Stevensville High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Stevensville, MI)

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The Blue Bag and the Hillbilly Courtship A. hotel, in the center of nowhere, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Macklyn, (Arnold Schulz and Kay Krajacic), is the setting for the mystery of “The Blue Bag.” First to arrive at the hotel in search of a blue bag are Anton (lack Dehring) and his chauffeur (Edgar Lockwitz), who falls in love with the Macklyns’ maid, Chatta- nooga (Caroline Bodjack). They are followed by a young couple of elopers, Allan (Clarence Uher) and Enid (Evelyn Totzke); Letty Long an actress (Maxine Bu- jack). under an assumed name; Jim and Molly Keefer (Frank Cupp and Joe Krejci), a pair of thugs. All of the ladies are carrying blue bags and when Bill Har- rington, detective (Harold Markwald), arrives in search of a blue bag containing jewels, he has a fine time finding them. He finally finds them and the story ends happily with Jim and Molly under arrest and Bill Harrington in love with Letty Long; Allan and Enid, and George and Chattanooga married; and Mr. and Mrs. Macklyn after many “scraps finally reconcile on their silver wedding anniversary. A week later the faculty presented “The Hillybilly Courtship,” a play of the Ozark Mountains, for the raising of funds to purchase new stage scenery. This hilarious comedy was presented to a capacity crowd of four hundred on November the 29th. The story concerned a feud in the Ozarks. The play offered opportunity for character work and this was done very well. The cast ranged in types of personalities as follows: Ma Peppin, a feudin’ hillbilly mother—Mrs. Myers; Emmy Peppin, her daughter and the flower of the hills—Mrs. Smith; Pappy Stilsby, the old-type feudin', up and at ’em hillbilly—Mr. Shearer; the radio hillbillies—Mrs. Shearer and Miss page eighteen

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Band and Orchestra Boys’ and Girls’ Glee Clubs Operetta In Old Vienna” paye serenteen

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Thursby; the mountain nitwit—Mr. Smith; the Jewish manager of the radio sing- ers—Mr. Null; a temperamental Italian in search of a wife—Mr. Barkmeier; an Irish colleen in search of a husband—Miss Sabjan; Luke, the son of Pappy and in love with Emmy—Mr. Eccles; and the Reverend who does the marrying—Mr. St rouse, even Pappy and Ma Peppin, who “bury the hatchet.” page vincte™