Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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29 MACOMB. ILLINOIS ACT I. SCENE 1. Time: 7:30 on a May morning, 1927. Place: M. I. L. Railroad station, Epperson, Illinois. (A news stand in one corner and a soda fountain counter in another). Wayne Purdum (at the soda fountain)— Have you read the morning paper yet?” Ada Andrews (at news stand)— No. Is there anything special in it?” Wayne—“Yes, it tells about the two plays to be given at the Astor Theatre today. Our old friends Alfred Clem and Mose Foster play the parts of the heroes, and between the two plays Jeane Waldo will give a lecture on evolution.” Ada—“Maybe I’ll get enough time off to go. I’d like to see how they are progressing.” (Enter Naomi McCutcheon, Frieda Towle, and Eva Watson). Frieda—”1 guess it isn't quite time for the train yet as it is only a quarter of eight. I always like to be on time though. So many things in life are missed if appointments are not kept.” (Walking to counter). “At just what time does the 8:15 train arrive? Why if it isn't Wayne Purdum!” Wayne— That is right! Well. Frieda, when the train isn’t late it usually arrives at 8:15.” Naomi—“We have just half an hour then, haven’t we? Now, Frieda, I would like to persuade you to give up your present position, join my ranks, and fight for equal rights.” Frieda—“I’ll have to argue with you on that point. There is no use in that at all. Don’t you agree with me, Eva?” Eva—“I’m afraid 1 can't agree with you. Naomi, though of course it may be all right for some people. Still I am perfectly happy and contented. Frieda—“That’s the way to talk. I have helped a great many people through my bureau.” (Ernest Runkle enters). Ernest— Ladies’ and gentlemen; each and everyone of you should now have a Dodge car of your own reposing outside, waiting for you. A Dodge car runs the most miles per gallon of gas and per set of tires. Two tires run 10,000 miles, one running 10.270 miles. This is the absolute truth as it is my own record—why—well, if it isn’t Naomi—and Eva— and Frieda! How are you all?” Naomi— Fine! That is certainly a well prepared speech you were giving. Do you profit by it?” Ernest— I say I do! I’ve sold six in the last nine weeks.” (Enter Lawson). Lawson—“Train for—Prairie City. Abingdon, Galesburg, Galva, Neponset, Wyanet. Malden, Arlington. Mendota, Menden, Earlville, Somonauk, Sand—wich. Plano, Bristol. Aur—ora, Downer’s Grove, and Chicago. Train on the thirteenth track. All aboard!” Eva—“That must be the train.”

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28 MACOMB. ILLINOIS Class Prophecy CAST OF CHARACTERS The artistic artist...........................................Helen Hebble The artist’s model ..........................................Lamotte Carter I he famous singer ......................................Lewis Van Etten The wonderful flutist ........................................Czerna Jobe The noted pianist ...........................................Kathryn Early The physical training instructor ...........................Margaret Hatian The doubtful playwright .................................Margaret Anders The favorite play hero ......................................Alfred Clem The matinee idol ............................................Charles Foster The reliable weather man ....................................Donald Parker The civil engineer ...........................................Louis Tiernan The mistaken fireman .................................................Lloyd Dunsworth The chief of police ....... ..............................Arnold Hegstrom The efficient Dodge salesman ................................Ernest Runkle The soda fountain man ........................................Wayne Purdum The political boss .................................................William Hegstrom The suffragette leader ..................................Naomi McCutcheon The happy matron ..............................................Eva Watson The evolution lecturer .......................................Jeane Waldo The musical train caller .................................Lawson Burnham The news stand girl........................................... Ada Andrews The manager of the matrimonial bureau........................Frieda Towle The three of the great cafeteria. .Jessie Bleven. Ruth Newell. Mary Purdum The big cattle ranch owner................................Walker Baymiller The hypnotic milk tester ....................................Leslie Toland The experimenting chemist ...................................Vernon Murray The brilliant X-rayist .......................................James Towle

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.10 THE SPIDER WEB MACOMB. ILLINOIS (Enter Jeane, Walker. Leslie, and Vernon). Frieda— Here he is.” Naomi— How-do-you-do, Jeane. We took it upon ourselves to come down to meet you.” Jeane—“Glad to see you all. Here are some more of our old friends. They all happened to be on my train.” Frieda— How did it happen you came to Epperson today?” Walker—“Well, one reason was that we had heard of Jeane’s lecture. Another was to come with Vernon. He is going to patent some hair dye. He has been on my ranch experimenting with some of the chemicals to dye hair. He has at last gotten some which will do the work.” Leslie—“He does not like the color very well as it is green, but he has decided that green hair is better than red anyhow—at least for a change.” Vernon—“Leslie is a milk tester at Walker's cattle ranch you know, but on the side he is saving Walker money by hypnotizing the cows when he feeds them hay and makes them think they are eating green grass. He also has green glasses for the cows which helps in his hypnotizing.” Naomi— It looks as if you are all succeeding, anyway.” Jeane—(Looking at his watch) “It is nine o’clock so I had better be getting to my destination. I don’t like to waste time. Are you all going with me?” Eva— Yes, let’s all go. (Exit). Wayne— Let’s go too. The next train is at 4 p. m. so we’ll have time.” (Exit Wayne and Ada). ACT II. SCENE 1. Time: A morning in May, 1927. Place: An artist’s studio, Epperson. (Helen Hebble on the stage arranging her materials). Helen— It is just half past eight and time for my model to be here. I do hope she won’t be quite as late as usual. She always did have a hard time trying to arrive on time, especially at school.” (Lamotte enters). Helen—“Goodness gracious, Lamotte. you surprise me as much as if I had seen a ghost. How did it happen anyway?” Lamotte—“I know it is unusual, but you see I have changed boarding places, and my room is now two blocks from the M. I. L. station. Well, this morning at 7:10 Lawson Burnham, you know he is train caller at the depot, woke me calling the 7:15 train and I couldn’t go back to sleep.” Helen—“Well, I’ll agree that Lawson would make a good alarm clock and I hope he keeps up the good work.”