Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

Page 23 text:

•RCHESTRATI«N

Page 22 text:

Caterers and Designers Umm! Smells good. After long hours of studying kitchen arrange- ments, care of kitchen equipment, proper nutri- tion, buying and preparing foods, and the impor- tance of breakfasts, luncheons and dinners, the families of four donned aprons and invaded the kitchen. They also put up ' some delicious- looking cans of fruit under the supervision of Miss Margaret Snow. After a brush-up on manners and going into personal grooming, color and lines, cutting and sewing began in earnest. Many lovely creations of cotton and wool soon made the fashion parade lively. With throbbing feet, the adventuresome home ec-ers returned from a tour of Ionia in which they observed different types of houses for a study of architecture. Another field day found these energetic girls visiting the furniture mu- seum in Grand Rapids. To show their skill, they refinished a table and a set of drawers. These girls now possess the invaluable knowledge of managing and creating attractive homes. A vocational study required a lot of lookin ' up, and reports listed the girls from hairdressers to aviatrixes. At special holidays such as Christmas, the spirit of the season brought artistic abilities off the shelves and put them into practice on clever cards and wrapping papers. The results of the girls ' handiwork were shown off in the display case during the Christmas week. In time of need, the versatile girls will be pres- ent to apply their first aid skill, or to help the neighbors out after a study of child care. Toward the end of the year these tomorrow ' s homemakers gave up their cherished sewing room to the mechanical drawing classes and moved into the bake shop to carry on.

Page 24 text:

DONALD E. CRANE — As the energetic band conductor, Mr. Crane was further busied by his two theory classes. He received his B.S. degree from his alma mater M.S.C. and also is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and National Association of Rudimental drum- mers. His hobbies are baton twirling, abnor- mal psychology and psychiatry. Step Off With a Fanfare When the new maestro, Mr. Donald Crane, stepped to the podium, the curtains opened on a 60 piece marching band. With a few exceptions, this same group of musicians composed the concert band. Led by a flashy majorette corps, the band, stepping to a snappy drum beat, endured the chill weather to entertain the crowd at the half during the football sea- son. The bleacher society will long remember the syn- copated marching which the band performed to Dark- town Strutter ' s Ball at the Greenville game. The Christmas and spring concerts held the audi- ences spell-bound as the band demonstrated its super blending and tone. All school parties were staged by the band under the direction of John Barnes, president; Carley Warden and Jane Douglas, vice presidents; Russell Breckon, secretary; and Janet Jepson, treasurer. The band with its complete instrumentation was as follows: cornets and trumpets, John Barnes, Russell Breckon, Frank Alfonso, Ray Lower, Marilyn Ries, Don Oliphant, Dwight Stewart, Hugh Hodges and Gary Moore; French horns, Alice Weisgerber, Robert Schol- tens, Jo Ann Reynolds and Bill Hall; baritones, Don Funk and Nancy Hilton; trombones, Gerald Martin, Harry Hazzard, Bill Hickok, Wayne Roush, Virginia Hamlin, Pat Griffin, Karl Gierman and Dorothy Rie- ger; clarinets, Joan Bowne, Margaret Strand, Burton Essex, John Morris, Mary Lou Douglas, Joyce Fox, La- Vone Gardner, Mary Jo Dodes, Joyce Winchell and Joan Higbee; bass clarinet, Richard Burlingame; bas- soon, Marcia Holbrook; flutes, Pat Clay and Janet Todd; saxophones, Lois Anslow, Gerald Galloway, Geraldine Griffin and Russell Scholtens; percussion, Doris Owens, Roger Nielsen, Gaylord Courter, Jane Douglas, Janet Jepson and Eleanor Westbrook. At the midterm, Eleanor Westbrook took the place of Carley Warden on bells and tympani; Jane Douglas changed from snare to cymbals in place of Lesly Echlin. Both girls completed their credits in January. ' I Formation