Vaughn Union High School - Perclawam Yearbook (Gig Harbor, WA)

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WHAT A LIFE SENIIOR PLAY THE ROYAL FAMILY From the trme the curtarn rose tor the trrst r me untrl rt tell tor the last merrrment and laughter sat rn the audr nce whrle Henry Ald rrch sutterea through one trral after another rn What a Lrte the senror play presented March 70 At the root ot all my trouble rs a grrl mrght well have been Henrys theme srnce the plot centered around hrs plrght when he asked to take Barbara Pearson to the Sprrng Dance A test paper and some mrssrng band rnstru ments seemed to be at the top ot hrs lrst ot troubles whtle hrs teachers and hrs lovrng but mrsunaerstandrng mother were qurte a bother Bob Beach made a Henry who was appeal rng and arnusrng whrle Barbara Pearson a popular hrgh school student and Henrys grrl trrend vas charmrngly portrayed by Wrlma Allhands Ierry Davrson played George Brge w boastrng competrtor tor Barbaras attec tcns and Brll a scatter brarned student was taken by Brll Strles The part or Mr Bradly ettrcrent ana unbend rrg prrn rpal was taken by Ted Strong Mrss Shea hrs beautrtul secretary Inez Flrtcrott Mr Nelson the assrstant prrncrpal who was rn love wrth Mrss Shea and who trred to betr end Henry Bob Cook Mr Patterson Henrys hrstory t a her Bob Dox ee Mrss Eggleston Iune Srrorrshak Mrss Prke Margaret Rutledae Mrss excrtable musrc teacher Ardelle Reynolds Mrs Aldrrch Henrys arnbrtrous mother was layvl by Ruth Mclnnes and Mr Ferguson vrtty detectrvc was portrayed by Bob Wrlcox 1ertrc a peppy student was played by Bortnre arpenter Florence Mottett took the part ot 'Vlarv a negro grrl The part ot Mr Ve hrtto an Italran parent who wartea so patrently whrle the ottrce statt trreol to locate hrs Mary was taken DY Irrn Humble and Ioyce Boyd Emo 1 ne Paulson Iac' Snelson Louella Bro krngs and Dorothy Becratt were students The play was under the able drrectron ot Mrss Barbara Herl who also drd an excellent rob rn castrng Prompters were Mearle Latham and Vera Sloan The senror class rs to be complrmented on rts pay thrs year tor townspeople and students wlo saw thrs local portrayal ot the lovable Henry Aldrrch who has been made so popular n the radro sard that rt was a play that they wrll not soon forget The productron whrch callea tor clever characterrzatron was excep tronally well done Places' Actronl and the curtarn rrses Novem ber 7 on the All School Play The Royal Fam Y The plot corcerns three generatrons ot the Cavendrshes an arrstocratrc tamrly ot actors The characters of the play are Fanny an old woman ot 73 whose hopes for gorng back are about all that keep her alrve played by Ruth Mclnnes Iulre her daughter a successful ac tress on Broadway Dorothy Snyder Gwen lulre daughter Ioanne Ewrng a grrl who wants love and a Home more than a career on the stag Fannys son Tony Alan McLean a temperarnental young man who demands hrs way and rs wrllrrrg to ock a motron prcture drrec or to gerrt IIerbertDean brother to Fanny approachrrtg mrddle age but strll not ready to play those slrghtly grayed parts Bob Cook ms wrte Krtty LeMay'nne D an who makes lrte mrserable tor htm by demandrng a lead rn hrs new play Delores Arerrtzen Oscar Wolfe played by Andy Chrrstensen producer and manager tor the Cavendrshes Perry Stewart Brll Strles sweetheart ana husband ot Gwen Jr bert Marshall lerry Davrson surter ot Iulre Della capable house grrl and mard Lore New krrk Io the butler Brll Roe McDermott boxer and trarner lack Parker hall boy Ted Strong Mrss Peake the nurse I!Vr'ma Allhaads Gunga Beverlw Blackwell rlhc play was last mc Jrna drarnatrc humor rade so by the tarnrly auarrels Tonys amazrna and unewpectpd antrcs Owens re auncratrcn ot the stage ard Fannys trrnely sarcastrc remarks It was touched here and there wrth a br ot heart rendrng drama clr maxed by the scene howrng Fannys death rhrs ce re wh ch was a drttrcult one showed some trne a trnor on the part ot Ruth Mclnnes Mrss Barbara Herl s krll as a drrector was evrdent n the sparklrng trnrshed productron Th Royal Famrly called tor some skrlltul characterrzatron on the part ot the student ac tors and they rose to the occasron admrrably Alan McLean as the unpredrctable Tony brought down the house as he rushed through the lrvrng room rn hrs underwear Dorothy Sny der a seasoned actress gave her usual excel lent performance For many of the actors thrs wa therr trrst stage experrence and they all drd well Dppos te page op prcture Srong Cook Arentzen Allhands Nlewkrrx Snyder Blfrckw ll P k r M ea McInnes Ewrng Chrtstenson Iles Davrson 'Sec nd pxcture Cook Are-ntzen Mclnnes MCL an Snyder E ma CIUSYGHSSH McLean on the starrs Th ct Ucture Flrtcrott Mc onn ll Doxsee Mclnnes Reynolds Shams tak Wrlcox Cook Strong Rutl dge Forrtlr prcture Brooktngs aulson Becratt Moffett Boyd Snelson Carpen er Humbl B cch St les Allhands tg I i L A , . . , - .I , , M I - A rv - 0 - tr A 1 . , ' , .. 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