Fairmont East High School - Falcon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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Lefh Allarfs dafe, Tina, Ka+l'1y Sherwood, exclaims with aslonislwmenf as J.B., Sandie Akerman, walks in wifh a feddy bear sfuffed under her coal. Lower Left To fhe Tune of Do, Do, Do, Allan, Greg Long. and Mrs. Conners, Mary Ann Shark, Teach Skipper, John Wells, how fo dance. Below: Afler proposing marriage fo J.B., Allan and she embrace as Skipper joins in.

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Tecicher's ploy 'LiTTle Boy Found' given by juniors The junior class presenTed LiTTle Boy Found, a hearT-warming comedy wriT- Ten especially Tor The class oT l974 by The direcTor, Mr. RoberT Riley. IT was The TirsT original play ever given aT EasT. Each nighT iT was given, The play received sponTaneous sTanding ovaTions. lT also broke The school record Tor The number oT curTain calls, which was pre- viously held aT Tour. l.iTTle Boy Found received Tive. The idea Tor The play TirsT occurred To Mr. Riley during The previous sum- mer when he encounTered many prob- lems Tinding a suiTable play and con- cluded The only way To geT whaT he wanTed was To wriTe iT himselT. The play cenTers around a young bachelor, Allan Sloane, Greg Long, and his Trials in adopTing a son. WiTh The help oT his Triend, J. B. Douglas, Sandie Akerman, Allan arranges To adopT a lif- Tle boy, Skipper, Joey KalTer, John Wells. Allan daTes many girls, buT iT Takes The help oT his housekeeper, Mrs. Con- ners, Mary Ann STark, and a liTTle maTchmaking To prove To him whom he loves. l-le proposes marriage To J. B. The play was unique in many aspecTs. The Two boys who played The parT oT Skipper were Trom Meadowlawn and CroTTshire ElemenTary Schools. lT was The TirsT class play To have musical accompaniment provided by a sTudenT orchesTra direcTed by Dick Tun- ney. Slides, Tapes, modern TurniTure and up-To-daTe cosTumes were uTilized in making The play realisTic. Upper Right ATTer his TirsT day of school, Skip- per, John Wells, has a TaTher-To-son Talk wiTh his dad, Greg Long. Lower RighT: Under The direc- Tion of Dick Tunney, The orchesTra opens The show wiTh Brian's Song.

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Juniors choose 'Tokens of Love' for onnuol donce Tokens of Love, sponsored by rhe iunior ciass. was arrended by I27 cou- pies. Decorarions and fheme, cenrered around Valen+ine's Day, were capped by a sweefhearr 'free wifh rhe names of each couple on if. The Elders provided fhe enierrain- menf in ihe sourh gym. Brownies, cook- ies and punch served as reireshmenis during band breaks. Above Righfz Sweefhearf Tree adds inreresf fo fhe dance as Mark Barkiey and Robbi Casfie 'Find fheir names. Righfz Preparing decorafions for The dance is rime consuming for Terri Kramer, Carol Ponris and Theresa Garrison. w f 1