Montgomery High School - Valhal Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA)

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1 II , Q in o 4, U J , . K I A DOLL DISPLAY to catch the eye of many a little girl includes toby dolls, Mary Harper and Deena Rappoport, bal- lerina, Miriam Godwin, Raggedy Andy and Raggedy Anne, Kathy Curtis and Mary Nelligon, and dancing dolls, Nikki Maximov and Claudia Robinson CHRISTMAS SIGHT AND SOUND THEME OF MHS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The clang, clang, clang ofa Trolley and the hustle-bustle of last-minute shoppers on Christ- mas Eve greeted a packed house Thursday even- ing, December l7, when the MHS music, dance, and drama departments presented the second annual Christmas program, entitled Christmas Sight and Sound. The scene is a busy department store. A street sweeper leans on his broom to watch the last-minute rush. A bum gleefully pops a child's balloon. Three skiers hurry by. Shoppers scurry to and fro with packages. A group of little girls finger the doll display with hopeful hearts. One little girl looks on wistfully, alone, as Santa lis- tens tothe others' Christmas lists. As the store darkens, the shoppers and shop girls leave. Santa and the one little girl are left alone in the store, as a bevy of Christmas dolls come to life and perform their tricks for Santa and the little girl. Finally, the little girl requests that Santa read to her the story of the first Christmas, Organ music and a background of singing herald the enactment of the nativity with dance and song. The program's finale, in which the audi- ence ioined the choirs in singing favorite carols, ushered in the Christmas spirit at MHS, The production staff included Mr Alphonse Schmaltz, program chairman and orchestra, Mr. Russell Lawrence, chorus and piano arrange- ments, Mrs. Margaret Meeks, choreography and dance direction, Mr. John Hays, stage direction and script, Mr. James Smith and Mr. Arthur Stover, scenery and art. BACKSTAGE excitement and confusion reign. Amidst an epidemic of pre-performance jitters Mr. Russell Lawrence applies Bill Hansen's make-up. u 'xxx N' 3

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ODIN THE MHS VIKING MASCOT clad rn flashrng scarlet leggrns whrte tunrc forl armor mask helmet and wrg and equrpped wrth a shrnrng sword and buckler made hrs frrst appearance amrdst tumultuous cheers at Montgomery s frrst home football game wrth Petaluma The mascot was named Odrn rn a specral electron held October 22 l959 Students were rnvrted to submrt suggestrons for names These suggestrons were then narrowed down to trve chorces before the electron Odrn became the proud symbol of MH S sprrrt I I I I I I I I I I - . I . , .

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