Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Everybody Likes App1escruce Junior Class Play 'AI-Iappiness is like a kiss. You can not get any good out of it unless you give it to someone elsef, That is an example of the many joke lines that made Ap- plesaucef' the junior class play, the delightful comedy and suc- cess it was. K'Applesauce is a typical American comedy of small town folks. It is shown that 'dapple- saucel' fin other words, a cheer- ful optimism and the ability to tell other people how nice they arej will surmount most ob- stacles in this life. Hazel Robinson has foolishly engaged herself to a young man called Jenkins. Actually she is in love with Bill McAllister, who, though hard up, wins out in the end and achieves not on- ly success but happiness as Hazel's husband . CAST Ma Robinson ......... Louise Norton Pa Robinson. ........ William Carney Mrs. Jennie Baldwin. .Jean Johnson Hazel Robinson ....... June Krueger Matt McAllister ....... Edwin Cohen Bill McAllister ......... Robert Hood Rollo Jenkins. ....... Edward Lemon 1. Cast picture. 2. 4'Carboniized biscuits only once! 3. A slight argument.

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Comedy, Tragedy . . . Both in Plays MTHANKS AWFULLYH One phrase, Thanks Awfully, makes up Mr. Montague's conversation until a girl for shall we say girls'?j steps in. The Speech II classes de- monstrated their talent through these plays, which were presented January 25. Richard Montague ............................ Jerry Scott Dorothy Montague ..... . . ., .... Margaret Mitchell Marion Gatewood ..... ..... G wendolyn Haskell Ann Marsh .......... .......... M arilyn Post Carol .............. ......... B arbara Crist Edith ......... ..... V irginia Lawhorn Mrs. Dodd ...... ....... N atalie Harris Mrs. Smythe ..... ....... H allie Davis Enid ............. .... H elen Stockdale Nanette ............ ..... M iriam Cutkomp Mrs. Hemingway .... ..... K atherine Swords Mrs. James Sower... .... Anna Mae Mercer Carolyn ................,..................... Esther Sax Jane ......,..........,..................... Eleanor Huss THE HAPPY J OURNEYH An American family takes a trip in '4The Hap- py Journey, which aptly pictures anyone's ex- periences in similar circumstances. The Stage Manager ...................... Robert Lindley Ma Kirby ............. ...... L ouise Norton Arthur ............... ........ H arold Barton Caroline ............. ..... L elene Gellerman Pa CElmerJ Kirby ..,..................... Henry Carlson Beulah ...............,................ Wanda Washburn THANK YOU DOCTORU A lively melodramatic farce is Thank You Doctor in which a jewel thief tries to trick a doctor of the insane into aiding her. Mrs. Lester .Lois Crompton Nurse Gray .............................,... Elaine Foley Dr. Gurney A Patient.. Cort ........ ,,,, William Carney -- ..... Edwin Cohen .Edward Lemon Speech Class Plays UWHO GETS THE CAR TONIGHT? Q77 1 'LWho Gets the Car Tonight. a fami iar ques- tion in most American families is answered in the play of the same title. Mr. Jones ..................... Mrs. Jones .................... Paul Jones ..... Mary Jones .... Jack .......... William Barnes .Frances Burns' .James Carlson .....June Krueger' . . . .Richard Davis

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Just One Happy Family 1. Happy madness 2. Cast Picture 3. Grandpa expresses his philosophy of life You Can't Take It with You, the 1940 senior class play reveals an al- together American philosophy of life. The play shows the amazing and lovable Sycamore family, in their many and varied moods. Head- ed by Grandpa Vanderhof, who has long since learned how to get the utmost pleasure out of life, the Syca- more household constitutes a living commentary to the truth that the time to enjoy life is now, for You Can't Take It with Youlu At first sight, the Sycamores seem extravagantly mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful peo- ple are the unhappy Kirbys, typical examples of the unhappy rich. Penelope Sycamore .... Essie .... ............. Rheba .......... Paul Sycamore. . . Ed ............... . Virginia Beechler Bette Jean Horst . . . . . . . .Dolores Horst Chester Macrorie . . .Henry Carlson Mr. DeP1nna .... ...... . . .William M. Johnson Donald ............. .......... J ames Rush Martin Vanderhof .... . . .Donald Davis Alice ............... .... N atalie Nyman Senior Class Play Henderson ........ ......... R obert Rolfe Tony Kirby ........ .... J ames Meriwether Boris Kolenkhov ..... . . Mr. Kirby ...... Mrs. Kirby ,........... . . . An oificer of the law ..... . . . Mac ............ Jim .... Olga ..... . . .Charles Cook . . .Louis Condon . .Sylvia Marcus .William Barnes Bob Aronson . . . . .Bill Rinck Lucille Stocking