Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Mask, Wig Stages Ever-Popular ' Our Town Mask and Wig, Manual ' s dramatic club, presented Our Town on December 10. The play takes place in a small town in New Hampshire called Grovers Corners. The history of the town and the lives of some of its most prominent citizens carry the theme Life in the play by Thornton Wilder. Tom Fink was the Stage Manager, and Janis Small and Wayne Mullen played Emily Webb and George Gibbs. Other leads were portrayed by Charles Shade, Evelyn Lowe, Norva Lintecum, and James Whitham. Mrs. Mildred Haskens, club sponsor, directed the play. A second major production, I Remember Mama, came on April 10. All ticket holders attended a dance in the Cafeteria after the performance. Cast as Katrina, the girl narrating the play, was Merrilyn Lindley. The other main characters were portrayed by Norva Lintecum, Larry Heacox, Tom Fink, Betty Green, Wayne Mullen, and Paula Williams. Simon Stimso n, portrayed by Jim Jones, as he conducts choir practice, says, Soft! Get it out of your heads that music ' s only good when it ' s loud. Emily, played by Janis Small, makes her way from the group of funeral mourners standing in the rain to her grave beside her mother-in-law (Evelyn Lowe). 19

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Harold Post, played by Steve Goad, is borne in triumph onto the stage after making his successful parachute jump. ' Up in the Air ' Go Musicians for Operetta Manual ' s Choir presented its annual operetta Up in the Air by Geoffrey Morgan, November 21. The story revolves around Harold Post, a timid young man, played by Steve Goad, who is in love with Betty Burbank, Rita Verhines. However, Betty ' s father is ambitious for her to marry a strong and fearless man. Consequently, Harold ' s conniving friend, Jim Carter, played by J Winckel- bach, devises a plan to make Harold look brave. His scheme to have a stunt man make a parachute jump for Harold fails, and Harold is forced to make the parachute jump himself. Harold comes through with flying colors, and Mr. Burbank gives him Betty ' s hand in marriage. ■ ' Jt ' ■ « . hM 1 M £ • Jon Morris sings Heart of a Crimson Rose to his sweet- heart, Becky Koenig, in Up in the Air. Jon Morris, Becky Koenig, J Winckelbach, Rita Verhines, and Steve Goad sang the leading roles in the operetta, Up in the Air. This musical provided good solo parts for several hopefuls. 18

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Redskin Revue Runs Gamut from Nursery Hillbilly intermission act, featuring Sonja Keating, Judy Schoenherr, Linda Loeper, and Sharon Lahrman, cap- tured the trophy for best comedy team. Rollicking with music and mirth, the 1959 Redskin Revue, 30th annual student vaudeville, made its debut, March 1 9th for a two-night stand and played before large, enthusiastic audiences. Some 200 Manualites joined forces to produce four big acts which featured South of the Border by Mary Heichelbech and Charlotte McMurry; Mother Goose of 59 by Donna Monroe and Becky Mitchell; Dogface Soldier by Carney Likens and Steve Matthews; and On Stage by Sharron and Jim Jones. Teeming with talent, participants in the revue danced mamboes and rock n rolls, vocalized in solos and choruses, and played solo and combo numbers. Manual ' s twelve-piece dance band pro- vided the musical background for 37 numbers in the four acts from the orchestra pit. Seniors Den- nis Jackson and Jackie Goad, student chairmen of the Redskin Revue, emceed the production. Win- ning poster design for the Revue belonged to Jackie Buzzaird while the program cover was designed by Marjorie Viehe. Chorus line from On Stage includes Bonnie Spreen, Mary Hawthorne, Barbara Emerich, Carla Biegel, Tommy Sue Janke, Sharon Jones, Carol Hoeping, Georgia Shaner, Sharon Scholl, Judy Crouch. Decked out in bright green costumes with top hats and canes, the girls tapped out a snappy routine.