Elmhurst High School - Anlibrum Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Miss Skillon, in one of her finer moments, expresses her anger to the loops after learning about Penelope ' s behavior in town. (She waved and YooHooed to a passing soldier!) Right: The Reverend Humphrey cowers on the sofa. Ifs amazing how a little spray paint and old clothes can age a guy more than 50 years! The cast was as follows: Ida (Maid), Leslie Collier . . . Miss Skillon, Melissa Hunter . . . Lionel (Rev. Toop), John Silletto Penelope (Mrs. Toop), Nancy Beadie . . . Corporal Winton (Clive), Tom Young . . . Bishop of Lax (Penelope ' s uncle), Allen Shaw . . . Russian Spy, Larry Daugherty . . . Rev. Humphrey Geoff Sills . . . Sergeant Towers, Matt Tyler . . . Student Director Sarah Stewart . . . Stage Manager, Pat Koehl

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Syei f nil f i Balloon? Bottom: Balloons never had it so good as they did on Balloon Day during Spirit Week! Seniors Pam Belcher and Beatrice Malone flash smiles and tote helium on a string. Below: The Spanish class hosts Seizor Bruce Marks and Sei orita Liz Macias under a crepe paper arch and behind a guitar also done in tissue. Below: With senior |an Farriss in the foreground and senior Kent Keuneke looking on, senior Allen Shaw adds a few last-minute touch-ups to the senior float, a common pastime of all the float builders. «sasa •7 S ■ SBB ■» • • I 1 ' V - » Hey! Breathe this in! . . . Now talk. And a munchkin voice fronn a six-foot athlete will bring roaring laughter every time. People were parading down the halls with helium balloons tied to their wrists, and pencils floated in classes as those bouncing, bobbing spheres created a circus-like atmosphere. The first day of Spirit Week was, you guessed it. Balloon Day! Then came Sucker Day which not only referred to buying suckers and daring to eat them in class, but also to students who had one too many and whose stomachs let them know it! Wednesday was Bicentennial Day which brought out senior )ay Fox ' s stars and stripes pants and senior Larry Raber ' s Benjamin Franklin outfit. If anyone had visited Elmhurst, Thursday would have made the best impression. Dress-up Day was a real shocker to people who didn ' t know what was going on. Anything from top hats and tuxedos to chiffon formals was walking down the halls. Friday brought a complete reversal. You ' d think kids had just been out washing their cars! Shirts had seven armholes, pants were held together with patches, and sweat shirts with paint spots made their biggest showing. Dress-down Day, of course. What a crazy week. But, come to think of it, it ' s not a whole lot different from any other week! Spirit Week 15

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Below: At the peak of excitement. Sergeant Towers holds the Russian spy at gun point while Mrs. Toop and the Bishop run for cover. Oh, eesn ' t she owful! Ida, the cockney maid, wrinkles her eyes, scrunches up her nose and yells at the audience over Mrs. loop ' s off-key singing. So the play See How they Run opens. As the title implies, people do a lot of running but that was not the sole cause of laughter. A reverend clad in underwear, holding a fire poker and chasing a red-headed Russian spy, was part of it. And the sight of a snippy old grouch of a lady, too drunk to stand up without her legs giving way! Mr. Humphrey (such a sweet old man) sat trembling inside his red and white scarf and nearly had a heart failure when Miss Skillon surprised him by tumbling out of the closet. Mrs. Toop and her old friend Clive started out dear friends a.id end Act I in a knock-down, drag-out fight! To add to the confusion, suddenly four people claim to be Reverend Toop, ruffling the feathers of Sergeant Towers, an English cop! Wednesday evenings, senior Sarah Stewart became student director and helped to coordinate the players ' feet and minds and polish up the final product. Their usual 6-10 p.m. rehearsal, required by their directors, Mr. Don Goss and Mrs. Shelley Wellington, got the play ready for the big performances on November 7, 8, 14, and 15. See How Thei| Run Above: A conglomeration of expressions marks the faces of three reverends and Mrs. Toop. Yes, it ' s that Russian spy with a gun pointed at Mrs. Toop, unknown to Clive and timid Mr. Humphrey. Left: Do you know who I am? Corporal Clive mischievously asks Ida. I ' m Eisenhower. She gasps with wide open mouth. With Mrs. Toop out of the room, Ida tries her luck with the handsome visitor. Mr. Toop (opposite page) sits on the edge of his chair, listening to Mrs. Toop ' s explanation of the confusion while Miss Skillon teeters around, still quite intoxicated. To the left, the Bishop of Lax. School Play 17