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Mahanoy Joint High School – Junior Play (Black-Face), 1954

A 1954 photograph of the cast of the junior play of Mahanoy Joint High School, Herndon (Dalmatia), Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The play was Atomic Blonde, written by Jay Tobias and directed by Mr. Harry Smith.

Note that two of the cast members are in black-face. A cast list was provided with the photo, but those in the photo are not specifically identified.

Cast:

  • Bob Nickerson – Quintin Heckert
  • Oriole Byrd – Jean Wise
  • Katrinka Katsenpheifer – Helen Rothermel
  • Skid Werling – Eugene Keiter
  • Parsimonius Jackson – Ernest Rebuck
  • Doogie Deane – William Maurer
  • Sylvester Butterfish – Gene Stroh
  • Mrs. Philo Pratt – Elinor Wolfe
  • Miss Wilella Wylie – Irene Daniel
  • FAinchley St. John III – Huey Long
  • Gurney Maddox – Ernest Troutman
  • Mrs. Adelaide Burkeleigh-Banks – Anna Davis
  • Doreen Burleleigh-Banks – Jean Reigle
  • Betty Hartford – Jean Snyder

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From the 1954 Yearbook, The Bruin, of Mahanoy Joint High School, Herndon (Dalmatia), Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, available in digital form at Ancestry.com.

Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.

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