Minor Characters in Molly's Series
These are minor characters in the Molly stories and movie.
Miss Archer
A senior counselor at Camp Gowonagin. She's only seen in Chances and Changes: My Journey with Molly.
Barbara
A counselor at Camp Gowonagin. She's only seen in Chances and Changes: My Journey with Molly.
Betty
A junior counselor at Camp Gowonagin. She's only seen in Chances and Changes: My Journey with Molly.
Bobbie
A new camper at Camp Gowonagin in Chances and Changes: My Journey with Molly. She shares Tent Ten with Margaret, Molly and Linda.
Charlie
A police officer in Jefferson. In The Light in the Cellar he and his partner arrest Roy Laurence for smuggling sugar from Oak Hill hospital.
Dave
A mechanic at the Weston Airfield.
Dorinda Brassy
One of the campers at Camp Gowonagin in Molly Saves the Day. She is an older girl with red hair (shown in twin ponytails with bangs); Molly compares her to a tall, gawky, white stork.[1]
Dorinda has been to Camp Gowonagin many times before Molly. She is confident, self-assured, and used to winning, but makes Molly uncomfortable and is stuck-up; Linda calls her Little Miss First Place. She wins the canoe race held, while Susan comes in last.
During the Color War, she is made the captain of the Blue Army. She acts like a general, using military speech such as "HQ", "oh-nine-hundred hours" for military time, and calling the others "troops,"; Molly feels like she's treating the Color War more like a real war rather than a game between the campers. The map she and her helpers hang is likely done by her and them.
Her plan to capture the flag is to head straight to the beach on the far side of Chocolate Drop Island, leaving the others to capture the members of the Red Team while she takes the flag, saying they can get this done in an hour (as she wants to meet them back at the boathouse by ten a.m.) When Molly stands up and questions her plan, Dorinda mocks her by exploiting Molly's fear of swimming underwater, reasserts her orders, then says Molly can desert if she wants before ordering her to be in the canoe with Susan and then telling everyone else to go to the canoes for assignments. She is so confident in her plan that their team does not pack lunches, as she thinks it will only take an hour to complete their plan.
Her plan fails immediately, and all of the Blue Team but Molly and Susan are captured. Dorinda is put in a special prison on the island as the captain, so she is not freed with the others.
Dorinda is the only member of the Blue Team not cheering after they win, and she is still sulking as they arrive to give the flag to Miss Butternut. However, since she was not part of Molly's plan, she does not end up with poison ivy like the rest of the team.
Miss Butternut
The camp director of Camp Gowonagin. She is a "roly-poly" woman with grey curly hair and a round, cheerful face. She plays the bugle for camp including the morning reveille and taps.
She appears in Molly Saves the Day, the Short Story Molly Marches On, and Chances and Changes.
She has a reference in Daisy's Collection as Daisy Davenport's Camp Gowonagin Dog, Butternut, is named after her.
Russ Campbell
A senior at Montgomery High School and a football star. Jill McIntire and Dolores think he's attractive and that a ride in his car would be a dream come true.
Carolyn
A camper at Camp Gowonagin. She's only seen in Chances and Changes: My Journey with Molly.
Nurse Carter
A nurse at Oak Hill hospital. She oversees Aunt Primrose's care in The Light in the Cellar.
Frank Culver
Helen's and Eleanor's father and Molly's grandfather.[2] He owns a farm with his wife Grammy, though he doesn't grow crops anymore. He does not like changes and prefers to pretend that the war doesn't exist at all
Grammy Culver
Helen's and Eleanor's mother and Molly's grandmother. She owns a farm with her husband Frank Culver. She is a good cook and dislikes arguments. Her first name is not stated.
Mrs. Currier
The owner of Greystone Manor. She is well acquainted with Helen and James McIntire; she and Helen served on a library committee together, and she attended a meeting at the McIntires' house. She regards James as one of the finest physicians in Jefferson.
Mary Lou Dobbs
Mary Lou Dobbs is Molly's classmate.
Dolores
Jill's best friend. Ricky McIntire has a crush on her, which Molly exploits to embarrass him.
Edie
A camper at Camp Gowonagin. She's only seen in Chances and Changes: My Journey with Molly.
Mr. Emory
An elderly man staying at Oak Hill hospital in The Light in the Cellar. His three children are stationed in the Navy: one son is in a captain, the other is a lieutenant, and his daughter is a nurse in the Pacific.
Mrs. Fitzgerald
The events coordinator at the Red Cross headquarters. In The Light in the Cellar, she instructs Molly and Emily to deliver old magazines to Oak Knoll Hospital; any leftover magazines must be brought back, to be used in an upcoming paper drive.
