Cresco High School - Spartan Yearbook (Cresco, IA)

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Q .QA cAc,ncAc,d ' boA9,o.,oJo- Top Row: Catherine Thompson, June Rush, Betty Ann Elmquist, Ida Robertson, Gladys Aberg, Arlene Scott, Inez Skogsmark, Elizabeth Cunningham, Helen Skogsmark, Janet Drollinger, Betty Mayo. Second Row: Martha Thomson, Dorothy Tuerk, Dorothy Wentworth, Anna Hoines, Mary Kakac, Mary Thomson, Edythe Stevens, Rosemarie Young, Irene Natvig, Margaret Slifka, Jane Burgess, June Cook. First Row: Phyllis Wenger, Ruth Champlin, Wilma Mitchell, Dorothy Polashek, Betty Jane Odell, Mary Jane Burr, Thea Kelsey, Audell Betts, Charlotte Daws, Muriel Myers, Lucille Daws, Marion Palmer. . GLEE CLUB The high school girls' glee club had 36 members under the direction of Miss Monasmith. There were representatives from ihe freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes in the club. This group won rankings of Superior at both the sub-dis- trict and district music contestsg and became state winners by receiving the only Superior given in Class B. This was the first Cresco girls' glee club eligible for competition in the state con- test. A girls' sextette was formed. The regular members were Mary Thomson, Inez Skogsmark, Jane Burgess, Helen Skogsmark, Wilma Mitchell and Ruth Champlin. The substitutes were Audell Betts, June Cook, and Dorothy Wentworth. Twelve

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9 .cg Q,sCfgCfxCfiq EXDzO.JO.,O.JO. FRESHMEN Top Row: Walter Grosser, Raymond Kaupel, William Smylie, Leonard Slifka, Hubert Easler, Robert Thayer, Donald Nelson, John Connolly, Lawrence Hayes, Ken- neth Bloomenrader, Victor Miller, Robert Weaklen, Harold Schreiber. Fifth Row: Gerald Reullinger, Roland Lickteig, Arthur Aegler, Walter Bateman, Richard Young, Donald Swestka, Francis Owens, Glen Reinhart, Kenneth Nat- vig, Clarence Ptacek, Carl Stopperan, Paul Morgan, Kenneth Craft. Four.h Row: Melvin Aberg, Joseph Drtina, Charlotte Daws, Regina Bohach, Betty Anne Elmquist, Charlotte Brown, Helen Lee, Rose Rix, Jane Combs, Doris Viebrock, Marion Pierce, Evelyn Perry, Stella, Jacobsen, David Tuchek. Third Row: Virgil Mackenburg, Ida Robertson, Rosemarie Young, Marjorie Patterson, Hazel Foote, Rosella Loftus, Ellen Kaderabek, Dolores Kaatz, Florence Sander- erson, Dorothy Dvorak, Arlene Johnson, Ruth Murray, Gladys Orum, Herbert Salisbury. Second Row: William Stehly, Dorothy Aberg, Evelyn Henderson, Alice Stinso-n, Mary Morris, Margery Terry, Phyllis Wenger, Martha Thomson, Betty Jane Odell, Mary Jane Burr, Bernice Ferrie, Geneva Milbrath, Catheine Lickteig, Betty Mayo, Newton Nagle. First Row: Gerald Walker, Carol Gager, Florence Wheeler. Pauline Peacock, Jean Elder, Vilda Rix, Faye Tuttle, Thelberta Bigalk, Alida Blomgren, Helen Lyb- bert, Rose Bouska, Grace Gaul, Eunice Rutherford, Irene Herold, William Miles. Eleven

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-nee , YY v Q, 1... .Qx . bO10JO.40.JO- Top Row: June Rush, Catherine Thompson, David Loughrey, Daniel Chehak, Jack Layton, John Vagts, Albert Rix, William Kapler, Richard Barnes, Allan Shackle- ton, Fred Wodrich, Helen Skogsmark, Janet Drollinger. Second Row: Jane Burgess, Dorothy Wentworth, Clarence Heide, Floyd Wentworth, Jean Daughenbaugh, Donald Maland, Vern Herold, Lester DeNoyel1es, Gerald Herold, Charles Salisbury, Mary Kakac. , First Row: Dorothy Polashek, Thea Kelsey, Irene Natvig, June Cook, Inez Skogsmark, Lucille Daws, Elizabeth Cunningham, Audell Betts, Edythe Stevens, Mary Thom- son, Wilma Mitchell, Ruth Champlin. Mixed Chorus Miss Monasmith also did remarkable work with her mixed chorus, and was re- warded by seeing this group, too, receive Superior rating at the state contest ln Iowa. City. The chorus had 37 members-eighteen boys, and nineteen girls. They won rankings of Superior at both the sub-district and district music contests. This was the first time a Cresco mixed chorus cver won through to the state music contest. Inez Skogsmark was the soprano soloist: Jane Burgess, contraltog Daniel Chehak, tenor: and Vern Herold, baritone. They all won Excellent at the sub-district contest. Vern Herold was eligible to compete in the district contest, where he ranked Superior, thus qualifying for the state contest at Iowa City, where he was given a mark of Excellent. Thirteen