Cooksville High School - Talisman Yearbook (Cooksville, IL)

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MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOL GIRLS' GLEE CLUB This year the students of CCHS were very glad to welcome a regular music teacher We know she has many jobs to take care of, but the girls' glee club has really progress-i ed under her guiding hands. Mrs. Gordon Hirst has thirteen sopranos, four second sopranos, and seven altos with which to work. The sopranos are Helen Donaldson, Lila Garmon, Phyllis Littrell, Marilyn Elbert, Virginia Barker, Norma Scott, Dorlene Sutter, Charlotte Stockle, Waneta Smith, Kathrine Crook, Clara Frye, Rita Shea, and Nellie Soeldner. The second sopranos are Marian Martins, Jeanine Vincent, Eunice Stern, and Marilyn Zabel. The altos are Betty Weber, Phyllis Eagan, Jeannine Elbert, Joanne Scott, Marilyn Stoops, Shirley Grimes and Geraldine Cruse. we sang in public many times during the year. BOYS' GLEE CLUB The boys' glee club was organized with the following enrollment: Arthur Spencer, Robert Garmon, Orval Wissmiller, Edward and Willard Weidner, jerry Herman, Marvin Dean, Bill Crook, David Stockel, Dale Sutter, Kenneth Smith, and Wilired Speers. The boys met one once a week and enjoyed appearing on various programs throughout the year. BAND The band , a hetrogeneous conglomeration of noise-making artists, consisted of Marvin Dean, trombone, Willard Weidner, clarinet, Geraldine Gruse, Marge Grimes, and Edward Weidner, trumpet, Dale Sutter, saxophone, Betty Weber, bass drum, Lila Garmon, snare drum, Norma Scott, bells, Jeanine Vinvent, mellophone, Mr. Hirst, violin and baritone. . The grade school added musicians Larry Sutter, trumpet, Charlene Spencer, Leon Tipsord, and David Hirst, clarinet, John Hirst, trombone, Marianne Fitzgerald,saxo- phone, and Lowell Vawter, snare drum. Our band of seventeen was capably directed by Band Mistress, Mrs Hirst. CANTATA This year, the boys' and girls' glee club, and band combined to give a Christmas program. The Cantata, The Heavenly Message was given December 21, 1945, at thq gym. By the time the evening was over, the girls' glee club, the boys' glee club, the mixed quartet, the girls' sextet, and four soloists had sung. The mixed quartet con- sisted of Marvin Dean, Marilyn Stoops, Edward Weidner, and Nellie Soeldner. In the girls' sextet, there were Eunice Stern, Marian Martins, Betty Crawford, Jeanine Vincent, Jeannine Elbert, Geraldine Cruse, and Marian Martins. The Cantata was very successful this year, and there is hopes that there will be another one next year. COMPOSITE MUSIC COURSE A composite music course, dealing with the history, theory, harmony, music appreciation, and conducting, was taught by Mrs. Hirst, the second semester. This course gave one-half a credit. The following students were enrolled: Marian Martins, Geraldine Cruse, Rita Shea, Marilyn Stoops, Shirley Grimes, Marilyn Zabel ,Virginia Barker, and Edward Weidner.

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