Ferndale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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OPERETTA Under the direction. of Mr. Baker, Miss Rhoads and lVliss Hemmons, The Bells of Capistranoli was very successfully presented December I6 and l7. The music of the operetta was composed hy a well known Johnstowner, Charles Wake- field Cadman, and the plot was written by Charles and Juanita Roos. Before Thanksgiving special tryouts for cast and choruses yielded a group of talented students to present this l936 operetta. To snake production more effective a crew of back stage people regulated properties, scenery, lights and costumes. Tut: STORY The story takes place in Southern California on the Ortego ranch. Wheii the scene opens the ranch is under a dark cloud. Draught and mysteries disap- pearance of cattle have left Ramon, its present master, with but one herd to pay offithe mortgages held by lake Kraft. Nonceta, an lndian girl, is a maid in the Ortego household, and is loved by Lone Eagle, a young chief. Medicine Man Pose calls upon his gods to restore the tribes lo't lands. and tells of a curse on the ranch and Capistrano Missicn because of wro.1gs done to the lndians-a curse lifted only when the bells of the mission shall ring again. Kraft urges Pose to Mrustlew the last of the Ortego cattle. Noiteeta overhears, and begs Lone Eagle to save the ranch. Jealous of Ramon, he first refuses, but finally promises to bring back the herd on the night of the full moon. Noneeta realizes too late that she has sentenced him to death, by making him a traitor to his tribe. Professor Anderson. his sister, Laura and students arrive at the ranch. Three of the boys fall in love with the Ortego sisters. Marian, a college friend of the latter, arrives with her father, James Alden, who has been sent to restore the Mission. Word comes that the great herd has been stolen, Noneeta tells Marian of Lone Eagle's promise and sacri- fice and explains if the Mission bells were to ring, on the night of the full moon,

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2 f all 3 IV. THE PRINTING PRESSfThe present period was ushered in with the invention ol the printing press. There is a great amount of controversy over the inventor, but rnost historians believe Iohannes Gutenberg perfected the first press around the year I 150. Few people then realized that this discovery was destined to revolutionize the world. Since then, the steady improvement makes possible the mar- velous jeats performed on the presses of today.

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Cast of Characters Choruses OPERETTA the Indians would believe the curse lifted, the cattle would be restored, and Lone Eagle saved. Marian discovers an old painting which discloses a secret map of a mine of great riches. The mortgage threatens to make this discovery useless, and the sullen Indians prevent access to the Mission. Noneeta eludes them as the ranchers despair. and causes the old bells io break their long silence as the full moon rises. Lone Eagle drives in the herd, and the Indians are reconciled with Ramon, who promises restoration of their lands. The ensemble arrangements of the cast were particularly pleasing to the audience. The two leading parts were charmingly carried in solo and duet work by Margaret Dunkle and William Walker. Singing a comedy role, Rudy Kobal complemented the work of Elizabeth Kovaeh, a demure eastern belle who :is visit- ing on the ranch. Affording delightful entertainment in dance and song was the sextette, three coquettish Spanish girls and three chivalrous udandiesll of the Gay Nineties. As a background, three Indian roles were well portrayed, the big chief medicine man by George Simler and the young educated Indians in love with each other, Dorothy Shaffer and Carl Baum. Ramon Ortego .......... Marie ............,..,........, Chiquita ..,....... Carmelita ...,.,.....,...,........ Marion Alden ........... James Alden .......,,... Prof. Anderson ........ William ..,,..,....... James ........., Wallace ........,.. Laura Anderson .,..,.. William Walker Doris Border Elva Murray Betty Carson Margaret Dunkle .. Robert Eppley Joseph O,Connor . Herschel Dick James Jacobs , William Reese Elizabeth Kovach Jake Kraft ..... ....,... G eorge Miller Pose ............ ..., Noneeta .....,.... .... Lone Eagle ..., Billy Burns ...,...,... Advisers .............,.....,. George Simler Dorothy Shaffer Carl Baum Rudy Kobal Homer Baker Sara Rhoads Marion Hemmons Stage Craft M. Garman, F. Meizwa, C. Bixel. Advisers Margaret Fleming, lager, Martha Myton. Franklin Oesch- H. Scavuzzo, J. Bush, G. Byers J. Dibert, J. O,Connor, T. Dravis, A. Heslop, C. Bush, B. Mull, D. Thom as, E. Boerstler, G. Alwine, D. Hurrel, M. Hindman, B. Seesholtz, D. Buech- ley, M. L. Fisher, J. Wilson, J. Blue B. Creek, K. Murray, J. 'Williams: B. Gilbert, T. Seigh, M. J. Mock A. Poliacek, M. Brubaker, M. Varner B. Roseman, M. E. Leventry, B. Hillei gas, M. Shikalla, B. Grumbling G. Feathers, H. Koon, D. Schwing N. Kaufman, R. Frambach, J. You house, E. Hillegas, E. Saintz, N. Price W. Beals, C Stuver, A. McI..ucas, B. Slack, B. Allison, B. Griffith. Little Orchestra J. Waring, R. Spotz, D. Stevens B. Barron, F. Tomkowski, E. Shull J. Todhunter, B. Kitto, M. Pritts, J. De Army, J Easton, P. Stair, F. Noel R. Humphreys, F. Roseman, J. Gunter 7 9 7