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Music Man
THIS WEEK IN RIVER CllY a column by Mrs. Eulalie
Mackecknie Shinn, hpnorable mayor's wife
Good day, fair River Citizens. This week has been most interesting, and next week shall prove even more so if we all pitch in to help make the upcoming Fourth of July festivities at River City High School as excellent as they have been in previous years.
FIREWORK STORES RAIDED -It has been brought to my attention that already hoodlums, vagabonds and the bad element are afoot in our fair city. Our firework stores intended for the "Last Days of Pompeii" festivities have evidently been raided, and two rather sizeable firecrackers are missing! While the local constabulary searches the environs for the culpable miscreant, I wish to remind the citizens that truly it is all of us who are, in a way, responsible, neglecting our youth by allowing them to be exposed to such abominable filth as Balzac, Voltaire and Michelangelo, posing as culture in our institutions of learning and our libraries and ignored by our unwatchful citizenry! Good people, we have a responsibility to our children to avert their eyes from sources of corruption. These days, the public library is no place for a young student. Parents, watch carefully the reaading habits of your sons and daughters! By remaining ever vigilant, we can stop these ruffians and hoodlums before they ever get started.
A VISIT FROM A MISS DUNLOP -This past Saturday saw the fond farewell to the sister of Maud Dunlop, Josephine, who kept us quite occupied during her weeklong visit marked by her afternoon disappearances. Known widely among the ladies of River City, the good Miss Josephine Dunlop always has been held up as a model of wisdom and propriety until it was found that each day around two o'clock or so, she vanished. Her whereabouts were unknown until dinner time, when she returned with some vague excuse. Mrs. Alma and Miss Elma Hix reportedly witnessed her lunching with an
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out-of-towner, and immediately suspicions began to rise that the formerly upright Miss Josephine had fallen prey to a man of questionable character. If so, she might have been in need of a good rescue! When Maud had finally had enough and followed her sister from the house one afternoon, she discovered what the good woman had been up to the past week - surreptitious visits to the ice cream parlor on Main Street, which were in direct defiance of her physician's orders to avoid milk, cream and other dairy items. Apologies were exchanged all around, the wild episode came to an end, and Miss Josephine Dunlop was sent on her way, having promised to keep her taste for creams firmly in check!
COMING AITRACTIONS -Don't forget, good citizens, to attend Fourth of July festivities at the Madison Gymnasium at River City High School next week. The school board shall be presenting a fine patriotic tableau, and I will, of course, be reprising my performance with the Wa Tan Ye girls of the wigwam of Hiawatha, a spectacle that no one will want to miss.
CHILDREN'S PIANO LESSONS
For the improvement of the child's ear,
classical acculturation and aesthetic well
being.
Taught in the home of
Miss Marian Paroo. Lessons available
evenings or weekends.
Affordable lessons at flexible schedules.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
July 4 - City hall employees present a patriotic spectacle at River City High School grounds, Madison Gymnasium weather not permitting. July 7 - Dinner on the ground at River City Church. July 11 - Ice cream sociable, Paine's Firework Spectacle, "Last Days of Pompeii," in Madison Picnic Park.
RIVER CITY, jULY 1, 1912
- Wells Fargo Wagon delivery expected within the week -
OUT-OF-TOWNER RIDDEN OUT OF TOWN
ON A RAIL
Riverboat Unavailable
Record Crowds Gather to Witness Event
Out-of-towner Fred Hainsley was ridden out of town on a rail yesterday around three o' clock in the afternoon. An estimated 57 persons gathered in the summer heat to witness the event, which is a River City record number for such an expulsion.
"I'm not altogether clear on why. it happened," said Phillip Davies, speaking on the cause of the commotion. "But I'm sure somebody here knows all the whys and wherefores."
"He was a goo:l-for~nothin', nose-stuck-up, too-slick, bigcity out-of-towner," said . Mrs. Maud Dunlop. "At least that's how the other ladies tell it, and I've never had occasion to doubt them these past 15 years."
Mr. Hainsley arrived from Cedar Rapids.
