Lima Central High School - Annual Mirror Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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Left to riizht F. Morley, F. Harvey, B Meri-ness. B. Atkinson, B. Liizht, J, O'C'unnnr, C. Mi-ans, B. Hay, D. Roberson, G, Roberts. The Nut Farm lMc1squeruders' Plug! CAROLYN lVlEANS ---- Mrs. Barron BOB LIGHT - - Willie Barron BILL MERENESS - - - Bob Benz BOB ATKINSON - - Mr. Sliscomh FRANCES ANN HARvEi' - - Helen Benz GRACE ROBERTS - ---- Hilda FREDERICK MORLEX' Hamilron T. Holland JEAN ANN O'CONNOR A Agatha Sliscomb DON ROBERSON - Clarence J. Biddeford ROBERT HAY -----fAf Mr. Van Horzon HE Masqueraders presented as their annual play The Nut Farm , a highly entertaining three-act comedy farce by John C. Brownell. The plot concerned the crisis in the lives of Helen Bent, her husband. mother. and brother. all residing in Hollywood. when she believed herself to be a marvelous actress. destined to fame and fortune on the silver screen. Flattered and deceived by Hamilton T, Holland, supposedly a movie magnate but in reality a swindler. she nearly wrecked the happiness and fortunes of her hus- band, whose life savings would be necessary to launch her upon her glorious career. Her mother falls in with her ambitions. but Willie, the black sheep of the Barton family. is very much opposed to Mr. Hamilton. Disaster. however. is fortunately averted at the very end by VJillie's efforts. The romantic interest was furnished by the love affair of XVillie and Agatha. while Helen. VJillie. and Clarence J. Biddeford supplied most of the humor. Vslho can forget Helen's antics before the mirror. VVillie's jokes, or Biddeford's scenario reading? The play was ably directed by Miss Jeannette Stuart, who manages to make each of her plays better than the last. Mary Jane Gregg and Harriet Solomon were property and business managers. respectively. -ANN BRAzELTON one hundred nine

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Left to right, seated-P. Crosser, M. Jackson, A. Brazelton, M. DeV0e. Left to riirht, standimr-E. Bessire, G. Heil, K. Benedict. C. Condit, J. Miller, P. Jones, B. Derbyshire. II Il Spoolcs ffroubadours' Play! MERRILL DEVoE ------ Elliot Butterfield PAULINE JONES - - - - Judy ANN BRAZELTON Marian Blackwell JAMES MILLER - ---- Sam PAUL CROSSER - - - Douglas Blackwell MARTHA JACKSON - - Laurerre Payne CHARLES CONDIT - Silas Willoby EUGENE BESSIRE - - A messenger GENE HEIL - - - Inspector Ryan KATHRYN BENEDICT - - Miss Brown BUD DERBYSHIRE -------- Police officer HE Troubadours again offered as their annual play a highly successful mystery drama. This year it was 'ASpooks , by Robert J. Sherman. And didn't the play and the actors live up exceedingly well to the title? lt was necessary that four cousins-Elliott Butterfield, Marian Blackwell. Douglas Blackwell, and Laurette Payne-stay in a weird and gloomy house for three successive days and nights. in order to inherit anything from the estate of an old relative, the former owner of the house. All sorts of mysterious incidents occurred during their stay. Most blood-curdling of all were the mysterious deaths of two characters, lnspector Ryan and Silas Willoby lin which role Charles Condit, finest of actors, added much to the horror of the playl. Paul Crosser, as Douglas Blackwell. also did an unusually good piece of acting, his stuttering supplying much of the humor. Each of the players carried his role splendidly. This play introduced an entirely different characteristic, that of having the actors enter the stage from the audience, which proved very interesting. The producing staff were Marjorie Zimmermann. as business manager. and Mary Cutter. as property manager. Spooks , no doubt the most success- ful Troubadourian play ever produced, was capably directed by Mrs. Jessie Rhonemus. -ANN BRAZELTON one hundred eight

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Sealed. left tu riyzhtf-F, Morley, C. Fly, C. Stultz, A. Brazelton, B. Cupp, K. Ke-lly, G. Countryman, B. Claypoole. Stunilintz, left tu riizht-C. Eckert, J. Gordon, J. Miller, E. Schrenk, G. Heil. HWl1ere Tl1ere's a Will lJum'or Class Play! ELEANOR SCHRENK f---- - Lily Where ANN BRAZELTON - - Mrs. Emerson CATHERINE FLY - Linda Emerson ROBERT CUPE - - James Emerson FREDERICK lVlORLEY llfcillace Taylor Jo GORDON - - Mrs. Zella Keith CARMEN STULTZ - Lorna Kerrh JAMES MILLER - - Henry Hale CHARLES ECRERT - - Ralph Macy BARBARA CLAYPOOLE Sylvia Terry KATHRYN KELLY - - Jane Scott GEORGE CoUNTRYIxIAN - Gales Austin GENE HEIL -------- Edmund Lewis HE junior class of 1933 scored again in the history of junior class plays when it presented the farce comedy, Where Theres a NVill , by Charles George. To what lengths will a domineering woman go to gain the fortune left to her relatives? The play showed us the seeming tactics used by Mrs. Emerson to achieve her ambitions, by fair means or foul. An exasperating colored maid did much toward providing the hilarity of the comedy, and there were, of course, the inevitable lovefinterest tangles. Jealousy was aroused among the three girls-Linda. Sylvia, and ,lane-when their suitors became dazzled by the fortune inherited by Lorna Keith. l.inda's queer cousin. All this was happily straightened out after many amusing events, and. to top the excitement of the closing scene, the hen-peeked husband came into his own. turning like the proverbial worm to command the obeisance of his wife. The executive staff was composed of Eleanor Stiles, business manager: Mary Porter, property manager, and Mrs. Jessie Rhonemus, the capable director of all junior class plays, -ANN BRAZELTON on humlred ten