Norton High School - Sojourn Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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Junior Minstrel Friday, March 4, the juniors, the original class of the high school, presented a minstrel show under the inimitable direction of Mrs. Edith Wiswall. The whole cast sang the Opening Chorus. A tambo overture played to the tune of Ida, and the costumes of the end men really brought forth the minstrel spirit. Eddie Pickett rendered Too Fat Polka after a little advice to the young ladies in the audience. Lucy Teixeira pleadingly sang Gimme a Little Kiss. Incidentally, she got her wish. Guess who was the generous target? Donald Carlson played Alexander ' s Rag Time Band on his saxaphone. For an encore he performed his own original dance. A trio of end men — Beverly Clark, Barbara Rosequist and Lucy Teixeira — sang Just Because. Incidentally, I don ' t think they will live down the fact that they were off KEY. Gloria Collins played an accordion solo which was received very well. Gloria also accompanied Doris Warfield in Now Is the Hour. Some famous men from the Junior class composed a quartet. They were: Lydia Fales, Mary Camara, Eunice Salley, and Doris Warfield. They sang an old favorite, Somewhere In Old Wyoming. Marilyn Danfor h really offered a treat to all Irishmen in the audience by singing Galway Bay. Betty Drane sang Beautiful Ohio and the chorus sang a very pretty background for the music. By the way Miss Stevens, or rather Mrs. Stanley Thomas finally sailed down the Mississippi in a very comfortable steamer. Those in the chorus were: Robert Becker, Gloria Collins, Marilyn Danfor ' h, Betty Drane, Patty Eschmann, Lydia Fales, Vincent Ferrini, Richard Fontaine, Shirley King, Dorothy Marcure, Eunice Salley, and Doris Warfield. Interlocutor was David Rocha, and the End Men were: Salty — Eddie Pickett; Ginger — Beverly Clark; Tobasco — Billy Clarke; Pepper — Barbara Rosequist; Nut- meg — Lucy Teixeira; and Garlic — Donald Carlson. As a show of appreciation, David Rocha, the interlocutor, presented a gift from the class to Mrs. Wiswall, the director, and to Beverly Farris, the pianist. All in all our show was praised as being one of the best assemblies of the past vear. Here ' s a challenge, sophomores, freshmen and juniors.

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Senior Class Play The Seniors of the Class of ' 50 shall never forget the evenings of December 2 and 3, 1949, for it was on these two nights that the senior class play was presented at the Town Hall at 8:00 p.m. Although there never was a perfect attendance at rehearsals and many lines were omitted both nights, the play provided plenty of laughs for an evening ' s entertainment and disclosed to the public future actors and actresses. The play was about Professor I. J. Allen, who is a meek, mild, timid, and ex- tremely absent-minded little man. It is his birthday and his wife decides to cele- brate it with a surprise party to be given at their summer cottage. When the pro- fessor arrives at the cottage alone, he accidentally meets two crooks who have stolen a valuable statue of Niobe from a nearby town. They force him to become an accomplice and help them hide the statue in the cottage from Hiram Hummel, the local constabule, and the state troopers, who are scouring the countryside. When the guests finally arrive, Imogene, a young girl with dramatic ambitions, dons a classic Grecian costume and plays the role of Niobe to convince the others that she is a great actress. You can imagine the fun-making complications that occur when Imogene plays the role of Niobe so expertly that she not only con- vinces the professor, but the two crooks, also, that she is the statue of Niobe come to life, as in the old play. All of the guests become more or less embroiled with the two crooks, the real statue, and Imogene. Finally, the crooks are surrounded by state police and they hold the guests in the cottages as hostages. But, it ' s the professor who solves the difficulty, unconsciously, of course, and brings the thieves to justice. The cast was as follows: Professor I. Q. Allen, the absent-minded professor William Clarke Mrs. Allen, his wife Shirley King Z. Templeton Barr, a crook Derek Little Snatch Bazonie, his accomplice Donald Carlson Biff Terry, a football player Vincent Ferrini Davey Brewer, a college student David Rocha Hiram Hummel, the constable Robert Becker Lillian Brewer, engaged to Biff Lydia Fales Betty Ann Mason, Mrs. Allen ' s sister Lucille Teixeira Imogene Gene, who wants to be an actress Betty Drane Kate Cole, reporter on the college paper Dorothy Marcure Sadie James, her friend Patricia Eschmann Student Council The Student Council of Norton High School functioned again this year under the guiding hand of Mrs. Jean Findlater. At the beginning of the year, spirited conventions were held to elect Student Council officers, the results of which were: ? resident , Vincent Ferrini Vice President Derek Little Secretary Lucille Teixeira Treasurer Yvonne Boisse