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rich satins and .brocades on the
court ladies and gentlemen. Ladies
in waiting were Mrs. Edwin Staeb,
Mrs. + u Lobbsn, Miss Dorothea
Lobban, Mrs. E. H. Chapelle, Mrs.
Ivan Rau, Mrs. Ben ]. Sovey.
Gentlemen OF the court were II.
z. Wilbur, E. H. Chapelle, Willis
Tooman. Ty Cobb, and Larry
Stahl.
Other characters were Antoine,
E D. Foster; priest, Larry Pep
per; trainbearers, Carol Jean For-
man, Beverly Blackmer, Betty
Johnson; guards. Harold Magee,
Thomas O,Dea,- Floyd Ring, NAL
colin Laidlaw, Vernon Straits.
Dancers directed by Jimmie Hunt
presented a Spanish number for
the court. They were Rosann
Spratt. Ellen Slough. Mary Louise
Jean Leland, MaIilyn
Marsh. Beverly Boutell, June SUIT
ton, June Elvidge, Shirley Ann Lo-
sey, Yvonne Plat, jeanne Plat,
Alice Groosbeck, Virginia Foskett.
Provides Amusement
A character which provided
much amusement to the cast and
the audience was the court jester
played by John Skelt.
Thoughtful Scene
Columbus arriving at the little
island in the West Indies provid-
ed a thoughtful scene for the
audience. 1t brought TO mind the
hardships that must have been en-
countered by this small band of
men who had been tossed in their
ship on the seas for many months.
The small band were exultant as
they viewed land. The new world
was claimed in the name OF Spain.
Characters In this episode were
from the previous scene.
Pilgrims Arrive
A huge grey mass denoted Plym-
outh Rock over which each OF the
were forced to climb to
enter the next scene. The group
knelt in reverence even though
Indians crept up suspiciously. The
greeted them with friend
ly handshakes.
Participants in this scene were
Elder, Robert Boss: Puritan Men,
Martin Dawson. Adolph Gress,
Larry Pepper, Fred Wagner. AL
bert Peck. Norman ellis. Harry
Bragg, Clifford Granger, Terrell
Thomas, Russell Tedford, Milton
ellis; Puritan Women, Mrs.
Ralph Parker, Miss Leona Hub
bell. Edna Westenfeld, Mrs. Hazel
Homer; Puritan Children, Alfred
Ferman. Jr.. Seth Arnold, Harri-
son Quirk, Barbara Lou Banks.
Mary Ann Magee; Indians, Carl
Jerry Augustus.
Paul Revere. played by Ralph
Mcdonald, brought smile to the
lips of the audience as he dashed
in on his snoring" stead. The
rider stopped his horse in front of
a log cabin painted onIthe back
drop. A minute man, Harold Fos-
ter, was aroused and informed
that his fellow patriots were rally
ing for defense Of their freedom.
Others in the scene were, Wife,
Miss Ann Ashton: Children. Rich
ard Hubbard, Barbara Magee.
Show Inauguration
Another portion Of this scene
was the Inauguration Of George
Washington as first president of
the country. The war for freedom
had been won. Characters were:
George Washington. Charles Kirk
er: Washington's Aides, Joseph
Kluska, Frank Bevier. Guards,
William Renton, Dale Mead,
Harold Foster. Milton Reed, Eu-
gene Mitchell; Colonial Men,
Harold Gooding, Verne Albertson,
R. X. Mcclure, John Butcko. Jay
Hubbard, Harry MaGee; Colonial
Ladies, Miss Eugene Mereness,
Mrs. Beulah McDougall. Mrs.
Mud Graves, Miss Geraldine Frye,
Mrs. c. II. Shaver. Mrs. NJ. Brow
neil, Mrs. |. Bales. Mrs. Marion Al
bnn, Mrs. Virginia Gooding, Mrs.
jessie Rose.
Trek Westward
The Westward Hoi scene typI-
fled thousands who trekked west
ward in the 1s00's. A group of typ
ical pioneers drove on the scene
in a horse drawn covered wagon
and schooner which came TO Ypsi-
lanti from Greenfield Village We'd
nesday. Camp for the night was
made but Indians in the vicinity
disrupted the group and the lead
ers moved their band off stage and
TO safety.
Characters we're: Pioneer men.
George Robins, Joseph Warner,
Norman Fairbanks, Ted Fox, Ger
aid Clark, ]. A. Wolff, Clark West
fall, Al Smith. Everett Graham.
Ralph Parker, Paul Appel, Walter
Horner. Fred Lind; pioneer wom-
en-, Mrs. Paul Burrell, Mrs. Doris
Hubbard. Mrs. Leone Burrell, Mrs.
Florence Bower, Mrs. J. f.. Warner,
Mrs. Sally Dieter. Mrs. Howard
Helfrich, Mrs. Ruth Wolff, Mrs.
Lolo Robins, Mrs. lola Smith. Mrs.
Suggitt; pioneer children.
Jean Karlin Johnson. Rosa Mae
Cox, Jack Frentner. Robert Spen-
Ger, Peter Dyer, Donald Palmer,
Leonard Frank; Indians. Carl
Jerry Augustus. .
Civil War