Spencerville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Spencerville, OH)

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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

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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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li- - Seated: M. Shobe, C. McMichael, R. Mueller, P. Mitchell, M. Myers. Standing: Miss Reiner, A. Coil, P. Lusk, J. Swartz, D. Sherman, W. Miller, Miss Rickenbacher. SENIOR PLAYS Dumb Dolivar April 26, 1935 CAST OF CHARACTERS John Hampton, a rancher of the old school ,. ,....,. .. .... ..,. , ' .......Arthur Coil Patty Hampton, his daughter ., .. , , ...... Rose Marie Mueller Dolivar Dodds, who tries to be a secretary., ,... ............,,,,...,,..,, P aul Mitchell Old Cap, a teller of tall tales ..,,.,. , , .....,.,..,,,,.,....... Willard Miller Giddy Elkins, Patty's friend. ,..... ,,,.. M ,....,. ..... D orothy Sherman Wong, a servant ...,.,.....,..... ...... , ..,.. ,..,.. .,.... . , ,. , ,.,, ...., .,..,,.,,.., . -Milo Shobe Fan Toy, a servant. ,...,. .. .... , ., , .... .. ..... .. ,. ,... ....,....,.. . . ........ .....,..,Mary Myers Tito Vanelli, in love with I'atty's millions... ,.... , ,, ,,.......,,. Carl McMichael Elsa lireckman, in love with Hampton's millions ..,,.. , ,,., , ,,., ,Pauline Lusk Mrs. Hawkins, who runs the Holly Inn .,..... .,,,,...... .,.., . . ......,. Josephine Swartz STORY OF THE PLAY Dumb Dolivar deserved his name. He shouldn't have fallen in love with Patty Hampton when her hot-tempered Papa had already picked his future son-in-law. Or, if he did have to fall in love with Patty, he should have married her first and tried to settle things with Papa later. But Dolivar comes to the Holly Inn to meet Papa. Then, thinks Dolivar, everything will be different. It is. It's worse. He tries to get into Papa's good graces, and he just gets in his hair. Papa and Doliver get along quietly-just like a boiler factory. John Hampton roars like a lion, but he's being led like a lamb to the slaughter, for a grass widow intends to marry Papa for his bankroll, and her ex-husband has convinced Papa that's he's just the husband for Patty. Then Dolivar comes to be Hampton's secretary. It seems like such a good idea. Of course, Dolivar has never been a secretary before, but then Hampton has never had a secretary before, either. When the curtain rises, Dolivar appears. He looks in the room and then puts his foot in it. He keeps right on doing the wrong things in the wrong way at the wrong time until the final curtain. Directors: Aileen Reiner and W. L. Balo. lillffll' Ilvwlly-1'iyl1I