Tecumseh High School - Trail Yearbook (New Carlisle, OH)

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CREW MEMBERS Lee Weidner and Carolyn Taylor; Hugh Wallace and Dale Garrett. The 1961 Class Presents JANUARY THAW A remodeled New England house, legal fine print, and a suspected scandal were the main ingredients of the plot of the senior class play January Thaw. The matinee for the junior high school on November 17 and the evening performance on November 18 were both well-attended. This comedy-drama portrayed the story of Mr. Herbert Gage, a New York writer, his wife. Marge, and their three daughters, who remodel and move into an old New England house. Later the former owners, Jonathan and Mathilda Rockwood. return. The Gages don't want to move from their new home, but, much to their horri- fied surprise, they find that the fine print in their contract also gives the Rockwoods the right to live in the house. During the long and weary winter Mr. and Mrs. Rockwood and their playboy son, Matt, live in one corner while the Gages occupy the rest of the house. The atmosphere inside is as cool as the temperature outside; however, just as the ground begins to thaw as the spring months approach, the dislike between Herbert Gage and Jonathan Rock- wood melts in a moment of crisis. CAST IN THE ORDER OF THEIR APPEARANCE Freida Janis Armstrong Herbert Gage ..... Marvin Pflaumer Sarah Gage Mary Lou Harmon Paula Gage Diane Hall Marge Gage Linda Myers Barbara Gage Phyllis Copenhefer George Husted Edwin Flora Jonathan Rockwood .. Ronald Phipps Mathilda Rockwood Judy Eben Mr. Loomis Jim Munson Uncle Walter Larry Reynolds Matt Rockwood John Smart Carson John Jenkins Assistant Director Lee Weidner Student Director Carolyn Taylor Stage Managers Hugh Wallace Dale Garrett Business Managers Dick Hutchinson Dick M. Griest House Manager ... Dick L. Griest Director Rosemary Hartman CAST: (seated! Ron- ald Phipps, Phyllis Copenhefer, Linda Myers, Judy Eben, Di- ane Hall, and Marvin Pflaumer; (standing) Jim Munson, John Smart, Mary Lou Har- mon, Janis Armstrong, Larry Reynolds, John Jenkins, and Edwin Flora. 26

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Lee Weidher and Denny Helmer p resent Mary Lou with red roses. The alumni congratulates the queen after half-time cere monies. Homecoming Highlights The Welcome Home. Grads sign greeted returning alumni on the night of homecoming, October 28. as a large crowcf at the new Tecumseh field watched the Arrows down the Falcons. After an action-packed first half. Dick Ross, president of Student Council, con- ducted the homecoming ceremonies at which Mary Lou Harmon was crowned queen by the 1959 queen, Rosemary Barn- hart. Serving as Mary Lou's attendants were Linda Myers and Dawne Evans, rep- resenting the senior class; Janet Barnhart, junior; and Peggy Benton, sophomore. The reign of Rosemary Barnhart ends when she crowns Miss Mary Lou Harmon as the I960 Homecoming queen. Pausing at the end of the ceremonies are the queen and her court with their escorts.

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n £ r Unbelievably, Mathilda (Judy Eben) and Jonathan (Ron Phipps) Rockvvood look at their remodeled home. As George (Ed Flora) prepares to leave. Marge (Linda Myers) wishes him a safe journey. Jonathan (Ron Phipps) explains to Mr. Loomis (Jim Munson) how his wife fell on the steps as Mr. and Mrs. Gage (Linda Myers and Marvin Pflaumer) listen intently. Herbert Gage (Marvin Pflaumer) looks disgusted at the hard cot as Jonathan (Ron Phipps) prepares the churn. Upon their arrival, Herbert says to Mr. and Mrs. Rockwood (Judy Eben and Ron Phipps), Pardon me, I've got to put out a fire. n-i