Woody Halsey
Woody Halsey is Molly's classmate.
Alison Hargate
Alison Hargate is Molly's classmate. Her family is rich (she has a maid) and Alison is an only child, meaning she gets a lot of items her classmates don't get. Although she doesn't try to show off, simply telling the truth can lead to others resenting her.
She was played by Josette Halpert in the movie and is characterized as more snobby than in the stories.
Mrs. Hargate
Alison Hargate's mother.
Irene
One of the campers at Camp Gowonigin. She was only seen in Molly Marches On.
Johann
A German soldier that Margaret, Molly and Linda meet in one of the paths of Chances and Changes: My Journey with Molly. They find his dog Maxie and then follow him back to his POW camp.
Judy
A counselor at Camp Gowonagin. She's only seen in Chances and Changes: My Journey with Molly.
Kathy
A camper at Camp Gowonagin. She's only seen in Chances and Changes: My Journey with Molly.
Arnold Kay
The manager at the Weston airfield. He is in A Spy on the Home Front.
Roy Laurence
A deliveryman for Laurence Laundry. He had applied for the Army, but was turned down because of his poor hearing.
Miss LaVonda
Molly's tap dance teacher.
She was portrayed by Eliza Jane Scott in the movie.
Grace Littlefield
Grace is a classmate of Molly McIntire, Linda Rinaldi, and Susan Shapiro. She is described as shy and quiet, and has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Grace is first seen in Molly Learns a Lesson when the three girls are spying on the knitting bee; Alison Hargate's maid is kneeling behind her and trying to guide Grace's hands on the needles. Linda giggles that Grace can't hold her needles right. After they are swept inside, Grace throws her needles down and looks ready to cry, stating knitting socks is way too hard--it was hard enough with two needles, but with three it is impossible and every stitch she makes comes undone--she will never make a whole sock.
In Changes for Molly it's stated that her father's legs were wounded in the war and he'll never walk again.
She is in the play "Molly's Teammates".
Marie
One of the campers at Camp Gowonagin. Marie is on the Blue Team during the camp's Color War. After the Blue Team is freed by Molly's plan, she speaks up to say that Dorinda was put in a special captain's prison as the leader, separate from the others, and must still be back on the island. She also asks who should be the leader and, when Susan says it should be Molly and why, agrees.
Like the rest of the Blue Team, she ends up with poison ivy.
Marta
A Polish woman working as an aide at Oak Hill hospital. She and her husband worked against the Nazis in Poland, and her husband was killed before he could follow his wife and daughter out of the country.
Melody Moore
A film actress helping to rally support for the war effort.
Howie Munson
Howie, whose true first name is Howard, is Molly's classmate. He sits behind Molly and loves multiplication bees. He is slightly proud.
Nancy
A camper at Camp Gowonagin. She's only seen in Chances and Changes: My Journey with Molly.
Patty
One of the campers at Camp Gowonagin, Patty is friends with Dorinda Brassy. She is on the Red Team during the camp's Color War.
Aunt Primrose
Emily's aunt. She becomes ill with pneumonia when Emily arrives to America and has asked Mrs. McIntire to take Emily in while she recovers from her illness.
Aunt Primrose only appears in The Light in the Cellar, although she is first mentioned in Happy Birthday, Molly! and referenced in Brave Emily.
Mr. Pritchard
The director of Oak Hill hospital. He's also a Red Cross volunteer, and wants everything perfect for his patients.
Ruth
Marta's daughter. She attends kindergarten at the school where Aunt Primrose teaches.
Edith Schroeder
A nurse at Oak Hill hospital.
Anna Schulz
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Schulz and Molly's "best summertime friend".
Fritz and Heidi Schulz
The parents of Max and Anna Schulz. The Schulzes reside on a farm next to the Culvers, and Mr. Schulz works as a farmer and at a garage in Weston, Illinois.
Max Schulz
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Schulz. Max works at the Weston airfield, checking tires and filling the planes with gas.
David Shapiro
Susan Shapiro's older brother. He's friends with Ricky McIntire.
Shirley
One of the campers at Camp Gowonagin; Shirley is a tall girl. She is on the Blue Team during the camp's Color War. After the Blue Team is freed, she asks what to do now and if they should just give up.
Like the rest of the Blue Team, she ends up with poison ivy.
Mrs. Townsend
The mother of Philip Townsend. She works at a factory.
Philip Townsend
A young boy staying at Oak Hill Hospital in The Light in the Cellar. He asks Molly to bring him National Geographic, but will also accept Time magazine.
References
- ↑ Minute Mysteries, "Red, Blue, and White".
- ↑ Molly Takes Flight, p.g. 8 "Now, Frank!" said Grammy quickly.