William A Wirt High School - Sandscript Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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©cant CiDnara In its second season of existence the Social Committee this year has achieved an important service for the school - - - it has acted as a clearing house for the scheduling of all school activities and has each month posted a calendar of them. It also sponsored the Frost Frolic which turned out to be a very successful event. There arc representatives from each high school class: Mary Lou Damcron, Dave Lock, Jackie Arvidson, Gene Goforth, Paul Collier, Joyce Henchman, and bob Palmer. Miss Louise Galst is the sponsor. Page Twenty-four FOOTIN’ THE FLOODS’ The first production by the Drama Department was a Mel-lcrdrammcr” titled, Pure As The Driven Snow’’. The basic plot as per usual concerned the heroine, the hero, and the villain who gets thrown out on his car in the middle of the first act. Purity Dean, the heroine, was protrayed by Evelyn Damcron; the hero, Lcander Longfellow, when last seen was Fred Eich-horn; and the villain, Mortimer Frothingham, was ably emoted by Clinton Miller. The rest of the cast consisted of Bob Gardner, Lorraine Nabhan, Patti Ryan, John Scheck, Ronald Ballard, Greta Kleckncr, Mary Ann Ditty,, Nancy Wachter, Peggy Kampf, Bob Roupc and Evelyn Wysong. The next epic was a collection of three one-act plays: Escape by Moonlight”, The Noble Lord”, and The Wedding”. The cast for Escape by Moonlight” was Lorraine Nabhan as a neurotic girl who has hallucinations; Wilbert Monahan as her future husband, a hallucination; Dave Lock, a doctor who fears she’s mentally unbalanced; and Maxine Holtzman, an elevator girl. The cast for Noble Lord” was Peggy Kampf a girl on the make for a rich hubby; Clinton Miller, a rich man who manages to get rid of her; and Dave Donley, his valet, who gets the girl. For the characters in The Wedding” we have Evelyn Wysong, a bride; Fred Eichhorn, a poor groom; John Scheck, a best man that would drive you crazy; Patti Ryan, the groom’s sobbing mother; Clinton Miller the bride’s confused father, Margaret Beres, the bride’s aggressive aunt; and Ted Rogers, a helpful friend. To the teachers Miss Mollie Goodman, and Miss Gloria Pitluk— and to the students . . . .we say Congratulations for a good season.”

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WILLIAM WIRT BAND lint Row: J. Kelly, B. Larson, I;. Arvidson, L. Sanderson, D. Smith, B. Guenther, D. Irwin, J. Newton, M. Thews. Second Rou : D. Nablun. P. Barrass. A. Hunt, L. Penrod, M. Sammy, S. Beres, J. Beres, D. Reid, B. Eichhorn, C. Bowers, I. Hooper, D. Glasford. Third Rou: I). Stempniak, S. Dodds, P. Irons, J. Cooke, D. Romig, J. Hunt, B. Dunivan, Mr. Bobele, director; J. Hamilton, G. Russell, G. Pavol, G. Spring-man, M. Owen, G. Goforth, H. Morrow, J. Morrison, P. Robinson. Page Twenty-six