Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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Take the Leads in “The Matchmaker’’ This year the leads in the Senior Class play went to Dawn Hollenbeck as Mrs. Levi and Tom Croston as Mr. Vandcr- gelder. Here Mrs. Levi finds herself to be Mr. Vandergcldcr’s choice for a “match.” Finally, after months of hard work and practice, the auditorium curtain rose on the Senior Class production of “The Matchmaker.” The first straight drama to be given here in years, this hi- larious play of romantic comedy by Thornton Wild- er offered energetic seniors an opportunity to dis- play their talents. Dawn Hollenbeck, portraying the nosy, kind- hearted, congenial Mrs. Levi, employed by Mr. Vandergelder, Tom Croston, to find him a wife, manages also to get herself involved in the bud- ding romance of Ambrose Kemper, a young artist played by Dave Rubley, and Mr. Vandergelders niece, Georgeanne Meyers, while attempting to “make a match” for her employer. Other leads went to Ron Harris and Terry Tiz as Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, as well as Bonnie Grubermann in the part of Mrs. Molloy. The success of “The Matchmaker” was not due to the cast members alone. A great deal of thanks also goes to Mr. Richard Peterson, director, and the many seniors who assisted on the various com- mittees. An excellent take-off of Mrs. Molloy, the owner of a large hat shop in New York city, was given by Bonnie Grubermann. Taking off her shoes is her silly assistant Minnie Fay, played by Cheryl Hoecker. 13

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Dawn Hollenbeck and Tom Croston The cast of “The Matchmaker’ assembles around Barnaby Tucker (Terry 1 iz) in the home of Mrs. Van Huyscn to listen to his delivery of the play’s moral. Held on March 28, 29, and 30 in the auditorium, the Senior Class production entertained its audience with delightful, witty humor. At one of the many practice sessions preced- ing the play Ron Har- ris, who did a hilarious- ly funny portrayal of Cornelius H a c k 1, a small-town boy who en- counters romance and adventure in the big city, takes a spill while Dawn Hollenbeck and Tom Croston display mixed emotions.

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Pep-o-rama—A Splashing Success Jeanne DeLuca, Margaret Mearns, Jan Schmidt, and Alice Word are just a few of the many Bloomitcs who had a good time while working on their float for the Pcp-o-rama parade. (RIGHT) “Kill 'em dead!” is the cry of our peppy Frosh-Soph cheerleaders Leanne Petrarca, Nancy Pavlik, Linda Alexander, and Sandy Doyle as they greet Thornridge, our guests for the evening. Eddie Ueeck is the lucky driver. (BELOW) Members of this year’s Spanish Club, “Los Companeros,” portrayed festive Spaniards en- joying one of their traditional bull fights. This entry was one of the twenty-seven that participated. Rain may have dampened the football field the night of the Pep-o-rama parade, but it did not dampen the spirits of the dozens of Bloomites that worked for weeks to prepare their entries for this annual event. This year a record of twenty-seven entries circled the football field to greet the mothers and fathers assembled on Parents’ night, held in con- nection with the Pep-o-rama parade. There were floats depicting everything from Spanish bull fights to our brave and fearless football players. Yes, our Pep-o-rama parade was a splashing suc- cess — rain and all!