Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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“Oh, dear me! Oh, dear me!” Seniors Present Tom Rogers Mrs. Robers Fred Narracott Vera Claythorne Philip Lombard Anthony Marston William Blore General MacKenzie . . . Emily Brent Sir Lawrence Wargrave Dr. Armstrong Student Director Business Managers Stage Manager . Larry Lonsbury . . . . Pam Gibson . . Mike Velasco Donna Becker . .Wolfgang Bley . . . . Bob Nastoff Lee Guse . . . Chuck Boris Karen Hallfrisch Cal Shearer . Norm Luttinen . Sandy Roberts . Marcia Griffin Karen Tomb Floyd Alexander “Here’s to crime.” (Choke, choke) Many people must work behind the scenes to make a play production successful. Behind the stage work- ers for the Senior play were Karen Tomb, Sandy Roberts, Director Mr. Johns, Floyd Alexander, Mar- cia Griffin.

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“This place is a madhouse!” Curious Savage The Junior Play, John Patricks’ “The Curious Savage,” was both an artistic and a financial success. The setting is an institution, called the Cloisters, and the plot evolves around the e (Torts of an un- scrupulous family to deprive an old, eccentric heir- ess, Mrs. Savage, of her fortune. Their attempts are foiled by Mrs. Savage and her friends, who are men- tally disturbed. The play provides many hilarious, as well as poignant scenes. This mixture of fun and serious- ness kept the audience enchanted. Outstanding in their portrayals of Mrs. Savage and the silent Mrs. Paddy, were Sheri DePew and Karen Canino. They received excellent support from the other members of the cast. Directing the play was Mrs. Agnes Lynch.

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CAST MEMBERS TOP ROW: Calvin Shearer, Lee Guse, Wolfgang Bley, Bob Nastoff, Mike Velasco. BOTTOM ROW: Chuck Boris, Donna Becker, Pam Gibson, Karen Hallfrish, Norman Luttinen. Ten Little Indians” The “Ten Little Indians” refers to the cluster of statuettes on the mantelpiece of a weird country house on an island off the coast of Devon, and to the nursery rhyme embossed above them, telling how each little Indian met his death until there were none. To this queer Byzantine mortuary eight assorted guests are invited for a weekend by a mysterious host. While the guests are assembled for cocktails prior to going in to dinner, a voice comes out of the air, accusing everyone present of murder. While the guests are exchanging data on themselves and on their host, one of the ten little Indian statuettes topples off the mantle and breaks — immediately thereafter the giddy Oxonian chokes to death of cyanide. One down and nine to go. Then the excitement begins and never lets down until the final curtain. All in turn meet their fate, in a phantasmagoria of gruesome (and very comical) details, involving clues, explanations, suspicions and terror. The play was presented on March 16, 17, and 18. “He’s dead! Shot through the head! m