Ogdensburg Free Academy - Devilog Yearbook (Ogdensburg, NY)

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l AMERICAN LEGl0N CONTEST N December 6, 1949, the American Legion Oratorical and Essay Contest took place in the George Hall Auditorium. In this local contest Betty Patterson won first prize with her essay, Dem- ocracy Speaks for Itself. Alice MacCal1um was awarded second prize. The St. Lawrence County Con- versity, where Betty Patterson won first. On February 11 the Fourth District Contest was held at Platts- A. MBCCALLUM, B. PATTERSON, J. TE:-zo, N. JENKINS, s. LHVIGNE. burg, Where she again took the hon- ors. On March 7 she went to Ams- terdam for the Zone Contest and won first place in that competition. PE G As this book goes to press, she is competing in the State Contest at Tonawanch. N air of sophistication and drama was present in our Betty and all those who partici- auditorium on the night of May 17, 1949. The event pated in the local contests were un- taking place was the Fifty-Second Annual Speaking Contest. der the guidance of Mrs. Leonard Under the able guidance of Mrs. Green. Leonard Green fifty-five contest- ants participated, Ten of these SITTING: J. MISSERT, B. PATTERSON, J. TEED, J. WELT, S. KNAP. STANDING: were chosen for the final. H. ELLIS, D. SANFORD, D. COOL, W. BROWN, D. CUNNINGHAM. The final contestants and their pieces were Ioan Missert, Illusion, David Cool, Beyond All Doubt, Betty Patterson, Bobby Shafto, Harry Ellis, The Decline of the Drama, Susan Knap, The Old Woman and the Clock, Douglas Sanford, The Button, Jacque- line Teed, The White Cliffs of Dover, William Brown, A Madman's Story, Joyce Welt, Autobiography, Donald Cunningham, In a Note of Triumph. Winners were Susan Knap and Joyce Welt in the girls' division, and Douglas Sanford and Harry Ellis in the boys'. Later Susan Knap won first place in the Northern New York League Contest, held at Potsdam, and Douglas Sanford won second place. 47 test took place at St. Lawrence Uni-

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1 SITTING: N. JENKINS, M. FLANNIGAN, D. DENNY, W. WARD, B. PECK, D. MONTROY, G. HILL, MRS. GREEN, R. WALKER, F. BURNS, J. SMITHERS, L. CORRICE, P. ASHLEY. STANDINGS E. HOLMES, C. WEBB, D. COOL, A. MacCALLUM, H. JENKINS, B. PATTERSON, D. DAVIES, G. PERKINS, C. MULCAHY, A YOUNG MANS FANCY GCI' HE fall production of the Dramatics Department was the hilarious comedy, A Young Man's Fancy, hot off the Broadway griddle. The action of this play takes place in a summer co- educational camp for the children of wealthy New Yorkers who want to get the kids out of their hair for the summer months. The plot revolves around four boys -- Duvie, Grilly, Iokey, and Buddy -- all veterans of a few years of camp life. W. MORLEY. A young brother and sister, Harold and Helen Greenley, are owners of the camp, operating on a borrowed shoestring, their hopes being diminished by every trick and prank of the four boys. The unceasing jokers become victims of their own type of pranks when an attractive camp counse- lor, Sylvia Wilson, wises up Dickie Crandall, a mama's boy. Faith Weatherhead, the camp pert, kept everybody hopping. Girl Camper . . Girl Camper . . Harold Greenley .... Sylvia Wilson. . Girl Camper . . Dr. Spee ..... Dorothy Bennett Duvie ....... Grilly. . . Iokey ....... Buddy ....... Helen Greenley. Girl Camper . . Mrs. Crandall . Dickie Crandall Mr. Crandall. . Cast Production Committees . . Peggy Ashley . . .... Lucy Corrice . . . . . Harold jenkins Alice MacCal1um . .... Carol Mulcahy . George Perkins . . . . . Ioyce Smithers . .... Don Montroy . . . . .George Hill . . . Robert Walker . . . .Fred Burns . . . . . Betty Patterson . . Pat Doherty . ..... Carol Webb ...........BenjaminPeck .............DavidCool Faith ........ Nelda Jenkins, Dorothy Denny Miss Weatherhead . . . Mary Louise Flannigan Boy Camper ............. William Ward Camp Trilby Boys ........ William lVl0I'l6Y and Ervine Holmes Programs. . Tickets . . Posters . . . Prompter ............ Sound Effects.. . . . . . Peggy Ashley T. S. Print Shop T. S. Print Shop Drusilla Davies Mr. Gerecke Stage Set ,,,. Green, Montroy Make-up ....... Misses Turnbull gl Whalen, Mr. Adams Ticket Sale .............. Peggy Ashley Ushers Ioan Bacon Beverly Wood Margaret Doe Shirley Woods Suzanne LaVigne Pat Woodward Mary Katherine Ward Shirley Woodward Director Mrs. Leonard Green

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CLASS RO0M SCENES 48