FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1950
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Planes Men Searching
For Missing Prof, Wife
A University of Illinois professor and his wife are still
missing after a two-day, four-county search following their
disappearance on a flight to State College.
Elliot R. Alexander, - of the department of chemistry at
Illinois, left Johnstown in a single engine Cesna at noon
Monday to give a lecture at the College. He has not been
heard from since the time of `his
departure.
The search for the missing pro
fessor and his wife, covering the
area 50 miles north of State Col
lege and 25 miles on each side
of the route, has been conducted
through the combined efforts of
the Civil Air Patrol, Air Resuce
Service, the Pennsylvania Na
tional Guard, the Arity Air
Force, and voluntary assistance
of airmen from other towns and
cities in this area. Over 30 men
and 10 planes took part in yes
terday's search.
Bad weather prevented the res
cue proceedings from starting on
Monday when word was received
However, the search began with
the fair weather on Tuesday.
With the continuation of good
weather, sections surrounding
State - College have been combed
methodically by planes.
"We have nothing to go on,"
Wayne Showers, commander of
the State- College flight said.
"There was no word from the
clone after its takeoff from
Johnstown."
Dr. Alexander, it was believed.
was not familiar with instrument
flying which was needed with the
poor visibiilty Monday. He had
requested instrument plans for
the area several - times before
leaving Johnstown. The route ov
er which the professor had to
travel consisted or 80 miles of
rough mountain terrain. •
There is a posihility that the
army will send helicopters today
to aid in the search if nothing
is uncovered by the present
method.
'Punkins'—
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A third skit worth a passing
notice was "The Claghprns at
Home," the only non-original
scene in the show. Thespians lift
ed a George S. Kaufman routine.
and actually they needn't have
bothered. The thing was quite
overdone and only mildly funny.
But returning now to the music,
because "Some Punkins" is basic
ally a musical review, certain
scenes stand out in the memory.
Of the many dance sequences,
two must be mentioned. First of
these is the "Feline Fantasy."
Set to a delightfully slinky, cat
tish score, it is an impressionistic
dance by nine girls in cat cos
tumes on and around a huge
drumhead. Weird green lighting
sets off the scene.
The other dance that will be
talked about is the "Wharf
Scene," a pantomine story, of
jealousy and voodoo revenge.
Featuring fine dances by Mike
Claysmith, Jeanne Wiener, and
Harry Woolever, choreographer
for the show, the "Wharf Scene"
at times hits almost unbearable
peaks of passion and wild rhy
thm.
Dances Good
The review includes several
other individual and chor us
dances, most of them good, but
some marred by poor timing in
the precision sequences. The arti
ficial, on-and-off smiles of the
chorines are often annoying too.
Vocally there are high and low
spots in the show. Among the
former is the rich, thrilling choral
Finale. The latter includes the
Troubadors, a male quartet,
which was not at a par with those
seen in other Thespian shows.
Pat Hale has carved herself
a singing and acting niche all her
own in "Some Punkins." Miss
Hale's characterization- of the
wise "been around" flapper is
close to perfect, with mugging
and posturing which stole every
scene- she was in. Other memor
able parts of the show were the
minstrel duo and chorus and the
sexy, low-down singing of torchy
Anne Sweger.
Edward Rolf has an engaging
baritone voice which is. at its
best in higher ranges. His acting,
as with many male vomantic stars
of musical comedy, leaves a lot
to be desired. Rolf's singing part
ner. Mary Foucart has a sweet.
appealing soprano.. and does
somewhat better with her lines
than Rolf with his.
There was only one real' show
stopper, the old reliable male
chorus in female scanties.
Generally sp e akin g, then,
"Some Punkins" is an entertain
ing show, but far from a great
one.
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The group was instructed by
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man. to serenade the girls living
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