Greensburg High School - Tower Tree Yearbook (Greensburg, IN)

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OFU5 Row 4 s e oe ou. NIUII1 n N 111 4 N 11111 L. Pc xx ox snor 11 man ou 1m.11 lt cock D ont omcxx 1 mm 11 1 'N Vhlage ll m N Runll B 'NlcNzxx xx srvxngton IC enur our chumllsr 1 1 1n r nton uu.cl ll 14 en 1 hctahum N llldnford 'NI 'lltu Roxx um J Rogelb ners b.111l group It s 1emf1rk.1ble hoxx these small gm, and bgxq lmpmxe fmm day tg dax and from xxeek to xx eek, and thex xe g1oxx11 so I hcudlx knoxx them The chorue IS my faxor1te, I thmk I do hope thm xxont offend the band and other IYILISICIHYIS, but I feel eo much more chummx vx1th the chorus Thex alxxaxs count me 111 then membershlp, and we re all so cloee to each Othel Donna Reddmgton accompamed the group thm xear I remember the firet tlme that Qhe stated to plax, and hoxx he1 hande shook Juet as lf She xxere afra1d of me Novx Nut that ab2urd'7 No vxonde1 Im thr1lled and eager to do mx beet on Tuesdax and Thuudax mommgs xx hen Such a fine QIOUD are HIIXIOUS to smg Thex Slllg' Qacred mus1c p11m.1r1lx Exen I am at mx beet xx hen I hear them emgmg The Lords Praxer or Pralse Ye the Fathe1 Thex plesented a Chuetmae proglam 111 fo1mal dress at the PreQbyter1a11 Church, and ex e1xo1'1e Qa1d that thex had excelled them selx es Ldte1 thex sang an Easter C0nce1t atxx h1ch thex sang both sacled mus1c and a fexx nox eltx numbers Quch as Md x S L1ttle Lamb Thex too, part1c1pated 111 the xa110us co11 teets l U S 'Vhrmc Band xxllh Mamr Wlllmm F Santelman .l. lC1'11stL-.'. J, D M .S, T. D l . li. Platt. C. Osl ' . R. Huh , 1, . In 1-IA, .l. Rc -'l, l.. Ye- 'Il '. .1 ' 3. R. Z 'Il - , P. H ff , P. D -'fl' ' - ', 'l'. HY.-h ' ', . N 1: - .l. VV'll s, I. All A -ll. M. l'l -ak. .L ' f ' , J. S h . , . . 1' - '. Ru ' 2. D. R-ll' 1 . M .'l h . M. K s, R. S -' - , ll. M-Kzh: , G. .I 1h s , N. H -f , M. Ch sk: l , M. G'll, G. ' 1. P. Holm-lman. M. McNeeley D Rathhurn. P. W1-isner. J. Ross, 'lj Nm-arm. R, Burkhart, M, Krpigvr, A, Green, W, Grimes, N. .l ls, . 1 ff 1 . 1 7 - Q 4 . 1 . x , ' , , v ' . v . v v . x . . . 1 , v , t t , , rv - v' v . v w , . V v . v Y . ' . ' . V , 1' ' v L U yy, y' A A w y v v - ' ' - v ' v 7 x 1 I 4 ' t K ' ' 1 L ' U . v ' L ' v ' 7 A L x v Q 7 ' I K6 K l Y U K , :I KK 'Z L ' . Y! , . 5 K ,.' K, ' L . A ', L- 1 K . L. H . 1: JL. 1 .H v A ' ' .I ' I . -' - I

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all B S Rh C W W ll P BW RB BB G K W Pl RD C 1 C H Remlmscenses of the gvm plano- Iwas greatly amaled Whefl the TOWGI' Tl' e asked me to tell you about the G H S mUS1C department durmg the Peet year Why should I be asked yust a poor old Starck plano to wrlte the thmgs IH Wh1Ch Don W1 son and hxs II'1LlSlC1dl'lS are mostly lnterestedl It st11l remams a puzzle but Ill be glad to relate some of my experlences You see Im 1n the mUS1C SeCt10H Of the gym HH the time S0 I have a pretty good chance to obserye th1ngs Slnce Im pr1v1leged to attend thexr rehersals and some of thexr programs my lnformatlon lsnt to be l1ght y scorned Although the band doesn t use me Im a regular attendant at thelr rehersals