Mentone High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Mentone, IN)

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The Fenwickians “The Mouse That Roared” is not all “play” but also work as cast member Deb Cooper shows. Susie Boggs uses her skills in the makeup department as Rock Reed awaits the results. Uncle to Gloriana, Alan Welch warns her highness of the invading Americans. The Finwickians successfully capture the Americans via bow and ar- rows.

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“THE MOUSE THAT ROARED” Voted best actress, Kathy Blalock clarifies the duties of Tully, Chris Doran. Best actor Mark Hunter receives his lunch of “porkburgers” from Housekeeper, LuAnn Utter. The Americans Stained and strained by her profession. Grape-stamper Alma Waddle appears full of woes. “The Mouse That Roared” will be lucky to squeak by ... or so it was prophesied a week before the play. It did seem to some-even the cast—that it might turn out to be a tragedy rather than the satirical comedy that it was meant to be. First-year teacher, Mrs. Brumbaugh, took on her first director’s job and chose the 27-member cast. From then on it was a flury of memo- rization, interpretation, and rehearsal. One of the main problems was trying to find rehearsal times that would be suitable to each member of the ex- tremely large cast involved. It seemed to be a learning experience for both director and cast. Much work on the set and costumes was done by the Ad- vanced Speech Class. Despite a faulty speaker system, the play turned out an unexpected success. Following the fi- nal performance, Student Director, Eileen Peters, announced that Mark Hunter had won Best Actor Award and Kathy Blalock Best Actress, as de- cided in a cast vote. She also awarded Mrs. Brumbaugh a gift of appreciation. The cast took their final bow and re- tired to Marj Hanes’ house for a cast party including a feast and charades.

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PROM HIGHLIGHTS SPRING Junior, Lu Ann Miller, and escort sway to the sound of music pro- vided by the “Chosen Few”. The Wabash Holiday Inn hosted the annual Prom on May 15. Several new things were tried with this year’s Prom —no decorations and no theme. “The Chosen Few”, although their appear- ance caused some doubt, was the sub- ject of many favorable comments. To highlight the evening the Prom Royal- ty were crowned—King Mark Hunter and Queen Kim Manwaring. The rest of the evening followed the pattern of last year. A buffet was held and the couples paused to rest a minute and change their clothes as “Atlantis” set up for the after-prom. Throughout the evening, couples could be seen outside strolling around the pool or pausing to have their pic- tures taken beneath the lilac trellis. to