Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Day massacre in Chicago. Realiz- ing they ' re wanted men and must leave town; they dress up like women and join an all-girl band headed for Florida. At this point Joe becomes Josephine and Jerry becomes Daphne. While in Florida Josephine (Joe) falls madly in love with the band ' s lead singer, Sugar, and an elderly millionaire, Sir Os- good Fielding, proposes to Daph- ne (Jerry). During one of the band ' s per- formances, Spats Palazzo, the gangster from Chicago, is able to put two and two together and re- alizes what Joe and Jerry have done. To escape the villian, Joe and Jerry, Osgood and Sugar all take off on Osgood ' s yacht. Now Josephine (Joe) reveals his true identity to Sugar and Daphne (Jer- ry) tells Osgood he is really a man. To this Osgood replies, Well, no- body ' s perfect. Mr. Spejewski said, Overall, the musical was probably the fun- niest one we ' ve done here. The acting was great, the dancing su- perb and the music fantastic. The scenery and costumes were excel- lent, as usual. Terri Winkler, sophomore, commented, I thought the play was funny. I enjoyed it a lot! Sean Bishop said, The play was a financial success. We made enough money to finance a spring show, which I will be directing. Doing it for Sugar. Looking lean and sexy, junior Mike Marsh as Daphne stands his ground against junior played by senior Sean Bishop, who wants to do it all for Sugar. Cover up. Senior Sean Bishop covers his head in hopes of not revealing to senior Michele Johnston, that he and Daphne are really men dis- guised as women. that if they didn ' t want to be there, or if they had an attitude problem, there was always someone who would be willing to replace them. Mr. Gerry Spejewski, director, said, The cast was young, but hard working, exciting and talent- ed. Sami Natzke, senior, stated, The actors and actresses did a great job! . The story revolved around two young men, Joe and Jerry, who ac- cidently witness the St. Valentine ' s a diets; Mt tQ) f Mt The cast for the fall musical. Su- gar, was not a typical cast. They were small in number, but as Sean Bishop, senior, said, Personally, I think this was one of the best casts we ' ve had in years. The cast was small and had a lot of unity. Lou Ann Spitz, senior, added, I ' d say everyone in the cast was pretty excited about the show. The cast was only thirty mem- bers, which is about half of a normal show. Every- one realized I 20— Sugar

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Congratulatory kiss. Graduate Sue Hal- s all receives a kiss for the future from her grandmother after completing years of schooling and continues on to reach her dreams. Senior class presi- dent Chris Gall en- thusiastically tears apart his prepared speech and tells it like it is about his life and times at Griffith High. Graduation Day and one of the four valedictorians, Lee Ann Larson pre- sents her congratu- latory speech to the audience and school board mem- bers behind her. Smiles and tears — Kristen Atkinson, a happy graduate, led the way from the football field after graduation cere- monies. Right be- hind her was Shelly Artz with a sad face. Graduation— 19 I

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Posing as two out of work musicians senior Sean Bishop as Joe and junior Mike Marsh as Jerry sing about the hard times and lack of jobs during the great depression. Swinging. Junior Karrie Reyome as Sweet Sue sings her heart out to the crowd about her hometown Chicago as the story of Sugar and the others un- folds. Sugar— 2 1 1 We could be close. Sugar Cane played by senior, Michele Johnston and Mike Marsh, junior, who plays a lady named Daphne find out they are very much alike. All right you guys, stick ' em up. Spats and his henchmen threaten the audi- ence with their in- struments before tearing the town apart searching for Joe and Jerry.