Ranchester High School - Rustler Yearbook (Ranchester, WY)

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY “THE OLD CRAB’’ By Austin Goetz Published by The Paine Publishing Company, Dayton, Ohio Copyright, 1936 CAST OF CHARACTERS Judge Adam Apple, a small town judge Thomas Doyle Henrietta Apple, Adam’s long suffering wife Helen Ruth Johnston Delicious Apple ------------------------------------------------ Alice Jean Black Early Apple --------------------------------------------------- Faye Schilling Jonathan (Jack) Apple Fred Hauf Mary Apple, Jack’s wife Carrie Lee Jester Mrs. Carleton Townsend, social dictator of the town Helen Irene Cable Diane Townsend Bette Doyle Paul Towmsend Bob Graham (Jack Hallowell, sub.) Hettie, the maid---------------------------- Nellie Strait Tilda, the cook------------------------------------------------ Estella Fackenthall Sir Hubert Cathcart, an English noble . Chester Severance Lady Cathcart, his wife Pearl Newlon Caroline Cathcart, their daughter Opal Newlon C. E. Alexander, director A farce-comedy in three acts. SYNOPSIS OF ACTS The entire action of the play takes place in the living room of the home of Judge Adam Apple, in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania. Act 1—An afternoon in June. Act 2—That evening. Act 3—The following afternoon. SYNOPSIS OF PLAY Judge Adam Apple, known as “the Old Crab ' wisely dispenses justice in the courtroom but unwisely dispenses with it at home. “Plain man of the people” though he claims to be, he simply makes himself ridiculous by his pompous man- ner and his tantrums. His big moment of the first act comes when his son Jonathan comes home from the university with a wife. The fat is in the fire. The judge sets off for Philadelphia at once to have the marriage annulled. Delicious, his older daughter, has been forbidden to go with Paul, one of the “ritzy” Townsends. In fact, the judge has forbidden his entire family to have anything to do with any of the Townsends. In the second act, the biggest thrill comes when the judge returns unex- pectedly, having missed his train, to find the whole Townsend family in his living room. The judge blows up, but Mrs. Townsend is a royal match for him. (Continued on page 30) Page 28

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FRESHMEN ROLL Lavonne Sperl—“Vonnie”--------------------------------.President Anna Kawulok—“Annie” Vice President Roberta Strait—“Bird” Sec’y-Treasurer Nina Marie Johnston ------------- Student Council Representative Donald Bruce—“Don” Bob Dierks—“Dead-eye” Motto: “Love, labor, and laugh.” Flower: White Peonie. Colors: Green and White. CLASS HISTORY On September 15, two boys and four girls were initiated into the Freshman Class. All day long they were “tortured,” but in the evening they were guests at a weiner roast in the park. On November 17th, the Freshmen and Sophomores gave a school party. They had a scavenger hunt, games, and dance, and served refreshments. In February they, along with the Sophomores, took part in the play, “The Henpecked Husband.” This play was one of the best given the entire school year. We hope that the same Freshman Class will return to Ranchester High School as Sophomores again this coming school year. Page 27 . 7777777TT7?Tr777T7rrrrr77?sr'.

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-t-L zzzzz TZ ZSZ K Y, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES EIGHTH GRADE Barbara Alley Virginia Bruce Anna Louise Cable Jane Dierks William Hauf Mike Kukuchka Ogle Newlon Clair Reed Dorothy Schreibeis Billy Tschirgi Marion Wondra James Sexton SEVENTH GRADE Betty Jo Dierks Frank Kawulok Vincent Johnston Martin Schilling Doris Kawulok Maxine Weber Billy Tschirgi -----------------------------------------President Dorothy Schreibeis----------------------------------Vice President Betty Jo Dierks------------------------------------Sec’y-Treasurer Anna Louise Cable---------------------------------Council Reporter Class Colors: Blue and Gold. Class Flower: Gladiola. Class Motto: “Pick your peak and climb it.” There were twenty pupils enrolled at the first of this school year in the seventh and eighth grades. At the end of the first six weeks Joyce Ralph and James Fleming moved away. In March, Barbara Alley moved also, and James Sexton entered as an eighth grade pupil. In December the seventh and eighth grades presented a one-act play, and several poems for the Ladies’ Bazaar. In February eight of the boys participated in the basket ball tournament at Buffalo. A party was given for the high school on April 17, and all en- joyed themselves. Page 29