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

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to the World’s Fair in 1904 December 17, 1959 marked the presentation of Meet Me in St. Louis, a comedy in three acts. The play centers around a typical family in St. Louis around the turn of the century. Mr. Smith has just been transferred to a New York firm. Rose, the eldest of four daughters is determined not to move, especially when Lucille Pentard arrives and entrances all the local boys, including John Shepard. Tootie, Agnes, Ester, and Rose join in with their bits of trickery and cause their father to be fired when they drown his boss, Mr. Dodge, with water bombs. The story does have a happy ending, however, when Mr. Dodge rehires Mr. Smith and raises his salary, too. The family does not have to move and even though it is the opening of the World's Fair, Grandpa continues his daydreams of previous royalty. CAST Joe Bilby Ruthie Fettig Theresa Hibst Glenda Skiliman Virginia Hocker Mickie Conley Jerry Glenn Bill Wesseler Marlene Coryell Genie Forst Linda Courtney Phillip Sharp Mike Fogerty Karen Dooley Kenny Knauer Greg Caldwell Winifred Shaw, Student Director Joe Bilby lays down the law to his daughters as they plead, Oh no, Papa, please------

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Marjorie Hamilton and Ruthie Fettig help make up the cast. From a On the night of April 16, 1959, the Class of 1960 proudly presented the riotous, three-act comedy, Nuts in May. This play pictured Cornelia Otis Skinner in her home on the day before her opening on Broadway. Her husband, Aldon, and son, Michael, try their best to make her day a quiet one. The television program, Face to Face, comes into the picture; her best friend, Isobel, keeps the household Flighty Isobel, Virginia Hocker, keeps Mary Ann Cannon from any peace and quiet. in an uproar; and the author of the play, Eve Carrington, insists on changing the script. Michael comes up with two dates for the opening, and to complicate things one of them is the niece of Watson O'Neil the critic. In the end Miss Skinner's performance is a success, and Michael gets his two dates straightened out. Modern Broadway Play CAST Mary Ann Cannon Pat Wolf Phillip Sharp Jeanette Lightfoot Virginia Hocker Marjorie Hamilton Virginia McQueen Vickie Vos Eileen Plummer Kenny Knauer Marianne Swenson Winifred Shaw Ann Leathers Bill Wesseler Bob Widmeyer Mike Fogerty Lela Underwood, Student Director Phil Sharp upsets the morning for Mary Ann Cannon and Pat Wolf by dropping his dinosaur bones.

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 Now jest one minute, hollers Greg Caldwell as he's dragged off to the finish line by Ginny McQueen, Carolyn Scott, and Sandy Smith. We Threw Away Culture for Sadie Hawkins Pandemonium reigned the night of November 21st, when the Panther Den was haunted by pig-tailed, frecklefaced, desperate bachelor gals and raggedy-clad, side-burned, eligible men. Marryin1 Sam --better known as Jerry Robison--imparted his final instructions and deepest sympathy before the minute hand of the clock reached 8:30. Then panic stricken males made a headlong dash for the hills with the man-crazed females not far behind them. Some were roped and hog-tied; some were dragged; others came peacefully across the finishing line where Marryin' Sam met them with a smile, a marriage license, and a short civil ceremony--all for a modest fee. However, the spirit-broken captives soon lost their downcast attitudes as they purchased their kissing licenses and spend the rest of the evening . . . w-e-1-1- . . . This lovely couple, Winnie Shaw and Jeff Mays just got hitched by that fancy dude with the cigar, Martin' Sam, alias Jerry Robison. 14