Rockcreek High School - Gems Yearbook (Bluffton, IN)

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V Sqlqiv Hay Snap ssmx 'O .l ., i juninr Hia Play The junior Class gave tl1eir play on April 17 in the High School Auditorium. The playx P.1w Bels' nickle is .1 l'lT.1l'l with six problems-in the form of six unmarried dtuighters. M11 Belsniclcle insists that the your1ger, prettier girls c.1nnot get married until the oldest daughter wl1o is nineteen and .1n extremely homely girl gets L1 husband. Pa decides to get his shot gun and go out and hunt .1 husband for Ceelie fthe eldest daughterj, This method is voted down by the younger girls who think that method is out of style. A young medical student fRon11ld Ma:-:wellj who is tsveling through the mountains and has trouble with his c.1r, comes to the Belsnickle c.1bin, Bonnie Mae, .1 younger good looking girl, and Cc-elie both w.1nt Ron.1ld. Two young hillbilly fellows decide th.1t Ronald is in the way so they st.1rt .1 feud to sc.1re him .lWL1y'. At the same time, Paw decides to shoot Ronald tor Ceelie. lt's .ill .1 merry mix-up from there on. They h.1ve 21 bigger feud than anyone dreamed. Ce-elie's rattle- smkes get loose .ind someone gets bitten. Ron.1ld as rescued, Ceelie finds Ll l1usb.1nd .md things turn out all right.

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Senin Play Seated, left to right: Carl Stauffer, Lucille Kingen, Sharon Fahrnow, Mr. Wygant, Lois Wfalmsley, Barbara Cupp, ,lack Bordner. Standing: Harlan Lambert, junior Moorefield, jerry Hoopingarner, Richard Stinson, Fred Harris, joe Briner, jerry Day. john Cupp. THE MYSTERY HOUSE Thrills, chills, and excitement are what the aud- ience witnessed when they came to see My ',-' tary I-Iwffie, sponsored by the Senior Class of '55 on Octo- ber 17, 1952, l-larry Van Orden QFred Harrisj and Mary. his wife tBarbara Cuppj were left a large house by an old relative, Uncle lgnatuis. who was never known to either of them. A constant reminder of the queer old gent was a strange picture of him. The eyes lit up and rolled around and the picture laughed. To make matters Worse. all of uncle Ignatius' wifcfs relatives came to spend the summer. Here we found Uncle jasper, Qjunior Moorefieldj who looked almost ready for the grave, Percy Vernon Kilbridge, Qjerry Dayj, a would-be poet, and Mrs. Merrill, CLois Xlifalmsleyj. who was always talking when she wasnt supposed to. Also entering the plot was jack Hawkins, tjoe Brinerj, who had the power to go into a trance to interview dead people. Eleanor Webster fLucille Kingenj, a young girl who falls head over heels in love with jack, was sent to the house by a promise made to her dead mother. Other characters that were a help for hinderancej to the Van Ordens wereg Fred Turner CHarlan Lam- bertj, a local taxi driver, Stephan Clarke Uerry Hoopingarnerj, the executor of the will, and Sadie Brown fSharon Fahrnowj, the maid. If you have never seen a seance you saw one Mystery House since Uncle Ignatius was brought back to life. Q

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