Wayzata High School - Wayako Yearbook (Wayzata, MN)

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THE WAYAKO Back Row—Virgil Holst. Patty Quay. Allan Getten. Miss Selvig. director. Front Row—Mr. Ryden. director: John Hughart. Virginia Lewis. Marian Jackson. Shirley Braden. Chonita The combined High School Chorus and Dramatic Club presented the operetta “Chonita. based on the melodies of Franz Liszt on November 16. It was under the direction of Miss Selvig and Mr. Ryden. The characters were: Murdo....................John Hughart Chonita.................Virginia Lewis Stefan.....................Paul Luttio Baron Stanesceau......Victor Buchanan Baronness Stanesceau....Marian Jackson Daya.....................Patty Quay Emil....................Virgil Holst Konrad..................Allan Getten Tribe......................... Chorus Gypsy dancers—Sarah LaStrange, Alice Beardsley, Mary Beck, Joan Hocking. Margie Milbert, Lonnie Hoke. Page 15

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THE WAYAKO Back Row—Hibbert Sidnam. Sally Sowle. Charles Nolle. Front Row—Charlotte Lewis. Audrey Maxwell. Marian Jackson. Mr. Ryden. director. Aaron Slick Students selected from the entire high school made up the cast of Aaron Slick. the old time melodrama presented February 2 and 3 under the direction of Mr. Einar Ryden. The plot concerns itself with the attempts of Wilbur Merridew to get Mrs. Berry's farm away from her. Mr. Merridew has found oil on the property and is anxious to get it for as little as possible. Sis Riggs overhears the conversation between Mr. Merridew and his niece. Gladys May. She gets some of the oil and shows it to Aaron Slick, who reveals after the others have left that he had dumped several barrels of oil in the spring a few days earlier. Mrs. Berry and Sis Riggs move to the city to spend the money. When Aaron comes to visit Mrs. Berry, the Girl in Red gets the better of him — almost. Aaron offers Mr. Merridew a sum of money to settle out of court, but Clarence Green, detective, enters and drags Mr. Merridew off to jail for a deal pulled in Iowa a few years previously. With everything settled. Aaron finally proposes to Mrs. Berry who accepts, and they all return to the farm. The characters were: Wilbur Merridew ..............Paul Luttio Mrs. Berry.....................Sally Sowle Sis Riggs........................Charlotte Lewis Gladys May................Audrey Maxwell Aaron Slick...............Hibbert Sidnam The Girl in Red...........Marian Jackson Clarence Green.....................Charles Nolte Page 16