Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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CORNERED MOON bjy. hnn. Smith.

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THREE- ATTEMPTING to hitch their wagon to - - a star, the June ' 40 class was reaching for the moon — which surpris- ingly turned out to be a Three Cor- nered Moon inhabited by the mad- cap Rimplegar family. And so they decided to let their friends have a glimpse of what happens when happy- go-lucky people have the pins knocked from under them by the collapse of the family fortune. This sad state of affairs and the solution was recorded by Moon light the afternoon of No- vember 16 and evening of November 18. When Rita Fahy as Mrs. Rimplegar, the vague, flighty, slightly rattle- brained mother in the three-act comedy by Gertrude Tonkonogy, announces that family funds are nil, the spoiled, idle family is completely lost. Then Carl Hardin, cast as the handsome and dignified Dr. Alan Stevens, assumes a sort of mild dictatorship and saves the day by inducing the Rimplegars to go to work. Having been brought to her senses by working for a living, Elizabeth, an extremely undignified girl of 23, played by Mary Rose Hidinger, becomes dis- satisfied with Donald, who is Donald Wallis, a young man completely lost in his dreams and lacking any sense of responsibility. By a series of humorous, sad, and thrilling events, the Rimplegars learn to adopt more realistic standards of living, although they can ' t quite give up their peculiar humor and innate flippancy. Harold Miller as Kenneth Rimplegar, a sensible young man of 25; Frank Hor- naday as 18-year-old Ed Rimplegar; Kenneth Kritsch as Douglas Rimplegar; Thelma Byrum, Kitty, the Brooklyn beauty; and Joan Werner, Jenny, the husky Czech maid — all were a credit to their roles. Director E. Edward Green was as- sisted by Mrs. Vivian L. Siener, Lillian Lyster, student director, and Francis Jeffries, student stage manager. Mar- cella Smith and Irma Schneider served as prompters. Mr. Lewis Finch, Robert Kappus, Carl Nickoloff, Maurice Coff- man, Frank Danzig, Lee Roy Ballard, John Kelsey, Gillespie Bolin, Robert Ward, Earnest Emery, James Morrow, Lawrence Muesing, and Charles Marlett were responsible for the stage setting and scenery. Properties were provided by Berniece Berger, Lindabelle Brockett, Annabelle Breithaupt, Katherine Strols, Shannon O ' Mara, Mary Jane Mennel, Phillip Vudis. Doris Krome, Wilma Jean Hogan, Betty Jean Henderson, Elda Belle Ott, Flora Achgill, Doris Linville, and Ger- trude and Irene Pasch comprised the costume committee. Publicity was di- rected by Evelyn Skillman, aided by Mary Harbison, Walter Rafert, Pete Holevas, Paul Davison, Doris Coffey, and Betty Shortridge. Posters were made by Bob Turpin, Phyllis Juday, Dorothy Speicher, May Jones, Virginia Lee Beaning, and Char- lotte Smith, and advertising was han- dled by Miss Helen Haynes ' Salesman- ship II class. Janet Conard, Rocky Meo, Mildred Angelopolos, and J. D. Small were in charge of make-up. Miss Lena Brady was house chairman and ushers and assistants were mem- bers of the 1940 class. Erika Braf, Betty Henderson, Mary Spalding, Lillian Lys- ter, and J. D. Small comprised the play selection committee.

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