Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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.41 Governor PresTon SmiTh VisiTs GCC On February 4, I'-772 Governor PresTon SmiTh made a surprise visiT To The Grayson CounTy Area. l-le sTopped TirsT aT KXII-TV sTaTion Tor an inTerview and Then conTinued To The Gray- son CounTy Regional Planning Commission oTTice To visiT wiTh Jerry Chapman, regional planning commissioner. He Then leTT Chap- man's oTTice Tor The main campus of Gray- son CounTy College. ATTer ioining Dr. Cruce STarlc, presidenT oT GCC, he Then Took a 30-minuTe Tour oT The campus visiT- ing several classes in progress buT concen- TraTed mainly on The area oT Technical voca- Tional classes and labs. Governor SmiTh, on his TirsT visiT To The GCC campus in iTs seven-year hisTory, said he was very im- pressed wiTh The college and iTs Technical vocaTional programs. Governor PresTon SmiTh waves goodbye as he boards his plane To leave The Grayson CounTy Air- porT locaTed on The Grayson CounTy College WesT Campus. During The Tour oT The Main Campus oT Grayson CounTy College Governor SmiTh sTopped in The sTudenT cenTer caTeTeria To chaT wiTh sTu- denTs Accompanying SmiTh on The Tour was Dr Cruce STarlc presidenT oT GCC Ronnie Cole, DirecTor oT Public RelaTions and Governor

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40 Ann Reeves, drama inslruclor and direclor of Guys and Dolls, goes over The opening scenes ol The hir musical wilh Mike Mclfnighl, Mar Keifer and Jerry Don Gulledge. Mclfnighl played Nicely Nicely Johnson, Kifer played Nalhan Delroil and Gulledge played Ginny Soull Slreel. The rehearsals lor The musical began on Feb. 8 and conlinued 'lor live weeks prior lo opening nighl scheduled for March I6. Players Presenled l 'Guys And Dolls' l Frank Loesser's hil' musical, Guys and Dolls, became Grayson Counly Col- lege's second musical comedy produc- rion. The play had a successful Three-year run on Broadway and is among The mosl' popular musical ever presenled on lhe slage. The musical was a comedic look al gamblers and Their chorus girl friends. The slory cenlered around gambler Sky Maslerson, a man who ser The sky as his limils on his bers. ln order lo win Miss Sarah Brown, a Salvalion Army mission- ary, he wrole an l O U for l,OOO sinners. Olher casl members included Alice Slark, Joe Traweek, Connie Yales, Dr. Jerry Ables, Pele Carpenrer, Bill Kersh, Becky Nunn, Harry Wisman, Berl Lively, Jo Ann Ziegler and Prissy Smilh. Ann Reeves reviews parl of The scripl wilh Mark Kifer who plays Nalhan Delroil. ln The play, De- lroil runs a Tloaling crap game and has been en- gaged lo Miss Adelaide for I4 years. , -,., A

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,. ATTer The prinT iudging, The winning phoTographs were displayed and The sTudenTs had an opporTuniTy To Tall: To The iudges. Judges Toi The TirsT conTesT held April I8, l97O were: Jaclc Groves, Sherman DemocraT phoTographer7 Bobby Monroe, owner oT Monroe STudio and Bill Norman, ediTor oT The Perrin AFB newspaper. Judges Tor The second conTesT held May l, I97l were: Allen Crenshaw, owner o' Crenshaw STudio7 Jack Groves, Sherman De-mocraT phoTographer: and Bob Campblell, KXll-TX news manager. PhoTo ConTesT Displayed STudenT TaIen+s CaTegories were divided inTo sporTs, news, commer- cial, porTraiT, absTracT, picTo- rial and open. All TirsT place winners won a ribbon and SIO. The prinT judged BesT of Show wenT To Jan Folse The TirsT year, and Sam Chapin The second year. The phoTo conTesT is spon- sored annually by The Press Club. l Winners received ribbons Tor TirsT place, second place, Third place and honorable menTion. 42