Boonville High School - Entre Nous Yearbook (Boonville, IN)

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THE PIONEER The Whole Town’s Talking”—Senior Class Play By John Emerson and Anita Loos Directed by Ruth H. Bateman CAST OF CHARACTERS Henry Simmons, a manufacturer Harriett Simmons, his wife Ethel Simmons, their daughter Chester Binney, Simmon’s partner Betty Bythe, a motion picture star Roger Shield Donald Swift, a motion picture director Ijlla Wilson, Sally Otis, friends of Ethel Sadie Bloom, a dancing teacher Annie, a maid ......................... Taxi driver ........................... Mrs. Jackson .......................... Thomas Tichenor ........................... Imogene Ward ......................... Dorothy Traylor .......................... Charles Eskew ............................. Anne Hoover ............................. Noel Baum ............................. Edgar Baum Mary Frank Sullenger and Mildred Donnelly ........................Bertha Bee Bailey ............................ Helen Lowell Chester Werrv Martha Cundiff Faculty managers: Miss Youngblood, Mr. Goerlitz Stage manager: Hilda Wolfe Head usher: Ruth Taylor Assistants: Hazel Ellison, Mildred Harry, Lois Ritter, Dorothy Dike, Lenora Bufkins. Friday evening, April 12, all Boonvllle, and some people from elsewhere, crowded Into Clarke gym between 7:15 and 7:30. We thought that there would not be room for everyone, as all the reserved seats were taken, and most of the bleachers filled. The first act was great, and everyone was kept laughing every minute. When Charles Es- kew walked onto the stage attired as a hard working drudge, the audience roared, because they all knew Charles. The crowd was carried away by him, and we suggest that he take up act- ing as a vocation. The second act came on better even that the first. Edgar Baum, the movie director, exer- cised his lungs, and vowed his love for Betty By the, alias the movie queen. Anne got Charles in a pickle when she said she had loved him in Hollywood. Noel Baum rolled off a considerable amount of French and you should have heard Charley try to imitate his “Cherry, madame!” Tom Tichenor. good on his “original ideas,” knows how to be an old married man without much acting. Mrs. Simmons, played by Imogene Ward, kept at his heels over “Sadie Bloom, a role taken hv Bertha Bee Bailev. Mary Frank Sullenger naturally lisped, and Mildred was a true friend to Ethel, Charles’ fiancee. The role of Ethel was played very effectively by Dorothy Traylor. We think Chester Werry should go to Chicago or Evansville, and drive a Yellow Cab, be- cause he seemed like a real chauffeur. Helen Dowell as Annie was a typical maid and we believe she could get a position any- where. and many gossips like Martha would soon ruin a fellow in any town. Here’s to many more senior plays like ' The Whole Town’s Talking. But we 11 miss Char- ley Eskew’s famous ability to put over future plays. Wouldn t he have felt unny Iftha chan- delier had fallen? He did look queer, though, perched way up there. Ba for ( haries. The success of this play Is due to the excellent coaching of Miss Bateman. Senior Week, 1929 Saturday, May 18. Junior-Senior Banquet Sunday, May 19, Baccalaureate Sermon—Father Y interhalter Wednesday, May 22. Class Night Thursday. May 23. Faculty Breakfast Thursday. May 23. Commencement—Pres. Hearing. Oakland it Friday, May 24. Farewell Class Picnic 1929 Page Seventeen

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THE PIONEER The Prophecy This Is the year 1948 and I have Just heard the election returns and to my surprise Charles Kinder has been elected Governor of Indiana by a great majority. This is very good news to me because Charles was a member of my graduating class of B. H. S. in 1929. When Charles came out for Governor it made me wonder what had become of the rest of my class. How could I find out was a big question not easily solved. Finally I decided to go to a spiritualist fortune teller, whom 1 found out could give me all the necessary information. Chester Werry is a great violinist and is playing in New York. He is very famous and is indeed rushed with engagements. Chester was always very fond of the girls but it seems he has not as yet decided which one he desires. Katy Meyer is out measuring telephone poles for the American Bell Telephone Company. Ruth Taylor is her first assistant. Dorothy Dike has become a renowned artist and her husband is Giotto de Vinci, who is widely known for his famous portraits. William Gardner is now a criminal lawyer for notorious cases. Althais Jeffries is now playing on the Army Team and is America's most noted half-back. Cecil McKinney is now working ns Democratic orator; his rumbling, chesty voice is his primary attraction. Ruth Martin is doing great work as a missionary to the uncivilised nations of India. Henry Goad has developed wings and is now the world’s highest flying ace. Bulu Adams is now the owner of a large chain of mercantile stores. Hilda Wolfe attended college and taught a few' years until her Prince Charming, an artist, having been attracted by her beautiful hair, carried her away. Bill Hay always did like to go from place to place, so he is a traveling salesman. He is a perennial bachelor and has just as much fun having dates as he used to back in his high school days. Mildred Donnelly is now President of the Non-Skid Soap Corporation. Icon Brown is a doctor, who» through research work, has discovered a serum which pre- vents flu. Ben ora Bufkins is a lawyer pleading cases directly opposite William Gardner. Delorls Corn became a very successful nurse but decided, after work and consideration, to change her occuimtion, so she became a wife. Ora Harris is the inventor of a new type of car with the strongest body and easiest gear shift of any car heretofore | atented. Helen Lowell is the dietician of the Brooklyn Hospital in New York. Anne Hoover is the most skillful equestrienne the world has ever known. Mary Frank Sullenger is the owner of the Sullenger Shoe Factory, which puts out the most original and dainty shoes ever worn. Mildred Harry owns La Beaute Shoppe, which has become widely known and patronized. Evelyn Flint has arisen to the height of the most sought after basketball coach. I orothy Traylor now is an author and writes scenarios for the movies, w'hich we see fre- quently. Lavone Hart married Mr. Holden, a millionaire, and is very liberal in her donation to B. H. S. Bertha Bee Bailey, after a five year struggle with chemicals. Is the proud inventor of a medicine that w'ill make you your exact opposite—fat, short, tall, slim. We all know’ Bertha Bee will be changed tremendously. Charles Ferguson has become a barber and loves his work. Mabel Addington has become the w'orld’s most famous woman politician. Doris Edwards owns a famous dancing school and does her own teaching. Thomas Tichenor is now working for Uncle Sam as a revenue officer. Jack Ellis has become another Dempsey and has taken his place as w'orld’s heavy-weight champion. Jarrett Roth has just been elected Mayor of Boon ville on the Prohibition ticket. Thomas Youngblood is the owner and operator of a big ranch in the I one Star State. lone Youngblood is the only one who has become an actress. She is another Clara Bow. Edgar Baum has Joined the navy after going to school and is now an admiral. Marlon Rudolph went to an agricultural school and is now the proud possessor of a fifty- acre farm. Lois Ritter married Mr. Webb and they have just completed their new theatre, which will be known as the “Lover's Palace.” The most notable thing is that only two seats are in each aisle and these of course are joined with one chair arm between. Page Sixteen 1929

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I The Whole Town’s Talking,” Senior Class Play