Second-, third- and fourth-graders who participated in the 1944 spring play at St. John’s School in Piopolis included, from left, front row: Charles Schuster, Evelyn Rubenacker, Helen Hopfinger, Melvin Rubenacker, Leo Aydt, Billy Frey and Robert Wellen; second row: GeorgiaAnn Frey, Ralph Aydt, Clementine Frey and Lucille Schuster; third row: Leland Frey, Paul Wellen, Doris Rost, James Rubenacker, Pauline Wellen (almost hidden) and Robert Schuster; fourth row: Rosalee Wellen, Martha Kirsh, Floann Rost, Eugene Crawford and Francis Mittsdorfer; fifth row: Elizabeth Birkner, Mary Kirsh, Mary Lou Rost, Georgiann Kreher and Mary Elizabeth Wellen.
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