Mount Vernon High School - Minute Man Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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DRAMA lN REVIEW Sober appearing Thespians pictured here did an out- standing iob this semester, under the direction of Mr. Ohan Kerian, put on numerous plays both for workshop and assembly. Among the first to be seen by the student body in a double assembly were, Buddy Answers an Ad, Bobs Goes Dramatic, and A Date for Bobby Sox. Workshop plays enjoyed by special classes were, The Prettiest Girl in Town, Billy Goes Haywire, The Red Lamps, Pa's New Housekeeper, and Wilbur Minds the Baby, which was found the most popular of workshop otterings this semester. Thanksgiving and Christmas were marked by two suc- cessful productions. This is Thanksgiving, a radio play, was offered for both upper and lower divisions. Following the season's spirit the drama classes presented for double assemblies and to the parents at a P.T.A. meeting, Decem- ber 'l6, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Closing their semester with a final flourish, Cl forty-tive minute double assembly was presented, consisting of seven radio plays, from tive to fifteen minutes long, on Janu- ary ll. DRAMA CLASSES Row I-Richard Sanders, Martin Ansoorian, Charles Mishkin, Janice Yama- moto, Marian Megrdichian, Beverly Silver, Bobbie Perll, Sharon Mack, Frank Besag, Morton Light, Bradley Barrows. Row 2-Selwyn Rose, Marvin Schneider, Wanda DeWitt, Janet Schroeder, Rodeama Crane, Eleanor Lieberman, Frances Grantham, Kathryn Stewart, Frances Fogel, Marcia Gilbert, Margie Drake, Dorothy Duke, Paula Mealy, Gareth Carmody, Saul Barr. Row 3-Stan Schwartz, Michael Polin, Charlean Franke, Shirley Bennion, Sylvia Friedman, Diane Nellis, Sheila Margo, Elaine Kaplan, Nora lshkanian, Irene Levonian, Marilyn Lee, Sandra Bora, Barbara Duncan, Julie Herren, Estelle Jablcn, Mr. Ohan Kerian. Row 4-Lilliana Blott, Rita Rudelson, Helen Toal, Nancy Herbst, Myrna Bergstrom, Sandra Berkowitz, Edna Boardman, Marilyn Bluh, Peggy Barrett, Teresa Palazuelos, Barbara Suval, Donald Seltzer. Row 5-Marty Berman, Caroll Darrow, Malcolm Smith, Nathan Karsh, Frank Abrahamian, Danny Knapp, Kenny Johnson, Ted Matthews, Kenny Rose, Bob Resnick.

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SAFETIES Row l-Lillian Kim, Dixie Griffin, Barbara Fukuyama, Dorothy Duke, Margie Drake, Janice Yamamoto, Nancy Gushiken, Edda Schwartz, Susan Wilson, Janet Inman, Alice Nakagawa, Jean Takayoshi, Sue Colby, Frances Fogel, Faye Aratani, Betty Walker, Camille Roane, Rodeama Crane, June Cas- parian, Evelyn Herman, Phyllis Jung, Adele Seltzer, Donna Atler, Helen Strasser, Loraine Bernstein, Darlene Baller, Marilyn Farkas. Row Z-Madeline Guttelman, Kathryn Koch, Carol Dake, Arlene Harmon, Cynthia Shevel, Cyra Wolf, Dora Silk, Irene Levonian, Elaine Kaplan, Marilyn Gordon, Shirley Standiford, Frances Sotcher, Ruby Stewart, Harriet Christensen, Jennifer Kent, Nancy Owens, Leelane Ellis, Marilyn Pepperdine, Nancy Finlay, Mary Lou Campbell, Doreen Osep, Elizabeth Bush, Patti Brinker, Marilyn Bravender, Pat Potts, Barbara Duncan, Carolyn Smith, Betty Starr, Teresa Palazuelos, Arlene Youristi, Myrtle O'Mara. Row 3-Naomi Kayashi, Robert Whitney, Joe Doss, Elbert