Cresco High School - Spartan Yearbook (Cresco, IA)

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Q .Ox Qsbgbxof O 5XDzOJO.aO.J0- Top Row: Clarence Heide, John Vagts, Gareth Vagts., Lester DeNoyel1es, Vernon Viebrock, Edward Lybbert, Eloise McFarlane, Marjorie Pless. Third Row: Helen Skogsmark, Dorothy Smylie, Lillian Peckham, Marion Palmer, Irene Natvig, Richard Reed, James Robertson, Richard Barnes, Ruth Champlin, Dorothy Tuerk. Second Row: Joseph Burgess, Helen Lybbert, Florence Wheeler, Catherine Thomp- son, Ida Robertson, Muriel Myers, June Rush, Earline Woellstein, Mr. Popejoy. First Row: Edythe Stevens, Donald Maland, Floyd Wentworth, Inez Skogsmark, Betty Anne Elmquist, June Cook, Jean Daughenbaugh, Myron Mohs, Wilda Halliday, Elmer Eddy. Crchestra Mr. Popejoy's orchestra this year had thirty-seven members. No piano was used, the orchestra having almost complete instrumentation, and a high standard of music was played. A constitution was adopted and the following officers elected: president, Donald Maland: vice president, Richard Reedg secretary, Ruth Champlin. Rakoczy March , Dawn,', and Titus Overture were the numbers used in the music contest. The orchestra received a rating of Good. A string quartette, and violin, viola, and 'cello solos, were also entered in the contest. All of these received Excellent in the sub-district, and Richard Barnes' viola solo received Excellent in the district contest. Fourteen

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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

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V 9-7 , , A V!! :,i,5.H,., ,,:T7A,,,,:v .cg ondnokod 0 5XDzx3Js9.4O..A9- Back Row: Carl Tuerk. Leonard Culbert, Glen Kvam, Joseph Burgess. Edward Merrill, Earl Stevens, Richard Ingle, Harold Schrieber, Myron Daily, Victor Miller, Gareth Vagts, Donald Taft, Clarence Heide, Charles Salisbury. Third Row: Wilda Halliday, Lillian Peckham, Edward Lybbert, Newell Ingle, Harold Biel, Vernon Viebrock, George Hoopman, Albert Rix, Allan Shackleton, Lester Bareis, R. J. Peckham, Doris Viebrock. Second Row: Robert Morris, John Kostohryz, Edward Sobolik, John Tlusty, George William Plummer, John Elmquist, Lester DeNoyelles, John Vagts, Marian Rauss- massun, James Robertson, Eloise McFarlane, Elmer Eddy, Edward Pollock, Doro- thy Tuerk. First Row: Shirley Davis, Helen Biel, Marion Palmer, Harold Henderson, Vern Herold, Richard Reed, Irene Natvig, Elaine Biel, Mr. Popejoy, Richard Barnes, Myron Mohs. Band The band this year numbered fifty-two, the largest the school has ever had. The instrumentation was nearly complete. Several concerts were given. The marching band formed letters and other evolutions worked out for football games, with Harold Normann as drum major. A pep band played for wrestling meets and basketball games. A constitution was adopted this year. The officers were: president, Vern Heroldg vice president, Richard Barnes, secretary, Joe Burgess. Mr. Popejoy was the director, The overture Stradel1a and Cabins were played at the sub-district music contest, the band receiving a rating of L-ood. A brass sextette and a woodwind sex-- tette were formed. Fifteen