Jennings High School - Jen Echo Yearbook (Jennings, MO)

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...J Miss Cobb puts the finishing touches on Mari- lyn Cox before the curtain rises. On December 3, 1960, the culmination of many weeks of hard work, came to an end with the presentation of the Senior play, The Curious Savage, Under the patient and able direction of Miss Aileen Cobb, who held thirty practices, the Sen- iors presented John Patrick's delightful play in such a fashion as to provide the audience with a thoroughly enjoyable experience, That's the lovelist seascape I've ever seen. ACT WELL YOUR PART 5 X E E 5 i People give the strangest books to thi brary. I I I 4'

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5 I i l ..-WM .R 3 i Ag Wigs' ,,,,,,.wf Janet Wood, Robert McDonald3 Nancy Mosier, Anthony Graczykg Queen Sue, Leonard Duffy Barbara Seidel, Herbert Heslerg Susan Troxler, David Phillips. REIGNS IN THE STARDUST KINGDOM Stardust fell on handsome boys and beautiful girls, who entered the Jennings High gymnasium that eventful Friday evening, the thirteenth of May, 1960, as they looked at the ceiling of their gymnasium, transformed into a replica of a starry, romantic night. Perhaps a star or two fell as wellg but they were lucky stars casting a warm and friendly glow that seemed to say, We approve and give our sanction to the aspirations and efforts of this Junior Class in presenting this Prom of 1960 in honor of the graduating Seniors. Sophomores, dressed in assorted costumes, served a banquet which surpassed anything the Olympian gods might have enjoyed. Later the guests danced to the music of Russ David and his orchestra. Interest mounted, and a hushed air of expecta- tion hovered over the gymnasium as the magic hour of midnight approached. On the stroke of twelve, the impressive ceremony, introduced by Page Beth I-lellwig, and Squire Tom Kenney, began Then came the slow processional of maids and es- cortsg and, as the climax, the coronation of Miss Sue Grosch, the choice of the Juniors to reign as queen for a year. Such a delightful evening as this was no acci- dent, but the result of long hours of planning and hard work on the part of Juniors, determined to make their prom surpass all proms of the past. That they succeeded, all who attended will agree. Retiring Queen, Miss Marilyn Syrett, graciously crowns her successor.

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THERE ALL THE HONOR LIES Mrs, Paddy . . . Florence . . . Hannibal . . Fairy May .... Jeffrey .... Titus . . . Samuel . . Lily Belle .... Mrs. Savage . . Miss Wilhelmina Dr, Emmett . . . CAST Andrea Payken Jane Quitzow Gerald Coleman Ann Medley Gary Cohen Lou Klusak Dave Siering Judy Greer Marilyn Cox Sandra Scheetz Ruth Guvernator Mrs, Savage, a kindly widow with a fortune and three greedy stepchildren, enters The Cloisters, a home for the socially misfit, Because she wishes to use her money to help others, her children have her committed to this home. Her relatives search wildly for her missing bonds, hidden in a teddy bear she carries with her always. She stubbornly refuses to reveal the hiding place, and finally her children are resigned to the fact that the bonds have disappeared. The gentle inmates av- ' You could be in the concert field, Hannibal. have connived to keep the bonds secret from her children. When Dr. Emmett tells Mrs. Savage that she may leave The Cloisters, she is reluctant to leave the security of the home with its gentle inmates for the insane outside, All inmates give her parting gifts, Miss Wilhelmina presents Mrs, Savage with the missing bonds. The scene plunges into darknessg in fantasy the guests are seen as they see themselves. Applause rings out as the players take their curtain call for a job well done.