River Valley High School - Shield Yearbook (Marion, OH)

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'B-V 3:29- On the evening of November 9, 1952 the Junior Class Play, A Ready Made Family was presented. The play was directed by our Class Advisor, Miss Louise Laibe. Agnes Martyn, a widow, while vacationing met an old sweetheart, Henry Turner, a widower, and they became engaged. Neither told the other of the children at home, three in one household and two in the other. The youngsters, having heard of the big surprise, planned to upset the matrimonial apple cart by acting their worst before their prospective step-parents. One had fits, another talked baby talk, a third played the role of a holy terror. Sammie be- came a kleptomaniac, and Doris, having had an operation, harped on that. Agnes and Henry finally emerged victorious and the kids were ready to accept their new parents. The cast was as follows: Agnes Martyn, a widow, Betty Weir, Bob, her son, Rodney Dice, Marilee, her elder daughter, Peggy Walter, Gracie, her youngest daughter, Dorothy Osborn, Miss Lydia, her sister-in-law, Velma Lyon, Henry Turner, a widower, Jim Kirk, Doris, his daughter, MaryLou Cochran, Sammie, his son, Myron Armbruster, Begonia, the darky cook, Pat Shonk, Nicodemus, the colored handyrnan, Dennie Sparrow. The Senior Class of 1953 will present the play, lf Mother Only Knew on the evening of April 24, 1953 in the auditorium of the new school building. The play will be directed by Miss Louise Laibe, our class advisor. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell are having their twentieth wedding anniversary! Mrs. Maxwell, however, is sure Dad has forgotten all about it, and bursts into tears when he is late for dinner. Aunt Mary and the three Maxwell children feel so badly they each call, a florist and order flowers in Dad's name. Betty Lou, fifteen, even makes a reservation for her parents at an exclusive res- taurant. Dad arrives and, sure enough, he has completely forgotten. He is soon reminded when a multitude of flowers start arriving. Mrs. Maxwell is beside herself with joy. Connie, the eldest daughter, reads the cards on the flowers and finds a large bouquet addressed very lovingly to her mother and signed Dr. Gooch. When Mother has lunch with Dr. Gooch the following day, Connie tells the other children and they decide something must be done about the wolf. What they don't know is that Dr. Gooch is a lady doctor with whom their mother went to college. Now she and her husband Qwho is also named Dr. Goochj have suggested Mr. Maxwell for an important job on the board of directors of the local college. Meanwhile, Connie tells her father that their Mother has been stepping out with an unknown doctor. When the male Dr. Gooch comes to the Maxwell home to interview Dad about the position, you can imagine what happens. He never gets a chance to explain his mission -- Well, you just have to see the fun for yourself! The cast is as follows: Janet Maxwell, mother, Betty Weir, John Maxwell, father, Jim Kirk, Aunt Mary, mother's aunt, Pat Shonk, Connie Maxwell, daughter, Velma Lyon, Charles Brains Burke, Connie's boyfriend, Myron Armbruster, Betty Lou Maxwell, daughter, Peggy Walter, Bernadine, Betty Lou's pal, Susie Reed, Wilbur Maxwell, son, Dennie Sparrow, Hercules Nelson, Wilbur's pal, Jack Whiteamire, Gladys Gooch, mother's former college roommate, Mary Lou Cochran, Dr. Jeffry Gooch, Gladys' husband, Rodney Dice. 32