Milford chronicle., 1957-04-12
Milford Hiqh
School News
SENIOR TRlP


Sixty-six members of the Sen
ior Glass returned to Milford at
$500 a. m. Sunday morning foot
sore and tired from their trip to
New York City. The group left
Milford at $3.50 a. m. on Friday
and arrived in New York at 1000
a. m. The group was quartered in
the Hotel Taft at Fifth Avenue and
51st Street.
The group was served delicious
lunches and dinners in the grill
of the Hotel Taft and were treat
ed to music by the renowned band
of Vincent Lopez. Several of the
group made their New York debut
as entertainers when they appear
ed on Vincent Lopez's radio pro-
gram. Danny Moore, Charles Wolfe
and Ronnie Wix sang IF You
Knew Susie" and shook the mara
cas- to a calypso number. Carolyn
Masten, Jack Walls and Ruth Tull
sang Now Is the Hour" in close
harmony and shook the maracas
to a Charleston number. Both
groups were enthusiastically re-
ceived by the diners in the Hotel
Taft.
The UN Building, Empire State
Building, Chinatown, Uptown and
Downtown Manhattan were among
the places visited by the group.
The most enjoyed activity was the
stage show that was presented in
Radio City Music Hail. The group
also visited the IMPERIAL Theater
and saw the stage production "a
Very Funny Fellow"
On the tour of NBC, where the
behind the scenes activities of ra-
dio and television were explained,
several students appeared on clos
ed circuit television. Charlotte
Wilgus, Lawrence Warren and
Barbara KINNEY were those chos-
en- for this activity.
Saturday evening, a group at
tended the Jackie Gleason show a
second group visited the Perry
Como show, while third group at
tended a movie aud stage show at
the Roxy Theater. At the conclu-
sion Of these performances, the
group left New York and returned
home with a better appreciation
for their home town of Milford.
JUNIOR CLASS TO PRESENT
PLAY TONIGHT
At 500 o'clock tonight in the
Milford High School auditorium
the curtain will rise on the Junior
Class players as they will present
Great Caesars Ghost" The three
act comedy, written by William d.
Fisher, will star twelve Juniors un-
der the direction of Mrs. Grace
Montgomery, who is assisted by
Miss Anne Milbury.
The cast of this farce-which is
all about seances. mystics, and
hilarious ghosts as follows:
Roma Postles. the pretty vice
president of the Student Council,
changes character completely as
she portrays Mrs. Penelope Max
well, a scatterbrained, middle-ag-
ed matron. Her bosom friend, Mrs.
Phoebe De Royster, is handled we'll
by Elizabeth Scott. Carol Crumb
as the mousy daughter cf Mrs. De
Royster is both pathetic and fun
ny.
Mrs. MaxwelPs daughter, Helen,
is played by Margaret Vaughn. Her
sweetheart, enacted by Wayne
Hoyt, is annoyed by MS. Max
wells reluctance to give her con-
sent so Helen and he can be mar
ried.
Polly Maxwell, Penelope's sis
ter-in-law, who'd rather help peo-
pie with their problems than cause
them, is portrayed by Virginia
Greene. Conrad Cohen is Phineas
Farthingale, an archeaologist, who
is accompanied by ghost-Great
Caesars Ghost.
The servants-Walter HOey as
Johnson, Nadine Powell as Es-
ther, and Joan Warrington as Hat
tie, the cook-are show shoppers.
Dick O'Donnell, in the person
of Richard Johnson, is the hungry
neighbOr boy who rivals even the
ghost in his love for cake. Calvin
Hollis as the Mahjah, also provides
excitement and laughs.
All of these characters round off
the play to make it one of the
funniest, most amusing ever pre-
sented by the Junior Glass.
Extra credit should be given to
Wilbur Haight and his stage crew
for the complicated staging done.