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1925

"Uncle Sam's Visit" - A Musical Play

February 20, 1925

A brief story of the play is as follows:

The Old Woman who lived in the Shoe had so many children she did'nt [didn't] know what to do, and they belonged to all the nations of the world. She received a message that Uncle Sam, and his daughter, Columbia, were touring the world and expected to make a visit to her unique household before returning to the United States. She planned to entertain her guests with a party in which the children sang their Folk-Songs and danced their Folk-Dances in native costumes.

Principal Characters
Old WomanMarian White
Messengerpaul Smith
Uncle SamHarry Blakely
ColumbiaHelen Duffy
Standard BearerRobert Lowe
Also Joseph Allen, Kenneth Lees,Jammes McClelland,Milton Stewart, Eugene Magee

Three hundred and fifty-five dollars was received from the sale of tickets, which was used to pay for a new piano recently purchased for the building.

(Source: 1925 Pine Knot, Grove City High School Yearbook, pg. 70)

"The Trial of John & Jane" - A Christmas Program

December 19, 1925

King Cole [Jack Lary] opens his court in Storyland, and from the throne receives the homage of his subjects.  Bluebeard enters, leading two mortals, John [Samuel Leager] and Jane [Kathryn Scott], who do not believe in him and therefore under the laws of Storyland should be punished for their skepticism.  Many other witnesses—Jack the Giant Killer [George Bruner], Sleeping Beauty [Margaret McKee], Peter Pan [Mary Anderson] and others appear and accuse John and Jane of not believing in them.

The law of Storyland reads that unless saint or fairy, they are doomed to a fearful punishment.  Because of their unbelief, Cole decrees that they shall never enjoy another Christmas Day, but shall sleep from Christmas eve until the day after Christmas.

John and Jane are grief stricken at the sentence.  Just then Santa [Woodrow Van Emen] arrives.  The children declare their belief in him and are fully pardoned.  It is decided that after all Santa Claus and not Cole is the real king of Storyland.
(Source: Pine Knot, 1926, pg. 76)

Principal Characters
King Cole
Jack Lary
Simple SimonPaul WHite
Jack-be-NimbleJohn Calderwood
Blue BeardClinton Ghost
John - the culpritSamuel Leager
Jane - the culpritKathryn Scott
Jack the Giant KillerGeorge Bruner
Mother GooseGenevieve McMillan
Mother HubbardGertrude Sandrock
GanderJames McCarthy
DogEdward Book
Sleeping BeautyMargaret McKee
Humpty DumptyPaul Smith
Ali BabaHarold McDougal
AlladinClair McDougal
Peter PanMary Anderson
Robinson CrusoEugene Harmon
FridayWilliam Murphy
Robin HoodRobert Aldrich
Santa ClausWoodrow Van Eman
Alice in WonderlandMargaret Montgomery

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