Thornton Township High School - Thorntonite Yearbook (Harvey, IL)

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, I— rn HW Wf «a i!ii»f w ULLL Cl,Lb Row 1: Cleo Broom, Jean Frank, Ardis Swank, Naomi Alverson, Jeanne Knapp, Carol Clement, Dorothy Raim- mann, Suzanne Hodgeman, Marilyn Sheahan, Marilyn Corbett, Jean Hoehne, Angela Kuris, Betty Jo Perkins, Grace Alt, Betty Millsap, Lorraine DeGroot, Carol Vander Kloot. Row 2: Muriel Wordelmann, Shirley Cogswell, Helen Xenick, Eleanor Weber. Billie Jezek, Rosemary Flickinger. Arlene Newland, Geraldine Adams, Dorothy Bennett, Maxine DeBok, Ruth Johnson. Mary Stout. Dolores Lorenz, Alice Carter. Martha Smith, Dons Anderson. Row 3: Lois Aim, Janet Dunham, Marilyn Drefhall, Betty Krusche, Betty Vander Aa, Lois Kopp, Anita Coleburn, Dorothea Smith, Betty Spitzka, Joan Van Laningham, Lois Nofsger, Ruby Cashion, Margaret Dommer, Ruth Cashion, Betty Allison. Row 4: Marion Foster, Ellen Wascher, Constance Goers, Betty Wallace. Rosemary Whit- ney, Lucille Lozny, Therese Maguire, Emily Butler, Mary Jane Billingheimer, Dona Spina, Joann Zeldenrust, Liz Sausaman, Joan Fairbairn, Amelia Cavett, Mary Ann Falknor, Lorraine Calo, Jeanne McNeil. CL orald GIRLS GLEE CLUB Row 1: Mary Lu Burton, Lorrain Steele, Eleanor Basile, Marilyn McHenrj ' , Isabel Fox, Eileen Tienstra, Barbara Willows, Emma Ann Beck, Virginia Bernard, Mary Ingwersen, Dona Downs, Effie Long, Betty Johnson, Marilyn Porter, Chriso Fetsis. Row 2: Alicia Neckula, Beverly Janus, Jean Guthrie, Shirley Dahlmann, Joan Yatsak, Barbara Wilson, Flora Gallegos, Eleanor Ward, Evelyn Weis, Jean Ann Voss, Betty Teas, Gloria Anderson, Irene Devert, Doris Jeffries, Rose Mary Cowger, Lois Scott, Bette Bruin. Row 3. Beatrice Vandenbe rg, Gloria Apker, Arlene Froehlich, Geraldine Schwass, Anne Benacka, Ruth Bershinski, Evelyn Posthumus, Marcella Mul- lens. Shirley Tatgenhorst, Betty Meyer, Kathleen Hunter, Wanda Ethridge, June Lotz, Lucille Shipe, Genevieve Yatsak, Nelda Heffren, Dons Gay, Beatrice Johnson, Antoinette Gambino. Row 4: Irene Paulos, Vivian Schroeder, Alice Rossing, Mary Thode, Rose White, Judith Meder, Rose Marie Hayes, Barbara Drefhall, Avenell Keys, Gladys Luehis, Theodora Horner, Faith Potrafke, Bonnie Kentish, Leona Van Noort, Helen Gjerde, LeIa Ferris. fi ' o f; T a

