Jackson Township School - Saxmuri Yearbook (Roanoke, IN)

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Juniors Have Hillbilly Hit In ' ' Mountain QaV CAST Maria (Ma) Lindsay Pamela Elvin Patokah (Pa) Lindsay Arthur Chcnowcth Catalpa Lindsay Barbara Williams Deedee Sandy Raines Oby Lynn Crabbs Sophronia, die hired girl .I ' y Sehenkel Henry McKay, a young lawyer Douglas Thomas Arthur Perrin, another young lawyer Terry Smith John Gordon Alan Cumbey Mrs. Gordon J ly Dager The story of Mountain Gal takes place in the hwne of the Lindsays, a family living in the Ozarks. Bccaiiw; Ma Lindsay was to receive an inheritance of a whop- ping $147.00, and had a very thorough education amounting to two years of formal schooling, she felt sh ' j was much better than anyone else around. When Deedee, the orphan girl who works on their farm, makes friends with .Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, tourists from the North, .she is invited to return with tliern to New York and receive an education. After the Gordons tell a young lawyer about their daughter who had been lost several years before in the Ozarks, an investigation is made and Deedee is proved to be their daughter. Humor is provided in the play by Oby, the hired hand, who is having a miserable time in his attempts to propose to Sophie, the hired girl working on the ne.xt farm. Seems that whenever he gets her alone, some- one interrupts them and he is left with his proposal hanging in mid-air. Offstage, the jimiors found humor in rehearsals, too. Difficulties arose when Yankee clipped speech was converted to slow Southern drawls with hillbilly ac- cents. Lynn Crabbs occasionally spiced the play with .1 few lines of his own added to the script. To top it all off, some of the junior boys were certain that the sky was falling in, when the girls dropped paper wads from the dressintr rooms abo e the stage. Lc ' ff— Members of the cast were; Fir.s-f roic, Susan ' ebert, prompter, Sandv Raines, judv Dager, Judy Sehenkel. Second row. Gavlan May, prompter, Pamela EKin, Barbara Williams, Allan Cumbe -. Doug Thomas. Lvnn Crabbs. Third row. Mrs. Merckx, director, and .Ar- thur Chenoweth. Be oiL ' — Susan ' ebert and Gavlan Mav memorize lines at play practice. Bottom rig if— Sandv Raines and Doug Thomas rehearse their parts on stage.

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Members of the cast were: seated, Ruth Ann Bodenhanier, Nancy Swihart, Jean Stabler, Delbert Smith, Ruth Ann Gass, Larrv Middleton, Jerry Simmons, Carol Lynch. Standing, Ed Ross, Stephen Simon, Diane Latta, Jim Gay, Tom Shatz ' er, Neil Yant, Ellen Staples. Seniors Find A Winner In ' ' Riddle Me Riches ' ' CAST Ed Ross Thomas Taylor Ruth Ann Bodenhanier E.sther Taylor Delbert Smith Chuck Taylor Nancy Swihart Patty Taylor Neil Yant Danny Hudson |im Gay Edmund Davis Jean Stabler Susie Bryant Stephen Simon Bob Callaway Diane Latta Olive Kendall Jerry Simmons Rufus Hill Carol Lynch Adeline Hill Ruth Ann Gass Maria Kay Larry Middleton Sam Wilson Ellen Staples Hilda Sorenson Tom Shatzer truck driver Riddle Me Riches, as the title implies, dealt with contests and contest winners. Egged on h his son. Chuck, Pop Taylor was liard at work on a riddle for the Riddle Me Riclies radio program. Luck favored the Tay- lors when the winners were announced, and the family was in a state of chaos for the next two weeks. Just a few of the prizes were: enough candv to fill a warehouse, an honest-to-good- ness real-live horse, a frisky htter of puppies, a lifetime supply of soup, and enough bright pink house paint to paint the town red ?? Amusing conflicts between Mrs. Taylor and her husbands boss, and Chuck and his girl- friend, added to the confusion as well as ihe comedv. Diane, Nancy, and Jean model their formals prizes in the Riddle Me Riches contest. ihich were Laughs were pro ' ided off stage as well as on. Contributing to these hilarious incidents were the alum-covered peppermint candy treats, Ruthie going beat, and the boys ' dance rou- tines, when the ' practicalh ' tripped off the stage. Man ' long hours of rehearsal were necessary to make the play a success, but with the pa- tience and direction of Mrs. Hudson, the cast came through with a winner. 22 «fc . - a -ii

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' ' Our Qolden Hours ' ' Thrills Audience Tup, This is the scene of ;iii olJ-fashioned spelling; bee. Center, Fifth graders presented a medley of foil; songs, this one, Sleep Kentucky Babe. Bottom, Old King Cole was a merry old soul, ' and a young one, too, in this act pre- senting nursery rhymes. The fifth Spring Revue was proclaimed a success 1) - hundreds who saw the school production, Our (iolden Hours. The cast, made up of both grade and high school students, spent long hours re- liearsing actions, dance routines, and speeches. The setting of the revue was a sunny garden, guarded bv a high brick wall, with a life-size sun dial as the center of interest. The art and music departments contributed greatly to present this unusual and spectacular program. Dances were popular in the revue, with an old- fashioned square dance, the breathtaking butter- fly dance, and the bunny hop, complete to furry tails, put on by first graders. Nursery rhymes .and fables emphasized the fantasy in history, while ■John Brown ' s Body dramatized a famous era in American history. Clima.xing the two-night event was the crown- ing of the queen, Linda Runyon, escorted by Rex Paul, both seniors. Her attendants and their es- corts were Anita Moore and Roger Gordon, fresh- men; Gaylan May and Kent Klepser, sophomores; Carol Lynch and Jerry Simmons, juniors. Cap- turing the heart of the crowd were the ring-bearers, Linda Crow and John Johnson. 24 4 4