Maroa Forsyth High School - Trojanaire / Maronois Yearbook (Maroa, IL)

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ee A for the production of the play New Fires. Miss Helen Sutton directed this production which proved | to be very successful. Members of the cast were Roy Foulke, Nina Miller, Dorothy Cooper, Eugene Dial, Herman Gardner, Rueberta Grady, Rosalie Leach Rolla Crouch, Edwin Daggett, Mary Vorce, Leland Montgomery, Anna Mashburn, Evelyn Friis, Maxine Rose, and Alice Anderson, In the spring of the year every member of our. studio was xckited over the Annual Ball which was to be held at a club- house near our studio, Two members of our studio, Dorothy Cooper and Rueberta Grady, received con- tracts to be .in the one-act play contest Why Hubert which ‘was an .academy award winner, For this scene we find that the camera man is James Stoutenborough; the misical director, Bobby Nick Hoffman; the script writer, Herman Gardner: sound producer, Harold Wilkey. To the board of direct- ors wc sont Donald Hartsock and Fay Hoffman, to the publicity committec we again sent Wanda Rcocd and Bruce Mashburn. For the making of the last scene we had 30 people present out of the beginning 40. Our camcra man this scone is Bruce Mashburn: musical director Herman Gardner; script writer, Evelyn Friis, sound producor Nina Milley, To the board of directors we sent Edwin Dascott and Dorothy Cooper. For the publicity committee wo chose Maxine Rose and Donald Hartsock, Cur main production his year was Vory Untruly Yours which again was directed by Miss Helen Sutton, Those who had parts were Loland Montgomery, Herman Gardner, Maxine Rose, Roy Foulke, Rueborta Grady, Nadine McKinney, Edwin Daggett, Harold Wilkey,Vcrna Clary,and Ruth Harris A now assistant director, Mr, Alfred Lloyd, came to help us with the last scone, And so efter a grand finale the lights in the house go on and we are roady, after four yoars of work, pleasure, fricondship, and loyalty, to begin a new movie, Not all togcther anymore, but as individuals, we sign new contracts

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Finnual === eae eat aS re REY Class History The characters in this movie are the 30 mem= bers of the class of '41, We are first seen when we begin to take our first screen test. There are 40 of us, Our director is Mr. Paul Swan; the pro- ducer is Mr, W. D. Keyes, The following served as very helpful assistants; Mr. Fe W. England, Mre John Hensey, Miss Venus Johnson, Miss Martha Flugum, Miss Edna Ulmer, Miss June Grabb and Miss Elsie Zelle, In addition we had tha following people to help the director and produccr, The class president whom wo shall call the camera man, Paul Miller: Vice Prosidcent who will be known as tho musical dircctor, . John Crocker; the script writer or sccrotary, Dorothy Cooper; the trassurar Or sound producgor was Nina Miller, Each studio sent representatives to the board of directors or the Studcnt Council. We scent Jamcs Stoutcnborough and Rolla Crouch, Evory studio neods a good pub- Licity committeo and to this we electcd Nadine McKinney and Wanda Reed. This is also lnown to Some as the Pop Committco, Wo finishod this scene and all were glad to go homo and get restod for the important sconcos to follow Soom, Some of our friconds havo rocoived contracts with othor studios, Wc havo somo now aati atant directors who will guide and holy us to bccono better actors and actresses, The new assistant diroctors aro Miss Holon Sutton, Miss Lois Bottecn- ficld, Miss Mildred Sehulzc, Miss Maxine Boutko, and Mr. M. J. Nicol, In this sconc WOse aera: = sie Camora man is Donald Hartsock; sound producor Lee Montgomery; musical director, Nina Mic tons « script writor Horman Gardnor. To the board of dircctors wo sont Rucberta Grady and Jamus Stoutonborough, For the publicity committoo wo choso Wanda Reed and Brucc Mashburn, When wo camo to begin making tho third seono we knew that this would be important to us md vo would all try to do our best. Wo had ono now as- sistant director for this Scene, Miss Betty Stadt. mon, who has been very helpful to us, At this timo Soveral members of our studio received contracts

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Hiphaet) eee CLASS WILL We, the senior cless of nineteen hundred and forty one, of Maroa Community High School, of the city of Maroa, of the county of Macon, and the state of Tllinois, being of sound mind and Memory y do make, publish, end declare this our last will and testament in manner and form as follows: First: We bid farewell to our teachers, We extend to them our sympathy for the grief ovr parting has caused them and hope that they will find comfort in future senior classes, Second: To the oncoming senior class we be- queath our ability to disagree in all class sub- jects and home room discussions, Also we leave them our inability to make class decisions, Third: We, the individual members of the class, leave the following personal items to our loyal underclassmen, I, Alice Loraine Anderson--bequeath my shy smile to Norma Burks so that she may be understood bet- ter, I, Mary Carolyn Allsup--leave my curly hair to Marguerite Anderson so that shc may be able to vamp the boys, I, Verna Marie Clary--bequeath my ability to sing to Mary Ellen Wikoff, I, Dorothy Leah Coopor---bequeath my ability to play the piano in all kinds of weather to Dorothy JONES. I, Rolla Moans Crouch--leave my fast talking in English to Shirley Heil so that she can make good gradcs too, I, Thomas Edwin Daggett--boqueath my freckles to Jack Cockran, | I, Marvin Richard Elliott--bequcath my Small stat- ure to Bill Hambrecht,