Bluffton High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Bluffton, OH)

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Seniors Present their Class Play ‘We Shook the Family Tree’ is the story of some. typical teenagers, centering around Hildegarde Dolson, who finds herself without a date for the prom. Many laughable and complicated difficulties arise when Hildegarde is arranged a date with Freddie, who is ridiculed because his mother makes him wear knickers. However, everything works out for the couple in the end, when Freddie manages to break from his parents’ rule and arrives for the dance in a new suit—with long pants. Play Cast “monster,” little neighborhood at Freddie's knickers. a figvesietert Paige, Hildegarde is alarmed mailing Mothe Directed by Darwin Luginbuhl THE CAST ee view Freddie's knickers. Ellie May The D olsons and Shermers Mr. Shermer 26 on Bob tackles Mr. Shermer, mistaking is accused of Hildegatde: 45°5.45, 5.6 ee Karin Havenstein Mrs Dolsonc2gncc- Se oencdtene tere Thorne Lauriat Sally Aa eee ee eee Dorothy Stratton PG ER Ae Jerry Yoakam Blas ARTE SEER ES oS Be Robert Steiner Paige... kl ee Ellen Balmer See Sudce eens Sue Montgomery se au lebg Dean es ene eee ee eae Nora Preto TR oe ah eee Don Kimmet Mrs. Shermernc. cece eee Lois Amstutz

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of Year's Events JANUARY—“‘Pirate yearbooks go on sale’”’ 3—Faculty and student body return to school. 3—Columbus Grove Tri-Hi-Y plays host to our club. 11—Rev. King talks on the U.N. and the Juniors present skit of their play in assembly. 11-12—-Juniors have a successful play, ‘“‘Papa was a Preacher.”’ 21—School dismissed at noon so the teachers could grade exams and record grades. Those poor teachers .. . 24—-BUCCANEERS go on sale at $3 each. 26—Speech class presents two one-act plays. ‘‘Three on a Bench”’ and ‘‘Ladies of the Mop.”’ 29—Six seniors take General Scholarship Test for High School Seniors in Lima. FEBRUARY—“‘Let’s be Valentines’’ 9—' 'The Choraliers’’ from the college sang for us in assembly. 16—Tri-Hi-Y entertains students with annual Sweetheart dance. 19—Tournaments begin. 22—Washington’s birthday. No school for a change. 21-25—National F.F.A. week. MARCH— ‘‘ March winds catch the ship sails’’ 15—Roman banquet. Everything in Roman style. 25—G.A.A. and Varsity B give a party for the school. APRIL—‘‘Nearing port’’ 1-2—H.S. operetta, ‘‘Babes in Toyland.”’ 8-1 1—Easter vacation. 13—Tri-Hi-Y gave spaghetti supper for members of the club. 23—Band, orchestra, and chorus state finals. MAY—‘‘Casting anchor—farewell to senior shipmates”’ A—Tri-Hi-Y May breakfast. 6—Junior Senior Prom. Juniors use theme: ‘‘Moonlight and Roses.”’ 13-14—Senior class presents humorous play, ‘‘We Shook the Family Tree.”’ 20—High school music department gives Spring Concert. 22—Baccalaureate Service. 26—Commencement Service. 27—Last day of school. Everybody’s happy!

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“Papa Was a Preacher” The family poses around the old organ, the most outstanding prop. Jeff Co) . On January 11 and 12, the junior ted “buzzard jogo ® friend, op nuary , the juniors presente | “lope.” + GIVES him their humorous three act play. The play centers ‘= around the Porter family: Papa, Mama, and their six children. Miss Jones, a spinster of the church, is constantly finding fault with the Porter children —Alyene’s roller skating and Shakespeare, Jeanette and her boyfriend's trumpeting, Cecil’s dancing the ‘“‘buzzard-lope,”’ the boy’s girlfriend troubles, and practically everything the children do. However, the play ends happily with Mama and Papa’s wedding anniversary, to the tune of old-fashioned organ music. Edwin Porter Bret Triplett Pearl Porter Sally Reichenbach Hugh Porter Ronnie Chidester Cecil Porter Paul Glaze Raybon Porter Jeanette Porter Lora Triplehorn Ed Porter Richard Basinger Alyene Porter Denise Badertscher Y remodeling Helen Ludlow Shirley Galloway Lucy Smith Jean Frick Jenny Smith Shirley Burry Jeffery Cole Barry Corson Miss Jones Loretta Nonnamaker Kay Clauss James Fisher Lucy and Jenn themselves to ae Smith Surprise ain the fellows’ aff we the boys b ections. t COMMITTEES PUBLICITY AND TICKETS—Ann Hilty (chairman), Raymond Cummins, Jacqueline Berry, Rebecca Frankhauser. USHERS—Rachel Garmatter (chairman), Karen Zimmerman, Carolyn Garmatter, Sharon Wahlie. COSTUMES—Beulah Bixel, Annabelle Amstutz. STAGE—Jack Fields (chairman), Frank Chamberlain.