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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Junior-Senior Reception '23 On the ninth day of May, 1923, the class of '24 gave the graduating class of '23 a banquet and reception in the auditorium of the high school. The auditorium was cleverly decorated with the Senior colors- purple and gold, and the Junior colors-old rose and silver, with the Senior colors predominating. The decorations were arranged overhead to represent a diamond shaped canopy. 'Suspended from the center was a large banner of Welcome, and on the opposite side the Senior mot- to: Veni, Vidi, Vici. Shaded electric lights were grouped inside the canopy. The tables were also placed in the form of a diamond under- neath this elaborate trellis work. The evening was ioyfully spent in feasting, songs, speeches and toasts, Chester Anderson acting as toastmaster. The entire program consisted of: Welcome - Chester Anderson Response Theodore McCullough Class Poem - - Laura Perkins Vocal Solo - - - Mary Ollie Class Will - - Elma Brooks Reading - - - - Verna Holt Class Prophecy - - - Mildred Higgs Piano Duet ------- Mary Opie, Verna Holt A delicious menu was served, which mothers of the Juniors assisted in preparing. The Sophomore boys very gallantly acted as Waiters. The menu consisted of: Pineapple Julip Creamed-Chicken Mashed Potatoes et Saute Peas a La Creme French Rolls Apricot Marmalade Pickles Olives Waldorf Salad Crackers Aux Natural Ice Cream a La New York Angel Food Cake Almonds Mints Cocoa Page Seventy '