Hillsdale High School - Shield Yearbook (San Mateo, CA)

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Z heatzefs pzobuctions ROW 1: Chris Grove, Gwen Love, Bob Mitchell, Tim McHenry, Milton Bassett, Phil Tweedy, Nancy Cowry, Karen Merry, Arlene McNulty, Leslie Groarke, Trena Rhodeos, Deward Hastings. ROW 2: Linda Pringle, Sandy Lemmon, Jim Gaddis, Linda Speicher, Jill Shipstad,John White, Don Vossler, Elissa Guardino, Sheila Clark, Sharon Turner. ROW 3: Gordon Babcock, Jed Winter. THE CAT AND THE CANARY An old maniac who thinks he's a cat, secret panels in which the unknown lurks, and accusations of insanity provided blood-curdling sus- pense for the audience that viewed The Cat and the Canary, April land 2. In the melodramatic mood of the play, the surviving relatives of the late Cyrus Canby West met in the old and musty Glencliff Manor to learn the identity of the next heir. As they sat in suspense, the old family lawyer, Roger Crosley, played by Jed Winters, dramatically announced the heir by saying, I, Cyrus Canby West, do declare as the sole heir to all my money, bonds, and estate, my descendant, man or woman, who bears the surname of West. Harry Blythe, played by Gordon Babcock, merely shrugged in his cynical manner. Charlie Wilder, played by John White, smiled the congratulations that his outgoing personality demanded. Cicily Young, portrayed by Sandy Lemon, pouted in her typical dumb- blond manner. Elissa Guardino as Susan Silsby accepted the results with her acid temper. Paul Jones, played by Don Vossler, vigorously conveyed his congratulations to Annabelle West, played by Jill Shipstad, who was in a state of excitement over her good fortune. The play was heightened by the African voodoo housekeeper, played by Linda Speicher, a believer in spirits and demons: an asylum keeper, Larry Main, whose news of an escaped maniac put the entire household into a panic: and Dr. Patterson, played by Jim Gaddis, who provided a dramatic moment when he appeared in the midst of one of the most suspenseful scenes of The Cat and the Canary. The play was directed with imagination and skill by Mr. Donald Ralston and his student director, Sharon Turner. Elissa Guardino

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SRC oz Little ROW 1: Rich Houston, Sharon Turner, Elissa Guardino, Linda Speicher, Jim Woolsey. ROW 2: Linda Mason, Wendy Weeks, Sydney Rathbun, Karen Merry, Linda Pringle. ROW 3: Sheila Clark, Alan Jacobs, Sherry Ellis, Milton Bassett, Tim McHenry, Ron Nevatt, Tony Doidge, Arlene McNulty. THE GLASS MENAGERIE Tennessee Williams' immortal The Glass Menagerie will go down in Hillsdale's history as one of its greatest productions. The play was set to the weird, enchanting music first recorded for the Broadway production. As the curtain opens, the audience is introduced to the Wingfield family-a family that lives in dreams of the future and memories of the past. There are four members of the Wingfield family: Amanda, the domineering mother, Tom, the son, who yearned to follow in his father's footsteps, Laura, a girl whose glass animal collection was her life, and Papa , whose only appearance is in a photograph on the wall. Tom described his father by saying, He was a telephone man who fell in love with long distance. As the play proceeds, we find Amanda, portrayed by Linda Speicher, desperately trying to find happiness for her daughter, Laura, played by Sharon Turner. Amanda succeeds in forcing Tom, portrayed by lim Woolsey, to bring home one of his warehouse friends to get acquainted with Laura. Very soon, Rick Houston, the gentleman caller, finds himself walking into the mother's marriage trap. Tom tries to keep things light, but is unsuccessful. The play ends on a tragic note. Laura, after learning that the gentleman with whom she has fallen in love is already engaged to be married, sinks back into her world of imaginative dreams and fragile animals. BEST CONTRIBUTION TO DRAMATICS

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SHIELD STAFF ROW 1: Carol Hogan, Geoffrey Gove, John Barna, Gary Hollingsworth, Wanda Vetica. ROW 2: Barbara Eicke, Bonnie Levinson, Penny Lange, Sylvia Shaw, Joyce Cerrutti, Linda Hense. ROW 3: Sherry Lawrence, Terry Doell, Sue Small, Mr. Ladendorff ladvlsorl, Ellen Haworth, Sue Strach, Twink Reischling. EDITOR IN CHIEF ASSISTANT EDITOR 'Sue Slrach , fag, ' wg, ,..,' M r 4 Terry Doell QUILL AND SCROLL I ,J 98 ROW 1: Diane Bueford, Carolyn Corwin, Peggy Avlles, Terry Doell, Sue Strach. ROW 2: Mr. Callahan, Jerry Simerman, Allan Prager, Nlr. Ladendorff.