Garfield County High School - Yampah Yearbook (Glenwood Springs, CO)

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Back Row - Zerbe, Weaver, Brockway. Gamba Shultz, Bigum Second Row - Schutte, Olsen, K-uwe, Rule. Hunvley, Mussar, Mclrall Seated - Dviire, Williams, MacTavnh, llrvil, Young, Dever, McNulty Qircllnesuira The G. C. H. S. Orchestra of 1945 was organized as a cluh under the direc- tion of Mr. Brockway, and met every Thursday afternoon during club period. The string practised every Monday morning from 8:30 to 9:00. This year's group of sixteen was composed ofthe following instruments: four clariners, four violions, one cornet, one string bass, one cello, one saxophone, two flutes, tympani,and piano. The orchestra played before acts of both junior and Senior Class plays and for graduation exercises '

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Band In accordance with honored traditions the 1945 Garfield County High School Band followed in the Footsteps of preceding fine bands. The band entered the mu' sic festival at Grand Junction and emerged on top in both marching and concertg this was accomplished despite a serious lack of necessary inst umentation. ln ad- dition to this momentous achievement, the hand promoted through concert the Seventh War Bond drive which was in itself a gallant civic contribution. Only hrough the ceaseless efforts of Mr. Brockway did this organization maintain its usual high stan iard s.

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i l Standing - Buckles, Shultz. Bipum. Shutte, Dcvcr. Seated - Leonatdi, lgo, Benrderk, Huber, Lough. Student tjcovtiiimcnll The Student Council was organized for the purpose of promoting student self-government and of cooperating with the principal and the faculty in making and enforcing school laws. Specific activities of the l944fl945 Council were as follows: keeping the magazine and paper racks well-arranged, selling tickets for National Assembly programs, keeping order in the halls during noon hours, and in the mornings, and planning assembly programs. At Christmas time the members ofthe Student Council, with Mr. lgo's help, cut and decorated a tree for the student body. They also wrote Christmas letters to all former G. C H. S. students in the armed forces. ln addition, the Council and the Mothe rs' Club worked out a schedule by which refreshments for school dances were served by the different classes. This year the Student Council members provided games, such as ping-pong, Chinese chess, checkers, and cards for those students who did not wish to dance. The President this year attended the Western Slope Conference at Grand junction, where problems of high school Councils were discussed. The members of the I944-l94'5 Council were as follows: Ted Lough, Presi- dentg Wlilliam Huber, Vice-president, john Shultz, Secretary: Charles Dever, Treasurerg l.aVern Buckles, Senior Represenrativeg Bunn Bigum, Junior, John Paul Schutte, Sophomoreg and Norma Benedeck, Freshman. Lawrence Leonardi 'was in charge of hall duty.