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

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THE 192?) PLAY directed by Mrs. Ruth Coffeen and Miss Hazel Brown was Captain Applejack. Seated: Edith Stroud, Dorothy Hay, Ben Bortz. Jr., Marian Rasmussen. Standing: Mary K. Fitzsimmons, Bob Goers, Don McCarty, Sharon Deliaan, Wilbur Petering, Alfred Munzcl. dicwta fate varied MISS HAZEL BROWN AND MISS ELEANOR MOORE directed the 1930 play The Suan. Seated: Florence Palm, Mary Jane Schumacher, Elva Kemp. Standing: Frances Sampson, Miss Hazel Brown, Miss Eleanor Moore, Wilbur Petering, Vernicc McGrath, Marian Rasmussen, Fred Zimmerman, Mary Leahy, Durwood McDonald, Dorothy Hay, Sharon DcHaan, Mary Louise Lindgren, Ben Bortz, Jr., Mary Louise Decker, Don McCarty, John Mitchell.

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PLAYERS Warren Beck. Lona Wood Reese, I mo gene Ensley, Jock Pearson, Ruth Summers Nick las, and Bob McCurdy did a fine job for their director, Miss Thelma Beesley, in the 1956 production of Girl Shy. Under the able direction of such teachers as Miss Vera Kellogg, many oustanding plays have been presented in the high school audi- torium. Among the best-known productions have been Lost Horizon (1953) and Our Town (1956). The Happiest Millionaire and Goodbye My Fancy, directed by Mr. Roger Munson, were very successful and well-known plays of a slightly different type. Ever since the idea of producing plays was begun, there have been at least two produc- tions every year. Originally, the fall play cast was limited to seniors and the the spring cast was for only juniors, but soon after Miss Kellogg's arrival try-outs were opened to all interested students. In 1953, with the organization of the High School Players, a decision was made to spend forty percent of all the profits from plays for stage accessories such as lights and scenery. The room behind the stage became the prop- erty and scenery-painting room. Miss Kellogg and Mr. Munson have obtained a valuable collection of stage equipment. GEORGE AND EMILY, portrayed by J. B. Hunt and Nada Schrum, were married by the Stage Manager, Bob Worrell, in this scene from Our Town, a yl956 production under the direction of Miss Vera Kellogg. ELIZABETH. the Reverend Mr. Collins, and Char- lotte, portrayed by Suzanne Clay. John Mitchell, and Dolores Mannia, seem to be hairing an interesting conversation in this scene from Miss Kellogg's 1951 production of Pride and Prejudice. 17