Trivoli Community High School - Memoir Yearbook (Trivoli, IL)

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- ------- --MQ ----------- The program for the next meeting was a spelling match and some very interesting talks by visitors to our society from Bradley College and Farmington High School. Similar programs of beneficial work have made up our programs for the rest of the meetings. The members of this society are as follows: Chester Anderson Lloyd Goodman 'Louise Anderson iBernice Gronewald Jessie Gillett Grayton Gerber Erma Harper Velma Harper Charles Hovenden Cecil Hammond i Edna Harshbarger ,fVerna Holt Mildred Hammond gLes1ie Kelly Theodosia Anderson Berwyn Anderson 'kHazel Bartley Wilhelmina Bruninga Miriam Bourne Earl Baird Eugene Connell 'Nathan Doty Paul Diekman Thelma Ewalt 'fDorothy Kirkman Ruth Karstetter Wayne McKeever 'fMary Neal Lopeman Gladys Opie 'gClinton Parr 'tLaura Perkins Simpson ,'fRobert Plumer Lloyd Richardson Francis Ramshaw YJ0hn Williams Elliott White Miss Helen Cornelius and Mr. Russell Peters, society advisors. 'Honorary Members. WA 5 7 lp Q W' 1 Ei- ,.1 ll lI E Y l'v'l :. hi M QL: 3 : 1 'H new . , 5 TNA T W 'HH ILA xv Page Sixty-three

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..------ - ------- The Thread of Destiny The Senior Class of '23 of Trivoli Community High School present- ed The Thread of Destinyf' a three act play of two and one-half hours, May 5, 1923, in the High School auditorium. Following the play was a box supper. SETTINGS Act I-Garden of Amhurst, the Montgomery Home in Virginia, in April, 1861. Act IlQLiving Room of Montgomery Home, 1864. Act III-Garden of Amhurst, Six VVeeks Later. SYNOPSIS-The joyful days in Virginia in the Montgomery homeg then war with its changes and heartaches for the Montgomerys! As Fanny said: There is always a silver lining for those who perform their duties. CAST OF CHARACTERS Fanny-A Slave on the Montgomery Plantation - Esther Beal George Washington Johnson-A Slave on the plantation Robert Plumer Betty Montgomery- The Little Colonel - - Erma Harper Edith Sherman-The Northern Cousin - - Edna Harshbarger Mrs. Montgomery-A True Virginian - - - Velma Harper Col. Montgomery-A Gentleman ofthe Old Schooll' Theo. McCullough Virginia Montgomery- The Toast of the Country Mildred Wrigley Beverly Montgomery-A Confederate Scout - Clyde Gronewald Sally Ann and Laura Lee-Fairfax Twins Mary Opie Sz Violet Quinn Tom Randolph-A Southern Gallant - - - Lloyd Goodman John Merrivale Morton-of the North - - - Leslie Kelly Martha, Jane and Susan-Southern Girls Mildred Higgs Mabel Kimzey Melva Frank Marcella and Marion-Jiouthern Girls Gladys Linck, Thelma Ewalt Mammy Dinah-A Faithful Servitor - - - Hazel Bartley Peyton Bailey-of U. S. Army ----- Russell White Uncle Billy-The Colonel's Body Servant - Cecil Hammond Louise Lawton-in Federal Employ - - Dorothy Kirkman Ralph Francis-Who Did Not Go to War - Elwyn Harding Madge Young-A Thoroughbred - - - Louise Anderson A Union Scout who is detained - - - Myron McNaughton Miss Milissy-of an inquisitive nature - - Jessie Gillette At the beginning of tlte school term, the two Literary Societies were each divided into four groups of eight students each. Each group was then required to stage a short play on a Friday afternoon set aside for that purpose. The public was invited free of charge and all those who attended the entertainments seemed very much pleased. Th purpose Page Sixty-five