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%c CHORUS Row 1 : Betty DeVries, Janice Brund, Fama Johnson, Margie Rockstroli, Shirley Van Tongeren, Barbara Cordt, Margaret Brown. Wauneta Gorreil, Dona Koss, Barbara Snyder, Ruby Ahrens, June DeBok. Row 2: Pat Dickman, Doris Cox, Mary Hobbs, Betty Simer, Alice Waterstraat, Betty Flohr, Katherine Kehle, Alfreda Will- man, Bobby Maloney, Sally Guild, Virginia Keys, Alice Moravek, Margaret Raimann, Virginia Rcnsink. Row 3: Patricia Fagette, Marjorie Hellstrom, Shirley Spoolstra, Nancy Harvison, Jane Dalenberg, Gloria Bechely, Dureen Moll, Peg Howard, Mary J o Tawzer, Gloria Sellin, Pat Rowlette, Mary Whitford, Genevieve Van MiUigan. Evelyn Mark. Row 4; Tom Gibbons, Jack Dunn, Robert Guthrie, James McHenry, William Garry, William McBain, Carl Fischer, Paul Baker, Donald Wernicke. Walter Pfuhl. Harold Williams. Marion Burke, Gerald Ippel, Dick Brund, Edwin Salter, Sam Sutton. i noruS una Vocal music embraces more than two hundred students at Thornton. Incentive to do one ' s best is provided by the Mixed chorus whose members are chosen only after at least one year ' s work in the Boys or Girls Glee clubs. During this year the student learns to read music, to control his breathing, and to improve his tone qual- ity. At the end of each school year try- outs are held to select the members for the following year ' s chorus. The Madrigal group, organized a year ago, is open to students interested in spending additional time on vocal music work. At present twelve boys and girls rehearse regularly during the homeroom period. The popularity of the Madrigal || group is increasing, and it has already Sjpbeen called upon to perform for a number of programs. The nine girl ensemble from the first Girls Glee club is the group which pro- 112- vided music for a number of teas and club meetings throughout the year. It ' s a few days before Christmas. The air rings with beautiful old Christmas carols. You are in Thornton ' s auditorium. All eyes are focused on the purple-robed choir on the stage. As the last Noel dies away, the lights go on ; another tradi- tional concert of Thornton ' s Music de- partment is a thing of the past. You are pleased to learn that soon the choral groups will present a musical revue tracing American music through some of its most famous periods and ending with the inspiring Song of Faith by John Alden Carpenter. Then in the last month of school you thrilled to the yearly Spring concert when balmy weather prevailed and girls in sum- mer formals sang the May Day Carol with the joy that is spring.

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BOYS GLEE CLUB Left to right Row 1: Don Leturno, Richard Aielozzi, Richard Britton, Jack Cotton, Quenten Walker, Harold Jones, Loring Stevenson, Eugene Galden, John Bennett, Bill Norman, George Onello. Robert Baker, Richard Cary. Row 2: Bill Higgins, Robert Anders, Rudy Schreiber, Doug Smith, Dick Spitzka, Bill Heaton, Phil Hayes, Bob Achor, Bob Allen, Paul Parent, Jim Goodchild, Clifford Navaw, Leon Woodworth, Carl Zeilstra, Henry Yonkman. Row 3: Richard Roseland, Leonard Bennett, Walter Bielawski, Ralph Silberman, Gerald Jacobs, Donald Drefhall, Tom Rubendunst, Teddy Reimer, Stanley Maslinski, Dave Koss, Joseph Puglise, Clifford Willing, James Bethel, Dick Gardiner, John Schoap. Uoice and ndti ument The popularity of the Boys Glee club grows from year to year. Its music, usually of the robust type that appeals to everyone, and its enthusiasm always make a hit. Appearances through the year included the Christmas pro- gram, Stand by For Action revue, Spring concert, PTA and Kiwanis programs, and above all the appearance on the High School Studio party over N. B. C. April 10. Victory concerts were the foremost project this year of Thornton ' s band. At the concerts the band played compositions by composers from South America, Russia, China, and Great Britain; the victory concerts were followed by an All-American program. These were in addi- tion to the annual band concert, this year the fourteenth concert. The football season showed the band ' s in- geniousness when it magnified throngs of peo- ple by executing novel and clever formations. Because of transportation difficulties band contests in Illinois were impracticable this year; just the soloists and ensembles took part in activities at various places in the township. At graduation and honors assemblies, as well as at athletic contests, civic celebrations, and military induction ceremonies, the band offered music which helped to make such cele- brations complete. 114-