Staged and Directed by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Hall
Spiritual Directors: Rev. P. J. O'Connor, Pastor; Rev. Leo C. Byrne, Assistant Pastor
CAPTAIN BARNACLE, captain of the Eureka ............... EDDIE MAYOR
BILL BREEZE, a sailor......................................PAUL COAD
J. HORACE HODGE, owner of the Eureka .... .................GEORGE HOFFMANN
CAROL HODGE, his daughter .................................MARY MENNER
CHESTER SPARKS, radio operator ............................WILBER WIDEMAN
JACQULINE JAMES, a stowaway................................CATHERINE HRUBY
TOM MARLIN, Icthyologist...................................JOHNNY PALUMBO
RITA LETTERS, secretary to Mr. Hodge.......................HELEN BONSKOWSKI
EVELYN VAN HORN, a guest on board the Yacht ...............VIRGINIA EGGLESTON
PROFESSOR I. M. BRAINEY, an authority on Folk Lore ....... JACK O'HARE
IMA FAILIER, Geometry teacher to Miss Hodge................EILEEN McCAULEY
ORVEL SERVICE, cabin boy...................................ABBIE GRANDINETTI
MARION FAIRPLAY, stewardess ...............................MARY WARNHOFF
ERNEST VARLINU, a sailor .................. ...............JACK ROONEY
REGINALD THORNTON, a fortune hunter........................AL NERVIANI
MARY SCOOPS, a reporter....................................BELLA BORRELLI
MAY CAMERA, a staff photographer ..........................MARY KENNEDY
Act. 1, Opening Number. "We Saw the Sea ...............Sailors
- Ensemble - "Good Bye'. ........Guests and Sailors
- Song -. “Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes " ..........Vincent Bresnahan
- Dance ..............Eddie Corbett
- "South American Way.............Guests and Sailors
- Songs You Love to Hear ............Jack Imperlale
- Accordion Specialty ................Marcel Kaiser
- The Rumba ......................Ensemble
- "Down Argentine Way.............Betty and Tommy O’Toole and Rumba Girls
- "Six Lessons From Madam LaZanga”........ Bob Houlihan, Bob Droege. Dolan Walsh. Richard Menkhus, Dick Eggleston and Jack Phelan
FINALE -ACT 1.
"He's My Uncle".............................Berniece Dyer
- Uncle Sam ................................ George Hoffmann
- Red Cross Nurses -- Sadie Dominick, Catherine Barrett, Eldo Clivio, Mary Frances Wood, Mary Lou Swetlik, Imelda Schmitz, Elizabeth Robben and Martha BonskowskL
- Girl Scouts -- Betty Brazell, Patricia Shaffrey, Janet Hahn, Leola Shaflrey, Margaret Billings, Marian Schweitzer, Marion Quinn, Rose Marie Baroli, Virginia Mueller, Audrey Knichel, Clara Barolf and Mary Jane Coad.
- Military Tap Dance -- Teresa Reese, Leona Gemel, Jane Lewis, Margaret Dailey, Florence Knapp, Mary Catherine Dolan, Carol Pursley, Mary Ulrich, Janet Apprill, Patricia Wallace, Patricia Rascher, Dolly Wallace, Virginia O’Hare and Evelyn Gemel.
- Military Toe Dance ...................... Marcie Reese and Dorothy Ulrich
- Yankee Doodle Dolls -- Barbara Ann Fleming, Rose Gioia, Rosemary Pilla, Peggy Haenichen, Mary Joy Smith, Elizabeth Napier, Carol Bruce, Judy O'Toole, Mary Jane O'Keefe, Mary Ann Betz, Patsy Healy, Peggy O'Keefe, Ethel Reisinger, Joan Placke, Catherine Pilla, Caroline Brazell. Mary Ellen O'Shaughessy and Nina Jean Kassing.
INTERMISSION
ACT TWO
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Opening Number -- "All Ashore” .................Sailors
- Song ................... Julia Columbo
- A Pretty Girl Milking a Cow ........... Novelty Ensemble
Dorothy Dyer, Frances Dean and Jackie Coad ... with Irish Lads and Milk Maids
Milk Maids -- Jacqueline McVey, Patricia Jones, Virginia Markoetter, Patricia Brazell, Patsy McMahon, Dolores Mae Kuhlman, Virginia Bray, Eileen Harvaten, Betty O'Keefe, Annamae Burch, Peggy Donnelly, Jeanne Bonzon, Dorothy Mirielli, Catherine O'Brien, Bernice Dyer and Jane Crowe.
Dancers -- Carol Pursley and Mary Ulrich.
SKETCH
- c. St. Patrick's Way. .
