Valley High School - Vallerata Yearbook (Valley, AL)

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FERE K AY Friday morning, December 8, 1922, the Senior II's became litt'e boys and girls, princesses and kings of Fairyland. Study was laid aside and fun reigned supreme in P. H. S. At two-thirty, the stu- dents went to the Auditorium prepared for a real treat. At the rise of the curtain, Grandma, Elizabeth Marsh, was seated beside a iioorlamp knitting. Her granddaughter, Elizabeth Ransel, was tired of play and came to her grandma and asked for a story. Her grandma said, We will take 'A Trip to Fairylandf First comes Red Riding Hood. Elva Snider, and meets the Wolf, Robert Hansel. Just then the Woodman, Eugene Knight, comes through the woods and kills the wolf. Next Goldilocks, Frances Kingsley, is picking Bowers and sees a tiny house. Entering she lies down on a bed to sleep. The three Thirty bears enter, Father Bear, Willard Higgins, Mother Bear, Raymond Muncey, and Baby Bear, Tiny Devlin. Goldilocks awakes and runs away with the three bears in pursuit. What do we see now? Ali Baba and the thieves. Ali Baba, James Bailey, thieves, Joseph Flaherty and William Jonas. The dancer, Gertrude Ruppel, appears, gives a dance and kills Ali Baba. Now a girl and boy with a large box comes across the stage. The girl is asking the boy something which he refuses. Yes, it is Pandora, Virginia Lyons and her brother, Harry Holliday. Pandora opens the box and three large balloons fly out. We now see a stately queen with a large basket of tarts. Oh, it is the Queen of Hearts, Mildred Martin. She puts the tarts in the oven and leaves. The Bad Knave, George Poling, steals the tarts. The queen returns and notifies the King, Chester Stephan, who re- turns the tarts.

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tell which it is. However, she hasn't given up. To the strains of Lohengin's Wedding March as played by Bob Hansel, I see Frances Kingsley, the bride, and her maid of honor, Elizabeth McCluer, ad- vance to the altar to meet Harry Holliday, the groom and his best man, Jas. Feeney. Oh! Horrors! Can you imagine! Ross McHenry is officiating minister. Among the guests are: Mr. and Mrs. Ray- mond Muncey, nee Margaret Smith. Mr. Muncey wouldn't be pres- ent if he could help it. He'd much rather be playing cards with his old side-kick, Earnest Gant, who is still single. Lucky man! Also present, the renowned horse doctor, Mr. James Baileyg Mr. Dick Frame, Ambassador to Spain, John Hushion, Judge of the Circuit Courtg Mr. George Murrin, Coach Thomas' successorg Mr. Rollo Gainor, a noted lawyer with Mary Norris, as his chief advisor. He won fame through the divorce case of Eliz. Randell vs. Joseph Murphy. Joseph claimed her cooking was not satisfactory- divorce granted. There is one fellow present who looks on with displeasure. It is Joseph Flaherty. He can't understand why Harry Holliday should prefer connubial bliss to the freedoms of bachelorhood. The wedding is over and the Lyceum entertainers suddenly appear on the scene. Dick Biddle and James Doak are de- bating the important question- Is Matrimony a Failure? Neither is married but they can both argue. The next number is musical. Walter Kramer, the great violinist, playing his now famous selection, Three O'c1ock in the Morning, and Eliz. McCoy, a world famous singer. Next is Bona Mayhew, a most interesting interpreter and reader. Another scene: What I can't understand-why is Julia Welch not married? ' Another scene. Oh! Here is a beauty parlor under the supervi- sion of Theresa Pursell and Va. Rowe. They are most earnestly endeavoring to beautify Miss Doratha Pratt. On the corner stands Ben Dawkins who is talking and gesticu- lating in a most surprising manner. 'You ask what it is all about. Why Prohibition, of course. He is most earnestly endeavoring to convert Robert Mitchell, but said Robert has an opinion of his own. Two women appear on the scene. They are Miss Dunham, Matron of the Children's Home, and Dr. Helen O'Brien. Miss Dunham will not allow any arguments on such a question to be heard by the in- mates of her immaculate home. This leads on to Africa, where we find Mildred Martin as a mis- sionary. However, she does not fear the wilds of this savage coun- try because she has the gallant protection and support of Phillip Jenkins. Another change of scenery! Say is that really Gertrude Ruppel? It seems she could not stand the strain of the great financial crisis during which she acted as Private Secretary to President -i? As a result, a nervous breakdown necessitates her presence in room 313 of the Crane Hospital, the matron of which: is La Verne Gal- lagher. Her pretty little nurse is Audrey Neale, and most efiicient she is, too. Ah! the doctor enters. It is none other than Julian Murrin. Is it any wonder that she does not care whether she recov- ers or not? Who would with such a handsome doctor as Judy? Ah! a queer feeling is overtaking me. Curtain! Curtain! I awake to find it is only a dream. Twenty -Nine

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Robinson Crusoe, Ross McHenry, is searching for human foot- steps which he has just discovered. Friday, Bob Stewart, with an umbrella comes in and escorts Crusoe off the stage. Snow White, Eva McDonald, is walking through the woods and meets her stepmother, dressed as a peasant peddler, Ruth Holstin, who gives her a poison apple. She falls on the floor. The Six Dwarfs, Roland Hobensack, Ben Dawkins, Rolla Gainor, Joseph Mur- phy, Gale White and Harry Dailey, find the Princess and put her in a glass casket. The Prince, Julian Murrin, meets the dwarfs and has them take the Princess o his castle. The Twelve Dancing Slippers, Jessie Bailey, Julia Welch, Eliza- beth McCluer, Mary McClung, Helen O'Brien, Mabel Grant, Madge Davis, Virginia Swearingen, Virginia McKitrick, Merle Casper, Mar- garet Smith and Birdie De Vaughn have come and are dancing. And here is the Prince, Dick Biddle, who dances with each Princess. Day- light appears and they return home. Here is Hans, Sylvester Smith and Gretel, Mildred Hiehle. They meet the Witch, Rachael Knowlton, who tries to push them in the oven, but is pushed in herself. Aladdin, John Hushion, and his Mother, Dorothy Pratt, appear, cleaning the lamp. The Magi, Maurice Beren, appears from the lamp, and Aladdin sends him after the Princess. The Princess, Bona Mayhew, comes in with the Magi and then goes off with Aladdin. We hear a musical sound. It is the Pied Piper, Paul Reps, fol- lowed by the Town's Children, Madeline Davis, Hattie Matheny, Francis Wise, Virginia Johnson, James Doak, La Verne Gallagher and Norma Dunham. Last comes the Lame Boy, Valmer Prince. They are all led out of the tovsm to the strains of the enchanting music. And now the Real Blue Beard, George Murrin, and his wife, Eva McDonald. They are fussing over the key. Blue Beard takes the key and both leave the stage. Last, but not least, we have Cindrella, Catherine Watson, and her mother, Elizabeth McCoy, her two sisters, Theresa Pursell and Vir- ginia Rowe. They are going to the ball and refuse to take Cindrella. She is left crying and her sisters return with a page, Fred Summer, and the Prince, James Feeney. The shoe is tried on the sisters, then Cindrella, whom it fits. The fairy god-mother, Audrey Neal, ap- pears and changes Cindrella into a Princess. Last we hear sweet music. It is the magic fiddler, Walter Kramer, followed by the other members of Fairyland. With that the curtain falls after a very funny and interesting program. Thirtv-One