Hartford City High School - Retro Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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L Drama Ancl Speech Encourage Creative Expression In his English, literature, speech and dramatics classes, Mr. George Tolson prepared upperclassmcn for college work. I-Ie also sponsored and directed the junior and senior class plays, Men Are Like Streetcarsn and I Remember Mama. George college-is-rough Tolson attended Indiana University and has acquired his B.A. and M.A.T. degrees. The high school dramatics club, which had its be- ginning last spring, continued this year with many varied activities. The Thespian Society, whose purpose is to produce plays and train talent, not only in acting but also in stage craft, is sponsored by Mr. George Tolson. Netting the group about S40 was their production of the Broadway play, You Canit Take It XWith You. One act plays presented by club members for civic organizations were How To Choose a Secretaryf, and Why I Am a Bachelor. Besides the plays, they also dramatized several various skits, one being a parody of Steve Alle-n's Man on the Street, at the Christmas program. Officers this year for the organization were Frank Cunningham, president: Ada Hoffman, vice-president: Marilyn Klepfer, secretary: Carrie Atkins, treasurer and Dave Bennett, sergeant-at-arms. THESPIAN SOCIETY ROW' l: Mr. Tolson, sponsor: 'I. H.irrm.in. C. Brow, A. Hoffman, D. Bennett, M. Klepfer, C. Atkins, D, Smith. K, Shady, gl. Mcflintic, E. Cederholm, K. Stroup. ROW 2: T. Boots, S. Cochran, B. Dearticld, C. Crimmel, M. Roc, B. Mills, Leech, P. W'illman, M. Necdlcr. B. jackson. K. Brow. C, Hcdstrnm. ROW' 3: N. Lord, P. Coleman, B. McDaniel. E. Lefcuurt, AI. Hurshbergcr, F. Streib, P. Hemmert, D. Gondnighr, B. jones, C. Hamilton. . A Nlr. Tnlsiin assumes .i i.ll11Ill.ll' pow wlnle lci.ttirli1.i.g to his linglixh students. 4il'lliif'll 1'illii'ii'Lli'lf!,-f.'. 'iivrwi' ri iii

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Band Earns Acclaim In Marching, Pop Serious Music iii: c-,, . ll Guiding the junior and senior band members in the finer things of music was Mr. XY'illi.1m Fread. From thc tiniest song-flute to the biggest bass, all tooted in time to the maestro's baton. Mr. Fread studied at Indiana State Teacher's Col- lege, and has his BS. and M.S. degrees. Bedecked in shining uniforms of black and gold, the HCHS marching band traveled to the Bluffton street fair early in the fall and brought home an ex- cellent rating for their performance. Weeks of rigid training and 'eight-by- five' marching won the instrumentalists a superior rating for their maneuvers and show, XY'hat's My Line? at the district marching contest in Fort Wayne. Ifntertainin football and basketball fans with halftime shows and son s, the 3 g band members, sticking to the belief that rain or snow, the band must go, also marched in local parades. They trekked to Fort XVayne early in the morning to give a concert for Teachers Institute and participated in the NISBOVA concert band contest in the spring. sz- Y HARTF ORD A 'fl- RXAQG Elf L, THFIORW BAND ROW' 2: P. Chick. K. Blair Insnxilltr I7 Iicthnrt B Lanning rv' ilu-LR51 h- 0Nb ffW, B. Arnold. V. Myers. T. Smith. C. Shores, P. Barley, P. Martin, T. Osbornt I Di 5 E Atkinson T Boots Iemn'n2Z- Shawhan, B. Dearfield, C Ayers A Critex 9 Crouse F Strub ROW' 1: D. Hoy, K. Tidd, A. Merkel, B. Daniels, P. Wkwolcn, M. Groves, P. Huggins, S. Kennedy. hl. Major, S. Cochran, K. Brose. ROW' 3: H. V'underlin Yinnatttr lx Sutton C Hcaxenridze Smith, L, Hedstrom. j. Behnen P Vtlsh G Eaton