Central School - Deeds and Misdeeds Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —23 HIS UNCLE’S NIECE “His Uncle’s Niece” “What is so rare as a day in June?” Nothing, when the characters are chosen for the annual eighth grade play. On this particular June morn¬ ing Mr. Brown rose early from his beauty sleep in order to notify those who were to take parts to come to practice the folowing afternoon. But!! The call of Mother Nature proved too great for Ivan Reynolds to resist. Stanley Green could not stand the great amount of work re¬ quired and Forrest Zimmerman had other duties that demanded his im¬ mediate attention. So substitutions were made and the following receiv¬ ed parts: Gaynell Graber, Anna E. Winnes, Fredric Schafer, Randolph Brandyberry, James Engler, Chalmer Fisher, and Edward Musser. They all promised to work faith¬ fully and be present at every rehear¬ sal but you should have heard the terrible groans when it was announced that they were due at practice when a good movie was playing. However, they lived through all these perse¬ cutions and the final night arrived. At the crucial moment Doris Nel- she could not utter a sound. Gaynell Graber, much to her joy, lost two whole pounds anticipating the outcome if she should forget to enter at the right time. Anna E. Winnes suddenly devel¬ oped a bad case of chills. Fredric Schafer started at the idea of appearing in public in girl’s clothes. Robert Shraluka turned red and white by turns. Edward Musser fainted on the spot

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS 22 — His Uncle’s Niece Presented by The Central School on Wednesday and Thursday, January 6 7, 1926 THE CHARACTERS 1— Richard Tate, Esq., a rising young lawyer.Janies Engeler 2— Francis Felton, the cause of all the trouble.Fredric Schafer 3— Dora Hale, very much attached to the “cause”.Anna E. Winnes 4— Alice Malcolm, a close chum of Dora’s.Gaynell Graber 5— Mrs. Sarah Ann Mullen, a woman of few words; from Happy Valley.Doris Nelson 6— Simon F. Felton, Frank’s uncle, who never makes a mistake.Robert Schraluka 7— Philander Filmore, “humble but wise”.Chalmer Fisher 8— Timothy Haye, gardner at Happy Valley Junction.Edward Musser 9—Silas Sickelmoore, the constable at Happy Valley.. Randolph Brandyberry THE SCENES ACT I.—Interior of Francis Felton’s and Richard Tate’s bachelor establish¬ ment at Boston. ACT II.—Same as Act I. Afternoon of the same day. ACT III.—Exterior of Uncle Simon’s newly acquired summer home at Happy Valley Junction. Evening; three days later. TIME—Summer. Directed by Miss Grace Coffee. SPECIALTIES Directed by Miss Ruth Cook and Miss Iva Spangler Pianist, Helen Haubold We’re Ready to Begin So You’d Better Listen In.Eighth Grade Girls I’ve Got the Mumps.Marcia Martin Oh, Such Horrid Colds.Seventh and Eighth Grade Boys When Grandmother Dreams.....Eighth Grade Girls Instrumental music furnished by the Cafaro Symphonic Trio, composed of Signor Cafaro and his daughters, Carmela and Theresa. Some of Signor Cafaro’s Decatur students will also appear on the program.

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24 DEEDS AND MISDEEDS and Chalmer Fisher nursed a black and blue spot for many a long day in doing his best to catch Edward. Janies Engler’s knees knocked to¬ gether so forcefully that Mr. Brown was sure he was injured for life. Randolph Brandyberry alone de¬ clared he was not a bit afraid. It was noticeable, however, that he listened with an eager ear to all the ways Miss Coffee suggested of hold¬ ing our nerves in control. After the second nights’ perfor¬ mance we were taken to the studio to have our pictures taken. Of course we expected to be taken home at once as soon as this was done but we were poor guessers. Mr. Brown took us by the hand and led us to the con¬ fectionary to enjoy a midnight lunch. We enjoyed this feature very much, owing to the fact that “square meals” had been few and far between during our weeks of intensive practice. We wish to express our gratitude to the pupils and teachers of the low¬ er grades for selling tickets, to our friends for supplying us with clothing and furniture, to Mr. Brown for keep¬ ing us awake and in order, though his “rod of iron” did look threatening at times, to Mr. Beery who so gen¬ erously offered to apply the neces¬ sary make up, and last but not least, to Miss Coffee who directed us and never was late to a rehearsal. As a procf of our gratitude we presented her with a beautiful reed fernery. Much credit is due the girls and boys who took part in the specialities. The songs were very clever and the girls received many compliments. —Anna E Winnes Many and long were the hours of practice but all were able to extract much comfort out of their strenuous efforts when told that their produc¬ tion surpassed all other eighth grade plays. The writer of the above article was too ' modest to comment on their success. FREDRIC SCHAFER “His Uncle’s Niece” -o- The following schedule has been adopted for grading the pupils’ pen¬ manship. 8A High School Diploma.A+ Final Certificate.B-f Improvement Certificate.B 8B Final Certicate.A-f Improvement Certificate.B-f- Progress Pins.B No Award..C 7A Final Certificate.A-f- Improvement Certificate.A Progress Pin.B+ Merit Button.B No Award.C The 7B’s do no write for any award so their grade is given by Miss Coffee. -o- Miss Coffee and Miss Bunner spoke before the Adams County Institute recently. The recognition was well deserved as they are specialists in their re¬ spective lines.