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M.H.S.  Class of 1961

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A. Valedictorian, Eloise Bishop
B. Salutatorian, Abigail Hall

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C.  Class Officers - (lt. to rt.): Rolland Stroup (President), Soling Villasenor (AFS student receiving her class ring), Frank Cackowski (Treasurer), Julie Asher (seated - Secretary) and Ken Barker (Vice President)

D.  Student Council Officers - (lt. to rt.):  Eloise Bishop (Secretary), Sarah Beth Evans (Vice President),
Gary Signorino (President) and Jim Carpenter (Treasurer)

     
Class Sponsors:  Ms. Audra Rea and Mr. Thomas Rice

Our Homecoming Queen, JoAnn Piraccini, is crowned at the Coronation Ball by
Student Council President, Gary Signorino while her escort, Max Barrick (lt.) watches the event.
Senior attendants, Carol Whitlock (lt.) and Michele Kleiser (rt.) also share the attention.

Class of '61 Miskodeed Staff - Check-out those smiles!
Front (lt. to rt.):  Ken Barker,  Jim Carpenter and RuthStarke.
Middle: Jim Fishman, Eloise Bishop, Ann Jordan, Sue Knepper, Jan Minglin and Marcia Downs.
Back: Heidi Schmidt, Julie Asher, Wayne Heinke, Penny Gilbert, Jim Wallock,
Abbie Hall and Carol Atkinson.

Class of '61 Alltold Staff - some underclassmen (UC) are pictured
Front (lt. to rt.): UC Reynolds, UC Robinson, Soling Villasenor, Mary Giannuzzi, UC Flury, Jill Nappier, and Beverly Timpe.
Middle (lt. to rt.): Sponsor, Lois Claus; UC Welch, Heidi Schmidt, Linda Schmidt, Carol Whitlock, Sue Ekamp, Shirley Bunch, Barbara Baert.
Back (lt. to rt.): UC Crawford, UC Slegel, Gail Wells, UC Myers, Frank Cackowski, Joe DeKever, UC Crofoot, UC Land, UC Leuthold, JoAnn Piraccini, UC Barron.


1961 Vasity Cheerleaders (lt. to rt.)
UC Klaer, Judy Willoughby, Sue Ekamp, UC Walton, UC Templeton

Christmas Vespers - A Community Tradition in '61 .... a Community Tradition today!
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Class plays were always a big hit.  Both our junior and senior class plays were supported by many classmates on and off the stage.   Those off the stage had as much fun as those on the stage.  An experience remembered by all.  How could anyone forget Miss Emily K. Davidson known to everyone as "Miss Emmy"!

Junior Class Play - January Thaw
When Herbert (Jon Kitner) and Marge Gage (Sharon Gerow-Barb Semenak) moved their family to Connecticut, they were sure they had found their new dream house.  There was only one flaw.....the Gages owned the house, but the Connecticut Yankees, the Rockwoods, had the right to live in it.  When Jonathan Rockwood (Frank Cackowski) brought his wife, Mathilda (Linda Johnston-Sarah Beth Evans), and his son, Matt (Jim Carpenter), back home, the Rockwoods took over half the house equipping it with warming pans and pigs.  In the other half the Gages set up housekeeping.  Then a snow storm caused a power breakdown.  After subsisting on a diet of corn flakes, molasses, and unstuffed olives, the Gages gladly joined the warm and well-fed Rockwoods on the other side of the house.  The problem of dual ownership was solved when Marge, enchanted with the barn in back of the house, decided to fix it up as a home for the Gages.
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The three act comedy was presented onMarch 31 and April 1, 1960.  It was directed by Miss Emmy and student directors Beverly DePree, Carol Hill and Sherrill Niblick.  Perhaps you just might remember a couple of scenes and some of the cast pictured below.

Senior Class Play - The Thirteenth Chair
A glamorous and glittering dinner party turned into an ordeal marred by murder.  Mr. Wales (Ray Cosner), in a personal manhunt for a friend's murderer, asked a medium to conduct a seance at the party.  The medium, Rosalie LaGrange (Sarah Beth Evans-Linda Johnston), agreed to contact the spirit of his dead friend; but as Wales questioned the ghost, a scream of pain pierced the dark room.  Throwing on the lights, the guests found Wales' body sprawled on the floor.  The murderer had struck again.  Attempting to crack the case, Inspector Donohue (Jon Kitner) found that all clues pointed to the medium's daughter, Helen O'Neal (Sue Ekamp-Kathy Bowman).  Sure that the case was solved, the overconfident inspector encountered difficulties when Rosalie, in a last-ditch effort to clear her daughter's name, declared the she alone knew who the murderer really was.  The irked inspector grudgingly allowed Rosalie ten minutes to solve the case.  Luck let her trick the true murderer, Mason (Ken Barker), into a hysterical confession.
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The play was presented on November 17 and 18, 1960, under the direction of Miss Emmy and student directors Beverly DePree, Carol Hill and Sherrill Niblick.  Perhaps you just might remember a couple of scenes and some of the cast pictured below.

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