St. Joseph School Plans Rural Revue

“Watch Yer Step” to Be Presented June 15 and 16

The pupils of St. Joseph's School of East Camden are rehearsing for the rural musical comedy, “Watch Yer Step,” which they will present on Thursday and Friday evenings, June 15 and 16 in the school auditorium, Twenty-ninth street and Westfield Avenue.

The story of “Watch Yer Step” is laid in Turnipville, a small mythical community. The action centers about the mortgaged homestead of a widow, which a sly old “pinch-penny” is trying to buy “dirt cheap.” How the home is saved by two young men from the city, and how pretty Marjorie Brooks, the widow's daughter, is wooed and won makes an interesting and hilarious musical comedy.

Anna Walker plays the part of the widow Brooks, and Regina Long the role of her daughter. John Straub is the village “shylock,” while James McNeff and John Valdese are the enterprising young men from the city.

No rural comedy would be complete without the village constable and his aggressive better half, who makes life miserable for him. Marcia Schnauffer, of Merchantville, and James Danter are rehearsing for these character roles. Margaret Regan, as a pretty girl from the city; Mary O'Neill as the alert chaperone, Francis Behl and James Maher as two tramps, and James Ward and Charles Reynolds as two “deacons,” complete the cast.

Twelve tuneful musical numbers, ten of them with dancing choruses, are arranged. Miss Helen McGuigan has succeeded in bringing out the latent talent of the dancers and given them a polish that is seldom found outside of professional choruses.

The Parent-Teacher Association of St. Joseph's School is making the costumes, while Emil Meidt and Joseph McGlade have painted new scenery for the show. Phil Solari is the director of “Watch Yer Step.”

On Friday evening the graduation exercises of the school will be held prior to the play. Edward L. Whalen of Elizabeth, past state deputy of the Knights of Columbus, will address the graduates.