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

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82 PETER PAN WINS FIRST PLACE FOR SENIORS IN COMPETITION ASSEMBLY First prize goes to the seniors! These words from Jan Zuur, mistress of ceremonies at the second annual competition assembly, held on March I6, united the seniors in nearly ten minutes of jubilant hugging and congratulating one another. The seniors won the competition in 1959 as iuniors. Their skit this year was a take-off on Peter Pan of story book fame. Len Holman as Captain Hook, Dan Devoto as Pan, and Sarah Chand- ler as Wendy led the cast of over fifty seniors. The iunior class placed a close second in the competition with Klondike Kitty, starring Penny Ripple as Kitty and fea- turing klondike belles, eskimos, lumberiacks, and an instru- mental trio. Third place went to the sophomore class for their take-off on Alfred Hitchcock, a mystery called Special De- livery. The cast included Robert Seimer. Dorcas Whited, and Bonnie Crews and twelve sophomore girls as the mushroom invaders. X 1 Judges of the skits were Mayor Jack Ryerson, Mrs. Mariorie Wilson of McAuley's Book Shop, and Mr. Harry Holland of radio station KJAX. Judging was on the basis of originality, class participation, costumes, sets, and actual performance. .....-n- AT TOP, SOPHOMORE mushroom men Igirls in Ieotards and sheet- covered umbrellasl make their en- trance for their dance number in the sophomore class skit, Special De- livery. Above, Pete Davis on the sax, Bruce Galloway on the drums, and Dave Henson on the trumpet swing out for their trio in Klondike Kitty, the iunior class skit. PENNY RIPPLE as Klondike Kitty chucks the chin of one of her lum- beriack admirers. Having iust re- turned from finishin' school, Kitty asks, Ain't they got any man- ners? when the boys give her the eye.

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84 ENTIRE HARSENIC AND OLD LACE cast responds to loud ovation, takes final bow. DRAMA DEPARTMENT PRESENTS FIRST SCHOOL PLAY, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Montgomery High School's first play, Arsenic and Old Lace, was presented Friday, April I, at 8:00 p.m. before a full house in the MH S auditorium. The three-act pla y, written by John Kesselring and directed by M H S drama instructor, Mr. John Hayes, featured the triple attraction of being a comedy, a murder mystery, and a love story. The murderesses, two lively old maid sisters, take in old gentlemen boarders who have no friends or families. The sisters then put them out of their loneliness by poisoning them with homemade elderberry wine containing arsenic - an act of charity in the eyes of the two old ladies. Lead roles, those of the two spinsters, Abby and Martha Brewster, were played by Toni Sepulveda and Maura Byrne. Other actors and their parts were: Teddy Brewster, Bob McKusick, Mortimer Brewster, Dan De- voto, Elaine Harper, Eleanor Gurevitch, Rev. Dr. Harper, Bob Clifton, Of- f, ficer Brophy, Bill Hansen, Officer Klein, Andy Poor: Mr. Gibbs, Charles - 'V Bauer, Jonathan Brewster, Charles Boyd, Dr. Einstein, Ron Gloekler, Mr. Witherspoon, Rich Lacabanne, and Officer 0fHara, Robert Siemer. V The cast rehearsed almost nightly during the three weeks before the play, memorizing lines md perfecting actions and timing. Meanwhile, the art department, under the direction of Mr. James Smith, worked on set de- sign. The set, a two-story scene, caused some intricacies. Doors had to be constructed only SM feet high, and a special staircase had to be built by the school carpenters, but these problems had been beautifully over- come by performance night. X', MORTIMER BREWSTER fDan Devotol shows portrait of foreboding Grandpa Brewster to his sweetheart Elaine Harper fEIeanor GUTCVIICIIJ BREWSTER SISTERS, Abby fToni Sepul- vedai and Martha fMaura Byrnel entreat Dr. Einstein fRon Gloelrleri and their wayward nephew Jonathan fCharles Boyd, to leave this house at once.