Amboy High School - Amboyan Yearbook (Amboy, IL)

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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

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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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R ll G Garland D Andreas L Morrxssey Thffd ow B G l Standmg E Morris, L UuensvmI:i,1:k libxls, R B Thrasher E Rachel' J Stewart ae 1 h c GoY Second ROW G Ma ac I If You Knew Sus: JUNIORS WOW PUBLIC WITH COLLEGE FARCE Of all the dates ln thxs annual December 9 1949 wall stand out ln supremacy, for this was the t1me when the junxor class staged thexr super colossal ree act farce com ed 'If You Knew Susxe If You Knew Su me tells of the struggles of Susxe Slmpkms fDelores Andreas to succeed m rntzy Bedford Falls College by pretendmg that her parents are wealthy, although they are really tent sho w per formers Susne even dreams up an xmagmary Aunt Sally and a brother Clarence at Prmceton t 0 con vmce the board of dxrectors that she IS worthy to attend thexr college Snooty Trudy Van Pane QBetty o Gale a d n vmce student Arty Allen QEnleen Racheyj fmd a letter to Su xe from the S k nmp ms Family Tent Show Arty trxes 1n vam to keep Trudy from usmg the letter to force Susxe to we u B b S P 9 Barrxnger fRoland Fullj and to wxthdraw from a current popularxty contest Art student Frmets Tasha QLo1s Mor rxssey trxes to help Susne bv pen suadmg cover gurl Charlene Cassxdy Ulosamund Garland, to pretend to be SUSICS brother Clarence Thxngs become more comphcated when Char enes fnance Billy Wade QI.eon Ullansvangj shows up to meet hxs fxancee only to fmd her mnssmg Ever thm e est when the real rnch Aunt Sally QMary Nxchols arrlves to gnve ten thousand dollars to Professor Clooney Qliddne Morrns for Bed ford Falls College Trudy leaves m a huff boosted on the way by a kxck to the lower back by the dumb maxd Dansy fBarbara Thrasher Cutey Wate rs Doug Smxthj Fran s 3 letter man boy frlend and Mrs Chase Qjoanne Stewartj the housemothcr are excellent blts of character actmg Thus fxne bxt of actmg was produced under the supervxsxon of Mrs Wm Olmstead and co dnrected b Gb y 1 Goy and George Malach The play cast presented Mrs Olmstead and each of the dxrectors wlth a lovely gnft as a token of thenr gratltude If , 4 , x. 9 ' , . I , . ' . . I , . Y ' , . . I 1 - a ' . , l . Y Q 0 , , . , I. . . , ' ' l ' Y S I A . - . . . , . , . . . H - ' ' ' ' . y ' g 9 zz A stupendousn production of the ch - - turni, out for tl! b , I Y, Q ' sr J ' . . J - cr 5- ,, . ' , ' 5- . I .- - Q l a , ' ' a ' ' . , t J P ' ' , ' ' ' ' . 5. . . . 41