Falls Church High School - Jaguar Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Psychopathic Killer Runs Loose In The Little Theatre Every amateur detective was present in the au¬ dience to see the performances of Emlyn Williams’ mystery, Night Must Fall. The Drama Club had spent many hours of practice to perfect the dramatic mood of the mystery. The club encountered difficulties in staging and lighting because the play was presented in the round, a first at Falls Church High. Underhandedness and psychopathic instinct lead the bellboy, Dan (Bob Johnson) to murder a guest at the hotel where he worked. After seducing Dora Parkoe (Lynn Hooper), maid to the fussy Mrs. Bram- son (Jody Lawson), Dan is asked to come to the Bramson cottage in Essex, England. Dan charms Mrs. Bramson with his unabashed humor and his false childlike mood. She asks Dan to become a ser¬ vant at her home; he accepts and the tension mounts. Mrs. Bramson’s niece, Olivia (Linda Burkett), has done some snooping and trailed the hotel murder to Dan. Discontented, Olivia agrees to protect Dan. His true character comes forth and he plans to kill Mrs. Bramson to get her money. He carries out his plot to kill the older, crippled woman only to be dis¬ covered by Olivia. Dan’s psychopathic nature takes over, and in the last emotional scene he tries to kill Olivia just as Inspector Belsize (Andy Heyman) burst in to seize Dan. Due to the fine dramatic acting, clever staging, and tense mood created, the Drama Club was able to lable Night Must Fall a success. Gail Ducker directs Mary Conway and Beth Richardson on blocking proce¬ dure for Night Must Fall. Pipe clinched in teeth and newspaper in hand, Dave Vernon settles down for a long play rehearsal with Jody Lawson and Linda Burkett. 25

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Domestics For A Day” Amuse Student Body Though certain Keyettes and Key Clubbers un¬ doubtedly felt their services were worth more than a dime, they kept quiet. Gloomy prospects of humilia¬ tion at the hands of some scheming freshman could not deter the clubs from sponsoring their annual project. During the week preceding the event, prospective maids and butlers furtively checked to see who had been bidding for them. There were rumors of certain Key Clubbers buying chances on themselves under the names of their secret crushes. The fateful day arrived; feet dragging, the servants headed for the lobby to meet their masters. After being loaded down with such paraphenalia as base¬ ball bats and baby carriages the unlucky ones began their day of degradation. The teachers, for the most, took with good humor such otherwise unexusable incidents as tardiness, and command performances of “Mary had a little lamb’’. In spite of protestations to the contrary, Keyettes and Key Clubbers secretly enjoyed their taste of notoriety, and in any case, the profits furthered the cause of the March of Dimes. Bedecked in drum major attire, Jo Lynn Lunsford dons an umbrella to shade her master from the radiant sunlight. Lost and forlorn tourister John Nolan clings desperately to his master Lynn Leeper. Amelia Earheart , alias Janice Hill, makes a comeback to civilization as Harold Left ' s ever-faithful maid.

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Soaring high, Pat Dolan regains possession of the Robbie Childress flies in to block Coach Warren’s pass, ball for the seniors. Coach Warren desperately tries to out maneuver the senior Jags who seem aware of his schemes. Staggering Senior” Robbie Childress displays the form that captured the victory title for the Jags in the Faculty-Jaguar basketball game. 26