Ben Avon High School - Novaneb Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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I I Senior Class Play WIDOW BY PROXY by A CA'l'lfllERINE CITISIIOLM Cusi-UNO THE CAST Gloria Gray, a bachelor girl .........,..... .... M ARIORIE TODD Dolores Pennington, G1oria's protegee . . . EVELINE Mowny Gilligan, dressmaker ............................ .. FLORENCE Dooom Angelica Pennington, DolOres's aunt by inarrizige .. REBA THOMPSON Saphronia Pennington, Angelica's sister ........... .... M ARY PFORDT Captain Pennington, CStevej ............ ...... P AUL SM1'rn Jonathan, the Misses Pennington's nephew . . . . . . STANLEY MOORE Alex Galloway, the PenningtOn's attorney . . . ...... PETER P1fAH1f, Robbins, the Pennington's servant ..,.... ...... lr IOMER I-IOFFMAN Director ..... . . . . .... JOHN VV. WVATTS Q Prozizvjnircss . . . ..... . . lVlARjoRn3 lVlUNRO'E cc . HEY refused to receive -lacks wife-they'll not have the chance to insult Iack's widow. That, according to Dolores, settles that, she will not go to see her aunts by inarriage, Misses Saphronia and Angelica Penning- ton. But Gloria feels that a part of the estate being settled must be claimed by Dolores. So, when Dolores refuses to go to Pennington, Gloria decides she will go in her place. She- gets to Pennington and fools the aunts, Steve, the lawyer, the servant, hushes her dressinaker QGilliganj, and is, all ready to get Dolores's portion of the estate-when jack, the long-lost husband returns. There is, of course, a mix-up of men, but the Hnal pairing is Dolores-jack, and Steve-M Gloria. The witty dialogue of the play was convincingly presented by a fine cast. Remember Reba and Maiy? 54

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Junior High Play REVIEXV or HUCKLEBERRY FINN A Play by ROY F. LEVVIS The school year of 1936-37 marked the beginning of junior high school plays. The first play was given in'The High School Auditorum, March 5, 1937 to a packed house: The play chosen was Huckleberry F inn and was based on the famous Mark Twain story of the same name. The cast consisted of: Aunt Polly ................,....... ,..... ........................ Ruth Nvatson, her sister ....,........................ Mary Jane, their young niece and 1-1nck's girl .friend Fred Raymond, in love with Ruth ..........,........ Clara XfVoppingcr, Deaconess of the Church ...... . Amy Woppinger, her irrcpressible sister ..... I-luck Finn, who loves to play pranks ....... john Finn, his father ............,......... .. Tom Sawyer, I5l'uck's pal and comrade ........ ...... fr Af fr 21: Director ......... . . I-'romptresscs . ..... ..... .........IEAN KIM . . . .Nlfmv HAMORY ...NIARION ARCHEIQ .ALFRED KUHN .RIVARIE BRUNNTNGS . . . . . . .LILLIAN PA'r'r . . .DONALD DUNN . . . .CHAIQLIQS BEZDEK .. . . . .BILL EBERSOL Miss AIARY MOORE htlYR'l'LE S1211-Z l Baunmux RoBERTsoN Property Manager ...... .... .... .................................. .... P R 1 SCILLA DODGE The whole play takes place in the living-room of a southern home which be- longs to two sisters, Ruth and Polly Watsoii, who are making an attempt to reform Huck Finn from his tramp-like way of living. But something interferes with their training-Huck's father, supposedly drowned, returns. Pa Finn wants Huck's share of the money that Huck and Tom Sawyer found in an old cave. Huck, to avoid giving it to him, runs away and does not return until about a year later. Vtfhen he returns, he finds that many things have come to pass: Huck's father has completely reformed and is engaged to marry Aunt Polly, while Mary Jane, Huckys old girl friend, promises to marry Huck as soon as he makes a success as a geolo- gist. Aunt Ruth is engaged to marry Fred Raymond, the man who .taught Huck geology. And Tom Sawyer and Huck once more the closest of friends. 53

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High School Play THE TOWER ROOM MYSTERY Late in April Ben Avon High School put on the first mystery play since the presentation of Tiger Hoio.s'e in 1933. The title was The Towel' Room Illysfery, and the cast consisted of the following: 'lack Chalice, who ingerites the Castle .. Kate Chalice, his sister . . ........ . . . . Myra Vernon, a girl of mystery ...... Kennedy lllsworth, a young writer eng Matilda, an old servant . ........... . limily, a young servant .... Andrew, an old deaf-mute .... ..... aged to Kate LINDSAY VVOLF12 JOANNE SCHOTT JEANNE AIQCIIIZR DURSTON DODGE . TVTARY ARNOLD PEGGY FORSBERG . . . Louis GRIIER Mrs. Barrett, a mad woman .............. . . . B1s'r'rY SHAW Martin Pickins, the attendant of an asylum . . . . . TOM BRIGILT The Master .......................... FRANK EVANS Beatrice .... . . JANE THOMPSON Antoinette ................................................ PEGGY SARVER The entire action of the play took place in the tower room Of an old house built like a castle, situated in the mountains of Wfest Virginia, near the Potomac River. The house had been inherited by Jack Chalice and his sister, who were spemling their lirst night there. jack planned to spend the evening writing a mystery story. A quick succession of events in the form Of The Master, Spiders, the Kiss of Death, a mad woman, a mystery girl, and a sliding panel supplied Jack with plenty of material for a story, Later it was discovered that these events were part of a hoax played on Jack by Kennedy Elsworth, a young writer who had made a contract with lack for a mystery play. The Master and his vampi1'e wives turned out to be a troupe of actors hired by Kennedy to create atmosphere for .lack's story. The story had the usual happy ending and final fadeout kiss. 55