1972-1977

East Central Group Will Present Comedy ar,y E· st Central J unior s ·t;de;1ts, whether they ::. C''lllg ~ speech or not, • \01•;,;ri in the Beckham of Philadelphia, Beth Wilkerson and Susan Wilkerson of Walnut Grove, Make-up; Ann Howard of

~mber lQ...2 J d.L11rc theatre u f r1 of ·' , Sa age L r:iffiu" to be prestnted in ~ ro.unci in the college ,'..u.;t ria. besides the cast of ten stut.lents, sixteen persons make up the 'backstage ' . crew, handling publicity, production prcblems, props, costumes, end make-up. Playing the lead r ole of Mrs. Ethel Savage will be Pamela Stribling of Carthage. Mem– bers of the case include: Dr. Emmett - Hardy McConnick of Forest; Christine - Oleto Mayo of Forest; Fairy May– Peggy Sununers of Walnut Grove; Hannibal - Douglas Reynolds of Naxapater; Mrs. Paddy - Pam Horn of Car– thage; Florence - Linda Wiggins of Carthage; Officer - Leonard Fick of Decatur; Al Richard Ballard of Louisville; and Jeanie - Pam Holley of Philadelphia. Assuming the important position of Assistant Director under Speech Instructor Bruce Peterson will be Kay Vance of Decatur. Other production members are: Jackie Carter of Walnut Grove, Secretary; Bill Rigby of Forest and Don Ca8ey of Louisville, Production Managers. Members of the pJiop, costume and make-up Com– mittees include: Kathy

Toxapater, Sound; Barbara Russell of Decatur and Pam Nancy of Louisville, Props; Darlene Dorman of Walnut Grove, Costumes; and Michelle Thornton of Philadelphia, Hostess Chairman. Members of the Publicity committee are: Don Sharp of Philadelphia, chairman; Janet Carlisle of Philadelphia; Arlies. Savell and Darleen Kendrick of Decatur. "The Savage Deilmma" is a very funny, but meaningful story of a series of events taking place in a privat.e in– stitution. The staff of the institution, Dr. Enunett and Christine, the nurse, are facing the problem of closing down the institution and putting the four patients, Fairy May, Hannibal, Florence, and Mrs. Paddy, in a state institution. Things seem to brighten, however, when a former patient, Mrs. Savage who is extremely wealthy, comes for a visit. Dr. Emmett thinks Mrs. Savage will gladly give the institution all the money it needs to keep going, but soon learns all her money is tied up in the courts because her sons had her proclaimed incompetent. This problem soon has a solution when two hippies, Aloysius and Evangeline,

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