"It sure was fun, though, huh?" said little Rick Squires, age 7. "I got Mr. Hix to lift me up on his shoulders so I could see good. It's like Fourth of]uly come early! Excepting no fireworks."
''I'll tell you, though, it ain't good for business. No sir," said hotel owner Walter Bailey. "I know we got a reputation as ornery to maintain and all, but think of the business we're losing. That's good money we're throwing away. Good money. Sometimes I wonder why I bothered to open a hotel in River City. Must be crazy, they said. Well, they were right!"
The cause of the commotion, which began at 2:23 in the afternoon, is still unclear. Olin Britt thought the man was "looking at people funny, asking too many questions, when he ought to just mind his own business."
Mr. Ewart Dunlop seemed to concur. "He was going around poking his nose where it didn't belong, making snap judgments and carrying on. Might have gotten our fine young ladies into a great deal of trouble if we hadn't had the foresight to do something about it!"
Dept of Theatre
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"It's absolutely disgraceful," said Miss Marian Paroo, town librarian. "I don't see why we have to keep running people away just because ... well, for no evident reason. And, no, I don't think being stubborn Iowans excuses anything. Why, I've been Iowan nearly all my life, and I'm perfectly fair, reasonable and open-minded. And nothing you can say will ever change me!"
The crowd's first impulse was to send Mr. Hainsley up the river, but a riverboat proved unavailable, so the railroad was conceived as an alternative means. "It's more traditional, anyway," said Dunlop. "If the rails aren't for riding people out on, then what do we got 'em for, I ask you?"
LADIES! Don't be caught at this
year's Fourth of July festivities without THE LATEST
PARISIAN HATS ON SALE NOW AT THE MERCANTILE
AT IMPORTER'S PRICES
This year, the word on the Champs-Elysees is "hats," and the bigger
and grander, the better. Hats adorned with feathers from regal peacock to magnificent blue ostrich
are now available for perusal and purchase at
the Mercantile. The "must-have" summer
accessory of 1912!
THE MERCANTILE 16 Main Street, River City, IA
River City Happenings
The Pest family has contracted to raise 50 acres of flax for the International Harvester company to be manufactured into
binding twine in Chicago.
James and Wilma Toffelmeier spent Friday and Saturday at Waterloo. While at Waterloo,
they had the pleasure of attending music entertain
ment, which they pronounced very good.
Mrs. Adrian Britt is visiting her sister, Mrs. Beatrice Elmm, in
Cedar Rapids.
Miss josephine Dunlop has returned to Des Moines.
M.H. Friar, who went out West last spring, has engaged in the
grocery business in Seattle.
This week's meeting of the girls' Wa Tan Ye Hiawatha wigwam will be Monday evening
instead of Thesday.
Weekly pugilist matches are to resume this Saturday evening
at Madison Gymnasium. Admission will be 5¢. All are
welcome.
Raw steaks and ice were applied to the light injuries received during the row at the school board meeting. The members
are recuperating nicely.
MINOR VANDALISM ON THE RISE
Constable Locke Blames Ruffians and
Hoodlums
"The past month has witnessed a notable increase in petty crimes and misdemeanors," said Constable William Locke of the River City Police Department. Figures for larceny, minor acts of vandalism and disturbances of the peace have all climbed steadily since May.
"Ruffians and hoodlums and scoundrels," said Locke. "Our parents aren't disciplining their schoolboys like they once did," he lamented. "They're letting them run slipshod, roughshod over the whole town, tipping outhouses, pilfering firecrackers, loitering. When I was a boy, you'd kick a stone in your church shoes and get a whipping, but now the boys are out at all hours doing wh, knows what, and it's making m: job all the more difficult, I teh you."
Locke advised city parents to have a more keen interest in their boys' whereabouts during the evenings and to apply tht firm hand of disciline before he applies the firm hand of the law.
