Marlinton High School - Marlintonian Yearbook (Marlinton, WV)

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J II i] J D j! pun HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM :: :: DECEMBER 13-17, 1946 “A Ready-Made Family ” By JAY TOBIAS Tke cast included: AGNES MARTYN . GLORIA CLARK a widow, who is out to find a man and says that Henry Turner does say the nicest things.” HENRY TURNER HARRY CUTLIP former sweetheart and a godsend in Agnes’ case and declared that her home is “truly a perfect setting for so lovely a lady.” ROBERT MARTYN . DONALD AKERS eldest son of Agnes Martyn who opposes matrimony for his mother. MARILEE MARTYN . ANNA DAVISSON seventeen years old, is attractive and agrees with Bob, but finally draws the conclusion that her poor “Bruwer is trazy.” GRACIE MARTYN JUANITA WAUGH hasn’t any idea what matrimony means but knows she “doesn’t want a step-papa.” AUNT LYDIA MARTYN . FAY MORRISON after only twenty years, she still mourns the death of he brother, Horatio, Agnes’ former husband, and declares with smelling sales in hand that “no man can ever fill Horatio’s shoes.” (He was 6’ 2” and every inch a man) SAMMIE TURNER . ALLEN YOUNG admits that Agnes Martyn is pretty but doesn’t want “an adventuress for a ste-mother. DORIS TURNER OPAL GAY doesn’t want a step-mother, period. BEGONIA WASHINGTON . MARGARET ANNE COYNER Agnes’ colored housekeeper who swears that, “Us’ll be two copses,” if Horatio’s picture speaks. NICODEMUS . DICKIE GIBSON colored “outdoor-man” for Agnes’ household who delighted in “decoratin’ his interior with groceries,” and is “skeered of fits.” Stage Manager, Jimmy Lovelace Property Manager, Virginia Mullens Coach, Mrs. Reynolds From the previous notation we gath¬ er that the marriage of Agnes Martyn and Henry Turner has a bit of opposi¬ tion and just a few complications. The children on both sides of the question try frantically to discourage the matri¬ monial pr ospects by such extreme meth¬ ods as taking fits, being a kleptomaniac, monopolizing all conversations with facts about the appendectomy she has just had, talking baby talk, and playing such practical jokes as putting pins in the cushions of the prospective step-fa¬ ther’s chair. Though at first any and every solu¬ tion seems utterly hopeless, Agnes and Henry emerge victorious and the kids settle down to one another just as Be¬ gonia and Nicodemus decide that two heads are better than one . . And didn’t they make striking couples?

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? D ? U L i) in T y fi D IJ T £ S 7 1. Most popular GIRL—Lois Ann LeRue BOY —Bernard Eades 2. Biggest nuisance GIRL—Sue Brooks BOY —Harold Hannah 3. Best sports GIRL—Rosalie Chestnut BOY—Bernard Eades 4. Most likely to succeed GIRL—Joan Overholt BOY —Julian Shrader 5. Most typical senior GIRL—Joan Overholt BOY —Julian Shrader 6. Freshest rat GIRL—Mary Alice Beard BOY —Harold Hannah 7. Most in love GIRL—Dorothy Lee Waugh BOY —Jim Livesay 8. Biggest drag with the faculty GIRL—Joan Overholt BOY—Jack Vaughan 9. Most studious GIRL—Joan Overholt BOY —Loris Galford 10. Most popular teacher WOMAN—Miss Moore MAN —Mr. Davis 11. Most dependable GIRL—Lois Ann LeRue BOY —Julian Shrader 12. Friendliest GIRL—Lois Ann LaRue BOY —Julian Shrader 13. Biggest Flirt GIRL—Anna Davisson BOY —Harold Hannah 14. Happy-go-lucky GIRL—Lois Ann LeRue BOY —Charles Dilley 15. Biggest drip GIRL—Naomi Moore BOY—Harold Hannah 16. Most suitably dressed GIRL—Joan Overholt BOY—Eddie McLaughlin 17. Cutest GIRL—Lois Ann LaRue BOY—Ivan Withers 18. Best pals GIRLS—Maxine Kirkpatrick and Helen Armstrong BOYS—Max White and Merlin Provence 19. Most conceited GIRLS—Maragret Ann Coyner, Anna Lee Landis BOY —Harold Hannah 20. Best looking GIRLS—Nada Underwood and Lois Ann LaRue BOY —Ivan Withers

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i f j] j u a mn HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM APRIL 10 and 11, 1947 Tempest and Sunshine ' By MARY J. HOLMES JOSHUA MIDDLETON . HERBERT JOHNSON a Kentucky land owner NANCY MIDDLETON . MARY LOU CALHOUN his wife JULIA MIDDLETON (Tempest) . JOAN OVERHOLT their high-spirited daughter FANNY MIDDLETON (Sunshine) . HELEN SIMMONS her loveable sister AUNT JUDY . DELMA KENNEDY a servant UNCLE LUCE . LEE HIVELY another servant who loves to pester Aunt Judy AMBROSIA . FRANCES CURRY a colored maid DICK WILMOT .. JULIAN SHRADER a Northern school teacher MRS. IDA CARRINGTON .. JEAN MOORE a society matron KATE WILMOT . MABLE ROBINSON Dick’s sister DR. GEORGE LACEY . ELTON UNDERWOOD in love with Sunshine SUSAN MIDDLETON . GRACE RODGERS Joshua’s old maid sister On a Kentucky plantation, Joshua Middleton and his wife Nancy live with their two daughters, Julia, whom Joshua has nicknamed Tempest b:cause of her fiery nature, and Fanny, whom he calls Sunshine because she is so sweet and loveable. Tempest is inclined to be envious of Sunshine because old Joshua is always holding the latter up to her as a model of all that is fine and good. When young Dick Wilmot comes to Kentucky to teach school he is inclined to like Sunshine. Tempest exerts ail her force and succeeds in winning a proposal from young Wilmot. Sudden¬ ly there arrives upon the scene a hand¬ some young physician from New Or¬ leans named George Lacey. Dr. Lacey is attracted by Sunshine’s beauty and innocence and sees what a splendid character she possesses. He falls in love w ' ith her and asks her to become his wife. Whereupon Tempest loses all interest in young Wilmot and falls des¬ perately in love with Dr. Lacey. By foul trickery she makes the doctor pro¬ pose to her. At the end she confesses everything and the two sisters find their love has surmounted all differences. Sunshine wins Dr. Lacey for her hus„ band, and the play ends with the two sisters in each other’s arms, thereby pointing a fine moral.