Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

Page 10 text:

Students set sail in 'South Pacific' Man meets woman. Man and woman fall in love. Man springs two polyneseian kids on woman. Woman is confused. Add a handsome young lieutenant, a beautiful native girl, her crass Tonkinese mama and a stupid sailor, and you have the beginning of the 1987 fall musical South Pacific. Although getting students to portray these characters may sound difficult, that was the easiest aspect of putting on the play. To cast the play, directors Vem Fryberger, Wilbur Hogg, and Leon Sobba needed to find two students that could speak with a distinct accent and also be able to sing with an accent. “When we started tryouts, we knew that we had to find people that could act and sing with an accent, and they also had to look like the character, too. We had to make everything match,” said Fryberger. They found Mike Patrick and Step- hanie Westerman. While Patrick was able to speak and photo by Larry Hustig WHY ME? Mr. Frybergerand sophomore Jean Thill contemplate how to put on her wig. photo by I-any Hudig TAKE MY HAND; Emile’ de ’Becque (Mike Patrick) exposes his passionate love for naive, innocent nurse Nellie Forbush (I-aura Strobl). 6 sing with a French accent, Westerman had to learn how to speak pigeon English. “My dad helped me learn how to speak pigeon English before I even tried out. At first, it was hard to act with the accent, but after a while it got easier,” said Westerman. Besides Patrick and Westerman, over 40 other students tried out for South Pacific, not to mention the 20 plus students in stage crew. Students portrayed seabees, nurses, military officers, and Polynesian beauties. One student, however, was chosen to play the leading lady. Laura Strobl portrayed the quiet, but understan- ding Ensign Nellie Forbush. “I thought playing Nellie was really challenging. The musical was very serious and full of drama. Nellie’s music was hard and not vocally strong- that itself was challenging,” said Strobl. But still the directors had to cos- tume over 40 people. The costumes ranged from full naval costume to Polynesian grass skirts. “We had lots of difficulties with finding so many costumes for so many different characters. Luckily, we were able to get almost all the costumes at The General Store in Great Bend for only $45,” said Fryberger. “I thought we performed really well,” said junior Debbie Moris. “The best of it was being able to have fun while we put on the play.” Finally all was ready, but then it happened, a performer’s nightmare. Westerman came down with laryngitis. “I was really scared about singing with laryngitis,” she said. “But once I got out on stage and concentrating on the play, I totally forgot about being sick.” 7:30 came and the cast and crew invited the packed house to set sail with them on a journey to the South Pacific. by Audra Knop

Page 9 text:

R. Bork Jessica McClure J. Bakker Georgia. During the fourteen day ordeal, the detainees burned buildings and held hostages. Typing instuctor Cindy Hertel gave birth to Lyndsay Anne Hertel on November 27,1987. Before Lyndsay was bom, Mrs. Hertel held the “Baby Lottery.” Students could guess the date, time, weight and sex of the child. The winner, Angie Doll, received a surprise gift from Hertel. Two new businesses, Romano’s and Body Magic, opened in Ellinwood in 1987. Gibson’s closed statewide in Kan- sas. The store vacated Great Bend leaving another empty building. During the Washington summit meeting, President Reagan and Mik- hail Gorbachev signed the INF treaty. Seven Americans have been held captives for two and one-half years in Lebanon. All efforts to free them have failed. 1987 was the year of “fourth’s.” Johnny Carson entered into his fourth marriage. President Ronald Reagan underwent his fourth nose surgery and four great entertainers died-Fred Astaire, Jackie Gleason, Liberace, and Danny Kaye. Costa Rican President Oscar Arias won the 1987 Nobel peace prize. He was honored for the outstanding work he has done to restore peace to Central America. 1987 wasn’t the “best” year for Nancy Reagan. After the revelation of the Iran-Contra arms deal, it was revealed Mrs. Reagan had breast can- cer. Nine days after the surgery, her mother died. Mrs. Philip Fager, a Wichita woman, came home and found her husband shot to death and her two daughters drowned in the hot tub. The murder AP Photo LL Col. Oliver North being sworn in. Fawn Hall G. Hart suspect Robert Butterworth was found in Stuart, Florida with the Fageris car. Later, he was charged with three counts of first degree murder. The F.D.I.C. refinanced People’s State Bank and Trust for 5.5 million dollars in early 1988. The loan was given to alleviate some bad loans, and did not have to be paid back. More than 1,870 women in the United States have AIDS. New York City has the highest concentration of victims. Bush regained the lead in dele- gates, and Dole eventually with- drew from the race. Kansas’s native son. Bob Dole announced his candidacy for the hig- hest office in the land. Vice-President George Bush and Dole began heated arguments while campaigning in Iowa. In the end, Dole won the Iowa caucus and Bush placed third. But after the South’s “Super Tuesday,” Bush regained the lead in delegates, and Dole eventually withdrew from the race. The Eagle boasted its first-ever pink, silver and black yearbook cover. by Audra Knop

Page 11 text:

photo by I-airy I luslig CAST CREW: (First row) Curtis Schartz, Andrea Brubaker, Darin Ratchman, Debbie Otis, Michele Pae, Ann Feist, Shelly Duncan, Steve Moris, Jimmy Rogers, Chandler Brown, Justin Knupp, Tom Hammersmith, Joanna Wood, Angela Meyer, Chris Farthing (Second row) Rachel Goetzke, Jennifer Schartz, Sherry Farthing, Brenda Batchman, Dawn Hazen, Lori Miller, Debbie Lamb, Mike Patrick, Laura Strobl, Jeff Carr, Jean Thill (Third row) Kristi Klepper, Shane Tschopp, Diane Hoar, Kari Burke, Kristin Schoepflin, Brooke Simpson, Terry Vogt, Damon Car- son, Eric Madden, Stephanie Westerman, Woody Wood (Fourth row) Carrie Schoepflin, Lynell Flax, Dayla Doll, Gretchen Ricker, Kim Brauer, Stacy Shields, Jenni Otis, Debbie Moris, Travis Roth, Patrick Schartz, Jimmy Rieniann, Mark Shields, Jerome Petz (Fifth Row) Grant Bowman, Allan Brauer, Joel Whitmer,Tim Carpenter, Darren Doll, Doug Brubaker, Mathew Hammeke. EAGLE MUSICAL photo by I .any I luslig LET ME TELL YA: Luther Billis (Woody Wood) spins one of his famous yarns for LL Joe Cable (JefTCarr), Professor (Doug Brubaker), and Marine CpI. Hamilton Sleeves (Patrick Schartz). photo by I jury I luslig HAPPY TALK: Bloody Mary (Stephanie Westerman) Liat (Jean Thill), and LL Col. Joe Cable (Jeff Carr) finish singing the hit song “Happy Talk” in the musical “South Pacific.” 7