Alexis High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Alexis, IL)

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Mr. Richard Early 'ii FO0TLOOSE CAST - - - .... Howard Cooper Mrs. Emily Early ...... Hope Early ...... Dick Early ..... Mary Early --- Bob Early --- Delphie ....... Randy ........ Jenny Malloy -,- Buzz Dailey .... Miriam Walker -- Jack Milford ,... Sanford Wells -- Mrs. Forester --- ----- Elaine Smith -- Dorothy Smith ------- Bill Wade ----- Evelyn Esters ---- Richard Edwards -------- Marjorie Hill Forrest Mahaffey - Mary Lou Olson Ross Moore Dorothy Donnelly ------ Philip Carter ------ Danny Flaherty ----Melba Whitman SPEECH CLUB The L. I. A. R. for Ladies Incorporated and Ralphl Speech club was the formal club organized in the speech class. The club met at regular intervals throughout the year using the parliamentary procedure taught to them by their speech teacher, Miss Gillham. The officers were: Dorothy Smith, presidentg Mary Lou Olson, vice president, Dorothy Donnelly, secretary and treasurer. They planned the schedule of assemblies during the last semester. The picture at the right is a scene from the play, Babouscka which they gave at the Christmas program this year. The mem- bers were Ralph Simonson, Dorothy Smith, Ila Mae Fell, Elaine Smith, Dorothy Donnelly and Mary Lou Olson. 'LETTERS TO LUCERNE CAST Un Order of Appearance, Olga Kirinski --- --.. Dorothy McKeague Gustave ........ ....... H arold Powell Erna Schmidt ..... .... L ois Patterson Gretchen Linden -- -- Elsie Phillips Hans Schmidt .... .... P aul Hanna Margarethe ..... --- Gilda Fields Mrs. Hunter -- - --- Alice Hanna Bingo Hill .... ....... D orothy Dahl Felice Renoir -- - .... Norma Flood Sally Jackson ,... ., --- Maxine Ryner Marian Curwood --- .... Dorothy Baker Francois ......... --- Ralph Simonson Koppler ........ -- -- --- ..... Dean Anderson On the second night of the production Miss Gillharn, the director, took the part of Sally, as Maxine Ryner, the original character, was quarantined with the measles.

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bfttftftii-QQ 665-QQ FOCDTLCDOSE Footloose is the domestic comedy given by the Junior class November 20, in which Mr. and Mrs. Richard Early, the average parents, decided to take a long needed vacation. They left the family, composed of Hope, twenty-five, Dick, twenty-four, Mary, seventeen and Bob, sixteen, to manage for' themselves, with Delphie, the cook, in charge of household affairs and Hope to look after financial matters. Hardly were they gone when things began happening. Dick and his sweet- heart, Jenny, were married against parental opposition. Jennie lost her job and the newlyweds came to live at the Early home. Delphie contracted pneumonia and was taken to the hospital and Mary had trouble with cooking and Bob struggled with ironing. Mary found a new boy-friend in Jack Milford and her school work suffered. Bob managed to wheedle ten-week's allowance out of Hope so he could invest in a rattle trap with Buzz Daily. A damage suit resulted from an accident and Hope turned to Sanford Welles, a young attorney. Things turned out well at last and when the parents returned the episodes remained untold. What's the use of spoiling a perfectly good trip for' the folks, any way? For it was believed that it's a good thing to be just a bit foot-loose. ...Li-11........ LETTERS TQ LUCERNE Letters to Lucerne is the class play given by the Seniors on April 15 and 16 of this year. It took place at a girls' school near Lucerne, Switzerland during the summer of 1939. Under the protection of a wise and pleasant schoolmistress they lived an idyllic life apart from the hatreds of the world. In their dormitory at night it was their custom to read aloud letters from home. When the war broke out Mrs. Hunter hoped to keep the school isolated from the terrible things that were happening out- side. But the letters carried bitterness in. The braggart letters the German girl re- ceived from home packed the school against her. Some of the news, especially from Poland, was devastating. Although the German girl was not responsible for it she was charged with the blame. Ultimately the authors managed to absolve her com- pletely in a concluding letter that was beautifully written.

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