Parkersburg High School - Parhischan Yearbook (Parkersburg, WV)

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JANUARY CLASS PLAY The Call of the Banshee The Cast .Ioanne Martin-Mrs. Grimes, housekeeper: David Kahn--Peter Adair: Frances Hyre- Tibby Lamb, Blanche's mother: Kathryn Stephens-Blanche Lamb, colored servant: Mildred Detwiler-Joan Walters, HaZel's friend: Eugene Hartman-Yuru. Dr. Lacy's Indian servant: l.ee Hawk-Walter Payne, sheriff's deputy: Ernest Kincaid-Abner Heckenshelf, sheriff: Bill Halley-Tom Scott, servant: Pauline Schultz--Edna Perkins, Tom's sweetheart: Marvin Phillips-Dr. Neville I.acey. Peter's cousin: Dale Hannah-Dr. Markowitz. Peter's physician: Ifrances Breed-Hazel Orpen. Peter's adopted niece: Stanley Beren--Clem Durward, Hazel's Dance. Carpenters. . Sound Effects Stage ..,. , Properties Costumes. . , Director .. Production Staff . . Joe Lawson, Gordon Sams . . . . . William Pahl, Louis Ruley Raleigh Gates, James Congleton ...Julia Sheff. Carroll McGlothlin . . . .Arelene Dawson. Betty Boyles . . . ....., Miss Wanda Mitchell On the evening of January 15, at 8 o'clock, the January seniors presented The Call of the Banshee , a mystery based on the superstitions of an old Irishman. Peter Adair, and his housekeeper, Mrs. Grimes. The comedy element was carried throughout the play by Tom Scott, a none-too-bright handy man, Blanche. a colored servant. and Hilda, a Swedish maid. A love story, featuring Frances Breed and Stanley Beren. was interwoven with the plot. ITii i I l The play was attended by a crowd so large that the opening scene had to be de- layed for Five minutes while the people who could not Gnd seats left the building. page twenrq seven

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JANUARY SENIOR ACTIVITIES Senior Picnic October 15, 1936, the day of the Senior Picnic! At 1:30 p. m., packed tight in cars, the members of the class motored to the Masonic Park near Marietta. The swings and seesaws were kept busy from the time the first persons arrived until the last left. The program arranged by the entertainment committee consisted of games and contests, with prizes' for the winners. At 5:30, the call, Come and get it, was followed by a veritable stampede. They came and got it! After everyone had eaten until he couldn't eat any more, and the clean-up committee had performed its duty. the Senior Picnic was over and everyone left for home. 'Color Day On December 9th the Seniors came to school adorned with their class colors, crim- son, blue, and gold. The girls wore hair ribbons and the boys, bow ties. The Color Day program represented a reunion which took place in the 'home of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Phillips fthe former Ellen Sherwoodj in the year 1957. Among the guests attending the reunion were Mr. and Mrs. William Guice fthe former Pauline Schultzj and their twelve children, and Professor Rat McMahan, who was still carrying his yo-yo. When all the guests had arrived, a 1937 Parhischan was brought out and as the pages were turned many good times were recalled, The pictures came to life and entertained the guests. Senior I-II Party The Senior I's entertained the Senior II's on the evening of January 18th with a movie party in the auditorium of the high school. Sweetheart of Sigma Chi pro- vided the entertainment. After the show, refreshments were served in the cafeteria. where the cafeteria orchestra provided further entertainment with a musical program. Everyone had a grand time. Junior-Senior Banquet The Masonic Temple banquet hall and balcony on the evening of January 19th. when the Junior II's entertained the Seniors, resembled a motion picture studio set for a picture of a fashionable party. Handsome, well-dressed young men, beautiful girls in fluffy long dresses, flowers, and all, might have been used for a colossal production. The banquet hall was arranged like an artist's studio. Favors and programs, designed in the Senior class colors, were the artist's brushes and palette. Balloons strung from the four corners of the balcony added a further festive touch. After the banquet, Toastmaster Bailis Bell presided over an entertaining program. FRANCES HYRE page twenty six

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page twenty-eight HISTORY OF JANUARY CLASS First, a year as sophomores, Average students we. Studies and activities We termed Hmisery . Hatred for our studies, our school, False hatred, I should say, For deep down in our hearts we loved Them as we do today. Home rooms, individually, Had their own affairs. Our room had a skating party: Their home rooms had theirs. Things were altered slightly In our second year- No more Hhome room this and that : The Junior Class we hear. The Junior-Senior Banquet-fswellj The party after, too, And with these Junior Class affairs Socially we grew. Later, then as Senior I's, Nearly in our prime: Senior Picnic at St. Marys A ga--lorious time. Then, at last as Senior II's And as such, do we rate! Ambling down the homestretch On to graduate. Senior I-II party, Picnics and the rest, Junior-Senior Banquet, Our class the honor guest. The Senior II Class Picnic The movies and the play, The sermon-and then, last of all, That sad departure day. When we, at our commencement, In caps and gowns arrayed, Received that bit of parchment Which. said we made the grade. We bid adieu 'to the dear old school With regret but not quite sorrow, And doubtfully look forward to That dark, unsure tomorrow. -Arthur Spence