Strong Vincent High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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Top : Cowgirls, Indians, Principals. Bottom : Gobs the roof quiver. To match them we had a comedy team in the persons of Andy Lindstrom and Frank Morris, that left us weak with laughter. The crew of the battleship were typical sailors — and you know sailors! Darrow Schabacker was a most efficient petty-officer, and Ruth Pearce and Bob Ormsbee were excellent Westerners. No drama is complete without a villain, so Fausto Addessi frightened all his friends as a very dashing bandit. The shining battleship appealed to Molly, who there posed as one of the crew, and the Dude Ranch appealed to Captain Moore when Molly traveled West. Stunning chorines graced both locations, the peppy Gobs and trim Dress Parade Girls aboard ship, and dark-eyed Mex- icanos and Cowgirls who swung castanets and lariats beneath the Western skies — all lending to the sparkling success of Fire Away. Twenty-nine

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Top: Mexicancs. Center: Rockettes. Bottom : Dress Parade. Fire Away Another trailer wound its way through Erie streets, and when it drew up in front of Vincent, we knew things would happen fast. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Winter had arrived bag and baggage with their annual clever show. There was much bustling and unpacking, and first we saw loud colors and peculiar shapes. These gradually turned into a mammoth battleship, the U.S.S. Alaska; a Dude ranch near San Diego, plus a variety of clever costumes for this year ' s musical comedy produc- tion, Fire Away. Thinking back to previous successes, we wondered just how they could be surpassed. Then one rainy morning, they showed us coming at- tractions and all Vincent was dazzled! The mercury in the homeroom sales-thermometers rose steadily, foretelling a capacity audience for two performances, on March 3rd and 4th. Richard Guthrie had the leading role as Captain Moore of the Navy. There is something about a uniform and the way Dick wears one. Eileen Lambrecht of the laughing eyes, was a very sweet Molly and her sisters, Ruthe Johnson as the effervescent Florabel, and Sally Thayer as silent Daisy, put a lilt into the comedy that made Twenty-eight

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ORCHESTRA — Center : Mr. Brown. Front Row : R Lohse, Lund, Burroughs, Griffin, Kingsbury, King, Mead, Griswold. Row 2 : Fernandes, Humes, Crane, Bristo!, Boam; Howe, Gorenflo, Moreton, Zacks, Duncomb,e McGranor, Altenbaugh, Joyce. Row 3: Pulakos, Spelta, Hull, Bertges, Zesinger, M. Wagner, Hill, Spiller, Ross, J. Lohse, Lawrence. At Piano: Beckman, Anderson. Standing : Strong, M. Weaver, Barclay, Franklin, Light. Seated Right Rear : Younkins, W. Moorhouse, Oberkircher, J. Weaver. Music in the Air President . Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer Librarians . Director . Mr. Faculty Manager . Robert Nichols Ronald Humes Robert Lohse Elsie Lund Robert Lohse and Charles Fernandes John Ramsay Brown Mr. Dean Have you ever stopped to wonder what this world would be without music? And how it would effect our own school life? Without any hesitation you would answer that it would be a very dreary place to live in. Since appreciation of music characterizes any cultured person, we are very fortunate in having the opportunity of being closely related to good music through our school orchestra. Although all of us are not talented musically, this organization with its programs of enchanting waltzes and lively marches has thrilled and aroused the emotions of the students at many assemblies. Due to the practice sessions held daily during the second period throughout the year under the capable direction of Mr. Brown, our orchestra has developed into one of the finest in the city. Boys and girls find in the orchestra a pleasant way of developing their talent and of learning to love music. During the recent school year the orchestra has taken part in a variety of programs. It has presented selections at many special occasions, in- cluding the Commencement exercises, the senior class plays, a meeting of the Parent Teacher As- sociation, and the Clare Tree Major Productions. In commemoration of Armistice Day this group offered several musical numbers at Gridley Junior High School; the orchestra also honored the school which it represents by many other performances. In presenting these other performances the or- chestra was ably assisted by the faculty manager, Mr. Dean. The social program of the orchestra was limited this year to a dance in the Girls ' Gym, sponsored by both the orchestra and the band, and to the annual picnic held at the peninsula. Although the pleasures derived from or- chestral work seem sufficient reward to a student, minor school letters are awarded by the Student Council to those members of the orchestra who are considered by Mr. Brown the most worthy after at least three years of faithful service. Thirty