Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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Though generally unheralded, the people behind scenes do almost as much work as the cast. The property committee for Mignonette not only had to ransack attics for Civil War furniture but also had to collect autumn leaves and pumpkins in March; the stage guild grouD had to construct the interior of a room in the ancestral home of Mignonette and then work out the proper lighting effects; and the costume committee's duty was to dress belles and young gentlemen of the early sixties according to the current fashions.

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One of the best and also one of the prettiest senior class plays ever aiven” was the consensus of opinion concerning the production, Mignonette'' The part of Misnonette, a belle and an artist of 1861, was taken bv Marian Walters, and that of her lover, Johnathan Mills, was played by John Sanborn. The younq sweethearts in this three act romance were Maroaret Koza and John Bearden. Juanita Green, Golda Lauterbach, Elverta Tomlin, Elizabeth Ubben, Luella Weber, Johanna Mott, DeDaun Smith, Wilma Volk, John Joerger, John Wilson, Robert Schwartz, Fritz Velde, James St. Cerny, and Milton Denekas gave excellent portrayals of their parts.

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Himmel, Anderson, Notszki Class Officers A well organized school is dependent upon competent leaders. In fhe twenty-four students, who are elected to class offices each semester, is placed implicit trust that they will carry out the best desires of their classmates. They must work together, and with the cooperation of the student body. They must accomplish those things which are needful and expedient not only for the class but also for the entire school. Veerman, Bottin, Junker