Blairstown High School - Comet Yearbook (Blairstown, MO)

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PAGE 42 19 44 THE COMET ON E-ACT PLAY 1 , ,fb ' - , Pt? l . , ., .. rl wwf 4' v V, -.. 'ww el... u f ,, VFP 1... .' fwllfifr Jill... '-4.......L... -J 1 011, Martin, Hunter, Gallihugh SOD Qast Jim Barnes . . William Gallihugh Sally Barnes . . . Mary Ruth Hunter Tessie Barnes . . Rowena Martin Carl Carlson ..... Elmer Lee Orr Sally Barnes came from Indiana to share the hazards of home- steading in the western prairies with her husband, Jim Barnes. 'Seventeen years of breaking the sod and making a living against tremendous odds have not provided enough money to replace the sod house. Sally has never adjusted herself to the western environment and has planned that her daughter, Tessie, should never pass through the same experiences. She has saved her egg money since the death of her two small boys, twelve years earlier, to send Tessie to Indiana to be schooled. Jim Barnes, who would like to have part of her two ' hundred dollars to buy a sod buster, consents to the plan to send their daughter to the eastern school. At that point Tessie and Carl Carlson, a neighbor boy enter and announce their marriage. Though Sally's fondest hopes are blasted, her good nature causes her to bless the union and turn over the money to Jim to get the sod buster, and to use the balance to buy Tessie and Carl a Wedding present. This one-act drama was given at the Clinton auditorium on Friday night, March 11, as Blairstown's entry in the one-act play festival. Mary Ruth Hunter was chosen from Sod to be a mem- ber of the all-star staff. The play was again presented at the Blairs- town Presbyterian Church, Friday night, March 18. A an ll 3 Q-' XX 'X ii X 'P B. H. S. U M 'ina .xx --V 7 J

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THE COMET JUNIOR PLAY Back fRow: Hunter, Wise, Martin, H. Woods, Gallihugh Front 'Row: Davis, Horne, Neihart, U. Woods, Newman, Orr The junior class of '37-'38 presented a four-act comedy, Romance In a Boarding House by James C. Parker, on Saturday evening, April 2, in the Blairstown Presbyterian church. They were were assisted by seven underclassmen and coached by Mr. Shelton S. Abney, Jr. CAST Mrs. Smith ........ Helen Woods Owner of the Gibson boarding house Mr. Smith ...,... Raymond Newman Her husband who dislikes Wearing shoes Mary Ann ........ Wilma Neihardt Their attractive daughter Mr. Throttlebutton ...... Elmer Lee Orr Aristocrat from New York Mrs. Throttlebutton ..... Mary Ruth Hunter His Wife ' Mortimer ........ Ralph Martin Their son who loves Mary Ann Duke of Sussex ....... Dickie Davis Nobleman Mrs. Benson ...... Mary Elizabeth Wise Boarder who is hard of hearing Miss McGillicuddy . . . . . Martha Gallihugh Another boarder and a maiden lady B. HES. 11 PAGE 41 38

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THE COMET CHAPEL PLAYS fBaclg Row: Reed, Ralph Martin, fBrown, W. Gallihugh, Orr, Horne middle fRow: WI. Gallihugh, Farnsworth, Ward, Gietjen, Newman, Hunter Front fRow: Woods, Mclntire, Nezhardt, Wise, Rowena Martin The high school presented four plays during chapel during the school year for various occasions. Thanksgiving Adventure was presented during the Thanks- giving program. The following students took part: Marie Tietjen, Rowena Martin, Marjorie Mclntire, Raymond Newman, Ralph Mar- tin, William Gallihugh, Maxon Brown and Dolly Todd. The play was coached by Miss Vivian Sutton. Two short plays, Setting up the Christmas Radio and Hankies and Hose, were presented before the Christmas vacation. William Gallihugh, Mary Elizabeth Wise and Elmer Lee Orr made up the cast of the former play and Ralph Martin and Wilma Neihardt, the latter. The freshman class presented the one-act play, Detour Ahead for the box-supper sponsored by the basketball squad, and again for the program at the alumni party. It was coached by Mr. Shelton S. Abney, Jr. The following freshmen made up the cast: Virginia Woods, Betty Jean Ward, Mary Ruth Hunter, Elmer Lee Orr, Billy Horne, Clement Reed, and Fern Farnsworth. as -we -,X Xi, .X B. H. s. f - WN E! XX si.-J ' 1-r PAGE 43 38