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Show "Lucas Family" II in kley Hit The Jiree-act play which was presented in the high school Tuesday Tues-day night by the Hinckley ward MIA, "That Lucas Family" was highly enjoyed by a packed house. The play was directed by D. A. Allred, who was assisted in the fin al details by Mrs. Myrtis Smith and the Mutual officers. With details de-tails of the production being carefully care-fully worked out the product -ion was a fine one. Each character played his part in such a way as to carry the audience aud-ience with them in their portrayals. portray-als. Outstanding was "Gramps" civ il war veteran, played by Rodney Wright. Here a Vue character was developed, and many a chuckle was due to his interpretation, as well as many good hearty laughs brought out by both character and situation. Playing the roles of Father and Mother, Verdell Bishop and Etta Tullis were both vitally interested' interest-ed' in" their own problems, only occasionally oc-casionally sharing one another's troubles. Dee Stevens portrayed the part of a play-director, who was in town for the money he could take out of it. He had three women wom-en interested in him, and the boys going for his play directing. The twins, Bob Ruth, age seventeen, were played by Ronald Nielson and Birdie Lou Hilton. Ruth Robinson took the part of Mrs. Lucas' best friend in campaigning cam-paigning for her presidency to the local PTA and showed the excited interest as a woman would be expected to do under the circumstances, circum-stances, which seemed so vital to her. The opposing woman for the pre sidency was Mrs. Timmis, which was taken by Dolpha Bishop, who portrayed well, "the best-dressed woman in town". Grampa's friend, Sam Singer, was taken by Frank Hebert, who . brought out many an interesting side-line to the dramatization. |