Madison West, Class of 1954

West High School, Madison, WI, 1954

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The Committee

If you'd like to hear Bing Crosby sing Now is the Hour, click on the link:  Now is the Hour, and remember when we all sang the song together in the aud, and then the great night we had at The Top Hat in 1954.

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"OUT OF THE HARBOR INTO THE SEA"

CLASS NIGHT COMMITTEE

Chairman …………….....…………….................…...............…… Dick Kraemer

Co‑Directors    …………............................................ Bonnie Davie, John Fitchen

Publicity...............................................................................................    Sue Filek

Tickets...........................................................................................    Helen Wilson

Typist ……..….……..........................................………..……….  Cindy Barrett

Master of Ceremonies  .............................................…………………  Ray Riley

ACTS

Opening Chorus:

Alice Ragatz, Sally Schwenker (co‑directors), Margery Mead, Lorna Steul, Roberta Marling, Barbara Rieman, Sara Towell, Mike McPhee,Chuck Rauschenberger, Dave Koehler, John Werth.

"Movie Scene"

Joe Conrad (director), Joe Irwin, Betty Debs.

"Caught in Your Own Web"

Stu Rosenfeld, Roger Clark (co‑directors), Bill Buellesbach, Jean Green,

Jack Allen, John Bass, Connie Zeitner, Andy McBeath, At Lerner, Tom

Gaumnitz, Margaret Hobbins, Jane Rodenfels, Gorden Corcoran, Ralph

Johnson, John Cole, Fred Cassidy, Karen Holmgren, Dottie Jones, Al Briggs,

Elaine Downing, Frank Tresch, Josephine Tranchita, Jerry Anderson, Nancy Neff.

"Stormy Weather"

Nancy Blume, accompanied by Dave Lewis.

"Most of the Town"

Keith Nason (director), Donn Gurney, Craig Lawrenz, Beverly Ulrich, JimGold, Bob Ellis, John Ottow, Bob Annen, Dick Hook, Maureen McAdams,Pat Klawitter, Paul Mortenson, Mary Jean Trotalli, Phyllis Kennedy, Pat Nicholson, Joan Dornfeld, Delores Wiese, Hugh Morrison, Jim Lund, Keith Meyer, Steve Zwicky, Janice Tande, Carol Larson, Shirley Metz, Dennis Gunderson, Susie Caswell, Cindy Barrett, Helen Wilson, Shirley Henderson, Phyllis Waddell, Tom Thompson.

"R.S.V.P."

INTERMISSION

"Call of the Wild"

John Post (director), John Brueckner, John Dutton, John Keene, John Snell, Ann O'Malley, Pat Moran, Sally Schwenker, John Wencel, Chuck Rauschenberger

"The Creep"

Frank Bushnell, Claudia Schroeder, Sylvia Hasler.

"The Death of a Salesman"

Rolf Henel, Roberta Marling (co‑directors), Marcia Boehm, Barbara Chapman, Sue Cooper, Suzanne Filek, Sally Gugel, Dorothy Ingwell, Bob Kirchberger, Sharon Koepcke, Joanne Leveque, Dick Mahony, Jacquie Poehing, Agnes Rusy, Bette Solheim, Gratia Stavium, Bruce Trenk, Mark Weavers, Frances Webber, Jill Wobig, Peter Mortenson.

Sailor Dance

Nancy Hartwell, Bobbie Caldwell, Edith Findley.

"Classy Classics'

Class Night Band.

"The Ship of No Return"

Sue Boesel, Sharon Brown (co‑directors), Jack Conway, Larry Graham, Dick Hartwig, Phil Henderson, Dave Johnson, Dick Kraemer, Hamp Miller, Dick Gregory, Chuck Mortensen, Pete Pleune, Bill Powers, Bill Sherlock, Joe Stassi, Dick Woodring, Dick Trummer, Joan Adams, Sue Adams, Marlene Bakken, Marge Botham, Judy Bruce, Bonnie Davie, Sue Dymond, Sue Edgerton, Sally Haugen, Marge Hickey, Jayne Ann Paugh, Ann Sundt, Jane Walker.

Finale

"Now Is the Hour" sung by the Senior Class

STAGE PRODUCTION

Miss Alice Miss Peet.............................................................................................Advisor

John Price, Dick Chambers  ………………....………...........………….  Stage Managers

Barbara Rieman   …………………………….....…………………….…….…  Makeup

Bonnie Davie ……………………….....……………………………..…………..  Props

Alice Ragatz ……………………………….....………………………..….....   Costumes

Bob Dale    ………………………………………………….....………..…......  Lighting

George Allez …………………………………………….....………..…………   Setting

Margaret Kinkaid .................................................................................................  Sound

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mr. Henry Koehler ………………………......…………………………. Class Advisor

Mr. Frederick Schuler …………………….....……………………………….….Ushers

Janice Tande, who designed the cover

We would like to thank all those who have helped make class night possible

FINALE

"Now Is The Hour"

 

Senior Song of Class Night '54

 

Now Is the Hour

When we must say goodbye,

Soon we'll be sailing

Far across the sea.

While we're away

Oh,  please remember us,

When we return

We'll find you waiting here.

We’ll meet again

Don't know where or when

We'll meet again we know

On some sunny day.

Keep smiling through

Just like we used to do,

Till the blue skies

Chase all the dark clouds away,

Please say "Hello"

To all the friends we know,

For from our hearts

This place will never, ever go.

For Now Is The Hour

When we must say goodbye,

Soon we'll be sailing

Far across the sea.

While we're away

Oh please remember us,

When we return

We’ll find you waiting here.