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Show TRIUMPH SCORED WITHBHSDRAMA Several departments at the Bingham high school combined in preparation of the annual school play "June Mad", by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements, Cle-ments, to present last Friday evening in the school auditorium an evening of praiseworthy entertainment. en-tertainment. Music between acts, staging and lighting, added to the excellent direction, combined combin-ed to make of the whole one of the finest school plays of recent years. Appealing in the leading role of Penny Wood, Ethel Richards, a senior and veteran in high school plays, was outstanding in a cast of general excellence. A clever little actress, she handled comedy come-dy and emotional scenes with nicety. Her voice and stage presence pres-ence are gifts that have developed develop-ed perceptibly in each successive school play appearance she has made. ; Paul Parissenti as the artless arid sincere Chuck Harris carried his part with ease. Irene Anderson Ander-son brought to her characterization characteriza-tion of Penny's understanding mother, Mrs. wooa, a maiuic facility of manner and move- The living room background might have been in any family's home and Dr. Wood, the father, could have been any indulgent, sometimes choleric male parent. Barbara Jenkins as the naive, insatiably curious Milly Lou, was adroit in not overemphasizing overemphasiz-ing her interpretation. Elmer Tuttle, played by Jack Hofheins, was realistically rustic Role of egoistic Roger Van Vleck, a difficult assignment, was creditably handled by blond Harry Watkins. Donna Davies was winning as Julie Harris, a next door neighbor. Others competent com-petent in minor roles were Yaeko Mochizuki as the comic maid ot all work, Effie; Lynn Henson as G. Mervyn Roberts; Bob Krueg-er Krueg-er as the harried, uncertain father fath-er of Chuck Harris; Betty Byrne as Shirley Wentworth; Jack Bee as Ralph Wentworth. To Miss Myrth Harvey, speech instructor, must go many compliments com-pliments for her fine work. Excellent lighting was credited credit-ed to J- B. Birch- Paul Kuhni of the art department arranged the stage and J- L- Seal was responsible re-sponsible for scenery. Property manager and prompter, prompt-er, Clay Watson, and stage managers, man-agers, Harold Mattice and Roy Mitchell, worked faithfully to insure a flawless production. The high school orchestra played preceding the first curtain cur-tain Joel P. Jensen, instructor, also provided for music between S. deluding a bell lyre solo by Helen Rogers with Mrs-- w. T. Rogers, accompanist; a clarinet clar-inet solo by Otto Kuhni with Miss Margaret Ire and at the piano; a vocal duet by Shirley Parkin and Beverly Nix with K Lewis Parkin accompanist Music offstage was by Miss Ireland and Billy Pino. There was no admission charge for the play, and the largest audience in many years i to wit ness the school's dramatic effort was generous in aPPluse an critical comments. It was gen eraUy stated that the product on reflected much crec t on the student body and faculty. |