Welton High School - Weltonian Yearbook (Welton, IA)

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APRIL 16. Student Conference held at De Witt. All had fun. APRIL 26. Junior-Senior banquet held at the Lend-A-Hand Club in Davenport. MA! 2. Seniors present class play before a large audience. May 9. Graduation day. Seniors leave school to face another world. MAY 15. Annual school nicnic. Vacation begins.

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY 'The'Custers' Last Standn, a three act farce , by 'William D. Fisher, was the play presented by the-Seniors 'this year . It contained one of the most amusing plots imaginable, , so there was never a dull moment. The scene was laid in a lodge in the Rockies, making the play Western in ifs humor, but not in its plot. gynopsisz 'When Jimuw Cust r and Johnny Newsom, bored with naET1 vTty, learned that the two maiden aunts of their unpopu- lar brother-in-law-to-be were arriving from Boston, and inter- cepted a telegram from them filled with uncomplimentary re- marks about Westerners, They decided their zood name 'was at stake, and the whole family pitched in to sive the Van Ayrs- dal a lesson they'd never forget. But how were the Custers to know that the two old maids who arrived were not the Van Ayrs- lales, and how did they know their exciting plot was to back fire with a counter hoax just as amusing? And so situations mile one on another, climaxing in the 'stand to the last man' battle the Gusterw fight with attacking, but unseen Indians-- one of the funniest episodes. The juvenile Johnny and Jimmy, Betty and Claire Van Ayresdale--the real, but young aunt--- Ester Custer, and Terence Van Ayresdale were all excellent not to mention Georgy Little Bear, an Indian waif, played by Leon Boyer. Q5...'W 23 923139.29319 1 James Custer--the father. . . . . . . . . Janes Crowley Harriet Custer--his wife. . . . . . . . . Mary Kaczinski Emogene Custer'-his unmarried sister. . , . Darlene Bauer Jimmy Custer--his son. . . . . . . . . . . . Allen Andresen Johnny Newson--his cousin. . . . . . . . . . . . . Roy Temuletai Esther Custer--Jimmy's attractive sister. . . Margaret Schrader Terence Ven Ayrldale--her fiance from Boston. Roland '.Robinson Lsvernia Platt--A rainster From somewhere east of the Miss. O I O l O 0 O I O I I I O Q I O Lavinia Platt--A s-inster from somewhere east of the Kiss. Q 0 O D I l I O O ' O O 0 0 O J I Betty Van Lyrsdale--Terence's youthful aunt. . . Gloria Cornish claire Van Ayrsdale--Betty's sister. . . . . . . . Joan Cornish Georgy Little Bear-- a homeless Indian waif. . . Leon Boyer