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School Children of St. RosePresent Successful PlayletA capacity crowd packed the 8t Roe# school auditorium last events* to attend an amateur production, “Boyland and MaidUnd. produced by the children of the school under direction of the sisters. The playlet, which was in two parts, depleted the dreams of school boys and firls whose thoufhts turned from the humdrum to romance and adventure. It will be repeated this evening at 8 oelock and another large audience is expected.The scores of children who took part In the production were well trained and the profram proved to be most Interesting. Scenic effects were furnished by the manage-the part of the judge; Robert Rounds that of bailiff; Paul Hudec that of the clerk; seventh and eighth grade boys as the jurors; John McCray as General History; Robert Mohrbecker as Mr. A. Rith-metic; Raymond Murphy, Virgil Coyne and Raymond Boyers as Messrs. A, B and C. his helpers; Eugene Zimmers, as Mr. G. O'Graphy and Gordon Niesen as the page.Boy Named Preeklmt.Act I. the land of desires revolved about the election of the boy as president; the selection of his cabinet and the recital of his platform which consisted of no iment of several local theaters. The school, plenty of Ice cream cones program opened with a piano se- and little work. Robert Wagoner lection. Finesse,” by Miss Agnes j was President Boy: his cabinet jWruk and a chorus. Come, Come , consisted of Joey Brown, a part 1 Away. by children of the sixth, taken by Jerome Kennedy; Jack seventh snd eighth grades. | Sharkey. Peter Capwell; Lou Geh-Pk*tnrr Their Dreams. rig. Vernon Heeht; the Lone Rang-James Hoffman, as an old man. er. Jack Roberts; Weary Willie, and Frances Bruton, as an old j James Cape; Jack. Warren Glea- ,woman, with Royal Hebblin as a visard. staged the prologue in which they harked back to the days of their childhood and then hsd the wizard transport them to the present day. Part on# contested of • Boyland and was presented by the boys of the various grades.Act one showed the T-and of Dreams in which Robert Wagoner took the part of the boy and Eleanor Zalecki that of his mother. The play revolved about theson; Dick. James Thomas; Harry. Gerold Hendrickf: Bill. RobertLahr; Fred. Kenneth Kemps; Frank. Frank Wolsker; Bert. Edward Renquette; Ted. Robert Bur-ant. and Tom. Frederick Helm. Girls Present Play.Part Two, gave the girls of the school an opportunity to show their ability. Act 1. being the land of dreams and Act 2. the land of dreads. In the land of dreams. Dorothy Zirbes served as the maid; Doris Wynhoff. the maiden; lnter-dreams of baseball, wild west, the ' mediate girls ss the dancers and land of dread and the land of de- j third grade girls as the shoppers, sires to which the boy’s thoughts In the land of dreads, the lntro-flitted while his mother was at- duction was given by sixth gradetempting to make him study.Features Ball Game.In the dream of baseball Intermediate boys staged a splendid phantom of baseball playing with Crowded bleachers, peanut vendors, adn a sure enough ball team. Richard Johnson was the head peanut boy; Jack Hoffman, the umpire; Richard Wright, the pitcher; William Koaterman. the catcher, and Richard Nevin. the batter.The second set was the wild west dream In which Thomaa Miller was ths property man; Richard Keller, the traffic policeman; Robert Smith, Gen. Tobasco Vanilla; seventh grsde boys the bandits and Harold Gerou. Jack Dalton, the intrepid sheriff.Scene two depicted cowboy jollity with sixth and seventh grade boys serving as members of group. The cowboy orchestra was comprised of Bernard Stuckey, William 8tewart, Jack Madden and Ralph Buelow. During the Interlude the first and second grades appeared in a rhythm band number.Derelict In Studies.Act 2. the land of dread*, showed a court scene in which the boy was convicted of being derelict in his studies. Eugene Stewart tookgirls. Helen Mohrbecker took the lead as the modem Cinderella; Ada Smith that of the fairy godmother; Bernard Stuckey as the prince; Jack Held and John Kurt-en as two pages, and chorus composed of Rosemary Held. Eileen Quinn. Margaret Hogan. Joan Nor-bert, Rosemary Osius and Patricia Cox served as spirits of the kitchen.In Act J. the land of desires. Lois Sieger took the part of girlhood; Bernice Kelly, that of Chief of the Hours; Carol Lindner, the cake bearer; intermediate girls took the part of birthdays that have gone; lone Melcher that of Mother Time; intermediate girls, birthdays to come; Rosemary Lament. the fairy, and Kathleen Osius. the solo dancer.In Scene 2. Lois Sieger took the part of malder; Sarah Culotta that of the lame child; Gertrude Bruton. that of the blind woman; Catherine Kowalsky, that of the woman in mourning; Catherine Vance, that of the spirit of suffering; Betty Conrady. as St. Agnes; Louise Kuras. as St. Cecelia; Marie Grimesey, ess St. Joan of Arc; Myrtle Carrier#, as St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Kathleen Osius as the,Blessed Mother.
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Racine Journal Times Sunday Bulletin
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Mon, May 14, 1934
Page 11
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