The Departments of Music and Communication ~present-Zj
.. Meredith Willson's
Book, music and lyrics by
Meredith Willson
Based on a story by
Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey
Harold Hill- Tony Garcia
Mayor Shinn -Joel Cox
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn - Mollee Baker
Zaneeta Shinn -Amy Jo Parker
Gracie Shinn- Tory Mote
Ewart Dunlop - Rees Jones
Oliver Hix -Jonathan Bragg
Jacey Squires- Shawn Frazier
Olin Britt - Ian Thomas
Marian Paroo- Jennifer Gay
Mrs. Paroo - Alice-Anne Murray
Winthrop Paroo - Harrison Eudaly
Amaryllis - Abbey Dickson
Alma Hix - Lindsay Hoggatt
Elma Hix - Lindsey Harriman
Ethel Toffelmeier- Dara Derbigny
Maud Dunlop-Squires - April Winebarger
Constable Locke- Jason Godfrey
Marcellus Washburn -Jeremy Painter Tommy Djilas - Landon McLain
Traveling Salesmen/Conductor/Charlie Cowell-Special Guests
River City Townspeople
Jenna Aldridge, Jenny Bell, Collin Bills, Anya Burt, Jason Campbell, Abby Chandler, Aaron Clark, Mary Catherine Clark,
Kris Davidson, Jennie Degge, Whitney Degge, Rebecca DeRamus, Megan Gilbert, Elaine Jones, Nate Kearns, Derek Lang,
Lauren Lawson, Justin Parkey, Joy Pennington, David Pietzman, Chris Stern, Brian Sulli\:'an, Sean Tappe. and Mitch
Wiggains
River City Children
Erin Adams, Jake Adams, Lindsay Adams, Tate Benton, Tessa Brown, Emily Burks, Hannah Cochran, Emily Eads, Spencer
Eudaly, Josh Harriman, Seth Keese, Dawson Latture, Tory Mote and Syndi Sansom
Vocalists
Carrie Cantrell, Ben Daughety, Melissa Gaddis, Lauren Hamill, David Johnson, Steven Kinyon, Thomasa Merriweather,
Nicole Preston and Pamela Sublett
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Orchestra
First Violin
Miriam Reinhardt, concertmaster
Marc Lipscomb
Second Violin
Carla Chance, principal
Bethany Lam
Third Violin
Amy Shaffer, principal
Larissa Collier
Holly Walker
Cello
Whitney Hammes
Double Bass
Greg Thoman
Flute/Piccolo
Rachel Sayle, principal
Lela Jones
Oboe/English Horn
Jennifer Eilenstein
Special Thanks
Clarinet
Mandy Evatt, principal
Misty Curry
Jessica Weimer
Katie Chester
Baritone Saxophone
Matt Walton
Trumpet
Nathan McCoy, principal
Eric Colgrove
Joel Taylor
Tenor Trombone
Allen Price, principal
Amanda Terry
Bass Trombone
Daniel Witcher
Drum Set
Nicholas White
Piano
Cliff Gagliardo
Production Staff
Director- Robin Miller
Producer - Cindee Stockstill
Orchestra Director- Mike Chance
Vocal Coach - Laura Eads
Set Designer/Technical Director - Britton Lynn
Assistant Ted.nical Director- Adam Sullivan
Lighting Director - Steve Martin
Rehearsal Accompanist- Jan Jones
Children's Director - Cindee Stockstill
House Manager - Morris Ellis
Stage Manager- Natalie Graham
Costumes- Natalie Graham, Robyn Bocks
Choreographers/Stunt Coordinators -Jenny Bell, Nicole
Hollis, Colin Neller, Claudia Stockstill
Technical Crew - Jenny Chisholm, Trey Cook, Kaeli Dunlap,
Lis Dykes, Jordan Dyniewski, Seth Fish, Rachel Gant, Robin
Grey, Nathan Klym, Tom Meadows, Misa Mitsunaga, Bryan
Phillips, Adam Sullivan, Katie Vancil, Jennifer Vanderveer and
Emily Word
Sound Technicians - Jon Jensen and Nathan Roll
Caleb Baker, Jerome Barnes, David Burks, Scott Carrell, Warren Casey, Dottie and Steve Frye, Cliff Ganus, Brian Hickey, Chuck
Hicks, Mike James, Craig Jones, Arthur Shearin, Jeff Montgomery, Sue Moore, Office of Public Relations, Brenda Seawel, and David
Woodroof and Media Services
Act 1
Overture
Train Opening/Rock Island
Iowa Stubborn
Ya Got Trouble
Piano Lesson
Goodnight My Someone
Seventy-Six Trombones
Ice Cream/Sincere
Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little/Goodnight Ladies
Marian the Librarian
My White Knight
The Wells Fargo Wagon
Act2
Entr'acte
Eulalie's Ballet/It's You/Shipoopi
Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You?
