Byron Area High School - By Hi Yearbook (Byron, IL)

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Band The Band also worked hard all year, pointing toward the Spring Concert at which they played “Americade,” “Sandra Overture,” and “Fortuna.” Much work was done also during the year playing marches at basketball games. Included were such num- bers as “Activity,” “Mutual,” “Swinging Along,” “Military Escort,” and the school song, “On Byron”. In the band Dave Hamer, Joan Morrison, Wilma Dillow, and Lucille Heidenreich played trumpets; Sally Walker and Billy Wiley played saxophones. Billy Wiley also played the clarinet along with Shirley Shelton, Marilyn Gruben, and Joann Worman. Baritone was played by Nylia Bontjes; trombones were played by Gene Heidenreich and Dave Ives. Faith Featherston played the French horn. Snare drummers were Tom Showalter, Virginia Whetsel, and Floyd Bartholomew. Jerry Myers played the bass drum; Barbara Wallin, the cymbals; and Chuck McNames, the bells. Eleven members came from the grade school, making the band thirty pieces strong. Only four, Dave Hamer. Joan Morrison, Nylia Bontjes, and Chuck McNames grad- uate this year. As a result, the band should be able to grow during the next year with new members being added from the grade school at all times. Band Personnel First Row: Gruben, Shelton, Worman, X. Morrison, J. Morrison, llamcr. Second Row: D. Emery, G. Boward, Walker, Wiley, Heidenreich, B. Deill, Messenger, McKee, S. Walker, E. Wright, Wilma Dillow. Third Row: Miss Stiles, Greene, Featherston, G. Heidenreich, Bontjes, Ives. Fourth Row: McNames. Wallin, J. Myers, V. Whetsel, Bartholomew, Showalter, J. Cox, Wilson, P. Smith. TWENTY.ONE

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The Music Department GIRLS’ CHORUS First Row: Oltmanns, Kan ode, Burkitt, Johnston, Gruben, Heidenreich, Noren, Cassell. Second Row: V. Whetsel, V'anstone, F. Snyder, DeFouw, Sturm, Hayes, McDonald, McCormick, J. Morrison. Third Row: Fleming, Bridgeland, Shelton, Walker, Feather- ston, F. Smith, I). Whetsel, Wallin, Campbell, Bont jes. Miss Stiles. Fourth Row: Cain, Palmer, Hagerty, Jones, F. Blanchard, Potter, Harmon, E. Blanchard, M. Blanchard, Sampe, Wilma Dillow. MIXED CHORUS First Row: Hagerty, Bridgeland, Cain, Grulwn, Noren, Oltmanns, Miss Stiles. Second Row: .1. Morrison, V. Whetsel, McCormick, DeFouw, Fleming, Sturm, Hayes, Featherston. Third Row: Bontjes, Walker, Shelton, F. Smith. D. Whetsel. Kanode, Wallin, Wilma Dillow. Fourth Row: D. Palmer, Wiley, Heidenreich, Meline, Weaver, Ives, C. McNames, Falk. Showalter. BOYS’ CHORUS First Row: Rowland, C. McNames, Herbig, Ives, Weaver, Miss Stiles. Second Row: J. Myers, Hels- don, Showalter, Palmer, Falk, Wiley. Third Row: Noren, Boyer, Faulkner, Meline, Rilev, Hagan, Heidenreich. Under the direction of Miss Ruth Stiles the music department enjoyed a successful year. The thirty-eight girls in the Girls’ Chorus sang at various activities throughout the year such as P. T. A. where they presented ‘‘The Lost Chord,” “Silent Night,” and “Glory in Excelsis,” and the District Music Contest in April where they sang “O Lovely Night” and “Moon Marketing.” The chorus also took part in the Spring Concert and the graduation exercises in May. The Boys’ Chorus and the Mixed Chorus were not quite as active. They partici- pated in the Spring Concert where the boys sang “The Desert Song,” “Old Man River,” and “My Hero.” The Mixed Chorus presented “Italian Street Song” by Victor Herbert and “Night and Day” by Cole Porter. Six soloists took part in the spring contest. Eleanor Hagerty sang “Silent Strings” by Bantock; Helen Fleming sang “Morning” by Speaks; Evelyn Cain sang “One World” by O’Hara. Male vocalists were Bob Meline singing “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes” by Jonson and Gene Heidenreich singing “A Banjo Song” by Homer. Margaret Bridgeland, who acted as accompanist, played Sonata in C Sharp Minor by Beethoven. TWENTY

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First Row: Oltmanns, J. Love, Johnston, Cain, Kanode, N. Bontjes, Fleming, J. Morrison, Miss Schutte. Second Row: S. Mor- rison, anstone, Harmon, Jones, E. Blanchard, McCormick, Fasanella, Tate, DeFouw, Sturm, Hayes, V. Whetsel, L. Palmer, Reed, P. Snyder. Third Row: Featherston, P. Smith, D. Whetsel, R. Nelson, Wilma Dillou. Wanda Dillow, Shelton, Methenv, McDonald, Bridgeland, Hagerty, L. Heidenreich, M. Nelson Fourth Row: Cassell. Potter, Fransen, Walker, Wallin, L. Stcbncr, L. Bontjes, Campbell, G. Stebner, J. Nelson, Gruben, Sainpe. K. Love, Burkitt. G.A. A. The G. A. A., an organization that gives the girls a chance to display their abil- ity at sports, had a very active and successful year. At the beginning of the year the girls chose Nylia Bontjes, president; Marguerite Johnston, vice president; Pat Kanode, treasurer; Helen Fleming, secretary; Jo Love, point secretary; and Evelyn Cain, song leader. The girls, early in the year, set up health rules whereby points could be earned by the organization members. Although the group met once a month, the most interesting phase of their activity was the noon hour sports program. During this hour the girls played hockey, base- ball, archery, basketball, or any other sport that goes along with G. A. A. and per- mits them to earn points toward an award. The Annual Sport Night was held April 8. It again was very successful. The physical education classes participated with tumbling, stunts, and pyramids. The fresh- man and sophomore classes each put on a skit of their own, which was a deviation from previous years, and they were greatly enjoyed by the audience. The regular bas- ketball game was between the junior and senior girls. The G. A. A. banquet was held April 27. Again something new was added. The banquet was held in conjunction with the F. H. A. The G. A. A., with its fine leader, Miss Schutte, can be proud of 1948-1949, a real athletic year. TWENTY-TWO