Casey High School - Flame Yearbook (Casey, IL)

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Dramatics NIGHT OF JANUARY 16th On February 13, the junior class presented The Night of January 16th . It was a murder trial. A jury of eight women and four men was chosen from the audience. The story was that Bjorn Faulkner had been murdered. Karen Andre, his efficient secretary, was the defendant. Here's our cast: Prison matron—Iwana Bartholomew; Bailiff—Victor Orrell; Judge Heath—Dewey Moore; District Attorney Flint—Ralph Sharp; his secretary—Winnie Mumford; Defense Attorney Stevens—Bill Victor; his secretary—Leta Williams; Clerk of the Court—Leo Gosney; Karen Andre—Virginia Youngman; Dr. Kirkland—Bob Lacey; Mrs. John Hutchins—llene Estes; Homer Van Fleet—Bob Mills; Elmer Sweeney—Farrell Rogers; Nancy Lee Faulkner—Freda Spencer; Magda Svenson— Evelyn Dixon; John Graham Whitfield—Ivan Sidwell; Jane Chandler— Dorothy Kaufmann; Sigurd Jungquist—Harold Huddleston; Larry Regan —Lyle Cunningham; Roberta Van Rensselair—Maxine Perisho; Court Secretary—Thelma Hogue; Policeman—Joe Cassidy. The third act ended; there was a flashback and the jury returned. The final verdict was not guilty. Have you ever seen this gun

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Bertha Heetland WHAT A LIFE! Oh, my goodness, What A Life Henry Aldrich had in a play by the same name which the seniors of 1941 presented December 5, 1940. It seems that Henry is a junior in Central High and is the exact replica, (almost) of Bill Watson who personified him in the play. Henry is a real boy who doesn't know enough to stay out of trouble, so overboard he goes. His real friend is Mr. Nelson (Jim Wood), who understands Henry. Henry, on one of his trips to the office, meets a girl, Barbara Pearson (Ginger Vail), for whom he falls hook, line, and sinker. And so the play goes on. Here is the cast: Mrs. Aldrich—Connie Welch; Mr. Patterson— Weldon Calvart; George Biglow—Jim Baker; Miss Whittier—Theda Robbins; Principal—Bill Ault; Miss Shea—Rosemary Weigle; Mr. Ferg-son—Ralph Brooke; Miss Eggleston—Dorothy Robinson; Bill—Bill Weaver; Mr. Vechitto—Leo Gard; Mary Deter—Jewell Wilson; Miss Johnson—Phyllis Wright; Miss Pike—Betty Speakman; School girl— Jayne Shick. Now, Mr. Patterson! Maybe, it's just a colloquial expression.

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The FLAME is like a history of our town. It might also be called Who's Who? of Casey High. Memories are elusive things and through the FLAME they can be captured and kept. Now that you have the FLAME in hand, perhaps you will be interested in knowing how it is published. The theme, the type of pictures, and the mounting are chosen. The ideas are given to the printer who makes a dummy, and during this time pictures are being taken. After the dummy is received from the printer, the pictures are organized and listings are made. Soon after this the overwhelming task of writing copy is begun. When the copy is completed and the pictures are all in, Dorothy Robinson says, All there is to do is to sit, wait, hope, and pray. Also, we have our local news sheet with star reporters, ace writers, and Walter Winchells. The BROADCASTER puts the happenings and the students before the eyes of the public every other week. Its editor has the privilege of printing items in the town papers. This year, for the first time, the students are editing a special edition of the BROADCASTER every other week, in cooperation with the CASEY REPORTER. In addition to these special editions, each week the news appears in the CASEY BANNER TIMES. And now for a play by play account of an edition of the BROADCASTER. The assignments are planned and given out by the editor. They are then posted and the different members of the staff get their information during the seventh period. Articles are turned in to the editor, checked, typed, rechecked, and sent to the paper. 26