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Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 16

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O'HARA Orphans Witt Be Treated Food Drive Planned SjTARPLE Christmas will be a little brighter this year for the. children from St. Vincent's Orphanage. council is planning a the town for a number ofXorphans. Included in the plans will be a visit to various department store Christmas dis- OFFENHEISER WYDICK plays, ended by a trip to Santa The boys and girls will be given presents.

Also sponsored by the Student Council wiJl be a canned food drive for the poor people in the parishes surrounding the school. John Haller and Donna Dunion head the committee to collect the goods. In addition they are decorating the school for holidays. The French Gpspl, adapted to a play by Olivia Bothello, will the main feature of the French Club Christmas Party. Kathy Mulhern, Mary Duffin, and Regina Stapleton have planned JK number of folk songs to sing in addition to the traditional Christmas Carols.

Some original games involving people, places, and things in France are on the agenda. Ending the party will be a pollyanna involving candy instead of gifts. President Anne Bohan, vice president Kathleen Stout, Secretary Loretta Harris, Treasurer Joanne and Siste Helen William have planned a Christmas party for the December meeting of the Spanish Club. Girls are making Spanish cookies to be served at the play they are presenting about the Spanish Christmas customs. ST.

JAMES KAY POLINSKY Dominican To Present Concert By ED BURGE and ED CHOPKO CHESTER Rev. Thoralf Norheim, the Dominican "pian i white" will be at St. James Tuesday to present pat Tore)li Lin da Rice and an assembly of piano music. Fa- Catnerine Swallow. A combo, i- WAV' i mA mAn am ther Norheim travels around the BIIRGE CHOPKO Norway.

ed as the Rotary Club boy of Student of the Week COLLITVGDALE Sacrifice Program Slated Club Joined Li Activity By KATHI HAGEN and JUDY CROZ1ER I A Students and faculty at Collingdale High School will join the Senior Women's Club of Collingdale in the YOUTH PAGES TAKE BREAK The Daily Times will not publish Youth Pages next Friday and Dec. 31 while students are on their Christmas Vacations. Publication of the pages will resume a 7 See you then. Editor DELAWARE (PA.) DAILY TIMES Friday, December 17, IMS A 1NTERRORO Grid Player Is Selected RIDLEY PARK Season Highlighted By Christmas Dance By KAY POLINSKY RIDLEY PARK-One of the highlights of 'the Christmas season at Ridley Park is the annu- musical celebration will end al majorette and colorguard with "Silent Night." dance 8 to 12 Saturday night in On the last day the high school gym. fore the Christmas holidays, The theme this year for the parts of the Christmas program im; i of the preceding evening, will be presented in an assembly at 1:10.

Following the assembly, David Williams will sing the school will be dismissed early, solo portion of "Oh Holy Night," Those classes which wish to he chorus's fifth number. This have Christmas parties will do semi-formal affair is "Christmas Ball," carried out in decorations of queens, mistletoe, colored lights and Christmas balls. The highlight of the evening is the crowning of a queen from the senior majorettes and color- guard, who are Lolly Marchant, Ealise Scott, Pamela Manning, the Crestmen, will provide en- i i i i cLI i world, playing in concerts here tainment. The refreshments, arid abroad to raise money for decorations, and entertainment Dominican monastery in have been handl ed through committees headed by Pat Torelli, Janet Cliffe and Lynne Fleming. CAROL PROGRAM The traditional Christmas Carol program will be 8 p.m.

Wednesday when the high school orchestra under the direction of H. Lytton Jones and the choruses under Ernest Shiffert will present the holiday concert in the high school auditorium. Supervising principal Henry A. Groff will open the program Oslo, Norway. He is a native of Tn orchestra will then play "At xi A it Christmastide," a medley ol Wei CL Ralph' Galati has been select- carols arranged by Herfurth, to 1 s-it i cnt- ttin the week.

Ralph Club president. is the Service The Gle Club and Band presented a Christmas concert this morning. There was a medley of tunes ranging from the religious to the traditional aspects of Christmas. Midshipman Robert Verratti of the Naval Academy spoke to the student body about Annapolis. Bob was a member of the class of '61.

Representative of the automo-jful tive training center of Spring the set the mood for the reading ol the Christmas story from St. Luke by David Reischer. With the background set, the musicians will perform the music of composers inspired by the Christmas story. Marilyn Mar tin will sing a tribute to the in fant Jesus, "Gesu Bambino" by Yon. Then like angels from hea ven the senior high chorus wil glide down the center aisle the front of the auditorium and German choruses, comprised of the first, second, and third year language classes.

