The Port Weekly Help Us Swamp

T h e Port Weekly
Vol. X I V , No. 4
Port Washington, N . Y . , October 22,
October 29 Set As
Director Selects
Date of Senior Ball
Cast For Fall Play
" P o r t L i g h t " T o Benefit C l u b P a c k a r d Orchestra
By Proceeds F r o m
Plays for D a n c e
T i c k e t s Sold
T h e preparations for the a n n u a l
PLAY BY NOEL
COWARD
'I'll L e a v e It T o Y o u , ' Is
Four A c t Comedy
On Monday, October 18,
Miss
Bonnie
Hawthorne,
dramatic
director,
began
work on the fall production,
" I ' l l L e a v e It To Y o u . " T h e
play will be given on November 19,
the proceeds of
which w i l l go to " T h e Port
L i g h t , " the High School year
book. T h i s is in accordance
with the practice of other
years of giving a fall play
for the benefit of the school
year book. I n the opinion of
Miss Hawthorne, the play
should be an
outstanding
sensation and a display of
talent and good acting.
T r y o u t s were held Monday, October 11, a n d second tryouts were held
on Wednesday. October 13. Besides
characterization, a leading criterion
in the decision by Miss H a w t h o r n e
was voice control and volume. W i l liam B u s c h m a n n . who scored a s e n sation i n " F a s h i o n " as P a r m e r
T r u e m a n a n d also h a d parts I n
" G r o w i n g P a i n s " a n d " B r a i d and
B r a s s B u t t o n s . " will agflin atjpear
as supposedly wealthy U n c l e D a n i e l .
Mary Kellog, who directed the S e n
ior play for the Interclass P l a y C o n test a n d h a d the p a r t of E l s i e i n
" G r o w i n g P a i n s , " will act the p a r t
of his sister, M r s . Dermott.
Sophs Appear
E l l s w o r t h E r b , Robert B r o c k , a n d
W a r r e n K u n z , who appeared for
the first time i n the victorious J u n ior play, " T h e Obstinate F a m i l y , "
will again be seen. Members of the
Sophomore cast i n the recent play
contest will also appear.
After
due
consideration.
Miss
Hawthorne announced the entire
cast as follows:
Mrs. Dermott.. M a r y Kellogg
Oliver
Robert Brock
Elvangellne
J u n e Allington
Sylvia
A n n Page
Bobbie
Warren Kunz
Joyce
Mary Church
Daniel D a v i s . . . W i l l i a m B u s c h m a n n
VIrs. Crombie... J e a n S t a r k w e a t h e r
Paith C r o m b i e E i l e e n L a n d y
Griggs
Elssworth E r b
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Drama Class Forms
Port Student Theater
T h e D r a m a t i c s C l a s s intends to
orgainize a Port Washington S t u dent's T h e a t r e
(P.W.S.T.)
which
will present a o n e - a c t play every six
weeks for a n o m i n a l fee. T h e s e
plays will be performed on the stage
in Miss Hawthorne's room.
T h e directing, publicity, business
management,
a n d stage
management, will be i n charge of the s t u dents of the dramatics class, a n a r rangement s i m i l a r to that used i n
presenting the interclass play c o n test.
However, everyone i n the school
is eligible to act i n these plays. B y
acting i n four of these plays, one
may become a member of the R e d
Domino. T h i s also aids i n supplying
an outlet for the d r a m a t i c ability
of those who cannot obtain parts
in the a n n u a l plays, because less
volume is required.
T h e program will be a r r a n g e d
t h u s : one week for tryouts, two
v/eeks for rehearsals a n d two p e r formances during the fourth week.
T w o weeks will elapse before the
process is repeated.
Mysteries, farces, a n d comedies
will be featured. A s a n added at
traction, the first program, w h i c h
^ w l l l be featured. As a n added a t ^'.ix
weeks period, will include two
Coming Attractions
Saturday, Oct. 23 — Football
game. Stony Brook vs. Port at
3tony Brook.
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Monday, Oct. 2 5 — G i r l s ' hockey
game w i t h B a l d w i n at P o r t .
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«
Senior B a l l , to be given on F r i d a y ,
Wednesday, Oct. 27 — G i r l s '
October 29, are well under way. F o r
hockey game w i t h Westbury at
the past two weeks the students
Port.
have been cooperating w i t h i n their
* * *
different committees a n d have, to
date, a great deal to show for it.
T h u r s d a y , Oct. 2 8 — G i r l s ' soccer game w i t h B a l d w i n at Port.
