“PRESENT PLAY AT CABRILLO SCHOOL – ‘Spring Comes to Flowerland’, a play written and produced by 2nd-grade students at CABRILLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL under the direction of Mrs. Myrtle Workman, was presented Friday in connection with a program for CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOL’S WEEK.
The cast/s included (*Editorial Note: PA childen’s names will be in ALL CAPS, the better to perhaps visualize their percentage of the 1931 student body – ed.): Bobby Tappan, Idabelle Irwin, Virginia Lee Campbell, Charles Price, Teddy Plaisters, GEORGE SOUZA, IDA GONSALVES, Mary McNevin, Gisela Grose, MAYME SILVA, MARY GOULARTE, Rosella Dares, Herbert King, George Newell, EUGENE CABRAL, Alfred Robinson, EDMUND CARDOSA, THEODORE SANTOS, Douglas Jensen, THEODORE SILVERA, JOE GOULARTE, HELEN ANDRADE, Lena Juarez, Mildred Marshall, MINA MITCHELL, KATHLEEN PAIXAO, MARY SILVA, Naomi Viegas, MARY BRENHA, ANNA FERREIRA, MILDRED FREITAS, ANITA MENDES, and Alfred Romero.
(2nd Grade sample: 17 of 33 children PA = 51.51% – ed.)
Children of the 3rd-grade under the direction of Mrs. Gladys Taylor presented a health play, ‘Frolicking Frogs and Their Friends.’ The cast included: JIMMIE NUNES, CLARENCE FERNANDES, MANUEL FERREIRA, MANUEL PESTANA, JOHN CORREIA, RAYMOND MEDEIROS, MIKE MENDES, Joe Blance, ANTHONY QUALIN, ROBERT SILVA, JOE COELHO, Otto Barksdale, BIBIANA LEAL, LUCIANO BRITO and JOHN SILVA. – (3rd Grade sample: 13 of 15 PA = 86.66% – ed.)
A Japanese program was presented by children in the 3rd and 4th grades under the direction of Mrs. Frances France. The cast included: PHYLLIS BROWN, Arigustina Sonisa, Constance Brannon, LUCILLE CURRIER, Betty Daniels, Edwina Taylor, MARY VIRISSIMO, MARY FREITAS, ANGIE VIEIRA, ADELINE ROGERS, Ann Wansley, MATILDA TAVARES, ELDORA DRUMMOND, Miguel Pastoral, JOE BRENHA, Marney Bradberry, LLOYD SILVA, FRANK GONSALVAS, Charles Jensen, LEONARD PEDRO, Frank Huemberto, Thomas Mahoney, JOHN PAIXAO, W. Hawley Bowlus Jr. (*whose father mostly built Lindbergh’s famed ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ here – ed.), OLIVER MEDINA, RICHARD XAVIER, Carl Jensen, JOE MACHADO, VINCENT GONCALVES, Raoul Foster, Babby Farnsworth, DANNY SILVA, James Parchman, EDMUND FREITAS, and ARNOLD MONISE. – (3rd & 4th Grade sampe: 17 of 35 PA = 48.57% – ed.)
A May Pole Dance was given by the 4th and 5th-grade girls and included: Margaret Eichano, Vickey Lou Lyons, Marion Price, Virginia Goodwin, Marion Robinson, Phyllis Bradberry, Marguerite Clegiesio, Ruby Atkinson, MADELINE OLIVER, Vivian Mirow, Viola Vaterlaw, Audrew Ellis, GRACE ANDRADE, Ann Baxter, Muriel Haeger, and Mary Lou Clark. – (4th & 5th Grade Girls sample PA: 2 of 17 PA = 11.76% – ed.)
Also, a Polka Dance was presented by: Jean Simpson, Marion Parnman, Geraldine Seras, MINNIE ANDRADE, Rose Blanco, EVELYN BROWN, ALICE ROGERS, LUCY BRENHA, Sadie Cuevao, EVELYN TAVARES, Mary Louise Jaurez, and HELEN SEBASTIAN.” – (Polka Dance: 5 of 12 PA = 41.66% – ed. –
*Average of the 110 children (Total) in this Elementary School partial sample, approximately 58 seem to be Portuguese-American [i.e. “PA”] = i.e. 53%overall – ed.).
(*Source: San Diego EVENING TRIBUNE newspaper – Monday, April 27, 1931 – Pg. 19)