Gary, Indiana
Till There Was You
Goodnight/Seventy-Six Trombones
Finale
NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEOTAPING OF ANY KIND, PLEASE!
Meredith Willson's The Music Man is presented through special arrangements with Music Theatre International, 421 W. 54th Street,
New York, NY 10019
2003-2004 Theater Schedule
(at Harding University)
Oct. 17, 18
Nov. 6-9
Nov. 14, 15
Feb. 6-8
Feb. 19-21
March 5-7
April9, 10, 15, 16, 17
April23-25
The Music Man
Shadow lands
Peifect Pie
The Trysting Place and
Electra
~riety and Improvisation
Lot/e Letters
Miracle W0rker
Passing Through
Benson Auditorium
Administration Auditorium
Little Theatre
Little Theatre
Little Theatre
Little Theatre
Administration Auditorium
Little Theatre
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SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF THE
30TH OF JUNE
MOTION TO REPAIR FIELD AT RIVER CITY
HIGH TABLED INDEFINITELY
MEETING ENDS IN ROW, BLOODY NOSES
EXCHANGED
CROWD OF SPECTATORS GATHERS,
SOME COUNT 30 ONLOOKERS
EVENING OF JUNE 30TH, 6:00P.M. RIVER CITY SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR MEETING MINUTES, AS TRANSCRIBED BY MS. ETHEL TOFFELMEIER
The board of directors met in regular session on June 30th in the River City High School Madison Gymnasium, Mr. Ewart Dunlop presiding.
Present: Dunlop, Hix, Squires, Britt
Absent: None Dunlop moved approval of
agenda. Seconded by Hix. Aye: Dunlop, Hix, Squires,
Britt Nay: None Motion carried. Hix moved approval of min
utes from meeting of May 29th. Minutes read by Miss Ethel Toffelmeier.
Squires disputed 21st item and characterization of his eye as "blackened" following row with Dunlop. Squires claimed that clearly he was the victor, and it was Dunlop who received his comeuppance. Dunlop rejected this blatant rewriting of the facts, which were as plain as day to anyone with both eyes set in the correct side of the head.
Britt moved to table the motion of approving the minutes. Seconded by Hix.
Aye: Britt, Hix, Dunlop Nay: Squires Motion carried. Honorable Mayor's wife Mrs.
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn moved to have Dunlop sent home to change into more suitably matching clothes to comply with his responsibility to the town to appear official. Seconded by Squires.
Aye: Squires Nay: Dunlop Abstentions: Britt, Hix Motion not carried. Mrs. Eulalie Mackecknie
Shinn reminded that, as she is not a member of the school board, she is technically not allowed to raise motions.
Using a great many blueprints and charts, Britt presented plan [Item 1] to repair the
drainage problem in the field behind Madison Gymnasium. Cost of repairs was estimated at $400. Squires inquired what difference it made whether the field was properly drained, given that the cost of repair was so exorbitantly high and no athletic league in River City High School has, within the past 10 years, won more than 20 percent of its matches anyway.
Britt remarked that they might have won more often if they hadn't been forced to practice in a lake.
Dunlop called for order. Dunlop ignored. Hix moved to table Item 1.
Seconded by Dunlop. Aye: Hix, Dunlop,
Squires Nay: Britt Motion carried. Britt moved to have
Squires evicted from Madison Gymnasium for ungentlemanly behavior.
