Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-06
East Side.
COMEDY PLAY
MERRY TREAT
Adventures of Grandpa
Proved Highly Successfull;;
Very Entertaining. !

The comedy play Adventures Of
Grandpa" given last evening by
members 81 the senior class of the
East Grand Forks. proved a highly
successful and entertaining affair. 1t
Was given before a full house, and
those who attended were given an
evening Of fun and laughter long to
be. remembered. and. the fact that the
play was given by young men and
women Of the city merely added to
the enjoyment Of the play.
Much Of the success of,the PERFORM
a0co was due to the skillful coaching
Of Mrs Laura Wickard. head Of the
expression department OF the high
Miss Hanna Bers, principal of the
high school.
The play was q three-act comedy,
which aheunded in perplexing and
humorous situations. and which were
taken advantage Of in a mos able
manner. The plot was centered
around Monte" who. in order to in
crease his allowance from his rich
grandfather, Otis Hammerhead from
Yellow Bend, Ohio, had told the old
gent that he was married. Grandpa
Immediately decided to come to Chi
caEo to sec the new bridc.-and the
young ma was panic stricken for
fear OF being caught in the deception.
Monty borrowss the wife of a friend,
presumably for only a few hours. a
case Of smallpox developcs in the
home of Monty's friend. the scene of
the play, which causes a. prolonged
visit of Grandpa. which complicated
matters considerably. a torch OF
romance interspasAd with the com
edy gave q pleasing variety to the
scenes. - -
The parts were all very we'll taken
and a marked dramatic ability was
shown by several of the cast, especi-
ally in. the case Of Ross Peterson;. as
Grandpa. The typical eccentric OLD
man from the country was interpret.
ed s%plendidly. AT no time during the
perforn1ance did Mr.. Peterson lose
his = poise. but did consistent and
clever acting Throughout. and his
antiquated capers brought, laugh;
galore and hearty applause.
Marge Olson, as kloo11pey. The
maid, just over from Copenhagen. al.
honors, and her pranks and wcirc
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across" Charles Martin. who witt
great reluctance loaned his Wife L
his friend, and as a consequence wa
forced to act. the part Of the cook
had a difficult part which he Gid ad
nirably we'll, Gepevieve .Wesolasky
took the part OF the newly rich wife
fat, fair and forty, and did very we,
in tillinS the part. The other player
who took part were: Violet F'eres1ad
Helen pPalya, Lillian Bro*ell. Thee
tdore Gust and Howard Bo~es. al1t
did, exceptionally !a,well 70
~arnateurs., interpreting their part
with an insight and consistency tina
was splendid. ~.
Beside the play there we're tw,
speciality dances; the first a Pank:
dance by Bernice Hand and Eleano
Ruttkie, and the second a Rose dane
by Elenor Ruttkie, which gave a YER,
~pleasing and entertaining variety t
the program. They were accompani
ed on the piano by Misses Blanch
Warnkin and Hazel Dearey.
Music for the performance wa
furnished by the Grand Forks fflyl
school symphony orchestra under, tn
direction of E.. A. Moses, and as usua
gave a. treat :of high class must
Which was greatly enjoyed.
Another feature which did much t
make the performance a theatrica
performance in every sense Of tn
word, was the new scenery which ha.
been recently purchased by the schoo
and which will be paid for by the pro
ceeds Of the, play.
The play having proved so success
full last night it was decided thi
morning to give it again tomorrow
eventns. The show will start at
O'clock in the high school auditori
UNI. Prices for this performance will
be only IS cents, and tickets are OF
sale at Kingmahrs pharmacy.