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The Herald
The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekhy
Vol. XXIX.   No. 27.
SEWICKLEY, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1932
Price 5 Cents
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Pupils of the Osborno Public School,
in beautiful costumes, many of which
woro mado by the children themselves,
with oven the socond and third grado
pupils helping, presented an oporetta
in two acts last Friday evening in tho
school building, Tho program began
with tho flowors, nasturtiums, Jimmy
Leonard and Dick Groig; poppies,
Chapin Heumann and Glenn Pciflior;
astors, Betty Wynn and Billy Wynn;
pansies, Konnoth Crampton and George
Schusslor* daisies, Marjorie Over and
Mariotto Leonard; primrosos, Jano
Mcintosh and Margy Bullitt- violets,
Betty Ann Robinson and Peggy Bake-
well, and pinks, Mario Hammer and
Evolyn Jones, singing, "Blossoms
Pair," and dancing, bowing to tho
audionco in pairs.
Butterflies, played by Betty Ann
Harrison, Nancy AVatson, Phyllis Macqueen, Patsy Molmark, Anno Davis and
FiToan McPherson, flow about tlio swaying flowers-, singing. Tho child, Fred-
oriclca Mcintosh, cntorod after tho
buttorflies  had   flown   awny,   singing,
"Lovo Song to tho Flowers." She
caressed each flower as sho mentioned
it in tho song, but as soon as sho loft
tho flowors began to complain of hor
treatment, as she did not water them
often onough nor hoo the woods.
Botty Balfour, tho fairy queen, accompanied by her attendants, .Edith Trapp,
Peggy Jadden, Dorothy Dann, Nancy
Over and Sally Ivory, entered with tho
queen singing the vorso of "Queen of
Fairies." Sho is told of tho troubles
of the flowers and summoned her fairies,
Peggy Groulieh, Cherry Bakewell, Sara
Fundis, Mhxinc Doty, Mary A. Morrill,
Helen Bullitt, Mildred Borger and
Norma Gardner, who sang "Rain
Chorus" with accompanying pitty-pat
of raindrops which refreshed tho flowors.
Margery Over and Chapin Heumann
.sang, "Mr. Poppy's Proposal," with
tlio flowers joining in tho chorus and
iu a danee, then Billy aud Botty Wynn,
twins, sang the Pansy and Aster song.
Virginia Pflugh and Harriot Pflugh,
sunbeams,  entered  to  tho  singing  of
"Pretty Golden Sunbeams" and carried off the flowers to Fairyland, singing as they went. Misisng her flowers, tho littlo child wopt as tho first
act ended. Margery Over performed a
graceful ballot dance between tho acts
and gavo a snappy tap danco to close
tho program.
Tho fairies and tho brownies, who
wero played by Tom Barton, Bobby
Hamilton, Charlos Hamilton, Dan Davis,
Dick Berg, Buddy Berg, John Fetter
and Alex Dann, sang and danced to
open tho seeond act. Sally Ivory sang
"A Secret" and the chorus of fairies
just whispered because of the brownies.
Peggy Jadden and Dick Berg sang
"Naughty Brownie" mid then tho
queen entered, telling both brownies
and fairies that the girl must be punished,
In tho round-up of all small gardeners, the overall boys, Olml Schuette,
Stephen Davis, Billy Borger, Ned
Klingelhofer, Leland Fisher, Tommy
Greulieli, Bernard MeFee and Ronald
Macqueen   and   the   sunbonnet   babes,
Betty Ann Harrison, Nancy Watson,
Phyllis Macqueen, Patsy Molmark,
Anno Davis and Jean McPherson, wero
brought in by tho fairies, but established their innoconco by producing
w.atoring cans and hoes. Tho gardeners sang "How to mako your Garden
grow," with Patsy Molmark singing
tho solo, and thoy later repeated the
song for tho benefit of Frcdcricka
Mcintosh, who wanted her flowers back,
After sho had boon convinced of tho
child's sincerity, tho queen brought
back the flowers, who told of their
experiences in the song, "Air Mysteries," The ontiro east joined in
singing "Mid-Summer's Day" as tho
finalo, The operetta was well directed
by Mrs. Georgena Hathaway, music
director, and was much enjoyed by a
large audience. On Monday the children tlonncd thoir costumes and proceeded to tho homo of Mrs. J. D.
Berg, whero tho ahove picture was
taken by A, H. Diohl, Mrs. Berg took
motion pictures of the groups at tho
samo timo.
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