Elkton High School - Elk Yearbook (Elkton, OR)

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.Tumor Play 'OV 09' Silas Dobbins John Morgan Evalma Bumpass Wxlhe Woodson Antoma Guarmo Mrs Guanno WWW Frank Gill 3 11111 Llndsay Glen Harbaugh Dorothy Brownson fMargaret Ottol lLarry Hescockl Irene Duncan Jerry Romesmo Norene Compton Lorna Madxsonj me 1 if-aw 5 Q' faq' are ada. Nw' FllCklE Nelson Mlss Pldgle Joan Parker Betty Phnlllps Betty Hendrxckson lBBf-h Weatherly, 'ir Mr bweet Paul Scalllon Dmfcfof fsound Effects, Jewel Jones Stage Management FF THE TRACK Thls was a play w1th a dlfferent tw1st It was lamd ln the waltmg room of a small waysmde raxlroad statton on a dark and stormy mght The set was easy to arrange and was more mnterestmg than the usual hvxng room scene What a strange and conglomerate mlxture of people were thrown together when a fast tram was deramled and the passengers came xnsmde to waxt for a rehef tram Among them were three peppy and attractmve college glrls on thelr way back to school lBetty Hendrlckson Margaret Otto and Dorothy Brownson a young man who was a student of the law school Glen Harbaugh a fat mmddle aged good natured Itahan woman and her ch1ldren Lorna Madlson and Norene Compton the wealthy and haughty Mrs Regmald Vanderbenter who looks down her nose at the other travelers Cormne Andrews then there was a nosy old maxd Mmss Pldgme McDougal who spent her tmme flndlnp out other people s busmess or trymg to Beth Weatherly also a peculxar lookmg deaf man who had a mysterxous old smtcase whmch he never let out of h1s hands, thus whettmg M155 P1dg1e's mgrown curloslty, QDouglas Dementj There was an engaged couple the g1rl bemg fhghty and dommeermg flrene Duncan, and the young man henpecked, but managmg to escape her clutches now and then, Uerry Romesmol The best comedy part was that of Sxlas Dobbms, who works around the statlon, sweepmng and puttmg coal mio the old stove, ll-'rank Gmllj He kept the others laughlng wmth h1s nat1ve w1t Also, there was the stat1on master, Mr John Morgan, fLarry Hescockj 36 km H 'F M , M 3 wg 1 ' m 1 J 1 1 1 1 1 11 1' 'L-- f .. ' W 1 g s 1 ,,,:,y ., ,,': y , 1 g g f ' 'll 1 s rr at t.l A - J ,. ,A f - ' A ti, 1 'Vt 'E' 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 , 1 7 1 1 ssele tif . t if 1 1 1 J l IYO ll ' . , Ja , K D: ' - , - ' ' . l ' Ds - ' Q , , Q ' ls ' ' - - ' 1 l J: ' - ' may um Mrs Vanderventer Mr Pozenby Cormne Andrews Doug Dementl

