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

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Clockwise from top — “I DO” — Senior Baslllo Lopez, Jr. (Leon) makes his decision to marry Junior Gina Atkinson (Sophia). ONCE UPON A TIME — Senior Baslllo Lopez, Jr. (Leon) reads the story of the curse of Kulyenchlkov to Junior Steve Dills and Senior Stephanie Reid (Dr. and Mrs. Zubrltsky). BUT WAIT! — Sophomore Joe Ecsl (Count Gregor) listens Intently to Baslllo Lopez. Jr. (Leon) as he explains how the curse can be broken. Play 29

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“Fools” Theatrical Hats ’85 — Top Hat Theatre presented its 1985 fall production, “Fools” by Neil Simon, on November 21, 22, and 23. The stage setting was different from most years since the seat¬ ing was arranged partially in the round on the stage itself. Although most people would consider this approach more difficult for the performers, according to Mr. Elgas, the director, “It’s more fun this way. The actors seem to like it even though it’s nerve-racking to know this at first.” The setting takes place in a small village in the Ukraine, Kulyenchikov, about 1890. Leon Tolchinsky (Basilio Lopez, Jr.) comes to Kulyenchikov in answer to an advertisement Dr. Zubritsky (Steve Dills) placed to hire a teacher to edu¬ cate his daughter Sophia Zubritsky (Gina Atkinson). When Leon discovers that a curse was placed on the village which made all the residents fools, he decides this is just too much for anyone to handle but when he meets Sophia I knows it is love at first sight and he must stay to try to 1 the curse. Later, Leon is informed by Count Gregor (J Ecsi) that he has only 24 hours to teach Sophia, otherwi he will become a fool too if he remains even one secoi past the allotted time. As the end of his 24 hours drat near, Leon tries desperately to teach Sophia but fails. Let awaits his fate as the church bell rings nine but when tl curse has no effect on him, he realizes that you can only I cursed if you permit yourself to be cursed. Thinking of plan, Leon talks Count Gregor into adopting him so that 1 can marry Sophia and lift the curse. In the end, Leon ai Sophia are married and the village of Kulyenchikov liv happily ever after. 28 Play

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SHUTTLE TRAGEDY — The first in-flight disaster in 56 manned U.S. space missions claimed the life of a social studies teacher Christa McAuliff, shown packing, and six oth¬ er crew members aboard. A-OKA Y — President Reagan, with his wife Nancy, waves from his hospital window after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous SPACE WALKER — James van Hoften stands tall on the end of the robot arm of the Space Shuttle Discovery after successfully launching the repaired Syncom satellite in September. IN MEMORIUM — The Vietnam Memo¬ rial is inscribed with the names of more than 58,000 dead or missing sol¬ diers from the Vietnam war. ' :