Mercersburg High School - Meminisse Yearbook (Mercersburg, PA)

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ff o II lLVUO'L p 72.001 CAST Hildy Haines --- ....... --- Shirley Lynch Olivia ....... - Nancy Krebs Queenie Smith .... Anne Harris Chuck Haines --- .... Richard Rice Frankie Brown Robert Nelson! Mrs. Haines ..... Elva Bonebrake Cora Haines ..... ..... R ebecca Evans Willie Vermin .... Ronald Nelson Jerome Haines --- Myron Pfoutz Clarence Weeger ....... .... J oseph Rhodes Cassandra Chalmundeley --- --- Geraldine Bennett Doctor Prescott ........ --- Robert Hawbaker PRODUCTION CREW jack Bricker James Starliper Clair Glaser , Carl Burhannan

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ff 1 LLl4lO'L pi0W1,, Mr. Haines, an innocent father, is forced to live withka neurotic ex-pugilist who starts to fight every time a bell rings. This occurs on the night of the Junior Prom when Hildy comes down with the measles and everyone, including the ex-pugilist and Miss Chalmundeley, a stupid specimen, is quarantined with them. Hildy frets about losing boy-friend Willie to her city cousin but eventually the quarantine is lifted and not only can Hidly see Willie but the ex-fighter and Miss Chalmundeley leave the Haines home. Affairs reach a climax when Mr. Haines developes measles when the ex-fighter again appears. The play closes as the Haines household and guests are again quarantined,

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H 7-lie ofzesf pfzinceu Tatiana, a Russian princess, is held for ransom by the Cossacks. Although Dmitri, a Russian prirce and her fiance, is a general in the Tsar's army, he is too cowardly to rescue Tatiana or to defend Russia against the Tartars. Vaslav, chief of the Cossacks, goes to the Tsar to collect the ransom but later joins forces with him against the Tartars. The Tartars are beaten and Vaslav is found to be Tsar Mikhail's son. Since he is of royal blood, Tatiana, who has fallen in love with him, may marry him.