Spencerville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Spencerville, OH)

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Seated: V. Hilty, J. Miller, M. Lauer, D. Taylor, D. Deniston. Standing: R. Schoesker, D. Becker, E. Hayman, Miss Deemer, Mr. Hausser, O. Miller, F. Hoverman. JUNIORS PRESENT Huburt, The Great November 9, 1934 CAST OF CHARACTERS Marvin Myers, the Comedian. ,...,.. .,...................... , , ...,.....,....,...,.....,...........,..,.. ............. D ick Schoesker Joy Edsel, the Heavy Woman. .,...,,.,.,,...,..,........,...... .. ........... Fern Hoverman Caroline Coleman, the Character Woman ...........,... .............. E dith Hayman Hattie Howe, the Candy Butcher .....,........................ .......,.., J uliana Miller Hal Dean, the Leading Man .,,.. .,,.,., ,....,..,,......,...,.... ,....,..,..... D e a n Deniston George Curtis, the Manager.. ,..,..,..,.,,... ...... . ........ ...,.....,... D w ight Becker Helen Heath, the Leading Lady.. ..,. ...,,..,.,. ..,......... ............ D o n elda Taylor Hank Smith, the County Sheriff ..................................,.... ...,..........,.. ..........,. ......,..,.,... O r i an Miller lluburt Montmorency, the Property Man ................,,.....,,.,,.....,....,....,.....,.,...,..,.....................,... Vaughn Hilty Effie Millan, the Town Orphan .,..,.... ,.,..,.....,,,....,...,..,.....,.......... . ,..... . .....,..,................,,...,.........,,........... M ary Lauer Sponsors-.- ,,,. ..,...,....,....,,..,....,,. ,........,......,.........,,.... ,..,,...,.....,..,....,...,..........,.. E . W . Hausser and Bonnie Deemer STORY OF THE PLAY Huburt Montmorency Qborn Henry Hicksj is the property man of the Curtis Comedians, a road show that does its best for drayma and the hinterlands. They have all the funny troubles of a road show, a manager who pays five down and five when you catch himg a leading lady and leading man who fall in love and out, a dour-faced comedian, and a sheriff who camps on their trail. He knows all about these-here-now theayter people by cracky! Then there are two wise and wise- cracking girls who can play-and say-whatever comes next, Elsie, who's all business over popcorn and peanuts and all heart over Huburtg and last and greatest trouble of all, there's Huburt! He has a heart as big as a mountain, a pump of conceit as big as two mountains, and a brain so simple a child could run it. The harder he falls the higher he bounces. He puts his lines over the footlights and over into the next county. We don't know which scene is funniest. It's a draw between his attempt to ask Hattie to mend his pants, when she thinks he is propos- ing, his collapse into the property trunk when he finds he's engaged, etc. It pro- vides occasion for continuous laughter, yet has tenderness and drama as well as humor. Page twenty-six .

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Band Continues Splendid Work At our first band meeting .50 members signed on the dotted line and began to practice for the band. Under our talented leader, Mr. Pearce, we prepared a con- cert which was given in the high school auditorium. On February 16 we broad- casted over station WOWO in Ft. Wayne. On Easter Sunday we presented a con- cert at Lima for the inmates of the State Criminal Insane Asylum. Here we were iirst rigged up in our new uniforms. To finish up the year we attended a band festival in Van Wert, Ohio, on May 3 and 4. Here we gave a concert under the direction of Henry Fillmore. We look with regret to the loss of our Senior mem- bers, but we wish them lots of luck and hope we may have another successful year in '35-'36. TRUMPETS Mary Plikerd Vaughn Hilty Wesley Sowards Billy Steiger Jack Kennedy Karl Hirn Bruce Hanley PICCALO Albert Sproul Mary Mack Margaret Steiger Stewart Spray TROMBONES BARITONES Frank Mack Junior Meihls Dwight Becker Joe Hilty Lela Bowen Mary Hilty Carl Pohlman Doyle Martin SAXAPHONES Quinton Morris Harold Miller Ruth Mitchell John Oehlhof CLARINETS Robert Lowry Betty Rider Ned Roeder Jean Mack Esther Beerman Genevieve Rothe Robert Redick Ruth Keller Madge Kinney Jack Jarvis Marjorie Hilty Dee Sherer BASSES Paul Mitchell Dean Deniston Harold Augsburger HORNS Kathryn Kelly Lavern Shaffer John Hilty Billy Reynolds FLUTES Josephine Swartz Lorene Shaffer Ruby Mewhorter Annabelle Roberts Gene Grear Hazel Goodwin DRUMS Ruth Hayes Walter Baldwin Milo Shobe Junior Wright Bill Foster Jean Neidhardt Dorothy Harter DRUM MAJOR Robert Townsend I ,ll ge twenty-five .

