Alliance High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Alliance, OH)

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We Were June Madi' in January Buk ron left to right Thelma Taylor Thelma Fnkes Shnles NlSll0Ilg9l' f eorge Dlctruh Betty Stem nt Furl Slucch ul ll alter Spall l'l0llt lou loft to llght lacl lost Nlzuguct Nlhltfurc Ron :ld Nloroncs Pall Bacon Dorothy Ruff Donald Albright Snow flurries whirled about Alliance folk as they excitedly made their way to the Alliance High School auditorium where the January Senlor Class of 1945 was to present June Mad a sparkllng comedy of modern youth The story concerns Penny Wood played by Betty Jane Stewart and Chuck Harris George D1etr1ch the boy next door as they go about the frequently difficult but always years older than she brings Roger Van Vleck Ronald Moroney a senior and a killer dlller home from college she forgets she IS a man hater and succumbs to an attack of calf love which is ten degrees worse than measles In her efforts to make herself at tractlve to the fascinating Roger she almost disrupts two families but the dlscovery that Roger IS double crossing Merwyn by trying to steal his girl Thelma Taylor brlngs her back to normal and incidentally to Chuck Mr and Mrs Wood were played by Farl Sheehan and Shirley Niswonger and Mr Harris by Walter Spall Milly Lou Shir ley and Ralph Wentworth were play ed by Thelma Fickes Dorothy Ruff and Earl Bacon respectxyely The two unforgettable domestics Effie and Elmer were played by Mar garet Whitacre and Jack Post Martha My ers understudled all the girls parts while Earl Bacon was the under study for the boys Norma Nluffly chairman of the Property Committee was assisted by Robelt MCBIIHH who was in charge of the stage Corrine Stlyers handled the make up work while Jean Zeiner chairman of the publicity committee attracted Alllance to the performance of June Mad 29 5 .' ': - , la .' : , .' . . . -Q ' .',. :,..i 25,1 ..2., ..., 2 A X, 1. 2. , '. ' 1 . 'I . 9 . Y - Q 1 , , 4 n l , 7 Y 9 amusing business of growing up. When Penny's Uncle Merwyn, Don Albright, only five ' 9 I a 7 ' x s ' . . . , .A . . , . 1 u V , -I , Y . y . V, . . . A I . . J ' 3 T . , . j , - Y Y 7 ' 7 ! 7 Y ' Y V ' ' r ' , ' ' ' 7 ! -1 ., r ' ' v 7 ' v ' v ' v ' . ' A . v . 7 Y A l Y A . v . l . Y - . . , . . . Y . y .

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We Entertained a la Scarlett 0'Hara NTQTIUN We as 11A s gave the class of January 1944 the th11ll of a llfe t1me when we gave them ou1 Plantatlon Prom on the mght of January 8 1944 The gym Where the dance was held was really the most beautlful slght you m1ght es 61 want to see The center of the gym represented a balcony of an old fash1oned whlte plllared home of the South Earl Jones and hls orchestra vslth Shlrley Sadler as featmed xocahst plaved at one s1de of the gym whlch lepresented the end of the bal cony At one end of the gym there were grass deck cha1rs and an umbrella table wh1le at the oppos1te end was a refleshment stand Wlth representatlves of the June 1945 class servlng At both ends were trelllses W1th beautlfully des1gned flowers whlle the ce1l1ng was a mass of stars Durmg 1nterm1ss1on Earl Sheehan preslded as Master of Ceremonles Mar1e Evans d1d a fast tap routme A quartet made up of Norma Muffly Shlrley Nlswonger Caro lyn Ex erth and Barbara Holerman sang My Heart Tells Me A comedy dance was also a mam featule Wlth Jack Post Jack Rob1nson Bob Bay and Al Rastetter dressed 1n glrls formals Invltatlons for the semors were deslgned by Ronald Moroney They were 1n the shape of a l1ttle southern glrl IH a hoop sklrt The programs were pxctured W1th a colored mammy and pappy hold1ng a b1g ball of cotton Barbara Ho1e1man and Earl Bacon wer co chalrmen of the prom aSS1St6d by Jean ZQIUQI decoratlons Norma Muffly entertalnment Jack Elton prouam Mary Ann San dru 1nv1tat10ns and Margaret Whltacre 28 2 , 71 - .' ' ' x s , . Y Y . . . uf 9 7 7 1 n 4 L Y - Y . - . S . , 7 1 Y . . 7 . i - 1 . - r 2 1 1. Y Y . . Y . . Y. . . r L u , , , '- , - ss va , . , 7 , ' 7 v. . . . Y Y . A' A L I 1 r ' ' 0 . . ' 1 ' - , ' . 1 . , - r 1 p s v r v x -

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