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Gallery: Minden High School students present Canteen-themed play at the Fox Theatre
Todd von Kampen / The North Platte Telegraph
Minden High School students presented their Class B runner-up one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" Jan. 12 at North Platte's Fox Theatre.
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Soon-to-be World War II Canteen founder Rae Wilson (Peyton Schoone) and her brother, Denver (Markus Ramsey), react to the news of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, during Minden High School's Sunday production of its original one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" at North Platte's Fox Theatre. Denver Wilson, a Nebraska National Guard captain when America entered the war, would become a lieutenant colonel and help lead the Nebraska-based 134th Infantry Division's penetration of Nazi lines under North Platte Brig. Gen. Butler Miltonberger in the pivotal Battle of St.-Lô in France on July 15, 1944.
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Reporter Merle Jones (William Werner) interviews an older Rae Wilson Sleight (Hannah Boehler) about how she and others launched North Platte's World War II Canteen during Minden High School's Sunday production of its original one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" at North Platte's Fox Theatre.
Rae Wilson (Peyton Schoone, right) urges her fellow North Platte residents to give away their Christmas treats and gifts to visiting Kansas National Guard soldiers during Minden High School's Sunday production of its original one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" at North Platte's Fox Theatre. The scene depicts the famous case of "mistaken identity" at the old Union Pacific Depot on Dec. 17, 1941, after which Wilson rallied North Platte residents — who had expected North Platte's Nebraska Guard unit — to open the World War II Canteen eight days later on Christmas Day.
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The older Rae Wilson Sleight (Hannah Boehler, right) remembers how her younger self (Peyton Schoone) wrote a "letter to the editor" urging formation of North Platte's World War II Canteen during Minden High School's Sunday production of its original one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" at North Platte's Fox Theatre. Wilson's letter appeared in the Dec. 18, 1941, edition of the North Platte Daily Bulletin, later merged with The Telegraph.
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Serviceman William "Woody" Butrick (Jakoby Loibl) contemplates the popcorn ball Vera Winters (Maylee Kamery) has just handed him at North Platte's World War II Canteen during Minden High School's Sunday production of its original one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" at North Platte's Fox Theatre.
World War II Canteen volunteer workers dance with visiting soldiers during Minden High School's Sunday production of its original one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" at North Platte's Fox Theatre. In the middle are William "Woody" Butrick (Jakoby Loibl) and future wife Vera Winters (Maylee Kamery), whose relationship began after Vera included her name and address in one of the Canteen's signature popcorn balls.
Rae Wilson (Peyton Schoone, left), Vera Winters (Maylee Kamery, standing at left) and other World War II Canteen volunteers comfort a distraught Elaine Wright (Anais Sowles) during Minden High School's Sunday production of its original one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" at North Platte's Fox Theatre. Wright was working at the Canteen when she was informed of the death of son George Wright, a 1940 North Platte High School graduate, when his plane was shot down over Nazi-occupied France on Oct. 21, 1942.
Vera Winters (Maylee Kamery) leaps into the arms of "popcorn ball" sweetheart William "Woody" Butrick (Jakoby Loibl) upon his return to the World War II Canteen during Minden High School's Sunday production of its original one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" at North Platte's Fox Theatre. The couple would marry after the war; Woody died in 1992, but Vera lives in South Dakota.
An older William "Woody" Butrick (Jakoby Loibl, with cane) tells reporter Merle Jones (William Werner) of the meaning of North Platte's World War II Canteen during Minden High School's Sunday production of its original one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" at North Platte's Fox Theatre. Looking on are Butrick's wife, Vera (Maylee Kamery, left), and Rae Wilson Sleight (Hannah Boehler).
More than 600 people at North Platte's Fox Theatre give a rousing standing ovation Sunday to the cast and crew of Minden High School's original one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" on North Platte's World War II Canteen.
Lincoln County Historical Museum director/curator Jim Griffin (right) greets Minden High School one-act play director Jeffrey Horner (to Griffin's right) and the cast and crew of "The Coffee Pot Is On" Sunday outside the museum's North Platte Canteen exhibit. Griffin gave them a guided tour of the exhibit before they presented their 2019 Class B runner-up World War II Canteen show at North Platte's downtown Fox Theatre.
Cast and crew members of Minden High School's one-act play "The Coffee Pot Is On" view one of the actual coffee pots used at North Platte's World War II Canteen Sunday at the Lincoln County Historical Museum. The 47-member cast and crew later presented their Class B runner-up show, written by Minden one-act director Jeffrey Horner, at North Platte's downtown Fox Theatre.
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