Bryant High School - Hoosier Owl Yearbook (Bryant, IN)

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Junior Play of '46 Wild Oats Boy which proved to be a great success, was given by the Junior Class February Sth and 9th, 1946. Eddie fGlen Theui-eil according to his fathers will was supposed to get 350,000 if he was in bed at 8:00 every night for three months. This was a hard task for Eddie, but he undertook it, however, in the presence of all the family relatives who would have benefited if he had fallen down on the job. Judy fVelma Rittenhousej his sweetheart, was to inherit the fortune with him, she has quarreled with him on account of his dissipated habits and he was having a hard time winning her back. With the he p of Pat CAlma Bergmanl, Eddie made Judy very jealous. Pat was really in love with Chuck Benton QGe1ald Dicksonl. Eve Martin CRoseanna Fiferl a friend of J udy's fell in love with Jake Peters fKeith Steinl who tried to keep Eddie from going to bed at 8:00 and providing he could marry Judy, he would benefit with money. The household was really in a uproar when Danny Murphy fElvan Towelll dressed as a woman was hired as a cook. 'Della CJoan Myersj fell in love with the c0ok's brother, who was really' Danny. Prue CMaxine Mastersl and her pestiferous son, Trout CMarion Loganj were typical country cousins. Aunt Ann fRuth Polingj kept the house down to normal. Mose KRalph Ashcraftl, the darky servant claimed he had seen Uncle George's ghost. Seth iNorman Tullisl turned out to be Uncle George. Eddie and Judy patched up their quarrel and Pat and Chuck got engaged. Danny turned out to be a detective following Jake, who ran away from his wife and baby. Mr. Schramm did an excellent job of directing the play.

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Class Histor AS FRESHMEN We entered the first year of high school with 23 members. During the year Gerald Dickson moved in and Keith Kraner moved away leaving 23 behind. Our class officers were: president, Glen Theurerg' vice-president, Keith Kranerg and secretary-treasurer Joan Myers. Velma Rittenhouse represented our class in the Annual Queen Contest. Mrs. Ketchum was our Class Sponsor. AS SOPHOMORES We came back to school in the fall of '45 as a happy care-free bunch with 20 members. Irma Monroe, Joan Armantrout, and Betty Pennsinger failed to return. Our elected officers for that year were: president, Joan Myers 5 vice president, Gerald Dicksong and secretary-treasurer, Alma Bergman. Our class was represented by Alma Bergman in the Queen Con- test. Alma also had a part in the Junior Play. During the year We lbst Margaret Bailey, Evelyn Harden, and Albert DeHo'ff. Earl Bailey joined us. We received our credits and felt the privilege of next becoming upper classmen. Mrs. Butt was our class sponsor. AS J UNIORS We came back in '46 as upper classmen and found that we had a number of responsibilities. We had 17 members. During the year Earl Bailey and Eddie Somers left our class to go elsewhere. Elected officers were: presi- dent, Gerald Dicksong vice-president, Marion Logang and secretary-treasur- er, Ruth Poling. Our class was represented by Joan Myers in the Annual Queen Co-ntest. We presented a play entitled Wild Oats Boy. It was successfully directed by Mr. Schramm. We gave a beautiful reception for the seniors at Muncie. Mr. Schramm was our class sponsor. AS SENIOKRS We came back to school in the fall of '47 feeling the responsibility of life slipping up on us. There were 12 members in our class. RbsepaAnn Fifer, Maxine Masters, and Elvan Towell failed to return. We successfully put on a play entitled Hillbilly Courtship. Miss Macklin did an excellent job of directing the play. Mr. Spahr was our class sponsor. We are anxious to accept the responsibility and greater problems that will face us duringithe course of our lives. Joan Myers

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Hillbilly Courtship The Senior Class of 1947 gave a comedy play, Hillbilly Courtship , which was a great success. As the title suggests, the play is a good old hillbilly play. Ma Peppin CRuth Polingl owns a shack in the mountains in which chaos reigns. Ma Peppin is the meanest old White woman on Hog Mountain. She has every- body quaking in their boots including Pappy Stilsby CGerald Dicksonl who was continually fighting with her. Luke Stilsby fGlen Theurerj is infatured with Emmy Peppin CJoan Myersl, but since their families are fueding they cannot see each other. When the mountain nitwit tlsfarion Loganl mixes up some letters which were sent to the matrimonial bureau to get Ma a husband and Pappy a wife, Louis Cattaro tKeith Steinj and Bridget O'Flannigan lThelma Mumbyb come to answer them. There is some misunderstanding and trouble boiled some more. To complicate matters, Lula Triffet fAlma Bergmanl and her sister, Seedie CCarolyn Baileyj come from the city for a rest, and their Manager Sol Silverstein tliorman Tullisj came along with them to get some more hillbillys for his hillbil'y circus. Ma Peppin tries to marry Sol and ends up trying to shoot him. Reverend Boswell CV-erlin Craig? comes to the mountains to marry the critters that Wash had written wanted to get married, but all the characters clash and Bridget O'Flannigan marries Louis Cattaro. It is one of the most clashing episodes to occur on the stage.