Lyman Hall High school - Singer Chronicle Yearbook (Wallingford, CT)

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INSTRUMENTAL GROUPS Richard A. Otto, Director The Band President..............................................Walter Marshall Secretary..............................................Thelma Jeffords Librarian.............................................Richard Thurrott The band with seventy members including the drum majorettes has had a busy year, having played at three school concerts, several auditorium programs, the Meriden Forum, the alumni basketball game, the Class B championship game, the victory dinner, the East Haven Music Festival, and for Company K. It also led the parade on Memorial Day as well as the parade of Moose at the conclusion of their convention on June 15. The band was unable to accept invitations to play at Choate School, the Middlefield Apple Blossom Festival, the New York World’s Fair, and the National Concert Festival in Albany, New York. Orchestra President...............................................Henri Orlowski Secretary...........................................Charlotte Tomlinson Librarian...............................................David Lawrence The Lyman Hall Orchestra of fifty pieces has shown marked improvement this year under Mr. Otto’s instruction and with the extra rehearsals with Miss Frieda Imhof. This group played at the junior play, the Christmas concert, the senior play, the spring concert, and at the annual Housatonie League Music Festival, held this year in East Haven. The Chronicle 1940 29

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY The Senior Class presented You Can’t Take It with You, a thrcc-act comedy, under the direction of Miss Doris M. Farr on April 5 and 6. It is the story of the eccentric Sycamore family, who keep in their living room everything from snakes to firecrackers. Trouble looms when Tony’s parents, who are “society,” call on Alice and her family on the wrong evening. After a very embarrassing reception, it seems that the two love-birds have failed to bring the two families together. Grandpa turns into a much-needed cupid, while the rest of the family awkwardly try to help. Mr. Henderson appears to collect grandpa’s income tax for the last twenty-three years, only to find that grandpa is legally dead. The differences arc finally settled, and Alice and Tony prepare to marry. The cast was as follows: George Magee, Grandpa; Beatrice Bordcleau, Penny; Roger McMahon, Tony; Doris James, Alice; Jean Woodtke, Essie; Albert Sutterlin, Ed; Emma Becker, Mrs. Kirby; Richard Johnson, Mr. Kirby; James Lee, Paul Sycamore; Esther Riccitelli, Rheba; Robert Harrington, Donald; Charles Sabo, Mr. DePinna; Fred FuCci, Boris Kolenkhov; Helen Wasilcwski, Olga; John Brcsnock, Henderson; Martin Factor, Donald Bates, and Frank Nasczniec, three G-Men. The general chairman, George Cook, was assisted by Peter Barberino, May Pogmorc, Adolph Fengler, Robert Wachtelhausen, Barbara Bradshaw, Virginia Wahl, Lorraine Gallagher, Robert Till, and their committees. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY The Eyes of Tlaloc, a humorous mystery play coached by Miss Doris M. Farr, was presented by the following cast of juniors: Sylvia Wilcox, Amanda Simpkins; Jack Hubbard, Ezra Simpkins; Felix Hulicki, Pudge Rogers; Francis Carroll, the professor; John Dunn, Tommy Tinker; Norma Ferriere, Nancy Howe; Helen Potter, Virginia Lee Byrd; Elaine Heslin, Pat Gillis; George Hellcman, Nawa; Howard Gianotti, Savador Del Santos; Shirley Sprague, Pepita Del Santos; and William Bordcleau, a rancher. The action took place on a southern Arizona ranch managed by two New Englanders. Into the story came among other interesting persons, a pair of Mexicans, a pugilist, and a thief. A lost treasure is located and the thief is punished before the play comes to a happy conclusion for the hero and heroine. Raymonds Combs was the general chairman assisted by Helen McCartin, Alice Johnson, John Wooding, Bernard Gallagher, Robert Condon, Alan Carey, Sally Newton, Shirley Jeffords, and Ethelyn Szad with their committees. The Chronicle 1940 30