Elmira District Secondary School - Oracle Yearbook (Elmira, Ontario Canada)

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Commencement Pictures ill ROYAL MINUET Left to right: Kathleen Lorch Betty Brown Ruth Klinck Ruth Mulholland Marjorie Brubacher Dorothy Hill Maureen Thur Esther Soehner Florence Arnold, Jean Hoffer 127 NELLIE MCNABB Ross Weicliel Vivian Hoffer Mary Woznuk Ralph Robbins Betty Vice Absent: Connie Dillon f3J THE BLACKOUT MYSTERY Kathleen Kalbileisch Margaret Brubacher Edward O'Krafka Albert Lorch Eleanor Kerrigan C47 MEMORIES Standing: Shirley Seiling Kathryn Connell ,lean Hoffer Shirley Cunningham Florence Arnold Lois Lee Ross Mulholland Jean Brubacher Ralph Robbins Gloria Meyer Beverly Bricker June Lutz .lane Shirley Eleanor Slimmon Marie Zinger Seated: Doris Wilkin Alice Cies Ramona -Bird ,lu-nee Morlock Absent: Derry Woodall Kathleen Lorch Betty Brown Dorothy Hill

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ELMIRA HIGH DR. J. W. MCQUIBBAN R. G. PICKELL - -.F -Yrw'w1vr v'H1w'f X - ..v C. HOLLINGER A. H. VICE, Chairman J. KLINCK, Secretary SCH00l BUARD E. M. ARNOLD T. SCOTT

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0ur Commencement On Friday and Saturday nights, Dec. 3 and 41, 1943, the Elmira High School held their Annual Commencement. If a full house means success, the commencement this year was certainly that, for both nights the auditorium was crowded to capacity. The audience was swiftly carried back into the eighteenth century as five quaint ladies in crinolines fliuth Klinck, Marjorie Brubacher, Kay Lorch, Florence Arnold, .Maureen Thurl and five stately gentlemen in 'ruffles and lace, danced the Royal Minuetn to Beethoven's Minuet in GH while the chorus sang fitting words. Miss Axford directed the dance. And by the way the gentlemen were Esther Soehner, Ruth Mulholland, .lean Hoffer, Betty Brown and Dorothy Hill. Under the direction of Miss Harper and Miss MacVicar, the students pre- sented the comedy 'cNellie McNabb',. Helen Stratford, played by Vivian Hoffer, is a social climbing widow with two charming daughters, Connie Dillon and Betty Vice. Mary Woznuk played the part of the maid. Mrs. Stratford, we find, is secretly married to her John , better known as Ross Weichel. Asrthe climax approaches, Connie an- nounces that she has broken her en- gagement fhe was such a wonderful manlj, and Betty, we learn, is a bride of a month, unknown to her mother who does not approve of Ralph Rob- bins at all. And John, wonder of won- ders, is really the author of the advice to the love-lornn column--Nellie Mc- Nabb l The Black-out Mystery was direct- ed by Miss Evans. During a practice black-out, the Howe diamond is stolen, and the newly-engaged maid, played by Eleanor Kerrigan, is murdered. The audience is held in .great suspense as the policeman, Albert Lorch, skilfully un- ravels the enigma and pins the deed on Edward O,Krafka, a cunning diamond dealer. Mrs. Howe, a nervous, high- strung widow and owner of the broach, is played by Kathleen Kalbfleisch, and the part of her cool, young daughter is taken by Margaret Brubacher. Memories',, directed by Mr. Hobden, portrays the thoughts of a young man tlialph Robbinsj, as he is about to en- ter the holy state of matrimony. His former sweethearts appear before him as the chorus sings appropriate songs: My Mom CAlice Ciesj, a sextette from School Days fShirley Seiling, Ramona Bird, Doris Wilken, .lune Mor- lock, Beth Brown, Betty Schaeferl, a. trio of Three Little Maids from School fBetty Brown, Kathleen Lorch, June Lutzl, an Irish colleen fKathryn Con- nellj to the tune of 5'When lrish Eyes Are Smilin',', a bonnie Highland lassie' Uean Hofferl dancing the Highland Fling to '4Loch Lomondn, Hlilosaliel' lShirley Cunninghaml, 6'My Sister and I tDerry Woodall and Marie Zingerl dancing a clog 'to O Du Lieber Augustinw, a debonair gypsy maiden Uane Shurlyj dancing to uPlay, Fid- dle, Playv, Mexicali Bose fEleanor Slimmonj, and a violinist fDorothy Hilll playing ulntermezzof' The groom's thoughts are interrupted as the bridesmaids fFlorence Arnold, Beverly Bricker, Lois Lee, Gloria Mey- erl enter to To-night We Lovew. The entrance of the bride Uean Brubacherl is announced by the strains of Here comes the Briden. Following The Bells of St. Mary's,' the curtain closes as the bridal party moves off the stage to the wedding march. Behind closed curtains the chorus is heard singing Memories . The school pianist, Alice Henrich, was at the piano throughout the' evening. -An interesting feature on Saturday night was the valedictory address by Pte. Arthur Weichel. ' DOROTHY HILL, XIII 15