Belleville Central High School - Tower Yearbook (Belleville, NY)

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SENIOR PLA “REST ASSURED Y Mr. Morlock....................Lon Bailey Student Director: LuAnn Wattles Mrs. Morlock .............Peggy Trowbridge Assistant: Dale Thompson Mary................................Jill Lake Prompter: Sparrow Reynolds Jessica............................Kathy Keck Stage Manager: Wendell Zehr Mildred.......................Margo Baker Sound Effects: Debbie Forrester Joe Lanconi................. Michael Streeter Costumes: Janna Greene Luigi Lanconi................Arnold Tamblin Properties: Dawn Fillhart Martha.......................Elaine Eastman Make-Up: Marilyn Hedger Lucifer.......................Jeff Golding Larry DeWitt George Plew...................Ralph Dick Vicky Perry Mrs. Schmaltz.................Sheila Cobb Miss Lila Bull Dr. Brown.................... Randy Cough Curtains: Wendell Zehr Mr. Black.................... Orlin Rohde Sets: Jim Shear. Dennis Loomis, Jake...........................Jim Rogers Marilyn Hedger Mrs. Frinck..................Julie Mac Duffie Ushers: Karen Price, Dawn Fillhart Miss Akers........................Sue Parsons Announcer for skits: Mary Lou Farman Director: Mrs. William Smith

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We entered our Freshman year 59 strong, but the teach- ers felt we should be separated. Our first encounter of segre- gation occured when the girls ate lunch at 12:42 and the boys at 12. Study halls weren’t mixed, so the guys don’t re- member about the oranges and pocketbooks in the library with Mr. Moot. But we did get together for our first car wash and rec- ord hop and they were both very successful. In sports, instead of being managers, our guys got a taste of the real thing and have proven to be fine athletes; while the girls became bench warmers. In our sophomore year, however, many of the girls became cheerleaders. We sponsored another record hop which proved to be more successful than the first. Peg was elected to the Student Council as secretary and Sue Parsons as Vice President. When we got back to school for our Junior year, we ordered our rings and they came just before Christmas. We held some more dances and started selling candy at Basket- ball games. We celebrated the coming of our Senior year with a party at Veley’s cottage in Jefferson Park. Swinging into our Senior year we had to order pic- tures, caps and gowns, and graduation invitations. We had our Senior Play “Rest Assured.” We prepared to attend college by taking all the neces- sary tests, ACT’s and College Boards, and then sent in our applications. We definitely weren’t segregated this year, as at lunch we put two tables together and had a really good time. We had grown together in our last four years of school and are now a close knit “family”. We hope you see us at Canton, Oswego, Ithaca, Albany,Geneseo, Watertown. Pots- dam, Cortland, and Toni’s. We entered Belleville High School 59 strong; we leave as a united one!

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Mr. Morlock’s a grouchy old miser, who always gripes about his aches and pains, fights with everyone, and won’t let his daughter, Mary, become engaged to Joe Lanconi be- cause Joe’s papa is poor. A feud starts between the fathers, but it appears over when Luigi’s heart gives out. However, Luigi gets permission to come back and haunt Mr. Morlock until he okays the wedding. All the family think Mr. Mor- lock’s lost his few remaining marbles when they see him out there talking to himself. (“Luigi’s visible only to Morlock and the audience, of course.”) So in his despair, he “acci- dentally” takes too many sleeping pills and kicks the bucket. But this doen’t end it all, because Mr. Morlock and Luigi say they won’t rest in peace until matters are settled to both of their satisfactions. However, Lucifer from “down-below” drops in to take Mr. Morlock to the lower regions. And to top it all off, life goes on in the Morlock home as if nothing’s happened. No one misses him. Now Morlock realizes what a heel he’s been and wishes for another chance. If only-Then he awakens from his dream. He didn’t die and neither did Luigi. So a very reformed Mr. Morlock approves the wedding, and peace finally reigns at the Morlock’s.