Morton High School - Top Hat Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Providing an effective composite of the entire cast from PATCH- WORK QUILT are Donna Bergner and Roberta Smith seated in the foreground, Don Heacox and Cecelia Clark standing behind them, Gail Zea and Bill Highland standing on the platform, and Judy Marley and Joann Kajawa seated in the background. Drama Night Students Find Character Projection Hardest Form Of Self-Expression This year saw something new on the dramatic scene when for the first time in Morton ' s history, a series of three one-act plays, instead of one three- act play was presented. This experiment proved rough on the production crew who had to arrange three different sets, but provided a variety of parts to be portrayed by amateur actors. Oooh! There ' s a GHOST IN THE HOUSE! cry Joe Harrison, Carla Carslensen, Dana Stewart, Richard Nischan, Jim Palmer, and Carole Eichelberger as they see ghost, Ted Hupp. The wrath of an angry father, Richard Austin, descends upon misunderstood teenagers, Pat Dunn, Steve Hawkins, Lorraine Evans, and Joe Wysong in THREE ' S A CROWD. 14

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This is the reunion scene as portrayed by Morton ' s thespians in Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Seated are Mark Brower, John Chorba, and Betty Jean Scheffer. Standing are Bonnie Baker, Joe Harrison, Judy Lambert, Sarah Skelton, Bill Mixon, Gail Zea, Bob Smalley, and John Fekete. BAH, HUMBUG! yells Scroog (Bob Smalley) to his nephew (John Fekete) as Cratchit (Bill Mixon) works busily on the books. Enlightened in Auditorium Sessions Can you guess which one is dressed wrong? Don, best-dressed, Roberts, Eugene Pringle, Judy Hellinga, Bill Beaver, and Wayne Gaither take part in the Dress Right program. The music program presented to MHS by the Grinnell College Glee Club was enjoyed by all. 13

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Ladies Of The Jury John Fekete strikes a dramatic pose as he ad- justs the lights for a Morton production. Bill Mixon and Donna Hudson seem to be more interested in each other than in the jury proceedings. However, Judy Cavanaugh, Allen Shike, John Fekete, Nancy Massengiile, Connie lliff. Bob Smalley, Janet Diehl, Bill High- land, Hershal Kohut, Leman Riley, and Carolyn Johnson, seem very intent on making some important decision. Ladies of the Jury, acclaimed by many to be the best-acted play ever presented, was the result only of many long, hard hours of tedious work. The fact that Don Heacox had to leave town the night of dress rehearsal and Bob Smalley was threatened with the measles served as a spice to the brew of opening night hysteria. The produc- tion of a play is a play within itself with emotional con- flict which rises to a climax with culmination of united ef- forts on opening night. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth . . . states Tom Maloney to Cleona Fields as Eugene Peto presides and Janice Hanzi acts as court recorder. John Fekete? Lose a fight? It seems as if Allen Shike has just clouted him one, much to the amazement of Hershal Kohut, Judy Cavanaugh, Janet Diehl, and Connie lliff. 15