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

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

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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 Class of 1930 J stands for jaunty juniors U stands for our union strong I N for our nineteen-thirty I for our Impudence—Rah! Rah! O for our old gold spirit R for our ragged hooks S stands for seniors That’s what we'll soon be. Rah! Yea! for B. H. 8. In September, 1926, we, the graduating class of 1930, began a struggle decreed by the fates to continue for four years. Our ranks were sixty-nine strong. Realizing that we could not accomplish much without co-operating with each other, we organized with Richard Johnson, president; Thelma Hastham, vice-president; Brie Gough, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Robinson was our sponsor. We soon had candidates for places on all the athletic teams of our school. Few were des- tined to be successful during the first year, but all gained valuable training. A rich harvest of scholarship B’s has always come our way. We started reaping them while we were still fresh- men. The second year found us with our ranks somewhat thinned. Our determination to achieve honor in all phases of school work was stronger than ever. Lela Dunaway was made president of the A section, sponsored by Mr. McCool; and Robert Wilkinson of the B. section, sponsored by Miss McKown. During this year Jane Howard won the county Lincoln oratorical contest and placed second in the district peace declamation. When this year opened both sections of the class were organized together. We elected Charles Eskew, president; Florence Wilkinson, vice-president; Thelma Cranor, secretary; Rich- ard Johnson, treasurer. We had lost some members and gained others, but still numbered six- ty. We were well blessed with sponsors. Miss Garrison, Miss McKown and Miss Grossman were to help us serve the Junior-Senior Banquet. We spent most of our time and efforts on raising the money needed to feed the seniors and ourselves. Tickets to ’’Cool Knights”, pop-corn balls, candy, and hot dogs were some of the things with which we gained training in salesmanship. Some of the honors won by our class during three years of sturdy effort In classroom and athletic contest are as follows: Football—Walter Donnelly, Charles Eskew. Raymond Gore. Oratory—Jane Howard. Basketball—George Powers, Richard Johnson, Walter Donnelly, Thelma Brown, Luctle Hay, Florence Wilkinson, Lillian Hedges. • Baseball—Walter Donnelly, Marion Vote, Raymond Gore (Capt.), George Powers. Scholarship B—Ralph France, Raymond France, Thelma Brown, Helen Roth, Jane Thelma Cranor. Magdalene Roller, Salome Tuley, Lois Fisher. Gerald McNeely. Susannah Fol- som. Martha Lee Gerber, Jane Howard. Margaret Dillingham. Marie Lutz, Hazel Roedel, Dor- othy Rhoads. Scholarship B group later in “The Pioneer” will show that almost half the group are mem- bers of the Class of 1930. ( '■ s As we look forward to our final year in B. H. S. we are sure Ukt we deeper niche for ourselves. It is to be the privilege of our class to help introduce into the school the biggest single improvement since its foundation—the longed-for commercial Pictures absent from group — Roscoe Sutton. Glenn Robinson. I orena Harmon. 1929 Page Nineteen