Akron High School - Golden Haze Yearbook (Akron, IN)

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iaresent DON'T TAKE MY PENNY 'Dent Take My Penny IS o three-ant play wzth Penny, played, by Karna Hoffman, as the lealna character, determined that she was qoirta to Holly- wood and play the part ol Dimity Wen' from thc book, Stars ln Her Hair, Ioanna, Pennyf: best qirf friend, played by Merlee Smoker, was completely devoted to Penny, and llke Penny was :aure Penny was qaina to Hollywood. Bob Burket', as Kerry, Pennfs resourceful bay friend, had different ideas, he wanted Penny te play in the tennis tournament with him and maybe marry him some day Greg, played by Kent Groninger, was Ioannah boy IrLend and also a pal of Kerry's, with different ideas. Both boys tried an imipersonatien to discourage Penny from goina to Hollywood. Kerry ,played the fake part of Harrison Day, the real author ol l'Star:: ln Her Hair, played by Max Helvey. Grea played the fake part of one of the models, played by Linda Nelson, as Clair, Frances Lewis, as Elsie, and Cecil Kelley, as Lucille, brouaht to the Prinale home to model some clothes for Penny, by the famous French designer, Monsieur Henri, played by Prank Urbahns, which was a real riot! Red, played by Larry Sheetz, was the delivery boy for Penny. He had a very rough time delivering all those boxes Lydia, played by lenny Barnes, and Caleb, played by lack Royer, Penny's busy mother and father, had no time for their children. Mark, for instance. played by Bill Burkett, was wantina to buy a :thick- en farrn for Sally, played by Beverly Powell, the Pringle maid, for their future together Norman Porter, ,played by Iohn Hartman, was sr: publicity 'nan who wanted Sally to play the part et Dimitv West, but as you can see Sally was more inter- ested in the Chicken farrn and Mark. lt was Gram, played by Mary Ellen Maxwell, who straiqhtenerl out the Whole mixed-up Pringle family, when she lectured Lydia and Caleb on bringing up their children instead of worrying about their jobs so much. The climax of this play was when Harrison Day discovered his real Dimity West, Mavis, Penny's attractive sister, and a radio actress, played by Pat Kuhn. ln the end the whole family was finally straightened out and all was well in the Pringle family. By Merlec Smoker

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The , Semors THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED MHere l am home from College, declares attractive Laurie Huntington, Karna Hoffman, o sophomore motoring psy- chotogy, expecting to find a normal, well-adjusted family! And what do l see instead? A bunch of - of psychological KNOTST Actually, of course, things aren't quite that bad, Sid Hunt- ington, lack Boyer, her fatiher, isn't gtite his normally joculoi self because Ted Wood, Kent Gron nger, f'Deadwood , his hated rival in the used-car buslness, is about to snatch up a much coveted dealership, and Sid is touchy and petulant because he fears his much needed lcan from the bank won't ao through. Martha, lenny Barnes, Lcurie's mother and Sid's ordinarily poised, gracious, and warm-hearted wife, is over- anxious, overworked, and much too rervous about the tea to which she has invited Walola Breckenridge, Shelby Smoker, wife of the bank president, as well as Amelia Dennis, Gail Cox, a catty kibitzer, Caroline Blake sly, Marla Hammond, a foolish matron, also Grace Schoenbeck, Gloria McCloug'han, wife of the department store owne', and Therese Browr., Frances Lewis, Wolola's maiden sister, Wally Huntingtor, Bob Burkett, Laurie's ycunger brother, though usually fun- lowfng and easy-going, is in the family dogihouse because he insists on going steady with cute loan Wood, Beverly Powell, De-adwoods Daughter So - l.aurie, confident that her college courses in psy- chology, fully qualify her to straigthten out her tamily's tangled lives, goes zealously to work Almost before you car. say Pavlov's dog, she has convinced them they must find their Nenergy peaks. The house becomes a jumble of note- books and strange looking blocks, and everybody is getting word association tests blood-to-the-brain tests, irxtctloance tests, and plenty of endurance tests, even Horatio P. Honey- well, Max Helvcy, the bird watcher, looked for his energy peak l..CILtT1CftS interference completely finishes off Wallv's ro- :nance with foanie. The maid CGusl Gustavesky, Mcrlee Smoker, convinced by test that shes a genius, is off to col- lege! And then, at the all-important tea and wlhile Martha is out of the room, Laurie administers the Zombrouski lnk Blot Test and lays devastingly bare the inner personal- ities of her mothers astonished guests. lnfuriated, they stalk from the house while Miartha looks on helplessly and Laurie does a ''wash-them-out-of-my-hair'' dance to ,purge her emotions! That night, after Laurie has gone on o date with handsome but moody Mark Bradford, Bill Burke t, the family decides to do a little purging on their own. Vtfally stumbles inadvert- ently upon -W and reads aloud to his' stunned parents -- l,aurie's professional notes in which she has relentlessly lfpsychologizedw them all in terms of 'fassetsu and liabil- ities This is much too much' They conspire to teach her ri lesson, and when Laurie returns with Mark at one-thirty itz the morning, they put on o show that Laurie w1ll rfoubtlessz remember for a long time io come. Carrying to ribtickling extremes the ctharacteristicrz Laurie has attributed to them and broadly satirizina her theories, they climax the demonstration with an unforgettable Purge Polka. Mark leaves hurriedly, and Laurie, humiliated beyond en- durance, soon follows. The distressed faimily, tearing they have overdone matters, spend a wor'ied dozen hours await- ing her return. Meanwhile, Wally, tal-ing a leaf from Laur1e's notebook, decides to take Fortunes bull by the horns and boldly invites UDeadwood and his lagressive wife, Lillian, Pat Kuhn, to the Huntington housei Before that fateful meeting is finished, both Sid and 'led apply some psychology -- as well cs some other things -- to each other! Happily as well os prospects ot a new partner The return-ing Laurie, cognizant now that a little psychology is a dangerous thing, finds forgivnefs and love from family - and Mark? Walty and foannie fave rediscovered each other through mutual crisis, and almost everyone has fearned something riew and helpful about himself By Gloria McCloughan

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