Derry Township High School - L Histoire Yearbook (Yeagertown, PA)

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sa SENIOR CLASS PLAY Peters, Sehellenberg, Wiker, Burd, Swanger, Criswell, Kriek, Hess, Amspar-ker, Cupper, Bruce, Hunter. THE GREAT BIG DOORSTEP I! A successful broadway production, The Great Big Doorstep, drama- tized from the novel of the same nan1e, was chosen as the play to be presented by the senior class in the auditorium, and due to the high royalty expenses, it was given only on the night of December 8. Amidst an elaborate stage setting of a real tree with real oranges grow- ing near the delapidated shack of the poor Crochet family and various foliage overlooking the Mississippi River, the cast portrayed the ups and downs a poor family met in trying to buy a new house to go with the beautiful white doorsteps one of them found floating down the river. This play was definitely a character study with type ranging from the shiftless and lazy Mr. Crochet, a failure even on the VVPA, to his energetic wife, whose greatest struggle was to keep her family together. lt also included the set of twins, another daughter whose greatest interest in life was to be a nun after she found a lover to renounce, a couple jealous suitors, and the former irresponsible pilot on the river whose worthless checks were only a disappoint- ment to the Crochet family. L'HlSTOlRE 4,1 I wx erlly-foul'

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JUNIOR CLAS S First Row: Fisher, liingrle, Goshen, l'2ltl6l'S!Jll, Iirnnig, Bingzxmzxn, Nale, Henry, Davis, Hoopes Miller, Mc-4':u'tle. Second Row: Kearns, Kennedy, Baker, Fowler, lirnest, Szinliey, lleinard, Righter, Ucic, Krick Kuhns, Tztte, Hzlhlmerslmmx, xxv2lg'llk'l', Vollins, liunlile. 'Vhird llowt l'1'otze1', Minsker, Singley, Mitclwll, Bell, l'zu'tCl1ey, Shaffer, Bargo, McKnight Steffen, flUIlll65l'l1l2lIl, Kztliler, lillxcwts. lf'ou1'Lh llow: Knouso, Smrcio, Stztynor, lJ6+lIl2lVVA'2lYCl', VVezu', t':11'lsr1n, Swanger, Yeztricli, Dalby Bobh, Urziig, Peters, Close, Iiersinger, linger, Hursin, King, Stover, CLASS OFFICERS President ...... Frances Mitchell Vice-President.. .... Jack Barnes Secretary ..... . .Lucille Fowler Treasurer.. .... joy Minsker Historian. . . Leonard Carlson Class Flower: Class Colors: Rlill ROSE l3l.Uli AND XVlll'l'l' Motto : liNTlQlQ TO LICARN, CSO FORTH TO SllRV1if' L'HlSTOlRE l 1 l lui-llly-Six