Canton High School - Cantonian Yearbook (Canton, IL)

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Tenth annual all-night Prom a success I wonder if it was all worth it, sleepily sighed Doug XVhitman while enjoying a 4 o'clock breakfast of juice and rolls with date Nancy Polich after the junior-Senior Prom. Caught by the camera while dancing to the music provided by VLJ, Ann Masters and Bill Coultas, still wide-eyed and full of energy, were able to twist it up at 2 a.m. Prom-goers janet W'ilcoxen, Jon NVooddell, Sheron Woods and Bill DeLost were bewildered about what to do with all the food which was served at the Jr.-Sr. Prom banquet. 20

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, setting for 1964 Nervous juniors and experienced seniors awaited the signal for the beginning of the Grand March, which immediately preceded the all-night Prom. After much controversy the jr.-Sr. Prom was once again an all-night affair. During the early hours of the evening, prom-goers danced to the music of the Billy Hill orchestra in the transformed gymnasium. Junior-Senior Prom XVoW! This ramp's steep! Catch me if I fall? jokingly asked Gary Barnhart as he escorted his date jenny Bond down the beautiful, but tricky ramp. The junior class president, Gary led the Grand March. 19

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,..... Spurred on to greater heights by the coins tossed upon the stage, B. Kuhn entertained the CSHS students with a typical burlesque. Queen Glorianna XII CKaren Waltersy and Tully Bascom CDorwin Peter- sonj shared a touching moment during the Sr. Play. Glory, secretly fond of Tully, wished him luck as leader of the Fenwickian invasion army. Seniors demonstrated thespian ability A deafening roar unleashed the imagination of the audience at C.S.H.S. auditorium as the curtain opened on the Senior Class production of The Mouse That Roaredf' This two-act comedy was presented under the skillful direc- tion of Miss Daisy Coty. The Mouse That Roared tells the story of Grand Fenwick, a tiny sovereignty in south- ern France ruled by the beautiful Glorianna XII. Plagued by the prospect of bankruptcy, Grand Fenwick declared war on the United States of America. Imagine the resulting con- fusion when the Fenwickian Soldiers, armed with longbows, entered New York City in the midst of an air raid and evacuation drill! Vividly portrayed on the stage were scenes varying from a colorful court setting to busy city sidewalks. Skillful technicians produced realistic sounds, which were climaxed by the singing of the Grand Fenwick national anthem. Contemplating the uses of the quadium bomb that would benefit her country, Gloriana the Twelfth KK. XValtersj curiously eyed this ultimate weapon designed by Professor Kokintz QC. Burnsj . 21