Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Dramatists Forsake Stage for Dance Floor “Gosh, I’m scared!” “Oh, I hope I make it!” “How many do you think they’ll let in this year?” These are just a few of the excited comments overheard as hopeful Thespians take last-minute breaths before making their try-out perform¬ ances for the Dramatics Club. Once accepted for member¬ ship, students begin participating in the various activities offered by the club. Among these are attending stage pro¬ ductions at I. U., having a club party, and having a club picnic at the end of the year. The highlight of the year, however, turned out to be the semi-formal dance held March 21. A Drama-Night was planned, and rehearsals were underway for the three plays that were to be presented to the public, but this event had to be postponed by the sponsor’s illness, and then the over¬ crowded calendar forced the club to give up the project. The dance more than made up for it, though. It was an extra-gala affair, complete with balloons. Three members of Ed Yates’ band from I. U., a trombone, piano, and bass, furnished the very dance-able music, and fruit punch and cookies com¬ pleted the picture. A very good crowd of students and guests enjoyed the evening. This year’s Dramatics Club has a membership of fifty. Barbara Sheets served as president; Marilyn Telfer, vice- president; Maurine Sweet, secretary, and Tom Cramer, treasurer. “Ballin’ the Jack” is earnestly danced by Sid Williams, Paulette Kennedy, Doris Lowder, Bill Patton, Carol Gray, John Dixon, Tim McGuire, and Eileen O’Connor at the club’s March shindig. Sitting out a dance at the Leap Year frolic are Bob Diller, Danny Myers, Mary Zarlington, and Martha Evans, while John Badger and friend Agnes Warner take to the floor. Page Twenty-six

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With First Place Ranking in State Contest an overtime, 14-13. The $85 raised was turned over to the T.B. Foundation. A school bus was furnished by Newt Wil¬ liams, local International Harvester dealer, for the annual summer project tour. This year the club inspected the livestock and crops projects of John Thomas. After view¬ ing the Thomas farm, the group toured the Bell Telephone Company and climaxed the day by playing softball at the City Park. The chapter met at Kenneth Kitchen’s farm for the annual summer meeting. A chalk talk by the Rev. R. D. Spencer and movies furnished the entertainment. The chapter raised money this year by helping with concessions at football and bas¬ ketball games, by selling certified seed corn, potatoes, and garden seed, by parking cars at the Morgan County Fair, and by selling the F.F.A. gilt. Other highlights of the year were the FFA-FHA party, Parent and Talent Night, Girl-Friend party, Father-and-Son banquet, Pay-off supper, and the state convention. Eagerly awaiting the take-off on the annual summer trip, this year to St. Louis, are Virgil Telfer, sponsor; Don Coffey, president, and Glen Sisco, bus driver. In St. Louis the boys visited the Purina research farm and the St. Louis zoo. One of several field trips during the year was to observe the treating of seed wheat on the Shirley farm. The F.F.A. Project Committee is meeting with a group of local farm machinery dealers to formulate a plan for a safety campaign. Possibly as a result of the campaign, which was concerned mostly with corn pickers, no accidents were reported in the vicinity during the season. This project won fourth in the state in the F.F.A. safety project. m farmervamerica Page Tiventy-five

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Sweet, Nita Meadows, Miss Shufflebarger. TOP ROW: Carol Gray, Kenneth Dalton, Barbara Sheets, Anna Maye Stine, Keith Sichting, Shirley Stump, Suzanne Rose, Bruce Throck¬ morton, Myrna Reynolds. To become a Thespian, a Dramatics Club member must have earned 25 points through participation in plays, by attending stage pro¬ ductions, selling class-play tickets, or serving as an officer or as a committeeman. man, D. Lowder, M. Kennedy, M. Lovett, M. Bastin, B. J. Hess, A. M. Stine, N. Parks, S. Stump, M. Dunn, J. Dixon, R. Hatley, Miss Shufflebarger. TOP ROW: M. E. Kriner, M. Summers, M. J. Porter, S. Hannum, B. Sheets, D. Richards, M. Reynolds, J. Cherry, C. Austin, S. Rose, L. Davis, J. Hastings. THESPIANS — BOTTOM ROW: Jackie Roberts, Bill Had¬ ley, Johnny Dixon, Danny Myers, Ray Ayers. SECOND ROW: Linda Davis, Doris Lowder, Marilyn Telfer, Dolores Maxwell, Louise Schnaiter, Anna Ruth Bastin, Maurine T keApianA Membership in Thespian Troop 818 is the dream of every MHS Dramatic Club member, for it signifies excellence in the field of acting. DRAMATICS —BOTTOM ROW: W. Hadley, W. Elliott, D. Myers, D. Collins, K. Dalton, K. Sichting, C. Knoy, R. Ayers, D. Wise, J. Roberts. SECOND ROW: N. Meadows, P. J. Carmichael, C. Baker, C. Gray, L. Schnaiter, S. Begge- man, C. Fowler, M. Sweet, A. R. Bastin, D. Maxwell, M. Telfer, C. Fisher. THIRD ROW: B. Throckmorton, L. Free- Page Twenty-seven