East Pike High School - Panther Yearbook (Milton, IL)

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CAST Tommy Wilson..........Terry Holloway Ted Stokes.......................Reg Campbell Mr. Charles Wilson .... Butch Rhodes Mrs. Elouise Wilson . . . Betty Deemer Miss Gertrude Harris . . . Judy Kingery Mary Wilson..............Judy Hack Marie George.............Linda Wake Wilbert Wiggins..........Bob Hayden Miss Alstead Billings . . . Linda Harmon Theresa Gant...................Carla Johnston Muscles O'Rourke .... Jim Graham Mr. Wilson: Then, Little Nell, I will ask you Once more; but only once more!11 Junior Dramatists Present . . . STANDING, Left to Right: Betty Deemer, Butch Rhodes, Judy Kingery, Judy Hack, Reg Campbell, Carla Johnston, Linda Harmon, Mrs. Meisenbach. SITTING: Terry Holloway, Jim Graham, Linda Wade, Bob Hayden

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Lawsey?! Linda Campbell Slicker Sam Ivy: Oh—you—you! Leo Cloninger Sue Grubbs and Dean Anderson The story takes place on a ranch which Eddie Eddy has inherited and incognito comes to give the once over. He finds himself in the midst of plenty of excitement and worried people. Mary Downey, former owner, in charge, worried over how long she is going to have a job, Gracie and Ivy, young guests, worried about finding eligible young men for heart interest, and about Aunt Min, whom they have never seen, but are expecting on a visit. Alex, the cowhand, is worried over his pet cow. The Professor, spending the summer at the ranch, is worried for fear he will find no more fossils. Enough, the colored cook, wonders whether she will ever see the good old South again. To add to the worries, Mrs. Fotheringay, socialite supreme from the East; her daughter, and Sir Freddie Twitchet, who has been tricked into proposing to the daughter, land at the ranch. But the house is not yet as full as it can get--for it becomes the refuge of Slicker Sam, who has escaped and is trying to keep a step ahead of a deaf sheriff. The Senior Class would like to thank Diana McBrian for stepping into the place of Dorothy Cloninger who became ill before the play. L. TO R.: Linda Campbell, Dean Anderson, Ronnie Hayden, Leo Cloninger, Leonard Wade, Sharen Mitchell. Sheriff: I got him! I got him ! I told ye he couldn't escape me! Thought ye could elude me, eh, Slicker? Well, I got ye.

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Ted and Tommy are caught with a screen while Aunt Gertrude is reprimanding Mr. Wilson. Mrs. Wilson and Marie are trying to comfort Mary because Chuck isn't going to take her to the dance. “IT’S A GREAT LIFE” COPY WRITE-UP FOR THE JUNIOR PLAY Pretty Mary Wilson, at home after her first year in college, is all agog over the prospects of a date with Chuck, her boy friend. As in all the Wilson's affairs, the puritanican and shrewish Aunt Ger- trude takes a joy-killing hand. She thinks the ideal beau for Mary is shy Wilbert Wiggins, a horn-rimmed bespec- tacled bookworm. Incidentally, Mary's scholarly friend, Marie, secretly thinks Wilbert is wonderful. Without warning, Aunt Gertrude breaks Mary's date with Chuck and arranges for Wilbert to take her to the dance. Tommy Wilson and Ted, his pal, decide Wiggins isn't Mary's type. They bribe Muscles O'Rourke to take Mary to the dance. Later Mr. Wilson settles Chuck and Mary's muddle. With Chuck back in the picture, Tommy and Ted fear for their lives when Muscles finds himself with no girl for the dance. They figure the only way out is for Tommy, dressed as a girl, to date Muscles. Meanwhile, Mary is trying to get a job with the Dumb Animals Bene- fit Society and must convince Miss Billings , the interviewer, she and her family are poverty stricken. Miss Billings arrives and finds Mary and Tommy wearing nice evening dresses. With Ted's help, they fabricate the tallest tales imaginable to decieve the baffled Miss Billings. Amidst all the confusion, Mr. Wilson is having his own troubles. His great interest ls dramatics. He's desperately trying to learn the lines for his villainous role in a community play and, in his efforts, strikes most melodramatic poses. Exciting complications continue piling up plus countless surprises before the pleasing ending. Tommy Wilson: You know I wish you were taking me to the dance instead of Mary. Muscles O'Rourke: Well, you're kind of purty. I wish I was myself!