Little Rock Central High School - Pix Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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 Jivau n Gan Wait by Vane MpasilUt f Leading cast members for !hc play “Heaven Can Wait appear Senior claps p'ay. HKAVKN CAN WAIT , will be presented at—two night performances. May sixth and seventh. Playing the leading roles arc Charles Kirby. Kill Casey. Stanley Bauman. Dorothy Walk- er. Virginia Fuik. Mary A. Young, arid Jack Ginnochio. Acting sis minor players are: Beverly Bee- son. Martha Bell. Irene Plser. Cleorgine Brainier. Alice Newton. Wayne Plckins. Barbara Woods. Barbara Henklc. Bob Trieshman. and Herbert Waller. The scenery was designed by M. Jean Smith. Freddie Shafer. Kthelec Hale, Judith Neil. Jackie Ward. and Burnell Babcock. Lighting effects were attained by Charles Meltabarger. Costumes were designed by Beverly Boyd and Jane Gray. The play was staged and produced by Miss Al- berta Harris. The plot, which concerns a box- er and his trip to heaven, is here- with presented. The scene: — sort of half way between Heaven and earth where souls are checked in the regis- trar's book before being sent on. — Off stage a male voice may be heard in heated argument. The owner of the voice appears. It is a young boy of about twenty- four carrying a gaxaphone. There has been a plane crash m which Joe Pendleton, a boxer, has above. Standing arc Jack Ginnochio Char'cs Kirby. Bill Casey and Stan- ley Bauman. Dorothy Walker, Vir- been killed and his soul taken to heaven go years before his time. He is now standing before Mr. Jordan who hunts for the name Pendleton. After a fruitless search which revealed no such name as this. Mr. Jordan deter- mines that Joe most certainly has been brought to heaven too soon . . . but whats to be done about it? His manager Max Levene (Stanley Bauman) has had Ills body crenmated and he's left witii a soul and nothing to put it in. At this point the curtain falls on the first scene. The second scene takes us to the living room of wealthy old Mr. Farnsworth where the search for a suitable body for a boxer has taken Mr. Jordan and Joe. Mr. Farnsworth is being murder- ed by his wife and the man she is in love with, and Mr. Jordan is waiting to collect the soul. Julie (Farnsworth’s wife) and Tony Abbott (his secretary» as .he murderers arc the only ones who know Mr. Farnsworth Is dead. Mrs. Ame; enters and tells Miss Betty Lcgan. who is calling, that Mr. Farnworlh will be right down. Act Two This act takes p’ace in the same drawing room. Joe as Mr. Farnsworth, is busy with his jump- ing rope w’hen his old manager Max Levene calls. He sees Joe's old glnia Fulk and Mary Adalyn Young arc seated on the first row. sax and begins to tell (he story of his fricnj when Farnsworth (Joe) takes up the sax and begins to play the Last 'Rose Of Sum- mer. Max recognizes it and Joe '.ells him how he happened to be in Farnsworth's body. Mr. Jordan comes in and tells Joe that he can't use Farnsworth's body any longer. So Farnsworth is again murdered and Joe is left without a body. Act 3 In (his scene, we have the radio announce the fight between Mur- dock and Smallings. Murdock seems to be winning when all of a sudden he falls over as if he has been shot. He has been mur- dered. Mr. Jordan asks Joe how that body would suit his soul. Although Joe thinks this body would be fine, he is seriously woiried whether or not Betty (with whom he has fallen in love) will recognize him. He says that life without Betty wouldn't be worth living. After his fight, in which he won the world champ- ionship. he meets Betty Logan again, but this time as K. O. Mur. dock. In a merry mixup Betty remembers that his voice sounds very much like someone elsc’s. . . so. After a complicated ending they all lived happily for 60 years.

