Colon High School - Magi Yearbook (Colon, MI)

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1st Row: Karen Case, Wilma Warkentine, Loretta Truckey, Rita Hacker, Gail Flowers 1st Row: Karen Case, Wilma Warkentine, Loretta Truckey, Rita Hacker, Gail Flowers, Mary Lee Robbins, Barbara Noga, Gula Taylor, Marcella Shannon. 2nd Row: Barbara Brandt, Roberta (Kay) Osbon, Lillian Hinkley, Joyce Heath, Diane Johnson, Mary Stewart, Kay Pari in, Marsha Stuck, Doris Steininger, Helen Forrest. 3rd Row: Laura Jo McClish, Connie Ash, Joan Hugg, Esther Oldenburg, Edna Stewart, Ethel Mathewson, Kay Thornton, Helen Wondergem, Betty Castle. New Members: Judy James, Shirley Stewart. This year the Glee Club made their first appearance at the County M.E.A. Meeting, which was held in our Auditorium during the month of September. The girls sang a group of current popular numbers, such as 1 Believe and You 11 Never Walk Alone. The Christmas season, this year, was a very busy one. The first activity was ensemble singing for the American Legion Auxiliary Christmas party. The barber shop quartet and the octet sang popular Christmas songs and carols. Gula Taylor and Kay Thornton, soloists, sang 0 Holy Night and White Christmas. The Glee Club Christmas party was a gala affair. Each member brought along a guest, and the evening s entertainment consisted of games, dancing, and refreshments. During the second semester, the Glee Club's study and practice centered around an operetta and a spring concert. Mississippi Melody was the operetta chosen. It is the story of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, in which all the lovable characters of the famous book appeared in a charming manner. The theme of the spring concert was Modern Music of Today. The Man Upstairs, I Believe, Wonderful Copenhagen, and By the Light of the Silvery Moon were highlights of the program. The year's activities culminated with a picnic planned for Glee Club members. At the regular high school picnic awards were presented to honorary students. Silver pins with guards were presented to our three-year seniors, Ethel Mathewson and Betty Castle. Gold pins with guards went to our four-year seniors, Helen Wondergen Joyce Heath, Laura McClish, and Edna Stewart. 29

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The Colon High School Band, with a membership of 6I4. students, has had a very busy and Interesting year. The year began with our annual exhibition at the St. Joseph County Fair. Our formations and songs, there, were based on the theme of A Moonlight Romance. We marched through many more activities this year. Among them were the Marching Festival at Three Rivers, earning a second division rating; Band Day at Ann Arbor; the Halloween Parade; and the Christmas Parade In Sturgis. The band also sat through some of Its activities. We gave a concert for the County M.E.A. and shared the spotlight with the Girls Glee Club In a Christmas Concert. This time, sharing honors with no one, we gave a concert the twenty-third of February. Then the twenty-fifth, another February date, found us in Constantine at the District Festival. Home basketball games always brought the band with a snappy tune and a rallying cheer for our team. The band officers for the year were: President.......Florence Merrifleld Vice-President.......Marden Hlnkley Secretary.............Jo Anne Swonk 28

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SOLOS: CCRNETS Rudolph Jenkins, William Wagner Rudolph Jenkins, William Wagner, Ann Davis, Phyllis Wolfe GIRLS QUARTETTE Helen Wondergem, Ethel Mathewson Laura McClish, Gula Taylor OCTET 1st Row: Joyce Soper, Wilma Warkentine, Karen Case, Roberta (Kay) Osbon 2nd Row: Helen Forrest, Lillian Hinkley, Kay Pari in, Kay Thornton.