Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
May 27 Date Set For
M. H. S. Operetta
Junior High Pupils Take The
Leading Roles

hNhuAhb AAvAoo
Work on the Operetta is progress
ing nicely at present. The date has
been set. IL will be given Friday
night, May 27. The characters are
very well suited to their parts, and
with little more polishing they
will be able to make a success of
the years work as glee club mem-
bers. This is the third Operetta Civ
en by the Glee Club in succession
Probably you will recognize some of
the names as being prominent in
the previous ones. The characters,
as follows are written in order of
their appearance:
Uncle Pete. an old time western
er, Gerald Wilson; Aldan O'Day,
young owner of Feudal Rock Ranch,
Townsend Parvis; Geraldine Bank,
known as Jerry, Violet Greene;
John DraytOn, Alan's cousin,
Charles SchellhOuse; Mimi. a flap
per, Olivia Kirby; Cornelius Bean,
from Boston, Arthur Walls; Amos
Bank, an easterner. Ponder Morgan;
Lettice Bank, his wife, Irene Will
liams; Sandy Bank, their daughter,
Virginia Simpson; Hunter, a detec-
tive, George Wintjen; Chorus of
tourists, cowboys, ghosts, masQuer-
aders. etc.
The play is in two acts, The first
being on Alan O'Day's ranch, which
he has turned into a tourists camp.
It is a late summer day. The sec
Ond act is one day later in the same
place but disOrdered by storm.
And by the story which follows we
can see that it is going to be very
INTERESTING, full of romance, scrap
ing and cOmical instances.
The story
Alan O'Day, a wealthy easterner,
desires the hand of Sandy Bank in
marriage. Sandy rejects him be-
cause her mother, Lettic Bank, so
shamelessly favOrs the match on ac-
count of Alan's money. In an effort
to forget Sandy. Alan goes west to
his ranch, which he converts into Il
tourist camp.
Lettice Bank, not to be thwarted.
takes her husband and Sandy and
follows Alan. her excuse for the
venture being that she wishes-to
live in the open to regain her health.
The little party camp on some land
adjoining Alan's ranch, which turns
out to be some very valuable oil
land, owned by Geraldine Bank,
niece.
Geraldine. known as Jerry, fear
ing arrest by the police. whose sta
ton she has demolished with her
aunt's automobile, hires out to Alan
as a helper to hide her identity.
John Drayton, Alan's cousin,
wishing to locate Jerry for the pur-
pose of buying her land for a syn
dicate of which he is member,
hires Hunter, detective. to assist
him. When he finds that Hunter is
creating so as to get the land for
he discharges him.
Mimi. friend of Johns, locates
Jerry at the ranch. John and Jerry
form an attachment for each other.
but through a twist of circumstan-
ces. Jerry is led to believe that John
and Mimi are trying underhandedly
10 acquire her land at profit for
themselves. At masquerade she
denounces them and leaves. The
next morning It is discovered that
Jerry, Sandy and Hunter have dis
also a Mr.. Bean from
Boston.
Later, Sandy returns and tells
that Hunter, thinking she was Jer-
ry, forced her into his car. but on
finding his mistake, left her in the
road and followed Mr.. Bean and
Jerry to Jericho.
When Jerry and Mr.. Bean return,
she announces that she has given
him an option on her land until her
papers arrive from home; but, if by
hat time oil haa not been found. |
she intends to sell the land to Hun !
Ter at his price.
Later, when she is about to dis
pose of the land to Hunter, she
learns that in the spring before. a |
gusher had been brought in, and had !
been capped awaiting her decision
20 sell, and that in some way Hunter |
mad discovered the fact. She also /
learns that Mr.. Bean is president of
Johns syndicate and that Mimi is
MS wife. and that their efforts from |
he first have been to protect her in
,erests.
All ends happily at Alan and San
ly forgive and forget; and Jerry, |
ashamed, promises new
I'd to doubt John again.