Vernonia High School - Memolog Yearbook (Vernonia, OR)

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zjjJzzzzzjzz rzzzzzzrzzzrzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzL ■MBBB • f The Senior Flay, SMILIN' THROUGH A three-act comedy-drama with a musical theme, Smilin' Through , was presented by the senior class of 1940, on March 15, at the Washington Grade School auditorium. On the wedding day of John Carteret and Moonyeen Clare, a jealous lover, Jeremiah Wayne, intends to 9hoot John but, by accident, the bullet kills Moonyeen. Fifty year? later, John's grudge is so strong that he forbids his niece, Kathleen, and Wayne's son, Kenneth, who are in love, from even seeing each other. However, the two manage several meetings and carry on secret correspondence with the willing help of Carteret's friend and nei ibor, rr. Owen Harding, and the maid, Ellen. Then comes the World War and Kenneth leaves to become a soldier. When Kenneth returns, lame and ill from a wound, he feels that he is not good enough for Kathleen, and she believes he no longer loves her. After Owen finally pursuades John that he is unjust, and Moonyeen's spirit returns to show him the foolishness of his grudge against Kenneth, he forgets his prejudice. Thus the play ends happily, with the young lovers' life before them and John and Moonyeen reunited in heaven. CAST OF CHARACTERS John Carteret...............Claude Veal Dr. Owen Harding . . . .Homer Michener Ellen.........................Erma Kent Kathleen Dungannon . . .Frances Childs Willie Ainley...............Melvin Rose Kenneth Wayne.............Philip mills Jeremiah Wayne .......... Philip mills Moonyeen Clare...........Joanne Nichols Mary Clare.................Elsie Duncan Guests. . .Wilton Rogers Bessie Bell Eunice Larson Jack Baker Director.........Miss Jane Wilkinson

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 is for Acord, a girlie so shy, But I:d rather see her smile than see her cry. B is for Bessie as well as for Bell. She's tall and she1s blonde and she's certainly swell. Another B for Bennett, Bennie is she. She has brown hair and skirts to the knee. C is for Charlie; he seems to be shy, But he smiles very sweetly when a girl is nigh. It also stands for our Scottish queen. We call her Chris but her name is Christine. 0 is for Dunky and D is for Dass, Each different from any lass in the class. E is for Eunice who was led astray By a sheepherder and a load of hay. F is for Frances a Child so fair; She and Larry make a good pair. G is for George, but not very long For soon she will march to the wedding song. H is for Homer—they call him Mich . We hope he won't end up digging a ditch. Heidi is our queen so fair Who fell for the George with the raven-black hair. Hurry-up, Hershey, whose place is right here,. Any task would take him exactly a year. I UjJk