Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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A TRIP TO HOLLYWOOD For a gallon of elderberry wine, take one teaspoonful of arsenic, then add a half tea- spoonful of strychnine and then just a pinch of cyanide. Care to try it? This is the formula used by Abby and Martha for their potent brew in Arsenic and Old Lace, the 1956 Senior Play, which was given with a double cast on March 22 and 23. The aunts are really very sweet old ladies, refined and pious. At least that was what Mortimer, their nephew, thought them to be, until he discovered that they had buried in their cellar the bodies of twelve hapless old men. Abby and Martha felt sorry for the lonely, destitute men, so they simply gave them a drink of wine to put them out of their misery. The system worked beautifully until Morti- mer happened to discover one of their men in the window seat. At first he blamed the out- Dicmne Reeves, Miss Randall, the director, Ruth Skadberg, and Sandy VanDame going over problems in directing Arsenic and Old Lace. Senior Play Cast rageous murder upon the insanity of his brother, Teddy, who thought he was Teddy Roosevelt and dug Panama Canals in the base- ment. But the aunts blandly told him of their merciful plot, and Mortimer began to wonder who was craziest, Teddy, his aunts, or himself! The plot thickens when Ionathan, Mortimer's no-good brother, returns home for a surprise visit to his sweet old aunts, bringing with him another body, one of his own victims. After some close calls, both with the police and with Ionathan, Mortimer get his relatives put away -Ionathan in jail, the others in the sanitarium-and plans to live a peaceful life with Elaine, the girl he has long wanted to marry. Miss Ioyce Randall capably directed the play, with the assistance of student directors Dianne Reeves and Sandy Van Dame. Many Thursday night cast, from left to right: Van Leslie, Harold Schult, Ierry Emerson, Vivian Forster, Marilyn Schwab, Larry Koekenberg. Pat McDowell, Iohn Bramble, lim White, lack Cress, Tom August, David Lahr, Dan Doeppers, Iudi Binz.

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One sweet chorus, then barrel il! a typical Dixie Band siqnal. Danny Bible and Ierry Goddard have made a discovery: a new way to play the trombone. Right, old chap! That madriqal singing is quite English. Slaves Charles lenninqs and Bill Richardson watch while Mike Unqersma, the genie, commands the magic trumpet to play.

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'V+ +4-+ ft-'i' Friday night Cast, firsl row: Larry Lynch, Harold Koeken- Carolyn Alt, Ianice Davis, Tom August, Mike Sherry, Chuck borg, Pat McDowell, Iohn Bramble, Lynn Plaster, lock Schult, Castor, Iudi Binz. Second row: David Ferguson. Display Their Talents other people worked diligently backstage to make the Senior Play a huge success. Helping were Mr. E. F. Morgan, printing: Mr. H. I. Wills, lights: Mr. Ernest Deagan, stage crew: Mr. G. V. Hitchings, building props: Richard Iaeger, make-up: Mr. V. D. Montgomery, house: and Miss Hazel Ganoe, who assisted Miss Randall. CAST The first name listed denotes member of Thursday night's cast: second name listed de- notes member ot Friday night's cast. Teddy Brewster Officer Brophy Officer Klein Martha Brewster Elaine Harper Mortimer Brewster Mr. Gibbs Ionathan Brewster Dr. Einstein tDavid Lahr 2David Ferguson Pat McDowell Iohn Bramble tVivian Forster lCaro1yn Alt , Iudi Binz tDan Doeppers ' lChuck Castor tLarry Cress Hack Lambuth lack Schult Him White 2Lynn Plaster Abb Brewster lMGL1lYH Schwab Gfficer 0.1-Iam tVan Lesley Y llanice Davis 1Larry Lynch Lie tenant Roo e . H The Reverend Dr. Harper UQFIY Emerson u , D Y mold Koekenberq lM1ke Sherry Mr. Wrtherspoon . Tom August lt looks as it Dan may be in trouble in this scene from Action was too tast to tollow at times during the Thursday niqht's production. Friday niqht Show, was 'if-