Gerber ■ Petersen Team Scores Hit (Continued from page 1) sleep and they are discussing heir plans as to what they will be when they grow up. Because there are so many things they’d like to be' and they can’t decide they go to sleep. Immediately! sandmen come in, drop sand in the children s eyes and transport them to Dreamville. As the curtain opened on the second scene, the audience beheld Dreamville. complete with the district school, in chiding a building under con 1REX W. WILSON,. M.D. ROBT. M. LANGDON, I M.D. PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS 128 W. Douglas St., O’Neill Phone 138 —————— - ' / struction (in O'Neill's case a direly needed school addition). Doctor Dunn's office, Sam's barber shop (complete with the barber chair), and a su per market. In the O'Neill production, both fathers and mothers helped with the elaborate stage settings and costumes. Carpenters, painters, electricians and seamstresses made Dreamville become a real town. Street lights dimmed with other stage lights and the barber pole revolved during the entire evening. Bert, the policeman, portrayed by Marvin Dawes, directed traf fic and greeted the various peo ple who came down Main street. These included the barber, who gave the mayor a shave and a haircut; children on their way to school, who sang a song about safety, “S-T-O-P Spells Stop”; the school teachers, carpenters and a group of shoppers. These in turn went to the super mar ket where they talked and sang to the grocer, milkman, butcher f.nd baker. Farmer Featherbones (played by Mikie Allendorfer), who was obliged to bring his tractor to town for repairs, con I vinced the audience it’s great to be a farmer. The Dreamville school band (in reality the kin dergarten rhythm band) played several numbers under the baton of the band director (Eddie Hil | derhoft). Melanie Medcalf sang the song about band directors. Busy Doctor Dunn, with his stetho scope around his neck, was well portrayed by Billy McIntosh. Two nurses, Mary Susan Har bottle and Linda Jenkins, sang a song entitled “Angels of Mercy.” One of the most popular songs was “I Want to Be An Engineer” with an introduction by the girls singing the whistle sounds and the boys providing the rhythmic “chew, chew, chew, chew.” A note of humor was added unexpectedly when the bar ber, who also had to double as the fire chief, heard the fire siren blow and in his haste to get there, went through the window of the barber shop. Another time, the policeman couldn’t get his squad car turn ed around, so he picked it up and pedalled off in the opposite direction. The third scene brought onto the stage the wake fairies in their sparkling tarlatan balle rina skirts, white slippers and wands with lighted stars. They sang and danced around the two sleeping children, Tim and Bec ca, and gently awakened them with their fairy wands. in me iiiiaie, an uie cmiaren came back to sing a medley of several songs. The curtain closed with the singing of the theme song with the idea that although there are many things they’d like to be, only time will tell what they will be “When We Grow Up.” Mrs. Petersen was high in her praise for all who helped. In ad dition to the parents, she had fine support in her accompanists, Mrs. Merwyn French and Mrs. John Harbottle. Miss Viola Haynes did an effective job with makeup. The high school commercial department made the programs and the normal trainers assisted in the produc tion. Other townspeople loaned properties, made signs and help ed in other ways. Mrs. Petersen spoke highly of of song play itself. “Both the words and the music are written on the level of the child, and they lend themselves well to a social studies unit,” she explain ed. Last year’s “Big Show” was also written by Mrs. Gerber, who hopes that one day both will be accepted by a publisher. When asked by Mrs. Petersen if more song plays would follow, Mrs. Gerber said a third one is taking shape in her mind. “Now the problem is to find time to get it down on paper!” The real secret to the success of the song plays lies in the teamwork between Mrs. Peter sen, wife of the telephone com pany manager, and Mrs. Gerber, a preacher’s wife. Their alliance, accidentally bom out of a mu tual interest in children and not hampered by several hundred niles’ separation, has given nany folks the notion they are he Rogers and Hammerstein in he small fry field. When I Grow Up' performers . . . Bert the policeman (Marvin Dawes), Tim (John Patrick Miller), Becca (Virginia Lynn Johnson) and the band director (Eddie Hilderhoff). _ O'Neill Photo Co. ' ..... ' m II n -m ;.11—pw 111| '0 iinHjm "Dreamville" is a real town . . . (lefi-io-righ i) Linda Sue Wallon. Donna Colfack, Billy Mc Intosh, Linda Jenkins and Mary Susan Harbottle.—O'Neill Photo Co. Hammerbergs Spend Month in Kansas CELIA— Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammerberg are at home again after a month’s vacation in Kansas with their daughters. On their way home they vis ited at Bailyville, Kans., where Mrs. Hammerberg was bom and spent her early childhood. Later, she and Mr. Hammerberg visit ed the same community while on their honeymoon and now, nearly 40 years later, they made another visit. They were privi leged to visit with the John Bigelow family whose parents iaised Mrs. Hammerberg’s fa ther. They had never met be fore. They also visited the state capitals of Kansas and Nebraska. Other Celia News Lawrence Smith, Emil Colfack and Duane Beck helped witn work with calves at the Frank, Kilmurry farm last Thursday. Pat Kilmurry brought his lit tle granddaughter to her home from school Friday and stayed for supper with his son, Frank Kilmurry, and family. Mrs. Carl Damero and chil dren called at the Hans Laurid sen home last Thursday. Mrs. Joe Hendricks, Mrs. Earl Schlotfeld, Mrs. Merrill Smith and Mrs. Milton McKathnie spent Tuesday, May 4, at the Robert Hendricks home plan ling for the display to be placed in a store window in Atkinson for home demonstration week. Mrs. D. F. Scott and Gene Liv ingston drove to O’Neill on bus iness Monday, May 3. Nina Hendricks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hendricks, spent last Thursday afternoon with her cousin:?. Arlin and Mar kita Hendricks. Leon Hendricks and Mildred Ernst of Miltonvale, Kans., also Marion Vrengdenhil of Tolstoy, S D, and Don Lauby of Alex andria, Va., were weekend guests at the Mark and Robert Hendricks homes. The four j young people are students at Miltonvale Wesleyan Bible school at Miltonvale. They re turned to school Sunday. Guests at the Joe Hendricks home Friday, May 7, for dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Sta ples and children of Newport, Ida., Mr. and Mrs. Bob Risor and family of Butte and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hupp, Mr. and Mrs. David Rahn and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Orville Orr, all of Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease enter tained their parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Spann of Atkinson and R. M. Pease of O’Neill, for mother’s day dinner. “Grandpa” Blow came to the Joe Hendricks home on Sunday to spend a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Johnson were Sunday dinner guests at j the Charley Tasler home in At- I kinson. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hend ricks called at the Emil Colfack home Friday forenoon. Mr. and Mrs Connie Frickel and family and Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Johnson and family were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Don Carey at Bancroft. A number of folk from this community attended the Gathje farm sale south of Atkinson on Monday. The Celia school ended its school term with a well attend ed picnic on Saturday, May 8. Mr. and Mrs. George Beck and Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck drove to Freeman, S.D., Friday, May 7. Mr. and Mrs. August Troshyn ski visited with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kilmurry, and family on Sunday evening. Roy Tunink of Butte visited from Friday through Sunday at the Hans Lauridsen home. His father called for him on Sunday evening. Carl Damero was a last Thurs day dinner guest at the Hans Lauridsen home. Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel and family attended the class C track meet in Bassett last Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease ac companied them. Mr. and Mrs Donald Focken visited at the Marvin Focken home, on Wednesday, May 5. Hans Lauridsen, Clarence Focken and Alex Forsythe at tended a church meeting in At kinson on Friday evening. 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