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92 GUIDE TO YELLOW SPR INGS | 2021– 2022 REMEMBERING A HOLIDAY TRADITION By LAUREN “CHUCK” SHOWS I n 1962, Liselotte Stave, a native of Germany who had only recently moved to the village with her husband, Uwe, introduced a tradition of her own youth to the Yellow Springs community: that year, she directed “The Nativity and Shepherd’s Play.” Villag- ers donned robes, crooks and wings to play the shepherds, the angel, Mary and Joseph at First Presbyterian Church. The next year, the play was put on again, and was this time joined by a second play, “The Para- dise Play,” which told the story of the creation of the world and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. These two plays would be presented at First Presby- terian Church for another five decades. Both “The Nativity and Shepherd’s Play” and “The Paradise Play” are examples of the mystery play or miracle play — a recreation of a Bible story, presented in tableaux in medieval times, and one of the earliest types of formal play. More than 600 years old, both plays originate from what was then the small Austrian- Hungarian village of Oberufer, now part of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The plays were performed only in that area, along the Danube December, 1962: German Nativity, or Oberufer plays, were pre - sented in the Presbyterian Church’s Westminster Hall, and said to be essentially unchanged over the past 500 years. The above play featured Richard Fowler, Ilse Kappe, Richard Northway, Robert Hardman, Irwin Everett, Jean Putnam, Ricky Vernon, Jon Whitmore, David Casenhiser and Holger Stave. | YS NEWS ARCHIVE PHOTO OBERUFER PLAYS CHECK OUT OUR UPDATED WEBSITE! ➠ Where you can check unit availability, see monthly specials, pay your bill and use the storage calculator to find the right size unit! SIzES fROm 5’x5’ TO 10’x30’! PlEnTy Of ROOm BETWEEnBUIlDIngS! www.SolidGoldSelfStorage.com • 937-358-6195 3820 Springfield-Xenia Rd. (5 mi. North of Yellow Springs on Rt. 68) “THE FINEST STORAGE FACILITY IN THE AREA!”  16 Video Surveillance Cameras (24 Hr/7 Day)  Personal Code Access (24 Hr/7 Day)  Security Fencing & Lighting  Outdoor Storage  Lighted Units  On-Site Office Staffed (Mon.–Sat., 9 a.m.–5 p.m.)  Vaulted Ceilings from12’ to16’ (35%More Space)  We Sell Storage Locks!  Friendly Service & Reasonable Prices  Home Storage & Commercial Accounts Welcome