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

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Mistress Rodney - - Fern Higgs Mistress Winthrop Wilhelmina Bruninga Mrs. Cass Parlor Matches Parlor Matches was presented to the public in the High School Gym on April 11 before a large crowd of spectators. The cast was as follows: Vance Trelford-A Professsional Hero - - - Edgar Flinn Don Radey+Who is Engaged - - - Eugene Connell Ferdinand Popleton-Also Engaged - - - Ira Phillips Jorkes-The Butler ----- Marshall McCullough Mrs. Selton-Who Believes in Engagements - - Mabel Kimzey Margaret Selton-The Elder Daughter - - Gladys McMasters Suzanne Selton-The Younger Daughter - Beulah Hurts Gail Lawrence-Her Ward ----- Violet Quinn Abigail Mullen, A. B.-Her Maid - - - Theodosia Anderson The Old Oaken Bucket On the eighteenth of April, the Athletic Association presented The Old Oaken Bucket, a rural drama of four acts. Practically all of the characters twere members of the various athletic teams. Between the third and fourth acts, Lloyd Goodman, the captain of the 1925 bas- ketball team was presented and received a hearty round of applause. A box supper followed the play. The cast of characters was as follows: Reuben Hardacre-An Honest Old Farmer - Charles Hovenden Tom Hardacre-A Chip Off the Old Block - Elliott White Arthur Ames-True Blue ---- Chester Anderson Mark Hayward-A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Lloyd Goodman Jake Thompkins-A Country Bumpkin - - - Donald Bourne Mr. Whillikins-The Postmaster ---- Merle Williams Rev. William Mason-The Peacemaker - - - Edgar Flinn Martha Hardacre-Reuben's Wife, Loved by All - Velma Harper Lizzie Lawrence-The Light of Uncle's Eye - - Erma Harper Emily Lawrence-The Sunshine of the Home Ruth Karstetter Sappira Scriggins-'Ifhe Village Gossip - - Beula Hurt Miry Jones-The Village Belle - - - - Jessie Gillett Mrs. Whillikins-Proper But Not Charitable Paul Diekman Page Sixty-eight

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of these short plays was largely to give the participants some practical experience on the stage and to cultivate an interest in literary work in general. Up to date two of the plays have been staged and others will appear in the near future. Tl ose presented were: It Ain't My Fault The cast of characters was as follows: Madame DeKalb-Principal of DeKalb High School - Elma Brooks Elsie Morton-Pupil of DeKalb High School - - Erma Harper Nettie Smith-The New Pupil ---- Margaretta Morin Tom Chester-Nettie's Fiance - - Addison Williamson Jimmie Blake-The Reporter DeForest Hitchcock Noah Lott-Country Boy - - Lester McCann Larry CAST OF CHARACTERS Mrs. Beach-Landlady ofthe Royal Links Hotel - Wilhelmina Bruninga Larry O'Reilly-The Head Waiter - - - Richard Gregory Morah-His Daughter ------ Velma Harper Dr. Fred Vincent-Her Lover - - Paul Diekman Miss Eliza Tosh-A Motor Friend - - - Lloyd Goodman Hon. Gough-Green-A Golfing Crank - - - Theo. Opie Miss Penelope Pankie-ln Search of a Husband - Mildred Pillman Silas Marner Two weeks later a dramatlzed version of the book Silas Marner was presented by the group coached by Miss Harding. This play, be- cause of its historical setting, attracted a large number of interested spectators who declared that they were now better fitted to really ap- preciate the book. The cast was as follows: Eppie ---- - Thelma Ewalt S3135 Marne? - - - Richard Gregory f10dfY9Y Cass - - Donald Bourne Mistress Lundy Q - - - Violet Quinn Nancy 5 Mr. Snell - - - Dayton Gerber Mr. Macey P ' ' - - B- T -1 Aaron j IUCG U1 Page Sixty-seven

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