Gouverneur High School - Deanonian Yearbook (Gouverneur, NY)

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ORCHESTRA Back Row-left to right? William Fitzgerald, Martha McNeil, Warren Corbin, Diane Rolf, Mary Lou Shell, Patricia Rowe, Joan Gollaher, Susan Kinney, Marilyn Howard. Second Row: Mary Livingston, Jeanette Boscoe, Cynthia Cross, Marlene Gollaher, Joan Hance, Lemuel Schofield, Louis Curtis, Barbara Mercer, Mary Lou Thayer, Ann Ruderman, Peggy Chapman, Patricia Gardner Bethany Fisk. First Row: Ann Jones, Douglas Harper, Sarah Jane Smith, Nancy Nelson, Penelope Case, Doreen Ruderman, Hilda Manchester, Patricia Ray, Leona Phelps, Janet Johnson. The vocal ensembles were made up of all new members. Lemuel Schofield, James Fitz- gerald, Carl Closs, and Louis Curtis made up the Boy's Quartet, which made its debut in a student recital and appeared ln the Band Concert later. These boys were also in the Boys Glee Club which appeared at the Band Concert. Other members of the Glee Club . were Morris Lee, Eugene Turnbull, Darrell Whitton, Don Compo, Walter Kyer, Victor Kondra, Herbert Stacy, William Anderson, William Fitzgerald, and Richard Freeman, accompanist. The Girl's Sextette, not organ- ized untll December, made up for a late start by a whirlwind finish with appear- ances ln the Spring before the Ninth Student Recital, the Outlook Club, the Grange Past Maste?'s meeting, the Luncheon Club Ladies' Night at the Grange, the Rebeccas at the Odd Fellows Hall, the dances at school, and the Band Concert. Members of the Sextette were Carol Davis, Inez Bresett, Joan Gollaher, Doreen Ruderman, Sarah Jane Smith, and Eleanor Collins, Jean Patton was the accom- panist. Other vocal ensembles included a Quintet from Junior High organized for tal- ent night, Senior and Junior Voice Classes, and many vocalists who were heard in the annual Dance Band vocalists contest which was won by Sarah Jane Smith and James Fitzgerald. Dance Band appeared at many school dances and made a hit at the annual Band Concert. Members of the Dance Band this year were: Saxophones: Eleanor Collins, Olive Liscum, Ann Ruderman and Peggy Chapman: Trumpets: Lemuel Schofield, William Shep- ard. and Marion Patton: Trombones: Louis Left to Right: Mr. Weegar, Director, Carl Closs, James Curtis, Kay Gates, and Barbara Mercer: Fitzgerald, Louis Curtis, Lemuel Schofield.

