Forman High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Manito, IL)

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E? lst Row: Cleft to right? Rose Mary Snyder, Joy Risen, Eloise Whitaker, Joyce Hill, Arla Jean Foste, Patia Himmel, Niss Conover. ?nd Row: Glenda Kennedy, Pauline Frederick, Sherry Beale, Laura Crafton, Eleanor Hewitt, Betty Meyer. 3rd Row: Jake Smith, Richard Van Etten, Lowell Golden, Kenneth Bender. lst Row: fleft to rightl Eleanor Hewitt, Janet Hewitt, Bobby Zeeck, Eloise Wahlfeld, Jerry Bilyeu. 2nd Row: Arla Jean Foste, Linda Le Sourd, Melvin Hundt, Lowell Golden, La Donna Bender, Jimmy Wistehuff, Jon Dee Proehl. 3rd Row: Charles Bilyeu, Alan Hubbard, Dennis Wiowode, Laura Grafton, Stella Hchimmelpfennine, Lois Hilst, Judy Runyon, Miss Conover. 'The Best In Meats and Other Things To Eat' X Phone 9 ZIMM RMAN'S GROCERY Manito, Illinois

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The Forman music department has been very active this year. It includes a band, boys' and girls' chorus, two girls sextets, a boys' quartet, a mixed chorus and many soloists. The new girls' sextets is composed of Joy Risen, Eloise Whitaker, Joyce Hill, Arla Jean Foste, Patia Himmel, and Rose Mary Snyder. This group was started so that it could compete in the District Contest. It will use the song, 'Somewhere A Child Is Singing'. The sextet will also sing in the Spring Concert. Miss Conover accompanies this group. A valuable addition to the Forman Unit this year has been the organization of a band, under the direction of Miss Conover. The band is composed of pupils from both the junior and senior high school. They meet each Thursday afternoon. Individual lessons are given to members throughout the week. They have appeared in the junior and senior plays and the Christmas and Spring Concerts. The band members bought many new instruments this year and were helped out by various lo- cal groups, especially the Mother's Club. The band has played numerous waltzes and marches as well as some popular music. The boys' quartet has also been very busy this year. The boys have sung at the following places: Forman School Club, Turkey Banquet, Spring Concert, Church Supoers, and the District Contest. They will sing 'Wiffenpoof Song' and 'Rollin Down To Jordon' at the District Contest. Throughout the year they have used such songs as 'Standing In The Need Of Prayer', 'Old MacDonald', 'In The Evening Bv The Moonlight', and 'Halls Of Ivy'. The boys' chorus has sung in the Christmas and Spring Concerts and the Dis- trict Contest. This chorus meets each Tuesday and Friday afternoon. The songs to be used at the District Contest are the 'Hiking Song' and 'Halls Of Ivy'. The chorus also has sung such songs as 'Blue Tail Fly', 'Rollin Down To Jordon', 'I Got Shoes', and 'Sing Me A Chantey With A Yo-Heave-Ho'. The girls' chorus has sung in the Christmas and Spring Concerts and the Dis- trict Contest. This chorus meets each Monday and Thursday afternoon. The songs to be used at the District Contest are 'This Is My Country' and 'Come To The Fair'. The girls had the privilege of singing at the Mason County Institute. Some other songs they have sung are 'Somewhere A Child Is Singing', 'Thanks Be To God', and 'The Man I Love'. The original girls' sextet has been busy singing at various places this year. Thev have sung for the John Deere Show, Forman School Club Spring and Christmas Concerts Church Suppers, Mason County Review, and the District Contest. The girls will use 'Because' as their number at the District. Other songs they have learned are 'Somewhere A Child Is Singing' and 'It Might As Well Be Spring'. Glenda Kennedy will sing a solo at the District Contest, entitled 'Morning'. She also sang this song at the Mason County Institute meeting in Havana. Charles Wilson will sing a solo at the District Contest, called 'Stout Hearted Men'. He sang this song at the Mason County Institute meeting in Havana. Laura Crafton will sing a solo entitled 'None But The Lonely Heart' at the District Contest. She sang 'God Bless This House' at the dedication ceremony of the new gym. Jacob Smith will sing 'Sweet Mystery Of Life' at the District Contest and at the Mason County Institute meeting. Glenda Kennedy and Charles Wilson. will sing a duet entitled 'Because You're You', at the District Contest. Lowell Golden will nlav a baritone sousaphone solo and Eleanor Hewitt will play a clarinet solo. In addition, a mixed chorus, which is the combination of both boys' and girls' choruses, sings at the Christmas and Spring Concerts. One number which this chorus sung at the Spring Concert was the number entitled 'Dear Land Of Home'. X 1 ! X 'lg 3 -f' SEYMOUR'S STORE Complete line of Mens' - Boys' clothing - Shoes, Rubbers, Sporting Goods. 210 Court Street Seymour Rosenberg, Proprietor Pekin, Illinois