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Show "Pep Parade" Cast, Chorus Promise Fine Entertainment An enthusiastic cast is at work daily on the forthcoming forthcom-ing production of "Pep Parade," the elaborate musical show which the Milford Lions will sponsor at the high school auditorium on Friday and Saturday, October 12 and 13. The show onens with the Swing Girls to the music of "Great Day." They are attractively attired at-tired in swing skirts and blouses. The "rug cutters" swing out, and the debutantes in their long, flowing flow-ing evening dresses are as graceful grace-ful as the music is tuneful when they perform to "Beautiful Lady." Another featured chorus is the "Country Chorus" with their pinafores pin-afores and their nostalgic tune, "Swinging Down the Road." Some of Milfords most talented people are taking part in the "Pep Parade." L. B. Eldridge plays the part of Gussie Peck, who "rules the roost" in the Peck household, including in-cluding her husband, Henry, played by O. W. Evans, and daughter Judy, played by Johnny Grim-shaw. Grim-shaw. Gussie has her heart set on Judy marrying Keith Trevelyan (Eddie Anderson), whom she fondly refers to as a banker, although in reality he is only a clerk, but Judy is determined de-termined that the one in her life shall be Tommy Meadows, played by Gordon Murdock, who lives next door and is studyiyng at Ag college. Vance Fisher as Aunt Hattie Hotchkiss throws the "monkey wrench" into the works, however, when she arrives, enriched by the death of her husband, and proceeds pro-ceeds to take over. There is only one trouble, Aunt Hattie has a mania for phony fortune tellers and at present is in the clutches of Madame de la Clair, played by O. C. Koch, and is about to invest her money in fake oil stock. . To , prevent, such a. catastrophe, Judy and Tommy decide to do something about it, with Tommy emerging as a footologist who teUs fortunes by reading the soles of the feet. Ben Hillman as Hortense Yohn-son, Yohn-son, the Swedish maid, is looking for a man and consults with Tommy as Professor Medowski But Roseola, the colored cook, portrayed por-trayed by J. E. Muncie, wants no part of any fortune teller and does not hesitate to say so. And to complicate matters, Dr. Dora Druggins (Elwood Jefferson), Jeffer-son), a lady chiropractor who is slightly deaf, arrives to treat her patient. But it's all well that ends well, and it does and well. According to advance notices, "Pep Parade" is a riot of comedy and entertainment and it promises to be just that here in Milford. Saturday afternoon, October 6, a parade of the babies entered in the Baby Contest will pass down Main street at o'clock. |