DeWitt High School - Dragon Yearbook (DeWitt, AR)

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Melody Ricketts Trena Roberts Karen Robertson George Robinson Nancy Rowland Nancy Sebree Claudia Schmidt-Weyland Jackie Sheppard Lisa Simmons Elizabeth Simpson nique! Suspenseful! Great! Fantastic! Students who viewed the 1977 Junior Play aptly applied ttiese to the December 8-10 p?r- formances. The trilogy seemed to include something for everyone — beginning . mj .%. ■ with the melodramatic “Plantation Malady” to the spellbinding “Sorry, Wrong Number” and finally the charming “The Mouse Who Didn’t Believe in Santa. Carroll Lester as Colonel Follingsbee opened Plantation Malady with a monologue describ- ing the setting. The play took place in the Deep South in Civil War times. The lovely belle. Magno- lia Follingsbee (Debbie Fields) was continuously saved from distress by the gallant Southern gen- tleman, Beau Bonesley (David Rodgers). The chilling “Sorry, Wrong Number” con- cerned an inadvertently overheard telephone conversation and the results. Bedridden Mrs. Ste- venson (Stacia Hester) dials her husband's office, hears two men discussing a murder plot. It's for Everyone

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Audrey Parker Tommy Parker Beverly Pottorff Vernon Ransom Solomon Ray Seniors 21

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1 Russell Li ibie Fields Eddie Roberson and thinks she has dialed the wrong number. She tries to get someone to do something about it, but to no avail. Ironically, it was her murder being planned. “The Mouse Who Didn’t Believe in Santa” tops off the trilogy by drawing out the child in each of us. Mrs. Dianna Denton, a director commented, Christmas is for children and this is a Christmas gift to the children from the Junior Class. Becky Thompsson as Squeaknibble does not believe in Santa Claus (Jeff Gunnell) or Pete the Cat (Rusty Horton). Even with Mrs. Clock (Yvonne Mensch) repeatedly warning her, Squeaknibble still ref- uses to believe. To the mouse’s surprise, there really is a Pete and luckily, a Santa. Mr. Gary Hines and Mrs. Linda Bohannon also helped direct the play. Seniors 23