Mohnton High School - Log Yearbook (Mohnton, PA)

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Senior Dance The Senior Dance, held on February ll, was called the Dan Cupid Hop, because of the nearncss of St. Valentines Day. The gym was deco' rated in red and white crepe paper streamers and hearts. Door prizes and prizes for the spot dance and elimination dance were given. The music was furnished by Joe Lombardo and his orchestra. Small red and white paper hearts were the favors for the cake walk. The cake, beautifully decorated for St. Valentines Day, was won by Mildred Eckenroth and Heinz Espig. Mziiiy students and friends of the school were in attendance. THE BEACON- l9C59 fiftyfone

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fifty - Senior C ass Plc-113 THE GHOST TRAIN The Ghost Train. a mystery comedy, was presented by the Seniors on November l7. The plot centers around a haunted station near Rockland, Maine. Some passengers. having missed connections. are forced to remain in the station overnight. The old station- master tells them that every night the ghost train passes, bringing death to all who observe it. The old station-master is mysteriously stricken dead. Later the ghost train roars through the station and Julia faints. 'Teddie turns out to be a detective and it is discovered that the ghost train has been used by Sterling and Price to smuggle liquor and narcotics across the border. Richard and Elsie are happily reunited by the terrors of the night. CAST OF CHARACTERS Richard Winthrop ........,. ........,,.... V ictor Werner Elsie Winthrop .... Arlettzl Burkhart Saul Hodgkin ,.,.,.. .... H oward Kleinsmith Charles Murdock .... Baker Hertzog Peggy Murdock .. .... Mary Leininger Teddie Deakin .... Marvin Detambel Julia Price ..... , .. Geraldine Burkhart Herbert Price ..,. ..., W arren Harding John Sterling .... Warren Crowther Jackson ........ ,... R obert Matz Miss Bourne .... Margaret Schatz Tl-IE BEACON- I939

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flfty'two - C ass Night CAMPUS QUARANTINEP' S HE CLASS NIGHT EXERCIASES include the customary presentation of gifts to members of the Senior Class. In addition to that feature the comedy Campus Quarantine is to be presented. The entire action of the play takes place in the dining room of the Kanna .lamina Sorority House, just off the campus of a cofed college in Beverly, California. It is Saturday night and 'the girls are ready to go out for the., evening, when suddenly Beryl is taken ill. A doctor is called in who says that it is chicken pox and quarantines the house for two weeks. Several of the boys who have been working in the house are quarantined also, causing many funny complications. Edythe plans to elope with Finlayg Elliot manages to get into the house by pre- tending he is the nurseg Deborah causes trouble by sending Edythe's picture instead of her own to a boy with whom she is corresponding. But despite all this there is a happy ending for Mrs. Smith and Dr. Atwell, Edythe and Finlay, Lela and Elliot, Ronald and Beryl, Gordon and Gloria, and Deborah and Howard. CAST OF CHARACTERS Gloria Smith, a Kanna Jamma Sorority girl ................ Mary Leininger ' Mrs. Smith, her Aunt and House Mother of the Sorority .... Anna Burkholder Beryl Shepherd, who gets the chicken pox ........... .. ...... Mary Young Edythe Rhodes, another Sorority girl ........... . ..... Mildred Eckenroth Deborah Mercer, who tries to have a romance ..., Arletta Burkhart Lela Dunn, a nurse ............................ Margaret Schatz Dr. Leon Atwell. meek and mild ............. Warren Harding Gordon Dunn, who loves to manage things ..... Victor Werner Ronald Steele, his pal ............................. .,... W arren Crowther Elliot Maxim, who has a Hair for theatricals ..... Marvin Detambel Finlay Carruthers, his room mate ............. Heinz Espig Howard Ross, Deborah's correspondent ..... Howard Kleinsmith TI-JE QEACON I939 I 3 ' ,rf . Bi 'ini l v ' . 1 ' ..a5vm.'mW