Paris High School - Owl Yearbook (Paris, TX)

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pg, Senior Class Play, Dear Ruth, 0ne ALBERT KUMMER flack McCubbinl is overwrought concerning his fiancee's marriage to another man. Judge Wilkins fGlen Allisonl looks over Albertls court summons as Mrs. Wilkins fAnn Cawthonl tearfully watches. MM. . 1r1am, what have you done now? was familiar line from Senior Class play of 1963. Annual Senior play marked beginning of end-of- school activities. Into this production each year goes hours and hours of practice plus tears and other little joys. ln the 1963 play, Dear Ruth, each character was double cast. understudies being ready at a moment's notice to step into respective roles. As curtain went up on April 25, 1963, and lights were lowered, there was hushed silence as standing- room-only audience saw what determination and hard work by dedicated director, Mrs. Hubert Ken- nemer, Senior sponsors, and loyal cast can do. APRIL, 1963 . . . El ' l Off' f 1963-64 23 Yiitfngasgfl lfers or MIRIAM WILKINS usiuie Reedp consoles ' ' ' e ,' ea er ryou S her father fGlen Allisonl after he 25 ' ' ' Semor Class Play, Dear Ruth has donated to blood bank because 26 . . - Senior Day at P3riS .l11I1i0I' College Miriam had volunteered his blood. OWL O 22

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Convention Captivate Owl Staffers New York! Dream came true for seven Owl staffers, Mrs. C. M. Townsend, and Sponsor Miss Martha Hankins who attended Columbia Scholastic Press Association con- vention in March. For six glorious, fun-filled, educational days, they were carried into far-off world of new discov- eries, magnificent sights, and unbelievable architectural feats of big city and Creat White Way. Subways, skyscrapers, ferry boats, Statue of Liberty, Washington Square, and Greenwich Village were all dis- covered in a whirl of sleepless days and nights. Paris High School's delegation all too soon was brought back to earth again as they jetted home to Texas and to all the Work to be done before the 1963 uColden,' Uwl could be presented in its grand debut. MISS MARTHA Hankins, yearbook adviser, beams with pride as she accepts Gold Key Award for dedication to school publications from Col. J. M. Murphy at Waldorf Astoria uncheon in New York City. OWL O 21

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MRS HUBERT Kennemer director of r of Dear Ruth, performs messy task of creating Dora fBillye Ayres Hinziej, colored maid at the Wilkinsi. HELPLESS expressions cross faces of Ruth Wilkins f Sherry Kay ,lonesl , Judge and Mrs. Wilkins K Glen Allison and Ann Cawthonl as compared to look of innocence on face of Miriam fBillie Reedj when Miriam tells about writing the sixty letters. IT FITS! exclaims Judy Seay as Janie Stewart, Mitzi Riddle, and Sherry Kay Jones scramble for shoes worn during forties for play. OWL O 23