Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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Most competitors ever With approximately 30 on the Speech Team and ten involved in Debate, these organizations had the most competitors ever at Blackford. More competitors led to more ribbons and trophies being won. During the speech team season, first-place awards went to Amy Sills for Tell Me You Love Me, Judy Moon and to Geoff Witt in radio. Blackford High is the scene of a Debate Meet, as Linda Tyler hands a ribbon to the four-man team — Kurt Speed. Kevin Wentz, Babette Spain, and Mary Wilson. This was the first year Ms. Barbara Doug- las was head coach. Along with many ribbons, the Debate Team also brought home two trophies dur- ing the year. The first home debate tour- nament at Blackford in five years was on the yearly debate calendar. The State De- bate Meet was another activity which kept the team busy. Best Novice Speech Team member award went to Frankie Wallace. Babette Spain won Best Varsity Debater and Best Varsity Speech Team member. Scheduling Speech Meets and knowing their dates were important. Coach Barbara Douglas and partici- pant Geoff Witt check the speech calendar. Research and filing are important parts of the De- bate Season and keep Victor Dodge and Kurt Speed busy in the library collecting information. 130 Speech Debate

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A rare moment of peace is reached between mother (Babctte Spain) and son (Wayne Dunham) during The Glass Menagerie. Six flights of stairs proves to be too much for Mother Banks (Linda Tyler) as Paul (Paul Montgomery) and Corey Bratter (Beth Redmond) assist her. THESPIAN SOCIETY: {Bonom Row) Bryan Maddox. Linda Tyler (sec. treas.). Beth Redmond (pres.). Clay Miller. (Row 2) Wayne Dunham, Eva Dell Seel. Jodi Boxell. Linda Mikkel- son. Pam Strine, Mr. Robert Coscarelli (spon.). (Row 3) Paul Montgomery, Pam Bales. David Wilkins, Larry Stockton, Amy Sills, Janie Caperton. 3 plays in Thespian year Celebration! was the theme of the 50th anniversary of the International Thespian Society. Blackford Thespians, along with over 2,200 Thespians from all over the world, attended a week-long cele- bration at Ball State during the summer. During this week they attended many workshops and saw full-length plays pro- duced by fellow thespians at Emmens Auditorium. The Glass Menagerie, the fall play by Tennessee Williams, was concerned with the problems between a domineering mother, a rebellious son, and a crippled daughter. This was the first play Ms. Bar- bara Douglas, has directed at Blackford. The 25th anniversary- of Project Theater 100 and the 10th anniversary of Black- ford ' s Thespian troupe were celebrated with the reunion of former Blackford Thespians during the winter show. Bare- foot in the Park. Barefoot, a Neil Simon comedy, drew laughs from the audience as the lives of Corey and Paul Bratter. Moth- er Banks, Mr. Velasco, and a phone man become entwined. The philosophy and ex- periences of 19th centun. ' philosopher and poet Henry Thoreau were shown during the spring play The igbt Tboreau Spent in Jail. Drama 1 29

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Speech cuttings required many long hours of hard work. Amy Sills, junior, practices her lines aloud so they will be memorized for a meet. Checking to see if he made it into Dramntic duo finals with hit cutting from Of Mice and Men is Speech Team member Frankie Wallace. MASQUE GAVEL: (Bottom Row) Kurt Speed , Larry Stockton ( ice-pres), Paul Montgomery (pres.), Linda Tyler (sec. treas.) , Mary Ann Davies. Eva Dell Neel, Bryan Maddox. (Row 2) Ms. Bar- bara Douglas (spon.). Hutt Decker. Bar- bara Walker, Mary Houseman. Jodie Box- ell , Penny Hunt, Tracey Shariis. Mr. Robert Coscarelli (spon.). ' ( oh- Jj Va -ne Dunham, Jim Sullivan. Shelli Drum- mond , Susan Ford, Linda Mikkelson. Carole Benedict. Pam Strine. Debbie Har- vey. (Row 4) Karen Strine. Daphne Hess. Marleen Jones. Kevin Wentz . Jana Reff. Carol Mitchell. Deanna Slusher . Helen Jackson , Roy Young. (Row ) Tom Brown , Clay Miller. Rita Kelley. Janie Caperton. Todd Hiday. Amy Silts . Chris Shepherd, Geoff Witt . Frankie Wal- lace . (Row 6) Joseph Edwards. Pam Bales , Misti CruU, Beth Redmond. Mike Tarr, Mary Wilson. Steven Ehlers. (♦denotes SPEECH TEAM) DEBATE TEAM: (Bottom Ron) Sufct rariT Kevin Wentz, Mary Wilson, Babette Spain. Kun Speed. (Roa J) o ice: Joe Edwards. Wa ne Dunham. Doug Reei. Jodie Boxell. Geoff Witt. Chris Shep- herd, . r. Robert Coscarrelli (Coach). Speech Debate 131