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5bay Ajjtesi lotnawio-ia 1951 dawns on a peaceful world. The United Nations have been es- tablished. The defeated Axis is being re-educated and those young hopefuls who left the halls of LRHS in '4:1 are no longer facing a world where Mama Britain slings bombs at Papa Hitler. Now the class leaders are scattered over the world meddling in politic», movies, night clubs, and other people’s business. We fhul a small part of tho class enroute to Japan an the lat- est stratoliner model. President Roosevelt, now in his sixth term, has ordered the sixth 4 star gen- eral, Jim Willson personally to inspect the areas under recon- struction in the Pacific. Jim re- quests the pilot, Kathryn Gaines, to land in Hawaii- “Kitten’’, the first woman transport flyer, orders her co.pilot. David Hyatt, to take the controls. At the airport a delegation head- ed by Gov. Bill Casey greets the general, his wife, Fcetie Conley; personal advisor to the envoy, Ed Smith; Assistant secretary of state, Jackie Stewart; senator from Arkansas. Jo Terral; first secre ary of transportation Vir- ginia Fulk and the plane hostess. La Veda Dulrn. Governor Casey en- tertains the Washington group at Pappy Joe’s Cafe for their one typical Hawaiian evening. Pro- prietor Bice leads them to a table in view of the famous F. F. darn- ers, Tookie Dav-’s. A die Storey, Virginia Puckett, Billie Wilson, and Stewtie Nickelson Slight disturbances are caused in the club and the bouncers, Tom Creech and Buck Cause, delicately remove Billy Stafford. John Bowles, Mar- gie Miller, and Gloria Mae Koester. Jerry Barnes and his “Barn- yard Kiddies’’ provide a back- ground for the all-time blue» sing- er. Charles Kirby. At dawn Jim examines the Pearl Harbor defenses and leaves for the Philippines. The now indepen- dent Filippinos hold a confer- ence during the visit. Technical affairs of the reconstruction pro- gram are supervised by the grea. engineers, Jim Chaney and Dick BoaZ- They now hustle toward the land cf the rising sun that has just set. Ip. Japan, Willson visits the largest construction area on the island. There he remembers his highsehool days with Ransom Jack- son, general supervisor. Super. Ransom conducts a tour of Tokyo, firsi displaying monuments of the war heroes. Jchnie Bowen. Geo. rge Cox. Bob Trieschmann. and the Red Cross nurse, Ann Pattillo. A visit to the Jap Grammar Sthooi reveals Ann Anderson, who has just finished translating the Encycloped:a Britannica into Ara- bic, teaching verbs and fractions. Adjacent to the school is the big athletic field where Coaches Mcd- lin. Ccots, Stathakis, and Horton are 1 uniting the hurdles to keep their highsehool figures. Clearly audible in the field are the screams of Ann Campbell’s kindergarten chaps. Her life-long ambition to be a good mother is r.o-.v realized with 40 littic home- less babies. Her assistants are Maggie Griffin, Patsy Lawrence. Joan Rorex and Jimmy Joyce Me- Roberts. Ambassador Lewis Block plays host to the group at the World Premier of “Shanghai Sue’’ star- ring Bcv Boyd and R. N. Diiling- HAM. Bugs Penick features in the comedy. As they leave the lob- by. they see Buster Bellingrath selling cokes, with Charles Carlin assisting on the peanut stand, and Robert Lemon jerking sodas. Now the party is welcomed on the luxurious yacht of millionaire Ray Tilley and sails for the Alu- tians and Alaska. The inspec- tion group visits the typical home of Mrs. Mary Ellen See Oliver and her son, Meyer Oliver. After hard hours of conferences, the General relaxes at the Metropolitan Opera. Jack Ginocchio, Nancy Sparling. JoyWilcox and Pat Dodge arc making their Alaskan debut ac- companied by Tag Chr:stian’s orchestra. At the invitation of Billy Nich- ols they attend a skiing par y. where they