Amboy High School - Amboyan Yearbook (Amboy, IL)

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THE PIANS ACTORS RECEIVE NATIONAL SOCIETY PINS Thespxans ns an honorary socxety composed of those students who do merxtorxous work m dramatncs The troupe at the begmnmg of the year consnsted of Alyce Gordon, presxdent, Gene Carroll, vlce presxdent, Lons Robblns, secretary treasurer Other members were Darlene Jones Ken Reuter, George Malach, and Mary Lupton Later nn the year, those members of the jumor play cast who could meet the requnrements were accepted mto the troupe Thns year the group was under the sponsorshxp of Mrs Exdth Olmstead The Thespnans acted as hosts to the Drama Standmg A Gordon L R Club at a hay rnde and wxener roast nn cele bratxon of the success of then' school carmval held late ln October The Chrxstmas season brought more fun and work for troupe No 361 and the Drama Club On December 16, they went Christmas carolxng through the town and then returned to the school for refresh ments Solxtanre was the all Thespxan Chrnstm play presented on December 20 m conyunctnon wnth the musnc department Mr and Mrs Wal ham Olmstead, Jr were hosts to the troupe on December 21 for a Chnstmas dmner The fea ture of the evenmg was a gnft exchange As a sprmg project, Thespxans presented the hnlnarxous three act comedy, Mother ns a Fresh man, m May Senxor members of Thespnans recenved pms for thexr merxtonous work Eid h 1 obbms, M Lupton G M t Olmstead, sponsor D Jones Seated alach K Reuter G Ca,-,ou . . . l N . . ,, - . . as . , . . . - . - - ,, . . . . , , u v - , . I ' y - . I 45533 i I i-..-,Wm-V 39

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aaa T P Row E Lntts, 0 5fePhem'ch' G Gay' C 0 R Grams MorrnsseY, L Ullensvangv J Gfam , f 4th Row F McCa 1 C Aschenbrermel' G 1 D frx? tllri Nnchols, M Lupton, B Sagrnxth A d 5 shmvm, G Hacker, D n 'ea 1 h E Stewart D Smxth R Garlggil alfnd Bldgxelljk Morrxssfh Leffelmas, 3 Jones P Qvgourke MM Law eg, L K ut ' L orrnsse v n ' M Scherer bbms, d K FlahertY, G Carroll A Go! on, affreY, Mrs Exdth Olmsteada dxrectof, B MCC Jrd Row D HalseYa .l Long, G Ma ac E Wlllsfead D Morns K Reuter, W Langley' R Pnl, DR MA CLUB DRAMATISTS USE NEW MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS Thxs year the Drama Club members were h c osen upon the basxs of thezr actmg abnlxty The Thespnans and thenr sponsor, Endth Olm stead, served as decxdmg judges After they had been chosen, members were a d ppomte to defmnte commxttees Some of these commnttees were Publncnty, Makeup Tickets, Stage and Props and Costumes These c om mxttees take thenr respectnve parts at both the Jumor and S l emor p ays and also the Thespnan play whnch wnll be held nn the Sprmg The fnrst bxg event was the Hallowe en Carn nval, held on October 31 Thus gala affaxr fea tured the House of Terrors Freak Show, Dan cxng Dolls Faculty Graveyard and va nous other snde shows The Jr Stenos featured the H h as House decorated to carry out xdeas of the carnnval Thus affalr was a cooperatnve effort of the Drama Club and the Ambo Y Lnons Club, as the latter sponsored a parade and danc h e on t e same evenmg Shortly after the Hallowe en Carnxval, the Drama Club had a wemer roast and hayrxde December 16 was the Drama Club Chrnst mas Party The evenmg was opened by vns ntm the h f g omes o several faculty members and a number of crxppled and aged shut ms on a carol smgmg tour The carolers then returned to the high school and had a forty fxve mm t u e program presented by the sophomore, junnor, and semor classes Refreshments were served by the Thesplans I H ., . R V 1 -7 1 l , . 2 1' l 1 W H L wr ll Nl 1 ' A' . 5 I , 'S Ni R gf .-f' , ' a ' . ' , . . l ' . ' . 1 ' . , . , V v . . I I , . u . u ' - , : - ' J, mum. m Raw- ' ' L. Ro ' I . , l I ' ' : Q ' I l - . , . . . . , - , - , - , . I , Q I , . - . . U 1 - ' ' ' . . , . . t 38

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fs C Aschenbrenncrhjqfroll W Kessel Seated W Bonnell J Long G G T Gordon O StePhenltch M Jones oy Being spanked Seventeenth Summer SENIOR PLAYERS ENACT BOOK DRAMATIZATION On the nlght of March 31 1950 the senlor class presented to the audlence at Amboy Hlgh School Maureen Daly s Seventeenth Summer ThlS human tender story was a declded change from the slap stlck comedles that had been presented ln PYCVIOUS years Seventeenth Summer IS the story of Angle Mor rovs the love and sorrows she flnds growlng up her seventeenth summer Angle comes allve, human and real, ln Darlene jones Sympathetlc tender Mar garet Angxe s older slster IS wel acted by Darlene Shlppert Gene Carroll IS jack, Angles flrst lose Thelr romance IS the focal polnt of the play Comedy IS provlded by ten year old Kltty whom Marlene Jones brlngs to llfe Lorralne, Angle s frus trated older slster, IS portrayed by Wanetta Bonnell Mr and Mrs Morrow, Angle s klnd and understand lng parents, are portrayed by Otto Stephenltch and Mary Jayne Lupton The menaces to jack and Angle s romance are Jane Long and Alyce Gordon as Jane and Margle, two The rest of the cast are Glb Goy, as Tony, the boy who wlshes he had met Angle flrst, George Malach as Art, Margaret s flance, Blll Kessel as Martln, Lor ralne s hope for a happy summer, and Charles Aschenbrenner as F121 The productlon was under the capable sponsorshlp of Mrs Wllllam Olmstead The play seemed to cap ture the warm Splflt of the joys and heartaches a glrl experlences when she IS growlng up U. I ---,1.,e.L, Q ' 7 o ' w l . : v . v D G , I . ' . ' : l . . - - . y . . . . , - y I u ' A 1 1 ' , , 7 . , If Y, ' . , . - ufI'l6I'ldS,, who want jack for Jane. , - , . l . . fl ,Q ' I ' ' Y n ', ' in I ' . D ' 4 l . . l - , - ' I Y 3 A 5 Q 1 - 40