Class of '53 and the able direction of Mrs. Kring. The rich, romantic story begins when Frank Butler fBill Petrol challenges a local person to a shooting match as an attraction to his show. Annie Oakley fPat Cochranel, nervous and gawky at first, accepts the invitation and beats Frank. Complications arise when Buffalo Bill flohn Backmanl makes her the star instead of Frank. Iealous of Annie, Frank joins another troupe, mak- ing both miserable over their separation. As other members of the troupe try to get them back together again the old argument bursts out anew-Which is the better shot. They decide to shoot it out once and for all. Chief Sitting Bull flack Gaucllipl, realizing that if Annie wins the match she loses Frank, bends the gun sight. When the time for the match comes, Chief Sitting Bull disproves Annie's theory that You can't get a man with a gun, by pointing to the bent front sight and saying, You'll get a man with this gun. She does, too! The supporting cast included Iohn Stephenson, Pat Korns, Wilma Yanus, Iack Bollington, Charles Mintmier, and members of Buffalo Bill's troupe, cowgirls, cowboys and Indians.