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WAYNE CO., IL

CELEBRATION

Wayne County Good Old Days Celebration, Inc.

Proudly Presents

The Living Outdoor Historical Spectacular

West Of The Wabash

A Rogers Company Presentation

Staged by Bill Armitage

GENERAL CHAIRMAN B. Floyd Smith

SPECTACLE CHAIRMAN Catherine Mitchell

Wayne County Fairgrounds

8:00 P. M.

October 2-3-4-5th, 1963

West Of The Wabash is based on historical fact and outline. in some instances, chronology of incidents, costuming and characters have been changed to meet staging requirements. Dialogue and situations
have been created to augment historical data, and to increase the dramatic impact of the production.

Narrators: Leda Speres, Yvonne Cross, Corine Jessop, Anita Vogel, Alva C. Gale, M/Sgt. Ronald Orchard.

PROGRAM SEQUENCE

Prologue: Time Remembered! Scene One: Meet The Cast Scene Two: 150 Years of Pride and Progress.	Episode Eight: The Burning Tide! Scene One: The Flaming Issue! Scene Two: A Great Illinois Speaks!
Episode One: Awaken America, Awaken! Scene One: Meet Isaac Harris! Scene Two: The Beginning or the End?	Episode Nine: The Wonderful Years! Scene One: An Attic of Memories. Scene Two: A Picnic in Fairfield, Scene Three: A Woman Remembers. Scene Four: Waltztime in the Nineties!
Episode Two: Indian Tragedy! Scene One: An Indian Chief in Retrospect! Scene Two: Joe Boltinghouse Is Captured! Scene Three: A Ritual of Death!	Episode Ten: A Call To Arms! Scene One: Bond Rally in Wayne County. Scene Two: Somewhere 'Over There'! Scene Three: In Memoriam.
Episode Three: The Common Glory! Scene One: A Log Cabin Home in Early Wayne County. Scene Two: New Settlers Arrive! Scene Three: Old Mule Rivers! Scene Four: Plotting The Land.	Episode Eleven: The Decade of Fabulous Nonsense! Scene One: Those Old Nickelodeon Days - Remember? Scene Three: The Dance Rage of the Twenties! Scene Four: A Look at the Thirties.
Episode Four: Our Town Scene One: The Buckskin Gal.	Episode Twelve: Siege For Freedom! Scene One: A Day in Infamy! Scene Two: War Is Declared! Scene Three: This Is the Army!
Episode Five: The Three R’s. Scene One: The Early School in the County	Epilogue: The Look To The Future! Scene One: The Cast Returns.
Episode Six: The Seventh Day. Scene One: Church in the Wilderness,
Episode Seven: An Indian Named Lydia! Scene One: The Search! Scene Two: Discovered!

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