They will carol through the halls during the morning and also take part Prendergast Play Slated UPPER DARBY--Students of Archbishop Prendergast High School, Drexel Hill, will give their annual Christmas play on today and Saturday in the school auditorium. This year's entertainment, entitled "The Magic of Christmas" consists of holiday skits, dance groups, and tableaux. The school orchestra and glee club, under the direction of Vito La Monaco, will supply the seasonal music. The audience will participate in carol singing. In the North Pole scene, Egan of Msgr.

Bonner High School, will act as Santa Claus. Vfembers of the "Masque and Mime" will be the elves. Elena Jackson will portray the Blessed Virgin, and Edward Bell of Bonner, will take the part of St. Joseph in the Nativity tableaux. The ballet speciality will be performed by Marlene Franchi and Nancy Santa Maria.

The part of the narrators will be taken by Gloria Caprioti, Jo- and Jacqueline Healy Kathryn Wallace will sing "0 Glee Club. CROZIER HAGAN annual "Sacrifice Day" program. Contributions made to student council representatives during the week of Dec. 13 will be used to purchase food, clothing and Christmas toys for families in Collingdale who need assistance. Coordinated by school nurse, Mrs.

Jean Kennedy, the project includes all school children kindergarten through 12th grade who wish to sacrifice in some way to give to their neighbors. Student council president Rosemary McGurgan has organized the collection for the high school and Ron Ferreri is in charge of the Key Club committee to assist in the distribution of the Christmas baskets. The Senior Women's Club will purchase and pack the items to be distributed under the supervision of Chairman Mrs. Walter Bardsley. A special Christmas season program will be presented Wed- RIDLEY TOWNSHIP School Gets Set For Yule Events By EDNA McEVOY and PAT BROCK I TOWNSHIP--Christmas holidays are approaching Ridley Township and everyone is preparing for them.

Mike Capazzoli, Ed Verdi, io after dismissal. Also taking part in the activi- nesday morning to the school assembly and 8 p.m. Thursday to the Home and School Association in the high school auditorium. The program, coordinated by Mrs. Dolores Dobelbower, involves the 10th grade world cultures classes and the music department.

BROCK McEVOY Jerry Pennington and Linda Edwards have been assigned to decorate the halls of our school At 8 p.m. Thursday there will be the annual Christmas Dance Admission will be $.50 for the to riie Marine Corps. The theme of the dance is "Silver Bells." Entertainment will be supplied by the "Cavemen." John Alvanitakis is head of the committee for the dance. DECORATIONS CONTEST Prize money will be awarded to the three homerooms with the best and most unique Christmas decorations. Each homeroom entering the contest is asked to deposit a $.50 entrance fee with Judy Kyler.

Sponsored by the Student Council, the homerooms will -be judged Wednesday. Homerooms may begin decorating a week before the udging and decorations must be taken down by the end of the school day Thursday, CHORUS ASSEMBLIES Previews of the Christmas program to be presented on Sat urday were given by the com By STEFANI GABROY and LINDA ANDERSON GLENOLDEN--Football night, honoring Interboro's 1965 football teams, was last Saturday. John a right halfback, was picked by his a a as i year's most valuable er. Murray, who made the Delco third team, set a scoring record with 85 poiSSE during the season, and for 615 yards on 105 carrisiC! Other awards given by Jtijp team were: Bill Sides, most player; Chuck Crane, most sacrificing; Jim Gorsuch, most loyal; Bill Miller, most persevering; Bob Oves, most improved; Bill Miller, best all round line-. man; and Bill "Spider" Noone (ii best all round back.

The team" named Jim Lukens the loyal fan. Coach George Corner announced the following winners: Chip Carroll, Bill Crane, Ken Crosses, I im Gorsuch, Bob reg Knoll, Bill ill Miller, John Murray, Bill Moone, Bob Oves, Bill oe Weisen, Tom Cornog, ester Dandridge, Peter "om McCauley, Charles Price, Readier, Steve Thomas," ton Thomson, Jay Triska and oe Vaughn. Noone, boys and a small toy from the girls. The toys will be donated bined choruses at assemblies, Dec. Thursday.

two studen 2 and las in the assembly. The French chorus, under direction of Mrs. Doris Bell will sing "Bring a Torch "Jeannette Isabella," and the German Chorus, under Mrs. Barbara will carol to "0 Tannenbaum" (0 Christmas Tree), "Weiser Winterwald" (Winter Wonderland), and "Leise Rieselt Der Schnee." At 'the Christmas party of the French Club, club president June Borden and Marilyn Martin talked of the Christmas customs in France. Following their talk Mrs.

