Warrensburg High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Warrensburg, IL)

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1-3-TI-IE CARDI AL-- GO SLOW, MARY The Senior play Go Slow, Mary given by the Senior class and the annual staff went off with a bang. It was well attended and all were well pleased with it. Each played his part well, due to the careful direction of Miss Young and Miss Short. CAST OF CHARACTERS Billy Abbey, a young husband out of a job ....................,.... ......... L uther Paxton Mary Abbey, his discontented wife ............. ....... J osephine Kruzan Mrs. Berdon, Mary's mother ................. ........ S arah Glancy Sally Carter, Marys bosom friend ....... ......,... I ,ucille Koons Harry Stevens, Sally's sweetheart .,...... ....... U lysses Shephard Burt Childs, Billy's friend ....................,................,.......... ................ J oe Major Bobby Herdon, Mary's young nephew, a holy terror ......., ......... N elson Vaughan Dolly Berdon, Mary's niece, another holy terror ...,... .....,...... V elma Baum Katie, the Abbeys' maid .......................................... ........ V elma Schroeder Danny Grubb, an iceman, suitor to Katie ....... ........,.... C Jtis Barclay Murphy, a policeman, Dannie's rival ........... ........ l ames Wharton SYNOPSIS Billy and Mary Abbey, a young married couple, are discovering the truth to that wise saw about married life: The first hundred years are the hardest . Billy is out of a job. Mary is impatient of poverty and disgusted with the monotony of married life. Domestic bickering raises the question as to which is the easier job - keeping house or earning a living in the business world. Each is firmly con- vinced that his own job is the harder. To prove it, they agree to exchange jobs for a week. Mary. who has been in business, gets her old position back, and Billy stays at home and makes a heroic stab at keeping house. Then the fun begins and moves along fast and furiously, complicated by the secret love affair of Mary's friend Sally, by the pranks of a pair of pestiferous children, and by the mysterious dis- appearance of a diamond ring. -43-

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'I'I-IE C RDI AL THE ABSENT-MINDED BRIDEGROOMH On November 2, 1928, the junior Class presented a three-act farce, The Absent-minded Bridegroom , by Larry E. johnson, it was a decided success. CAST OF CHARACTERS Timothy Shea, the bridegroom, a widower ............. ........ N Villiam Gillen Patrick Rooney, his friend .................................... ...... J ames VVh211't0I1 jimmy Rooney, Daphnay's son ........ ................ J oe Major Fred Grady, his friend ...................... ........... E Vefett BFOWI1 Slade, a plain clothes man ........................ ......... H oward Williams Yonnie, a small colored boy ...................... ..,........ E mery Janvrin Daphr1ay Rooney, the bride, a widow ....... ....... M adge Litterell Nora Shea, Tim's daughter ....................... ........ C leona Stephens Kathleen O'Connor, her friend ............... ............. E loise Taylor Tessie Conners, Mrs. Rooney's maid ........ ......... I aola Belle Spitzer Yennie L Small girls --Q.-..'---------'-- ---'.----- .--'..----.-.'-- -I----'. jElvalena Albert Yaney 5 IKathryn Robbins Time-Morning of a fine day in the month of brides. Place-Mrs. Daphnay Rooney's house in a small town near New York City. SYNOPSIS On the eve of his marriage with the widow Rooney, Timothy Shea gets an acute attack of cold feet and begs his crony, Patrick Rooney, the widow's brother- in-law, to rescue him from impending matrimony. Pat hatches the bright idea of having the bridegroom pretending to lose his memory from a blow received in a fictitious accident and assume the identity of one Peter Peterson. Unluckily, the name belongs to a-Swedish dynamiter wanted by the police. Kathleen O'Connor sees that Tim is pretending and persuades her boy friend, Fred Gray, to act as Mrs. Peterson. Three children are found to impersonate the Peterson family and claim Tim as the head of the household. Tim is thus be- leagured by the false Mrs. Peterson and the police and alternately scorned and courted by the outraged widow. Due to Mrs. Rooney's maid, nicknamed Poison Ivy , the Peterson business is soon a mass of entaglements, which even the de- tective cannot clear. In the end, Tim finds pretending too expensive and is again accepted by the widow. By doing this, two other couples are united-the marriage of lJaphnay's son and Tim's daughter, Jimmy and Nora, and Fred and Kathleen. All ends well in the usual happy way. The play was directed by Miss Marjorie J. Carswell. - 42 -

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- 'I'I-IE C RDIISIAL'-' THE JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET The Junior class entertained the Seniors with a banquet on Friday, May 17. lt was well attended and all had a good time. The gymnasium was decorated in blue and silver, the Senior colors. The Junior colors were introduced in the recep- tion room. A three-course dinner was served and was followed by toasts. These were given by Mr. Harper, Mr. Orr, Miss Carswell, Josephine Kruzan, Luther Paxton, Miss Young and james Wharton. A variety program was given, con- sisting of songs, recitations, etc. After this a delightful evening was spent in playing games. JUNIOR JOURNAL Early in the year the junior class decided to publish their English work. They finally decided on the idea of The Junior Journal. This is typed by the typing class and is put out each month. It contains stories, poems, editorials and other things of interest. This is educational as well as entertaining. W CLUB BANQUET The annual HW club and a basketball banquet sponsored by the P. T. A. was held in the gym March 22. Mr. Orr, former principal, was toastmaster. Short talks were made by Harold Vaughan, graduate member of the XV Clubg George Harper, coachg Luther Paxton, member of the teamg M. Schroeder, representative of community, and J. M. Eyman, member of school board. The address was by Rev. L. L. Lawrence. Music during the banquet was furnished by Bonnie Kruzan and Earlene Major. -44-