T h e orchestra t h a t played for the
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J u n i o r P r o m last year, the C l u b
F r i d a y , O ^ . 2 9 — T h e Senior
P a c k a r d O r c h e s t r a , was so well liked
Ball will be held i n the cafeteria
that it was chosen to play for the
It 8:30 p.m.
Senior B a l l . T h e y will start playing
at 8:30 a n d will continue until m i d - Miss F a r l i n g e r T o Confer
night.
Arrangements
have
been
made to shorten the intermissions W i t h Parents on Nov. 9th
a n d to lengthen the time for d a n c ing. T h e orchestra is made up of
Because of a n unavoidable a b nine instruments,
including
two sence Miss E . F a r l i n g e r . director of
members of our school, H o w a r d and guidance, was not able to keep her
John Smith.
scheduled appointments w i t h the
T o m EUiston a n d the entire dec- parents of the J u n i o r and Senior
oration committee have been work- H i g h School students. T h e r e has
ing conscientiously for the past two been a subsequent announcement of
weeks. T h e color scheme upon w h i c h Miss F a r l i n g e r ' s desire to confer
they have decided is brown and y e l - with the parents of the pupils at
low. T h e refreshments conunittee, the Senior H i g h School on Novemheaded by Betty L i n d e m u t h , h a s ber 9th from the hours of 7:30 to
9:30. S h e requests t h a t appointagreed on cider and doughnuts.
T h e ticket committee was chosen ments be made i n advance so it
at the beginning of this week w i t h will be possible to devote a n equal
Townsend Jones as c h a i r m a n . T h e amount of time w i t h each parent.
people selling tickets are as follows:
B . B u s h m a n , C . Griffes. B . L i n d e muth. J . K e a n e y , D . Milstead, A.
Palmer, J . Vanderbilt, C . Hegeman,
and M . D e Leo. As usual, the price
of the tickets will be $1.00, couple
or stag. Y o u may secure them from
these people or from any senior.
T h e amount of enthusiasm and Participants F r o m Port T o
energy t h a t the Seniors have put
B e Selected
a n d still are putting into the preparations for the Senior B a l l w a r T h e New State B a n d a n d O r c h e s rants a huge success. M a r k the date
on your calendar—October
29th— tra Directors' Association announced
ibis weel. that p a r t i c i r a n t s in the
a n d be there! Y o w s a h .
All State B a n d , Orchestra, or C h o rus would be chosen proportionately
from all of the high schools i n the
state. Mr. P a u l V a n Bodegraven,
Music Director, interpreted this a r . nouncement
to mean t h a t P o r t
Washington schools will, i n all probability, be limited to only a very
number of representatives to
Membership
Certificates small
these organizations w h i c h will be
G i v e n I n Assembly
held i n I t h a c a on December 3, 4,
a n d 5.
New members of the Circle, S t u T w o years ago P o r t Washington
dent Honor Society of the H i g h students journeyed to I t h a c a for the
School, were presented their m e m - the A l l State B a n d of 1935. P a r t i c i bership certificates i n the assembly pants for t h a t year were selected
last F r i d a y , October 15, by the by merit. As a result, P o r t W a s h i n g president, J o h n Wilkie. T h e y were ton was represented by eleven p l a y also given a green ribbon w h i c h ers who made up a tenth of the
they are required to wear for a band.
week.
Eligibles Determined
A m i n i m u m of 100 points is n e e d O n Ocober 30, the students who
ed to acquire membership i n this will make up each of the three
society. T e n points are given for a organizations will be selected. Port
m a r k of 90 or above on the Regents Washington will submit m a n y a p E x a m i n a t i o n s or as a class average, plications but the number w h i c h
a n d 5 points for a m a r k of 75 to can go has not yet been determined.
90. A m a x i m u m of 4 points a year Those students who are accepted
is given for participation i n d r a - will leave for I t h a c a on December
matics, 3 points a year for sports, 2 and stay the next two days.
3 points for any letters- earned i n
T h e organizations are being held
sports, a n d 3 points a year for outin conjunction w i t h the New Y o r k
side activity on " T h e Port W e e k l y " State B a n d a n d O r c h e s t r a D i r e c or " P o r t L i g h t . "
tor's a n n u a l meeting. Practices and
Those who have earned the n e c - concerts will be held under the d i essary 100 points are. Seniors: L . rection of m e n famous i n the field
Bacmeister, W . Bischof, L . B u l l a r d , of music, while the assembled music
M . De Leo, C . Griffes, M . Kellogg, directors will be observers. M r . W i l E . K i d n e y , F . L a c h e r , J . L e e , J . L i l - l i a m R a v e l l i from the University of
lis, M . L o w r y , D . Milstead. R . M o r - Michigan will be director of the A l l
ris,
M . M u n h a l l , F . Porcelli, A. State B a n d . M r . A. L e s i n s k y will be
Scrofani, G . Swede, S . W a r r e n , N. director of the A l l State O r c h e s t r a ,
White, P . Whyte,
J . Zebrowski; and M r . J . Spouse, the A l l State
J u n i o r s : D . F e n ton, W . K u n z , V . Chorus. Mr. L e s i n s k y is director of
L e v y . C . Lewthwaite, L . T e t a , a n d music of (the Hobert, I n d i a n a ,