Dunlop moved to have Britt evicted for his clear lack of respect for parliamentary procedure, order, and the rule of law. Seconded by Squires.
Aye: Dunlop, Squires Nay: Britt Abstentions: Hix Motion carried. Blows exchanged. Mayor
Shinn called for order, but was not heeded in the ensuing chaos. Some 30 spectators who had gathered rose to their feet to gain a better view of the fisticuffs, which spread to all four members of the school board and ended with two bloody noses and several nicks and bruises.
Meeting ajdourned.
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT!
New pool table to be installed at Shinn's Billiard Parlor on
Main Street A GENTLEMAN'S GAME
for relaxation, diversion, and refinement of
manual dexterity A Fine Way to Spend an
Evening
Splitting Heads
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FIRE CLAIMS MEYER HOUSE AND BARN
Donations of food and clothing accepted at
River City Church
Fire broke out Sunday afternoon at the Meyer stock barn and, from the start, was beyond the control of residents. A fire truck was telegraphed for from Waterloo and arrived in time to confine the flames to the house, barn, sheds and tool shop. The Meyer family was not injured, but the River City Church is accepting donations of food and clothing until the property can be rebuilt. Already $200 of canned goods, children's clothing and other supplies have been provided by the generosity of River City.
More rain forecasted for Fourth of July festivities. Mayor Shinn has announced that in the event of a downpour, all events are to be held at Madison Gymnasium at River City High School.
Shell Rock River levels continue to be dangerously high this month. Residents living in low-lying plains are advised to take precautions if rain continues.
To the Editors - Frankly, I am appalled at the state of River City's culture and learning. We claim to be interested in our children's education, yet push them away from the great works. As the town librarian, I am privy to the ,habits of many of River City's schoolchildren, and most often their reading selections are quite disappointing. While the girls peruse dime romances or fashion newspapers from Europe and Madison Avenue, the boys are flittering away their time on mechanics and science volumes. Of course, there is value in reading for its own sake, but the shelves of philosophy, history, art and literature are dusty and unused. This is unacceptable. Parents, please encourage your children to seek out the great works and the classics - Chaucer, Dante, Spinoza, Swift, Pope! Remember fondly your own childhoods and the indelible mark these authors made on your young souls. Do we not want the same for our own children? Please do not neglect their educations, or their lives may never be as whole. - Marian Paroo, town librarian and piano instructor
To the Editors - I write to express the concerns of the whole city regarding the transient laborers who pose a threat to the safety and health of all citizens of River City. Why, a day never goes by that I don't personally see two or three of them, out on the street, mostly keeping to themselves before they're off again to some other part of the railroad, bringing diseases and filthy language and what have you. My neighbor swears that his son has been picking up language like you've never heard, and he's only 9 years
old! He's certainly not getting it from his upstanding parents or from anyone else in this community. Clearly these migrant laborers are bringing . in ,~
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more than inexpensiv.e. manhours and fancy new railroad ties. They're a bad influenc~,.Rf questionable character, and they mar the traditions and history of our fair town. I believe I speak for the whole community - or at least for my wife. - Ewart Dunlop, grocer, River City school board
To the Editors - Shell Rock River's high water level is always a menace at this time of the year. I'm sure I speak for plenty of citizens in the lowlying plains when I say that the malevolent stream should be drained. - Olin Britt, River City school
board
EX OFFICIO
From the Office of Our Mayor
Good River Citizens, as we near July the Fourth and the accompanying festivities and ceremonies and so on, I think it appropriate we reflect back on the founding of our great nation, what it means to all of us, and what it meant to our forefathers, who brought it to fruition. Four score and seven years ago
OBITUARIES
- We very much regret the death of MRS. BERTHA]. HIX of River City, formerly a resident of Waterloo. Her age was 62 years. She died at 4:00 pm Sunday afternoon at the family residence. Her death was due to brain fever. She was buried at River City churchyard Wednesday. Several from our River City were presept~t the funeral. The dece~sed woman is survived by her daughters, Elma and Alma, and nephew, Oliver.