Minonk Dana Rutland High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Minonk, IL)

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JUNIOR PLAY The Junior Class play WDon't Take My Pennyn presented on October 30 drew approval from an audlence of more than SOO persons The plot revolves around a somewhat tetched' American famlly Mother KMarparet Hewlttl was a flutter bug, who was too lnvolved to pav any attention to her offsprlnps Sixteen year old Penny CPat lcGouPhl is practicing poise and elocut1on, preparlng herself to be chosen to play the star role author 1S she's the What Phllllpsl in the movle verslon of a popular novel The coming to town tomorrow and Penny wust knows that one Penny doesn't know is that Sally llildred Ann , the nev mald, is a former child movie star, now grown up whom a clever publiclty agent KJim Neierhoferl has planted there, to be mlraculously discovered by the author CSh1rley 71vneyl But Penny ignores Sally Cwho practlces danclng steps when no one's aroundj and she lgnores her self S3CTlflClHg older sister Kay KNHTJOTIG Vogell, who has small parts ln radio But he accepts the loyal servlces of her good friend Joanna lJoan Rowel who plans to go to Hollywood along w1th Penny Penny and Joanna glV6 up playlng in the childlsh tennis tournament vlth thelr boy friends, Greg fvlfgll Volkl and Kerry fFT3HC1S Manley! So the bovs confer wlth the dellghtful old character Gram KNarna Cunnlnphamj, and declde to outwit Penny and Joanna by poslnp as the great author and a brunnette model They do and the PlTlS fall for lt There follows a riot ous scene 1U whlch Henrl CHarold NOT1tZ,, the clothes de SlFH6T, shov off hls latest gowns on attractive models, fBetty Anderson, Narvaret Rlents and Cladvs Burrell! to outflt Penny's descent on Hollywood, only to find them scorn ed bv the dlsguided Preg and Ferry Flnally Penri Pets klcked out the door and matters are made stlll more hilar lous Jhen Dad 4Peter f8ZZlHi Tr 7 bP1HPS home Harrison Day, the real author and there lS 1 nolsv cdlllslon with Red the dellvery boy lJohn 7UD8DS1C, Here the plans for the d1SCOVeTV of the ex child star Sally 90 awrv, for Sallv has fallfn ln love wlth Mark fAndy PBIOUMPISJ the olde brother Nhose one 8mbltlOH is to run a chlcken farm which Sally much prefers to Hollywood' And at about thls tlme, thelr first ChlCKfD tF1UmDh8HtlV lavs an egg' In the mldst of all this, H1TPlSOH Day does choose a star but whom he chooses surprlses everybody for lt is none other than Yay Q C N ' . Q D ' -3 , 1 -. 7 ' - - F . ' Q Q ' , 1 . . Q Q - - 0 Q V --I Q ww ., Q 0 ,f Q. Q Q Q V . . Q ' , 1 a . . .I . v Q D Q Q - 3 I Q Q Q v G . . ni Q Q Q 0 . ' . u Q . Q n Q . u 4 v 9 . Q . .. D t ' ' Q Q -.. A ' - Q Q 1 Q - - ' . 9 ' rw , J: is J ... - Q '- ,5 f N. Q Q. a . , J x Q , l Q, 1 Q ' -.- V - ' U 1' ' ' - I 1 1 l Q , X Q u - u . ' K . - 7 Q . . ,J 1 , Q . p f ' A , Q n 1 1 1- U Q T' 1 Q Q , 4. , . I QQ1 A . ' . Q Q e Q . r' . . .. c 1 - K Q Q Q-Q J . . , r ' , L .