Hayfield Secondary School - Harvester Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Clockwise from right: Family portrait of Abby, Mortimer, and Martha. Mortimer shows his love for Elaine. Arsenic and Old Lace, Hayfield ' s first production of the year, was a comical success with superb per¬ formances by Christi Frye and Na¬ nette Hart as Abby and Martha Brewster. Dave Kitchen showed his talent at comedy as Mortimer Brew¬ ster, the drama critic who is in love with Elaine Harper, who was played by Suzanne Herder. Elaine just happened to be the daughter of the reverend of the church next door. Rock Wheeler ' s timidness made him the perfect reverend. Bob Simcox was as ruddy as ever in his role of Teddy Brewster, who believed without a doubt that he was Teddy Roosevelt. Of course, no show would be complete without the villians. In this case they happened to be Abby and Martha ' s nephew, Jonathan, played by Russ Ives who did a great imitation of Boris Karloff. The other villian was Dr. Einstien, Jonathan ' s dear friend who was a take-off on Peter Lorre, which was excellently done by A.J. Rose. Extra touches were added by Mark DeVere as Mr. Gibbs and Gary Cowling as Mr. Witherspoon. Both were terrific in their roles as old men. To add a touch of class, we were given two simple Irish cops who find the Brewster home a great rest stop on their beats. Scott Schneberger and Bruce Stanley were as simple as ever in their roles of Officers Klein and Brophy. The finishing touches were added by Ken Debelius as Officer O ' Hara, a cop who thought he was a play¬ wright, and Vic Clarke, as Lt. Rooney, whose favorite pastime was shouting at Klein, Brophy, and O ' Hara. Together with the brilliant direction of Richard Westlake, they made Arsenic and Old Lace the comedy success of the year. 18 student life

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Leadership Day At Hayfield Clockwise from right: Rocco Marano delivers his address to students. Hayfield ' s S.C.A. officers listen attentively. Senior class pres¬ ident Charlie Donato speaks to other senior class officers. The 1976 Leadership day was a tremendous success. Students from many different schools met at Hay- field to discuss problems, suggest answers, and learn new ways to run their student governments. When asked about their most informative part of of the day, most students agreed that the rap session helped them the most. Students listened to lectures on subjects such as communication, public relations, leadership styles, and public speak¬ ing. A special speaker, Mr. Rocco Marano, also gave new insight on student government. When asked, most students suggested that meet¬ ings such as this would make a better school system as a whole. 20 student life