Lui, Selwyn Rose, Rodney Champion, Ralph Logan, Larry Pearsall, Moe Bloom, Joyce Brown, Sandra Berkovitz, Marilyn Bluh, Seymore Zeldin, Lawrence Haines, Ted Matthews, Jim Kimsey, Malcolm Smith, Andy Hazel, Nowland Hong, Paul Levitt, Albert Osterloh, Yvonne Heilig. Row 4-Dick Matthews, David Segal, Robert Blum, Ronald Bradley, Rudy Stuhlman, Joe Schulman, Allan Karno, Dennis Galanter, David Scott, David Sauerwald, Robert Brodowski, Bill Fisher, Carl Hunn, David Mill, Tim Leckey, Dale Simpson, Aldo Loria, Tom Jacobs, Charles Lockhard, Sidney Cain, Lee Schmidt, Warren Nye, David Linderman, Leslie Pollack. FOR SAl:ETY'S SAKE Mt. Vernon's safety organization is run parallel to a metropolitan police force. lts various divisions may be com- pared to the departments of a large city law enforcement staff. The network of squads under the sponsorship of Mr. Karl Lovejoy, Mrs. Grace Cameron, and Mrs. Emily Spring, and the student leadership of Faye Aratani, Safety repre- sentative, has proven itself a valuable asset to Mt. Vernon. Sponsors and captains of the squads are: Miss Dorothy Lucas and Kay Nishimura, Main Hall, Mrs. Marion Hooton and Pat Potts, West Building, Miss lneta Nelson and Donna Atler, Morning Door, Miss Nelson and Phyllis Jung, Noon Door, Mrs. Myrtle Toothaker and Shirley Standiford, Cafe- teria Squad, Mrs. Bernice Farley and Joyce Brown, Hash Line, Mr. Bernard Feldman and Alan Karno, South of Cafeteria, Mr. John Corbeil and David Scott, Noon Gate, Mr. Clifford Hirsch and Carl Hunn, Bike Squad, Mr. Earl Matthews and Bob Little, Red Caps, Mrs. Edna Knotts, girls' eating area, Mrs. Ebby Marlow and Mrs. Helen Col- ton, boys' eating area, and Mrs. Jeanne Lavagnino, Now- land Hong, and Elbert Lui, Bugle and Flag Squad. Safety Court is sponsored by Mrs. Alta Maiben and meets once a week to administer iust sentences to pupils who disobey the safety rules. The six court members under Frances Fogel, Chief Justice, are Doreen Osep and Bob Schultz, B-9 iudges, Leelane Ellis, clerk, lrene Levonian, secretary, Dennis Galanter, bailiff, and Faye Aratani, Safety representative.

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STAGE CREW Louis Weinstock, Leon Blake, Paul Van Zytfeld, John Sakata, Jack Papazian, Kenny Johnson, Bill Kern, Kenny Kuhlman, Bob Little, Bim Gutsch, Mr. Ohan Kerian, Julian Dixon, Bob Palout1ian, Jim Kimsey, Danny Knapp, Jimmy Kaufman, Roger Summers. OPERATION STAGE CREW Throughout the term stage crew has worked on all assemblies and plays under the supervision of Mr. Ohan Kerian. Big man of the stage crew is Bim Gutsch, stage crew manager, who is also in charge of operating the lights. Under him are Bob Paloutzian, assistant stage crew man- ager, and John Sakata. ln charge of the sound crew is Jimmy Kimsey, with Julian Dixon, second in charge, and Jack Papazian. Supervising the arc crew is Bill Kern, assisted by Leon Blake, and Bob Little. ln charge of the grid crew is Roger Summers, and under his command are Jimmy Kaufman, Danny Knapp, Kenny Kuhlmann, Paul Van Zytveld, and Lewis Weinstock. Chief proiectionist is Kenny Johnson. BOYS USHERS Standing Robert Rumack Milton Aiken Seymour Zeldln Jimmy Yowell Jerome Franklin Captain Sitting Herbert Kalmlcx Marshall Goldstein Jack Wledder Howard Bergman