Chatsworth High School - Tale Feathers Yearbook (Chatsworth, IL)

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Fourth Row: Chantry, Kueffner, Heiken, Hubly, Brown, Bargman, Schade, J. Knittles, Bouhl Third Row: Zorn, Falck, Ribordy, Culkin, Sims, Beck, Brown, L. Schade Second Row: Saathoff, Bess, Whistler, Cole, Smith, Frobish, McKinley Finefield. First Row: Miss Stoutemyer, Schade, Sneyd, Sheeley, Rosendahl, L. Sterrenberg SPEECH CONTESTANTS On Tuesday evening, March 18, 1941, the annual local speech contest was held. The rankings as picked by Miss Melba Johnson, head of the speech department of Illinois Wesleyan University were in order of naming: Serious Declamations--Roseraary Bess, Joe Ribordy, and Dorothy Sneyd Verse Speaking—Jeannette Whistler, Mary Ann Zorn, and Betty Rosendahl Humorous Declamations—Betty Jo Sims, John Cameron Brown, Lorraine Schade Tuesday, March 25, Rosemary Bess and Mary Agnes Bouhl represented C. T. H. S. at Piper City in a speech meet. Rosemary received first in Serious Declamation and Mary Agnes received second in Extemporaneous Speaking. Then April 1, Arlene Frobish and Betty Jo Sims represented C. T. H. S. at Herscher in the last half of the speech meet. Betty Jo received a third rating in Humorous Declamation. This same group represented Chatsworth at the Illinois Speech League Subdistrict contest held at Dwight, April 5, 1941. Betty Jo gained first place honors in her division and Arlene, Jeanette, and Rosemary received second in their division. Third Row: Kueffner, Zorn, B. Rosendahl, L. Rosendahl, Cole, Gillette, Smith, Knittles Second Row: Sterrenberg, Falck, Lawless, Romans, Fine field, Schade, Kenneth Bouhl First Row: Miss Grill, Kohler, Runyon, Sims, Beck, Bargman MUSIC CONTESTANTS Those who sang solos on Music Night, March 26, 1941 were: La Verne Runyon, Jane Kohler, Gwendolyn Beck, Mary Bargman, Donna Lawless, Jeanne Knittles, Betty Jo Sims, Rita Kueffner, Bill Rosendahl, Eldon Cole, Earl Smith and Kenneth Bouhl. A Clarinet Quartet composed of Jane Kohler, Lois Chantry, Evelyn Pearson, and Donna Lawless played Dance of the Rose Buds. A Saxophone Quartet composed of Mildred Finefield, Lloyd Rosendahl, Jack Heiken, and Mary Donna Schade played Romaine and Blue Waves. La Verne Runyon, Betty Jo Sims, Earl Smith and Jack Kane represented C. T. H. S. in the V. V. Contest. Betty Jo placed second, La Verne, fourth, and Jack and Earl both placed fifth in their divisions. In the District Contest at Chenoa, Betty Jo Sims and Rita Kueffner both got second ratings and Jane Kohler got a third rating in their respective divisions. (22)

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C. T. H. S. BAND The Chatsworth Township High School Band was prepared to march in the parade to precede the Marine Band concert in Pontiac, on September 23, 1940, but the small-pox scare broke out and they were unable to go. Preceding the Junior Play, November 19, 1940 the band played Success , The Show Boys , New Hartford , and Brahms Waltz in Ab . A Saxaphone ensemble from the band--Mildred Finefield, Mary Donna Schade, and Lloyd Rosendahl--played for the three one-act plays, January 31, 1941. Their selections were Blue Waves , Campus Pride , Sweet and Low and Romaine. Another Saxaphone trio played Blue Waves for the Talent Review at Fairbury, February 27, 1941. They were Jack Heiken, Lloyd Rosendahl, and Mary Donna Schade. Dance of the Rosebuds was played by a clarinet quartet—Donna Lawless, Lois Chantry, Jane Kohler, and Evelyn Pearson, on Music Night, March 26,1941. MIXED CHORUS First row: Ribordy, Cole, Beck, Sterrenberg, Gillette, A. Haberkorn Sims McKinley Second row: Miss Grill, Zorn, Frobish, Runyon, Kohler, Brown, Lawless. Bess, Smith 9 Third row: Chantry, Knittles, Bouhl, Kueffner, Finefield, Reising, Romans Ford, Perkins, Keith Bouhl ' Fourth row: Kenneth Bouhl, Curtis, Kane, Schade, Cavanaugh, Gerdes, Lind- quist, Wahls, Bargman, J. H. Haberkorn. Thirty-six contestants were chosen Night, March 26. Their selections were Prayer Song from Hansel and Gretel. for Mixed Chorus to sing on Music All In An April Evening , and The We hope to hear them again on Graduation and Commencement nights. (24)