Mineral Ridge High School - Ridge Yearbook (Mineral Ridge, OH)

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r --- gg, --g ll-1928 THE RIDGE MIRROR 'e TW 1928 -in SENIOR CLASS PLAY '5Tea Toper Travern . Characters : Marion Day-A canny chaperon ................ .... 0 live Heeter Rosamond Reid-Her neice, just out of college. . . ..... Marion Lynn Sally Lee Dixon-Dixie, from the sunny South ..., .... B ernice Williams Ann Annesley-A social service fiend ....,..... ..... l' Irla Chittock Barry Reid-Rosamond's freshman brother. . . ....... Donald Rudge Ilarriet AnnesleyAAnn's younger sister ...,. .... J eanette Anderson Tess-Ann's proteg'ee from the village .,... . . .Esther Matthews Mike Ryan-A susceptible policeman ...... ...... l lussel Lewis Brian Pierpont-A brilliant young lawyer ....,..,.,... Reverend Archibald Perry-Pastor of the village Dallas Thorne--Owner of the Tavern ..... . . . John Sedgwickffkn old flame of Miss Day ..... Gloria Sherwood Jerome-A fascinating widow. . flock. .. .Henry Young . . .Wade Schrum . . . . .John Rose . . ,Fred Chittock . . . . .Mary Daley Celeste-filoria's maid .......,.................... . . . Mary Louise Pearsall Story of the Play Three college graduates, Dixie. Rosamond, and Ann. inspired with the determination to aid their college endowment fund. decide to open a tea room for the summer. Through the efforts of Brian Pierpont, an admirer of Hosamond, they secure a charming old home. property of Dallas Thorne, awealthy young fellow who has been much in the public notice on'account of his engagement to Gloria Sherwood. beauty and belle, who. on the very eve of the wedding, eloped with a wealthier suitor. Dallas Thorne, regretting his assent to the plan of renting his home. suddenly returns from Europe, and, anxious to see the old place, appears upon the scene. Dixie, who is awaiting a prospective hired man, mistakes Thorne for the applicant: and, yielding to the temptation of such an adventure, he accepts the position, pleading as an excuse for his apparent unsuitability for such menial work, the need of outdoor exercise. No sooner has he become a member of the household-quite incognito-when the sudden illness of a maid, a proteg'ee of Ann, who dabbles in social service, is diagnosed as smallpox and the house is placed under quarantine. At the time of the ban, an old friend of Miss Day fRosamond's aunt, who is chaperonj is calling, and Gloria herself. on the way to nearby hotel, is resting while a punctured automobile tire is being repaired. These two are not allowed to depart, and complications follow. Brian, in the meantime, has voluntarily become a member ofthe family: and Ann's social service, unfortunate in its results, has brought her in touch with a young rector of the town. At a costume ball, planned as a diversion by the quarantined ones. the house is set on fire by some decorative lanterns, and in the midst of' the excitement it is dis- covered that Dixie is in the library, which is cut off by the flames. Dallas, hastening to her rescue, brings her to safety by means of a secret passage. The fire is soon extinguished. tlloria's scheming is discovered, and, as a climax, it is announced that after all, the quar- anting has not been necessary, since the maid has only a bad case of chicken pox. Forly- four

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t ,Y ,Y ,7, YYY yt was 'riuf RIDYGIQ Muihoiz ms ' Q 2 i 'ff i 1. fa- ' . Left to right: Dorothy Seifert and Ruth Olive Driskill LITERARY TEAM Dorothy Se-ifvrl and llulh Olive- Driskill iw-prvsvrltrcl our Srhool in thc' County Lil- vrary tlonlvsl. llulh Olivs- wont, lo lllvllorlald wherv shi' failvd to win a plavv clue to thc- fact that hm' dvvlainalion was ol' an entirely dill'erent nature than thosv used by tho other route-stunts. Dorothy won third place' at Soulhington in thc' prvliininarivs of the Short Story tlonlvst. but. failed to win clistinvlion in the finals at liibvrly the- following Friday night. 'l'hv original story writ,t,f-n by Dorothy Se-ifvrt, will appvar in anothvr part, of this book. Forty-Ihrff'

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LKIQQS me RIDGE MIRROR L ,...- .. . ...... Q-. - ,.. ..-L .. . .-.: 'iM.'f JUNIOR CLASS PLAY Safety First Cast: J ack Montgomery4Mabel's husband ......... Jerry Arnold-eAn unsuccessful fixer ......... Mr. McNutt-A defective detective ........... Elmer Flannel-A shrinking young gentleman. . . Abou Ben Mocha-Zuleka's father ..,......... Mabel Montgomery-A nervous young wife .... Virginia Bridger-Jerry Arnold's fiancee ...., Mrs. Barrington-Bridger-Virginia's mother. . . Zuleka-A Turkish maidenw- ............... Mary Ann O'Finnerty-An Irish cook .... bara C .onnor ......,.........,........ Dorothy Hose .,.. ...,......... M --g-.:g-.lfl . . . .William Shook . . .Fred Chiltock . .. .Russel Lewis . . .Donald Rudge .. .... Jack Welsh .. ..Gladys White llyacinth Walton Elaine McMahan . . . .Isabell Pearsall ll u th Williamson . .Stage Manager . . . . . .Dircclor Safety First ls a story of sustained interest, abounded in mirth provoking situations. Il's leading role is that of an innocent and inoffensive young husband. Jack Montgomery, who is plunged into the abyss of the law after trying to rescue a Turkish maiden from the hands of the Police. Jack and Jerry, his chum, visit Zuleka to aid the interests ofJack's cousin. Elmer Flannel, a shrinking young man. Jack, Jerry and Zuleka are arrested and sen- tenced to thirty days in jail. ln order to keep the disgrace a secret from Jack's wife. Mabel, and Jerry's fiancee. Virginia, they tell them they are going to a Convention of Shriners by boat. The scheme works. The ladies receive word from the steamboat company that Jack and Jerry were washed overboard and drowned. They are heartbroken. Jack and Jerry return from jail. It takes a lot of explaining to show why they were not drowned. Mrs. Bridger, mother of the girls, learns that Zuleka has also been missing for thirty days. she thinks the boys were with Zuleka. Mabel returns home to her mother. The third act straightens out the tangle. Jack thinking he is eloping with Mabel, his wife. finds that he is running away with the Irish Cook. Mary Ann O'Finnerty. F orly-jvc