Big Spring Joint High School - Big Spring Yearbook (Newville, PA)

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Act III qconrp The zenith of the year's social calendar was the Mardi Gras, our junior Prom, held at Me- morial Hall, April 2. Tiny Wright's orchestra provided the music for the gay, colorful event. iff t Q . Magis Q ii- Eli wi -V if May 12 we received our class rings. As usual ' there was the trying on of each 0ther's rings. I S 'L 1? 1 --x 'X- We honored the seniors, class of 1954, with E lg the junior-Senior banquet. It was held at the ,, , Zion Lutheran Church on May 14. The theme g W Q, was Anchors Aweigh as the recreation hall A px - was turned into an ocean of fun. X151-1 L ...A W , .QflilRgi.:g'V Nxig. 1-:L 5. -A.-1-'N Act IV Time-August, 1954-May, 1955 It seems only yesterday that we were making our debut. Now, as seniors, under the direction of Mr. Wfoods, we were entering the final year of produc- tion, where only four years before we had been frightened and unfamiliar with the set. We chose the leads of this act as follows: President, Arthur Millhouse, Vice President, Marian Brandtg Secretary, Lavana Graham, Treasurer, Doris Neg- leyg Historian, Neva Ginter. On September 10, the students of Big Spring High School were transported by bus to the site of the new high school to witness the ground breaking cere- mony, which had long been anxiously awaited. On October 14, the big chance for the seniors to make money and beat the juniors by selling magazines, began for a two week campaign, Carolyn Bold- osser, champion salesman, won first prize, a three-speed record player, by sell- ing 55215.80 in magazines. Due to division of the school auditorium, the 73 student body assembled in the Big Spring Pres- 5 9 byterian Church on December 25, 1954, in recognition of the Christmas season. The tradition of senior pictures was carried on by our class. We were snapped individually by Mr. Epply at Eppley's Studio. , Q, F f'

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Act III Time-September, 1953-june, 1954 Two amazingly short acts had passed and now, with stage fright forgotten, 53 juniors entered their third year of acting. Many problems arose because of the overcrowded conditions. The halls were jammed and students were late for classes. We were not sure to which rooms we were to report because of the change in the numbering of the rooms. ' Five girls from our class took advantage of j the commercial course which was added to the A , agenda for the first time this year. D Our chosen leaders were Arthur Millhouse, 'iw 1 ,Q 7 he-X Presidentg Donald Heishman, Vice President, Maxine Warner, Secretaryg Doris Negley, X ' Q- . '3-Q Treasurer, and Neva Ginter, Historian. Directors of the third act were Mr. Spangler and Mr. Rager. Because of Mr. Rager's illness at the latter part of the year, Rev. Wagner was a substitute director. The annual magazine campaign, with the members of the junior and senior classes acting as salesmen, started Gctober 15, 1953, and continued for two weeks. On Tuesday, March 2, , 1954, the 49 members of our cast toured the battle- field at Gettysburg under the supervision of our American history teachers, Miss Plough and Mr. Spangler. On March 22, 1954, a skating party was held for 200 students at the Rainbow Roller Skating .fs Rink. M 1 2 Enix 4 l Q- Q ' - I X f X X ' X Parts in the school production, The Man Af' Who Came to Dinner, were acted by Arthur Wt ' ! Millhouse, Ruth Lundahl, Wally Drexler, up Charles Hoover, and Ronald Lehman. Stage as- sistant was james Griffie from our cast.

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'V-fk.T Act IV QCont.j Another fund raising campaign beginning November 19 was Prom Peanut Week when seniors sold raw peanuts to the public. , H' 2 At the monthly Monday night 'I' meetings of the Big Spring School Ta x Board, three seniors were always in 31 - . C P, attendance. This was a project of P. ' . ,gi L D. class. . ifvg 2-. I - : : . Future home owners of the class '- of 1955 planned their homes which , they someday hoped to build-also gg a P. D. class project under Mr. Kress- W 1 1 X : wt f -. ler. Green Valley, the school play staged on March 24 and 25, had Arthur Millhouse, Neva Ginter, Charles Hoover, Wally Drexler and Ronald Lehman as actors. A P james Griffie was stage manager and Marian Brandt was Q 17 Q . L . If Yf lax i , fl w ld ' N i i n PI'OlTlPt6I'. On April 7, the students again assembled in the Big Spring Presbyterian Church for an Easter pro- Tri H1 Y Then the time came for which we had been wait trip. Some of the places we saw were the Francis- can monastery, the Na- tional Zoological park Mt. Vernon, Lee's Man- A1... i 1 I gram, conducted by the ,Q :sn I U ' -:j.'f.l., X ing . . . the Washington ,:,f-'- UQ' il fa ff 1 , 'I I I i ' 41,1 l l, sion, Lincoln and jeffer- son's Memorials, the In May, we were guests of the Class of 1956 at the fail, junior-Senior banquet. 7 A x f we 495' . Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Washington Monument, the White House, the F.B.I. building, the Capitol, the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, the Washington airport and the Smithsonian Insti- fllte. The Baccalaureate Service was on May 22, in the Big Spring Presbyterian Church. On May 26, George Tolley spoke to us as a graduating class, in the Zion Lutheran Church. Four years of casting were behind us. We were passing from our scene to be actors in 49 plays, each our own lives. Our high school acting careers and the helpful advice of our advisors will be two of the determining factors of our futures. Acts passed quickly with time. Whether or not our high school acting days were successful will be determined by our lives after graduation. This is our, the Class of 1955's, history. NEVA GINTER Historian