Nordhoff High School - Topa Topa Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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-f' ,ll n el ' hilt un. .-.-- uu -'-- T r makes UP Jack QMCI Livlidd lvliat Mathew' TylerRiig1lwll':bisldn5, The bookworm M S 'ff Y L 5, , Q 32.211,tS:::2.if2FeiMaf'lY's tnmksiiftowdw. OU ' ' ' ' SS , lgihilotte T3Yl0flv Lola lBluie Binge False eyelashes, Calamity Janes, textbooks and high school students fill Pop's Malt Shoppe in this year's Junior Play, Uncertain Wings. Pop Riley and Dolly, a student he hires to help him, operate Central High's main gathering place, where the joys and sorrows of the school are aired. Margaret Foster writes a play for a contest using her school mates for the characters and learns that the road to fame is rocky. The man in the situation is jack, captain of the basketball team, who can't understand Margaret, his girl. Dolly, the girl from the wrong side of the tracks, tries to comfort him. Luscious Lola, the glamour girl, complicates matters with her cattiness, which is sometimes, counteracted by Tubby, loyal but unloved, until the stranger Tyler Granville comes. The older girl, Alice who is an expert on beauty preservatives tries her methods on Ethel and makes her look quite sophisticated and all of fourteen. As the school joker, Lola's boy-friend Bob supplies his own brand of comedy, while jerry rounds out the gang. Not in- cluded in the gang, but always there is a lonely little book-worm. This comedy in three acts was written by Robert Hill and Floyd Miss Terry directed the production. junior and l 'iv , , N sz! l 'H' it -A- A 1 ' Y . ' 16 -5. Crutchfield, and

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Mumbling voices and shuffling feet are silenced. The house lights go out. The packed auditorium of Nordhoff students awaits the coming assembly as the orchestra strikes up the overture. Once again, Nordhoff's musical element takes over. Under Mr. Kaiser's direction, the orchestra sparkled assemblies, particularly the Thanksgiving program which was their first performance of the year. As is customary, the group furnished the music for the junior and Senior plays and graduation exercises. Some orchestra members pooled talents to form the sprightly band which played at this season's football games. The lads and lasses, in addition to bouying rooters' spirits, gave sprightly accompaniment to the actions of the Pom Pom girls and the girls' drill team. Vg' SWEET MELCDDIES First row: Glennis Downey, Don Kirpatrick, john Forster, joy Ruhert, Gladis McCoy, Beverly Wfhiting, Joanne Werber, Gwen Gates, Irla Rash. Second row: Mike Leanord, Alvin Snipes, Tom Cable, Milton Rupert, Bob Perry, Harold McNee, Richard Roberts, and Mr. Kaiser. Third row: john Brock, Robert Hunsaker, Ken Walters, Homer Nichols, Betty Roberts, Nathan Shoemaker, Billie Mushaney, Bob Getman, Don Claypool, Bob Bement, Mel Lewis, Ron johnson, and Dick Pearson.

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' Senior Thespians . . . , - -Qf -son 'A B I , , A ' - Left to right are: HAROLD BANGS, in charge of special effects, CAROL WEST, prompterg MARGIE RHINE as Amy, the little lady, JOHNNY BALL as Laurie, the boy next door, CORA HAMBY, a friend of the girls. Beloved Marmie is played by WILLA CARTER and the invalid father, BILL LUTTRELL, with their sweet daughter Beth, PAULINE MAYER, and GWEN GATES, a good friend. Meg, the oldest, is played by MARCIA ANDERSON, while HOMER NICHOLS takes the part of the shy school teacher. jo's Professor Bhaer is played by JOHN DAWN and the inimitable jo herself as recreated by SALLY DUNN. Old Grandfather Laurence, CHARLES NEUHAUS, sits scrupulously straight while Hannah the cook, MAE STANFORD, stands by. MARCIA DIMMICK and BARBARA WEEKS, as guests over for the evening sit in front of dynamic Aunt March, portrayed in all her glory by ANGELA GARDIN. Lillie Women was put on by the combined efforts of the people in the cast: prompters, stage managers, set decorators and many more volunteers. Miss Constance Terry, in the capacity of director, was the guiding influence for a fine performance. Hoop skirts, bustles and other family heirlooms were ransacked from Ojai trunks and closets when the senior dra- matic hopefuls undertook the presenta- tion of Little Women. Miss Con- stance Terry was the driving and inspir- ing force who converted a crowd of enthusiastic kids into a polished com- pany. Mr. john Hodgdon had charge of the sets, While Mr. Donald Harrah was 'S Q director of art. K