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LOCAL TALENT SCORES BIG SUCCESS IN “AUNT LUCIA” EAST NIGHTShow Goes Over In Scream Of Laughter From Start ~To Finish; Much Credit Due Director For Show’s Great Success.“Aunt Lucia.” with the largest cast ever seen in a local talent production here by the Eagle Lake Curtain Club, under the direction of the Universal Production Company, at the school auditorium last night, was simply a knock-out.It was 3 riot of laughter from start to finish.The bill opened with “Take Me Back To Baby land.” a reading of the Boogey-Man by Miss Bertha Cain, with a great, number of children from 4 to 8 years of age, hIvsIfOtlslt;diCiPgalhe:e'rt abbiil'her on the stage. Miss Cain, charming of appearance, and sweet voiced, is a reader«o! unusual ability. That her bed-time story' of the “Boogey-Boogey-Man” told to the children was realistic to them is evidenced by the fact that a little one in pajamas cried out above the voice of the gifted' reader. “I want my daddy.” And the child kept it up until the scene was brought to a dose.Yes. sir. that show last night was a riot. There wasn't a dull moment in the whole program.George Salladay. as the fake “Aimt Lucia” was all that couldbe ex?ec:cdjrf,the character^ That. boy George ought to quit rice fanning and go on the stage. And he didn't make a bad looking sister either. The college senior* M*r*hal-^h - Nev and Christoph Ran do w. were | ti good. They knew their parts and p put plenty cf the college spirit Into their work. And old Prof. Gaddis, an eccentric bachelor, was Max Conner. None other could have handled the character any better than he. But when Max's name appears on a local talent program, Eagle Lake people expect nothing but the best and they are. never disappointed.W. M. Williamson as Mr. Collins. Dicks dad. displayed his unusual ability in character representation. And G. P. Choppir. as the Butter and Eg? Man If he wasrr't good, he wasn't anvthing else. And-as an g announcer of “coming events” from j I stage that boy is gifted. ! tSupt. W. C. Reed, in the role of! 2 the college president. looked and: a admirably carried out his. part.Mrs. Jesse Adams, as the president's wife, well balanced the stage work cf the dun. Ar.rf Mrs.- L -Y_ Dun- j 1 can is an actress cf merit. Well lt;I did she portray the character of i e Dean Howard. Like several of the! candidates for Governor of Texas, | ehereafter she's going to be drafted to the cast as well as continue In her capacity as director for the Curtain Club.The three sweethearts of the play, Kathryn .McRee. Lucy Rogers and Margie Parker, a trio of Eagle Lake's sweetest and prettiest girls won the love and admiration of all In the audience, equally to the lore I r bestowed upon them by their col- J ilege “fellows.” The fraternity president. Pinkie Chapman, knew his stuff. Had he been leading the yells on the campus of a college, he couldn't have put any more life and pep Into it.The two freshmen. George Allen and 3en McElhinney, Jr.. were exceptionally clever. The boys had lots to say and do—and they did It. They carried out their parts to perfection.The big laughs of the evening, however, came when the Butter and Egg Man. Gilbert Choppin. Introduced the “Sorority Flappers.” when each, in tifrn, strutted his_£tt£X ftcrnas Tbrtr c/W-tumes w*re great. And didn't they strut! Mont G. Calvert was cute as a bunch of rattlesnakes as. the Sorority President. And Harry Hoffman as “Tillie the Toller.”— he was a sight to behold. M. Steinwels made a genuine imitation of Gloria Swanson. Not so pretty' _ cl curves as-Gloria's pictures show ' her to possess, but not bad to look at in the face. K. LjukL, ao^the. “Gltegipg welFfte was she:\ Our linotype man. R. A. RLsien.‘ an “Innocent Freshman.” with white trembling lips and his . passionate Jelly-like little figure—oh. boyfDr. T. P. Doole, with a little red feather in his hat. was the flirt of “Bula Bula,” and he was there with the good*—looks, figure and • action. W. P. Wade was a dream of loveliness” as the college bride InjHowine veil and gown of purestBen McElhinney. Sr.. with a real permanent, was “Clara Bow. His little round fat—we're not going to—say-It:J But it danced with rythm-'lQce quivers as he pranced across ; the stage. Zeno Smith, the ‘ Conceited. Junior.” oh. that fig®** his! W. S. Gordy “the gW with - the million dollar tegs, and didn’t tcoatinued page) _
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Eagle Lake Headlight
Eagle Lake, Texas, US
Sat, Jun 07, 1930
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