Mansfield High School - Hornet / Green Years Yearbook (Mansfield, MA)

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+ 2+ Ae eg Je tga PR CLASS PLAY On Friday evening, November 28, the Class of 1942, loyal to custom, presented the annual class play in the Town Hall, before a large audience. ‘The rollicking comedy of youth “Life Begins at Sixteen” was directed by Mrs. Mildred F. Morse, assisted by Eleanor Murphy. The chief characters in this play are Paul and Frannie Hollis, sixteen-year-old twins. As the play begins, Mr. and Mrs. Hollis are leaving for a trip to Havana. Paul uses their absence to exercise his rights as “head of the family.’ First, he sponsors a sale in his father’s shoe store. “Then he sets out to prove that Crandal Smythe, his sister’s suitor, is a racketeer. Many complications result. In the end, Paul and Frannie turn the tables, however, in a manner which satisfies the audience. Crandal Smythe is discovered to be a crook, while Paul becomes a hero. The characters were portrayed as follows: Paul Hollis, James Ienello; Frannie Hollis, Barbara Dean; Hilda, the Swedish maid, Nancy Tuell; Mrs. Hollis, Mary Munro; Mr. Hollis, Standish Allen; Marjorie Hollis, Barbara Devine; ‘Snookie”’ Hollis, the ‘“‘kid sister,” Cathleene Cullen; Crandal Smythe, Ralph Cutillo; George Gordon, Marjorie’s other suitor, Richard Horton; Elsie Taggart, the bank clerk, Helen McKay; members of the Secret Seven—Theo Arbuckle, John Kaye; “Pidgie’’ Miller, Dorothy Barrows; ‘“Fattie’’ Zimmer, Peter Di Giampietro; Daisie Jenkins, Dorothy Dill; and “Boots” Bennett, Miriam Milson,