Wahoo High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Wahoo, NE)

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Music Department The music department was directed by Mr. Hoffman and Mrs. Zetterman during the school year of 1948-1949. This was a change since formerly only one instructor was employed. Mr. Hoffman, who came from Dodge City, Kansas, was in charge of the instrumental groups. Mrs. Zetterman, who previously taught in Grand Island, directed the vocal groups. The band was inactive during the first few weeks of the school year due to the absence of an instructor. When Mr. Hoffman arrived the fifty-one piece band practiced diligently and was able to compete in the Ak-Sar-Ben Marching Band Contest. However, it was defeated by Harlan, Iowa. The band also performed for the dedication of the Veterans Memorial, political rallies, Memorial Day parade and at football games. The annual concert in conjunction with the orchestra was presented March 31. The officers elected by the band were: Jeanne Anderson, student director; Susan Schiefelbein, uniform custodian; Jean Martinson, librarian; Frank Dol-ezal, band manager; and Jackie Margrave, secretary-treasurer. The thirty-eight piece orchestra which was composed of both grade school and high school students played for the junior class play in addition to giving a concert. Officers chosen were: Nelda Vogler, student director; Jackie Margrave, Jeanne Anderson, librarians; Marvelle Clark, secretary-treasurer. The pep band, made up of twelve band members and directed by Jeamie Anderson, helped make the basketball games and rallies lively and noisy. It also traveled to some out-of-town games to encourage the team and to aid the loyal Wahoo supporters. Mr. Hoffman devoted much time to small group work during the year. These groups included the string quartet, brass sextet, woodwind quintet, clarinet quartet, mixed clarinet quartet, and flute trio. On numerous occasions they provided entertainment for local organizations and school assemblies. The vocal department which consisted of the mixed chorus, boys’ glee club and girls’ glee clubs made several changes under the direction of Mrs. Zetterman. The girls’ glee club was divided into two groups; girls glee A was composed of thirty-three, and girls’ glee B of thirty-four willing vocalists. The accompanists for the large groups were: Grace Masek, Marvelle Clark, Mary Ann YYorrall and Nelda Vogler. Small group work was also important in the vocal department. These small groups were: the boys’ octette, girls’ small group, the Vrana trio, and the Virgl duo. They entertained several organizations and also performed in school assemblies. Instead of the usual concert the vocal department presented “The Georgia Jubilee Minstrel”. All the large and small groups participated in that production. Wahoo High School was well represented at the annual music clinic which was held in November at Omaha. Members of the chorus were: Jo Ann Young, Joyce Kuhr. Jean Virgl and Joan Virgl. Janet Kokjer and Mary Lea McMahon were members of the clinic band, and Jeannine Gregg and Nelda Vogler were in the orchestra. Several Wahoo groups and soloists entered the district music contest at Fremont and were ver}r successful.

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Chieftain Standing, left to right: Warren Sohl, Ruth Anderson, Janet Kok;er, Grace Masek, Georgia Rac Halliburton, Shirley McNeeley, John Whaley, Miss Doty, Miss Arnold, Mary Ann Worrall, Nelda Vogler, Marianne Sabatka, Mary Ann Vachal. Seated, left to right: Howard Vasina, George Woolsey, Janet Ayers, Jackie Margrave, Susan Schiefelbein, Janice Owens, Donna Rae Daharsh, Patty Russell, Bonnie Lindau, Imogene Barry, Patricia Gleeson, Dolores Strauss, Theresa Divis, Norma Benal. Whenever the last sheet of the Chieftain “rolled off the press” to he stapled for distribution, the entire staff heaved an audible sigh of relief; for to them, those sheets symbolized the labor of several weeks of after-school hours. The feature writers, class reporters and sports writers once more lived without fear of missing the deadline. Their imaginations at rest, the cartoonists and headliners enjoyed themselves. For the industrious Miss Doty, her typists, and mimeographers a rest cure was then in order. The subscription and exchange editors were then ready to act and rushed from class to class instead of tracing missing subscribers all over the building. Miss Arnold and the editor, having successfully published an issue, immediately started planning the next edition, which would always elaborate upon some new theme. True indeed was the saying “Your time was Chieftain time’—once you were a staff member!

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Band Twirlers: Donna Lou Peteis Mary Ludi, Marjorie Rood, Janet Kokjer. First row, left to right: Nelda Vogler, Donna Rae Samek, Joe Koch, Bob Hohl, Burton Johnson, Lois Mays. Second row, left to right: Mary Lea McMahon, Robert Virgl, Beverly Vanek, Marvelle Clark, Bill Kunce, Jim Hoeven, Jon Hoeven. Third row, left to right: Joan Jensen, Dale Wurst, Merle Meyers, Georgia Rae Halliburton, Carolyn Bern, Joan Virgl. Fourth row, left to right: Mr. Hoffman, Howard Vasina, Joyce Kuhr, Frank Dolezal, Bernadine Vogler, Mary Ann Worrall, Dan Roberts. Fifth row, left to right: Willa Gleeson, Gayle Anderson, Jeanne Anderson, Nancy Hunter, Donna Rae Daharsh, June Ayers. Sixth row, left to right: Phyllis Frahm, Patricia Gleeson, Barbara Johnson, Sally Sue Snelling, Jean Martinson, Janet Ayers. Seventh row, left to right: Jean Virgl, Lujean Wiedeman, Kathryn Mares, Diane Blair, Patty Russell, Shirley McNeely, Susan Schiefelbein. Absent; Maureen Miller, Jovjta Janecek,