Chatham High School - Chatter Yearbook (Chatham, NJ)

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THE CHATHAM CHATTER Hr- D1 amatlc Club For many years the play 1n the Sprlng had been a customary event ln whlch only SBDIOTS took part However less and less xnterest was shown ln dramatxcs as years went by So many people were busy wlth art music and athletlcs that lt was hard to even form casts from the Semor classes Flnally ID 1029 Mrs Foster who had charge ot dramatlcs at that t1me decided to form a dra matxc club Th1s was done and a crowd from the three hlghest classes turned out They named the club Chatter Thesplans and were all very enthuslastlc The same year they gave thelr first productlons In the wlnter they gave two one act plays The Wonder Hat and Mlss C1v1l1zat1on The great success of these two plays made the members ambltlou for better thlngs That sprlng Qual 1ty Street was gxven wlth a very able cast ln fact they were all wonderful No one can forget how charmlng Mary Sargent was ln the lead1ng role Phoebe The next year ln the Wlnter three more one act plays were glven They were remarkably well plcked each one entlrely dltferent from the other There was a mysterlous one Wlll O the Wlsp and a funny one Town Hall Tomght and then a dlalogue between two Dresden figures Manl 2b k1n and M1n1k1n In the spr1ng came The Youngest wlth an experlenced cast Douglas Smlth who was the youngest filled a very mter estmg part to perfectxon He was bubbllng over wxth v1tal1ty and really lxved h1s part Thls year IS stlll fresh 1D every ones mlnd There were agam three one act plays whlch were produced wlth the same success that has marked all of the plays that the club has glven They were Knave of Hearts Judge Lynch and The Lost Sllk Hat Agaxn three dmfferent types were glven flrest maklng the audlence roar Wlth laughter and then tlngle wlth fear Just a few weeks ago the latest play and at the same tlme the crownmg success of all the productlons was glven Sherlock Holmes course every one knows the great detectlve of llterature but to see hlm really ID actlon was far better than merely readlng hxs adventures Thls part was taken by one of the best actors the Hlgh School has ever known Allan Rleser There was somethxng about h1s manner of speakmg h1s bearmg and his polse which made h1s character lzatlon dlstmguxshed Alfred Roby and Nancy Jackson were Mr and Mrs Larrabee two crooks who held Allce Falkner played by Marjorle Mac Gregor a captlve Alfred qulte frlghtened us lCont1nued on page 317 4 --... - A 5 X y , , I 1 gi ' . . 1 l if l 1 f ...Q . '- ,J ' - Y l A , I . 1 a ' f ' E I 2 V fl 1 A , P 2 3 A i ,gd Y , I w . 1 4. f 1 -1 , ' ' s - I ,Qu 1 - r I 1 I n . . . . . . . . ,, . U . . . ,, . . , . ' I Y 1 - ! Y ' . . . . . , . . ' , . . , 1 ' ' - - .1 11 11 ' Y I Y - 11 1 11 - - ,, . ,, . . . . V . - U . . 1 YY ll ' ' ' ' ' !Y ' ' ll YI , . , . Of Y . . N . . ,, . . . . 9 . ' , . ,, . . . . . . , . , . 1 - 1 - , - 1 . . . 1 1 ' Ll ' V 0 YY ' ' ' - 1 1 1 11 - 11 - - - 1 1 1 - . U . . .

