North Bend High School - Lewain Yearbook (North Bend, WA)

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LEWAIN 1926 plimiff -gg gala il 54:1 The Chautauqua The Chautauqua given by the -North Bend High School students on December 11 represented five nights of entertainment. The Sym- pathy Orchestra opened the program with some extraordinary music. We were not astonished that such wonderful strains could How from such magnificent instruments. They rendered Humor- esque and some Melodies of Old Familiar Errors with exceedingly great Hharmonificationsf The drummer, Theodore Toreador Bangs, performed very well on his wide and varied equipment. The Art Gallery performed on the second night. We saw such characters as Maggie and Jiggs, Rudolph Valentino, Bill Hart and Baby Peggy. Next came a little play entitled No Men Wanted, presented by three of our young ladies. Each one agreed to have ,nothing to do with men, and went through many funny predicaments trying to deceive one another in regard to their attentions from the said not-wantedv articles. The Great Chicken Stealing Case of Ebenezer County was tried as the fourth number. Such negroesl Such apparel! It looked very much like we had imported a load of darkies from South Africa, and when the Lime Kiln Club made its appearance as the last number we were sure that either the students of North Bend High School had turned very dark, or they had borrowed a few shady ones from down South. The Lime Kiln Club radiated some splendifcrous melodies which actually exp1osified the audience. .J + L Page forty-four

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TJEQQILELQY ,sqljigg LLWAIN 1926 Music Department THE CHORUS A new department was inaugurated int-o our schedule this yea1'. This was the Music Department, supervised by Mrs. Artie Kelley who visits our school each Monday. A boys' chorus and a girls' chorus have been worked up very successfully by Mrs. Kelley with the assist- ance of Miss Douglass and Mr. Lemon. A boys' quartet was also worked out and an All-Hi Chorus, The chorus sang at several entertainments and received many compliments from the community. THE GYPSY ROVER This romantic musical comedy was a great success. A large crowd was present at this performance, being greatly pleased with the excep- tional musical ability -of the members of the North Bend High School. A very thrilling plot is woven around. an English girl, Lady Con- stance, and Gypsy Rob. These characters were portrayed with excep- tional skill by Wilma Mueller and Fred Daigneault. Two other couples added romance to the play. The parts of Sinfo and Zara were per- formed very cleverly by Dick Carmichael and Milly Sullivan. Nina and Jerome were played' equally well by Irene Germain and Lloyd Sallee. Marto, fBen Morrisj and Sinfo, partners in crime, added a touch- of humor to the plot. Ray Francis, as I.-ondl Craven, a jilted Englishman for the hand of Lady Constance, was very amusing with his English drollery. Meg, an old gypsy woman, foster mother of Gypsy Rob, was enacted very skillfully by Pauline Offield. When she was his nurse she had st-olen the infant, Rob, because of an injustice done her by the chi1d's parents. Rob had grown up among the gypsies, believing that he was one of them, ignorant of the fact that he was Sir Gilbert Howe, heir to the Gilbert Howe estates. Rob and Lady Constance planned to el-ope but Rob was captured by Sir George Martindale, fDick Muellerj father of Lady Constance. Rob is freed later and Ladly Constance is taken back to England. The curtain rises on the last act. Rob is now in England and has come into his estates which were waiting for the lost Sir Gilbert. Con- stance meets him and the play comes to a happy ending. Lady Constance sang several very beautiful solos. Her chorus of attendants rendered some very fine studies in harmony. The voices of Lady Constance and Gypsy Rob blended very beautifully in their duets, and these numbers were much enjoyed by the audience. The Operetta was coached by the musical direct-or, Mrs. Artie Kelley, Mr. Harry E. Lemon and Miss Effie Douglass. Page forty-three

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L ,,.4jZ,jE? TL'1 Tig iweppwgf 4 L E w A I N 1 9 2 6 as Kentucky Belle Qlwesenteci by the Senior Class, November 65 The setting of this play was in the Blue Grass region of Kentucky. Emilda Mae Sullivan, as Isabel Douglas, becomes very interested in a handsome young telephone lineman, in other words, Fred Daigneault. Her aunt, Mariah Douglas, announces the fact that Colonel McMillan, who has many ancestors and who is remarkably rich, is coming soon. Katharine Simmons portrayed this haughty, aristocratic old maid with great perfection. The dear Colonel had proposed to Isabel three times but on this occasion he is determined to have an answer. Dick Mueller, as the Colonel, greatly amused the audience, especially in his proposal to Isabel. At the critical moment, when he is about to ask her the question, much excitement is heard and the linemen carry in John Cason, unconscious. While John is convalescing, he and Isabel fall in love. They agree if her horse, Kentucky Belle wins the Derby, she will marry him and if he loses, she will marry the Colonel. The Colonel learns of this agreement through Marie Van Harlenger, a friend of Isabel's, and decides to propose to Aunt Mariah if the horse wins. Beryl Cunningham, as Marie, and her girl friends, Salena Rice, Vannetta Dimmitt anld Irene Germain, greatly surprised and amused the audience by their excellent chorus girl interpretations. Verne Offield, as Henry, and Pauline Ofiield, as Cindy, negro sweethearts, addied amusement to the play. Of course, Kentucky Belle wins and, just at the right moment, it is learned that John Cason Gordon is the hero's real name and that he is really a wealthy young writer. The dear Colonel consequently wins the hand of Aunt Mariah and John and Isabel are married and they live happily ever after. The performance was very much enjoyed by a very large crowd. Page farly-five