up for the Old Threshers Reunion. The Schaffner Players will present shows during the reunion with a cast supplied by Michael Kramme and a group of business people from Washington, Iowa. Mike is a member of our theater board and has recently been hired to head the Department of Drama at Culver Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. He will return to Washington, Iowa to direct this cast and I will join them in the production of ‘Saintly Hypocrites and Honest Sinners.’[2]
After the Old Threshers performances Jimmy stored the tent and equipment. The tent was not used again until 1990. Jimmy continued to perform one-man or small cast shows in the truck or local auditoriums. In a letter dated January 24, 1985, Jimmy shared his problems: I built a one-man show on one of the old 1939 trucks I bought from Neil. It was used to haul chairs for some 40 years with the show. I put a great deal of time and effort into this project so that I can play shopping centers, fairs, malls, etc., anywhere in the nation. I took it west last year and scouted a lot of territory,