Greenport High School - Beachcomber Yearbook (Greenport, NY)

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Senior Play It all started in January, with the selection of the play that our class was to present. Its name was “Girl Shy” and it was written by Katherine Kava- naugh. Then came try-outs, and shortly, the cast was announced. John Duell would be cast as “Tom”, who was girl-shy, Jim Thornhill as “Oke”, who was not, Greta Levine as “Babs”, Barbara Styback as “Birdie LaVerne”, Joan Norkelun as “Peaches”, Pat Brown as “Asma”, Kay Webb as Tom’s “Aunt Caroline”, Nan Goldin as “Sylvia”, Alfons Wagner as “Mrs. Arsdale”, Bob Staples as “Alfred”, A1 Peavey as “Chuck”, and Bob Biggs as “Dean Mar- lowe”. Next came rehearsals, and then more rehearsals, capably directed by Mr. Bombardier, with Mr. Wil- son as his assistant. Mr. Egert, our producer, and Reg Tuthill, the stage manager of the show, were also largely responsible for the success of “Girl Shy”. A few weeks before the big event, those who had artistic ability — and muscles — began strenu- ous work painting and putting up the flats. This same stage crew hurried to and fro, frantically searching for furniture for the play. With the set finally completed, our troupers were beginning to “live” their parts instead of merely uttering words. By now, the familiar phrases, “Get your hand props!”, “Play to the back row!”, and “Don’t look at the floor!” were ringing through the auditorium at every rehearsal. Almost before we knew it, dress rehearsals began and we were playing to our first — and most difficult — audience — the lower grades! The first milestone had been passed! Then we had only two more nights of drama to look for- ward to — two of the most memorable nights in our lives.

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J. Norkelun, G. Levine, P. Terry. Meet The Pi •css How do you do? We are the writers, the proof- readers. the artists, the salesmen, the advisors. We have worked since November to put the 1956 Beach- comber together — piece by piece, page by page. We had never dreamed of all the work, and fun that this, our biggest project, would entail . . . We spent hours trying to make the words fit the page, or vice-versa, measuring, pasting, cutting, and dozens of other operations required to build simply any yearbook. Then there were the endless hours J. Norkelun, ass I. editor; M. Benko, ass'I. business manager; K. Webb, art editor; G. Levine, editor-in-chief; P. Terry, ass't. editor; N. Goldin, business manager. 18