Reitz Memorial High School - Memorial Review Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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Joyce Hartford was crowned Miss Pan America of l955. She and her 2l attendants reigned over the two day Spanish festival. A portion of the Pan American cast displayed their Spanish costumes as they gathered in front of the Pan American court. Seated in front from left to right are Jere Richardson, Deann Mann, Gayle Slifer, Barbara Moorehead, Nancy Weaver and Gary Reke. The court consisted from left to right of Sandra Dunham, Sara Copeland, Sara Wilson, Sharon Waters, Garland swzz, 4:48 Amie, Pan American beauties looked to- ward the horizon after they were top candidates for the festival. Joan Fleming and Judy Trenton, Misses United States and Mexico respec- tively, sit beside Joyce Hartford, Miss Pan America of l955. stark, Susan Schaad, Margaret Marynell, Ruth Helfrich, Judy Trenton, Joyce Hartford, queen, Bill Felker, king, Joan Fleming, Gayle Kaeuper, Wilma Eckerty, Jo Ann Schneider, Carolyn Everly, Doris Herrenbruck, Sherry Cubbison, Judy Herrmann, Carol Felker, Cecelia Jeffries, Sandra Koch and Kathleen Kroener. 30

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Players in the Christmas pageant were the pages, Kent Freuden- berger and Alan Steurerg shepherds, seated, were Mike Herrell, Sandra Rullestad and Charles Brooks, wismen, standing, were Lloydene Morris, Jim Biggerstaff and Danny Browning. Mary was portrayed by Leola Goebel. Mary Lacefield was the angel. Curtain Going Up, the Fall play, was full of action. Louise Bellman tried to console Charles Myers, after he had downed Leo Wentzel. Their fight was over Jane Ann Hermann. The Christmas pageant make-up crew was composed of Pat Wing, Carolyn Russell, Sylvia Rhode, Sue Carr and Phyllis Winiger. Larry Ham, a grumbling custodian, held Mary Klipsch's shoe teasingly behind him. Margaret Marynell earnestly greeted Reverend Spence, Denis Brown, as Clarence Niederhaus, Gayle Slifer and Nancy Heinlin looked on. l Mell Welborn narrated the part of Fraser Spence in the Senior play. As Reverend Spence's wife, Hope, Nancy Heinlin offered her husband, Denis Brown, a bit of advice about his difficult church members. ln One Foot in Heaven Mike Daley, as Hartzell Spence, at the right, had a crush on June Winternheimer, seated in front of him. Mike's sister in the play was Gayle Slifer as Eileen. Phyllis Brothers was a poor Mexican girl, Clarence Niederhaus played Hartzell's best friend. Members of Reverend Spence's pastorate gathered in the par- sonage to welcome the newcomers. From left to right were Nancy Heinlin, Kathleen Cooksey, Louise Bellman, Don Chandler, Denis Brown and Barbara Rhodes.

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H ' My With gittering stars, dim lights and soft waltz music, the Junior-Senior prom of i955 began. Adding to the night-club atmosphere, the waiters dressed in white shirts, dark bow ties and dark trousers. They were waiting at the entrance of the dance floor to find the reserved tables for couples as they arrived at the long- awaited event. Classmates just didn't seem to be the same. Girls, in their ballerina formals with colorful shoes to match, appeared to be ladies of the world. And the fellows, in their white dinner jackets and black dress pants, seemed to be modern examples of knighthood. The music was so dreamy that everyone seemed to glide along with no difficulty whatsoever. And the hep cats really lived it up on the jazz numbers. The crowning of queen and king, Linda Harmon and Mike Daley, seemed to bring the memorable evening to a fitting climax. Goodnight Sweetheart wrote the perfect ending to an enjoyable night. As time rolls by, there will still be pressed corsages, blue dance programs with notes jotted down in them and other memories that will bring back the wonderful moments of the i955 Reitz Junior-Senior prom. Reigning over the Junior-Senior prom were the royal couple, Mike Daley and Linda Harmon. After introducing his date, Lynn Clippinger to faculty chaperons, Miss Viola Eblen and Mrs. Alice Getz, Dick Bogard was distracted by a friend while the women chat. David Riggs and Jere Richardson, in Bermuda tuxs, paused with Russ Kuhn's invitation to dance is smilingly accepted by a their dates, Julie Jordan and Sara Copeland at the snack bar little gal in a voluminous formal, Margaret Marynell. for refreshments. 3l