Raymond High School - Ra Co Hi Yearbook (Raymond, IL)

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TONS OF TROUBLE On Frxday evenmg Aprxl 30 the senlors presented the three act comedy Tons of Trouble Plot Albert and Veromca Hale a young marrxed couple llvmg ln New York have de cexved then- Uncle Jeremlah by tellxng hmm that they had used h1s weddzng check to buy a farm Also John Wh1te, Albert s frlend has decelved his Aunt Mattxe a bout havmg a wxfe so she would mcrease h1s allowance These l1es are not 1n danger of dlscovery untxl Uncle Jerermah decldes to spend the summer w1th Albert and Veromca on thexr farm and Aunt Matt1e resolves on meetmg John s wxfe The young people thlnk they have hxt upon a solutmon to thexr dxlemma when John agrees to lend Albert h1s Restful Roost farm upon cond1t1on that the latter lend h1m Veromca to pose as hxs wlfe However from th1s polnt on the sxtuatxon grows more comphcated by the mlnute The success of Albert and John s plan depends largely upon keeplng Uncle .Terennah and Aunt Matt1e apart so they won t learn the real truth from each other and th1s they are successful ln do1ng untll the fzrst nxght at Restful Roost when Aunt Mdttle and Uncle Jerem1ah begm to fmd mysterzous creatures xn thexr beds To add to the complxcatxons Jyeslyn Jessup an actress whom John had prevxously cons1dered hxrxng to pose as h1s wxfe actually arrwes on the scene and John f1nds hlmself wxth two wzves on h1s hands One l1e pxles upon a nother untxl fxnally the s1tuat1on reaches the pomt where It couldn t possxbly become d1sentang1ed wmthout tellmg the truth In the end Aunt Matt1e glves her consent to John s marrymg Hope Marks who turns out to be the daughter of an old frlend of Matt1e s When Uncle Jerem1ah learns how he has been decexved he decxdes to pun 1sh Albert and Veron1ca by purchasxng Restful Roost and turmng It over to them to work on each summer Cast of Characters Veronxca Hale a young w1fe John Wh1te Albert s pal Hope Marks h1s sweetheart Manson Marks her father Matt1e Brand John s spmster aunt Jerem1ah Hale Albert s uncle Jyeslyn Jessup an actress Geraldlne Poggenpohl B111 Durston Mary Lou Held Lewxs Durston Jan Snyder Bob Wedekmd Elolse Hjort Albert Hale, the husband --------------------------------- Bill Uhrig