Kouts High School - Kostang Yearbook (Kouts, IN)

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Class Plays “Meet Me In St. Louis” It was a nice day for everyone except Mr. Smith (Larry Birky), who had to find a way to tell his wife (Kay Johnson) and the children, Rlpse (Sue Mansfield), Ester (Sandra Birky), Agnes (Mary Ann Knoll), Tootie (Sally Nuest), and Lon (Jerry Cannon) that they were moving to New York where he was to take over the office. After telling the girls that his boss, Mr. Dodge (Allen Hamann) was sending him to New York, the girls set out to find a way to stay in St. Louis. Rose called Mr. Dodge, and told him they weren’t going to move to New York, and that he might as well send Mr. Duffy (Les Young) instead. When Mr. Dodge came to see Mr. Smith to find why he wasn’t going to New York, the girls decided to prove their father was incapable of managing the new office. Agnes came down the stairs pretending she was drunk; then she refused to go to bed when told. Tootie sneaked around the settee and bit Mr. Dodge’s leg. As Mr. Dodge was leaving Ester dropped a bag of flour on him, and Mr. Smith was fired. Rose’s boyfriend, John Shepard, (Marshall Heinold) came in a little later and informed Rose he was transferring to Columbia University in New York, so he could be near Rose. The night of the St. Louis fair, Mr. Smith still was unemployed. Rose had tried to talk Mr. Dodge into rehiring her father, but to no avail. The same night Mr. Dodge finally asked Mr. Smith to go back to work, as they coul'dn’t get along without him. Everyone went to the fair and claimed he had never been happier. Other characters were: Katie, the cook (Gwen Heinold); Fred Gregory, Ester’s boy- friend (Francis Susdorf); Mrs. Waughop, irrate neighbor (Johann Wandry); con- ductor (Don Smith); Grandpa Prophater ('Harold Olson); Lucille Pentard (Marilyn Sutter); and Ida Boothby ( Janice Pfledderer). The director was Miss Dittmer, and the student director was Don Kneifel. “Stag Line” “The time has come for a new man in my life,” Mhudie (Sue Mansfield) said when her steady boyfriend, Davy, (Don Kneifel) stated that they were easy and comfortable like a pair of old saddle shoes. After that statement, Maudie decided she wanted older and more distinguished looking men on which to use her charms. This wouldn’t be hard to arrange, since Maudie’s sister Sylvia (Mary Ann Knoll) and her fiance Jerry (Marshall Heinold) were getting married. She could work on Jerry’s best man, Mac Kean Andrews, (Larry Birky). There was also Ronald (Dick Tabler), the house guest, just home from Europe, who according to Jerry, should be a sitting duck. While unwrapping wedding gifts, Mr. Mason (Francis Susdorf) came across some broken water goblets. Mrs. Mason (Johann Wandry) said that she was very sorry and was sure Dad would buy Sylvie more. Dad, figuring he had enough to buy already, told her to look economy up in the dictionary to find out what the word meant. Maudie took pity on Dad’s poor battered billfold, so she crossed the name of Mrs. Farrington Smith (June Koehler), one of Jerry’s clients, off the wedding invitation list, because she wasn’t near and dear to her. When Sylvia found out what Maudie had done, she told Maudie to send Mrs. Farrington Smith a special invitation. Maudie, deciding she had enough to do, sent Davy to deliver the invitation. Davy, instead of delivering it to Mrs. F. Smith, delivered the in- vitation to Smitty (Donna Pfeiffer), Sylvia’s dressmaker. On the day of the wedding, Jerry couldn’t be found anywhere because he understood that Sylvia was in love with both him and Mac, while all the time it was Maudie who was in love with Mac. Smitty, believing she was invited to the wedding, came to the house with a lace handkerchief for Sylvia to carry. Upon being asked where the wedding gown was, Smitty replied that it had been delivered to the church. Maudie again! Right before the wedding took place, Jerry forgave Maudie and Maudie decided Davy was the man for her. Other characters were: Maudie’s friends Alix (Sally Nuest), Julie (Janice Pfledderer), and Lysbeth (Mari- lyn Sutter); Sylvia’s bridesmaids Ting (Sandra Birky), and Carol (Kay Johnson); Margaret, the maid (June Koehler); Snoots, the usher (Harold Olson); and Chi, Davy’s friend (Allen Hamann). The director was Miss Dittmer and the student director was Kay Johnson.