The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-21
CHRISTMAS PLAY. OFSCHOOLDRAWS'
 BIG ATTENDANCE.
Many Take Part in De- lightful Program Held
 Last Evening

Before an enthusiastic audience, which damned the grade school auditorium to more than capacity the combined high school and grade school Christmas party was held last night.
 More than 600 parents and friends witnessed the carefully-p pre- pared spectacle, which included six acts and IFS participants. The numbers featured both dramatic and musical ideas pertaining to Christmas.
 An interesting display in the hallway outside of the auditorium gave parents an idea of what the boys and girls groups at the high school were doing in the line of Christmas toy giving to the needy.
 Superintendent of Schools A. B.. Phillips explained that a large number of old, discarded and brok- en toys had been gathered by the students The boys repaired the ob- jects, with the girls making doll dresses and aiding in the attrac- ] tive wrapping of the presents. The large table, piled high with the gifts, represented only small DOT tion of the total number which the high school intended to give, Phil lips said.
 Santa Claus in Blunderland, ;" presented by the grade school un- der the direction of Miss Ruth Golf fin, was the first act.
 Included in the cast of this charming production were the fol- lowing:
 Richard Jackson, Jack Goddard, Mary Stewart, Louis Nelson, Alice Curtis, Burnetta Reich, Franklin Dufresne, Eddy Schaeffer, Billy Jor- genson, Malcolm Faulkner, Pat Brewer, Virginia Dufresne, Bert Stewart, Phillip Harland, Louise Adams, Esther Thompson, Dorothy Bertholl, Louise Hildre, Sidney J. Brannin.
 Isabel Parsons, Marjorie Shell, Sylvia Davis, Dorothy Fors, May delle George, Katherine Torkelson, Shirley Davis, Ann Davis, Arletta Hayden, Bob Phillips, Charles Reed, Beverley Lievers, A strid Barnes, Doris Hagstad, Bobby Converse, Delbert zugoff, Donald Hayes.
 Carl Click, Bob Scott, LeRoy Ves- tai, Barbara MacSpadden, Bernice Mead, Beryl Marshall, Harold Zeng- CT, Donald Mcdonald, Jimmy Hick- ey, Dallas Weyand, Vivian Powers Ada Mangsol Ruth Torkelson, Be- atrice Bothwell, Millie Miller, Bet ty Bonnet, Clara Hayden, Lois AL len, Olga Paul, Irene Peterson Margaret Harris, Hilda Kerr, Irma Wahl, Lola LaPaugh, Sue Stewart, Josephine Campbell, George Alex ander, Irving Lowell, Keith Pet rich, Stanley Heisel.
 Next came the Toy Symphony, ? an orchestral presentation by the high school and advanced junior orchestra under the leadership of Miss Pauline Reinhart. The mem- bers of this group included:
 Patricia Harland, David Reischl Lyman Snow, John Satire, LeRoy West, Fletcher Brown, George AL exander, Philip Harland, Byron Personeous, Jack Goddard, Keith Petrich, Tom White, Ennis White, Richard Jackson, Corrinne Jenne, Marie Bussinger, Christina Nelson, Phyllis Jenne, Thomas Hellan, Har- old Hanson, Corrinne Duncan, Syl- via Davis, Edithbelle Heller, Elaine Housel, Virginia Dufresne, Irving Krause, Ann Morris, Jack Chase, Jean VanderLeest. Rachel Borleck.
 Dramatization of Charles Dick ems "A Christmas Carol" was the third act. Everett R. Erickson di- rected the following cast:
 Tom Stewart, Howard Jackson Helen Beistline, Beatrice Prima- vera. John Krugness, Ellen Mo Kechnie, Edward Bowden, Bill Winn, Doris Freeburger, Jack Tur- off, Robert Short, Nola May Seelye, Birdie Jensen, Margaret Hickey Jeanne Anderson, Harry Lucas Kenneth Webster, Roy West Harold Hanson, John Alstead, Hen ry Satire, Myrtle Mello, Mary Jean McNaughton, Herbert McClean Ruth Geyer, Keith Reichl, Iris Mor- ris, Shelby Tucker, Jane Blomgren, Mitchell Daniloff, Clara Hanson, Lillian Kilo, Jeanne Anderson. Bill Vim, Marguerite Hickey, Bobby Davis.
 Carol singers, with Miss Coffin and MT. Erickson combining in the direction, provided the fifth act. This chorus included:
 Birdie Jensen, Nola May Seelyc, Sybil Godfrey, Patricia Harland, Evelyn Jenkins, Phyllis Jenne, An na Campbell, Anabel Simpson, Le- Roy West, Charles Jenne, David Reischl, Walter Scott, Fred Har- ris, Bert Bertholl, John Ritter, Jean KrugneSs.
 The fourth number was a com munity' sing, led by Miss Coffin Santa Claus, himself, was the sixth act.