O. T h o m a s .
schools and Mr. Spouse comes from
Meetings are held every first and Rochester.
third Tuesdays of the month i n the
high school cafetria at 7:45.
All State Musicians
To Meet At Ithaca
Circle Announces
27 New Members
Sophs T o G i v e T e a D a n c e
Mrs. Inman of Antioch
College Meets Students
I t was announced by the committee i n charge, that the Sophomore
class will sponsor a tea dance i n the
Miss E s t h e r F a r l i n g e r guidance
cafeteria next T h u r s d a y , October 28,
instructor has invited Mrs. I n m a n at 3:15.
of Antioch College to visit Port
Howard Smith's orchestra will
Washington H i g h School on Nofurnish the music. T h e admission
vember 1 at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. I n m a n , the Director of A d - fee to be charged J u n i o r s a n d S e n missions of Antioch College, will iors will be ten cents. A number of
discuss the fcoVoperative p l a n of Seniors will be at the tea dance
college work. T h i s will be given for to demonstrate dance steps to any
the benefit of the juniors and s e n - of the Sophs who require assistance.
iors w h o are preparing for college
Those who are directing the tea
or for those who are interested i n dance are Helen Allington, M u s i c ;
this movement. P a r e n t s wishing to S a l y Dusinberre, Refreshments; a n d
know about the co-operative p l a n B e r t S c h a u e r a n d B u d McQuade,
Publicity.
are also invited.
1937
Help U s
Swamp
Stony Brook
P r i c e : F i v e Cents
Port s "Fighting Gentlemen/' Engage
Stony Brook at Prep School Field
Tomorrow; Team Seeks First Win
Blue and W h i t e E l e v e n Downed B y Southampton
Saturday W h e n Maroon T e a m T a l l i e s
T w i c e in Second Quarter
Plans Under Way For
Public Forum Series
S a u l Scherer Appointed
Committee C h a i r m a n
A n announcement this week from
the Port Washington T e a c h e r s ' Association states t h a t the group will
again sponsor a " P u b l i c F o r u m S e r i e s " similar to the program w h i c h
v/as so successfully presented last
season. •
T h e project, w h i c h is under the
direction of the Professional A d vancement Committee of the Association, is headed by M r . S a u l
Scherer, c h a i r m a n . T h e following
will assist h i m on this committee:
(Charlotte ,Merriman»
Miss
Mabel James, Mrs. C l a r a Haynes,
M r W i l l i a m Allen, a n d Miss A n gela Mallon.
Mii~>
T h e committee is now working on
such questions as the problems to
be discussed during the series, the
number of speakers, a n d general
handling of programs.
Discussion I s Desirable
I n a letter issued to the Association this week, Mr. S h e r e r said,
"After the signal success of last
year's 'Public F o r u m Series," it is
highly desireable t h a t the teachers
a g a m undertake the sponsorship of
a communal discussion of pertinent
current problems. . . I t is fortunate
that we have i n America, the opportunity of the F o r u m medium for
the discussion of paramount issues
and eventual intelligent action by
the informed citizenry."
I n conclusion, M r . S c h e r e r stated
that the committee would welcome
suggestions from members of the
Association a n d a l l other residents
of P o r t Washington who are i n t e r ested i n this project.
Tomorrow P o r t High's " F i g h t i n g
G e n t l e m e n " will again try to make
first score of the season after h a v ing
lost three consecutive games
and failing to score i n any of t h e m .
T h e y will oppose Stony Brook, a
prep school, w h i c h they first met
last year on Seeber F i e l d a n d h a n d ed a decisive 46-0 defeat. So far
Stony Brook has met Manhasset,
a n d they tied, 7 a l l . R i g h t now
their average is more impressive
t h a n is Port's. T h e y have won one,
lost one, a n d tied one, but they
have not played teams on the level
of the ones P o r t has played.
I n spite of the drubbing S o u t h ampton handed us, the team's power
plays and paeswork seem to be
m u c h better t h a n they were i n the
Hicksville encounter.
