Chambersburg Area High School - Echo Yearbook (Chambersburg, PA)

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Operetta AN OLD SPANISH CUSTORT Written hy Estelle Mcrryman Clark and Palmer .Iolm Clark Presented-March 2 and 3, 1939 Directed by-Miss LOUISE C. HENDERSON SYNOPSIS OF SCENES I'I'0I0f1l1t'---SCGIIGZ Banquet Hall in casa on the rancho of Don Jose. Time: Midnight. Act One-Scene: Same as Prologue. Time: Evening two weeks later. Act Tl1lUfSC9IICZ Same as Act One. Time: One week later. From late morning until evening. SYNOPSIS OF PLOT Don Jose Ramon Rivera, scion of an old Castilian family in California. and heir to the Rancho Rivera, returns to America after fighting iI1 the XVorld IVar. Upon his arrival at the ranch, he finds that his lawyer has sold every live thing on the ranch and has given an option on the place to a railroad man from the East tSilas Dayl. Before Mr. Day arrives, Don Jose sends fur Several of his buddies. who were with him in France. to cope with the situation. XVhen they arrive, they camp in an old rustler's cabin. YVhen Day and his friends arrive. they find in Don Jose only a harmless fool. Mr. Day proceeds to get an option oI1 the ranch in order to start work on the railroad. However, Don Jose finds out what their scheme is, and under his direction, the boys pull up the rails as fast as they are laid. Don Jose slips away to Kansas City, where he sells the right of way to the president ot' Mr. Day's road. Mr. Day is ashamed of his scheme and promises to stay oIIt YVest and help build the ranch to its former beauty. All ends happily. and Don Jose marries the daughter of Mr. Day. CAST OF CHARACTERS Katherine Darling, known as Kit ............................ .. SARA JANE ZACHARIAS Beatrice Thorne, Bea for short ........... Stanley Darling, Kitis Brother ............. Maria Patrona, Servant in the Casa Rivera .. XVilhelmina Day, known as Billy ............... Silas Day, Billy's Father from the East .......... Don .Iose Ramon Rivera, pretending to he what he Patrick Murphy, Don .Iose's friend .............. Maggie Murphy, Pat's Wife. and Cook for the Days State Police Officer, Strong Arm of the Law ....... Chinaman, Servant on the Rancho .... .. . . . . . . . ELEANOR COLDREN GLADYS FLELK BETTE LESHI-IR Al.-XRJORIE Nl.-KROTTE AIIRIAM RTARTIN .IANET PENSINGER .IOSEPHINE PHEIL DORIS PHILLIPS NANCY RHEA BETTY REED NANCY S1-IERK RIARGARET BACKUS DIARY JANE KLENZING RIAXINE CARVER MARY CUMP RUTH STAKE RUTH RIDDLE DIARY SHERTZ Lois RIDDLE ANNE ATHERTON HAROLD ANGLE is not .. SINGING CHORUS 'NANCY SHERRARD -IACQUELINE VANDERAI1 DOROTHY ZIMNIERNIAN ISABEL CRAMER .IANE DUNLAP ROSALIE FORNEY HELEN GRAEFF ANN HOFFMAN LOUISA HOOVER LUCILLE JONES RUTH LININGER IRENE RIARTIN Bl'-2'l l'Y STABIBAUGH LOUISE STARIBAUGI-I FLORENCE STEIN BARBARA STERMER l-'HYLLIs SNOXVDEN LEsTA XVILLIARIS CHARLES BOXVERS RUSSELL ARG!-INBRIGHT LUKE BENTEN DANCING CHORUS BETTY WVEAVER BETTY -IESSEL JUNE RICGOXVAN PEGGY SMALL Spanish Ballet DOROTHY EDXVARDS LEE ELLA JOHNSTON EDITH SEIDERS RIARGUERITE RENFREXV Walt: fS11llIlfSh 2 Faculty Business Manager .... ....... Student Business Manager ..... Student Advertising Managers Dances Costumes ....... Make-up ........ ........ ALMA FUNK .. GEORGE BENDER ....... RIARIE GIPE . . GEHALDINE BEITZEL GLENN EBERSOLE .. RAYMIIND RooF . .. THoxIAs XVARD ..... FAY ADAMS . . HERBERT ZEGER ....... JGHN AIILLER RIILLARD EVERTS KENT GINDLEsPERGER KENNETH HUNSECKER .IESSE LAIRD DAVID RICFADDEN -IACOB RIILLER -IUHN RIILLER CHARLES PENTZ FRANKLIN RIDGLEY HERBERT ZEGER GERTHUDE KELLER JEAN KIssINGER PHYLLIS NIYER -IANE GILLESPII-I .IANE HELLER DIARY Lou GRISSINGER RUTH SENSENY BEBE SPAHR BETTY WIsE ELIZABETH RENFREXV NANCY L, KRERIER ORCHESTRA IDHILLIP RIICHAELS TED PETERS RICHARD NICKLAS DOROTHY KNOUSE ELLSXVORTH BROXVNELLER JI-:ANNE XVISHARD RICHARD DIFFENDERFER TECHNICAL STAFF Miss RIARGARET ECKEL DONALD SHATZER .. . ... ... .... CLAUDE SHARPE, DAVID RAHAUSER Miss HELEN KRAISS . .. . Miss RIARGARI-IT Kisn. Miss SARA SCDTT. COSTUME CLUB Miss DOROTHY COLLICOTT, DRAMATIC CLUB PROPERTIES ISABEL HUNSECKER, Chairman DOROTHY RIINTER EVELYN DEARDORFF SELENA FRAVER DOROTHY STRICKLER DOROTHY BLACK STAGE CREW YVILMER SUDERS, Manager ELLSVVORTH SMITH WVAYNE APPEL EUGENE ERNST HERBERT ZEGER PAUL CRIDER WILLIAM STONER URGE RTILLER CHARLES LIPPY JOSEPH SELLERS EUGENE SOLLENBERGER GLEN IIIILLER DICK SBIALL JAY KARPER LONVELL PLASTERER RIARGARET CLARK MAC BYERS Page One Hundred Fifteen

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Row 3-David McFadden, Charles Bowers, George Lininger. Row 2-Joseph Strite, Ellsworth Browneller. Ted Peters, Richard Nicklas, Albert Sites. Row l-Alma Funk, Mary Shockey, Harry lVeaver, Ralph Coover, Richard Dlfl'6Iltl61'f0I'. Harold Angle, Jeanne XVishard. Mr. Young. Director-Mn. P1-nur You NG Dance Orchestra. SYMBOL To provide an opportunity for the pupils of the High School to play popular music.. ' REQUIREMENTS Positions. both vocal and instrumental. are filled by try-outs. ACHIEVEMENTS The dance orchestra, this year officially christened The Rhythm Kids . plays for nearly all school dances and also fills many outside engagements. In the past two years they have presented several broadcasts from station XVJEJ. in Hagers- town, and their picture has appeared in three national music magazines. Once a year the dance orchestra gives an assembly program, which is always well-received. This year the second dance orchestra was continued. under the direction ot' Richard DilTenderfer and Ted Peters. The function of this organization is to play for club dances and to train players for the senior dance orchestra. Page One Hundred Fourteen

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