Bay Shore High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Bay Shore, NY)

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:IKIIIQE 3111 Ihr 52111611151 Lrst year on April 6 the present emor class presented nts flrst outstand mg event the operetta Rings IH the Sawdust rlhanks to the most able management of lVlrs Wlnegar lt was a great success The actors chosen from every class rn the school were all very well costumed and well practiced ln their parts Larl Wes elhoft became serxous for a few hours to play the prosperous town banker Alonzo bqueezem holdmg a mortgage on Toby Dunn s clrcus 1oby Stanley Benjamm 1n a romantlc mood was unable to pay and be cause of hls love for bally the banker s daughter played by Nellle de Vrles lVlr bqueezem threatened to foreclose We dare not surmise what would have happened lf Maybelle jayblrd a wndow talented Loraine Ketcham had not happened along with her son Llttle Wrll c Qadmlrably played by darling little Wllllam Wesselhoft The gay W1dOW came wlth the Intent of capturmg the banker for herself much to the dlsgust of her old mald slster Isabel Howell funny ln a serrous role she engaged lnky Snow and Dmky Moore fRay JHTVIS and oseph Ballas strll is comrcal as ever to kldnap Mr Squeezem All turned out perfectly except that Dlnky kldnapped lnky mstead But the mortgage was stolen Little Wlllle however had It m hls pocket the widow got her man Mr bqueezem drd not foreelose Sally and Toby were married and all llved hipplly 13, ever after lhe costumnng cost over one hundred dollars but we stlll cleared xbout two hundred and ninety dolllrs whlch started us well on our way to Wash lngton Stanley Kenward 28 I O . 2 N C ' . ' s ' . ' - , A .u 57, ' ' 5 K- l ' c . , ' n N S . y I V 5 . ,- l D. . - ' , , C ' ' D, x w I . U , . , il . . . . . Y . . . . . v . V . . c v . . J, so . K ' ' -I ' r 1 J I . . 9 1 I N 7 n U ' 1 . C . n ' ' K. ' x, . 1 K., , ' Z ' 1 E --Y ' w . . Y , . Ulrf linhliv I- Iln' mzln. NYM: lnwwalis up :All Ihr- pass:-N .Xml in NIU- :lr-N nl' vltvllnu this Ill- 1':lI4'l1n-N :Ill lln- lzlssf-s. This :1':lx' -Q-:Ile up tln- :llululls HI' um- 1l:sm.wI .lolm .Xlqw ll.-lla llt- -41-1 lu Xlllultllil l':umr!s .Xml xwfllwvl lnlllxss-ll I.. rlmuxlr, .

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Svrmnr Hauhvutllv Svhnm The Class of 28 will long be remembered for the successful performance of amateur vaudeville whrch they presented at the local hugh school auditor rum on March 20 l928 This productlon conslstlng of eight acts of splendid variety was the flYSt of lts kind ever presented at the Bay Shore Hugh School and made such a decided hut with rts audience of over 400 people that It seems vaudeville will be an annual Semor class feature from now on The first act was a farclcal sketch entitled At The Movies which kept the audlence ln an uproar of laughter from start to finish William Wes selhoft as The Man On The Aisle deserves most of the credit for this act by virtue of hls clever pantomime Earl Bull and Marjorle Magnuson as Mr and Mrs Grlggs acted their parts very well and Natalie Malzel and Henrietta Freedman as two young devotees of the movles drd admnrably ln the second act the Mlsses Dorothy Costello Catherine Keeton and Mllllcent Donnelly executed tap toe and acrobatnc dances which pleased the crowd The third act a comedy sketch featuring Mllford Klrkup and Ray arvns proved to be one of the biggest hlts of the evenrng So well dad the audnence luke these two comedlans that they were called back for an encore Marjorre Llghte did her popular Russlan dance as the fourth act Stanley Benjamin IU the frfth act sang several solos which mented for ham a good round of applause The sixth act a one act play Rosalie was very effectlve Sylvia Zetkrn as Rosalie a very stubborn maid got her none too amiable master and mxstress into uncomfortable complications by refusrng to open the front door to a supposed guest of wealth and Influence Her Interpretation of the role was excellent Evelyn Greenberg as Madame Bol and Lloyd Moreland a Monsreur Bol acquitted themselves very well ln the hrst part of the seventh act Mrs Perry O Wlnegar who snng everal solos ln her usual charming manner was received wnth enthusiasm The Misses Costello Keeton and Donnelly agam appeared ln the second half of thus act this time ln an mterpretatlon of Pat Rooney Marlon Bent and Pat But the universal consensus of opnn on was that the eighth 'xct a Mock Marrnage was by far the funnlest and best act of all The followmg people took part as elther vlsxtors or members of the wedding party Richard Hegarty ane MacMahon Loraine Ketcham Kenneth Petty Robert Stocks Sigmund Hlrsch Edrth Rhodes Helen Rltchxe ane Yvnley Marguerite Strong Leon l-'reedman Carl Wesselhoft Doris Curley Theodore amlson Stanley Sherry Vernon Petty Stanley Kenward Betty Pulls Cer trucle Emerlck Mary Clark Marjorie Lxghte Vlvnan Strauss Margaret Ble stem busan Rogers William Wesselhoft Robert Otway Catherine Dxon Charles Dll Emory Strong Dorothy Rltchle Albert Llchtenberg Raymond Terrv ames Haverty Russell Rlchards Ralph Hagedorn Genevieve Curley Dons Richardson Louis Estler Wesley Hlldreth Great credlt for the success of the performance IS due the Mlsses Emoly Gage ulle franchn and Mr Carl W Meyer all of the school facultv who coached the production The eommrttee rn charge was composed of these three teachers and Evelyn Greenberg Marjorie Magnuson and Lloyd More land of the Senlor Class Musvc was furnished by the Oh Boy orchestra The Sennors cleared over S250 and thrs they added to their Washington trlp fund Evelyn Greenberg 2 U js O Q 1 . 1 - 1 7 U . . -1 . 1. . 1 1 1 - 1 - - 1 1 - - U . -1 . . 1 1 1 1 , J , , . 1 1 1 . 1. . 1. . . V - P U ' 1 1 1 . , s , . . . , :- U , . . N . . 1 1 1 1 ,jr. . . . Y . . . 1 4 , , . . ,I , , . I U 7 I Y .I I 1 1 1 1 J . . . . I1 - 1 1 1 1 4' Y Y Y ! I ' N . . . . 1 I , , , , ' I , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - . . . . . - . V V V ' ' ! . ' I 9 - , . 1 , .

