The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-09
Teen-Aqe
Taller

The cold wind swept icily down
Princess street past the NHho
gymnasium and hurried over nlne-
teen hundred chilled and ardehl
fans of the MINIS basketball team
inside about Z o'clock until almost
$3.50 last Tuesday night for the Dig
gest game of the Wildcat confer
ence season. The hometown gum
tet ran over the Eastern class "A
conference leaders for evelen years
with a more-than-doubled score OF
1925. Hustling in the warm gym
nasium were Cooter Lewis. Diane
Costello, Betty Walter and Billy
Ouarles. Betty Lou Morrow and
Dodo Morrison, Catherine Leguln'
Betty Britz, and Betty Yopp among
hundreds of others.
Looking around l saw Betsy Har-
ris sitting cheerfully through the
encounter watching Charlie Smith
play a fine game, and I heard
Kathryn Hunter applauding louder
than usual for a player as Johnny
WCIiI III W p~oJ
Our team now holds the brilliant
record of seven conference wins
against no losses as we sit in the
highest position in the eastern con-
ference loop. With fellas like Billy
Mason, highest scorer in high
school basketball in the state, and
Johnny McKoy, "Weinie" Brown,
To-day Fennell, and Louis Collie,
we surely should cop the confer
ence championship this season;
and at present it sho' looks as 1t
we'll have it! We're too proud fol
words, fel.as, so keep up the fine
playing!
Just about two weeks from now,
those of us who r still IN the
dark about what happened at the
Red Mill, will finally have our cur
iosity put to an end. For on Thurs
day afternoon, February 20 and on
Friday night, February 81, the
Glee Club of MINIS will present
the operetta of that same name,
''The Red Mill"
The cast is working mighty hard
to give us a fine show, so let's
give them the support they deserve
that's the only way to find out
what happened at the RED
MILL"
Putting on a play or an operetta
needs more to make it a success
than perfect line memorization and
acting. Included in these .'other"
groups are the stage and scenery
workers.
If you happened to see Rachel
Cameron s%currying around in the
Isaac Bear halls with a colorful
smock on and a paint brush in n
hand, or Betty Walter hustling
T - TO the far end of the Isaac
Bear hall with a paint = smeared
bucAe,, 1t isn't that IB is getting
a rem alton by service : offering
studelJ;. These busy people are
just giving the huge back-drop can
opy and other parts of the scenery
for the operetta an ex~tra-special
makeup. Others that have turned
artists for a few weeks are Dot
Knight, who heads the scenery
committee and is doing a number
one good job of it, Sara Kay Jor-
dan, who's tops in getting wind
mills to look like windmills (but
then what isn't Sara Kay tops in?)
and Mary Claire Bates, Betty Yopp,
Mama holton ana Miriam Gentry.
The boys who have hustled the
stepladders around and run hasty
errsnds downtown for more paint
and odd necessities include C. F
Lewis, Frank Bradley, and George
Lynch.
Incidentally, about five of these
valuable helpers have parts in the
operetta itself. Rachel Cameron
takes one of the biggest roles as
Gretchen. and Mary Claire Bates
plays ar excellent lead as Bertha.
Martha Holton, Betty Yopp, and
c. F. Lewis are other prominent
members of the cast which are
largely responsible for the work on
the scenery.
Edna Matthes, who has been i'll
for a week Or so and has been
confined to her home, is up once
more and almost ready to come
back to school. It really is grand