Strong Vincent High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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JANUARY CLASS P L A Y N a g 1 e , Charles, Feisler, Strong, Olsen, Wein- heimer. Speed, Pearce, Nichols, Carstater, Hunter, Fritts. Soup to Nuts Director Miss Rice Mrs. Potter Beams. Veronica Beams Doctor Pilski Bob Bennington Selena Catchwell . Claire Dalton . Damon Goodfellow Hotfoot . David Strong Trudy Trudella Lincoln Lewis Miss Mary Loughran CAST Nellierae Carstater . Dorothy Hunter Beatrice Charles James Speed Douglas Nagle Ruth Pearce Joan Feisler Robert Nichols Lawrence Fritts Robert Strong Kirsti Olsen Howard Weinheimer Pills! Pills! Pills! (And on the side, big juicy steaks!) Yes, the action of the February Senior Class Play took place in a sanatorium, but this was an unusual one. In Dr. Pilski ' s health resort, the staff served the guests nothing but concentrated food pellets, and the poor patients would have probably starved if it hadn ' t been for Hotfoot, the colored porter. He operated a restaurant on the side to appease their hunger and to add to his own exchequer. Soup to Nuts was the title of this farce and the production was so successful that it had the audience fairly rolling in the aisles. The action of the play was off to a hilarious start when sweethearts and enemies met under the roof of this unique sanatorium. Sweethearts be- came jealous of one another and enemy dislike became more violent. Affairs went from bad to worse when the emotional pellets of anger were served by mistake. Pandemonium reigned! Then the nurse served the love pellets and the resort became a nest of love and lies. Then came the truth pellets. The facts revealed by these little dispensaries were more than startling. It all ended happily with sweethearts reunited, all lapses for- given, and self-respect regained. Under the direction of Miss Mary Loughran, the characters rose to lofty heights with their grand acting. Lawrence Fritts, as Hotfoot, proved himself a real comedian with his Suitcase Simp- son feet and his portable menu. It certainly was a surprise to hear James Speed, our outstanding bass soloist, let shrill yells in his role as the eccentric Dr. Pilski. Nellierae Carstater ' s per- formance as Miss Rice indicated that she would make a delightful nurse. If anyone wished to distinguish the best played character, it would be practically impossible, because each starred in his own role. So good was the acting of the entire cast, that we lost all consciousness of the fact that they were only fellow students whom we met every- day in the halls. Everyone did his part in carrying the play to the smashing success that it was. The spectators left the school feeling that they had witnessed one of the funniest and best performances ever produced by a Senior Class of Strong Vincent High School. Twenty-six

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Library Monitors Can you picture the library without Miss Wilson? Can you picture Miss Wilson without the library monitors? The answers to both these questions would probably be no. Just as the auditorium needs its stage crew, so does the library need its monitors. There are no special qualifications for this position except a willing- ness to serve and adequate grades. These girls have come to be indispensible to the library. Their principal duties are to collect and check admits, help students find books and articles, stamp the books which are returned and taken out, mend books, track down delinquent bor- rowers, and help prepare the new books for circulation. Office Monitors Miss Connell, Mr. Anderson, and the mem- bers of the office staff have much work to do but only the usual one pair of hands and feet. To serve as extra hands and feet there is a group of energetic girls who help in checking and filing programs, typing, and running errands. To anyone who has not worked in the office it would seem that there is not so much work as to warrant extra help; however there are always several monitors needed, and at any time of the day they may be seen in almost any part of the building, delivering notices or getting in- formation for the office. Gym Monitors The scene is the Girls ' Gymnasium. The time is any period of the day. Miss Weinheimer has just been called out of the gymnasium. Con- trary to what you might expect, the class goes on just as if she were there, under the able management of the gym monitors. If it is a gym class, they lead, referee, and keep score in the games; if a pool class, they take care of the showers and give out the assignments for the period. If there are any girls who are taking a special gym period it is the duty of the monitors to report their names to the study hall. LIBRARY MONITORS— Front Row: McKinney, McClain, Hawk, Schaffner, Pearce, Bill, Charles. Row 2: Troendle, Freeman, Nelson, Hanhauser, Zell, Davis, Stackhouse, Illig, Schacht. OFFICE MONITORS— Front Row: Santoro, McKinney, ShcnnDn, Genck, Troendle, Twichell, Lombardozzi, Firch, Jennings, Schaack. Row 2: Feisler, Dahlstrand, Klingen- smith. Barton, Johnson, Letterio. GYM MONITORS— Front Row: McGaughey, Lambrecht, Dunham, Scherer, Pifer, Lundmark. Row 2: Lutterbaugh, McDonald, Hauer, Bamberga, Allburn, Elsesser. Twenty-five

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.JUNE CLASS PLAY- Seated : Wagner, Kari, Campbell, McClain, Betti, Dunlap. Stand- ing: Geiger, Braine, Eichenlaub, Kuhn, Ar- buckle. Lynch, Cul- bertson. The Whole Town ' s Talking Director Mr. Simmons Mrs. Simmons Ethel Simmons. Chester Binney Letty Lythe Donald Swift Roger Shields . Lila Wilson Sally Otis Annie Sadie Bloom Taxi Driver . Mrs. Jackson . Mrs. Charles Le Sueur CAST . Mark Wagner Paula Dunlap Beatrice Betti William Culbertson Rita Lynch Richard Arbuckle . Harvey Kuhn Claire Eichenlaub . Sally McClain Marjorie Braine Gertrude Kari Robert Geiger Martha Campbell About the June Class Play, of course! for there was much to be talked about! Vivacious Ethel Simmons returned from Chicago with a self-styled blue-blood, Roger Shields, in tow, who charmed both Ethel and her mother with his continental mannerisms. No doubt a wedding would have followed, had not Mr. Simmons planned a more practical future for his daughter. He had selected his timid business partner, Chester Binney, to marry Ethel. Binney had never sown a wild oat in his life, and Ethel would have none of him, pre- ferring men who knew women and the world. Cautious Simmons racked his middle-aged brain with the result that Chester purchased a picture of Letty Lythe, glamorous film star, and dropped it accidentally near Ethel. Daughter and mama flashed it delightedly before envying neighbors, while Lila and Sally, Ethel ' s friends, put the town of Sandusky in a furor, linking Chester ' s name with that of Letty Lythe. Ethel ' s attitude toward Chester changed com- pletely, when she pictured his colorful past. They were soon happily engaged, and things were pro- ceeding nicely, until Letty Lythe arrived in town on a personal appearance tour, her jealous producer, Donald Swift, at her heels. A merry battle of wits ensued. Letty called Chester ' s bluff in an attempt to teach Swift a lesson, and to the bewilderment of all concerned, flung herself into Chester ' s trembling arms. Swift, enraged, in- sisted upon fighting it out, so Chester, quite the squelched creature, called for a battle in the dark. Shields lingered by to gloat, but when the lights came on, there was Chester, big as life, swinging blythely on a chandelier. Swift and Shields had all but killed each other, and Chester received all honors. Mrs. Charles Le Sueur, a director of high standing in Erie, did admirable work in directing the young people, who seemed made for the part. Each did his part in merry style. Paula Dunlap and Mark Wagner were typical modern parents; Harvey Kuhn, a very dapper Chicagoan, and Beatrice Betti was at her cleverest as the spoiled daughter. Claire Eichenlaub lisped in a winning manner, and Sally McClain was attractive in her part. Bill Culbertson changed from the timid to the more dashing soul, and Dick Arbuckle clenched his fists in realistic jealousy. After the performance, the school, as well as the whole town was talking. Twenty-seven