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mawhrngtnn Emp IEEE We left Bay Shore on Monday Aprll 9th on the first lap of our slx day trip to Washlngton an event whlch we had long been awaltlng It seemed as lf we were on other laps too during the rlde from Bay Shore to Pennsylvanla Statlon As the Long Island Speclal whlch was to transport us and about 400 other Long Island SCDIOTS to the natlon s capital was not yet ready we had a very noxsy walt of about an hour During that time I am qulte sure we amused the other travelers ln the statlon at least we trlecl hard enough We finally found our cars on the Speclal some of us regretting that we were not nearer the dlnlng car even lf xt was only I0 30 We regretted It even more when we tried to lunch at l l after the first call to dxnner Some of the more fortunate students flmshed thelr meal about 2 30 we however were not of thls class We arrived at UDIOH Station Washlngton D C all exclted and anxious to see our hotel and sleeping quarters After waltlng outside the statlon for about half an hour we were taxl led to the beautlful Hotel Cordon there to look at our quarters they were llttle more than that scornfully However we managed to rest qulte a blt before we went down to a dmner of whlch we partoolc llttle we certainly didn t eat lt' That evenmg we vlslted the Congresslonal Library for a whlle and then otherwlse amused ourselves untll tlme to turn m The next mornlng we plled into slght seemg buses and toured the clty We vlslted the Llncoln Memorlal whlch lmpressed us very much and wound up at the House of Representatlves office bulldmg there to meet our Congress man Robert L Bacon The remamcler of the mornlng was spent touring the Capitol where guldes showed us the rotunda the Senate and House chambers the Hall of Statuary and the Supreme Court chamber Most of us even showed our patrlotlsm to the extent of cllmblng to the dome where we obtained a beautiful vlew of the clty Tuesday afternoon was at the dns public bulldlngs whlle a few a very few braved the cold to witness the opemng of the Amerlcan League baseball season the game bemg between Boston and Washlngton We even saw Presldent Coolldge throw out the first ball Wednesday mornmg conducted by Mr Gatje we vlslted the Bureau of Engravlng and Prmtmg and the Washlngton Monument We shall never for get the former now famous for lts elevators Need I say more3 Only two of the Bay Shore SCDIOYS were brave enough to climb the Washington Monu ment although many walked down bragging about lt for the rest of the week That afternoon the entire Long Island party went to Mount Vernon vlsltmg on the way Arlmgton National Cemetery and Alexandria Unfor tunately lt ralned most of the afternoon thus spolllng our boat rlde back and preventing us from havmg our plcture taken on the lawn at Mount Vernon We trled to dry slttmg on the porch at Mount Vernon but It seemed or better we found out that even the chalrs were rellcs of Washlngton s time We VlSltCd the Whlte Hou e on Thursday but failed to catch a glimpse of either Presldent or Mrs Coolldge We spent the remalnder of the mornlng at our own pleasure untll I2 0 clock when the Bay Shore Party met outslcle the Capitol to have thelr plcture taken Thursday afternoon and Friday morn mg were spent vlsltlng various publlc bulldlngs or taklng trolley rides Among the many places of Interest vnslted were Smithsonian lnstltute Medlcal Museum U S Treasury Buxldmg State War and Navy Buildings Qorcoran Art Galleries Pan American Bulldlng Georgetown Umverslty Cathollc Unlverslty Amerlcan Red Cross Bulldlng Francxscan Monastery and sesslons of Supreme Court House and Senate fContlnued on page 40 il Q Q 9 Y I - , . , Y m ' . . , , : . . y . A 5 I y 1 . , , . ., , . , - , .. 1 , , - , y - Y I , , - , posal of the members of our party. Most of them visited museums and other I fl -1 , , - , , . . v , . . - , , , . . , . . . Y . . . y . , , , - . . . Q . . M , ' n V I 1 U I , . . . . : . . V . - - , . Y - 1 1 , . . . 7 1 ' A 1 -7 'V ,.