West Salem High School - Neshonoc Yearbook (West Salem, WI)

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Junior Philosophy Boyd Casterline: No one ever saw a more perfect talking machine. Ruth Storandt: The hand that follows intellect can achieve. Marjory Diefenthaler: Think twice before you speak and then don’t say too much. Blanche Osborne: Thy modesty is a candle to thy merits. Lydia Nuttlemann: Would there were more like you. Margaret Upham, A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little. Doris Bishop: She laughed at the wagging of a straw. Alma Johnson: Nothing is more useful than silence. Elaine Grunner: All work and no play isn’t the life for me. Harold Storandt: Farewell exams, nothing gained is nothing lost. Winnie Cassel: A quiet tongue shows a wise head. Edward Moran: 'Tis feared he’ll die of over- work . Gertrude Seegar: She had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade and a hand to execute any mischief. LaVerne Battis: A right jolly good smile had she. Frances Coburn: Better to wear out than rust.

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The Junior Class A. Johnson W. Cassel L. Battis M. Diefenthaler B. Osborne M. Upham R. Storandt F. Coburn H. Storandt B. Casterline E. Moran L. Nutt’eman D- Bishop G. Seegar E. Grunner

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THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET Rueben Hardacre, known to everyone as Uncle Rueben, a farmer with a heart as big as his body, lives happily with his good wife, his son, a square, upright chip of the old block, and two orphan relatives, Lizzie and Emily Lawrence, children of a cousin and old friend, at the Hardacre farmhouse. Life has moved on in the usual quiet, eventless way from season to season, until the advent of Mark Hayward, a book agent and a man of education but incidentally a hypocrite and the villian of the play. As the little rustic church is without a preacher and as Hayward is a good talker, altno only a layman, the trustees have secured his services for a series of Sunday talks, thinking of course, that he is what he represents himself to be. Hayward does not ring like true metal to honest Uncle Rueben, who, however, does not suspect that the younger man is lingering because of Lizzie Lawrence, a sweet, pretty young woman, serious and high-minded, who has received a better education than those around her. She and her sister, Emily, or Teddy, as she is called, a merry, charming young girl, were educated at the school in their home town before the death of their parents, when they became wards of Uncle Reuben. Hayward’s good looks, superior education and attractive ways have captivated Lizzie, who looks upon him as a superior being. Arthur Ames, a young artist who in a sketching tour about the country, came upon the old-fashioned well and begged to sketch it, has lingered at the home of the hospitable farmer because of his interest in Teddy. He is an honorable young man, much in love with the girl, but very poor in this world's goods. Jake Tompkins, a hired man is also in love with Teddy, but she laughs at his pretentions. Tom, the strong manly son of the house, has a deep affection for Lizzie but does not care to express his feelings openly, believing she does not care for him except as a friend. The father of the girls was a distant relative and lifelong friend of old Uncle Rueben Hardacre, who loves the girls as though they were his own. When at the beginning of the second act, it is discovered that Lizzie has eloped with Hayward, Uncle Reuben’s heart is bowed with grief. He sends Arthur Ames away, not believing in his intentions, and the young man cannot say much as he is poor and has his way to make in the world. Sapphira Scriggins, a mischief making old maid, with a sense of humor and not quite the right idea of truth, bobs in and out of the Hardacre home with her gossip. Tom goes to find Lizzie, but does not succeed. She comes back, however, having discovered that Hayward is a villian, is forgiven and taken back by the dear ones who love her- Teddy who has grown grave and sad because of the events that have come into her life, but who still turns down the proposals of poor Jake Tompkins, is suddenly restored to happiness, not only by Lizzie’s return, but Arthur Ames has come back from abroad to claim her. He has attained success and a name with a picture of a girl standing by an old well, which he entitled “The Old Oaken Bucket . The girl on the canvas, which had brought him fame was Teddy. Lizzie’s entrance causes a disturbance among the narrow minded neighbors. Tom asks Lizzie to marry him and the curtain falls on the rural drama “The Old Oaken Bucket.“M. U. ’17 Cast of Characters. Reuben Hardacre....................Mr. Bender Aunt Martha..............................Doris Bishop Tom Hardacre............................Reuben Cassel Lizzie Lawrence................Frances Coburn Emily Lawrence.................Elaine Grunner Arthur Ames....................Boyd Casterline Mark Hayward ..............................Roy Cullman Jake Thompkms, ..................Edward Moran Sapph1 ra Scriggins.............Ruth Storandt Mr. G Whilhkins................Harold Storandt Mrs. G. Whilhkins..............Gertrude Seegar Miry Jones......................La Verne Battis Ezry Babb .... ................Adolph Sprehn Rev. William Mason.............Earl Knudtson