Edison High School - Reflector Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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SECTION HEADS Seated: Bill Hjerpe, Bp Clarinet; Lola Hann, Piccolo; Jimmy Collins, Cornet; Victor Young- mark, Alto Clarinet; Gene Johnson, Alto Sax; Alice Wells, Tenor Sax. Standing: Bob Halvorsen, Bass; Pat Wierman, Trombone; Richard Shultz, Baritone; Phyllis Pinnell, French Horn; Joe Proctor, Phyllis Anderson, Percussion; Miss Scheddell, Director. - my as BAND OFFICERS Seated: Phyllis Anderson, Mgr.; Jimmy Shaw, Vice-Pres.; Gene Stowers, Pres.; Rosetta Blake- borough, Chmn., Band Fund Comm.; Standing: Miss Scheddell, Director; Pat Wierman, B.F. Comm.; Juanita Clark, Librarian; Barbara Squibb, Bill Hjerpe, B.F. Committee. ————————————

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gas. os at ee - = o FICCOLO Doris Mahaffey TENOR SAX RRENCH HORN TROMBONE Lola Hann Phyllis McCord Alice Wells Phyllis Finnell Patricia Wierman FLUTE Bonnie Harmon Charles Gluth Paul Estock Rosetta Blakeborough Lola Hann Gena Piccolo CCRNET Florence Ralston Bob Carpenter Norma Anderson Dale Smith Jimmy Collins Carrol Sheffler John Panchisin Bp CLARINET ALTO CLARINET Gene Stowers BARITONE Bill Koss Bill Hjerpe Victor Youngmark Dean Ellis a Lowell Hammons Jimmy Shaw ALTO SAX Gene Stahl Richard Shultz Geaner Molinaro Barbara Sauibb Gene Johnson Howard Dothager Angelo Villa BASS Betty Talmadge Ralph Wiesen Don Spurr Kenneth Newcomer Bob Halvorsen Don Parry — wy Dwight Wheéler a I : Vero Aloia Don Belec ‘Sip = PERCUSSION Edith Peters ae Stanley Kusmierz Phyllis Anderson Joe Proctor Dorothy Erickson Bob Ramsey Jean Carter Shirley DeStJean | ay Assistant Drum |) Major Drum Major This year the Edison Band, in its fifth year, realized new ambitions. In May of 1944 the dream of new uniforms became a reality, made possible by the wonderful coopera- tion of the Brunswick Community. In March of 1945 the band played on the air, and during ‘the same week, at the Memorial Auditorium--both new adventures. The radio debut, in which the band played four numbers, wes direct from our auditorium over station WJOB. Our band was one of the few Gary bands chosen to play for the Devotional Services of the Gary Council of Churches, held in the Memorial Auditorium on March 23. It also played for Edison's first Honor Society Induc- tion, for Commencement, and marched for the second time in the Memorial Day parade. The annual spring concert was the best in Edison's history; every seat of the Horace Mann Auditorium was filled. Twelve band members who had earned 1500 points or more in band activities were honored with medals. , in a program broadcast

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% zt 3 “Proessor, How could you)” Si ? 1 Sissy f Ap ¥ ssepessite = eu —new Seated: lMargeret Hanley, Leonard Szot, Marilyn Kundrat, Betty Weeks, Nevy Gough, onnie Bock, Selly Spees, Bob Robertson, Bill O'Donnell, Ellen Summers. Standing: Leet Jones, Merceline Willis, Bill Hjerpe, Dick Cummings, Alice Gut, Cerald ebofski. The Stage lights dim, an expectant hush over the eudience--the curtain was about to rise. Professop How Could You? the first big production of the Edison Drematic Club was about to begin, Back Stege, the cest wes assembled for a lest-minute Pep talk from Mom Iarre- bee. Bill and Merceline were Seated on the costume trunk, lost in their love, it was so serious, they didn't even feel the sickening fright of first night perforn- ance, But @s for the rest of the cest, they were very much aware that they were about to do or die to please the hardest audience there is to Play for--their own cléssmetes, hothing can gull u boy's appetite, tuough., Alice Gut was having @ hard time keeping Richard Jones Out of her lemon chiffon pie. Bob Robertson was busy getting his silk hose and bonnet on. Helene Johnson was leying tit-tet-toe on.the train- ing roos. bluckboerd with the professor (Nevy Gough) to take his mind off how little time was left till curtein call. Our loveble srandfether (Richard Cummings) was busy slepping the lest film of grey into Grandmother's (Ellen Summers) heir, while big brother (¥ermit Jones) wes being helped by Lowell Hemmons to go over his lines for the lest time. Gerald, the butler, was Ccomplecently letting the southem belles, Ronnie and Betty, retouch his lipstick. Sally Spees was madly trying to assemble her luggege, keep her hat on straight, end remember her cues, I've «xnown meny troubles in my life but most of them never heppened.” That Saying of lierk Twain's was true. These people hed worked herd to make Professor How Could You? a4 success. They were rewarded by the praise of their classmutes end admiretion of the adults. When the Dramatic Club isn't working on a big production, they ere by no means idle. Many wonderful pleys heve been produced on tdison's stage during this first year. An Irish play, License to Wed,” was one of their first dialect pleys--a spritely comedy which evoked meny laughs from the audience. The cherac- ters were: a policeman, played by Robert Vaughn; the bride, Betty Weeks; and the groom-to-be, Robert Ramsey. Three very talented girls, Lola Hann, Mery Lou Simmons, und Mary Jenci later came through with a splendid performance of Three Dear Friends, which had many difficult lines to be memorized. Then followed Everything's orf pus, Lowell Hammons, Gerald Klebofski, Remona Vaughn, Derencinovich. Mery interpreted the role of a foreign young boy; and Lupe, a trusting young mother. sudience when Gergla walked out from behing the se Lowell hed teken his trousers,