Theresa High School - Blue Banner Yearbook (Theresa, NY)

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Interview (Continued; ►'I hoarding vogetables and silk stockings. They arc willing to do war work if the uniforms are becoming and if they can find the tine, but card clubs and various entertainments are so necessary to the morale of the nation. Even, Patty, Mrs. Lloyd's grandchild wants to buy hair bows. The way Mrs. Lloyd succeeds in shaming the ladies into real interest and honest activity is decidely novel. Mrs Keeler stopped. How does she do it? this reporter asked. That would be telling! Well just a hint. False teeth! The third play, she con- tinuer!, is entitled Minerva Sets the Stage. In this play Minerva (Verna) is the fastid- ious sister of Grace a college flapper (Ardis). Their mother is played by B arbara and Helen plays Granny. Llinervu is set- ting the stage for a new beau (Phil) and her mother has stew with onions that night! Two neighbors (nrleno and Marguer- ite) arrive to occupy the liv- ing room. Granny sleeps in her chair and her conversation never gets beyond 7,hen I was a girl------ Minerva burr.ss incense to mitigate the smell of onions, relegates Granny to tiie book room and shews away the neighbors but her friend doesn't show up! She puts on her old clothes and tears red- den her eyes—family returns to normal and the Sucw—and Agustops arrives. But Aguntour likes onions and admires. ; real hone girl and Mina-', a's lack of stage setting turns out for tne cost, I think, added ;Irs. Keeler | that this type f class night program will please the towns- people and surely the seniors are enjoying it. Then for conmencer.ent n.ijht the hi ;h school will pre sent a patriotic pageant entitled,- All Clear. The seniors will be the commentators on the pa- geant. The senior chorus will sing Hats Off of MacArthur and the Boys Down There, also V for Victory and ’Then the Lights Come on Again. 'The pageant depicts the liv- ing room of the Brown family as they arc happily spending an evening. An alert sounds. During the blackout, the Spir- it f America gives assurance that America will win the war because America can sing; Am- erica can save; America can buy bonds; America can fight! ’Jhen the lights cone on again the seniors will receive their diplomas and accept the responsibility of taking up their work in the world. The pageant, concluded !!ra Keeler, s up-to-date and should be a beautiful gradua- | tiorn for the Class of 1943. £ 9a • 9a t