Effingham High School - Signet Yearbook (Effingham, IL)

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Di it - 1 ovX db! 's gli THE CROWNING Edith Matthews feels a tingle of happiness as retiring queen, Mary Ann Thies, places the crown on her silky hair, congratulates her, and wishes her a wonderful evening. Edith's escort, Ron Ahten, stands beside her reassuringly and thinks what a beautiful queen she is, while Dick Petty and Kathy Voyles silently watch the ceremony. THE HOLIDAY DANCE QUEEN'S COURT Queen Edith Matthews sweetly smiles as her court stands watchfully beside her, She gives a sigh of relief and feels as though she is all mixed up inside. Harvey Thomas, Colleen Loy, Jim Collins, Ioan Percival, Jim Bradham, Beverly Tilley, Tony Manuel, Lynne Luttrell, Ron Ahten, Queen Edith Matthews, Mary Ann Thies, Dick Petty, Kathy Voyles, Marilyn Strobel, Howard Ward, Carolyn Fisher, Don Thomas, Sharon Barbee, David Steffen, Pat Bush, and Pearl Davis present a happy scene as they form the Queens Court at the dance, is Q f 'I ,J ao 4 I I fp v - r ' r I , . 1 -i -1 v 4 I Xxx GN ix , I l I

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JUNIOR CLASS PLAY O OUR TOWN Frank Davis regards Sharon Scherer and Don Marilyn Strobel looks Thomas as they sip their sodas in this drug at the moon from her store scene. upstairs IOOYU OUR TOWN, by Thornton Wilder, was presented by the class of '57, in their junior year, This play was one of the most unusual ever presented at Effingham High School, The almost complete lack of props on the stage heightened the drama presented by the simple, substantial people of Grover's Corner, the scene of the play, The first act presents the characters in their everyday living. The Gibbs and Webb homes are shown on stage, and those families go about their normal routine. ln the second act the plot thickens. George Gibbs and Emily Webb are in love, This act shows their discovery of love and the problems which confront all young people, The climax is a wedding ceremony during which the basic emotions of life are brought sharply into focus, The final act takes place in the cemetery. The staging is simple and one's entire attention is focused on Emily who, after death, returns to Grover's Corners to revisit some of her childhood haunts. The basic theme of this moving play is the fact that the past cannot be relived, We often rush through life without stopping to realize how good and important small things really are, Mr. Newton, the director, double-cast the parts of Emily and Mrs. Webb. CAST Frank Davis, STAGE MANAGERg Marilyn Strobel, EMILY, Donna Stanton, MRS, GlBBSg Bette Neal, REBECCA, Barbara Webb, ORGANISTg Jane Dolbow, LADY IN BOX, Emma Lou Edwards, MRS, WEBB, Paul Tolch, BASEBALL PLAYER, Sharon Scherer, EMILY, Paula Engel, WOMAN OF TOWN. Second row: Tony Manuel, SIMON STIMSONg Richard Wooley, JOE STODDARDg David Steffen, SAM CRAIGg Max Sinkler, PROFESSOR WlLLARDg James Fagen, CROWELLQ Don Thomas, GEORGE, Ronald Worstell, HOWIE NEWSOMEQ David Wernsing, CONSTABLE WARREN: Charles Stevens, DR, GlBBSg John Austin, MR, WEBB, Charles Keller, WALLYg Connie Bosley, MRS, SOAMESg Sally Siddens, MRS, WEBB, Norma Newkirk, WOMAN OF THE TOWN. 1956 ' -