La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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Everyone anxiously awaits another dancing exhibition from Popo (Ron Wolf) and Charlotte (Shicla Terry). We Presented the Slack Jlawngc The French Revolution provided the background for the fall play, The Black Flamingo , given on No- vember 19 and 21, 1959- Three student directors as- sisted Miss Kellogg; they were: Karen Hunr, Sue Hoehne, and Joyce Guglielmetti. The Black Flamingo , an old inn close to the Austrian Border, was haunted by a demon who lived in its huge fireplace. The demon’s eerie, wailing vio- lin screeches (supplied by Susan Messman) terrified the innkeeper, Felipe Bodier (Tom Malone), his wife Nicole (Llani Gripe), and the housemaid, Clo- tilde (Pat Dunifon). On the first night of the revo- lution Bodiers friend Bourien (Dick Panagos) ar- rived to plot with Bodier the theft of the valuables of the aristocrats headed toward the inn. In the course of the evening the raging storm brought to the inn a young army officer, Francois De Lussac (Mike Feltman), Trigaud (James Miller), a wandering minstrel, and a priest accompanying a group of aristocrats. Count Eugene De Lussac (Tom Holm), and his daughters, Diana (Barb Kaminski) and Charlotte (Sheila Terry) were following Fran- cois, who they believed was helping Marie Antoinette by smuggling her diamond necklace out of France. As the travelers were sitting down for supper the priest (Bob McCarty) disclosed that he was Count Cagliostro, an exiled nobleman. He and Trigaud be- came enemies when it was learned that both men were searching for the queen's diamonds. Clotilde was swept off her feet by an elegant fop, Clotildc, the maul (Pat Dunifon), tempts the appetite of Popo (Ron Wolf) with a sumptuous roast pig.

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Cordy shocks her family anti Angie with the news that site is calling off her engagement. There is doubt in Livingston's mind as to the reason for Angie and Tony fighting. In his private ring, he taught the art to each child, including Cordy, played by Ruth Hacker. Cordy was very proficient with a terrific left hook which she was constantly using to flatten her younger brother Liv, played by Bob McCarty. Her elder brother Tony (Tom Malone), however, had the job of bruising her beaus when they came to call. Many, such as Charlie Taylor (Dennis Mai- ysiak), never came back. Cordy's father was always arguing with her Aunt Mary (Joan Fredericks) and her Cousin Lucy (Rosalie Piasecki) on the subject of sending Cordy to school. Finally, Cordy convinced him she wanted to go. Cordy was unhappy away from her normal life and returned home with a guest—her fiance and also the son of a multimillionaire. Angie (Jim Miller) was not approved of, for he was too rich. In spite of many problems, the plans for a wedding were continued. These problems included the misplacing of Angies family's invita- tions, which angered his family. At a dinner party Angie displayed his knowledge of ju- jitsu and received his first admiration from Mr. Biddle. In the confusion Angie carried Cordy off to marry her. » W ' 4

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Madame Bodicr listen» as Rouricn tells Uodicr of the wealthy aristocrats who can be robbed. Popo (Ron Wolf); their romance supplied some comical momencs in the play's tense atmosphere. A more serious courtship was carried on by Trigaud, who charmed Diana with violin music and his flow- ery language. When Francois disappeared, Count Cagliostro hyp- notized Diana so that she could find her brother. Un- seen powers drew her to the haunted fireplace; sud- denly she screamed and fainted, and her brother's body fell to the floor. This strange happening led Trigaud to explore the fireplace, and he discovered a secret door. Suddenly a ragged old man (Kent Oakes) stumbled out brandishing a broken violin. The “ghost from the chimney, drawn out by Trigaud’» violin music, is viewed with surprise by Count Cagliostro. Not only was the mystery of the Demon’' solved, but the sought-after necklace was found hidden in the violin. But the aristocrats' terror was not ended. As Cag- liscro and Trigaud battled for possession of the dia- monds, a band of peasants from a nearby village broke in. The peasants captured the aristocrats, plan- ning murder. Their leader Gauroche (Ben Milligan) seized Cagliostro to force him to tell where the dia- monds were hidden. Trigaud, who had been upstairs when the peasants arrived, . . . used an optical illusion to appear like a ghost, and the terrified vil- lagers fled. Angry peasant» with murderous intention» make the aristocrats cower.