Colo High School - Memories Yearbook (Colo, IA)

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' BEADS ON A STRING ' The Junior class of 1944-46 presented their class play on the evening of Qctober 20, 1944. The play was under the direction of Mr. K. H. Orr. tCast of Characters Bennie Davis . zezzalae Davis e e Q g Raymond Ethington J. H. Davis . . . . . . Jack Koch Benjamin Davis, Esq. . . Gene Boster Harold Besm . . . . . Nyle Hartwig Ab es 0 s 0 c Gerald Hrs. J. H. Davis . . . Marybelle emping Molly Mallerton . . . . . . . . . Elsie Schnur Jeanette Blue . . . . . . . . . . . Zola Smith Cleopatra Oleomargerine Johnson . . Mary Jean Becvar The entire action of the play takes place in the living room of the J. H. Davis residence. Act I Evening of a late summer day. Act II Later that evening. Act III The next day. - Summary , J. H. Davis, a small-town business man, and his wife are discussing their financial condition, which at the time ie very embarrassing, when their son Bennie announces his engagement to Molly Mallertcn. Bennie asks his father for two hundred dollars to buy Molly an engagement ring. Mr. Davis promises to give him the money if he will pretend to be a girl during the visit of his uncle, Benjamin Davis, Esq After much deliberation Bennie consents. ,Uncle Ben prefers girls to boys,'therefore it is necessary for Bennie to pose as a girl in order to win his favor and, thus, receive some or Uncle.Ben's wealth. Molly and Harold do not understand the situation and call in Ab Dinkler, the Town Marshall, to find Bennie, who they believe has disappeared. Ab hunts for clues in every nook and cranny and finally comes to the conclusion that Uncle Ben has-murdered Bennie, 'By Greb.' Bennie returns to the scene as his true self and saves Uncle Ben from being taken to.Ja1l. He xhen continues to play a duel role until Uncle Ben finds part of the disguise used by Bennie. Hr. and Mrs. Davie explain the entire story to Uncle Ben who takes it as a big Joke on himself. He is well pleased to find that he has a nephew like Bennie and gives him a quarter of a million dollars. This ends the stream of lies that was necessary for Bennie to tell and thus draws to a close the 'String of Beads' as Bennie termed the lies.

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SCHOOL DANCES The first school dance of the year was given by the teachers of Colo High, you know, the Student s 'Fransl' The evening was spent in dancing, ping pong, and a few card games that were stagged by those who d1dn't care to dance. They served pop and cookies for refreshments and at intermission the Boys' Quartett sang, 'Sing A Son About Susie' Who's Sus1e????, and Dance with A Dolly' gwith bobby socks onl . . . . . . .The Seniors put on the next Jive Jamberee, which filled the evening with entertainment for all. Intermis- sion furnished duets by Veda and Velda Thornton, Accordian Solos by Sarah Zelsneiss. Ice Cream-and cookies toooooo. Every one left at 11:00 because of some unforeseen reason, which none could ever figure out. ' Being it is that every class in high school takes turns for taking in the D0-RE-ME, the Juniors put on the next dance. A contest for those who felt like chasing from one end of the floor, to the other. CAnd of course all the girls did!! DIDN T we g1rls?????l The Juniors served pop and cookies to every one there, but not all of these people were happy, you see the grape pop was, well should we say, 'NOT TASTY1' Season tickets for basketball, was the original thought for the next dance and every one liked the idea too. You see, the girls lost the race, so they had to put it on. Wiener and salmon sandwiches were eaten by all, followed by pop. The party was broken up around 10:00. St. Patriok's Day, with clover leaves as programs, served as the theme of the Sophomore party. Martin Riese sang two solos for intermission after which pop and cup- u cakes were served. , The Freshmen put on the next school dance, the last dance of the year. Light refreshments were served and lgoalazalent composed the entertainment. April 27 was e e.

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N AUNT SUSIE SHOOTS THE WORKS W The earner Class Play waspresenteld April so, 1945, ln the Colo Gymnasium by a very well chosen cast under the able direction of Mr. K. H. Orr. ' ' Cast of Characters Aunt Susie Stowe . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Rogers Joy Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Bell Scarlet Deane . . Donna Dawson Laura Dawson . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn Davis Madame Zola . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley Andrew Mrs. Edward Dunning lCynth1al . . Dorothy Halsted Portia Lark . . . . . . . . . . Velda Thornton Omar Graves . . . . .... . Martin Riese LaSalle Johnson . . Tommy Williams Johnny Rogers . . . . . . . . . . Ray Weir Slick Conway . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Cummings Story of the Play The entire action of the play takes place in the living room of the King residence in a medium-sized Eastern city. The time is the present. Act one takes place on a late afternoon in May, Act two, several hours later, and Act three is half an hour later than act two. Aunt Susie Stowe, an eccentric and man-hating splnster, lives entirely alone. When she learns that her late lamented schoolmate, Cora King, has willed her her property, she wires her favorite niece, Joy Herbert, telling her to meet her at the King residence on the following afternoon. While Joy and her maid, Scarlet, are awaiting Aunt Sus1e's arrival, they experience many hair-raising events. Aunt Susie arrives, calms their fears and boasts that she has inherited not only the late Cora's house but the factory next door as well-- a sausage works! However, Cora's lawyer relates that Aunt Susie will only inherit the property providing she is married to one of Cora's cousins a man named Omar Graves, within thirty days. Aunt Susie nhits the ceiling' and pre- pares for battle. To make matters worse, Jo y is secretly engaged to young Johnny Rogers, who turns up unexpectedly 'bent on a mysterious mission and disguised as an old man. Aunt Susie mistakes Johnny for Omar and poor Johnny is on the verge of nervous prostration when the real Omar arrives accompanied by his colored man-servant, LaSalle. Lights flash on and off, characters disappear into nowhere, strange visitors run in and out and at midnight, weird sounds are . heard coming from the factory. Aunt Susie investigates and goes into the factory alone. The climax is reached when the eccentric old maid 'shoots the works.n with the aid of some love lozenges, LaSalle woos and wins Scarlet, and Omar gets Aunt Susie s promise to merry him. Johnny solves the mystery of the King residence with the help of Laura Dawson, and Aunt Susie consents to Joy's marriage to Johnny. 'All's well that ends wel1,' which truly describes the ending of the story