Maurice Renard of Ridley Park and her mother-in- law Madame Renard of France elaborated on the French customs and answered questions on France. BOWLING CLUB The bowling club under the advisership of Michael Kertis, began its season on Nov. 18 and will meet every Thursday afternoon after school until March 10. PENNCREST By LORR1E OMLOR and LINDA HONAN MIDDLETOWN Decorating to the theme "Christmas A Time For Giving the art majors at Penncrest High have turned the building into a Christmas wonderland. This year's decorations The first two weeks of bowling were used to establish averages.

The regular teams have been set up and competition has begun. Dues, which are collected each week, will be used for purchasing trophies to be presented at the end of the season to anne Cohil), Sereva Camalikio the best girl and boy bowler in the categories of high game, high average, and high series; I I a i A i vTX. 1 1 Holy Night" as soloist with the and to the team which finishes first. Art Majors Transform School Into Christmas Wonderland will be placed in the main lobby, the outer windows, the cafeteria, and the gallery between the wings. Christmas exhibits have often consisted of a traditional ap- roach.

Last year the majors decorated with an architectural medieval setting. Colored lights, murals, country coats town of arms, and a established main theme of last year's the dis play. In contrast, this holiday we are surrounded by graphic design. The majors have incorporated Christmas ornaments, gifts and wrappings, trees, and greenery as the represented Christmas symbols of their ere ation. CHJCHESTER Garden Institute will speak Monday to all interested seniors about the institute's automotive training program.

Yule Music Is Scheduled LANSDOWNE The Lans- to to strains of "0 Come All Ye Fatth- As if to hail the procession seventh and eighth grade "Hark the by Men- chorus next will sing Herald Angels Sing" delssohn. For a change in tone they will present a 12th century English carol, "The Friendly Beasts." The orchestra will provide a gay interlude with a "Christmas Fugue" arranged by Brown on 'We Wish You a Merry Christ- Sophomore Class Slates Christmas Dance Tonight By KAREN BOYANEK for the Christmas and CHARLES WILLSON jsembly on Wednesday. CHICHESTER The annual A PARTY From the 37 Chester County Delaware and Schools repre- By the use of multicolored paper and a variety of colored lights, the contemporary feeling produced by the use of "pop art and op art" complements this festive occasion. Christmas displays in the past have been very favorably noted by the community. Two "panic Saturdays" have been scheduled for the completion of the display by Monday.

Under the supervision of Claude Falcon and Mrs. Mary McCarthy, the art majors and the art electives have largely contributed to the Christmas spirit at Penncrest. JUNIOR HISTORIANS Junior Historians of Penn- crest will present a play entitled "America's Own Christmas Story" for the children of Old Forge School Tuesday. The play is based on Washington crossing the Delaware. The background music and the poem that is to be read have been taped; the club members will then pantomine the action during the play.

Those club mem- The club will have its Christ mas party Monday. A display case was prepared by Sue St. John, a historian with the intention of arousing school interest. The items in the show case were either donated or loaned to the Junior Histor ians. Mrs.

Gilfillan feels that since there are no museums in th are no museums area, Penncrest would in be an ideal spot for a museum. Resi dents in the area are welcom to view the display. If anyone in the wishes to donate or loan any ar tides to the club, contact Su St. John or Mrs. Gilfillan.

ALUMNI GAME Penncrest will have its second annual alumni basketball gam at 7:15 and at p.m. Saturday First the Girl's Varsity and In termural teams wil! demon strate their skills. Following th demonstration, the boy's basket ball team will participate in th a a alumni game. The Future Homemakers America visited a nursing hom bers response for the pnx.uc.pn Media ay i i a is the ordinator. MEDIA Hi-Q Team Scores Tie sophomore Christmas dance The Chichester will be tonight in the senior high-bers will gymnasium.

i Christmas The dance has been named Joyeux Noel. Live music, door prizes and special decorations are featured. A steering corn- have Party in 111 Ij TT 1 1 Jlt 1 jy- downe-Aldan High School Music the well-known "Lo, How a Rose Department will present a Blooming," the traditional nt a in "flood Kin0 Wenceslas." and mas." The next feature will beimittee consisting of the sopho- the ninth chorus singing more class officers and sponsors gram of Christmas music 8 p.m Monday in the high school auditorium. The program will feature the choir and sophomore chorus under the direction of Ruth M. Cox and the brass ensemble di- Good King Wenceslas," and the popular "Carol of the Bells" by Leontovish.

