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

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DRAMATIC ACHII5VElNflEN'1'S This year the students of Balboa High School have taken a keen interest in dramatics, under the direction of Mr. Subert Turbyfill. The Little Theater has sponsored a production each month, and competition for the privilege of participation in these productions has been enthusiastic. During the inter-semester one act play contest the pupils who were qualified Were permitted to act as directors, and Burritt Wright, Joe Corrigan, Frances Maguire, and Thomas Foley, Jr., presented plays to the public. The audience voted for their -choice of best director, actor, and actress. Frances Ma- guire was given first place as a director, and Joe Corrigan was given second place. As actors Ned Dvvelle Was judged first and John Talty, second. Gail Haldeman Was given first place among the girls, with Faye Williams as second. The year's program included the following: OCTOBER-Jubilee Program- To Be or Almost Be . Sire de Maletroit's Door . NOVEMBER-Junior Play- Cat o' Nine Tailsw. JANUARY-Inter-semester Plays-- A Wedding? lVloonshine g Red Carnations Meet the Missus FEBRUARY-Senior Play- Gold in Them Hills MARCH-OPERETTA APRIL-Festival Plays- Willow Pattern The Valiant MAY-Moliere's Comedy- The Imaginary Invalid .

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v GOLD IN 'FIPIENI HILLS GOLD IN THEM HILLS is a melodrama in three acts which the seniors pr-es-ented under the direction of Mr. Subert Turbyfill. The action takes place in the old homestead of Hiram Stanley, an honest farmer, and Big Mike's bar' and dance hall in the Bowery. The city villainls pursuit of Our Little Nell, the honest farmer's daughter, leads to many complications, which are untangled in traditional melodrama style. The unusually large cast for the production was as fol- lows: speaker of the prologu-e,'Joe Corrigan, the housekeeper, Mildred Rayburn: Barbara Stanley. Genevieve Foley, Hiram Stanley. Walter Fridayg Nell Stanley fheroinej Phyllis Bue- chele: John Dalton fheroj Roger Adams: Richard Murgatroyd Cvillainj Hernando Arroyo: Sam Slade, Bernard Keegan, Jr., Jenkins. Bob Rathgaber. Other members of the cast were Bur- ritt Wright, John Fitzpatrick, Tom Foley, Jr., Lucille Dugan, Stanley Whaler, Phyllis Lewis, Audrey Hudson. Virginia Gor- meley, Alice Strauss, Dorothy Duval, Arthur Michaelson, Bob Erickson, Martin Casey, Marguerite Horter. Norma Stillwell. Jack Siler, Jack O'Donnell, Jean Coleman. Francis Coyle, and last and least but most important, Little Eddie Hatchett. The staging, advertising, properties, publicity, and business were handled adequately by -Joe Corrigan. Bob Rathgaber, Thomas Huff, Stanley Whaler. Arthur Micha-elson, Marjorie Weigold, Raymond L.loyd, Donald Fero, James Trower, Audrey Hudson, Virginia Preston, Alice Strauss. Dorothy Duvall. Vir- ginia Gormeley, Thomas Foley. Jr., Bob Van Siclen, John Zirkle, Culbert Shedlock, and Lucille Dugan. Appropriate music for the play was furnished by the high School band under the direction of Mr. Swanson. l , l ,z f V l Q . T L l l L , l 1 l u x fifitffif- J wifi! .T ,. .. I, -tg-gig ,Ev-iz. ,, A. X-:NT .E Ii s R l If-0107,

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THE PARRAKEET Under th-e efficient direction of Miss Eneboe, the PARRA- KEET has had an unusuallysuccessful year. Its outstanding achievement was its admission to Quill and Scroll on its first application for membership. Margaret Kuhn as -editor-in-chief and Dorothy Judd as news editor deserve special commenda- tion for their faithful work in organizing and supervising the publication of the paper. In collecting material and editing they have been assisted by the following additional members of the staff: associate editor, Robert Blake, sports editor, Donald Brayton, feature editors, Hope Toulon and Alma Symonds, ex- change editor, Mercedes Arrieta, reporters, Martha Andrade, Natalia Bender, Ruth Brown, Margaret Comins, Betty Com- ley, Elmer Daily, Lucille Dugan, Nancy Foster, Vance Howard, Virginia Gormeley, Gail Haldeman, Bernard Keegan, Virginia Lutz, John McGuire, Muriel Moore, Mildred Rayburn, Norma Stillwell, Hope Toulon, Peggy White, and Betty Willett. The business staff, with Miss Butler as sponsor, has done its work quietly but effectively with Marjorie Wiegold as man- ager, Perle Tuttle in charge of circulation, assisted by Ellen Conlan, Ruth Wright, and Norma Stillwell, Merc-edes Arrieta as advertising manager, assisted by Betty Phillips, Winter Collins, and Frances Maguire. ' Roger Adams, Phyllis Buechele, Dorothy Dugas, Edgar Dindo, Verna Price and Helen Van Clief have contributed their time as typlsts, preparing the copy for the printers.