Alexander Park High School - The National Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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NATIONAL WHO BEST ATHLETES Marie Hamm Tommy Michael OST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Shirley Thurmond Gene Cloi)ton BEST ALL ROUND Pauline Dameron Lewis Campbell WITTIEST Beulah Ross Billy Vick

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BEST SCHOOL SPIRIT Shirley Thurmond Frankie Greer BEST SPORTS Elizabeth P)ell Bill Jones BEST LOOKING Helen Bailey Lewis Campbell MOST STUDIOUS Ouida Alford Allan McDonald

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THE 1945 Kneeling: Jimmy Webster, Burton W ' inemiller Standing: Irene Spivey, Marshall Ellington, Cornelia Brown, Dale Sloan, Jeanelle Sloan, Marvin Byrdwell THE STOKY OF “H.M.S. PINAFORE” ACT I Her Majesty ' s Ship, Pinafore, is anchored in the liorhor at Portsmouth, England. The sailors are busy scrubbing the decks for the expected arrival of Sir Joseph Porter, “ruler of the Queen’s Navy.” Little Buttercup, a bumboat woman who is by no means as small as her name would imply, comes aboard with a stock of “snuff and tohaccy and excellent jackv,” not to mention “excellent peppermint drops.” It transpires that a handsome young sailor, Ralph, is in love with the Cai tain’s daughter, Josephine. She, however, is to be betrothed to Sir Joseph Porter, who duly arrives attended by “his sisters and his cousins and his aunts.” In the meantime, Ralph plans to elope with Josephine, the crew assisting. The plot is ox erheard by I tick I teadeye, a lugubrious member of the crew, who cannot keep a secret. ACT 11 .■ fter Captain Corcoran sings a serenade to the moon. Little Buttercup comes to him and reveals her affection. He tells her that beaiise of his rank he can onlv be her friend, luit she hints darkly that a change is in store for him, saying that “things arc seldom what they seem.” Sir Joseph returns, complaining that Josephine does not favor his suit, dhe Cai)tain comforts him by averring’ that she is awed by his lofty station and suggests that he plead his cause on the ground that love levels all rank. Still Josephine does not respond, for her heart is .set upon Ralph. Dick Deadeye reveals the cloi)cment jilan, and he and the Cai)tain lie in wait for the crew, “Carefully on tip-toe stealing.” The elopers are captured, and the Captain is so exasperated that he swears, using a “big, big D” which is overheard by Sir Joseph Porter. For this serious breach of morals, a horrible example of depravity before the whole crew, the Captain is ordered to his cabin. Ralph is ordered to the dungeon cell in chains. Atfairs are interrupted by Little Buttercup, who discloses her secret, telling how the Captain and Ralph had been accidentally exchanged while they were both babies. Whereupon, Sir Joseph sends for Raljih and makes him Captain, and at the same time reduced Corcoran to Ralph’s former humble grade of “able scamau.” Now, since it is out of the question for one of Sir Joseph’s exalted station to marry the daughter of a mere seaman, his Lordshi]) nobly consents to the marriage of Ralph and Josephine. The erstwhile Captain consoles himself with Little Buttercup.