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page 8 THE OPTIMIST May, 1932 SENIOR CLASS PROGRESS On a certain sunshiny day in September, 1920, a group of little tots with hats, coats, and dinner pails, some with tears, and some with smiles, scam- pered away to school, where Mrs. Ross took them under her motherly wing. For the first few months. school was held in the Methodist church and then it was transferred to the Community Hall. Five of this yearls senior class were present in this group. They were John Eber, John Conry, Arlene Kocher, Ethel Plue, and Grace Sherwood. Mrs. Ross guid- ed our efforts during the first two years of our school career. John Eber left us during the third grade and went to Norwalk. Lester Nichols joined the class. Miss Beatrice Brown was our capable instructor. Most teachers dislike to have their pupils chew gum during school and this fact was quite vividly impressed on our minds during the fourth grade, when Miss Btaxie Fowler, our teacher, made most of the class stand on the floor and chew a stick of gum one hundred times. Jolmny returned and Bernice was added to the class. lve were promoted from the little white school building to the Hfth grade in the brick builgling. Miss Odah Moll gave us our instructions for the next two years. Phyrne Bly and YVilliam Cates joined the ranks. During the seventh grade we were under the su- pervision of Mr. Otto Roc. During this year we gave a very interesting and amusing St. Patrick's Day program. Two weeks after the close of the school year almost all of us went to Milan, Ohio, where we were very hospitably entertained by Mr. Roe and his wife. hir. J. Cline Slack, our commander during our next year's sail on the sea of progress, has often said that a book of boners, consisting of our foolish re- marks, should be published. ln this year Robert Martin joined the crew. Wie finished the eighth grade successfully and prepared to enter high school. Shortly after the beginning of our Freshmen yrar the remainder of the High School subjected us to an initiation at an Optimist Partyfi VViIliam Oates showed his fighting ability by preventing his antagonists from giving him a dose of Epsom Salts. Ethel Plue and Arlene Kocher played on the first team in basketball and continued their excellent playing throughout their Sophomore year. Our first real party was held at Bernice Omois home, where we enjoyed ourselves to our hearts, content. Wle attended a coasting party at Arlene Kocher's place, and what a time we had eating popcorn and eandyl Arlene, who had delivered numerous reci- tations while a pupil in the grades, represented us in the County Reading Contest. Our number was increased by the coming of Benjamin Harrison. ln our Sophomore year John Eber was elected Presi- dentg and Grace Sherwood, secretary of the Sopho- more Senior Literary Society. Grace Sherwood was also Townsend's representative in the County Spelling contest. In our Junior year more interesting things hap- pened. The Juniors gave a play, The Ghost Storyf' in which Bernice Omo and John Eber had the leading roles. In the spring the Juniors enter-- tained the Seniors by taking them to a theater party in Norwalk. Ben re-entered the class in our Senior year, and thus we continued without further changes in en- rollment. Robert llartin won the local Prince of Peace Deelaniation contest. John Tiber was elected liditor-in-chief of The Optimistu and was also the proud winner of the Huron County Scholarship Contest. Robert Martin again won first honors in Oratory when he participated in the Huron County Uratorical contest. The first and only Senior party was held at hir. and Mrs. lVilliam Boltonis home. tive felt very grateful to them for inviting us at their home. Our last two weeks of school life were filled with activities the memories of which we will always re- tain. First, came the Junior-Senior Reception at which we were delightfully entertained by the Junior Class. The Bacculaureate services were conducted by Rev. O. E. Hanawalt. The Senior Class Play i'The Road Backu was given May 18 at the Town Hall. Everyone reported that it was an interesting performance. Friday evening hiay 20, a distinguiished looking group of eleven Seniors in their cap gowns. received their diplomas. VVe bid Farewell to our high school days but say VVelcome', to our future days. JUNIOR- SENIOR RECEPTION On Saturday evenil1g,May 1-1, the Juniors de- lightfully entertained the Seniors at the annual Junior-Senior banquet. The Seniors were invited to a semi-formal dinner given at the luxurious Ava- lon hotel dining room at Norwalk. An elaborate three course dinner was served, after which toasts were given by Miss livelyn Lehnert, president of the Junior Class, hir. Robert lNIartin, president of the Senior Class. Superintendent C. C. Taylor, lNIr. J. C. Slack, and Miss hlargux-rite Clark also re- sponded with pleasing toasts. After this brilliant affair. the group went to the Moose Tlleatre. Here they enjoyed an amusing picture. Everyone present had a verv enjoyable time.
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, g r w 1 r May, 1931 IH11 OPTIMISI' Page 7 FAC U LTY I-IDITH DORIS CLXRIJNI-IR Seventh :md Eighth Grades. .Xttc-mixed: Kant Stats Normnlg .XHhi:Lllli Coilcgcg XVUUNU-1' Cuiiegv, Hua Ohio Stzntx- Lifu f'crtifi1':xtc. ODAH PHA Y MOLI, Fifth :uid Sixth Cirudus. Axftlflllilllii Hurvn Cilllllltf' NU1'!ll!liQ Howling cil't'l2ll Strain- Nor- mal: Kent Stutv Normal. Has Ohio Shih- Lifv Cvi'lifim-:ilu NI ISS ILO LUCAI, 1 Third. :uni Fourth Grades. .Xttmuim-J: Buwling firm-11 State Noriuai. Nl RS. ADA ROSS First :md Second Grzuiea. :Xitt'lldtTliI Ktfllt Stzxtm- Nornmlg YVuowh-1' Full:-gm-: .Xthm-uw Nur-- mul. Has Ohin Stain: Lifxf f,'e1'lii'ic:1Lc.
