Herkimer High School - Ye Green Quill Yearbook (Herkimer, NY)

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STANDING-Henry Parker, Mary Grower, William Walrad, Lois Kraus, William Donohue, William Winston, Ralph Carona. SITTING-Josephine Weiss, Eleanor Bailey, Emily Hughes. The Phantom Pilot MANY members of the class of I93I returned to us this year to work and to play. Their first production, The Phantom Pilot, was a very exciting mystery story about a house, supposed to be haunted, that was merely a meeting place for a few little thieves trying to get ahead in this world. While on the subject of thieves I'll name the students who took these difficult parts so well. Mr. Morgan, Henry Parker, Mrs. Mor- gan, Mary Grower, Pig Woman, Emilie Hughes, The Lunatic, Bruce Clark. Eleanor Bailey and Ralph Carona supplied the romantic element necessary for every successful play. And clear me - I forgot Epidemic and Magnolia, the negro ser- vants who were played - oh, so cleverly - by Bill Winston and Lois Kraus. Then Madame Eva played by Josephine Weiss, Professor Alexander by William Donohue, and Boggs, a lawyer, by William Walrad, lent the protective atmosphere to the play. Post-graduates had not forgotten how to act.

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LEFT TO RIGHT-Cecil Rasbach, Celia Grossman, Philip Allen. Dawn HA! Tragedy in the dramatic department. The first production of the year was the annual Tri-City Play- Dawn It portrayed a sad story of a misused wife, Molly, played by Celia Grossman who was married to an uncouth miner, Dick. This role was exceptionally rendered by a newcomer into the realm of clramatics, Cecil Ras- bach. The child of this marriage, Maggie, who was cruelly beaten to death by her father, was played by Helen Elwood, a sweet child. Then entered the doctor, the hero, who gave his life to save Molly from the clutches of her husband. This role was skillfully portrayed by the l932 dramatic star, Philip Allen.

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STANDING-Richard Pelton, Alfred Winston, Celia Grossman, Robert Wells, Sara Mahoney, Cecil Rasbach. SITTING-Joyce Knights, Jane Weir, Jennie Croft. The Millionaire BECAUSE of the dramatic ability and keen dramatic interest in the Senior Class, two Senior plays were presented. The first one was The Millionaire, a three-act comedy about a host of golddigging relatives who tried to whindle money out of their fsupposedlyl wealthy cousin, Gideon Heath. The difhcult role was vividly played by Richard Pelton. Blanche Heath, a youthful sweetheart of Gideon's, was taken by Celia Grossman, whose performance as a sophisticated woman was great. In this cast were included several new adventurers in dramatics. Robert Wells gave an excellent portrayal of a college professor, Ronald Heath, and Sara Mahoney was the perfect or- phan girl, called Dorcas who was in love with Gideon and married him. To be sure, the part of Aunt Adeline Heath, the old aristocratic member of the Heath rabble, was taken by Ioyce Knights, as only Joyce Knights could play it. The youngster was Blanch- ette Heath, a daughter of Blanche Heath, played by Jennie Croft who drew many laughs from the audience by her simple childish chatter. Now for the big surprise-Alfred Winston as Johnny Heath, the young artist. Can you picture a more genuine artist than Bud ? Again we met Cecil Rasbach as Fred Lawlor, the ne'er-do-well relative who gave a more splendid performance than ever. Jane Weir, who played the part of Lottie Pringle, a light-headed girl, supplied many of the laughs.