Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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Il Sunnv morning IT happened one sunny morning in a parlc in Madrid, Spain. An elderly man and woman meT, and discovered ThaT They were old Triends oT long ago . This seemingly simple incidenT is The basis oT The one acT conTesT play Tor I958, A Sunny Morning . The auThors builT around This singular ploT, a Touch- ing and realisTic sTory abouT Two people who were Too proud To admiT ThaT They were aT lasT reaching old age. Dona Laura was siTTing on a parl4 bench Teeding The birds, when an irraTe old genTleman, Don Gonzalo, enTered and an argumenT developed. The quarrel, however, ceased wiThin a shorT Time, and The elderly couple became Triends and began chaTTing happily. During The course oT The conversaTion, each Tallced oT The sarne incidenT aT a villa named Maricela, where Dona Laura, Then lcnown as The Silver Maiden , had lived. IT was here ThaT Don Gonzalo had courTed her and suddenly deparTed because OT a duel ToughT Tor Laura's hand. As a re- sulT oT The conversaTion, They realized ThaT They had been The youThTul lovers. l-lowever, each was Too proud To admiT old age To The oTher. The Tormer sweeThearTs deparTed, noT know- ing The ThoughTs in each oTher's hearT. The capable casT oT The play received superior raTings aT The preliminary and disTricT conTesTs. AT The sTaTe conTesT held aT Grinnell, A Sunny Morning was unanimously raTed I by The judges. JeTT Lamson, who porTrayecl Don Gonzalo, re- ceived recogniTion by being chosen one oT The ouTsTanding acTors oT The enTire conTesT. tllit Dona Laura -Mary Sue T-lorTon PeTra, her maid-Marjorie STewarT Don Gonzalo-JeTT Lamson JuaniTo, servanT-Terry CurTis TOP: Dona Laura feeds the birds SECOND: Don Gonzalo arrives THIRD: Reliving the past BOTTOM: Farewell forever

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Presents Curious Salvage lust me eussrs Florence-Virginia Langner l-lannibal--Carl Willey Eairy May-Jean Jolwnson Jeffrey-Ralplx Mawclsley Mrs. Paddy-Carol Church Tl-lE EAMlLY Mrs. Savage--Vernanne Roberts Titus-Jett Lamson Samuele-Pxslwer Mullenix Lily Belle-LaVonne Beckman Tl-lE OEElCE EMPLOYEES Miss Willmelmina -Connie Aloboll Dr. Emmerl-Alan Jolmnson UEIII Stage Manager-Raymond Meth Stage Set Designer-Marion Niclwols Lighting Crew--Loren l-lolrn, Judy Mitchell, Jeanette Mann, Lelilia l-lay Stage Crew-Larry Milqscla, Pal Mullenix, Linda Castell, Letitia Hay Properly Crew-Jean Russell, Patti Winfrey, Carol Clwurclw, Marilee Eerquson Sound Ellecls-Jone Manley TOP LEFT: Guests portray their dreams TOP RIGHT: Mrs. Savage meets the staff MIDDLE: The Curious Mrs. Savage with her teddy hear BOTTOM: A family feud 25

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tnntests llffer u lhullenge WiTh spring comes The preparaTion Tor conTesT speech work. This year There was a large Turn- ouT oT sTudenTs inTeresTed in The six areas oT speech. ln conTesT speech, unlilce The many oTher com- peTiTive Tields oTTered To high school sTudenTs, The individual musT achieve his goals alone. From The Time oT The home eliminaTion conTesT early in February, To sTaTe conTesT Time, each person worlcs To his poTenTial in an eTTorT To achieve The Tinal reward oT a STaTe Superior or a Division l raTing. lvlany Fl-IS sTudenTs received superior raTings aT boTh The preliminary and disTricT conTesTs, which enTiTled Them To parTicipaTe in STaTe Finals held in Grinnell on lvlarch 28-29. Those receiving superior raTings aT STaTe in The Tield oT inTer- preTive reading were Vernanne RoloerTs and Judy Del-laan. Marjorie STewarT also received a superior raTing in dramaTic declamaTion. Those who received excellenT raTings in declama- Tion were Jean Johnson, humorous, and Vern- anne RoberTs, dramaTic. In The diTTiculT Tields oT radio speaking and original oraTory excell- enT raTings were awarded To Karen Kennedy and Carol Church. TOP LEFT: Radio speaking, K. Kennedyg orig- inal oratory, C. Church. TOP RIGHT: Interpretive reading, J. DeHaan, C. Russell, V. Roberts. MIDDLE: Humorous clcclamation, C. Willey, G. Speake. BOTTOM: Dramatic declamation, V. Roberts, M. Stewart, B. Smithburg.