The Cast
Ellen O'Riley, a maid to Mrs. Brice. ................................. Mary Ellen McVoy
Larry O'Neil, Ellen's boy friend ........................................ Bob Eggleston
Madge Brice, Mrs. Brice's young sister-in-law ............................ Betty O’Toole
Mrs. Archibald Price, a wealthy English woman living in Ireland ......... . Ann Mayor
Katia Kelly, a friend of Ellen's .................................... Margaret Kennedy
Officer Malloy, Katie's sweetheart ....................................... John Pursley
McNAMARA'S BAND
LEADER............ BILL MAYOR
CYMBALS ............ GEO. E. HALL DRUMS ............ JOE EICHNER
ASSISTED BY BAND BOYS AND IRISH LADS AND LASSIES
NUMBER -- "ITS A GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH .......................... MARY ELLEN McVEY
ASSISTED BY -- IRISH COLEENS AND POLICEMEN
SPECIALTY -- A CHALLENGE BUCK DANCE ................. KENNY AND GENNY
MASQUERADE ............................ JULIA COLUMBO AND BOB EGGLESTON
ASSISTED BY GUESTS
FINALE ..............................................ENTIRE COMPANY
SAILORS
JACK ROONEY, PAUL CHAD, JACK REGAN, RAY KELLEY, BUD DYER, JOE McMAHON, DICK EGGLESTON, GEO. HALL, BILL MAYOR, BOB HOULIHAN, BOB DROEGE, BOLAN WALSH, EDDIE CORBETT, JOE MAYOR, DICK MENKHUS, JOE EICHNER, JACK HAMPEL, ABBIE GRANDINETTI, BOB EGGLESTON, JACK PHELAN and JOHN EICHNER.
THE GUESTS
CELESTE RIEGEL, JANE MOUNDON, JULIA COLUMSO, MARY BORRELLI, BELLA BORRELLI, DOROTHY DESCHNER, VERDA SCHMITZ, KATHRYN HENSE, DOROTHY GRANDINETTI, MARY JURCIC, MARGIE JENNEMANN, LORRAINE WOOD, MARY ELLEN McVEY.
RHUMA TAP DANCERS
DOROTHY ULRICH, MARGARET MENKHUS, DOROTHY DESCHNER, MARY FRANCES BILLINGS, AGNES COAD, GENEVIEVE BACKER
IRISH COLLEENS
PATSY GRIFFIN, MARY FRANCES BILLINGS, AGNES COAD, ROSE MARY CROWE. GENEVIEVE BACKER, MARY JURCIC, EII.EEN McMAHON, MARGARET SMITH, MARGARET MENKHUS, LORRAINE WOOD, DOROTHY ULRICH, LORRAINE KNICHEL, VIRGINIA VORBECK, BETTY O'TOOLE, MARY BORRELLI, and JANE RIEGEL.
POLICEMEN
JOE MAYOR, RAY KELLEY, JACK REGAN and JACK PHELAN.
BAND BOYS
pBOB HOULIHAN, BOB DROEGE. DOLAN WALSH, JOHN ETCHNER, EDDIE CORBEIT. and DICK EGGLESTON.
IRISH LADS
FRANKIE CONNOR, JERRY GALLAHER, NORMAN FRIEDRICK. LLOYD MUELLER, BILL COAD, JOSEPH BETZ, THOMAS PLACKE, JOHN BONSKOWSKI, STANLEY APPRILL and GEORGE TAYLOR.
IRISH LASSES
LaVERNE McEVOY, LORRAINE McEVOY, NANCY BARRY, ROSE MARY SCHRAMKE, ROSE MARY SCHMITZ, PATSY FREIDRICK, LORRAINE McANNAR, MARIAN SCHWEITZER, RUTH ENZ, DOLORES SIMSONE, SHIRLEY LASLEY, ROSE MARY SMALLWOOD, DOROTHY HARNES, ANNA LEE GEEN and MARCELLA BONSKOWSKI.
PATRONS
[Bob Corbett notes --2003: These names were alphabatized in two columns in the
original. But, in scanning it, it mixed the columns. I didn't bother to re-alphabatize the
names.]
Rev. P. J. O'Connor
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lambert
Rev. Leo C. Byrne
Mrs. McDonnell and Margaret
Mr. and Mrs. C. Billings
John Moore
Mr. and Mrs. J. Clifton Bruce
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Musick
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Coad
Minette Beauty Shop
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Coad
Mrs. May Mulcahy
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Connor
Genevieve Mahon and Mother
Curt and Minette
Mr. and Mrs. John Mahon
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Croghan
Mr. and Mrs.. Dan Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dailey
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Menner
Frank Dailey
Al Nerviani
Gloria Duggan
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nerviani
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dolan
Dr. and Mrs. A. P. O'Hare
Mr. and Mrs. John Eichner
J. P. O'Gorman
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Eichner
Mr. and Mrs. Tom O'Toole
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Fleming
Mr. and Mrs. J. O'Connell
General Dry Goods Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Placke
Mr. and Mrs. John Garavaglia
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Prindible
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hefele, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hefele, Jr.
Pat Palumbo
Mrs. D. Hoffmann
Peter J. Palumbo
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Hall
Constance Piestrup
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Heil
James E. Rarick
Jake lmperiale
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones
Mr. and Miz. R. E. Stanley
Mrs. J. J. Koncen
Walter Strathmann
Mr. and Mrs. Connie Lane
Robert Sullivan
Bob Corbett
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Thanks to Theresa Robinson I can now identify two of the cast members: