Okoboji High School - Oriole Tales Yearbook (Okoboji, IA)

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everyone enjoyed the heart-warming, wholesome, play in three acts. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY CAST Nancy CRaggedy Nan! .an orphan . Gramp Withers Agatha Florence Tilly an elderly farmer his daughter-in-law her young daughter The junior class presented their class play, 'Raggedy Nan', the nights of October 17th and 18th, 1953. It was a great success and and delightful comedy the maid at the Withers' home Phineas Scroggs . William Scroggs . Mrs Finnegan Tommy Wya t t Constable Crothers Story or the Play, the richest man in the village Karen Johnson Wayne Hyde Deknne Welle Irma Froendt LaVon Range Irwin Bates . . his young son Bill Vander Gaast the village gossip . Ruth Williams . a young farmer . Harlan Gould the village police force Gerald Martin Nancy Edwards, an adorable little ragamuffin, known to all the townspeople as 'Raggedy Nan, is orphaned when her father is killed in an accident Phineas Scroggs, the richest and most powerful man in town, holds a mortgage on the Edward's farm and when he forecloses it, he sends Nancy to an orphanage Nancy runs avay from the orphanage and comes to the home of Gramp Withers, a sympathetic old farmer, where she poses as his hired man Tom y Wyatt, a farmer in that vicinity, is paying court to Florencd, Gramp Withers' grand daughter,but when William Scroggs comes home from college Florence switches her affections to him Tommy and William are both campaigning for the presidency of the Farmer's Co op Nancy falls in love with Tommy and through a clever ruse she outwits the Scrogvs family and wins the election for Tom y When Tommy discovers who the hired man'1s he falls in love with her and helps her get what is rightfully hers, but not before a series of highly amusing situations have taken place Senior Class Play The Senior Class of Okoboji High School presented the class play 'susie une siren on e nights of Avril 16 and 17 195 CAST busie Mr Reynolds Mrs Reynolds Petey Midge Jim Blimp Beverly Nona Jumbo Mr Foley Mrs Comstalk Miss Oakey Dugan X Zz -NJ f-ff the siren her father her mother her young brother her best girl friend the vandal his big pal high school girl high school girl Jeanette Q o B HISIIBCB ..of Harristown High a visitor 2 teacher 9 policeman 'fu E' Karen Morisky Irwin Bates Ruth Williams Jerry Roskens DeAnne Welle Nathan Gould Bob Schmidt Irma Froendt Vander Gaast Elmer Neilson Ronnie Arms Carol Timmons Carole Grim Mac Mitchell I ll , V of 1 . I ll , I+. Gusslo:::.... .:::..a young ne1ghbor..:::, .:::.LaVon Range I N N 1 f c ws Q' W 5' -f Q-.gf ' f , 1 if' 1 t X f .Q F it 1 . , - W .- A., mi --

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Story of the Play This was a story of a typical American family with the usual troubles ard trials The play moved along with the help of two so called 'brats', Petey, and Gussie, and with the displaying of their funny and hilarious stunts Also included in the family affair were the usual high school kids and their many friends along with a teacher, an old lady visitor, a harassed little business man, and a slow witted police officer The High School Music students presented the operetta, Mississippi Melody, in the high school auditorium, March 16, l954 It was based on the nAdventures of Ton Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn Joe Harper Ben Rogers Sidney Pudd'nhead Yilson Stemnboat Sam Aunt Polly lary Mrs Sereny Harper Susy Harper Becky Thatcher Widow Douglas Miss Watson Mrs Sally Phelps Ella Mae Phelps hammy CAST O ll IO ll Marion Northey Terry Christensen Ronnie Arms Harlan Gould Mac Mitchell Wayne Hyde Nate Gould Margaret Williams Karen Morisky DeAnne Welle Lois Hyde Jean Johnson Ruth Williams Kay Dannatt Colleen Grim Karen Johnson Carol Timmons HIGH SCHOOL OPERETUA ' . ' I' I .nm..........II ...fIIIIIfid Thlessen U C O 000000 fill!