Stanton County High School - Trojan Yearbook (Johnson, KS)

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Elwood and Judge Gaffney compare notes on their preferred bars and taverns. A Pooka? Seniors Bring Harvey To Life What is a Pooka? Those who attended the Senior play, Harvey” can tell you. It all started the night of tryouts. All of us were nervously standing around, biting our nails and lips, wiping sweaty palms waiting to try out for unfamiliar parts. The next morning we went straight to the Spanish room window to see who got what part. Then the real work started. Lines had to be memorized, deciphered. Words had to be put into action. Unfamiliar parts became household conversations. All of us searched our homes, grandparents' attics, and garages for everything from chairs, to telephones to real fireplaces. The entire cast, prompters, and stage crew were beginning to wonder the night of dress rehearsal if he were ever going to get it together. But, as the curtain opened, we got to our places, and we knew there was no turning back. The play went smoothly without too many hang-ups.The hang-ups that did occur added to the fun and created memories we would never for- get. So. what is a Pooka?? El wood P. Dowd can tell you A Pooka is Harvey and Harvey is a rabbit. Six feet tall, or is it six and a half? Heaven knows I ought to know, he's been around the house long enough. He was also Elwood P. Dowd's best friend, to the chagrin of Elwood's sister, Veta Simmons and niece, Myrtle Mae Simmons. Veta's efforts to com- mit Elwood to an asylum turn on her and she is committed instead. It's mass confu- sion when at last a drug is prepared to give Elwood to rid him of Harvey, but cab driver E.J. Logan convinces Veta that Elwood shouldn't receive the drug. Veta manages to stop the injection. The Drs. Chumley and Sanderson and Judge Gaffney believe that the entire family is all a little off as they all leave together, Veta. Myrtle Mae. Elwood - and Harvey! After telling Miss Kelly that she was per- fectly lovely. Elwood receives an affectionate kiss. Doctor Sanderson seems to give up com- pletely in helping any of the crazy Dowd family. Cab driver, E.J. Logan, enraged because Veta had failed to pay her. put it on the line, Either you pay me now, or I'm nosing the cab back to town. What is a Pooka? Mrs. Chumley inquired. — Copy and layout by Vanessa Brown, pho- tos by Fred Love

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 Have you no pride?! I'm smiling, and he's my brother! gasped Veta as she tries to get Myrtle Mae to put on a smile for the Wednesday Forum. Directors Mrs. Claassen and Mrs. Fiss had to put up with this motley crew for eight and a half weeks. Not only did they direct, they coached, criticized, and praised. CAST M rs. Chumley Dr. Chumley Myrtle Mae Simmons Duane Wilson Veta Louise Simmons LI wood P. Dowd Ruth Kelly, R.N. Dr. Sanderson Judge Omar Gaffney E. J. Logan ..... Mrs. Ethal Chauvenet Cindy Bitner Tammy Rector Lori Mitchell Tony Schweizer Vanessa Brown Lyle Hoopingarner Keri Roach Scott Whaley Kim Darrough Kelli Shore Kristina Martin

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