El Dorado High School - El Doradoan Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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ALL-SCHOGL PLAY The all-school play, t'Halfway to Heaven, directed by George E. Shaffer, was a great success. This comedy in three acts received many compliments on the moral it presented. The plot revolves around Mr. King, who was poor in worldly goods but rich in spiritual values. He inspires all those with whom he comes in contact to live unselfish lives. The characters Cin the order shown in the pictureb were capably por- trayed by Barbara Betty, Gene Elder, Jean McWilliams, Ralph Eckhardt, Jerald Darnold, Gary Huffman, Harriet Myers, Trenton Brown, Connie Cloyes, Bill Bright, Carolyn Welty, Mr. Shaffer Cdirectorj, Sam Bell. Leland Harvey, Marilyn Chloe Smith, Don Nye, Mary Sue Patty, Johnny Towner, Paul Hawkins, Sally Doyle, Beverly Stiller. 136

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WAGGING TON GUES The debate squad of E. H. S. has been building better speakers and better thinkers of its members, while debating the proposition- Resolved : That the American People Should Reject the Welfare State. Many times during the season, Coach Shaffer, with his debate squad and their overnight bags packed into his roomy Hudson, left to attend the various tournaments in which the members participated. El Dorado held one of these tournaments here, inviting many schools throughout the state. The debate squad was represented in the State Tournament by Dorthy Smith, Bernice Daniel, Wilma Larkin, and Beverly Stiller. El Dorado won second in the district and ranked sixth in the state meet. .A ij ff iff Wilbur says: T 1014! ' ly If ' i Here's to those who take debateg Q f J' 'ly ' Their success we now relate. S I 1' I I, .Q if fl f f Mr. Shaffer guides the team ,-ff I. -ff 1 I .J My X , To honors earned and high esteem. Q ,-' K xl, i 5, Xl A , ' I ir i 1 ' ,ly 'AA' 19 by I U . . 'fy 'Yr f Rack row: C. Shaffer fCoachj, Cooper, lVlcAdoo, Davenport, Darnold, Hartnett. Thoiras, llarvey, Jolliffe. Middle row: Hammer. Ferguson, Eckhardt, Hawkins, Sec-ber, Wall, Cook, lnvn-rn, Mar- tin, Marcuni, Brower. Front row: Ittner, Wesley, Larkin, Stiller, Smith, Daniel, Scott, Rost. A L l

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SENIOR PLAY Meet lVle In St. Louis, the Senior Class l'lay, proved to be a highly entertaining comedy in three acts. The setting and cos- tumes dated back to 1904. The play was directed by George E. Shaffer. The well-chosen cast was composed of these seniors: Jerald Darnold, Dorothy Schmidt, llorthy Ann Smith, Phyllis Robert- son, lVlary Beth Tighe, Donna Adamson, Frazier Wofford, Barbara Betty, David Jollit'l'e, Nellie Rost, Ann Schoneberg, Larry lVIaus, Bill Johnson, Richard Kennedy, Wilma Larkin, Bill Kelly, Joe Pat McAdoo, and Wilbur CThe catb. CURTAIN TIME JUNIOR PLA Y Mother is a Freshman, a story oi' the problems ef a mother who enters Pointer College as a freshman to make it possible for her daughter, a sophomore, to finish her schooling, was directed by George Shaffer. The rivalry between the mother and daugrh- ter for the affections of the zoologist pro- lessor provided a delightful comedy. The cast for this outstanding comedy in- cluded Harriet Myers, Betty Binter, Joan Baker, Dodie Ramsey, Lois Morgan, Jeanne Richey, Jewell Mahan, Beverly Stiller, Lucille Van Beber, Gene Elder, Don Nye, Ken Kassebaum, Jim Cook, Bill Jester, and Bill Feder, Jim Lovern, Loyetta Cherry- holmes, Betsy Bacon, and Ed Wall were assistants. J 1? !W ln!