Anson Academy - Anchor Yearbook (North Anson, ME)

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School Ploy Iiont row, left to r1ht: Maxine Paine, James Farley, Muriel Dunphy, Robert Burns, Beverly Paine. Second row, left to right: Mary Jacques, Jessie Sabin, Garry Spencer, Merle Skillings, Ralph Manzer, Katherine Ela, Mrs. Pease fcoachj. HGALLOPING GHOSTSU The setting of the play Galloping Ghosts is the living-dining room of Miss Elizabeth Barton. She is too proud to accept assistance from her wealthy nephews, so Richard decides to fool her into taking the money she needs. He plans to hide some bars of gold in the house, have them discovered, and then claim they must be the gold Grandfather was supposed to have left her and which had never been located. He hires a waitress to pose as a clairvoyant and put on a seance. Patricia and Phil, Richard's teen-age sister and brother, concoct a weird apparition that really starts ghosts galloping. They discover the crook, who tries to steal the gold Richard plants by the chimney, and through their efforts he's captured and punished. The gold Grandfather hid is found, and all ends happily. Page Thirty-one

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Senior Ploy Front row, left to right: Betty Petty, Katherine Ela, Maxine P'aine, Rebecca Briggs, Chrystelle Berry. Second row, left to right: Chester Briggs, Ralph Manzer, Muriel Dunphy, Chris Hil- ton, John Young, Mr, Abbott icoachl. Cast of Characters Henry Hyde, Henpecked Henry , a meek and mild fellow: Chester Briggs Erilla Hyde, his domineering wife, who rules the roost: Maxine Paine Ellen Hyde, their charming daughter: Katherine Ela Lottie Hartigan, the Hyde's maid, who forgets to remember: Chrystelle Berry Mrs Ace Bliss, fEdnaJ a neighbor: Re- becca Briggs Ace Bliss, her husband, who always uses his head: John Young Kurt Little, who is determined to marry Ellen: Ralph Manzer Eda Rogers, a movie star: Muriel Dun- Phy Gladys Rogers, Eda's youngest sister: Betty Petty Pauline Rogers, another sister: Lelia Newell Page Thirty William B. Cripps, strictly a man of business: Christopher Hilton Hen-Pecked Henry is the story of Henry Hyde, a man completely managed by his domineering wife. Wherever Henry goes his wife Erilla has to go with him. Henry's friend, Ace Bliss, fired by a wild idea, persuades Henry to go on a fishing trip with him. Many things happened while they were away, both at Henry's home and on the trip. For one thing Henry and Ace were sent to jail. When these two men finally did come home, Erilla was determined that Henry should go back to Placerville, the town where the men had gone fishing but she didn't know about the jail exper- ience. By an extremely comical incident, Erilla was forced to go back home. In the meantime three sisters had moved into the Hyde home, one a movie star. These sisters believed it was their uncle's place but it wasn't. Finally things work themselves out okay.

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One-Act Ploy NW! 'fb Front row: Left to rightg Wilma Hartwell, Barbara Judkins, Patricia Witham. Second row: Left to right, Chester Briggs, Mrs. Pease lcoachl, James Farley. The One-Act Play, No Greater Love , is a serious play written by Wil- liam D. Fisher, and takes place in a little mining town. The stage throughout is set for the living room in the modest home of Uncle Les Cain and Grand- mother Cain. Jimmy, who is home for the first time in three years, is ashamed of the home he was raised in, tells his folks so, and insists that he must return to the city right away because he feels that he could do more good there and get much more out of life. Grandmother Cain, who is a very kind and understanding person, tries to rea- son with Jimmy and keep him and his Page Thirty-two uncle from quarreling. Uncle Les Cain is a kind person but finally gets excited and tells to Jimmy the secret that Judith said he was never to know-that his father's insurance money has been gone for three years while he was in school and his mother has had to work to get this money to help him finish his medical career. Helen Johnson, a young and pretty neighbor of the Gains, pleads with Jim- my to come to care for her mother who is ill in bed. Jimmy is supposed to be taking the train for the city in a few minute. However, after much thought, he decides to stay in the country and practice his profession.