The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25
JUNIORS
PRESENTED
fine COMEDY
Cast of Ten Included
Philip Thiegs as ''Huck,"
Enjoyable Entertainment

A cast of ten of the Junior class
Of the Sank Centre high school let
out the floodgates on laughter last
week Wednesday night in a pre-
holiday offering Of "Huckleberry
Finn Detective" with Philip Thiegs
as the irrepressible Huck in the
role his brother had played before
him when he was a high school
student.
But Philip Jared better than
did his brother Jim. Jim had
played the role of Huck Finn
in a similar class play several
years ago and the next day
had broken his arm. There was
no apparent jinx active for
Philips portrayal and he came
through without scratch.
Ably directed by Miss Ada Jones'
aided by student director June
Brown, the play was adapted from
the Mark Twain humorful stories
about the late last century and
the lazy atmosphere Of Missouri
river town. It's set was a page
from a curio shop and a whisper
out of the attics of the town, for
the sweeping gowns, outlandish
hats Of an era past brought chuck
les Of memory.
It's characters ran the gamut
from the youthful Huck, with a ter
rible yen to be a detective, through
the dignity Of Mr.. Finn, the spells
Of Aunt Polly. to the negroid hum
or Of the colored maid character
in the play.
Characters were well-typed and
chosen. Patty Hansen as Aunt
Polly graced her role we'll. She
was the typical hypochondriac who
was always just getting a spell
of something or other that never
came. And she succumbed easily
to the soft soap of her stepson
Huck Finn. Richard Hedin as
bearded John Finn, the man with
a prison past who had gone straight
did his role to perfection. Philip
Thiegs was Huck Finn throughout
the play. He gave it a boys en-
thusiasm for something he had set
his heart on-being a detective"
Comrade Tom Sawyer was a COM
edy portrayal to which Franklin
Koterba was equal.
Frances Saathoff took the part
Of the old maid determined by how
to get a husband. She was Clara
Woppinger whose duty it was to
peddle the gossip Of the neighbor-
hood and whose determined duty
it was to get husband. All of
which her sister, the giggling Ann
Woppinger, played by Shirley Pas
Ike, found completely amusing
Viola Fern was Sunbeam johnson
the colored maid who adapted
herself readily to the lazy negro
humor and was duly frightened
convincingly by ghosts. Pearl Gard
ner gave in the character Of Mary
Jane Watson, Aunt Polly's niece,
the quality it needed. Her brat
fish way of starting the tale of
some startling information and
then Withholding it for a price lent
just enough evaporation so that
one would have welcomed seeing
Mary Jane spanked on the spot.
Villain for the play was Samuel
Knowles, an old friend Of John
Finn, who rewards that friendship
by trying to steal the firms money
for which John works and in his
own home. Warren Jeffries car
ried the villain role with punch.
June Gray was Anne Rand, lady
detective, who finally was reward
ed by catching Knowles and slap
ping him behind bars. All Of which
was accomplished quite naturally
with the super-detecting efforts of
none other than Huckleberry Finn.
And when Huck and Mary Jane
finally decided they were engaged
you knew the play had ended hap
PLY and that Huck would be out
looking for more deviltry.
High school orchestra under Ed