Avondale High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Avondale, CO)

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d 'JEFIR BIIUK THE semen PLAY The senior class presented a mystery play, The Phantom Bells,' March 29, 1940 which was a great success. The play centered around a house that had been'deserted for years, in the walls of which mysterious bells were heard to tinkle People disappeared and returned apparently dead and then came back to life, also mysterious footprints ended in ,the middle of the'room as if the owner had suddenly sprouted. wings, and flown away. Laura Rhodes and her step-mother arrived at nThe House of+BellsW acting upon instructions from Laura's father, who had been in Europe and was to meat the 'women at the haunted house. The two women were frightened by the mysterious happen- ings when Ned Dennison, Mr. Rhodes' lawyer, appeared with Sl0,000, saying that Mark Rhodes. instructed him through a telephone call to do so. A detective came on the scene say- ing that Mark Rhodes was dead and that some one else had made the telephone calls. Things happened onaafter another. The final end was quite a surprise and left the audience gasping. The detective was really Mark Rhodes who disguised as one to see how far his relatives would go to get his money. Victor Lavelle, Mrs. Rhodes' brother, was sent to prison, because he was in on the scheme with his sister to obtain Mark Rhodes' money. Mrs. Rhodes was forced to leave the country so Mark Rhodes could get a divorce on the grounds of desertion. The portrayal of Mrs. Rhodes by Lorraine Blanchard was excellent. She was not a bad sort at heart, but easily led. Laura Rhodes, the heroine of the play, is played by nLa Veta Roberts, who has a vast amount of courage and loyalty. Laura's sweetheart and the ideal young man of the. play was played by Wendell Tervilllger under the name of Jack Page The villain, acted by Camille ,Tuttoilmondo was a typi- cal man of the world who would go any length to get his way. Laurence Allen acts like a detective under the name of Joseph Kennedy, but has another side to his character. which is the husband of Jean Rhodes. Q s Harriet, played by Ruby Rathbun, is the comedian of the play. She was the type who was even afraid of her own shadow ' James Buffington, a thin, weak-looking man of thirty, is a cripple and is known as Darrel Garson. ' Lela Sayles, the trained nurse, is very business-like at first but later she is entirely feminine. This part is play- ed by Ethel Germ. The family lawyer, played by Junior Huffington,-is known asiNed Dennison. He is very business-like and comes to the po nt. , Miriam Booth, Ned's secretary, a small little thing who keeps her ears open and her mouth shut, is played by Mayme Asbury. CGon' tl T s . 1 up , lll , f esW' as E X Tl- f v li ILE ,

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mn nun FIRE! FIREL. FIRE! . Only this time it didn't hnofen to be Q false nlnrn. Mr. Joed and Mr. Crozier discovered the fire wnieh Wes down in the coal room. When the fire was loented Mr. Crozier ran to thO storeg when he jot there he was so out of br nth that when he tried to talk he eeuldn't and Mr. Valentine didu't have much luck tr3,f1nf.trte understand him. Finally he did fret it out and in Q matter of seconds fire-fiohters gathered nt the school. Those who helped put the fire out were: John Yenke, Bend f'-. ll Lawrence, Mr. Wood, Mr. Crozier, end Lyle noberts. All the fire extin- uishers in the building were used. It wes finwlly put out with water A few minutes before th: fire donnrtment arrived from Pueblo. The fire eoulC very efsily hwve become serious hed it not been discovered just when it w -. s. Another five ninutzs and it is doubtful whether the bulldint could hnve barn swved. ThC dennys amounted te nbeut 3240. This was covered by insurance. Since the fire oeeu' gd on Sfnturclr-.y only Miss Heller, M156 F'1'USh-T' Mrk Crozier, Mr. UoodfJQnd the eustodiwns were in the. bu1ldinS Wren the rc stunted este - v A .xff X M N ww ,fm ' K- . V V .-,,,,,, , kxll! ,gi oxfd flk., , X'-XX j . 1 ' XXX... ' A x . ., ' r---- x x,ALx X3 J We ffjidfff or Q ---......,,-an X t kg r v, n t Q C5,lll.u.lll,1 J A62 Q31 MW,-se jd grv :serine .lf xlxvcx ' 4 Q52 ' our-2'-'X N rj QU do G xX, l ' l xxx Xxx 'N q , . wk-Q--X.-W!!! V. i s'Y+,,,k, X Q Y gl.: gwfqgrxr' : - , lim - U 'Ellie . N' LEE ,..,....Q.f ..

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mn non EENIGR CLASS PLAY . fCon'tD J 'Those who were not in the cast did much in making our amy a success. Helen Terwilliger and Frank Asbury were stage man- agersg Ethel Tezak, Cora Algien, Viola Armijo as publicityman- agersg and Willie Rael as property manager. The playvas under the direction of Miss Hirleman. The proceeds from the play were used for sneak day and the gift for the school. A . Juwmoa crass PLAY e A Among the highlltes of our Senior year wastme Junior class play, UA Ready Made Fam1ly,N which was-given by the Juniorsand Seniors on November 5, 1959. This was a three act farce- ' by- Jay Tobias. The play took place in thg.house-of the widow Mrs. Agnes Martyn. She met an old sweetheart while vac,t1on1ng at the beach. They became engaged and planned to marry. Both had children at home, two in one household and three in the other, Neither told the other of the children at home. When the chile dren learned of the marriage they plan to upset the matrlmonkd apple cart by acting up. One had fits, another talkedbabyudh one was a holy terror, one was a kleptomaniac, and the last one was forever talking about her appendicitus scar. All in all it was a queer mixup. Agnes Martyn, a widow who suppose supposeily lost all she had in the stock market, was played by Helen Terwilliger. 'l v Laurence Allen portrayed Henry Turner, a wealthy widower. He came out to his sweetheart's house only to find a mass of fits, baby talk, and a holy terror. Bob Martyn, Agnes' son, was a frightful sight when hecame forth with one fit after another. Wendell Terwilliger played this part very well, - - Marllee, Agnes' daughter, continually prattled baby talk. Doris Ann Nesslage kept the crowd laughing this. t Gracie Martyn, her youngest child was a perfect little holy terror. Ruby Rathbun generously acted the part of Gracie. Sammle Turner, a kleptomaniac, forever keptthe mmonegroes on the go. Junior Buffington turned out to be an excellentSwn Ethel Tezak, as Doris Turner, raved about her operation - to Agnes, and simply bored her until she was ready to give up the idea of marrying Henry Turner. Begonia Washington, who was Mrs. Martyn's negro house maid was always on the lookout for spooks and ghosts. La Veta Robemm acted the part of a negro very well. , Gamilll Tuttollmondo, also a negro acted the part of Nico- demun Pipp, a handy man about the house of Mrs. Martyn.He kept the audience laughing with his clever little tricks. ' A large crowd attended the play, the proceeds of whickxwere used for the Junior Glass Prom. ellg lg: . ' X g:lv 2 S Fifi egg 5 . .-...i.i+ ' 15 fivf3 ' V s --