Van Wert High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Van Wert, OH)

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Snowball Once again the Rendez vous Committee presented a really beautiful dance. The Committee, headed by Paul Laemmle, shared the fun and responsibility of putting on Snowball with the county students, as Misty, the theme of this year ' s dance, was carried out in blue, silver, and white, with the traditional Snowball revolving in the center of the room, reflecting multi-colored lights on the dancers. Interpretive and ballet dancing was featured at intermission. This dance is a formal affair held during the Christmas season and is open to everyone in high school. Joy Smith and Mary Wierwille help Tom Beabout fasten the theme on the foil background. They also assure Denny Knittle that the ladder won ' t topple over under their firm hold.

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John Bell and Ann Poling try to determine if Francine Fell needs to be committed to the sanitarium. Harvey by Mary Chase was this year ' s high school production given by the all- school cast on November 17 and 18, 1959, in Lincoln Auditorium. This play tells the story of an eccentric man, Elwood P. Dowd, who claims that his best friend is a 6 ' 154 rabbit named Harvey. Although Elwood has done nothing more harmful ' than making friends with everyone and introducing his friend to them, his sister, Veta, is upset with him and decides to have Elwood committed to an institution. Hilarious complications follow when she is held for treatment by a confused psychiatrist after she has admitted in a moment of frenzy that she thinks she has seen the rabbit, too. Eventually the entire hospital staff and Elwood ' s family- has had evidence of the presence of Harvey. A new member of our faculty, Miss Allen, directed the play, which was a great success. Invisible Rabbit Takes the Lead in Presentation of Harvey. CAST Bruce Jarvis Elwood P. Dowd Nancy Rager Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet Francine Fell Veta Louise Simmons (friend of the family) (Dowd ' s sister) John Bell . . Duane Wilson (hospital attendant) Karen Wierwille Myrtle Mae Simmons Susan Ley . . . Mrs. Chumley (psychiatrist ' s wife) (Veta ' s daughter) Dick Bollenbacher . . . Dr. Chumley (psychiatrist) Susan Sharp Miss Johnson (the maid) Bill Vest Judge Gafney Ann Poling Miss Kelly (nurse) Bill Shock E. J. Lofgren (cab driver) Jim Rogers Lyman Sanderson (the doctor) The cast rehearse their parts under the di: Allen. Elwood P. Dowd, played by Bruce Jarvis, reads to Harvey, his invisible companion.

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« fi » ft ft +2ty$±l yfo. ll IW -: |ffeJ » » Majorettes: Karen Connors. Barb Geary, Carolyn Bailey, Bill Shock, Gay Gorman, Karen Stenger, Sharon Boyd. FIRST ROW: Jackie Fox, Sandra Terry, Kathy Holt- kamp, Beverly Fell, Marcia Droll, Julia Young, Karen Klein. Pat Nelson, Mary Shackley, Melanie Rucklos. Grace Pheneger, Karen Copeland, Linda Shimp, Nancy Doner, Marcia McCracken, Brenda Cowan, Cheryl Partin, Susan Greenewald, Jean Bolinger, Earl Sherburn, Nancy Ferguson, Gary Duncan, Denny Wilhelm, Dick Dippery, David Hyre, Linda Glander, Phil Hardin, Carol Spry, Band Members Are Active Participants in One period each day is spent in practice. Left to right: Gay Gorman, Karen Stenger, Sharon Boyd, Karen Connors, Barb Geary, Carolyn Bailey, Bill Shock. ■|PjmS9 Bp V | liiPP n csrii vpy 1 • ji $ lIMa sL ; ' 1m