Blanchester High School - Brown and Blue Yearbook (Blanchester, OH)

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W? - c --p-1-r FIRST ROW-Carl Hawthorne, Mitchell Shank, Jerry Wise, Willard Jones, Bill Wise. SECOND ROW-Clarence Cherry, Norman Reihle, Clifford McMullen, Clayton Brumfield, Denzil Tedrick, Mrs. Chance. THIRD ROW-Thomas White, Charles Day, Harry Ledford, Neal Brown, Ronald Weaver Whenever there is a play, assembly, banquet, or party, the stage crew is always on hand. Their work is to arrange scenery, plan lighting, make sound effects, pull curtains, and do all the little things necessary for a smooth production. There are sixteen members ofthe stage crew. Each grade is represented with four members. The stage crew members must be carpenters, artists, electricians, critics, and iust plain stage hands. The two biggest iobs the stage crew had this year were the Senior and Junior class plays. The members of the stage crew spend many hours before the plays in making flats, backings, tloodlights, stairs, etc. You can be sure when you see a play that much thought and labor by the stage crew has gone into it. The head of the stage crew is the stage manager. He organizes the stage crew, arranges for making scenery and properties, sees that the actors are called for their cues, holds and marks the prompt book, and in every way relieves the director of executive detail. Mrs. Chance, director, is responsible for training and advising the crew. The stage manager for this year is Jerry Wise. 52

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7vwlu419z6aZ 1440 The industrial arts department is well on its way to an expanded program this year. Every pupil is given a large choice of pursuits to follow. The boys are being Introduced to many of the arts and industries of our mechanical age. Through their natural interests in tools, materials, and in an informal atmosphere not possible in other classes, every one is progressing rapidly toward such educationally desirable accomplishments as learning skills, gaining consumer knowledge, finding avocational Interests, and getting Ideas on a future occupational choice. ln an easy-to-take way the boys are learning such socially acceptable traits as pride of good workmanship, safety, sanitation, and proper respect for property. It is the aim of the department to have an excellent and large selection of tools ln the best condition by the end of the year. Many previously idle tools and machines are being put into usable condition. The hopes for the future of this department are bright, indeed, especially with the aid of an interested and ambitious 1947 student body working under their competent instructor, Mr. Krumm. 51

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SECOND ROW-Ann Ferneau, Anne Dewey, Beatrice Valentine, Joan Ruscher, Mary Esther Shaffer amine Elma Zag 7 ?4 7 JANEY'S ONE-TRACK MIND FIRST ROW-Joanne Foster, Bette Jane Patterson, Beverly Villars, Patty Kelly, Betty Lou Culberson Virginia Charleston. 1 1 Mrs. Chance. THIRD ROW-Lloyd Caldwell, Lewis Shank, D I C d ll d Jh Don Harness. ary a wa a er, o n Jones, Jimmy Joe Smith, CAST OF CHARACTERS Janey Browne Beverly Villars Tommy Meyers Don Harness Muriel Browne Joanne Foster Camilla Gibson Patricia Kelly George Browne Daryl Cadwallader Luella Smith Mary Esther Shaffer Bummy Post Betty Lou Culberson Myra Edwards r . Joan Ruscher Mrs. Post Bette Jane Patterson Kate Donovan Beatrice Valentine Alice Harvey Ann Ferneau Honey Bates Virginia Charleston Stuart Hunter Lewis Shank Martin Richardson John Jones Roger Wilson Jimmy Joe Smith State Trooper Harrity Lloyd Caldwell Annabelle Wilson Anne Dewey The scene is laid in the home of a nice, average young married couple who live in a small town near a large American city. Janey Browne, a sweet serious girl of eighteen, has finished high school and has come to live with her brother and his wife in hope of finding a iob in the nearby city. She meets Martin Richardson, a young bachelor, and decides that marrying him would be a happy solution to her problems. Her brother tells her she should make improvements in her manners and appearance so she decides to take glamour lessons. She meets Stuart Hunter who has inherited a small 'farm and is trying to make success ofthe rabbit business. She decides rabbits are not prospects. The course completed, she finds that it works beyond her wildest dreams on Martin. When a crisis in Stuart's life suddenly arises she rushes to the rescue. She determines that marrying for money is not the natural course for a high spirited American girl to take.