Carrier Mills High School - Reminiscence Yearbook (Carrier Mills, IL)

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HERE Comte CHARLIE S E N I O R C L A S S P L A Y December 15, 1957 Directed by Miss Dean K C H A R A C T E R S Cln the order of their first appearancel NORALMALONE, cook at the Elliott home . . . . Violet Bennett Offi er TIM MCGRILL, Nora's sweetheart . . Harry L. Crowder Mrs. EANNY FARNHAM, Larry's aunt by marriage . . Opal Richey LARRY ELLIOTT, a young business man . . . . . . Billy Kirts TED HARTLEY, his oldetime college pall. . . . . Glenn Pankey VIVIAN SMYTHE-KERSEY, Larry's fiancee . . . Aileen Davenport UNCLE ALECK TWIGGS, in charge of Charlie . . . Clyde Croslin CHARLIE HOPPS, Larry's ward' .......... . Estil Nunn Mrs. CAROLINE SMYTHE-KERSEY, Vivian's mother . . Ruby Morse MORTIMER SMYTHE-KERSEY, Vivian's brother . . . . Sammy Gregg I. 1 The TIME--the present PLACE--Larry Elliott's home in a suburb of St. Louis, Mo. SYNOPSIS OF ACTS ACT L Living room of Larry Elliott's suburban home, about three o'clock of an afternoon in late summer. DL'- ing the act, the curtain is lowered for a few min- utes to indicate the lapse of one hour. ACT ll Same as ACT I. Two weeks later at about 4:50, P.M. ACT III Same as in the previous acts. Late afternoon in June, eleven months later. .L.i..-1--1 Larry Elliott, out of gratitude to Bill Hopps, an Ozark hill-billy who has saved his life, promises to do anything Hopps may' ask him to do at any future time. Hopps, on his death-bed, 'wills him his little daughter, Charlie, and his old partner, Aleck Twiggs, to care for. The old man and girl go to the city, and the complications which arise over Larry Elliott's ward provide a hilarious comedy.

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WI-HTTLIN X JUNIOR CLASS PLAY November 25, 1937 Directed by Miss Mathis C H A R A C T E R S Cln the order of their first appearancel Dr. ADAM GOOD 'Doc Yakn, the village doctor. . Hughes Morse RUTH WILSON, her motnerfs daughter. . . . . . . ima Miller Mrs. JOSIAH WILSON, her mother. . . . . . . . . Mary Tanner DAVE PETTERMAN, the village crab. . . Blondell Morse ANNABELLE DEE, a giggling girl. . ..... . . Morean Elms UGIPN, an old friend of Jimmy ........ . Johnny Noonan JIM Y EDWARDS, 'Dopien, with possibilities. . Robert Whitney JOHNNY DEE, a boy of the village . . . . . . . . G. B. Hill Q I The TIME--The present PLACE: The sitting room of the Wilson home ACT I Just after supper. ACT II Just after breakfast next morning. ACT III Scene l. Just after dinner one month later. Scene 2. Two days later 1,...i.-1-1 ' PLOT Jimmy Edwards, having been kicked off a train, is found injured, lying in the street. Annabelle reports her find, and Doc nYakW brings the Ainjured lad into Mrs. Wilson's house. He is a dope victim, and is delirious. Dave Petter- man happens in to collect the mortgage that is due and im- mmediately brands Jimmy as a suspicious character. He threatens to tell the police that Mrs. Wilson is harboring the boy. The boy is cured by Doc WYaK'sW care, and Ruth and he fall in love. The play ends happily for all, even Doc 'Yakn winning Mrs. Wilson after years of devotion.