Fulton High School - Static Yearbook (Fulton, IL)

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JUNIGR CLASS PLAY In producing the Junior Class Play, the Jun- iors definitely took the wood out of their shoes for there was nothing stiff about Winning Schem ers The whole thlng was a farce lHJOlVlHg young couple, an aunt who hates men, an uncle, who hates women, and a slmultaneous visit from both The groom masquerades as Q girl for the benefit of the aunt, the brlde becomes a young man for the sake of the uncle Along wlth these characters are a Negro mald, a lunatlc, a police man, a dlstracted young neighbor woman, and a flirtatious old mald Of course the whole thlHg turned out beautl fully, but there was qulte a tense sltuatlon for awhlle The cast was Phillp Page Qtewart Wiersema Georgia Page Miriam Slkkema Aunt Jane Chlllings Jlrglnia Van de Sand Uncle Harry Page La Verne Fllkkema Hannah Helen Pardee Lunatic Onno Bllnk Pollceman Paul Burkhardt Loulse Caldwell Doris Green Mary Barton Charlene Shear ,A au Q2

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PECKS BAD BOY The Senior play,'Peck' Bad Boy wrltter by Charles George and dlrected by M188 Wabel John son, was presented 1U the Collseum, Aprll Ol Henry Peck, Jr ,Q very mlschevious boy of 14 lS very much disgusted with hls father for wlshlng a stepmother on him Hearing a conversation be tween his father and Cllf ord J6HWlDlS, hvs step s1ster's boyfriend,Henry, along Nlth hls pal Jimmy Duffy and his glrl fFlGHA, learns of their friend ship wlth a certain trio called the Harmony Sis house and as a result Mr Peck and her daughter Luella become very Jealous Finally the whole sit uation lS stralghtened out leaving the henpecxed M Peck, Sr , head of the house The following ast pro ent d the nlay Henry Peck, Sr Henry Deck, Jr Mrs Hannah Peck Jimmy Duffy Mlnnle Luella Thorne Clifford Jenninvs Melville Beaumont Lizzle 581113 Schultz Dora Flora Lora Bill Hunt Jim Field Mary F Nohrmar B J Snyder Jacquellne Le lie Jeanette Fcldt Wilfred Moldormaker llllam Lawrence Sylvia Poel Evelyn Hein Palmer Vanderploeg Ella Marie Green Phyllis Cossman M9FJOFlG Schumaker 'I X .gf.gY .X z-,, I' N-'lf WX : ,if fry-1-.lf E-xg W X3 4 M Url SY 5- U 5 I ll Q f 1 Q, I1 - . C A ' K . , ters. Henry Jr. lnvites the girls to his father's ' 'J - - ' A , l ks- Y X ' , c s e r : hw Q M. .lr V' 1 Q L 1 ' - ' .fi :tail EU Hi Wi Nj W! 1 51

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PURPLE MASQUERS This year a new club was instituted under the supervision of Miss Vera Current. This organiza- tion was christened The Pulple Ma quers and dcvot ed to public speaking and dramatics The speech class was the nucleus and other Juniors and Sen iors were eligible The club met every Tuesday after school, dues of 25 a semester were collec ted, and at one time the enrollment was 14, but it later dropped to ll The Purple Masquers made their debut by giv ing an Assembly program on Armistice Day In De cember they very successfully gave two one act plays in the Assembly,namely, nGuest House, Exclu sive' and nChristmas at the Caseys ' At this time the club made some scenery for the Assembly The next program was at a meeting of the Kiwanis Club Here they gave various angles on the National de bate question Resolved The U S should form an alliance with Great Britain As a climax to their activities, the Masquers, with the help of a few other high school people, save three one act plays at the Coliseum on March 51 The plays were nRich Man, Poor Man, Sauce for the Goslings, an 'Sparkin The proceeds of this were used t send various members to a magor stage production at Iowa City U wwwwwwwfwfwif 55 f ' 1 . A H d I 1.1! i ' 1 ' E O 115' at U u W! L! g vj Y l.'. 'Z tgf 155 m,' Qf