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SENIOR CHORUS 1 m 1 Sixth Row-left to right: Laura Serviss, Catherine Fortune, Marie White, Nelta Whitton, Joan Hance, Mary Lou Schell, Marion Patton, Sarah Jane Smith, Nancy Hall, Edith Matthews, Carol Cappellino. Marie Mullin, Marjorie Goodnough, Jean Patton, Martha McNeil, Susan Kinney. Fifth Row: Mary Lee Sayer, Marlene Hanratty, Inez Bresett, Fern Wells, Ruth VanDuzee, Alice Neuroth, Genevera Willard, Marjorie Bean, Shirley Goodlson, Doreen Ruderman, Ann Ruderman, Laura Ledger, Eleanor Collins, Julia Foster. Fourth Row: Carolyn Fields, Patricia Magee, Barbara Mercer, Sandra Esckilsen, Joyce Childs, Marlene Hess, Mary Jane Hall, Leta Kirkpatrick, Betty Chapman, Beverly Drumb, Patricia Gardner, Joan McDonald, Anna Blair. Third Row: Elaine Cassaw, Carol Davis, Diane Rolfe, Mazie Patterson, Diane Drury, Joan Gollaher, Bradley Murray, William Shepard, Lemuel Schofield, Louis Curtis, William Fitzgerald, Donald Compo, Mario DeCastro, Dale McKinney. Second Row: Lura Carr, Marjorie Peck, Monica Curtis, Joyce Mills, Judith Hall, Vivian Bishop, Frances Burlingame, Herbert Stacey, Victor Kondra, Eugene Turnbull, Lloyd Halford, Elon Matthews. First Row: Larry Cole, Carl Closs, Walter Kyer, James Fitzgerald, Morris Lee, Fred June, David School- ey. Richard Tessmer, Robert Hunkins. Director, Mrs. Farley. udic elaarfmenf ' Members of the music department chalk- ed up another banner year with countless appearances in assemblies, concerts, and Stu- dent Recltals here in school, and with ap- pearances before numerous civic organiza- tions and Clubs about town. The large or- ganizations grew to even greater proportions, Junior High Chorus leading the Way with ' A over one hundred members. Senior Chorus had eighty-nine members: Senior Band fifty-three members, and Junior Band forty- six members, New organizations of the year were the beautiful thirty-five voiced selected A Capella Choir, and the Drum and Bugle Corps, The Jhoir sang for the Yuletide Choral Festival, ind later appeared in the Orchestra-Chorus Zoncert, the Potsdam Festival, and for Gradu- ition. Senior and Junior Chorus appeared in issemblies and at Graduations. A special Jroject of the Choruses was the appearance of the Kingston Choir in a Northern New York tour sponsored by Gouverneur School, The Orchestra and String Ensemble de- lighted listeners in the Yuletide Festival where they were augmented by some GHS Graduates, and again during the Dean Ora- Left to Right: Carol Davis, Joan Gollaher, Sarah Jane toricals, at the Senior Play, at Senior Grad- Smith. Inez Bresette, Eleanor Collins. Doreen Ruderman. uation and in the Spring Concert.

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DANCE BAND Seated-left to rlght: Sarah Jane Smlth, Peggy Chapman. Eleanor Shepard, Lemuel Schofield, Barbara Mercer, Kay Gates, Louls Curtis. Drums: Elon Matthews, String Bass: James Fitzgerald, Plano: Sarah Jane Smith and Doreen Ruderman. New instruments added to the music de- partment were another baritone horn, a flute, a plccolo, and an oboe. Senior Band welcomed Governor Dewey and vlce versa at an early Fall meeting cut- side the Grange Hall, where the Governor found the band to be playing very well for so early ln the year. Later Senior Band play- ed for all the home football games and most DOUBLE QUARTETTE Back Row-left to rlght: Mr. Weegar, Director, Victor Kondra, Bradley Murray, Herbert Stacy, Richard Perrin, Wllllam Fitzgerald, William Anderson. Front Row: James Fitzgerald, Eugene Turnbull. Carl Closs, Lemuel Schofield, Louis Curtis, Morris Lee. Collins, Ollve Llscum, Elon Matthews, William Standing: James Fitzgerald, Mr. Weegar. of the home basketball games. An especial hit at the sports events was Lona Deacon and the Twtrlers Corps. Lona, a champion twlrler from Mlchlgan, arrived late in the Fall and moved to Pennsylvania after the Legion Chorus Show on April sixth. During her few months at GHS she gave many wonderful twlrling exhibitions and made many frlends among the students. Many other girls did outstanding work ln the Twlrlers Corps. Ma- jorettes wlth the Senlor Band were Marjorie Gooclnough, Janet Sayer, Beverly Brown and Shirley McEwlng. Eugene Turnbull was the . Senlor Band attended the Pots- at the end of April where it of the outstanding concert se- had been performed at the Band Drurn Major dam festival played some lectlons that Concert earlier ln the year. Junior Band made several appearances ln assemblies and at a Student Recital. Some of lts members were also members of the Drum and Bugle Corps. Junior Band massed with the Senior Band to form a hundred piece en- semble for the finale of the Band Concert. Soloists ln addition to the dozens who performed at the four Student Recltals were Patricia Rowe, the French Horn soloist in the Band Concert, Nancy Nelson vlolln soloist, Sarah Jane Smith, piano sololst, and Joan Hance, trumpet soloist, all ln the Orchestra Concert. William Shepard was vocal soloist with the Senlor Chorus. Accompanlsts were Marilyn Howard and Susan Kinney for Senlor Orchestra and Janet Johnson for the Choral organizations.