whlch are held here on Monday Wednesday and Frlday mornmgs Once ln a whlle Im kept from my slumber when th1s group and thexr d1rector hate extra nlght praetmes but I am very un derstandlng and they usually do not stay later than 10 00 pm I am told that th1S organ 1zat1on was extremely active all year playlno' exchange concerts wxth both the Mad1SOH and the New Salem Bands presentmg concel ts IH the local communlty bemg host for the first Decatur County MUSIC Festlval partlclpatlng m the D1str1ct and the State Band Or chestra and Choral Contest marchmg for dlfferent events and many other thlngs Part of the band called the pep band plays for pep SESSIONS whlch Iye heard many tlmes I mlss the games mostly I understand that they yell themselyes hoarse yet Ican do nothlng but Walt for someone to tell me about It later Sometmqeg I w1Sh the band needed me February through March ah yes that was when numerous members and Mr Wllson put forth extremely hard and earnest work 1n preparlng for the Dlstrlct and the State Solo and Ensemble Contests Then I got a work out You see the sololsts have plano ac compamment Mrs Joe Campbell was the accompanxst th1s year I was usually sleepy and tlred so I know thev must haye been Perhaps you don t knoyy Mr Wllson the d1rector ot ITILISIC' He has been the muslc lnstructor here durmg the past tyyo years Thanks to Mr Wllson the G H S muslc dep rtment succeeded 1n plesentmg the Umted States Marlne Band 1n the afternoon performance last fall Iye heard rumors that th1s magnlficent band may appear hexe agaln next fall Due to Wlr Wllson s past teachlng GXDQYIQIICQS he has dey elopel such an extlaordmary and str1k1ng personallty that lt IS small yyonder that h1s stu dents admlre and 1espect h1m eyen as I do I belleye that one of hls chlef ambltlons 18 to organlze an 01 chestra 1nG H S Don Wnl n M nc D1 tr Row -1. A H. um-ll, L'. Sham-r, G unlcs, . arne-ke, L. Pohlman, C. Gidlvv. .I. Reed. li. Gilliland, .I. Kirkpatrick, J. Marlin, J. 'i iams, R. Doles, 'l'. Battvrton, LI Jones, C. Horne. M. Pohlmun, R. lzltt. Row 3. J. Ross, . ooden. . rown, . ennett. D. Stout. . Springmier, R Alyea, E, Johnson, D. utchback, Il, hite, D. Westinghouse, J. Vawter. M. eak, T. Navarra, ', ownvy, E. Mg-nkudick. Row 2. M. Jones. W. Buckley. B. McKahan. D. Schneider. D Crane G. Ketchum, C. Springer, C. Osburn, S. Konzt-lman, B. Rr-ichart, A. Oak. M. Titus, . Noorv, Row 1. G. Johnston, I.. Moore, P. Jameson, S. Ross, . ancock. 9 L I' . . L . , L , , , . . . . -Y . . . . Q , . 'K L1 L l L L L u K . , Y . V ' , . L , D L . L , ' , V' L I L . , . . . . . . . , ' 7 ' , , . ' . v - - P I - V . L . , . v . r L- . . . l V . . . - L L L , , I , ' I . . ' v I E Q L 1 . . I I v ' v ' 1 ' y U v ' u - ' 9 ' y , L L L 7 L . . 7 ' . . Q y n y , W' , L L . 1 A ' A 1 n L Ll I L , L L L - I I I Y L Y u V L , V V . y Y u u u L V . L , L v WY L. L n L , . - n L 9 . 1 . . V .4 L L L N . . , V . ' A ' 1, - . L . L L L ' 1 L 1 v f 1 Q. ' f v L , L L L l 4 1 1' ' so , us' 'rec o

