Carol Ostrow

Carol Ostrow was a student from 1943 to 1944. While a student, she participated in many drama productions, including The Importance of Being Earnest, and Betty Kelley's More Straw for the Scarecrow.

2017.40.153 April 24, 1944 bulletin,

"The student actors will broadcast scenes from Betty Kelley’s “More Straw for the Scarecrow” over Station WWNC on Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock and over Station WISE on Thursday morning at 9:30. The first performance of the fairy play will be given at the Plaza Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock under the sponsorship of the Asheville Children’s Theatre.

The second performance will be given on Tuesday afternoon, May 9 at 2:00 P.M. at the Stephens-Lee High School in Asheville for the Negro children in the primary and grammar grades. The cast for the children’s play include: Carol Ostrow as the Mother, Patsy Lynch at Kathie, a little girl; Egbert Swackhamer as Katai, a little boy; Ruth Miller as Junior Mouse; Lana Yarash as Mother Mouse; Bill McLaughlin as Father Mouse; Betty Kelley as Grinner, the Scarecrow; Jack Gifford as Kafur, the Groomp; Fred Goldsmith as the Father; Roxane Dinkowitz as Dame Margaret, Liese Kulka as Dame Ferris, Susan Brown as the First Villager and Nell Goldsmith as the Second Villager.

The posters and programs and special make-ups for the play are being created by Carol Ostrow."