Princeton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Princeton, IL)

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JUNIOR CLHSS PLHY Back Row-Dean Teece, Eugene Gildermaster, Don Larson. Middle Row-Marian Lack, joe Zearing, Elmer Dalton, junior Ford, Eugene Wolf, Miss Henderson. Bottom Row-Kathryn Skinner, Nancy Noble, Lillie Mae Powers, Hugh Skinner, Marilyn Warnecke, Dale Espel. CAST Mr. Clover .,........... ............... ...........,.. .,....,.... J o e Zearing Mrs. Clover .......... ...,.,....... M arian Lack Johnny Clover .... .......... E lrner Dalton Spud Erwin ..,,....... ..,...,,.,..,....... J unior Ford Betsy Erwin ................ ........,.,... K athryn Skinner Susan Blake ..............,...... .............,... L illie Powers Officer Simmons .....,..,..... .,,...........,,,,..,,, D ale Espel Henry Quinn ............,,,,,. ........................., D ean Teece Lucybelle Lee .,.,,...,., .........,...,... M arilyn Warnecke Preston Hughes ....... ........,..,,......... E ugene Gildermaster Martha Willard ......,,.,. ............,.,.........iii,........ii,..,,,., N ancy Noble Football Players ........... The play chosen by the junior Class, Ever Since Eve, was presented in the auditorium on April 16. This highly amusing comedy is built around the activities of typical high school students. johnny and Spud, editor and business man- ager, respectively, for the high school paper, The Penguin are aided, much against their will, by Susan Blake as assistant editor. Money is needed for a three-colored Christmas cover, Susan tries to get it through a trade, but the only thing that comes out of the attempt is Spud's and johnnyls coming down with measles. Susan and Betsy then take complete control of the editorship and pre- pare to publish the paper before the Christmas Dance. ............Don Larson, Hugh Skinner, Don Myer, Eugene Wolfe As the dance nears, Lucybelle, the Southern Belle, sweeps Spud and johnny off their feet and promises to go to the dance with both of them. Susan, who had expected to go with johnny, is broken-hearted but carries on with 'The Pen- gum. Everything would have worked out according to plan except that Susan has made several print- ing mistakes, and when 'The Penguinl' is pub- lished there are several angry parents, and two of the teachers, Miss Willard and Henry Quinn, are forced into marriage because of a premature announcement in the paper. All ends happily- for them-when Lucybelle and Spud, Susan and johnny go to the dance. l-293

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SENIOR CLHSS PLHY First Row-Carl Olson, Lorene james, Watts johnson, Elaine Nelson, Bob Anderson, Barbara Haberkorn. Second Row-Barbara Mercer, Donald Sandberg, Virginia Slutz, Durbin Downey, Miss Henderson, Margaret Murphy, Elaine Ackerson. CAST Grandma Buxton .,,,,...... ........,..........,,,.,.,.,, ,....,,,.., B a rbara Haberkorn Bertha ..,......,,.......,..,.,....... .............. E laine Ackerson Buxton Hagan ,,,,.,............. ......,.,,..,,...,,.,.. C arl Olson Mrs. Alyse Hagan ..,.,,..,,.,, .......,... L orene james Nancy Rollins .,.,..,.,......... ...,,......,,. E laine Nelson Freddie Hagan .......,,.,.. ......,... B ob Anderson Sam Franklin ,,,.,...... ..........,. W atts johnson Doris Hagan .......,.......,, ....,,..,...,, V irginia Slutz Willis Simmons ,,....,....... ..,,....... D onald Sandberg Miss Jones ....,,.,,,........ .....,..., M argaret Murphy Phil Sanger ..,,,.,,... ....,.,... D urbin Downey Mrs. Wisell .,.....,........,..,,,...,,,.,..............,.............. ...,........,...... .......................,......, B a rbara Mercer A brand new comedy with an exciting patri- otic theme, Grandma and the American Wayl' was chosen by the Senior Class for the class play. It was about the troubles of an average war time American family. At the head of this family is Alyse Hagan, who has a dress shop which she has built into one of the most successful businesses in town. Alyse dosen't have much time to devote to her children with the result that Freddie, her son, is shiftless and bored, and her daughter, Doris, has become interested in Communism. While Alyse is in New York, Phil Sanger, a Communist agitator, calls a strike at Alysels store. He is aided in this by Doris. Alyse returns, and with the aid of Sam Franklin, tries to stop the f28 strike, but they are not successful. A tender moment comes when Miss jones, a German agent, visits Bertha and demands names of her friends who helped Bertha get to America. Bertha refuses and is later informed of the death of her husband in Germany. As the deadline for the strike nears, Grandma takes control and in a thrilling scene, she makes Doris see the error of her ways. Without the aid of Doris, Phil is helpless and does not call the strike. Freddie, who was also influenced by Grandma's action joins the army and is forgiven by his fiancee, Nancy Rollins, who had left him a few months before. Thus did Grandma,' save the day! J

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CHORUS First Row-Mary jean Pierson, Mary Lou Dean, Lillian Adams, Dorothy Ecker, Kathryn Skinner, Marilyn Warnecke, Barbara Mat- son, Donna johnson. Second Row-Doris Peterson, Rosemary Hammond, Doris Mae Anderson, Violet Nothnagel, Elaine Nelson, Maybeth Shaffer, Mary Schoenberger, Lenore Ackerson. Third Row-Edna Schnuerer, Carol Vane, Barbara Traynor Vernell Knuclson, Virginia Svedstrom, Betty Ahline, Barbara Findley, Gladys Sledgister, Katherine Tedrow, Isabelle Ferrell. Fourth Row-Miss Fry, Shirley Dawson, Virginia Myer, Loretta Linn, Ann Avery, Barbara Skinner, Elaine Ackerson, Irma Sarvcr Joan Hamm, Marilyn Paschen, Shirley Fordham. In spite of the fact that there were no con- tests in which the chorus could compete with nearby schools this year, the singers have been kept busy every minute. From the time the fresh- men, with shaky knees, tried out for the chorus, until graduation day, the chorus has been scal- ingl' along at great speed. In the fall the girl's chorus, to show their efforts, presented a musical pageant called Romance of Yesterday. It was a program of popular songs of the tens and twenties, with out- standing soloists in colorful costumes singing to a sailor sweetheart. The proceeds of this gala affair went to the Stage Door Canteen to help in pro-' viding entertainment for the boys in the services. O The chorus put the Christmas spirit into every- one by giving an effective Christmas concert in the annual Yuletide assembly, and they did their patriotic duty by singing two novelty numbers on the Appreciation Day program, sponsored by the O. B. E. On March 15, 1943, the 58 girls of the chorus presented a musical drama of Ed- vard Grieg's life in The Living Norwayu before the Princeton Woman's Club. From this time on the chorus worked on the music for the music for Baccalaureate and Commencement. Miss Fry deserves a great deal of credit for the excellence of our chorus. Her ability to direct outstanding choruses has been evident ever since she first came to Princeton High School. The senior girls of the chorus will always remember Miss Fry, the Little Theatre, and song. QI