Bedford High School - Peaks Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

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i SENIOR PLAY ■I •I I THE LITTLE MINISTER i presented by THE CLASS OF 1951 Jean McFadden, new servant girl Ann Kennedy Mora McLaren, a neighbor woman .Ann Croft Lord Rintoiil, a tvealthy landowner Frank Gibson Rob Dow, a wayward man Ned Marshall Gavin Dishart, the Little Minister” KENNETH LoCKARD Margaret Dishart, his mother JENNY WREN LuCK Babbie, a Gypsy girl DiCKSlE MARTIN Dr. McQueen, the village physician Kenneth Croft Effie, Rob Dow’s daughter NiTA RowLETT Sergeant Flalliwell, an officer Ollie Witt Nanny Webster, on her way to the poorhouse SUE Ayers SYNOPSIS OF PLAY When Gavin Dishart, the little min ster,” arrived with his mother to take over his first parish, he heard that the weavers were rebelling against the starvation wages paid them by Lord Rintoul and always they were led by a witch of a gypsy girl. Babbie, who seemed to know iust what the soldiers planned to do. Gavin resolved to reprove the gypsy for interfering; but when he first met her, he was speechless before her fiery spirit and beauty. When she dashed in asking for refuge, he even let her pass herself off as his wife to an officer sent to arrest her. Moreover, he risked losing the friendship of Dr. McQueen by upholding the gypsy in her attempt to prevent old Nanny Webster from being sent to the poorhouse. Realizing his great love for Babbie, he was determined to make her his wife. Then in a touching scene with little Effie, daughter of the local drunkard, Rob Dow, Babbie learned of the havoc she would cause if she married Gavin. Her love for him made her promise Effie to go away. In the final act, Rob Dow, at the head of an angry mob, resolved to save the little minister” from the gypsy. Then the mystery of Babbie ' s back- ground is suddenly revealed, and the story moves to a most exciting conclusion. 23

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T MOST ATHLETIC — Ann Croft, JimmY Zimmerman BEST ALL - AROUND — Doris Jean Fizer, Jimmy Zimmerman MOST CONCEITED — Pencie Aultice, Frank Gibson MOST ARTISTIC — Betty Jo Chaplin, Jimmy Zimmerman BEST DRESSED NEATEST ' -Peggy Key, Jimmy Zimmerman MOST COURTEOUS — Beulah Orange, Frank Gibson MOST SCHOOL SPIRIT— Jean Gray, Jimmy Zimmerman TALLEST— Iris Smith, Jimmy Zimmerman BEST ACTORS— Dicksie Martin, Ne d Marshall MOST DEPENDENT— Jean Gray, Ned Marshall MOST INTELLIGENT— Dicksie Martin, Frank Gibson BEST PERSONALITY Martha Witt Kenneth Lockard QUIETEST Audrey Johnson MOST BASHFUL Berkeley St. Clair HARDEST WORKER MOST TACTFUL Ann Kennedy Frank Gibson MOST POPULAR Nita Rowlett Jimmy Zimmerman W 0 ' s Who

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June 7, 1951 — 6:30 P. M. BEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA CLASS NIGHT OFFICERS Jimmy Zimmerman. Barbara Scott Pencie Aultice Mary Scott Thomas Betty Jo Chaplin Jean Gray Nancy Meadow Eddie Wilson Iris Smith Nita Rowlett Lois Witt i Doris Jean Fizer. . . . Master of Ceremonies Historian Prophet T estator Imitations Giftorians Poet Authors of Song Hall of Fame MENU Fruit Cup Baked Ham Frosted Limas Olives — Pickles Potato Salad Relishes Ice Cream and Cake 4 2(i Hot Rolls Iced Tea