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OH OFC! I' State Solo and Ensemble Contestants We are happy to say that twenty two IHLISICIEIIIS out of th1rty one were eligible for state contest this sprlng In or der to go to state the contest ants htd to win fnst in the dis tllCt contest Our dI'I'lblt1OLlS mus1c1ans di rected by Don W1lson yentured forth on February 21 to the R Pl grounds of Indiana State Teach ers College at Terre Haute M J B S Sv With the cheers of the pep ses sions honorlng the contestants still rmglng ln thelr ears they downed five more firsts The soloists who placed first were Gladys Johnston clarlnet and Maxine Pleak barl tone sax others placing first were Larry Moore Gladys Johnston and Marilyn Jones clari net tr1o Richard Stout Gorden Sprlngmelr and Erm1l Johnston cornet trio The Twelve Little Maids also chalked up another first to keep the perfect record smce the begmmng of th1s orgamzatlon in 1944 Members of thls group under the direction of Mr Wilson were Patsy Bokelman Mary Lou Tlchenour Bonnie McNew Marilyn Jones Bonnie Wllllams Jo Ann Rogers Mertie McNeeley Theresa Nayarra Barbara McKahan Mary Wooden Joyce Ross and Joan Aly ea Shazer received a second division rating Student conductor Larry Moore placed third We are proud that this group of willing workers who under Mr Wllson s strict super 3181011 haye brought even more honors to G H S ann Twelve L1tt1e Ma1dS BWII BMN T BMKh W R MJ MN J ly N The Twelve Little Maids were selected this past year by Don Wllson G H S muslc 1n structor through the trvouts wh1ch were open to every high school girl These twelve g1rls had the best blendmg yoices The sopranos were Patsy Bokelman Bonnie McNew Jo Ann Rogers and Marv Lou Tlchenor the second sopranos Joan Aly ea Barbara Mc Kahn Theresa Nayarra and Mary Wooden the altos Marlly Jones Myrtle McNeeley Joy ce Ross and Bonita W1l1l3mS Gladys Johnston seryed as accompamst This group originated ln 1944 under the directlon of V C Shaw the music d1rector at that tlme and has been actlye ever smce partlcxpatmg ln the District and the State Con tests and Slllglng' before varlous groups and oragmzatlons They have been eligible to enter the State Solo and Ensemble contest every year after wmnmg a first d1y1s1on rating ln the Dsitrlct Contest Thev once again upheld this tradltion and placed first in the State this year J . , I 5 I v ,. I 7 r - '. . ' . 2 2 .' 2 ' 'C S- I L H. . y .- my L 7 v Row 2. K ' - G, Johnston, G. hotles, M. enk. I.. Moore u Row 1. - - E. Johnston, J. Ross, . ones, H. uell, Shazer. G. ringmier. ' - - . 1 ' , 1 1. . . . . . . I . , Q , - , .- S Q 1 1 V' , 1 . , . , - 1 3 a , , l L' , 1 . 1 1 v 't Y 9 sf' Y V ' Y . H V ' 7 1 ' 7 9 ! x , v o The clarinet quartet composed of Joyce Ross, Helen Buell, Gloria Rhodes, and Shirley v ' - . . . . , . . , . 1 1 1 s. ' v xv , V s I 5 1 I -'V H' g I 1 u A R.. if . sf . Q--LC L' -. gay . Row 2. J. Rogzes, . i iams. . c ew. M, ichenor, . c a an, M ooden. Row 1. J. oss, . . ones, M. c eeley, P. Bokelman, . A ea, T. avarra. - . K . ' , n u 1 I . ' , v . . , v . , i V. , ,, N . . D . 1 ' . . S . I . ' , , , 0 g . Q i . : h ' , - , , , 3 : V I , 1, v L L Q k'1 x 5 v 5 I . . Y . -- . . . . .L . - , , , K 1 K 1 1 J . . y . . . 7. . . . . . - - - -