Normal Community High School - Echoes Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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XX 04 V124 'fr JOS BOYS A Comedy by Alma Johnson CAST or CHARACTERS The LITTLE WOMEN Jo the wlfe of Professor Bhaer and a well known wrlter Erva Calhoon Meg the wldow of John Brooks Mary Jeanne Freese Amy now marrled to Laurxe Helen Hougham JO S BOYS Teddy her own son Crlchton Ambrose Deml Megs Son Jlmmy Pemberton Emll an orphaned nephew of the Plofessor Don Bayless Dan a homeless walf taken m by Jo Dan Gehrt The OTHERS Professor Bhaer presldent of Plumfleld College LaFayette Funk Laurie Howard Nxcol Josle Megs daughter Helen Grlffln Nan brought up by Jo at Plumfleld Harrlet Hartenbower Bess daughter of Amy and Laurle Marllyn Crandall Mrs Erastus Kingsbury Parmalee of Oskosh Margaret Finley Esmeralda her older daughter Kathleen Sanders Annabelle her younger daughter Imogene Hull The major occurrence of November at NCHS was the productlon of Jo s Boys an all school play sponsored by the Dramatlcs Club The play ltself IS an adaptatlon of one of the sequels of the ever lxvmg story of Llttle Women by the xmmortal Louxsa May Alcott and takes one back to the plcturesque days of 1881 MISS Hoose was the dlrector and she was competently asslsted by Mary Ellen Exelslzer as asslstant director Lols Bayless buslness manager Mary Rose Draper house manager M3,TJOF1Q Hartenbower promptor and the entxre group of crews Crew heads were Robert Rhlnehart constructlon Elleen Ward costume Jomta Clark makeup Orphxa Mae Ke1th propertles, Theodore Mlller, llght and sound and Frances Grover, publlclty The usual experlence of maklng new frxends and acqualntances, learnmg more about acting and the theatre, and gettmg on to a set zoutme for rehearsals, became a part of all of the members of the cast and crews, but there were many unexpected and amuslng lncldents whlch happened at rehearsals, and many facts to be remembered Some of them, of course, were the contlnual penny matchmg contests wh ch aggravated Mlss Hoose so much, and the S1l'lglI g of the cheery Auld Lang Syne, the amusement at J1mmy's It's my rosebud she loves me, Dans loud plald SUIT whlch he ms sted made h1m look bow legged, the Ucomfor table costumes especlally the bustles, the DIOfCSSOl',S real stlc bay VVlHd0VV, and the h1ll bxlly slang of Mrs Parmalee and her daughters All of the mcxdents combined made lt really a memorable productlon Page Twenty fave :sag . ' ' ' T: '- cf' . , ,. - 'W' ,, , ,' in 45 ' , 0 ,, ,,s'. -' .,,' h v A . ' 1' ' - ' I, ' , I' .L 9 ' v- F-4 ' ' N 1 F gn 'g-Q 4. f .5-I ' - '. .. ' it Ji I - -1 ' . T51 . 1 -' ' -' vw T . .nu , , 5 ik' . V O I f I Y- ,: Q 'I ' h V ' - r-f A , . -Lg: J , ' Q t , an 1 rn A ca n Q - o , ....... , ....... ll 7 77 , ......... . , . , .......... , .... , ...... , . . . . , . . , .......... , ...... , -. . . . . . . , .... , ...... . , ....... - ' u a rv Y - 5 s F . . H . ,, . . . , , 1 ' ' ' 1 7 . A . . . - , . , . . , , v . . . , . a v - ' y s y v 9 v A ! , .

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Zu! 1st Row Miller Bramwell D Bayless Harrison Smith Rhoades Nicol Funk Lusher Ritchie J Caldwell Rhmehart Pemberton Gehrt 2nd Row Crandall Peddlcord Ring Rist Albrecht OConnor F Lock Drake Calhoon M Hartenbower Henderson Swick Hall Schilkofski Bryan Griffin A Lock Kunkler Ward 3rd Row Schad Zehr Shmnabarger Evelslzer Spitzer Utley Fisher Hilton L Bayless Wells Clark Hougham Biasx Stephens Moore M Caldwell M Beyer Small Sievekmg Watson Ambrose Bowen 4th Row L Morgan Lesher Keith Howell Gano Henmnger Crump Sanders Grover Finley Freese H Hartenbower Scherer Koos Vandergraft Whitfield Draper Hill Thompson Mays Miss Hoose One of the largest clubs in the school xepresenting one fifth of the student body is still making strides after its fourth year of existance Each succeeding year there has been a continually increasing membership and thls year the club IS proud of the fact that there are over ninety members on the register Elected at the beginning of the year to hold the club s offices were Margorie Harten bower president David Drake vice president Erva Calhoon secretary treasurer and Miss Hoose acting as adviser Despite the large membership, nearly everyone has a chance to participate in the programs which are as interesting as they are informative Quiz programs about the theatre stage and dramatics are very popular while play reports, make up demonstrations short one act plays and the like make up the general theme of the programs Application for membership in the National Thesplan, honorary high school dramatics fraternity has been applied for and very recently recognized, so that next year will probably find a very enthusiastic group of dramatic club members working very hard to become ellgible for membership in the national organization We heartily congratulate the following students on having completed the requisites satisfactorily for membership SENIORS Draper, M Hartenbower Calhoon, Evelsizer Grover, Ambrose L. Bayless, Funk Nicol, Keith N Bl3.Sl, Lesher, Conklin, Poulton Sieveking Bryan. JUNIORS Drake, Gehrt, Pemberton, Peddicord, Thompson, H. Hartenbower, Miller, Freese, Whitfield, Lusher, Crandall, Rhinehart, Sanders, Bryan. SGPHOMORES' Finley, Hill, C. Biasi, Stephens D. Bayless. FRESHMEN Griffin Page Twenty-four

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Wffffrwf Professor McIntyre Mrs Mclntvre George McIntyre Terry McIntyre Brian Stanley Dlane Gxlmore Vxvlan Stewart Mlller Mrs Mlller Bert Parsons Elsle Mlldred Jane Dutch I ula Pete '3 ,:'d The Dramatlcs Club of N C H S presents YOLNG APRIL A romantzc comedy by Aznzano and W zllzam Spence Rouzerol Miss COLENE Hoosr: dncrtoz Mun NIARGARET PEDDICORD asszstant CHARACTERS Robert Conklm Erva Calhoon John Smxth Mary Rose Dlaper Davld Drake Janet Sl6V6lxlY12 'Vlaly Ellen FN6lSlL0l C rlchton Ambrose Nlaxme Spltzer Bill Lushex IOIS Hennlnger Helen Guffm Nlanlxn Crandall Don Baxless Flafltli Groxex Bob Rhmehalt SCENE The actlon of the play takes place ln the patlO of the Niclntyre lesldence ln a umverslty tovsn ID northexn Callfolma at the plesent tune m the month of June ag' Tr' fy-xi: