Queensbury High School - Orbit Yearbook (Queensbury, NY)

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 DEADLY ERNEST by Donald Payton DEADLY ERNEST is a merry mixup of manhunt and murder. The play had for its setting the living room of Terwilliger’s boarding house. The plot revolved around the person of Henry Gilchrist who in a moment of dark despair pays a stranger $17. 83 to have himself disposed of. It all started when Herny’s boss fired him and his girl friend threw him overboard and Aunt Ethel ordered him from her boarding house because of no rent money. Henry, spending the night in a park, meets one Mr. Bumpus. Henry pours out his troubles to Mr. Bumpus. who tells Henry he has a friend named Ernest who gets poor, downtrodden people like Henry out of their misery. The next day Henry has a change of luck and afraid of being murdered stays in the boarding house for safety. From then on virtually everyone who appears is named Ernest and after Henry. This made for a hilarious situation.

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“ Deadly rnes STUDENT DIRECTORS Gloria Smith... Dale Roider CAST HENRY AUNT ETHEL • MARGIE----- PUMPKIN - - • JILL........ GLADYS - - - AUNT STELLA CLARISSA - - ERNESTINE - - ERNIE------- MR. BUMPUS - SLEEPY C. E. GRIMM DR. ERNEST - -----Stephen Skellie ----------Gail Larson -----Victoria Jacobs - - - - - Daryl Da us Theresa Farr -----Sharon O’Neil - Geraldine Eckhart - - Judith Funicelle Carolyn VanDenburg - - - Richard Threw - - - Joseph Zamore -Leon Sawn - - Samuel Patterson - - - - Rodney Hill

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Our junior year was filled with many big events, but undoubtedly the most exciting was our Junior Prom. Under Paris Skies. our theme, was deftly carried out with a Paris cafe, the Eiffel Tower, and a Parisian bridge. The couples entered through the Arc de Triomphe. They danced to the wonderful music of Johnnie Bodner from the Capital District. It was in these beautiful Parisian surroundings that our king. Peter Accardi, and queen. Sallie Giffen, were crowned. Other members of the court included Noreen Zizza, Theresa Farr, Vicky Jacobs. Janet Jessey. Bob Jones. Steve Skellie, Tommy Center, and Bob Sawyer.