The familiar old English tune "Greensleeves" will be the final orchestral num- have made arrangements. Members of the steering committee are Robert Rue, president; dent; ber. The largest single portion of ciltU Li 1C UI doO Cl i 3 a i-- rected by Joseph J. Rizzo. Uhe program will be presented A candlelight procession byjby the senior high chorus.

Their the choir will precede the pro-ivaried numbers will rr -W 1 I gram at 7:45. No one will admitted to the auditorium during the procession. will include Sing Gloria," "No Candle Was There," "Masters in This Hall, and "A Round for Christmas." Kathy Pierce, Susan O'Dell, vice presi- secretary; David Nickle, treasurer. Entertainment for the program on Monday has planned. The meeting will be at 7 p.m PTA been By BETTY SHUGAR and JIM COSGROVE MEDIA-- A Hi-Q meet TM-nore, N.C National Future Homemakers America A visit to Farm Show the Pennsylvania is scheduled for GABROY and Crossen ANDERSON made All Delco Honorable mention.

The team also made presentations to coach Millard Robinson of Swarthmore, loser's trophy in this year's rivalry, cheerleaders, their coaches, George Corner, Martin Borracca, Harry-. Pinsky, Edward Curvey, a.nd,,; their chief, John McLain. Roy-" Dwyer was master of ies. The 10th grade biology classes- took a field trip to Glenolden Park recently to become better acquainted with a balanced biotic community. Students from some three classes went on the trip, and wrote up individual.fe* pores on their observations" They also brought back From the terrain and examined the following week in their laboratory period.

A field trip is scheduled Christmas there is to be a holidays, and visit to see an microscope at the -Atlantic Refining Research Center, Glenolden. COLLEGE BOARDS Seventy-eight seniors, the supervision of Grover Du-' Mars, school guidance counj.eV, or, Richard Heacock and Searle Noble, took their college recently. Various achievement tests and a writing sample were also given to 50 seniors. SENIOR GIRLS On Dec. 7, all girls in the serV- ior class took a test given by the Betty Crocker Search tort the American Homemaker pC Tomorrow.

All high school sen-- ior girls throughout the nation were eligible to There were two purposes in 7 ing the test. The first was to try to earn the tangible award of a college scholarship, ranginf from $500 to $5000. The second was to gain a deeper apprecia- participating school will be tHe school's "Homemaker of Tomorrow," and will be eligible in of the isented at the tryouts, 130 stud ients were selected. These stud- Band mem-i a jp a tne Lo w- tneir Somh Easlern District Band the school, concert, to be Jan. and Jan.

15 in the school auditorium. The judging began at approxi- 9 a.m. and ended around inoon. The judging staff wasiThe final score was Media 27, composed of various music di-iRadnor 27 and Eddystone H. auditorium had Radnor, stone and Media in STUDENT COUNCIL Two council members i awarded.

The school' each class represented in stud-! iemaker ranking second ent council were sent to Mediai a 5t ate will receive a $500 on Each representative; Crocker scholarship. A mmitte werejto give each student an oppof- 0 grades, Richard Menghet-itunity to increase his knowledge i ma Lnesstrk- irwv culture, and to a rectors from each school represented, including Mrs. Kathryn ilForwood, Chichester Band Di- The National Honor Society ill sponsor its annual College Day in the cafeteria from 1-3 will Thompson; and Tease and included aiTuesday. nine Alumni will return and speak The meeting will be at 7 p.m. TM fen by.

th in the high school in Chester- BBnd Assoc.auo, addition to the regular band, a 5l-voice chorus and a 24-piece honor band wil) be featured. A similar program has been School. jjrectress. Auditions prepareo soio ana i i i anu The instrumentalists were about the colleges they are at- ed on their ability to play, musi-tending. There will be approxi- cal interpretations, and tonejmately 20 colleges represented.

W- The annual Christmas Concert Student co-chairmen for theiin the school auditorium under ryouts were Jane Prys- the direction of John Klein con- Helena Sacko. sisted of a medley of Christmas Members for the Regional I I I songs by the Senior and Junior Last Saturday district band'State Band will be chosen i Choruses and the Elemen tryouts were at Chichester High i the Lower South Easlern Dis- BOYANEK gym from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, given by the Chi-! DISTRICT BAND trict Band. tary School Chorus, as well as various solos by students. BIG DISCOUNTS ON ALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS EASY TERMS ROSENBLATTS MUSIC STUDIO STOKf 111 EDCMONT AVf.

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