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THE CHATHAM CHATTER Basketball Team Baseball Season The as yet young baseball season began au splclously with vlctorles over Madison and Rock away These games brought forth a crop of three homers two by Swede Kronberg against Rock away and one by Cece Mercer agalnst MadlSOP Also of special note was Ceces one handed catch at Madlson Our pitchers are Rlelly Mercer and Dorchak The regular infield IS composed of Kronberg first base Bray second base Dorchak shortstop and Captam Mlllburn third base The outfield con slsts of Ritchie left field Mecer center field and Christian rlght field Dorman Alberts catches Basketball Season Chatham crowned a successful basketball sea son by wmnmg the third and final leg on the Morrls County Prlmcpal s Assoclatlon Cup The tournament held at Mad1SOD was packed vuth thrills Rockaway who had won two legs was ellmmated ID the first round The Gula brothels were effectually splked In the second round Chatham came from behmd with a sensational rally m the secono half featurmg three field 25 goals by Captain Ritchie to eliminate Netcong In the finals Roxbury offered httle competition lhe most notable 1nd1v1dual accomplishment of the season was the Jumplng of Swede Kron berg The blg center out Jumped every one of his opponents Cece Mercer was high scorer Cece improved as the season went along H still has plenty to learn but as he wlll be Wlth us for three more seasons we expect great things of hlm Captain Ritchie besides dropping ID a dlsturbmg field goal or two at not too mfre quent lntervals contributed h1s Inspiring field generalshlp Bob Bray proved a capable running mate for Mercer He was especially noticeable on sucker shots Mike Dorchak the dlmlnu tlve guard got better and better as time went Among the regular season games we are es peclally proud of our vlctory over Summlt the first basketball victory which we have won over that school and that over M8dlSOH probably the most excltlng game of the year Mike Dorchak has been elected next years caotaln We wlll have with us again Dorman Alberts Ray Millbuln Ken Rellly and Morton Chrlstxan 1 - i-- , . , . -- ,., . . . . ' - - - u 11 nl 11 1 , - ' an 11 - u 11 - - ,. u 11 - e . ' u v v r . G 1 , , . . . . . . . . - 1 1 ' ' ' - 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' - 1 ' I - . . y - y Y - Y ' . . , ' . , u 11 - - - 1 1 . . A . 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 ' . . . N . ,' . , Q . 1 1 1 . , . . . , .

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THE CHATHAM CHATTER The Band The present Band was organlzed after the Thanksgivxng vacatxon ln the year 1929 under Mr Spxcers able leadership Edward Carpenter Dolbeer Spohr Lmwood Quackenbush Henry Spohr Amzx Dudley Ollve Bray Ernest Hadley Horace Johns Harold Thompson Oscar Laurie Gordon Rxtchle Wlllxam Kondrat George Hoge man Benjamin Tyson Peter Trlola Martm Hutchlnson James Callahan Fred Lewis Albert Reed Stanley Budd and Ted Hogeman composed 1ts membershlp We practlced long and nolslly twice a week over ln the lunchroom iwe had dlsturbed the hard worklng students who made up the elghth perlod and so we had been booted out of our former domxcxle the Lab across the way to the lunch room J It IS sald that charlty suffereth long and IS k1nd If the rest of the school could be posslbly personlfled as Charlty the school certalnly ap peared kmd and lt suffered long ln February when we made our first publlc appearance m chapel We were up on the stage and we played two numbers' And what was more remarkable we recelved some applause We played at one of the home baseball games too We formed ln front of the school on the great day and marched down the mlddle of Faxr 27 mount Avenue behmd Chxef Burke When we arrwed at Main Street we had the entire street from Faxrmount to Passaic blocked oft' for our majestlc ensemble And because of our lnspxred playing Chatham beat Wharton 13 to 1 But stnll further successes were ID store for us Mr Spicer had apparently bribed the American Leglon for we played ln that worthy organxza txons parade We had a truck all to ourselves although we were pretty crowded and we d1d manage to play a few recognlzable tunes when the truck stopped We looked the part too lf we never d1d before Instead of the usual medley of brown blue and gray pants and many colored shlrt the whole outfit was done up ln a cute little outfit of white pants and shirts and blue coats It was voted a crowning success by all who saw but dldn t hear the band as lt sped by We opened our second year of exlstence w1th a bang bang as Mlss Suydam would say by play mg at the begmnmg and endlng of chapel The membershlp was decreased consxderably due to graduatlon droppmg out travel etc so Mr Splcer organized a beglnners band to JOID the advanced band as soon as It had progressed that far One fine day nt dld and appeared ln chapel along wlth the other sectlon and With the exceptxon that one or two people played the fCont1nued on page 31l 1 . , . . . . , 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 ' - 1 1 1 1 ' . . . , 1 1 1 - , 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . rl 11 . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 . . . . . , . 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 - - 1 1 1 1 -1 ' Y 1 V . . . , . . - 1 - , , u 11 - 1 - 1 . 1