Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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0I'0l1atl0ll X 1 l 'sw 'lv x+! Kit 5-. Row 1 Mary Ann Neuhaus Thyra Rogers Row 7 Helen Parker 'VIare Koem Wanda Garua Row 3 Iacquelue Wlmer Georqla Spmdler Hazel Parker Audrey Mayer Dons El tTOHl'0lCll A tense and exclted audlence frlled our audrtorrum on the evenlng of October 15 to wltness the annual Coronatlon of the Football Queen When the curtarns parted an or1g1nal and colorful settlng deslgned and beautrfully carrled out by the Stage Crafters was revealed The theme was patterned after the Under Sea Palace of Krng Neptune A welcome to the frrencls and alumnl was extended and a brlet descrrp tlon of the or1g1nal Coronahon 1ts purpose procedure and tradrtlon was QIVGD by our prrnclpal Mr Kelley The program was then turned over to the Master of Ceremonles for the evenlng Ed Lang Our football captam Bob Lang K1ng for the n1ght then took hrs place on the throne 1n the center of the stage Ed rntroduced the football players and coaches who 1n full unrforrn took thelr respectrve places on the srdes of the stage As the mayestlc strarns of the mustc began the excltement mounted and our retrnng Queen MISS Dons Peche made a graceful entrance to begrn the processron She wore a lovely strapless gown of eqgshell fatlle and carrred red roses Her escort was Mr Gene Iabker 19 C Xt if 'x . -2 ' , ' 1 . X ' X' . A .A I I x-N 6 - K ,i . ' wr f A 4 1 - V A, I .5 1 E 3 I 1 1 ' ,' ' x C. rt X Q I A A 1 sf - ,g , ,. A J , N. r K ,.4. I' 4 . X in ' ' Y r Q ' . f, ff ' wrt ,b 4, I - 15 . X , f 7 , . ' 1 , f . 'K ,ry A 1 ' N 'Q A X fx L f ., ,Ny 4' ' 1 . A. ni , A 1 rj, ' . 2 1 , ' , . . ' I . , , . , r , , . . . - , , -, ' I I , . . . , ,

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A summons by the Klng was announced demandxng the presence of hrs new court The frrst of the lunlor Mards to appear represent1ng Term One was charm1ng Thyra Rogers who wore a pale gre n sat1n gown She was escorted by Drck Kaehn Term Two was well represented by Mane Koenlg whose lovely dark eyes and ha1r contrasted beautrfully wlth her llght blue formal Proudly escortrng her was D1Ck Webb Mary Ann Nue haus chotce of Term Three gracefully entered attxred 1n a beautlful llght green drop shoulder gown of ruffles Escortmg her was Dlck Heffner Next to appear was Wanda Garcla mald for Term Four escorted by Al Vlck She looked very damty 1n her gown of pmk marqulsette The processron con tmued as Helen Parker a Term FIVG student made her way to the throne on the arm of Chester Massot Her gown was of m1nt green taffeta ln a stunnlng gown of gold sat1n and net Sh1rley George the last of the IUUIOY Malds approached lns malesty w1tl'1 Dlck Gnder her escort And now the appearance of the f1rst Semor Mald was awarted The f1rst of the Spec1al Malds was Dons Ehrenrelch lookmg lovely IH an exqurslte blue formal tr1mmed m black bows and net E cort1ng her was Dale Lergh ton Also chosen from Term Seven was lackle W1nter wearlng an ent1c1ng blue gown of s1lk Iackre one of our cheerleaders was proudly escorted by jxm Kelley Wrth the entrance of the mnth ma d Georg1a Sp1ndler the crowd st1rred excrtedly Georgla petlte and charmmg 1n a r1ch gold brocade off the shoul der creatlon made an elegant entrance on the arm of Bob Zeller She truly looked the part of a mald worthy of a place ln any klngs court The last of the Specral Mards to bow before the royal court was Audrey Mayer Term E1ght wearlng an exotrc strapless gown of wh1te velvet tnmrned wlth lace and rhrnestones Her escort was M1ro Sprrk As the ant1c1pat1on rose to a clunax our happy new Queen MISS Hazel Parker appeared amrdst a burst of applause from the aud1ence Over a breath tak1ng gown of whrte fallle w1th a bodrce trlmrned tn sparklmg sequms Hazel wore her regal tram of whlte sat1n and ca1r1ed a bouquet of Amerlcan Beauty roses Very happy to be her escort was Bob Kuhn A hush fell over the aud1tor1um when Klng Lang placed the crown on h1s new Queen who then took her place on the throne and completed a plcture of Wh1Ch we were all proud Her crownbearer was B1lly Kendall and the tram bearers were Pat Skrles and loan Stark two freshman g1rls The Klng then demanded entertamment for hls court The program be gan wrth a poem announclng each performance by Lourse H1ndr1cks and Iack1e Courv1lle Ruth Meyer dehghted the audlence w1th a toe dance to the tune of Look for the Sllver Llnrng Rrchard Wledemann sang lonah and the Whale followed by a baton tw1rl1ng exh1b1t1on by Beverly Wart man The program progressed Wllh a four plece Comba play1ng Beacon an accordlon solo of Twelfth Street Rag by Sandra Muller and a soph1st1 cated dance by loan Zresler Our muscle men Frank F1egel and B1ll M11 stead performed ln a balanclng act Next was Clevelands own Al Iolson Mrke Fortner who sang Marnmy and For Me and My Gal For the fmal number on the program Curt Troeger and Ilona Kombrmk blended thelr VOICQS to 1ng Love Me Tonrght and Sympathy The Coronatton was brought to a close wlth the cheerleaders leadlng the aud1ence IH cheers and the Loyalty Song Sally Spengemann tu ' 1 ' 1 1 1 Q 1 1 1 V . 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' , 1 1 1 1 A 1 - 1 . . I 6 . . 4 . Q ' 1 . I . I . . i . . 1 A 1 1 , . I I . . . , . 1 . . 1 , W I 1 1 1 , . ' 1 1 1 . , ' , . 1 1 11 . . . 11 . . 11 11 . . 1 . . I . . . . 11 11 . ' ' , . 11 11 . . ' . . , I , . . Q 1 1 - 1 . 11 11 11 11 , . I , . . 11 1 11 11 11 Y 1- .3 . 'I