visit the shehermit. Grade Coleman. Mounting a sum- mit. the general's wife sprains an ankle. requ:ring Doctors Emily Self. Bud Redden. Buddy Bril hart, and nurses Carrie Ross and Bov Reason. Returning to Fairbanks, Willson sees an old friend, the eccentric wizard. Bill Slack. Also visiting Mr. Slack are the Rev. Tom Gray and his wife. Margie Adkins. A call from the president urges the group home. They travel the Alcan highway in Frankie Birch's new plastic land-cruiser. Bill Me A tee chauffeurs them to Washington by way oi Frisco where the tour ends. Ten years have passed since five hundred little grads patter- ed on ratoned soles loword di- ploma land. Here we find Buck Shofncr. Jim Coates, and Jackie Foreman still struggling for an ending to the Class Prophecy of 1043. Rea iebl Go+U. MISS JOSEPHINE STEWART has 28 pupils in this years' grad- uating elass. Among Miss Stew- art's favorite interests are opera, psychology and travel. Her favorite sport :s track, and she urges her senior girls to participate in arch- ery. She thinks that a highsehool student is wise if she studies a wide variety of subject matter in the highsehool period, so that she may be fortunate enough to find a voc- ation that will bring her satisfac- tion. success and happiness. MRS. .1. E. TEMPLETON, who succeeded Miss Mildred Wilson food instructor in March, this year has 2!» graduating pupils. Mrs. Templeton enjoys reading and trying row recipes. She also is making an army scrap .book. MIR. H. T. ZIEGLER. Instruct- or in printing, drawing and wood- work. has 21) graduates in his homeroom. Mr. Ziegler has been hero one year, but has been teaching in Little Rock school's for 23 years.

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 (UfA Most popular Most studious Gum chewer Smartest Bashful Talkative Rest dancer Best all around Handsome Artist Musician Most talented Most efficient Hero LRHS Ideal Class baby Groom Wittiest Girl Crazy Best Athlete Neatest Cleverest Most obliging Singer Farmer Most class spirit Most care-free Best executive Most serious Most sympathetic Most temperamental Best politician Most polite Most distinguished Optimistic- Best disposition Most accomplished Bachelor Most entertaining Jim Willson Marion Boggs Eddie Hall Marion Boggs Paul Horton Charles Kirby Buck Shofner Jim Willson Jack Ginnochio Bill Kirk Bill Casey Jack Ginnochio Ransom Jackson Sam Coots Jim Willson Charles Carlin Meyer Marks Jim Penick Ernie Medlin Sam Coots Tommie Moore Jim Penick Bob Trieschmann Jack Ginnochio Jim Penick Jim Willson R. N. Dillingham Ransom Jackson Porter Brashier Bill Casey Jack Ginnochio Jim Coates Bill Casey Jim Willson Jim Penick Ed Smith Jack Ginnochio Paul Horton Jim Penick Qinti Most popular Most Studious Gum chewer Class beauty Class baby Class bride Best dancer Sweetest Best sport Neatest Wittiest Talkative Best all around Artist Musician Most talented Best dressed Most efficient Class ideal Giggler Singer Society Belle Sophisticated Cutest Most charming Best athlete Most angelic Most graceful Most original Most entertaining Most striking Most serious Most sympathetic Most polite Best disposition Old fashioned Best executive Most sentimental Truthful Adrienne Storey Ann Anderson Carolyn Davis Carolyn Davis Mary Stewart Nickelson Frances Ritter Carolyn Davis Virginia Puckett Carolyn Potter Adrienne Storey ... Adrienne Storey Beverly Boyd Adrienne Storey Freddie Schafer Joyce Wilcox Joyce Wilcox Mary Jane Sherrill Margie Adkins Adrienne Storey Freddie Schafer Joyce Wilcox Genevieve Dickinson Genevieve Dickinson Mary Stewart Nickelson Carolyn Davis Carolyn Potter La Veda Dulin Joy Shoemaker Genevieve Dickinson Beverly Boyd Jane Gray Jean Smith Margie Adkins Pat Scott Margie Adkins Mayriann Conley Catherine Williams Margie Adkins Margie Miller Margie Adkins