Balboa High School - Zonian Yearbook (Balboa, Canal Zone Panama)

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LIT'1'LE '1'I-IE..v1'ER's JUBILEE PROGRANI On Friday, October 18, the Little Theater presented a ju- bilee program in honor of its admission to membership in the National Theater Conference. Under the direction of Mr. Subert Turbyfill two one-act plays were given. During the intermission Mr. Ben M. Williams, Superintendent of Schools, gave a brief talk on What the National Theater Conference Membership Means to Us. The first of the plays on the program was an original co- medy, To Be or Almost Be, written by Dorothy Judd, a student in Balboa High School. The setting of the play was the Man- nings' four-family quarters in Balboa, Canal Zone, in the year 1935. The plot, in an amusing way, revealed the hopes and in- trigues of Mrs. Manning to preserve her family's happiness. The characters were: Ruth Wright as Mrs. Manning, John Zirkle as Billy Manning, Virginia Gormeley as Patricia Manning, Jack O'Donnell as the little brother, Edward Roth as Mr. Rock- wood, Blanche Miller as Mrs. Davis, Nathalia Bender as Mrs. Brown, and Ellen Conlan as Mrs. Jones. The second of the one-act plays was the dramatic version of Sire de Malet.roit's Door, by Robert Louis Stevenson. The scene of this romantic episode is laid in Burgundy, France, in 1429. The characters in the production were: Bob Rathgeber as Sire de Maletroit, Lucille Dugan as Blanche de Maletroit, Ned Dwelle as Francois, Bernard Keegan, Jr., as the priest, Tom Foley as Denis de Beaulieu, and Harry Foster and Robert Van Siclen as- men-at-arms. The French pronunciations were supervised by Miss Frost. T'he music was furnished by the Little Theater Orchestra under the direction of Mrs. Bak-er. Those playing were Neva Henri, Rosario Shelton, Rosario Spinella, and Ruth Wright.

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CAT O' NINE TAILS Cat 0' Nine Tails, presented by the junior class at Balboa Clubhouse on Friday, November 15, is a mystery drama in three acts, Written by Lawrence Worcester. The scene of the play is laid at :the Gordons' hunting lodge in Maine, and the action takes place at midnight on a day in November and during the following evening. 'ihe play centers around Henry, the chore boy, Who is discovered in the last act to be the mysterious Cat o' Nine Tails. A very energetic and capable cast directed by Mr. Turby- fill presented the play. Bernard Keegan, Jr., starred as Henry, the chore boy, Who exercised unsuspected hypnotic power over Norma Stillvvell as Theodora Maitland. Robert McCormick .por- trayed Mr. James Gordon, Sr., Blanche Miller, Mrs. James Gor- don, Roger Adams, .Jimmy Gordon, Burritt Wright, Jacob Weber, the caretaker, and Virginia Ridge, Betty, his daughter. Louise Mann as Miss 'Smith and Jack Siler as Mr. Fox skillfully impersonated the inadequate detectives. Ruth Brovvn as Nora, the cook, and Mary Jane Comley as Peggy, her daughter, added an element of contrasting comedy. Thomas Foley, Jr., the stage manager Was ably assisted by William Le Brun, Robert Van Siclen, Francis Coyle, Gene Clinchard, Ruth Brovvn, Jane Stoudner, and Mr. Richard Moore. The business and advertising were managed 'by William Price, John Zirkle, and Dean Dodson. The high school orchestra, under the direction, of Mrs. Baker, furnished appropriate music.