Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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CAST Letty Madden Gaynell Janke Agatha Madden Gloria Fee Maimie Collins Shirley Grimm Adolf Madden Philip Raney Julia Madden Margaret Rohrer Sara Arnold Marilyn Moughler Jenny Powell Mildred Gall Cora Kent Nancy Underhill Rita Norris Joy Keesler Steve Harmann Bob Thompson Jerome Judson Don Muliett Michael O ' Nell Keith Kaiser Dr. Reynolds Ted Abbott -)octov s KJv ' de i Everybody ready? Curtain going up for the first act of the Senior class play. The entire action of the play took place in the living-room of the Madden home Ln a small city in the Middle west. The disappearance of five thousand dollars at the store and Letty Madden ' s belief that Rita Norris, secre- tary to Adolf Madden, the manager of the store, is in- nocent got the play off to a start. Add to this Miss Arnold, Miss Powell, and Miss Kent, scatter-brained minor stockholders, who insist on making their own hats; Maimie with her desire to be a ballet dancer; and the result of Letty ' s visit to the psychiatrist, who tells her to follow her inhibitions — and you have a picture of the riot caused in the play, a reaction which was shared by the cast and their patient and superior director, Mr. Francis E. May. Upper Right: Letty (Gayncll Jankc): Are you a — a married man, Mr. Judson? Jerome (Don Mullctt): Not yc(. I guess I ' ve been lucky. Letty: Oh, well. Maybe your luck will change. Lower Right: Cora (Nancy Underhill): Don ' t you push me! Sara (Marilyn Moughler): Oh! Mr. Madden! How handy of you! —24—

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Left to right: Bo!) Wolfe, June Keller, Margaret Rohi-er, Bob Thompson, Linda Hardinj, and Joan Elliott. :]LP. nnce o er6 On the evening of May 6, the Glee Club of Butler High School presented an operetta entitled Prince of Peddlers by Sarah Grames Clark and Bryceson Treharne. The charming Princess of Bellarie (Margaret Rohrer) is celebrating her birthday — not that she cares a whit about birthdays! She accepts the gifts simply because it is all a part of the day ' s work! The Princess wishers for a change and excitement! And the wish comes true. Suddenly the monotony of the remote kingdom is interrupted by the arrival of Major Boobo (Ted Abbot) , to announce the coming of his Prince (Don Mullett) ! Dame Doodles (June Keller) bristles with rage when the Major annourices that the Prince wishes to look over the Princess, to see if he cares to pay her the compliment of a proposal. Ter- clump (Bob ' Wolfe), the heavy-footed detective, plans to spy on the Prince! In the midst of general confusion, a charming Peddler (Bob Thompson) arrives. His smile wins the instant approval of all except Dame Doodles and the Prince who so hates the Peddler that he has him cast into the pillory. The overbearing Prince then plans to banish Dame Doodles and put Ter clump into the dungeons! Finally, through the help of the Phantom of the Sea, and the royal signet ring, the Prince is brought into submission. Then the princess and the Peddler straighten things out. Amid much laughter, everyone rejoices that they have had in their midst the Prince of Peddlers. —22

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CAST Ham Ellers Richard Shultz Mr. Little Bill Hathaway Filmer Bobbie Wolfe Norman Peel Sidney Long Dicky Harpeddle Glen Newcomer Goody Linda Harding Mrs. Little Onalee Knox Cousin Olita Dorothy Burdick Henriette Peller Garcille McDonald Antoinette Grace Robison Mrs. Harpeddle Beverly June Carr Almatina Charlotte Johnson Cuckoo Helen Evanoff Screwball Jean Elliott Miss Pologa Pat Souder ke J ' taklmQ cJLlttlei qviuvia The Littles are like every other family and suffer from misunderstandings — but the Littles have the explosive temperament that gives them the power to express the ways they think life should be lived. Because of daughter Goody ' s boisterous friends, Daddy Little is continually hav- ing tantrums. He thinks all the romance of young life should be- gin as it did when he was a boy, and therefore cannot imagine why Goody has picked Ham Ellers, the most boisterous of the young hoodlums, to fall in love with. When Mr. Little tries to fix up Goody ' s life with a promising young businessman, Norman Peel, he finds himself face to face with Norman ' s aunt, who excites him almost to the point of homicide. Matters do not improve when son Filmer, who is at that hard, hard age where to be different is worse than death, has his own troubles, in the person of Antoinette, and when Henriette Peller invades the Little household as a Southern siren and vamps Mr. Little and everyone else. The result is a hilarious mixup right to the end of the play. Upper Left: Henriette (Garcille McDonald): I hope you ' re going to love your little Henriette, Mr. Little. She just loves everybody herself. Mr. Little (Bill Hathaway): That ' s very nice. Lower Left: Goody (Linda Harding): Isn ' t childhood marvelous. Mother? It dissrraccs itself with drugstore smell pills and then comes trying to poke its nose into adult affairs. Filmer (Bob Wolfe): You better listen — what ' s become of Ham Ellers with all this Norman Peel, Norman Peel, Norman Pee!? —25—