Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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jayne Klapp reigned as queen over the l938 May Festival, and Edith Griswold was Maid-of-Honor, Elea- nor Burkett, Kathleen Easter, Helen Ann Mallory, and Rosemary Scott were members of the court. The program opened with a scene on the deck of a ship depart- ing for Europe on which I8 girls were dancing the Sailors' Hornpipe. As the curtain closed upon the first scene the ship sailed to the tune of Anchors Away g a group of girls from junior High School performed a Military Tap Dance to this song. Upon the second opening of the curtain the Seven Dwarfs ifrom Webster Schooli were seen march- ing through the forest past the Gypsy Camp, lustily singing Heigh Ho . After they had made their exit the Gypsies hastily prepared the throne for the Queen of May, who with her court entered with great pomp and ceremony. After the Queen had been seated, the Gypsies entertained her by dancing some of the gypsy dances. When they had finished, the American Tourists, who were seen leaving for Europe in the first scene, arrive, they wished to entertain the Queen and her court and do this by dancing the Big Apple. A group of Gypsy Tumblers came forth next and performed their stunts in order to gain the Queen's favor. Following this the Tourist Tumblers likewise seek to entertain the Queen. Then the Royal Heralds announced the Queen's special t u m b I e r s who performed with marked skill. Two beautiful dances were then presented. The first one was the Blue Danube Waltz by a group of peasants. The tourists then pre- Jmiiml, if fy presented a Sophisticated Dance to the tune of josephine . Loretta Gretter and Dorathy Pett performed a modern ballroom duet. As a fit- ting ending to the festival, Butter- flies flitted from the dark shadows to form a graceful ballet. Maxine Rains was the soloist. The Gypsies then formed an arch- way with their tambourines for the Queen and her court who departed. The festival was under the direc- tion of Miss Virginia Hawkins and Mr. Tom Downeyg they were assist- ed by Miss Blanche Ricks, Miss Garn, Miss Mary lane White, Miss Frances Luke, Mr. Arthur Carr, Mr. L. B. Eherenman. la Page seventeen

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Standing: Dick Klein, Miss Cor- netet. Seated: Charlotte Warren, lane McCouch, Ruth Dexter, Mary Kath- erine Bergman, Bonnie Schlosser, james Kellar, Don Abair, Bill Head, and layne Ridenoure. Opposite: Don Aloair, Miss Cornetet, Bonnie Schlosser. Last year the staff was elected through a who were interested in becoming a member of questions in connection with the office which these candidates filed a petition containing the unique method. All those the staff answered specific they wished to fill. Then names of ten students who were willing to support them in the general election. After going through these preliminaries the following staff was elected. The staff is composed of Bonnie Schlosser, editor, Ruth Dexter, assistant editor, Donald Abair, business manager, Mary Katherine Bergman, literary editor, Charlotte Vifarren, assist- ant literary editor, Dick Klein, feature editor, lane McCouch, assistant fea- ture editor, Bill l-lead, art editor, and layne Ridenoure, assistant art editor. Under the sponsorship of Miss Cornetet the new staff got under way with preparing the publication. The staff worked through the summer thinking of new ideas for their year book and by November had begun to plan definitely on the theme. Then the real work began-snapping pictures, assembling ma terial, cutting and pasting copy, typing stories, and sketching it into a dummy copy. Members of the staff made a final subscription drive and order by approximately twenty-five copies. Finally the book was ready for the press. increased the

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The Rose of the Danube , the high school oper- etta, scored a brilliant success on February l3-l4, l939. Eurolania, a small country on the Danube River, was more blue than beautiful when ace-cam- era man Davis lGerald Bordnerl and director Perci- val McPipp iEric Clarkel arrived just in time to save all by producing a super-super special feature . However, Hitlerized Count Von Popova tlim Kellarl and his right and left hand men lEarl and George Long? had other plans boiling in the pot. Elma Tanner beautifully portrayed the title role, and Pat Lady Spitfire , the senior play, was a three-act comedy staged on November Zl-22, 1938. Heroine Ruth Dexter as the fiery heiress, Kay Sutton, ran into complications when attempting to elope with villain- ous Henri lCerald Bordnerl by stealing the car of two tramp college boys-Bud iDick Kleinl and Tom Martindale and Bona lean Cuise ruled as King and Queen, Others in the cast were Prime Minister Ga- looski lNecl Gatesl, triumphant Belladonna lChar- lotte Warrenl, demure Princess Daisy iMary Alice Peschl, Prince Karl llames Mannl, Pamela McPipp iBetty Steinerl, and Mrs. McPipp ijulia Kaufmanl. The charm of old Vienna was enhanced by the gaily bedecked chorus, beautiful scenery and dancing. Miss Frances Luke's tireless efforts as director were well rewarded, and she was ably assisted by Miss Wildar- ene Cole and by Miss Katherine C-arn, at the piano. lEric Clarkel. However, all ended happily at the school of Miss Prudence lCharlotte Warren! through the able assistance of jim Kellar, Frances Roahrig, Kathleen Wolfarth, Katherine Thompson, lo Ann Ellis, and Ellis Metheny. The play was pro- duced under the splendid direction of Miss Cornetet.