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May, 1932 THE OPTIMIST Page 9 r -- V --- ...- e. W SENIOR DRAMATICS On VVednesday evening. May 18. the Seniors presented their play The Road Back at the Town- send Town Hall. The play was written by Joseph Carlton. 'AThe Road Back is an intensely human play that opens up a vista of joy Illlil contentment to a harassed and uncongenial family. Fowler fLester Nicholsj. a little discour- aged man of fifty, and Hhlai' Fowler fGraee Sher- woodj, a large fat woman, the complaining, whining. shallow, easy to cry type, have gone to send in a small eastern city. lt is interesting to watch Pa regain confidence in himself and to watch Ma re- sume her duties as mistress of the house. Jenny Qliernice Omoj, a home loving, industrious and sweet girl is the mainstay of the family. Her brother CGeorgej a shifty, neier-do-well boy of nineteen, embezzles H3500 from the bank. After getting George to promise that he will go straight Jenny takes the blame and is about to be sentenced when someone hy exerting his influence has the mate ter silenced and both Jen and George are freed. Milly Clithel Pluej is the youngest daughter and adds a lot of pep and zest to the play. She uses slang galore and because of her independent outt- look on life produces numerous laughs. Blake Chester flienjamin Harrisonj. the scion of a wealthy family. is very much in love with Milly and much to the disgust of his mother, a very aris- tocratic woman. announces his intentions of marry- ing her. Arthur McLeod Cltohert ltlartinj, a very deter- upau mined young man, has been in love with Jenny for a long time and has never proposed. but has assumed a sort of proprietary interest towards her. ln or- der to arouse his curiosity Jenny tells him that she is going to marry someone else. lt is at the very close of the play that Arthur discovers that Jenny was merely pretending. llrs. Blinders Q.-Xrlene Kocherj is a gossiping neighbor who visits Ma to learn the news of the Fowler family. Her butting-in furnishes many good laughs. Mr. Harrison QJohn Conryj is a typical business man of fifty. He is the employer of Jenny and George. George Qlvilliam OatesQ. the son, is a shitty ne'er-do-well boy of nineteen. He is the only mein-- ber of the family towards whom lla shows any fondness. Mrs. Chester CPhyrne lilyj is a very wealthy and aristocratic lady, who, at first, absolutely refuses to let her son Blake marry llilly. lint when Uncle Ben, Pa's brother from Arizona, makes the start- ling announcement that he is a millionaire and that Milly is worth 955004000 she consents to the l11Z11 riage. Ben Fowler CJohn Fberj suddenly comes out of the VVest to visit his brother. His appearance is very deceiving because he looks like a poor man but is in reality a millionaire. lt is he who starts Pa on the road to success and erases from the minds of the family the terrible disgrace that George once stole 35500 from a bank. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY One of the most successful stage productions ever presented by the students of Townsend High School was the Junior C'lass Play. ff.-X Little C lodhopper', by Yvalter Ben Hare, which attracted a record crowd to the Town Hall on Friday evening, ixlay 22nd, The play, which was staged in the home of lNIrs. Chiggerson-Boggs, of New York, dealt with prob- lems all youth must face and conquer or be con- quered. Josephine Raton as the Little Clodhopper fJndyj an orphan was often abused and knocked about, YVintield Swabley as the book agent and de- tective. Sherman Hyde as the delicate little son of Mrs.Chiggerson-Boggs, Glenora Gardner as the vamp, but witty young thing, John Neilsen as the farm hand and policeman, Evelyn Lehnert as the scheming mother of George, Ilo lily as the hostess and admiring wife of Ocey Gump. displayed marked ability in depicting their characters and won great applause for the realistic portrayal of their parts. The plot, age old, but never-the-less new in a certain sense, added tenseness and humor to many situations in the play and brought out the ditlicul- ties people face in every day life. The players were well suited to the parts they played. The cast follows: Ocey Gump ..., ..... . lohn Neilsen Julietta Bean ..,. .................... I lo Bly Judy .............,,.,,,..,.,......... ..... .... l o sephine Eaton Mrs, Chiggerson-Boggs ..,,......... Evelyn Lehnert George f'higgerson Septimus Green .... C harmian f'arter .. Gut Irene Phiefer Raymond Phiefer Henry liartow ......Sherman B. Hyde Jr. ..,....XVinfield Swabley .,.....,..,...............Cllenora Gardner tsts of Miss Bean Paul VVeisenberger Martha Myers Connie Lucal Director .,.,..,,,......., ,........,..... C llinton C. Taylor Property Manager .. ....,,, Henry Bartow
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