Charles W Baker High School - Lyre Yearbook (Baldwinsville, NY)

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SENIOR BALL Night and You and Blue Hawaii is perhaps the best description which can be given to the Senior Ball of the Class of '38. This, one of the biggest social events of the year, took place in the Academy Gymnasium on the night of April 20, two months earlier than in previous years. The dancers descended the gymnasium steps and presto! — found themselves in Hawaii. As they stepped onto the dance floor a lei of a pastel color was placed around their neck, pleasing them and also entering them into the Hawaiian atmosphere. White was used as a background on the side walls with green paper palms artistically arranged here and there and dancing Hawaiian girls carrying out the class colors of brown and gold. Their leis, flowers, arm bracelets, and ankle bracelets were of gold and their grass skirts of brown. Pineapples which looked amazingly real, were also used as a means of carrying out the Hawaiian scene. The sky was a canopy of blue streamers with silver stars hanging from them while the gold moon shown beautifully upon them. The patrons and patronesses were seated in beach chairs under a large beach umbrella such as might be found on the Beach at Bali Bali. Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Elden, Mr. and Mrs. Charles King, Mrs. G. W. Pulver, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Nostrant, and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bigelow. The excellent music was furnished by Don Hayes and the Aristocrats, the Band with a Thousand Melodies. Frederick Pulver, the president of the Senior Class, led the Grand March. From the large at- tendance, and happy, smiling faces of the young dancers as they whirled around the floor and from snatches of conversation heard here and there, it is quite evident that the Senior Ball of the Class of '38 was a huge success. Those on the decoration committee were: Joyce Wedlock, chairman. Leonard Sochie, Barbara North- rup, and Elaine Merriam. Much credit goes to Leonard Sochia for his excellent work in the draw- ing of the dolls, palms, and pineapples. JOYCE WEDLOCK

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 KEMPY A Comedy in Three Acts The Senior Play Kempy, given May 20, was a great success both financially and socially. All of this success we owe to our director, Miss Wort- man, who willingly spent many long hours with the cast. Tryouts for the Senior play, Kempy, were held March the I Ith. The judges consisting of Mr. Elden, Mrs. Cussler, and Miss Wortman chose the following cast for the play: Dad Bence, a retired manufacturer Augustus Greene Mother Bence, lovable mother and wife Elizabeth Mahoney Jane Wade, eldest married daughter Janis King Ben Wade, Jane's husband .Frederick Pulver Ruth Bence, youngest daughter Nancy Bigelow Kate Bence, ambitious daughter Dorothea Rowley Duke Merrill, Millionaire. Adrian O Brien Kempy James, the Plumber Frederick Palmer Dad Bence, a retired manufacturer, worries con- tinuously about money affairs, a fact which his family refuse to consider seriously because they know he has $100,000. Jane Wade, the eldest daughter, comes home to visit the family while Ben, her husband, is at a convention. When Ben returns he tells the family that Duke Merrill, a millionaire, is coming to visit them. Mother and Dad Bence would like to have Kate see Duke to reconsider her refusal of marriage which she had given him two years ago. Kempy James, the plumber, talks to the youngest daughter, Ruth, while awaiting orders from Dad as to what pipe to fix. During this conversation Ruth learns that Kempy had always said that he would marry the girl that wrote Angie's Tempta- tion. Kate Bence is the author of it. Kate again quarrels with Duke as she does not believe in him and in her anger asks Kempy to marry her. This having been Kempy's aim. he marries her that day, which causes a great uproar in the Bence family. Kempy and Kate find that they do not agree so Duke, seeing his chance, takes Kate off from Kempy's hands, who would rather marry Ruth someday. This is done by having the marriage annuled, as Kempy was not twenty-one and he did not have his parents consent. This play could not have been a success without the help of all committees. JANIS KING BETTY MAHONEY

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