Dover Area High School - Memos Cope Yearbook (Dover, PA)

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY Seated, left to right-Janis Cook, Ruby Yankey, Wilde. Perry, Eva Bentzel, Luella Leibenknecht, Stanley Glatfelter, Delores Stambaugh. Standing, left to right-Jacqueline Kunkel, Gurney Gross, Mr. Richard Walters, directorg Doris Shellenberger, Richard Paules, Maxine Gentzler. THE LIFE OF RILEY I'm leading the lite ot Riley! , Oh really? No, Oh Riley! Yes! the senior class ot I947 took pleasure in present- ing as their class play, The Lite ot Riley. The cast was delighted to give the audi ence a play filled with bright comedy and clean entertainment with one continuous explosion ot laughter trom curtain to curtain. The story runs smoothly along the lines of a young modern couple, recently married. Terry Riley, a swimming champion, elopes with Lovey Masters. He leaves his automobile behind to be repaired and his close triend, Warner E. Steele, promises to bring it to the bungalow where the newly married Rileys are staying. Terry's sister- in-law arrives and tells Terry she believes her little son Hal has been stolen, so Terry leaves immdiately. Terry's triend Warner C. Steele is mistaken tor Terry. By the time the final curtain was reached, poor Warner is a wreck, Lovey is almost out ot her mind, the real Terry has been mistaken tor a kidnapper, and the audience was limp with laughter. The play was directed by Mr. Richard E. Walters. Promptesses were, Maxine Gentzler and Jacqueline Kunkel. 29

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JSCHOOL PLAY First row, left to right-Jacqueline Smith, Fay Miller, Jacqueline Kunkel, Betty Stambaugh, Jessie Rae Gross, Anna Mae Shellenberger, Reda Drawbaugh, Betty Lentz. Second row, left to right-Mr. George Lieb, directorg Phyllis Smith, Marjorie Hershey, Alma Jacobs, Mary Lou Webb, Marie Drawbaugh, Arla Spahr, Phyllis Hoffman. , MY SOLDIER GIRLS' ln the 'l'own of Fairfield, lives Mrs. Edith Palmer who is 'l'he mofher of fhree affracfive daughfers. Befh has served in lhe Wacs, Rufh as a Wave, and Frances a Spar. Each, having an honorable discharge, has refurned fo Fairfield. The ioy of having her daughfers wifh her once again is soon diminished when 'l'he girls 'l'ry 'l'o run 'lhe household according lo fhe way ihey were 'l'augh+ in 'rhe Armed Services. The resull' is very confusing for the maid, Essie, who does her besl 'l'o help everyone. ln addilion, lhe girls are bored wifh civilian life. Bul' il s election lime, and Fairfield has had a very unsaiisfaclory mayor and when 'rhree polifical-spirifed women wanf a female mayor, ihings begin io happen. Befh runs for mayor on 'l'he Republican l'iclce+, Rufh on l'he Democrafic 'liclce'l', and Frances becomes a sfaunch Progressive. Aunl Nora says l'ha'l fhey will be de- feaied and she's always right. Then 'lhe fun begins. The +hree sisfers, who have always been 'lhe firmesl' friends become poliiical enemies. The Palmer household becomes a chaolic madhouse. Bu'l af +he finish, John Overcash defeafs all 'lhree girls and lhey are relieved, for by lhis fime, 'lheir adiusfmenl back 'lo civilian life has falcen place and 'l'hey are confen'l' 'lo seH'le clown and marry the men of fheir choice. 28

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JUNIOR CLASS PLAY Seated, left to right-Lois Miller, Raymond Lankford, Warren Miller, Anna Mae. Shellenberger, Ethel Garrett, Betty Stambaugh, Fay Miller, Donald Kunkel, JCSSIC Rae Gross. Standing, left to .right-Judith Oberlander, promptress, Wayne Emig, Miss Mayme R,.McDowel1, dlrectorg Delores Flohr, Stanley Gross, Romaine Deardorff, George Lalrd, Betty Lentz, promptress. SO HELP ME HANNAH The class ot I948 made their tirst dramatic appearance betore a large, ap- preciative audience when they presented as their class play, the dramatic comedy, So Help Me.Hannah, written by James F. Stone. The plot revolves around Willie Bascomb who can't say No . Soon things begin to happen. A mysterious stranger, Willie the Whisper, appears with a violin for sale. -Willie buys it with Mother's money. But that's not all! Freddie Baldwin comes to Willie's house raving about his latest heart throb. Freddie makes a wager with Willie-titty dollars-that Willie can't say No tor twenty-tour hours and Willie agrees to the bet. Trouble brews thicker. Mrs. Van Astor comes to dinner: Annie, the cook leaves: Hannah, Willie, and Joan prepare dinner, Freddie becomes the butler, and to top things otf, Willie thinks he has bought a stolen violin. Mrs. Bascomb returns and is quitelcontused to learn ot the happenings. Finally the worry is over, Willie wins his bet and the Bascomb household is again peaceful. 30