Hillsdale High School - Echo Yearbook (Jeromesville, OH)

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tudents Active in All Situations '5ffff?f5m l I I I Luana Burrell and Richard Bishop were just two of the characters in the Library Service C1ub's play for the Thanksgiving Assembly. The school cooks, Mrs. Forest Rush, Mrs. Mary Rowland, and Mrs. Wilma Shenberger pro- vided and decorated a Christmas tree for the school. Mr. Glen Hanes sang for the student body at the Thanksgiving Assembly. He is Associate Pro- fessor of the Department of Education at Ashland College. Kathy Fickes served as Santa Claus during the Christmas party. She brought and distributed several gifts. AT LEFT, the Thespian Troupe 1647, under the direction of Donna Mutchler and as- sisted by Mr. Robert I-Iaxton. presented a play entitled "The Christmas Peppermintsu as en- tertainment for the Christmas programs of the Lion's Clubs in the area. It was then presented to the student body the last day of school before Christmas vacation.

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" Dr. Sanderson, perhaps at medical school, they 6fHarvey" Draws Large Audiences neglected to tell you that a rabbit has large pointed A dozen members in the cast worked hard to present such a lively comedy to keep the audience filled with laughter. Elwood P, Dowd . . Veta Louise Simmons Myrtle Mae Simmons . Miss Johnson .... Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet Ruth Kelley ...... Duane Wilson . . . Lyman Sanderson . . William R, Chumley . Mrs. Chumley .... Judge Omar Gaffney . . . . Terry Pore . . . . . Kathy Fickes . . Mary E1lenMaxwell Joyce Ann Hoverstock . . . . . . Susie Ailer . . Mary Ann Ewing . . Chuck Wiltrout . . . Dave Butler . . . Pete Kosse . . Peggy Murphy . . . . Greg Likes ears, and that a hat for a rabbit would have to be per- E. J. Lofgren .... . . Butch Momchilov forated to make room for these ears!" "Aunt Ethel--I want you to meet Harvey. As you can see, he's a Pooka." "Harvey says he would have known you anywhere!" The Dowd household was in an uproar when Uncle Elwood brought home his closest gh, friend, an imaginary 6 1X2 foot rabbit. The M plot really thickens when Elwood is taken to a ,.g ' L- , sanitarium, but his sister Veta is admitted in- . stead. Everyone will remember the final out- -' w Come when "I-larve " seems to become a K - if reality. ,,., " , MZ.. :ig L 1 The play was written by Mary Chase, and 7 the cast was chosen by the director from select students in grades 10 tmough 12. Directed by Mr. Robert Haxton and student directed by - Donna Mutchler, the play touched the hearts 1' of the young as well as old attending the 1 evening performances of November 19 and 20. rr ut r

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6 More Students Participate The entire cast and crew consisted of over fifty students who worked diligently to provide entertainment for the school and community. 6GParted on Her Wedding Mom" or '6More to Be Pitied Than Seemed" Above. Desmond is being thrown out the window by Excelsior as Bowery Liz assists. Be- low, Mother Mahoney. Opal, and Bowery Liz watch as Desmond carries Faith away, but is halted by Excelsior. H Excelsior Colfax. . . Tim Kosse Desmond Dalton. . .... Terry Pore Opal Buckingham . . . Mary Mutchler Faith Trueheart . . . . Peggy Rose Bowery Liz .... . . Marilyn Krebs Mother Mahoney . . . . Susie Ailer Director . . . . . ...... . . Donna Mutchler Faith Trueheart was a frail, young girl who had been turned out by her father. She found food and shelter in the humble abode of the crude Bowery Liz and, a neighbor Mother Mahoney, comforted her wounded pride. Faith was shunned by her father because of the evil deeds of Desmond Dalton, a black-hearted villain. He devised a plan, with the aid of his accomplice, the villainess, Opal Buckingham, to marry Faith and then claim her rich coal fields as his own. Only, one Excelsior Colfax stands in the way. After abitter fight, Desmond is thrown out of the window by the hero. But the villain is saved by falling onto a skylight below and crawls back to safety.A simple fight follows between the villain and the hero. Bowery Liz comes back from taking Opal to jail and finds Excelsvor in trouble. She has a gun and soon forces the villain to surrender and then marches him off to jail. After all the excitement is over, Excelsior proposes marriage to Faith and she accepts for a very happy ending to an old- fashioned meller-drammer.