Cheltenham High School - El Delator Yearbook (Cheltenham, PA)

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44 7' Top Picturc: Toner, Sefton, Schorr, D. Smith, Rafetta, Plesscr, Sipley, Reed, Mertz, Boyd. Bottom Picture: Boyd, Recd, Sipley, Rafctto, D. Smith, Mcrtz, NIOR PL NDER the direction of Mrs. Margaret S. Jones, the Senior Class presented Petticoat Fever, a comedy in three acts by Mark Reed. The setting was a wireless station on the coast of Labrador on a Noe vember afternoon. Peppy Raymond Rafetto cleverly and amusingly interpreted the part of Dascom Dinsmore, the wireless operator, who was chased to Labrador by his many girl friends, where he found, to his dismay, there were no white women, This love-lorn radio man was finally rescued from his despair by the timely arrival of beautiful Ethel Campion, portrayed by Jeanne Siplcy, who perfectly filled the part. Ethel, or Jeanne as we know her, was accom- panied by her fiance, Sir James Fenton, Davis Smith to his classmates. This couple was forced to take refuge when their airplane failed them. Dascom was progressing nicely when Clara Wilson, his former betrothed, arrived after she heard that Dascom had inherited an estate. Clara is better known as Mary Jane Schorr, Bernard Plesser enacted the part of Reverend Arthur Shapham who at- tempts a double marriage but is foiled when Ethel faints at the altar. The predicament is settled when Dascom marries Ethel and Clara marries Sir James. Other members of the cast included Dave Mertz as Kimo, the Eskimo servant of Dinsmore, Jim Sefton as Captain Landrey, and Don Toner, Helen Reed, and Barbara Boyd as Scotty, Little Seal, and Snow Bird. Twcnty four

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and re- HE CHELTONIAN went streamlined this year, modernizing vising its headline schedule and adding a news column on the first page for items too short to stand alone. ln interscholastic competition the CHELTONIAN was placed in first class by the National Scholastic Press Association, only falling short of All- C H E L T O N I American by a few points. Both the Pennsylvania and Columbia Confer- ences rated it second, again barely missing first class. Last year the CHELTONIAN was divided into two organizations, and it remained that way throughout this school year. Sports and news writing were carried on under Miss Downes, while Mr. Chubb sponsored the feature pages. The staff was headed by Marjorie Simsohn and Joan Hinlein, as co- editors, assisted by page editors Muriel Hogeland, Miriam Howard, Gerald Crowell, and Ethel Zerbe. As in previous years, a junior, upper middler, ' ch prepared an issue. and senior staff ea Top Raw: Atkinson, Bloisde Siegfried, Baltz, Mark, . Hazelhurst, Wi e n h old, M, Thompson, Sunbury. Second Row: Hurris,McKinzey, Worthington, Licht, S. Leo- pold, Prince, Greaves, Sperber, Heuer. Bottom Raw: Mr. Chubb, Cro- well, Hogeland, Simsohn, Hin- ' R. Leopold, Howard lem, Zerbe, Wolfsten. II. G Twenty-three

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FOR the tenth successive year, Cheltenham presented its annual Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta. The selection, for this year, fell on The Pirates of Penzance. A cast of fifty-eight, in collaboration with the school symphony or- chestra, made it a most successful production. The Slave of Duty, as the operetta is sometimes called, was por- trayed by James Sefton. The Pirate Chief, under whom the latter was duty bound, was well characterized by Donald Toner. Major General Stanley, the father of all the maidens in the drama, was well enacted by Bernard Plesser. Marjorie Conklin, who played the part of Mabel, the leading lady and youngest daughter of the Major General, thrilled those present with her lovely voice and gave many encores which were demanded by the audience. Cast in the parts of Samuel and Ruth, were Joseph Morrisey and Jean Franklin, both of whom did on excellent job. James Goodpasture was cast as Sergeant of the police and he and his companions provided many a hearty laugh. Doris Ashworth, Betty Burk- holder, and Jane Ayers played the parts of Kate, Edith, and Isabel. Music directors, Messrs. Walker D. Taylor and W. Clair Hower were assisted by Frank Rothwell, class of '33, who, for the first time, directed the show. Top Picture: Morrisey, Ashworth, Burkholder, Ayars, Sefton, Conklin Toner Franklin, Goodpasture, Plesser. Bottom Picture: Entire Company. Twenty-five