Leetsdale High School - Leet Yearbook (Leetsdale, PA)

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DRAMATIC CLUBS The dramatic department of the Leetsdale High School consists of three different dra- matic clubs which have been sponsored by Miss Jane Anderson, Miss Virginia Mather, and Miss Rebecca Lee, and Miss Rose Demestichas. The membership of these clubs totals to about seventy-five students. Those pictured above are the ninth to twelfth grade mem- bers. These clubs have been very active and have produced various types of plays, some given in assemblies and others as evening performances. The plays and the cast mem- bers follow: THE VALIANT by Hall and Middlemass Directed b Miss Rose Demestichas Y James Dyke ---------------------- Joe Bena Warden Holt ---------------- Kenneth Beebe Josephine Paris ------- -- Freda Wohlgemuth Dan, the attendant -------- John Callaghan Father Daily ----------- Roland Hoffmaster I LOVE YOUR HUSBAND by Jane Foust Ford Directed by Miss Rose Demestichas Mrs. Woods -------- Martha Agnes Thornburg Miss Stevens ----------- Mary Louise Roman Mr. Woods -------------- Roland Hoffmaster SUBHERGED by Cottman and Shaw Directed by Miss Rose Demestichas Dunn ------------------------ Paul Feduska Shaw ------------------- Roland Hoffmaster Brice -------- -------- ----------- Joe Bena MacAndrews ----------------- George Martin Nabb ----------------------- Frank Feduska Jorgson ------- -- --------- Charles Setar THE TWELVE-POUND LOOK by J. M. Barrie Directed by Miss Rose Demestichas Harry Sims --------------------- Joe Bena Lady Sims ----'---------- Margaret Pahach Kate ----------------------- Matilda Suto Tombes ------------------- Charles Wilson WHY THE CHIMES RANG by Raymond MacDonald Alden Old Woman ----------- Esther Undercoffler Uncle -------------------------- Joe Bena Holger --------------------- Paul Feduska Child ---------------------- Warren Upton Priest --------- L ------ Roland Hoffmaster NOT QUITE SUCH A GOOSE by Elizabeth Sale Directed by Miss Jane Anderson Mrs. Bell ----------------- Barbara Crowe Albert Bell ---------------- Paul Feduska Sylvia Bell ---------------- Dorothy Syka Philip --------------------- William Bena Hazel Henderson -------- Katherine Walter

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95 -,. -5-. V Y Qyglxxi- Mr. Paul Wohlgemuth william McClick James Besong Paul Feduska Anna Vitale Esther Undercoffler Josephine Cicconi Jane Thompson DEBATE Last year Mr. Snoke organized and coached the first Leetsdale High School debating team since 1952. The affirmative team consisted of Elsie Graebner and Charlotte Plun- kett with Catherine Kelly as alternate. The negative side was made up of Mary Feduska and Esther Undercoffler with Anita Turek as alternate. The schools they debated were Sewickley, Aspinwall, Coraopolis, and East McKeesport. This yearfs debating team is composed of James Besong and Paul Feduska with William McGlick and Josephine Cicconi as alternates on the affirmative, and Jane Thompson and Esther Undercoffler with Anna Vitale as alternate on the negative. The members were chosen from the debating club and were coached by Mr. Wohlgemuth. The schools they debated this season were Ben Avon, Coraopolis, Aspinwall, Edgewood, West View, and Etna. The question for debate was nResolved: that the several states should adopt a unicameral system of legislation.n

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CHORUS At the start of the school year our music director organized two choruses, the junior chorus, which met Monday in activity period, and the senior chorus, which met the same time on Thursdays. The senior chorus rendered service in that it sang several numbers at the Drama Fes- tival and other similar affairs. The combined choruses, which are pictured above, sang several groups of selections at the Spring Concert. DRAMATIC CLUBS fContinuedJ WHAT AN ACT by Anne Coulter Martens Directed by Miss Virginia Mather Marty --------------- Rose Marie Campbell Harriet ---------------- Josephine Solito Mary ----------------- Betty Jane Cicconi Peter ------------------ Leonard Merriman Jim ---------------- ---- - Gre or Betz ' - ' - 8 Ted ------------------------ Warren Upton SUNSET BY SLANTSKY by John Houston Student Production Director-Betty Pahach Mr. Paul ------------------- William Bena Dr. Chrome ---------------- Walter Mitsak Mrs. Featherstonhugh ------- Rose Dempsey Miss Featherstonhugh -- Margaret Merriman Gentleman ----------------- Moon Jung Yee THREE'S A CROWD by Sara Sloane McCarty and E. C. McCarty Directed by Miss Virginia Mather Madeleine ------------------ Lois Anthony eddie ------------------ Eileen ----------------- Elmer ---- ------------- Mr. Johnson ------------ THIS IS SO S Directed by Kiss R Gertrude -------------- Helen Roberts ---------- Florence --------------- Marie ----------------- Margaret Fan ----------- -- Lewis Wightman ----- Irene Young --- Albert Flower --- Robert Mahich UDDEN ebecca Lee Pauline Sradomskl --- Barbara Crowe ------ Anna Hopta Josephine Cicconi Katherine Walter