Georgetown High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Georgetown, IL)

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BOTTOM ROW Elizabeth Campbell, Ruth Trussell, Margaret Reid, Virginia Henschen. Catherine Naudzius. Ellen Reagan. SECOND ROW—Miss Hill, Director: George Ellis, O. C. Burd. Russel Gustin, Robert Finney. Udell Wolff, Accompanist. THIRD ROW—Louise Richards, Harrold Pribble, Harvey Alexander, Halbert Alexander, Frank McNeese. Evelyn Tucker. MIXED ENSEMBLE In the spirit of the French troubadours sixteen valiant choristers banded together to blend their voices into the finer harmonies of song. With Udell Wolff as their accompanist, four sturdy basses and four bright tenors matched their rich voices with an octet of maidens whose beautiful soprano and alto tones completed the choir. As each Tuesday evening returned they assembled with their conductress, Aneita Hill, and their manager, Evelyn Roberts, to further their knowledge of the art of music. The hearts of many of life's weary soldiers were gladdened when they sang at the Veterans' Administration Facility. In the gay tones of spring they cheered their audience at the spring festival and even allowed the world to listen in from WDAN. These young people count it their greatest pleasure to carol and sing.

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THE DRAMATIC CLUB The Dramatic Club reorganized this year to supervise the dramatic work done in extra curricular activities. The club did not have regular meetings. All students who joined the Dramatic Club had participated in a play, a speech in an assembly program, or had represented the school in a speech contest. Those students in the speech contests this year were Elizabeth Campbell, Ellen Reagan and George Howlett. Elizabeth won second place for the humorous reading event in Vermillion County, and first place in the District contest in extempore speaking. Ellen won first in verse reading in the county and first in the sub-district. For the last two years the Dramatic Club has given an assembly program at Christmas time. This year a one-act play, Christmas Trimmings , by Marguerite Phillips, was presented. Red Carnations was another one-act play presented by the club for the basketball banquet. Donald Naudzius, George Howlett and Mary Sanders were in the cast and the presentation proved to be very clever. BOTTOM ROW—Wilma Newlin, Frances Lowandowski, Louise Richards. Clara Judd, Marjorie Brooks, Evelyn Roberts. Zelda Midel. Catherine Naudzius. Miss VanTress. SECOND ROW—Imogone Hallett. Walter Zielinski, Walter Davis. Norman Elder, Roy Pearson. Halbert Alexander, George Howlett, Helen Kocanda. Jean Dermond. THIRD ROW—Mary Sanders, Helen Gorman, Clara Cravens. Secretary; June Edmonds, Elizabeth Campbell. Margaret Reid, Ellen Reagan, Vice-President; Doris Wells. Lucy Jane Nield. TOP ROW—Raymond Moffitt, Robert Lowe. Beryl LeCount, Bennett Newlin. Russel Gustin, Donald Naudzius. Bruce Fix. Richard Smith. O. C. Burd. Horace Payne, President.

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FESTIVAL CHORUS Forth from the inhabitants of this great citadel of Georgetown High School hath come about one-third of its citizens, one hundred, twenty-five strong, to give forth their voices in song. For lo! in the twelfth month on the sixth day a county festival was to be brought forth in Westville after the traditional manner of bygone years. Here they acquitted themselves with honor and distinction. As time passed, these lovers of music and the arts moved into the second phase of their sojourn in the land of learning. And as the months began to forecast the spring season, they again displayed their talents to all the citizens of the globe who lived thereabout. The Chimes of Spring sounded forth in melodic strains the joys and beauty of the spring season. The sturdy voices of the handsome young men and the lyric beauty of feminine voices charmed the hearts of the listeners. Now, in this fine Company were three maidens of exceptional genius, namely, Udell Wolff. Dorothea Ann Sandy, and Betty Stephenson, who at all times gave their loyal and devoted service to their leader in accompanying this great choir with instrumental harmonies. Sincere devotion to choral art has brought rewards of merit to twenty-five whose names are herewith presented: Harvey Alexander, O. C. Burd, John Paradiso, Billy Colvin, George Ellis, Leonard Gattling, Charles Jones, Bruce Morgan, Donald Naudzius, Joseph Zielinski, Henry Zielinski, Marjorie Brooks, Elizabeth Campbell, Clara Cravens, Jean Dermond, Marjorie Hale, Imojean Hallett, Margaret Reid, Louise Richards, Evelyn Roberts, Hazel Sanders, Lois Sollars, Ruth Trussell, Betty Wells, Doris Wells. 4