Markland Stars
" P u s s y " M a r k l a n d who filled R o meyko's former end position turned
out to be oneof the outstanding
performers
at Southampton.
He
threw two passes to Herb C a r p e n ter,
a n d he broke up the i n t e r ference on m a n y plays. T o n y F a sano. former first team guard, will
probably again play i n this week's
game. I f Bob Woelfl's shoulder i n j u r y is better, he might be i n active
play. H i s playing was greatly m i s s ed i n t h a t Saturday's game, but
Gregory showed up to be a strong
m a n backing up the line.
Herb Carpenter, who h a d to be
taken out
of
the
Southampton
game because of a bruised leg m u s cle, is back and i n playing order
again. " D o u g " Rodgers who retired
from the game after a n outstanding performance, will be back h a v ing recovered from the cut above
his eye.
Bernie Mallon h a d the splints t a k en off his h a n d this week but he's
not yet been i n active scrimmage.
He hopes to a g a i n be able to play
by the time of the G r e a t Neck
game.
_ Stony Brook G a m e Impm-tant
" i n spite of the poor s t a r t that the
team has h a d this year. C o a c h L e o
Costello feels that if the team c a n
win S a t u r d a y ' s encounter, it will be
set off on the right foot again a n d
possibly finish the season by w i n ning a majority of the games
played. T h i s game is a n important
A t 2:50 p.m., October 13, 1937, Mr. one because it m a r k s the turning
E a r l Hilfiker substituting for the point of the season, a n d it definitely
regular adviser, M r . E d w a r d P i c k - tells whether the season will finett, Ipi'esided a t the first R e t o r t ish over or under the 500 percent
meeting of the year. T h e purpose of m a r k .
the meeting was to elect officers for
T h i s week again, as last week,
the coming school year
the team travels away i n the bus.
Alex Wilkie added to his list of T h i s time it's not quite so far. Stony
honors when he was elected p r e s i - Brook is north of S m i t h t o w n , about
dent of the club; Douglas Rodgers 35 miles from Port.
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was elected vice-president; a n d B u d
Griffes,
secretary-treasurer.
The
club previously decided to combine Commercial C l u b Elects
the two last-mentioned offices.
Miss J . W o r k , A d v i s e r
T h e meeting was the first of a
series of meetings w h i c h will be held
A t a meeting held Tuesday. O c on the second a n d fourth W e d n e s days of every month. I n the near tober 19, the members of the C o m future, the Retort plans to admit mercial C l u b selected Miss J o s e p h new members to the club to fill the ine W o r k as F a c u l t y Adviser. Miss
W o r k As
filling
the position v a places vacated last J u n e .
cated by Miss D e a n , a
former
T h e present members are Alex
teacher of C o m m e r c i a l subjects I n
Wilkie, J o h n Wilkie, M i c h a e l D e
this school.
Leo,
Bob B r a l l a , Bob M a c C a J l u m ,
The
club
re-elected
Florence
Malcolm L o w r y , B u d Griffes, W a r ren Thomas, W a r r e n Darress, D o u g - Whyte, Louise Bellefato, a n d E t h e l
las Rodgers, K i m b a l l Perley, D o u g - Mahoney as president, v i c e - p r e s i las Wright, Townsend Jones, a n d dent, and treasurer, respectively.
Robert R a n k i n was chosen as the
Warren Lawrence.
new secretary.
T h e members decided on dues of
C a m e r a C l u b Holds Meeting five cents per meeting. Meetings are
to be held on the first a n d t h i r d
L a s t Tuesday, October 19. at 2:50, Tuesdays of every month. P a r l i a the C a m e r a C l u b held its first mentary procedure will be strictly
meeting i n R o o m G - 2 , w i t h Mr. followed i n order to c a r r y o n the
E a r l Hilfiker acting as c h a i r m a n , business of the club effectively.
until the president was elected. T h e
T h e organization plans to make
club decided to fix dues at 20c per several trips to the Metropolitan
month
until the $5.00 m a r k is area during the coming winter. A n
reached. T h e money is to be used excursion to the G e n e r a l E l e c t r i c
for a group picture i n the " P o r t plant is now under discussion.
L i g h t . " Robert B r o c k was elected
T h e r e are, at the present time,
president; B r u c e Cox, v i c e - p r e s i - about forty members of the o r g a n dent. Alex Wilkie a n d B u r r Miller ization; however, the club plans to
were elected treasurer a n d secre- elect new members i n the n e a r f u tary respectively.
ture.
New Officers Chosen
At Retort Meeting