Rockford East High School - Argus Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Memories Of Junior Prom Linger . . . Juniors came To Jrlieir prom . . . oulside, diamond mirrors of ice rellecled lrollwy billowy lormals . . . inside, couples danced in a gym Jrranslormed inro a Fanlasy in Fros+ by blue and while slreamers and snow flakes. Murals depicling snow-bound counlry villagers and ornamenls dangling like mulli-colored slars compleled llie lanlrasy. Now only memories remain ...memories of a grand marcli led by +l'ie class ollicers . . . The music ol Lou Rene's orclwesrra . . . a beaulilul corsage and a crumpled dance program. I959 opened new doors lor rkie junior class mem- bers. Never lo be lorgollen were llie liilarious play . . . parlicipalion in yarsily sporls . . . newswriling and publicarions work . . . lirsr aid lraining and mod- ern dancing . . . college board and aclfiievemenl lesls . . . and Jrlwe memorable prom.

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c T c yuc i f l Portraits Come To Life AT The close oT a busy day in an arT gallery, The cleaning lady dusTs The picTures . . . sTealThily Two liTTle mice, Waldo and Wilhelmina, creep in . . . TogeTher They imagine ThaT each porTraiT comes To liTe . . . The scene is seT. FourTeen acTs sTepped ouT oT The porTraiT Trames To perTorm. Dance acTs TeaTured soTT shoe, balleT. The CharlesTon, an Indian war-dance, and a Japanese orienTal dance. Musical selec- Tions were presenTed on The piano, accordian, and guiTar. A barbershop guarTeT sang. Nov- elTy acTs included a hillbilly Tamily singing In Interpretation . . . C5ooTus, Two losT souls in a panTomime, a race beTween a Nash Rambler and a Cadillac, and The closing acT, Taking The nighT Train. A TirsT Tor TalenT shows . . . TaculTy members combined Their TalenTs To presenT a melodrama, Flower oT The Valley . . . The handsome hero and The blond-Tressed heroine Triumphed over The Terrible villain. lnTerpreTaTion was sponsored by Publica- Tions and produced under The direcTion oT lvliss Beverly Fox and lvliss Adeline l-loegberg.