Oakville High School - Tillicum Yearbook (Oakville, WA)

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0.H.s. TILLIC 1932 SlENllOR PLAY 'fll-lllIGll-ll lFlLYlE RS This excellent comedy-romance was presented in the high school auditorium on April 15, 1932, by the Senior Class. The students' interest and cooperation, coupled with Mr. Murphy's excellent coaching resulted in a crackerjack of a success. CHARACTERS Dovey Doyle, an attractive country maid-Elizabeth Porter. Mrs. Doyle, her mother-Caroline Saunders. Mazie Murray, Dovey's friend ???+Ruby Bell. Anne Anglin, one of the gang-Charlotte Lee. Aunt Emma Titus, Dovey's country auntv'Dell Williams. Rosie O'Grady, an Irish maid--Rosa Dahl. Miss Mason, an invalid--Hubertine Michel. Professoi Collins, president of the college-Andrew Holderreed. Jack Whitney, Jack's father--Carroll Chance. Bob Bell, Jack's friend-Karl Blechschmidt. John Murray, Mazie's brother, a dude--Victor Ray. Mr. Peyton, the photographer-Ernest Moe. Beatrice Denison, one of the gang-Ethel Spencer. Dovey Doyle, an unsophisticated, but intellectual country maid leaves the farm and goes to the city to Berkshire College. .lack Whitney, handsome and athletic as well as unusually brilliant, leaves his little mountain home to attend colle . D interested in each other. ge ovey and Jack become very much Mazie Murray, a vamp from a town near Dovey's home, is also in love with Jack. She plots to win him at any cost. She tells Dovey that Jack is very wealthy and is only kidding her along, ' as he wouldn't consider anyone who didn't have aiistocratic ancestors. Mazie tells Jack the same thing about Dovey. This arouses lJovey's and Jack's fighting' blood and they both decide to win their heart's desire. Dovey's roommate. Balls. and .Tack's friend, Bob, are converted into aristocratic TNVPIITY-fOlll'

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o.H.s. TILLIC 1932 jlUNllOlR PLAY will-lilEZ YELLOWV SHADOYNW The Junior Class presented a mystery-comedy The Yellow Shadow, March 18, 1932, in the high school auditorium. Through the helpful guiding and careful coaching of the Junior Class by Miss Rose, the play was a success in every way. CHARACTERS Mildred Marvin, who inherited Viewcrest from her uncle, Maxwell Marvin Theriault Alice Perkins, Mildred's chum .... ...,,..,,, N eta MCDade Hazel Wayne, Mildred's cousin ....,.....,,...,...,,.,...,,,,..,,l,. ..,,.....,,, M ae Griswold Heibert Marvin, Mildred's brother who had lived in Singapore. Frederick Rosmond Gilbert Wright, attorney for the late Maxwell Marvin .,,....,.,,,.,.. Harold Bock Betty Stewart Nell Travis, housekeeper at Viewcrest ........,,.....,,,....,.,. . ,,l.,, . Jed Travis, who seems to believe in Gilleyloobirds ....,,,,,l..,l Marion Vaughan Sheriff Macklin, who has taken a deteckative course ,,...,,, Laurence Hines Marjorie Lemmon J. Steel, the coroner ....,..,,.......,,.,...V...,.,.....,...,.,....... ,......,.. Wong Song, whose past is unknown .........,..... ,,.....,,,,,,,........ I ieslie Bef-kwith Mildred Marvin, of New York, inherited from her uncle a winter lodge, to which the name of Viewcrest was appropriately given. Deciding to visit this quiet spot on the Olympic Peninsula, she invited her :hum to go west with her. Her att sullen housekeeper, her crazy husband, the brother of the heiress, an unknown Clhinaman, and a dead man in the mysterous house, which had not been orc-upied orney, Gilbert Wright, biought the ladies to the lodge. They found a for twelve years. The hiCk sheriff had a difllcult time trying to solve the problem of the murder, and to add to his complications Mildred, the heiress, was kidnaped. The coroner couldn't seem to find any clue to the identity of the murdered man, so she spent her time encouraging the frighened New Yorkers. tContinued on page ze Twenty-three

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o.H.s. 1933 Darents. Many screamingly humorous scenes are enacted. Dovey and Jack both make a desperate effort to be High Flyers. Dovey's mother and Jack's father appear on the scene and become interested in each other. Things become complicated. Rose, the Irish maid, says she'S heard of two most everything, but two mamas and two papas at one and the same time gets her brain goin' round and round. Jack and Dovey are selected to represent Berkshire College in a musical and oratorical contest, but have been too busy flying high to take it seriously until the day beofre the contest. Jack sits dreaming when suddenly he hears his fellow StUd9I1iS practicing their yells, yelling for him. He then realizes that he has been going in the worng direction. He determines to fight for his Alma Mater. At the contest Jack admits his poverty and makes a wonderful oration. Berk- shire wins the contest. Mazie's plans are upset a bit after Jackls speech. Her brothr, John Murray, comes in and spills the beans concerning the whole affair. After the real truth is known, Jack, Dovey, Mrs. Doyle and Mr. Whitney make it H d0l1bl6- -Mae Griswold. ONE ACT PLAY The third One Act Play Contest was held at Rochester, December ll, 1931. Little Rock won the trophy with the play ,'Submerged, Rochester presented The Valiant and Oakville The Singapore Spider. Although Oakville did not win the trophy, we wish to thank Miss Rosmond for her patient coaching of the cast. CHARACTERS Jason Harridew, a retired sea captain-Frederick Rosmond. Mrs. Meggs, his housekeeper---Callie Mclntyre. Jim Meggs, her husband--Marion Vaughan. Mathew Harridew, Jason's nephew-Kenneth Ford. Josie White, Mathew's sweetheart-Ayleen Compton. The end of the Harridew fortune, 37,500 in cash is in the possession of Jason Harridew, a miserly old sea captain. His housekeeper, Mrs. Meggs hopes that she will inherit the money, but Jason declares his intention of burning it rather than give it to anyone. Mathew Harridew, Jason's nephew returns from a voyage bringing his uncle a present from an old ship-mate whom Jason had left stranded in Singapore years before. The present is a small box containing some sort of creeping insect. Jason soon retires, taking his money box and present with him. Mrs. Meggs summons her husband Jim, or Rumsoak as he is called, and together they kill Jason and take the money from the box, they are both bitten by the poisonous spider which Jason, with an evil genius, had concealed among the bills. -Mae G. HTHE YELLOW SHADOW -Q Continuedl from page 23 Jed Travis, acting as a crazy man, was in reality, a Secret Service detective. He proved that Gilbert Wright was the head of the Chinese smugglers and murderer of the unidentified man. His accomplice, Wong Song, had tried to frighten the Easterners so they would return to the city and thus make it possible for the gang to continue its smuggling. The sheriff took care of Gilbert Wright and being relieved of the dreadful menace, Viewcrest became a happy home for the heiress and her friends. Special credit is due Mae Griswold for her excellent portrayal of the difficult role of Hazel Wayne. a part she took just two days before the date of the play, when the illness of Iriene Gustafson forced her to give it np. Twenty-live