Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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Members of the cast were Barbara Wirsing, Nancy Peut- rell, Paulette Lusko, Norman Ames, Janice Carter, Penn- ington Gossman, Frederick Kemp, Thomas Lippert, and Cheryl Pepper. T)lte Senior Qeorg e %Va king,ton Slept J4ere The Senior Play . . . “George Washington Slept Here . . . Tryouts . . “Hurrah! I got apart!” , . Rehearsals , . . Work, Work, Work . . . “You’ll have to talk louder” . . , Scenery . , . Costumes . . . Make-Up . . . Dress Rehearsal , , . Opening Night , , . A nervous cast and director . . . “Well, I got through the first scene and only missed three lines!” , , . Another curtain call! . . . Satur- day Night ... “I don ' t think I ' ll be able to go through it again” . . . “Oh, It ' s over!” . . . A feeling of satisfaction . . . Fear, stage fright and anticipation replaced by a great Senior Play. Night after night Cheryl Frazier, student director, and Mr. Malone, faculty director, guided the cast toward two suc- cessful productions of “George Washington Slept Here.” 26

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and Karen Thompson. Top ROW: Ray- mond Johnsick, Thomas Barrett, Donald Smith, and James Crist. J-Hop was the life-like plantation home. • • • yy in Jjixie Weary times . . . hectic times . . . ' It’s six-thirty and the dance starts at eight. Help! We’ll never make it!” ... A wonderful time . . . ' ' Oh! did you have to spill the punch on my dress?” . . . Why aren’t the soldiers fighting to- night? What did they do, stop fighting just because of the J-Hop?” . . . Oh, aren’t these Confederate flags darling?” . . . souvenirs of a tremendous evening! Three of our hard-working J-Hop chairmen, Nancy Peutrell, Barbara Wirsing, and Lola Lauridsen, took time out to talk to Harvey Amoe. Many meetings were held to plan the successful J-Hop. Some of the juniors who attended these meetings were: Edward Schultz, Patricia Neely, Gayle Montross, Richard Bukowski, Kendyl Kammer, Bonita Studer, Cheryl Oliver, Judith Stevens, Ellen Anderson, Donald Smith, Sandra Lotridge, and Ronald Roth. 25

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Mr. Kimber Alan Heath Newton Fuller . Norman Ames Annabelle Fuller . Janice Carter Madge Fuller. . . Patricia Neely Steve Eldridge . . Donald Smith Katie Nancy Peutrell Mrs. Douglas Pennington Gossman Clayton Evans . Thomas Lippert Rena Leslie . . . Cheryl Pepper Members of the cast were Donald Smith, Patricia Neely, Sheldon Stark, Donald Crocker, Murray Drescher, Susan Gauss, Alan Heath, and Joseph Ronan. Ca t Hester Barbara Wirsing Raymond. . . . .Frederick Kemp Uncle Stanely . . Sheldon Stark Leggett Frazer . Joseph Ronan Tommy Hughes Murray Drescher Sue Barrington . . . Susan Gauss Miss Wilcox . . . Paulette Lusko Mr. Prescott . Donald Crocker Cast members experienced tension, stage fright, and reviewing of lines just before curtain time. An abandoned farmhouse, which Newton Fuller (Norman Ames) bought, was not exactly the type of house Annabelle Fuller (Janice Carter) had in mind.