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Hlllbllly Wecldm' ' Paw' Ya wouldn t ax me t take a bath' An comb ma hair? No Pay Sounds a little like murder is about to be committed doesn t Lt? Well it s really only part of the Senior play Hillbilly Weddin which was given November Z1 1952 at E H S by the Semor Class and under the dlrection of Mr Sweet Paw Belsnickle John Beckley is a man with a problem Rather SIX problems in the form of six unmarried daughters Juney Low Julle O Brien is a pretty girl who wants to marry Homer Upschlager Since he wants to marry her at first ghmpse the solution may seem simple But no' Maw Belsnickle Eleanor Martin has decided Juney Low cannot be married until Ceelie Sandy Baker a ripe old nineteen and Bonnie Mae Grace Scribner the bookworm are safely married off She elects Paw to get husbands for them Paw takes his shotgun off the wall with a very simple method of pro curing the necessary husbands in mind He decides to wing them pick out the buckshot and have them married to his daughters before they know what has happened Bonnie Mae however declares that method is out of style and balks at the entire tdea of getting married Ceelie IS far more interested tn her pet rattlesnakes than a husband but she is perfectly willing to get married She is in fact willmg to do anything but take a bath In the midst of Paw s husband chasing Ronald Maxwell Ron Henderer a medical student and his They are touring through the hills and their car has broken down Temporarily they seek shelter at the cabm Both Ceelie and Bonnie Mae are attracted to the handsome stranger Bonnie Mae keeps her adoration secret Ceelie however demands that Paw capture Ronald Maxwell for her She utterly refuses to marry anyone else That presents a major problem since Ceelie is the dirtiest home liest hlllbilly girl in the valley Paw gets his trusty gun but unfortunately misses Ronald Two neighbors Barry Bloom and Larry Emel who are Homer Upschlager s brothers Chiz and Obeey decides that the handsome stranger loose among the valley s most attractive girls is a menace they must do away with They deside to fake a feud to scare him away Maw won t allow Paw to take another shot at Ronald so he also decides to fake a feud and shoot a husband for Ceelie Both sides determine to use poor Ceelle as bait The feud becomes bigger than they expected and the younger daughters Four Five and Six fMary Alice Bunch Betty Gossel and Mamana Jones find it exciting and fun The Belsmckles cousins Josephine Mulkey David scott and Pete Inman came to pay a visit and Obeey Upschlager is caught ln the Belsnickle cabin whereupon Juney Lou and Ceelie disguise him as a girl Cousin Zeke Pete Inman falls in love with the so called girl which complicated things further for while Obeey has on Ceelies' dirty dress he begins scratching frantically which caused his pant legs to fall down The rattlesnakes escape in the cabin and Juney Lou bitten or pretends to be and Paw finally forces Ronald to the alter wtth Ceelie Just as the Reverend Ken Aoee is about to pronounce them man and wife Bonnie Mae and Obeey rescue Ronald Obeey lays down the law to Ceehe and they decide to get married Mrs Maxwell offers to finance a nursing education for Bonnie Mae and it all ends well with Maw sobbinu loudly as Ceelie and Obeey stand before the Reverend 35 ff 0 4 I g , I' I v ' ll' U. . . . f . , . . y f D' . ' . aunt Lucy Maxwell fDonna Madisonl, arrive at the Belsnickl's mountain cabin. ' - ' , l lv . , , . D, . . . . . . . C . y . . , , - . ' ' is 4 O , . . Q .

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The crowd was thrown into twandemonxtim when Mrs. Yanderventer dileovered that her Elf WW etring of pearls were niilsini. Someone in the waiting room had them, but wh W Miss Phqie, with her natural tendency for sleuthing, lOOl'iSdfOI'fl1QITi2iITCl finally liFC7:fx'lfl1C'IY1liillm'H105-Tl1!1CXI79Cf9d place. , . the lunch basket of Mrs. Gpgarirzw, who wa- 'lX1LFYW :1 very had Spot. ln Sttite ot' the evidence afgrein-t her, B1ll l.1:id4f1y, 'he tvro' ezvt-etzve aw yer. wax convinced that ehe was innocent. He announced that he wr K ,goin-3 to li-ulfi if gtrelgniinary trial and he appointed I judge, jury, etc, He lilnifelf fleftnfied lXlr-. Guarino, ln a very clever way he cleared her and expored the guilty party. Then Mi-S X 1 ,.,.,., , .,, ,Y f, l nl- o,er . smart trick and found out what was in the myfteriou- Sixtcasc--niticli to her revret. .U The Juniors presented their class play, 'Off The Track, .ituril3rd:1th1'lP.lXl. in the high school gymnasiurn. The play was quite succeesful, wLth w -iroee fate of 4110 OO - l 1r I J 1 I T' 4' Jus--.. - IS H, A yi ,QT hy ,mg or A I wp! fill jnqhrn Ying' Il., 3:33 hxqmn and MPSJL MISS PwQ-- ?'tt-ee-Erfu f? n N ag' 2 5 D 1 5 P Il 5 'U 'fl ?'U 'I 'W 'Q f ' sd., X ? 9 ,xxx F ff I 'Af xx' :C 'Q IJ.,-4' sf' if N. if -Q' 'E ,D gb ,oo '7' i' 'aw H S ' 'c-.. V . arthur-g expyegghv- f Ib To gT!f! p, 1 .p I X I I to ' X.. YM '-L I. Q. X ll IIWD Bill, Flfckni, Hfrrvplhl Inn-'dhtijbo , Thne, Kakk I 3 nv, Faiths, ' an fu Mvt. Vghqg 1 - u rm v.-w:G.'f'2pfI. ,..a f