Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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Reading from left to right: First row—Mary Fernandez, Victoria Astrino, Angeline Barberio. Mary Jervose, Teresa Prestininzi, Irene Bruno, Betty Yost. Second row, Lucy Costa, Alma Riley. Josephine Nardelli, Mary Shingleton, Kathryn Marano, Janice Williams, Angeline Belvedere. Third row—Lela Garner. Correspondent Quotes Crazy Capers of Cast “On stage everybody, on stage. The sooner we get started the sooner we can go home. No copies—you ought to know these lines by now.” Daily repetitions of this for five long weeks had the operetta cast literally crying, “Oh Doctor”! After competing successfully for a role to one’s liking, the principals and chorus settled down to nightly rehearsal sessions with determination. Every evening after school, armed with scripts (which were later discarded), candy bars, suckers, apples, cookies, soda pop, and what have you—cast assembled to be put through their paces by Director Charles Taylor whose desire for perfection earned him the title of “Cecil B. DeTaylor” (without the megaphone). To his query of “Don’t you think we could do that a little better?” the weary group would rally with a faint ‘yes’ or ‘whatever you say’ for perhaps the tenth time in as many minutes. Cries of ‘Cue me again, I didn’t hear you’ .... ‘Where’s Rainbow?’ .... ‘Put your suckers away everybody’ .... ‘What does he think I am, a robot?” .... ‘AH the robbers will wear blouses and skirts below the knees’ .... give one a fair example of behind-the-scenes activities that the audience never sees. Comic strips and other light literature contributed to “muffing” cues as did combs and lipsticks brought out at regular in. tervals to repair the ravages of a strenuous scene. The principals providing the love interest seemed vastly amused and self-conscious at the endearing terms they were forced to utter. “Mr. Taylor, I can’t say that,” followed by giggles, brought many a tender, dramatic scene to an abrupt halt. However, the auditorium was well lighted at all times. For this self-consciousne s was qui''1-’ overcome upon leaving the stage). With the addition of the school orchestra a more Metropolitan air distinguished the proceedings. ‘Intro’ and ‘one, two, three— let’s go’ . . . 'Start from circle three again’ . . . ‘More piano on that number’ . . . ‘Gee, this is driving me nuts’ . . . ‘Give me a d” boys .... ‘I have to go home now’ . . . . became the conversational tidbits. The orchestra, first under Mr. Ford’s and then Mr. Taylor’s direction was no more confused than the rest of the cast most of the time. (Mr. Ford doubled on the base (Continued to Page 34)

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Reading from left to right: First row—Betty Kyle, Howard Whaley, Pakita Menendez, John Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Prather, Ted Kerns, Pauline Messenger. Second row—Jesse Schlicker, Mary Virginia Audia, Lee Gerrard, Pauline Boyce, Carl Holcomb, Irene Edgar, James Dixon. Third row— Amanda Rutherford, John Wallace, Ada Wolfe, Matthew Nicoletti, Nina Merle Bussey, Armand Vilian, Betty June Shreve. Fourth row—Joseph Moss. Rose Moore, John Masto, Lillian Leroy, Lyle Flaherty, Josephine Lopez, Webster Weaver. Fifth row—Avis Skinner, John Mustard, Neva Lucian. Robert Newlon, Elizabeth McGee, Alphonso Mendez, Virginia Townsend. Sixth row—Raymond Zitella, Susie Jerome, Andy Stopiak, Eula Rose Short, Donald Little. Freddie Knight, Harvey Barger. Seventh row— Betty Rucker, George Ritter, Mary Summers, Bernard Kidd, Loretta Morrison, Earl Mills, Anna Second.

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Cast For “Oh Doctor” Reading from left to right: First row—Howard Whaley. Dorothy Weaver, David McGee. Frances Lasko. Manuel Alvarez, Jr., Betty Lou Haller Mr Charles L. Taylor, instructor; Miss Lucy Bailey, Principal; James West, Frances McCall, Calvin Clingan, Evelyn Allen. David Alvarez Alice Bland Daniel Cole Blanche Sneed. Edwin Poling. Second row—Freda Mae Hays, James Bartley. John Miller, William Lynch, Delbert Mick, Frank Lucente Nina Merle Bussey Ruth Frush. Robert Murphy. Junior Barr. Kemper Kortney, Junior Elbon, Florence Cox, Eleanor Whiteman. Third row—Mr Miller Bette Jean Criss Wanda Brown, Marcheta Bayley. Ruth Matson. Jean Bow. Bette Case, Bette Suttle, Mr. Orin Ford, Charles Cueto, Donald Little, Christine Bray Ray Hur’lev Jr Ruth Clark. Dennis McIntyre. Eleanor Freeman. James Lambrow, Nancy Malone, John Fitzpatrick. Leighton Costilow, Iva Davis Mary Zane Lefevre ” Mary Boyles. Fourth row—James Yeater. Medford Carrico. Earl Britten. James Sams, Margaret Bartos, Helen Janicak, Casey Lasko, Ruth Jean Alvarez Lois Brown Maxine White, Helen Xenakis. Regina Miller. Sara Lucian. Mary Louise Kenny, Ruby Gain, Pauline Boyce, Ada Wolfe. John Lucente Virginia Prim Annette Fortney. Ruby Wilson, Eleanor Williams. ’