The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-18
SCHOOL PLANS

Mr.. and Mrs Sumner Coleman and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Norman.
Ypsifanti High School chorus
will hold a dancing party In the
lunchroom of the school tonight
at 7. Records over the public ad-
dress system will be played for
dancing. Edward Smith and Ger
aid Power are co-chairmen OF the
party.
Refreshments Will be served by
a committee composed Of Edith
Steere. Harold Harner and Rach-
ael Houck A Christmas tree and
crossed festooning around the
room will be arranged by Alexine
Fox, Allen Glow. Robert Moffett.
Robert Houck. Mary Battelle.
Music will be planned by Dora
Eaton, Donald Bailey, John Leabu
and Warren Cakes.
Playlet at Central
At Central Grade school the
elementary program will be Fri
day at lis p. m. \ playlet
Christmas Brownie" will be Civ.
en- by the third grade. Characters
will be Floyd Warrington. Ted;
Jean Duskey Marjorie: Marjorie
Fuller. Kitty; Patricia Green,
Rose; James Johnston. Robin;
jeanne Gotos, Maggie; Harold
Spears, Father Bird; Joan Yeat-
man. Mother Bird. Carl Shauan.
Santa. Elves will be Gerald Towns
ley. Lawrence Brown. Dale Schaf-
fer. Edward Shauan, Gerald Prest,
Dale Mcdonald. John Baker. Ed
mund Gooding, Donald Goddard
and Frank Carey Fairies will be
Carol Barney Doris Decker, Ma
dede Ellendorf. Elaine Gates, Rob-
erta Hubbard, Marilyn Mitchell,
Rozena Steffen. Joy Walters
Others taking part are Thomas
aud William Lurkins and Hazel
Ralya. Announcer will be Bruce
Wallace.
The rhythm band of the second
grade will play Jingle Bells.
Ernestine Powers. drum major
will give a demonstration. sue
Fairbanks will recite Twas the
Nieht Before Christmas.
Second grade rhythm band will
be composed of drum section,
Clifton Young, Gary Hawks,
Thomas Ehmau, Darrell Henry,
George Daley. Joseph Webb, Xylo-
phone, Larry Mathews, Harrison
Quirk, sticks. Reneia Morris,
Charles James. Betty Jean Gard
ner. Richard McClury; triangles,
Bette Platt, Leola Ravens. Ola
James, Beverly Cook, Helen God
dard. Kathleen Lathers, Patricia
Harrison, Joan Wilson; wood
blocks. Richard Brougham, Vic
tor Bennett, Deon Wright. Dom
aid Bennett; cymbals, Marshall
Freel Donald Scharp; bells, Rich
ard Shingledecker Mary Owens,
Joyce Ann Smith, William Alex
ander; tambourines, Sue Fair
banks. Phyllis Schaab, Norman
Bower; conductor, Ernestine Pow
srs.
To Present Sketches
Third grade children have been
studying Christmas customs In diff
ferent lands the past two weeks
and will present sketches of their
studies in costume with appropri-
ate properties. The action and
speeches are eXtemporaneous and
the children made the properties
that will be used. Children in the
Holland sketch will be Edwin
Ellis, Joan Rowe. Joan Spanneth.
Donald Shifferd. Ruth Grinage;
Holland chorus. Joan Rowe, Joan
Spanneth, Ruth Grinage. Donald
Marilyn Meersseman,
David Blattenburgef, Bernice
Pepper, Gerald Lee, Bernadine
Lore. Charleen Niles, Donna
PEBBLES, Mary Alice Scheffler,
Norman Welch: Russian charac-
.ers will be taken by Charleen
Niles. Caroline Gambill. Dolores
Ross. Bernadiue Lore, Peter
Fletcher. Norman WEIGH, Mary
Alice Scheffler. English sketch
characters will be Donna PEBBLES,
Gladys Woolsey, Laura Smyth,
Garth McAllister, Charles Thomp-
son. Richard Barnett, Marilyn
Meersseman. Swedish sketch
characters will be John Midkiff,
Alfred Ellendorf, Robert Price,
Betty Youngs, Harold Bennett,
Edwin Ellis, Mary Harrington.
American sketch characters will
be David Blattenburger. Mary
Alice Scheffler. Gladys Woolsey
and Peter Fletcher. Stage mana
gers will be Harold Bennett and
John Midkiff and announcer.