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Seated: H. Goodwin, F. Mack, E. Leffel, R. Townsend, A. Morris, J. Cochrun, M. Kinney, M. Hindenlang, P. Seibert. Standing: Miss Reiner, A. Sproul, B. Rider, K. Hirn, D. Sherer, R. Hayes, F. Burnett, C. Martin, Miss Rickenbacher. SUCCESSFUL PLAYS Hero By The Hour November 13, 1934 CAST OF CHARACTERS Kenneth Preston, Bored by the Month .,.....,..,..,....,......,.....,.............. . ,,,.,......,...... John Cochrun Katie, His Old Nurse and Housekeeper .,..,........, .............. P auline Seibert Millicent Rogers, His Fiancee ................................... ,..............,,....... E valyn LefTel Walter Johnson, in Love with Millicent .,,,...,., ,.....,,...,.. Robert Townsend Gladys Smith, Millicent's Friend .......,............................,.,.... .... ....,.......,.,.....,,.....,..,,.,..........,.. M a dge Kinney Betty Barlow, a Lady in Distress ......................,.....,............. .....,,.........., .,,,...................,.,.....,.. A n nabell Morris Mr, Doakes and Mrs. Doakes, Betty's Persecutors .,..,,.,...,,., Albert Sproul and Betty Rider Wolf, Thief .............,...,.,..,,...,.,,,.........,.,..,,...,.,...............,,,...,..................................,...............,.............,.....................,.....,..,., Frank Mack Ruby, His Accomplice ......,...,.....,,...............,..............,.........,.......,............... .................,............................ H azel Goodwin Burke, a Detective ....................................,.. ,............. .,,.... ,,.,.....,........,......... K a r l Hirn Murphy, a. Cop .....................,..,......................,.............,............. ............................... Dee Sherer ivlarceline, a Respectable Colored Lady .... .......,. .....................,... ......,,.,.,,..... ...,..,. M a r y Hindenlang Miss Doolittle, Susan Annabelle, no less! ......,..,.... .,....... .,,..,,....,..,.. ......,..,...... .,.......,......,...,........ R u t h Hayes The Dodge Sisters, Entertainment De Luxe-.. .,,,.. Frances Burnett and Cleona Martin Sponsors, ..,.....,..,..,,..,....,.....,..,.......,....,..........,....,...........,..,....,,..,.......,..,,... Aileen Reiner and Wilma Rickenbacker STORY OF THE PLAY Ken, rich and bored with life, goes to sleep over a story, wakens to the sound of shots, and tumbles off his resting place into a fake mystery his friends have planned. But the fake mystery crosses wires with the real thing and shortly Ken is playing the hero in dead earnest. There are excellent parts for the leads, brilliant, witty, and sophisticated, there's dear old Katie, the nurse, who will be remembered a long, long time, and sure fire parts for the girls-an indignant colored lady, a military highbrow, and a team of entertainers. Other tempting parts are Millie, whom Walt lovesg Betty, whom Ken loves, and Gladys, whom everybody loves. There's a slow cop and detective that's brighter than usual. The play is fashionable in setting and everyone wears his best clothes and hands out his best line of re- marks, and what with fake mystery and real mystery and gem thieves and kid- napping there's enough excitement to last even Ken for the next five years. All the ingredients of success meet in this play-thrills, romance and unlimited laughter. Presented by special arrangements with the Dramatic Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill. Page twenty-seven