HISTORY: Scrapbook -- Plays This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Roseanna Zehner February 2004 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm ______________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Lyon County, Iowa Please visit the Lyon County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/lyon/ ______________________________________________________ A TREASURE SCRAPBOOK Ruth M .F. Tucker rescued this scrapbook full of articles and photos from a flea market in Waterloo, Iowa in 2003. Clippings don’t contain information as the newspaper they are from, and very few have years noted. Some of the dates are estimated from the contents of the clippings. We graciously thank Ruth for sharing this for the Lyon County, Iowa website. Ruth is not related to any of the individuals. SIBLEY AND SHELDON CASTS JOIN ROCK RAIDS IN PERFORMANCES (1929) Youthful actors, representing three schools—Sheldon, Sibley and Rock rapids, presented three one-act plays at the high school auditorium here on Monday evening of this week. Three entirely different types of plays were given, adding greatly to the interest in the program, and every cast won an equal share of praise for its excellent work. Sibley was the first to take the “boards.” Their cast presented “Owin’ to Maggie” by J. J. Trent. Members of the Sibley cast were: Robert Whiteing Drummond . . . . . . ..Emil Turnbull Richard Dolorton . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Russell Pell Miss Sophronisba Bird . . . . . . . Margeret De Bloom Miss Sylvia Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louise Wibbena Miss Edith Hardy . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Garberson Maggie McGinnis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orva Peters James T. Coyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leon Polley The Connolly Baby . . . . . . . . . . Shirley Ann Polley Sheldon was second on the program giving for their play “The Confessional.” Those taking part in this production were: Evie Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janice Vander Meide Martha Baldwin, mother . . . . . Marguerite Donohue John Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Peterson Robert Baldwin, the father . . . . . . . . . . Howard Wolf Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wilmar Ellerbroek Maid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lucile Keller Rock Rapids was last with “The Pot Boilers” by Alice Gertenberg Those who made up the cast of this play were: Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William West Sud, the playwright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loran Hunter Miss Wouldby, the novice . . . . . . . . Abbie Moreland Miss Ivory, the heroine. . . . . . . . . . . .. . Esther Lloyd Mrs. Pencil the vampire . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alice Rohde Mr. Ruler, the hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clair Ross Mr. Inkwell, the villain . . . . . . . . . . Richard Allbright Mr. Ivory the father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenneth Miller Last evening the same cast which represented Rock Rapids, appeared in a similar triangular performance at Sheldon, and on Thursday of next week, another cast recruited from the local school will take place in a similar program at Sibley. Members of this second cast of “The Pot Boilers” are: Sud, playwright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Gerald Getman Miss Wouldby, the novice . . . . . . . Marjorie McGuire Miss Ivory, the heroine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clara ( )ran Mr. Ruler, the hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raoul Escallier Mr. Inkwell, the villain . . . . . . . . . . . . Floris De( )ger Mr. Ivory, the father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claude Nichols Mrs. Pencil, the vampire . . . . . . . . . Marguerite Moon Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clyde Bird ONE ACT PLAYS TO BE GIVEN AT SCHOOL TO-NIGHT (sic) Four one act plays, a comedy, a farce, a mystery and a drama are to be given at the high school auditorium in Rock Rapids tomorrow evening, Friday, April 24. Three schools furnish talent for these productions—Sheldon, Sibley and Rock Rapids, schools which have joined in an annual drama night series for the past several years. Students from the Sheldon school will give the farce “A Mad Breakfast,” directed by Coach A. Roggen. Sibley highwill present the comedy “Trouble, Trouble, Trouble,” coached by Mr. Milton Bergfield, while Rock Rapids will add variety to the program with the mystery “The Grill,”and the drama “Drums of Oude,” a costume play. Both will be directed by Miss Marie Vanderburg. Those who take part in the productions given by the local school are Arnold Dickinson, Floris Decker, Florence McLean and Grace McKisick who appear in “The Grill,” and Thomas Corcoran, Pete Westra, Thomas McGuire, Clyde Bird, Richard Smoldt, Gordon Kage, Catherine Corcoran, Jerry Getman and Bob Davis, who are to appear in ”The Drums of Oude.” All the plays are of high dramatic value. They are varied in type, and are played by select casts, chosen from the entire high school groups. All four productions should afford real entertainment.