Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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and Half-ca-Buck Brought o Terrific Junior Class Play Mr Donald Brown drrects a tense scene durrng the dress rehearsal l 1 sf' M mi 9 it, 'sgukigh X Everythlng went wrong when the Albrrghts trred to entertarn Stephen Dunberry Entitled Susan Steps Out, the junior class play was presented to the public on April 24, 1958. The story revolved around a teen -age girl Susan Al- bnght who decrded that havrng Just moved to Hammondvrlle rt was hlgh nme somethlng was done to make her famrly known She decrded that the best way to accomphsh thrs was to rarse the money for a new gymnasium To do thrs she wrote to an eccentnc but wealthy old man Stephen Dunberry who l1ved rn Hammondvrlle as a youth To the sur prrse of everyone he promptly sent a check to pay for the new gym Then he changed hrs mrnd cancelled the check and decrded to v1s1t Susan and her fam rly srnce rt turned out they hved rn hrs boyhood home The results were enought to keep everyone laughrng Members of the cast were Ann Orbaugh Jerry Mc Coy Judy Hartrng Ted Schuck Judy Barber Mary Jo Brown Dave Small Lors Bohlander Brll Hobson Darlene Rodgers Esteleen Arnold and Chrrs Pantos Mary Jo Brown trres to console The make up commrttee worked B111 Hobson after he fell 1n a Judy Hartrng srghs as she hears overtrme preparrng the cast for water tank another rdea of Ann Orbaugh the play Y 19 5 I . U :ga fa: T . ' ' Y , - I . I I I I I . I l I A , . - . si sk I k . o , , Y , A it f w. , T T A if 4' X r, . s'f- , - f: - rf. 'We . ,, '4 .-1 e- 2 ' A , slsi 5 siir ,I '15 K 5 f H y' X ggi, gf? o fi 35:1 T f B f M' X '5 5 Q ,Hi 'fs at i . ' 1 1. w.......i

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Just a Buck Brought a Panther Band Spectacular, Wrth a roll of drums and a clash of cymbals th curtarn swung back on the 1958 Panther Band Varrety Show the f1rst of rts krnd to be held rn Elwood No one among the 2 800 people who saw the Vane tres could rmagrne how much work had gone rnto rt Plans for the show were drawn up rn December and every one had been workrng hard srnce then But the crowd drd know that what rt saw was worth far more than the buck admtssron prrce Show -stopprng acts were the Drxreland Flve the trombone sectton s Shoutrn Lrza Trombone Mr Brugger s Srxteen Tons Ann Krncard s Spotlrght on the Plano and the foutme PY the Wlukle Malofettes The Panther Band had two guest performers Mrss Trudy Land captured the hearts of her audrence Lrttle Selrta Sue Smrth natronal s1x year old twrrlmg champ was outstandrng Elwood and W1llk1e Hrgh were certarnly proud of the Panther Band and the Band Parents that ntght Lovely D1ane Etchrson was accompamed by the Wrllklettes Pretty Trudy Land of Wmdfall thrrlled the audrence wrth her The Feature Twrrlers krcked up a Ann K1HC31d was outstandmg rn srngrng Redskm Ramble Spothght on the Pran ' 18 L i l 7 . , e The finale of the Varieties was the Gay Nineties beautiful backlight effects- - - . ll ' .Il u - f O 1 Q I

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but the Highlight of the Year Is the Prom -if The hrghlxght oi the evenlng was the crownmg of the queen MISS Brenda Johnson by the Junlor Class Treasurer Jerry Elledge The plannlng and preparation of a Prom rs a The Panther Den was transformed tnto a castle tremendous task After hecttc weeks of seemrngly ball room ustng the colors of blue and sllver The endless work the efforts of the Class of 59 were north end was decorated wrth roses whtle the south rewarded end had a prcture of Ctnderella Weeks of hard work went 1nto the 58 Prom Dlck Spltzmesser and Ted Shuck were just a few who When the blg mght flnally arrlved everyone was worked on lt entranced as they danced ln a castle fantasy ,a-- ' 20 T 3 ' T V . 2 , MK 3 y Q T ll 4 K A - t,t, ' I ls 3 A . - K: