St Marys High School - Per Annos Yearbook (Cortland, NY)

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Filled with fun . . 4'Father Knows Bestf' or does he? In an at- tempt to answer this question, last fall we seniors presented a play by the same name, based on the television program and adapted by Kristin Sergei. The fast-paced comedy came marching on stage with a 'Lbody of ten or fifteen thousand guardsf, but, goaded on by the high principled father, the subject of the play quickly changed from World History to the problems of family life and to the problems aroused by uletting our kids run usi' in particular. .lim Andersonis plan to unite his family resulted in the transformation of the Anderson home into a social center with the Garden Club in the living room, Betty and her date on the porch, the basketball team in the basement and hide-and-seek all over the place. The police were also brought in on the scene, but eventually the Andersons settled down to leading a normal life once again and accepted the fact that father doesn't always know best. Each person who saw this play found in it an exact replica of his own family life. The forceful portrayal of father by Jerome Rourke, the calm and understanding characterization of mother by Joanne Megivern, the humorous antics of Gerald O'Rourke and Katherine Bell as Bud and Kathy, the typical teenage escapades of Betty, played by Valerie Harris, the competent direction of Sister Merici, the cooperation of the cast, light- ing crew, and those in charge of make-up and properties, all contributed to an outstanding per- formance. First Row fl. to r.l : Roberta Donohue, Dorothy Perry, Mary Ann Morris, Patricia Francisco Second Row fl. to r.l: Ronald Comerford, William Crane,Agatha Dori, Kathleen McCormick, Ronald Porter, David Tucker, William Bulger Third Row fl. to r.l : Patricia Scarano, Valerie Harris, John Uowd, Katherine Bell, Gerald O'Rourke Fourth Row fl. to r.l: Patrick Ryan, Bette Clave, Jerome Rourke, ,loanne Megivern, Genevieve Morris, Karl Heim, Maria Costa I 1

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Cool, sunny clays . . . Top Row fl. to r.J: Carol Niederhofer, Margaret O'Leary, Mary O'Leary Second Row Cl. to LJ: George Ottenschot, Richard Porter, Anthony Rinaldi, Nancy Rinaldi, Char- lene Scarano Third Row ll. to r.J: Charles Sheridan, Marie Smedley, Donal Spaulding, Thomas Twomey, Betsy Zaharis Eighth graders prepare for the Red Cross Health Poster Contest. A 008083 GEEK PAYS Mums YM' Hmm 52 Standing fl. to r.l: Sr. M. Dorothea, Margaret Dexter, Donal Spaulding Seated fl. to r.J : Elizabeth Donohue, Carol Niederhofer E191

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fl. to r.l: Patrick Ryan, Joanne Ancl activity . . . And I feel you are the right sort of peoplef, fl. to r.I : Mary Ann Morris, Roberta Donohue, Dorothy Perry, Patrivk Ryan, Joanne Megivern 6'Dad, do men really dislike nail polish?,' fl. to. r.l: Jerome Rourke, Valerie Harris, Gerald 0'Rourke 1 'Betty is 'noi' a wayward girlf' Megivern, Vvilliam Bulger, Jerome Rourke