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Tickets For 'Dear
Ruth'; Local Play, Go On Sale
RAYMOND (Special) -
Tickets went on sale this week for "Dear Ruth," the
first stage presentation of the newly-formed Harbor
Players club, announced Mrs. Betty Mullen, director
of the local drama organization. Scheduled for 8
o'clock Thursday night, March 15, at the Raymond
high school auditorium, the comedy play will feature
local talent from the Raymond and South Bend area.
TEEN-AGE BRAT
Marcella Mason is cast
in the role of a teen-age brat named Miriam Williams
who has long and lushly corresponded - in the name
of her older sister, Ruth - with a young overseas
flier during World War II. Suddenly, the flier
(Clyde Revord) turns up, with that overseas look in
his eye and all set to marry Ruth - who is all set
to marry someone else. Ruth (Virginia McKinney), to
soften the blow, agrees to act out for a while the
character that her little sister has cast her in.
Albert Kummer (Charles Hitchins) is the well-heeled,
but undeserving banker boy-friend of Ruth. It
starts off with innocent fun, but ends up in more
romance than Ruth had anticipated.
CAST LISTED
Other players in the
two-act comedy are Norma Lee Briney, Jack Mathis,
Bonnie Rogers, Helen Sigmen, Keith Thompson and
Lauris Sigmen. "Dear Ruth" was written by Norman
Krasna and first produced on Broadway in 1944, where
it ran for 216 performances. Later in 1947, it also
scored a success as a movie produced by Paramount
Pictures starring Joan Caulfield, William Holden and
Mona Freeman. The Harbor Players have priced
admission tickets for adults at .75 cents and at .50
cents for students. "For each $2 spent at any of
the three drugstores in Raymond - Dunsmoor Drug Co.,
Pay-Rite Drug Store or Raymond Drug Co. - a free
ticket to our play will be given out to the
customer," added Mrs. Mullen.
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A cast of Raymond and
South Bend dramatic talent, directed by Mrs. Betty
Mullen, will appear before the footlights on the
stage of the Raymond high school auditorium tonight
(Thursday) in their presentation of the sparkling
comedy, "Dear Ruth," which has been in rehearsal for
several weeks. Curtain time is 8 o'clock. Marcella
Mason is cast in the role of a teen-age brat named
Miriam Williams who has long and lushly corresponded
- in the name of her older sister, Ruth - with a
young overseas flier, during World War II.
Suddenly, the flier (Clyde Revord) turns up, with
that overseas look in his eye and all set to marry
Ruth - who is all set to marry someone else. Ruth
(Virginia McKinney), to soften the blow, agrees to
act out for a while the character that her little
sister has cast her in. Albert Kummer (Charles
Hutchins) is the well-heeled, but undeserving banker
boy-friend of Ruth. It starts off with innocent
fun, but ends up in more romance than Ruth had
anticipated. An evening's entertainment filled with
sparkling humor, awaits those who attend.
Tickets went on sale
this week for "Dear Ruth," the first stage
presentation of the newly-formed Harbor Players
club, Mrs. Betty Mullen, director of the local drama
organization announced today. Scheduled for 8
o'clock Thursday night, March 15, at the Raymond
high school auditorium, the comedy will feature
local talent from the Raymond and South Bend area.
Members of the cast are Marcella Mason, Clyde Revord,
Virginia McKinney, Charles Hutchins, Norma Lee
Briney, Jack Mathis, Bonnie Rogers, Helen Sigman,
Keith Thompson and Lauris Sigman. "Dear Ruth,"
written by Norman Krasna, was first produced on
Broadway in 1944 where it ran for 216 performances.
Later, in 1947, it also scored a success as a
movie. "For each $2 spent at any of the three
drugstores in Raymond, a free ticket to our play
will be given out to the customer," said Mrs.
Mullen.
Audience Pleased By "Dear
Ruth" Play (By Dr. W. G. Sargent)
The Harbor Players
presented the comedy "Dear Ruth" at the Raymond High
School auditorium last Thursday evening. In spite
of a number of other activities that evening a large
crowd was on hand to witness the performance. The
play had a long and successful run on Broadway and
it was easy to see why. The play itself is good
with a rather novel twist to the plot. An impetuous
school girl has written intriguing letters to a
service man and signed her sister's name. On the
day the sister announces her engagement to a local
banker, the service man unexpectedly returns to
claim her. The complications that ensue are highly
diverting and in the end the service man wins the
girl. The cast was well chosen and had their lines
well in hand. The acting was excellent and highly
realistic. It is manifestly impossible to comment
on all the characters, however, the local actors
should certainly be mentioned and receive their
share of the acclaim which was so justly evidenced
by the audience.
Marcella (Mrs. Dick)
Mason played the part of the impetuous school girl
who wrote the letters which caused all the
commotion, and she played it superbly and in a most
credible fashion. Charles Hutchins had the role of
the jilted and disgruntled lover. His irritation,
disgust and anger were so emphatically portrayed
that one forgot his disappointment in watching his
articulate dismay. Bonnie Rogers had the part
relatively minor, of the sister of the lucky service
man who won the girl. She played the role with
conviction and adequacy. It is good to know that a
small sum of money was cleared which will be plowed
right back into the already fertile soil. The
players met this week and elected Charles Hutchins
secretary-treasurer. They also decided to produce
another play next April, which is good news for
Theatre lovers and the man who would like to see a
permanent theatrical group on the harbor. Perhaps
this is the beginning of such. Let us hope so.
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