Sharon Hill High School - Owl Yearbook (Sharon Hill, PA)

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DBAMATIC CLUB PLAYS On Saturday, March 18, 1944, the Dramatic Club presented a Variety Show of three one-act plays. The entertainment utilized the services of all the members of the club, making the evening a true club endeavor. The first play was Who Murdered Who? , a mystery comedy written by Millard Crosby. The play was a hilarious mix-up of threatened victims and suspected murderers. Kit's hobbies, misunderstood snatches of conversation and a ouiji board helped make trouble in a big way. THE CAST Mrs. Wilson Stropp fKitj .............. Gloria Hojferher jennie Marks ............ .... f Odll Gzzislzohite Gould Trevor ....... . . . . . Melvin Bishop Camilla Foreman . . . . . . Eileen Ffzzlllailer Roxy Brenner . .. ...... Gladys Loft Willie Trippitt ...... . . . lVfzs're2z Bollinger Veda Arthur ......... . . . jean Dahlgifist Dr. Elliott Gravesend .. . llyilliazzz Porler On the Dotted Line , the second play, was a farce written by Howard Reed. It portrayed the marital troubles of two newlyweds and the distressing circumstances which ensued involving a vacuum-cleaner salesman and a Domestic Arbitrator. THE CAST Wilton Brussels, a salesman ........... .... 1 'Vleiwn Bishop Bertram Dudley, a newlywed .... ....,.. R oy Bishop Hazel Dudley, his wife ...,........ .... M arjorie Dzumzzz Mr. Flandermeyer, his father-in-law . . . . . .lVilZiam Cherry Mrs. Flandermeyer, his mother-in-law .... .... M arjorie Pearce Miss Poole, a Domestic Arbitrator ..... .... P eggy Lewis The third play was Prom Night , a comedy by George S. Kaufman. It showed the predicament a young man finds himself in, when, on the evening of a big dance, he tears his trousers. To be of assistance, his girl friend offered to mend them and the distressing circumstances they both encountered were both funny and true to life. THE CAST Helen Maxwell, Mary's sister .........,.. .... A izfze Ymgezzsefz joe Browning, Mary's boy friend ........ . . .W as'z'efz Bollinger Mary Maxwell, a pretty young girl .. ...... foam Charles - Mrs. Maxwell, the mother ........ ..... F lorelzre Cherry Mr. Maxwell, the father ...,..... ...... f ohiz Brown Louise Hunter, a modern girl ...... .... I eau Dahlgizisl Dick Bentley, her affable companion . . . ..... Roy Bishop bl

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SEN ICR PLAY l Left to right: A. Ynrgenren, I. Dablquift, I. Clmrler, j'. Porter, G. Hojfeeker, M. lVlI7'7'i71gl0I2, I. Guirzwbire, F. Cherry, G. Lott. NINE GIRLS By Wilfred H. Pettit! H jane .... .......................,. A :me Ym'ge12.re12 Eva .... ...... I 0412 Charley Freida .... .... G lrzdyr Lol! Alice ............... .... I emz Drzblqzzirt Sharon fGlamorpussj . . . . . . Gloria I-Iojfferker Stella fShotputj ..... ...... I 04112 Gzzirtwbile Betty fTennesseej . . ...., Margrzrel llizrrizzgtovz Shirley .......... ........ f emz Porter Mary . . . .... . . . . ..... . . . Florence Cherry Nine Girls , our Senior class play, was presented on Saturday evening, November 6, 1943. It was directed by Mr. Fernsler and offered an all-girl cast. The play, a delightful mystery comedy, consisted of a prologue and two acts. The setting was in a sorority clubhouse in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. In a moment of jealousy and hate, Mary murdered Paula Canfield. In order to cover her hrst crime, Mary had to poison Alice, who was Paula's intimate friend, In attempting to solve both murders, Eva stumbled over evidence which pointed to Maryg consequently, Mary attempted her third murder. Eva was saved by her friends, who immediately told the whole story to the police, Instead of committing suicide as she had planned, Mary gave herself over to the law. The members of the cast gave an excellent performance and the evening was a great financial success. 60

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Tl-IGSE WI-IG SERVE WE HO N OR 11, .ll ,..'1 '- 'i 'fi ny! f -1 .1 3 1? ' P 5 ', r. 5 ' y i i 1' 5- r- alflr xi 'ffff ,- I A f7 if 2' i -i -1- - ii. f S.. ' i Q ' i i S, ie L- To honor those men and women who formerly attended Sharon Hill High School and who are now serving in one of the branches of our Armed Forces, we devote these yearbook pages. We are proud of the way they are doing their part and we will be forever grateful for the sacrihces they have made in order that America should remain a democracy. We are confident that in them and in the people of America will be found the faith and stamina to uphold the endearing words of Stephen Vincent Benet. We believe in democracy-in its past, its present, and its future. We believe it is so deeply rooted in the earth of this country that neither assault from Without nor dissension from within can ever wipe it entirely from that earth. But, because it was established for us by the free-minded and the daring, it is our duty now, in danger as in security, to uphold and sustain it with all that nd are. We believe that its future shall and must be even And to the future-as to the past of our forebear on freedom-we pledge all we have we have a reater than its past. resent of our hard W 5? and the p 62 S 1