South Lebanon High School - Ionian Yearbook (Iona, PA)

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turned out to be the insane villain. Iohn Lilly and Fritz Bomberger played the role of the asylum keeper, and Iames Wert and Iames Speraw, the attending doctor during Anna- belle's fainting spells. The action in The Cat and the Canary took place at Glencliff Manor on the Hudson during a cold and stormy night in November. All the living relatives of Cyrus Canby West had come to find out whether they had in- herited the rich man's estate. Among the de- scendents was Annabelle West, who became the heiress after the lawyer had read the will. Things started popping when Annabelle was proclaimed the sole beneficiary of the estate. First, the attendant of the insane asy- lum broke into the house in search of a man like a wild cat. This danger frightened everyone, especially the nervous Miss Susan Sillsby. Second, the lawyer, Mr. Crosley, mysteriously disappeared while trying to re- late the dangers in the house to Annabelle. Later in the play, the monster, who really was Charlie Wilder, working in a plot with the asylum keeper to obtain the estate and the lost necklace willed to Annabelle, came through the panel in the wall to scare Anna- belle into hysterics. After this fearsome ex- perience, Mr. Crosley was found in a com- partment in the wall of Annabelle's bedroom -dead. Charlie Wilder and his companion were, after other thrilling and spinechilling incidents, discovered to be Mr. Crosleyis mur- derers, who had tried to petrify Annabelle. They were dragged, with the assistance of Harry Blythe, to the County Iail. Paul Iones, the boy with the very expressive feet, turned out to be Annabelle's loved one after she re- fused to marry Harry Blythe and Charlie Wilder. The curtain closed on Annabelle's marriage to Paul. The mystery of Glencliff Manor would not have been so highly successful, had it not been for the Make-up Committee, who with pow- der and paint transformed into maturity high school boys and girls, the Stage Committee, who made the interior of Glencliif Manor very realistic, the Property Committee, who provided the 'ltools which make a play life- like, the Light and Sound Committee, who made the eerie lighting effects and weird, goosepimply sounds, and the Orchestra that steadied and soothed the nerves of the highly enthusiastic audience between the acts. The Make-up Committee deserves special mention because the seniors on it-Sarah Keller, chairman, Sarah Louise Light, Esther Eckert, Marian Funk, Ieanne Bentz, Harold Hersh, and Lester Benson-dealt with youth and old age at all school productions throughout the year when a change of physi- ognomy was needed. With each project they increased their knowledge and skill under the direction of Miss Bowman, adviser, and Miss Nichols, assistant.

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eniorzi core Ou fri fanchng .jfhf lil Standing: Pauline Ulrich, Fritz Bomberger. Sidney Levitz, William Dreher, Kenneth Mellinger, james Speraw, Kay McDermott, Marjorie Frantz, James Musheno, Charles McConnell, Norman Walters, Arthur Terr, John Lilly, james Wert, Polly Lou Penman. Seated: june Dengler, Robert Hornberger, Betty Jane Rock, Lucile Reifsnyder. Virginia Hartman. THRILLING MYSTERY IS PRESENTED ' The Cat and the Canary, a four-act melo- drama by Iohn Willard, was presented by two superb casts composed of twenty mem- bers of the I94I Seniors to two highly-thrilled audiences who literally packed the Lebanon High School auditorium. The play was held on the evenings of November 16 and 17. Miss R. Eileen McConnell was the capable coach of this very successful production. Betty Rock and Lucile Reifsnyder with great talent portrayed Annabelle West, the heroine, an artist from Greenwich Village, who inherited a large estate from her grand- father, Cyrus Canby West. The hero of the play, Paul Iones, was acted by Norman Wal- ters and Robert Hornberger. Paul was a veter- inarian, who became a mechanic, because there were no more horses. He did not care whether he inherited the estate or not, his main interest being his secret love of Anna- belle. Roger Crosley, the thoughtful and able lawyer of the late Cyrus West, was enacted by Arthur Terr and William Dreher. Sidney Levitz and Charles McConnell played the part of Harry Blythe, a serious young man who wished for the love of Annabelle and- the disposal of his competitor, Charlie Wilder. Mammy Pleasant, the old trusted West Indian servant of Cyrus West, who cared for the Glencliff estate during its twenty years of vacancy, was ably enacted by Marjorie Frantz and Kay McDermott. The part of Susan Sills- by, a nervous and psychic woman of middle age, who always thought someone or some- thing was going to harm her, was interpreted by Virginia Hartman and Pauline Uhlrich. A mature woman, Cicely Young, who had an optimistic view of life and who wanted to be helpful, was performed by Polly Lou Penman and lune Dengler. Iames Musheno and Ken- neth Mellinger took the part of Charlie Wild- er, a hot-headed young man, who finally 66

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Ollldl' leI .SEQQQC . . . GIRLS' ORATORICAL CONTEST ' The Eighteenth Annual Woman,s Club Oratorical Contest was held Friday, February 28. Marjorie Frantz was awarded Hrst honors, her subject being America, the Land of Opportunityf, Second rating went to Lucile Reifsnyder, who spoke on A'Uncle Sam Pre- pares. Third was Ioan Boger, who discussed Do You Want to Be Classified or Cured?', Prizes of fifteen, ten, and five dollars will be awarded to the winners at the Commence- ment Exercises in Iune. Other competitors were: Iune Marie Deng- ler, Betty Henning, Marilyn Bohr, Ellen Leh- man, and Emma Nolt. The young orators were coached by Miss Ruth Evans, Head of the high school English Department. The judges included Mrs. H. H. Boger, a representative of the Woman's Club, the Reverend Paul Miller, and Attorney Wil- liam Egli. BOYS' ORATORICAL CONTEST ' The Twenty-First Annual Cyrus G. Rauch Oratorical Contest was held on Friday, Ian- uary 31. Prizes of fifteen, ten, and five dollars were awarded to the winners. First honors went to Robert I. Donough, whose oration was entitled, The Battle of the Music Organizationsf, In second place was Norman A. Walter, who used the theme A New Field in In- dustry, and third place was given to Charles P. Yeagley, who discussed What Does Music Mean? The prize money will be awarded at the Commencement exercises on Thursday, Iune 12. The other speakers were: Bernard Gill, Ralph Moody, Charles McConnell, and Thomas Ehrgood. Iudges for the contest were the Reverend Melvin Rood, Attorney L. Ehrman Meyer, and Mr. Iohn M. Smith, a member of the Board of School Directors. FRENCH CLUB ' Many enjoyable periods were spent every two weeks, in an effort to acquaint the mem- bers of the club with the cultural and every- day usages of the French language. Early in the fall, oflicers were elected and committees appointed for the club. Meetings were conducted in the French language in two classes under the guidance of Miss Hoffman. Programs presented contained games, sto- ries, puzzles, and songs of France. The most enjoyable meeting was the Val- entine Party. After a very brief business ses- sion, valentines were distributed and games played. The climax came when a few gener- ous members treated the club to refreshments. The rest of the meeting was passed in con- tented silence while everyone indulged in his favorite pastime. Nous vivons mangerln GERIVTAN CLUB ' Although the club was organized rather late in the year, many informative and jolly meetings were held. Like its sister, the French Club, two classes were organized and sponsored by Miss Hoff- man. The meetings were held every second Fri- day. They were conducted just like any other school meeting except that German was used instead of English. The devotions, minutes, and announcements were given in German, much fun being derived from the translations. Each class elected presiding officers, and pro- gram committtees were appointed for every meeting.