Conde High School - Spartan Yearbook (Conde, SD)

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NOH PROMISE MEN by Pete Williams Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French 'N ll-6?--I? 4'-'N' November l4, 1941 I--IHI--If-IH! Seth Miller... ...... .... Neil Lenz Furber......... .... Lloyd Lyren Barry Hollis ...... ........Wayne Veatch Mrs. Sue Hollis... .......Florence Taylor June Hollis.. .... ...t.....Eunice Cutshaw Kathleen... .... ..... .... Vida Bradley 0 All 0 vu 0 0 Patsie L1nden.... Audrey Matthews Mrs. Linden .... .Gleeva Hopfner Gladys Vance..... .... Betty Schneider Ralph Saunders .... ...Robert White Mrs. Jones ...... ........... . .......... .... ..Donalda Olson Time: The action of the entire play takes place in the living room of the Hollis home, in a small Mid-Western city. Act I Scene I Late afternoon on a June day. Scene II Several days later. Early evening. Act II Same night. About half an hour later. Act III Same night. About two hours later. Stage Managers .... ... ..... .Boyd Tc kebury, Dale Flatten Properties ...... .... Florence Taylor, Donalda Olson Audrey Lattnews, Lewis Tennis Advertising... ...Catherine Fey, Frederick Sanders Elcpnor Dittus, Eunice Cutsnaw Vida Bradley, Gleeve.Hdpfner Robert White Business Managers.... .....Tava Morrill, Neil Lenz Dircctor........... ............Mr. Schultz Music...High School fund 0 Q Q 0 0 QMFI 71

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY To the isolated mountain mansion of Benjamin Garth, an eccentric old millionaire, are summoned late one stormy winter night, by means of cryptically-worded telegrams, all his living heirs. Upon their arrival, they are informed by Gerth's attorney thot the old man has died suddenly, leaving behind him a very unusuil will. This will provided that all the heirs are to remain in the house continuously fortwenty- four hours before they may know who is to inherit vhetp If any leave before the time is up, his share of the inherit- ence will be forfeited end divided among the others. . Then the fun begins! The house, which'has had e sinister reputa- tion for years, speedily lives up to its edvnnce notices. Ghosts, vanishing Quests, talking portraits, screams in the dark-ell these and much mor: contribute to the bewilderment of the hapless heirs. Before the night is out, stunning surprise after surprise is in store for thum-end for the audience as well. It would be unfair to tell you what finally heppens, suffice it to :xy thwt, before the final curtain falls, you will hive witnessed three of the fastest, most action-crammed :cts you've ever experienced in the theater. 70

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JUNIOR CLASS PLAY A Barry Hollis, at twenty-one, has just graduated from Princeton, thereby eoming into the fortune left him in his late father's will. His youthful eseapedes have won him a reputation as a playboy, but he is resolved to settle down new and become a worthy member of the community. On thetihih back from Princeton he meets and falls immediately in love with Gladys Vance. He persuades his aunt, with whom he makes his home, to send Gladys a note inviting her ror.a visit. Another note goes to Patsie Linden, a hard-boiled little dancer and old flame of Barry's asking her to send back his frat, pin. Alas, the notes get mixed! Patsie '-fr? rives with her mother, an ex-burlesque queen, and threatensa breach of promise 5532 unless Earry marries her immediately. Then Barry has a bright idea: He eouldn't possible marry Patsie if he had a wife and family already. So he gets Ann Furber, the butler's daughter, to pretend to be his wife-- and to make it more convincing, he Vberrowsn a strange baby. Into this situation marches Gladys, the light of his life, and Earry's in an awful pickle: -He'hei te convince Patsie he IS married and Gladys he I7W'T married at tht.szme time. From this pdyit complication pilcs on eohplieetien with'bcQ wildering rapidity--with a suprise on every page, and a laugh in every liner The elimax eomes when Barry isarrested for kidnaeirg the baby. Then, to top' Unis, he is informed that his estfte his dwiedled te almost nothing, end all his girl-friends desert him--t it is, all except ene. ' 72