Montgomery Clinton High School - Microphone Yearbook (Montgomery, PA)

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if f wr TIGER HOUSE f if ff CAST Erma Lowrie, June McMilleng Yami, Joseph Mauckg Aunt Sophia, Jane Hall, Mrs. Murdock, Lois Warner, Macintosh, William Henderson, Arthur Hale, Robert Russellg Oswald Kerins, Elwood Harerg Thompson, Robert Shiremang Peggy Van Ess, June Woodlingg The Mystery Woman , Frances Hartzell, CSubstituted by Maxine Eckjg The Tiger Man, ????? COMMITTEES BUSINESS Margery Pauling, Chairman, Helen Louise Herman, Eleanor Bastian COSTUME AND MAKE UP Fae McMi11en. PUBLICITY Shirley Mincemoyer. STAGE AND PROPERTY Ned Pauling, Paul Shrey, Byron Kilmer, Carl Hessel, Dunning Stamets, Harold Opp. USHERS Ruby Eck, Chairman, Dorothy Opp, Eleanor Bastian, Roberta Wolfe, Reba Reese, Zena Widell, Kathryn Baker, Helen Louise Herman. DIRECTORS Geraldine Bennage, G. Marlin Spaid. SYNOPSIS OF PLAY As the play opens, Erma Lowrie, a former shop girl has inherited a supposedly haunted house from her Aunt Sylvia, a spirit medium. When Sylvia traveled through Africa studying the Heathen Cult that she practiced, she stole a jeweled collar from the neck of their god, a tiger. The plot of the story centers around the visits of this tiger to Mystery Manor to recover the necklace. Peggy Van Ess, the pretty girl friend of Erma, Oswald Kerins, a bug catcherug and Arthur Hale, Erma's cousin, arrive just as things begin to happen. Throughout the play, everyone, especially Aunt Sophia, who makes her home with Erma, is led to suspect Yami, a mysterious houseboy, and Mrs. Murdock, a secretive Scotch housekeeper, who always appear unexpectedly and create an air of suspense, even when they are not speaking. To add to the tension, a tiger is reported to have escaped from a circus near-by. The first act is climaxed by the appearance of the Mystery Woman who soon vanishes when a pair of tiger claws, which appear from behind a book case, tighten about her shoulders just as the lights go out. A masked face appears at the window while Erma, and MacIntosh, the new boatman who is really a detective summoned by Erma, are talking. While he tries to find the identity of the masked face, he is drawn into the fireplace by the tiger claws. Later when Arthur, Erma's cousin, and the heroine are examining Aunt Sylvia's picture, they discover a letter addressed to Erma. It tells the location of instructions concern- ing the whereabouts of the stolen necklace. Meanwhile Mac has discovered a secret room behind the fireplaceg and in it he finds the Mystery Woman, who tells him of the great danger to Erma if she does not leave Mystery Manor. Arthur urges Erma to follow the instructions of the letter. This leads to their ex- ploring the secret room together until they find the hiding place of the jewels. After a swift succession of surprising events, Arthur reveals himself as the Tiger Man and admits that he has played on the superstitious of the household in an attempt to frighten all people away from Mystery Manor. He also tells of murdering Aunt Sylvia and of his attempts on the life of the Mystery Woman, who is his! wife. In the end, Arthur and his accomplice, Thompson, are turned over to the police to receive their just punishment. Yami decides not to return the necklace to the Tiger Cult, of which he is the High Priest, but to present it to Erma and Mac as a wedding present. Twenty-nine

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DC YO REMEMBER? How large our class was when We were freshmen? The various girls Bill Henderson liked at one time or another? How seldom Byron Kilmer came to school on time his senior year? How often Maxine Eck Was on the Honor Roll? The football play vvewput on for Mr. Guido's Assembly? That very often We forgot to study our Problems lesson? The Wonderful party our sophomore year at Margery's home? How much Bob Russell talked in Study Hall? Didn't We all? How humiliating it was when the orchestra didnlt show up for the Junior-Senior Party? How saucy Carl Hessel could sometimes be to his superiors? How diflicult it was to stay awake in English Literature class? How similar chemical equations are to Greek? Ruby Eck's peculiar sneeze? Our disgust when We didn't have our senior pictures taken the first time we dressed for the occasion? 1-low talkative Helen Louise Herman is? The Cuseful?j gifts we received at the Senior Christmas Party? How we loved to assemble the Microphone in English Literature class? What good salesmen We were whenever the class needed money? How pleased We were with our felt goods? How often Paul Shrey quarreled with Mary Norma? How attentive Eugene Houser was to Arlene Brouse? How long it took June McMillen to captivate John Waltman? The fun We had rehearsing for the Senior Class Play? That Mrs. Gearhart sometimes doubted the intelligence of the chemistry class? How pleased the 12X Group was the morning Ned Pauling ordered S150 worth of War Stamps? Thirty