Handy High School - Occident Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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Under the direction of drum major jack McMillan, the majorettes worked and practiced long hard hours to present a colorful and ex- citing show at the halftime of the football games. They practiced with the band during the regular hours, polishing up on old routines and per- fecting new ones. Besides participating during the halftime ceremonies, the majorettes also took an active part in the annual Musical Merry-Go-Round and various parades. The majorettes last year were head majorette Jeanne Kuch, senior, Karen DeLong and Sharron Doutre, juniors, Cookie Roese, Karen Mfilliams, and Nancy Ford, sophomores, and Barbara Bal- lor, a freshman. Front to back, majorettes Cookie Roese, Barb Ballor, and Karen Williams practice their rou- tmes. Majorettes led band Majorettes left to right, are Karen DeLong, jeanne Kuch, Ballor, and Nancy Ford. Kneeling in front is drum Cookie Roese, Karen Williams, Sharron Doutre, Barbara major, Jack McMillan. School life 23

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Ihe students banded together in the v st tetm powered over ours for a clesive vietoryg stadium is .1 cheering group but ll was no use but the spirit of the annual rivalry was high lor the sucnlh yt II in 1 rom Ccntrals mighty during the entire game. Hand played Central .... and lost Despite the Asiatic flu that hit almost a third of the Handy students, a capacity crowd was attracted to the annual Handy-Central game. Almost all our football team played in the inter- city classic, but that didn't stop Central from taking the lead throughout the game, and win- ning by a score of 53-12. Although Central missed the state title by one game, we were proud of the fact that we were the first to score two touchdowns against our cross-town rivals. Bill Toporski, known as the torpedo, checked n 1'rill's heartbeat to see if he was well enough for the trip to the Flu Bowl. School lzfe

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Row l Ruth Coyer, Gary Taylor, Dean Baker, jim Hill, Marcia Voisine. Row .Z Francis Yanna, Mary jo Snople, Lynn Cooper, Pat Brown and Eileen johnson. Row .5 Kathy Plessner, Penny Snogren, joanne Chard, Carole Kilpatrick, judy Taglower, Alice Grunder, and janet McComb. Row 4: Carol Burk, janet Austin, jucly Raedeke, jo Ellen Walrath, Pat Van Tassel, Karen DeLong, Ben Bickham, and janice Logan. Band was a big attraction Mr. White assumes his usual cheerful pose dur- ing practice. The main purpose of the band was to give the students a better knowledge of music and to serve the public. Under the direction of Mr. Robert lfVhite, the band had many activities during the past year. The 89 students in band provided the musical background for the football games, basketball games, the Harvest Hop, the Mid-Winter Con- cert, Merry'Go-Round, and also participated in some of the local parades. The band also took trips throughout the year. One of the most important of these was the trip to Ann Arbor for Band Day, along with many other bands. They also journeyed to Al- pena and Midland during the football season to give the team moral support. Sch 001 life