Fisher High School - Echo Yearbook (Fisher, IL)

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Semor Play The curtaln opened on the Belsnlckle backyard ln the mountalns of Tennessee the tranqull peaceful 1dyll1c scene IS startllngly 1nter rupted when the g1rls are m danger of becommg old malds Actlonl Paw 4Galen Horschb goes for h1S shot gun and every male IH the valley IS lnsecurel Flrst v1ct1m to fall under the muzzle of Paw s gun IS the nelgh bol boy Chlz Upschlager 1Dannv Bermmghaml the retarded but llkeable brother of Obeey 1Floyd S1Z6I'l who IS hlmself v1ct1m1zed Ronald Maxwell lM1k6 Kellyl doctor to be and h1s haughty aunt Lucy 4Patr1c1a Davlsl break down 1n the hllls and are forced to spend some tlme w1th the Belsmckles No one IS happy about the arrange ment Ceehe 4Lavaughn Cotterelll who has a bathless reputatlon and the rest of the communlty ale edgy Paw makes arrangements for Ceel1e s weddmg but the weddmg scene opened Wlth the groom a mystery The square dancmg corn get on wlth the weddln Imaglne evervone s surprlse when Ronald 1S the groom' At the last mlnute Obeey Bonme Mae fAn1ta Llestmanl and Mrs Maxwell break ln to stop the weddlng Jody 1Don Orr! gets an appendlx at tack Ronald performs an lmpromptu operatlon and for hls herolc deed IS excused from the ceremony Everythlng turns out fme when Ceelle and Obey are flnally hltched The audience w1ll remember for a long t1me the fme performance of Joyce Thomas as Maw and Lucv Bermmgham as Junev Lou the harmonlous warbllng of Four 1Eleanor Relnhartl and FIVE 1Sh1r ley Kuykendalll the asplrmg radlo smgers the feudln of Zeke 1 Fred Kalserl and all the Cousms 1Kenneth Wolf Haxlan Trotter Lyle Outlaw Don Hansens and Ronald Stalterl and the h1llb1lly weddmg performed by The Reverend 1Darrell Coxl Under the d1rect1on of Frederlck Manzara H1llb1lly Weddm was a great success The Class of 54 W'1Sh6S to thank every person mn our large audlence for the support of th1s class project. iyklbx fff - . .3 , . . I . U . . - . . . , . . 0 1 , . t Q . i 0 I u I 0 , I ' . . ' v I L . r . , . . . . i -I . , squeez1n', and general merrlment are lnterrupted by Paw's Let's ' ' 9D . , . . .D , . l . . , u . 7 ' e ! I 0 l I l , -' I n , ' 7 . l U 7 1 7 I f! ' ' - ' ca - ' ' an . , ' '

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J unwr Class Play The Class of 1955 p1esented as thelr fn st blg project the Junlor play on Novem ber 23 and 24 Down to Earth a comedy fantasy was under the able dxrectlon of VI1 T Carroll Moyel Wlth the help of the entlre class Mrs Robertz on scenery Mr Bught stage props Mr Manzara and Mrs Elchelbexger on make up Mr Warren buxg on hghtmg, It was posslble to present for the flrst txme a play on two nxghts Down to Earth was vsell xecelved and thoroughly enjoyed by the audxences Nlumerous comments vfere made concernmg the good entertamment lt gave and the ptriectlon of lts performances The Jumors and their parts ln the play were AGNES-a female angel lCarol Ann Zehrj WILFRED a male angel QCalv1n Beatty, PILONE a mxschlexous half angel tDuane Beasleyj AUGUSTA APPLEGATE arlstocratmc mlsenly old spmster QKay Jonesj DIANA CLUMP Augusta s emotlonal but young mald QVelma Horschj ORPHA TEEL-Nlece of Augusta Uudy Kellarj RUTHIE TEEL-Orpha s daughter fBarbara Coffmj MILLIE BROMSLEY Augustas other mece tPat Blrkeyj BAXTER BROMSLEY a sllghtly screwball mventor Uerry Deanj JUNE BROMSLEY pretty and engaged to Rxchard fMarlene Delaneyb RICHARD WHITE-handsome and 1n love wlth June fGale Elchelbergexl HERMAN HOWELL-Augustas match retxred sallor QWalter Jackson! ROBERT HANLEY A uch hypochondrlac CWavne Plchelbergerj tact that the three angels wexent VlSlble to anyone on stage except themselves The plot of the story surrounded the angels ln then attempts to et through wlth their cosmxc counters , to Aunt Augusta, a wealthy old spmster an Herman Howell a klndly retlred sallor and take them back to heaven Pllone a half angel gets into all kmds of mxschlef as he falls ln love wlth Dxana Augustas maxd Along wlth hls meddling and Augusta s stubborn perslstence to hold onto her money, Agnes and Wllfred wonder lf they are destmed to be stlanded on earth wh1ch would be the worst fate that could befall them But unconscxousl on the slde of the angels are Augusta s two nxeces Mlllle Bromsley and her famllly Baxter and June and Orpha Teel Baxter ms constantly mventmg llttle gadgets whlch never get to the successful stage and has hls eye on Augusta's capital So does June when she approaches her aunt wlth the proposxtxon to back her france Rlchard Whlte m hlS photography business Orpha Teel only Wants the money so she can fmd a vsealthy husband for her daughter Ruthie Teel Ruthxe gets her rlch husband mn the form of Robert Hanley a SlCkly young hy pochondrlac and Pllone gets Dlana after she becomes an angel followmg an auto accident Augusta gwes away her money whlch IS to the pleasure of all her relatives and flnds Herman a very hkable compamon after all Pllone fmally decldes to become a full fledged angel and the four of them Agnes Wllfred Dlana and Pllone return to heax en leavlng all concez ned not only happy but m the case of the relatlves rlcher r2e..:A.b-N -'XZ . Q . .1 . . , . 1 A an v , ' - l s ' l 7 g 2. '. N' , . , . ' , - - . , ' a . 1. f - , - a - H H , -. ' ' ' ' 'T . ' ' . 1 1 , . , . . , - . i- ' Cl If ' , . . ' Y ... u J Down to Earth was unusual and different from ordinary plays, due to the , , . . 2 ' . ' if ' 7! x ' 5 L , . . . . 7 , f . . . ' . . . ' ' , T 1 . . . , . 7 , ' I . ,v . , . . . ' . - . 1 . . . 1 1 1 , . . . 1 I .n I , , , , 7 1 , . - , . . . . ' - - , . . . ' ' ' 1 r ' A 1 l .- v - ' , , , ,