La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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BEN BOHTZ JR. as Captain Applejack and Dorothy Hay as Poppy Faire in Captain Applejack” the Junior Class Play of 1929. aetata caete ettcotttofed Through the years the drama department has been one of the most successful branches of the English department. During the thir- ties, this department gained special recogni- tion with the production of two musicals by Gilbert and Sullivan—H.M.S. Pinafore, 1931, and Pirates of Penzance, 1932. Miss Thelma Beesley, a member of the English department at this time, directed the speaking parts. Mrs. Lola Vawter, a representative from the music department, directed the students in the musi- cal parts of these shows. This type of collabora- tion between the departments of music and drama was repeated by directors Miss Vera Kellogg and the late Gene Pennington when several operettas were produced. The Waltz Dream, (1945) and The Forest Prince (1950) were two of the most popular productions in our history of drama. nip 19.4 SEMOR CLASS PLAY Cornered was the first play presented in the new school. The cast mem- bers were, seated .. to R: Iris Bailey, Thelma Norris, Ray Fara, George Hupp. Mable Krueger. Stand ,,ar fridh. Bernice Doyle, Abe Smith, Gordon Keithline, Miss Deveda Dcerhake. director: Lloyd Hutton Winifred Earll, Joe Schelin. '

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THE 192?) PLAY directed by Mrs. Ruth Coffeen and Miss Hazel Brown was Captain Applejack. Seated: Edith Stroud, Dorothy Hay, Ben Bortz. Jr., Marian Rasmussen. Standing: Mary K. Fitzsimmons, Bob Goers, Don McCarty, Sharon Deliaan, Wilbur Petering, Alfred Munzcl. dicwta fate varied MISS HAZEL BROWN AND MISS ELEANOR MOORE directed the 1930 play The Suan. Seated: Florence Palm, Mary Jane Schumacher, Elva Kemp. Standing: Frances Sampson, Miss Hazel Brown, Miss Eleanor Moore, Wilbur Petering, Vernicc McGrath, Marian Rasmussen, Fred Zimmerman, Mary Leahy, Durwood McDonald, Dorothy Hay, Sharon DcHaan, Mary Louise Lindgren, Ben Bortz, Jr., Mary Louise Decker, Don McCarty, John Mitchell.