Union High School - Gold U Yearbook (Dugger, IN)

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Page twenty-eight SENIOR PLAY The Haunted Chair , a three-act mystery farce, was presented by the seniors, April 9. The suspense was built around John Baxter, found dead in the living room of his country home. Soon after he was discovered, his relatives came scurrying to the mansion to hear the reading of his strange will, which he stipulated must take place immediately after his death. When these greedy relatives discovered that Baxter was obviously the victim of murder, they were dismayed for suspicion pointed directly to them. From that time on one mysterious occurrence after another took place. Comedy was furnished by Lizzie and Lazy Lee, darky servants, who fell in and out of trouble with clock-work regularity. The cast of characters included: Adelia M. Jones, Dorothy Usrey, James R. Phillippe, Dorothy Teasley, Howard McClellan, Max Pirtle, Lucille Hall, 3 oe Dukes, Marilyn Spinks, James R. Taylor, Eugene Cobb, and Margaret arr. ORCHESTRA Our school has been without an orchestra or band for four years. During this time, We have greatly felt the need for these instrumentations, but lack of time did not permit us to develop new talent. At the beginning of this school year we decided to sacrifice our few spare moments for this cause. A drive was made to stir up interest in instru- ments. As a result, we have forty-four beginning students under the guid- ance of Miss Mitchell and Miss Dugger, in instrumental classes. These students have progressed from squeaks and toots to real playing ability. We plan to have mass rehearsals the remainder of this school year, having for our project: a recital to be given for the purpose of buying more instruments for the school, and to furnish music for the Baccalaureate and Commencement Programs. Since most of this material has come from junior high school and the lower classes of senior high school, we should have in the future an instru- mental department of which to be proud. JUNIGR PLAY The play, Demons in the Dark , a three-act mystery comedy, sponsored by the Juniors, proved a colossal event of the year. The story opened one dark, rainy night in a dilapidated old house on a supposedly haunted island. Sondra fJanice Spinksj and her sister Ethel fVerna Hannumj inherited this old house and arrived here on this night to spend the summer 5 Sondra also wished to hide from her two suitors, Bob Hildrith fDon Rumplej, a bank clerk, and Deryk Vorse fWarren Driverj, a wealthy young man. The two negro servants, Dido fEloise Boydj and Juniper fLloyd Mason, with Lizzie fReba Griiiithsj, the housekeeper, supplied humor in its keenest form. Mystery and a touch of pathos was added by the entire McTavish family, care-takers of this house: Duncan McTavish fRobert Boonej, Janet McTavish fJuanita Wolfej, and a supposedly dead son, Robin fHarry Pottsl. The plot deepened with the many weird and ghostly happenings until the climax revealed Deryk Vorse to be the notorious bandit and the haunted house, his hide-out. His capture cleared all the mysteries and also bridged the misunderstanding between Bob and Sondra.

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I, William Francis DeNeve, will my football ability to Sparkey Exline. I, Ruth Eleanor Bonham, will my talented singing to Frances Davis. I, Eli Maxwell Pirtle, bequeath my best three-legged hound to Straw- berry Cooper. I, Margaret Isadora Carr, will my lovely blonde hair to Eunice Smallwood. I, Avis Marie Kirkpatrick, will my mammoth stature to Ruth Scamihorn. B I, Shirley Martha Lloyd, will my ability to type and read shorthand to Miss raatz. I, Joan Elizabeth Lovelace, will my errors in typing to Thomas Curry. I, Dorothy Mable Usrey, will my perfect figure to Miss Mars. I, Geneva Lucille Butler, will my grades in economics to anyone who likes to work for them. I, Kenneth Paul King, will my ability to make A's in shorthand to anyone who thinks he can do as well. We, Thomas Daniel Krug and Alvin Leo Richardson, will our ability for reaching school on time to Bonecrusher Smith. I, James Roy Phillippe, will my long-nourished and well-developed instinct of disagreement, especially with Mr. Leaman, to Eugene Cooper. I, James Oral Ragsdale, will my way with Miss Aikman to anyone who thinks he can do as well. I, Edgar Riley Sanders, will my exceedingly high merits to anyone who thinks he can make them. I, Robert Vernon Sweeney, bequeath my ability to recite poetry to Miss Dugger. I, James Robert Taylor, will my friendship with Mr. Stegemoller to anyone who Wants it and will use it intelligently for his own good. I, Mina Blanche King, will my red-headed romeo, to Juanita Meeks. I, Theda Pauline Pigg, will my air of sweet innocence to Esther Roudebush. I, Raymond Leslie Wright, will my appeal to the ladies to Billy Goodman. I, Juanita Frances Reynolds, will my way with red heads to Geneva Vandergriff. I, Leo Hope, bequeath my will power to keep my middle name to myself to anyone who has a worse one. THRESHOLD OF LIFE The deepening depths of the ocean, The widening width of the sea, The lake's long, lonely motion, Typiiies life to me. We as Seniors shall behold it, In all its mysterious lore, Who knows what we shall get, From life's unfathomable store? With hope and confidence in man, A sincere trust in God, We'll gain success, surely we can, If a straight path we'll trod. So we go forth with banners waving, Banners of hope and cheer, In our ambitions, our life enslaving, With never a falter nor a fear. EUGENE CISCELL, '37 Page twenty sem 1

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