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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elk llfdfe Inctdents from a hectlc day m the hfe of a Yankee sold1er were brought to lrght 1n thrs years H1N1te show called the Canteen Re VISVV presented on November l4 When the curtam ose 1t was dawn of day for a group of rootcres rn camp Revetlle sound ed and ten sleepy soldters straggled sleeprly out of therr tent for a hard day of dr1ll1ng After 'hes buck p rvates maneuvered through a e nes of boners a ten prece wacky band pre sented tts specral arrangements of some snappy army marches Thls act was under the dxrec t1or1 of Mrss Lourse Helmer and Mr Donald McCaw Sklts showmg a soldler on leave a back woods boy when he recerves hrs draft papers a short melodrama and other vaudevllle shorts made up the evenlng s program Those part1c1pat1ng were V1rg1n1a Patten Blll Strles Peggy BJerstedt Dorrs Iorgenson Matt Ieffrey Mary Mrtchell Lloyd Mrllsap Betty Bergsted Lyle McClure Bob Plgg Eugene Iohnson Bob Vftlcox Pat McCauley and Bob Bradley Mr Glenn Hall was faculty d1rector Faye McConnell sang rn h1ll brlly style and Eldon Schmrdt w1th h1s guttar led forth wtth That Crazy War and Eldon later played an accordron solo Ruth Mclnnes sang When My Pa Was a Boy Swlnglng the Navy Blues wrth a httle oomph and glamor Ardelle Reynolds and Inez Flrtcroft added a b1t of navy to the Can teen Revrew The rookres from the frrst act showed therr versat1l1ty by appearmg rn sarlor unrforrns as background for thxs act Don Carver gave a tap dance The g1rls sextette sang sev eral selecttons Good Nrght Carolme a clever one-act play deprcted for the audrence the troubles that a patrent hen pecked husband had trylng to sleep when hrs wlfe thought she heard burglars hm Humble played the husband Wrlma All hands hrs frrghtened but talkatlve wlfe Bob Doxsee the prowler and Dorothy Becraft the negro mald Mrss Barbara He1l was dlrector Completmg the mam show the g1rls tap danclng group presented thetr routme The fmale was Taps played by Iohn Iech The usual atlnletlc show was held ln the gym wrth both boys and g1rls show1ng thelr prowess at such sports as basketball tumbllng and box mg Faculty dlrecrors were Mlss Shrrley Rlck etts Mr W1ll1am Mullen and Mr Sverre Om dah The Home Economrcs Club was 1n charge of the sale of hamburgers pop and doughnuts Mrss Slgna Byrd and Mrss Velma Blankenshlp were the faculty SUDSFVISOTS Much credlt goes to the student dlrectors Monteen Long LaVerne Knowlton Lots Ayers and Iune Shomshak and to Betty Trlebwasser ptano accompanlst DUST OF THE ROAD As rs tt school custom a Chrlstmas prograrr was presented on D cember 23 The Dramahcs Clul produced the play Dust of the Road whtch was the story of a tramp who prevented on Chrrstmas Eve a man ana woman from stealmg money entrusted to them The cnaracters w re Prudence Steel Patrrcla Horn An Old 'Woman Beverly Rothenbuler The Tramp lumor Bradley and Peter Steele Lyle McClure The A Cappella cholr sang sev eral songs and the band played two numbers under th drrectton of Mr Donald McCaw an Key Approxlmately 12C students have worked thrs year wrth Mr Donald McCaw mus1c drrector m one or more of the three large groups rn the rnusxc department The band ber maae 1ts frrst publrc appearance ln the fall wrtn rts rcusmg marches at the home foot ball aames an organrzatron of about 40 mem The sprtng mus1c fest1val at Western Wash mgton College of Educatlon 1n Belhngham was a hrgh lrght rn the mus1c program for the year At thrs fest1val bands from Skagrt and What com countles met and played rn un1son as The most rmportant appearance of the or chestra th1s year was wlth the all county or ch stra under the baton of Mr Donald Bushell of Weste n Washlngton College of Educatlon at the Skagrt County Musrc Festlval 1n Mt Vernon on Aprll 4 Made up or nearly 70 volces the a cappella ho1r appeared many trmes throughout the year smgrng both sacred and secular numbers torn 1ng wrth other cholrs and glee clubs 1n the county the chorr under the d1rect1on of Herbert 'Nlcrrrs of Washmgton State College sang at the Skaglt County Mustc Fest1val Those 1n the chorr after the plcture was taken were Georgta Curnutt Betty Bock Lo1s Guernsey Llla Dox see Lexle Ruthruff Mary Rutledge M1ldred Kalles Donna lean Morgan Bob Crowder Wayne Morgan Ardle Tolman Ierry Davlson Bob Beach Don Ayres lunror Bryson B1ll W1l cox Charles Balley Howard Barr lack Stewart and Alan McLean Mus1c groups rn hrgh school presented the annual Nrght of Muslc the substltute for the customary operetta on Aprtl 3U It was par trcularly entoyed by both students and patrons and Mr McCaw rs to be compllmented not only for thls presentatlon but for others of f1ne cahber throughout the year The program was as follows L1ft Thlne Eyes from Eluah Pale tCont1nued on Page 46l l I - , I I . i 9 ' , 1 . 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