Le Roy High School - Melting Pot Yearbook (Le Roy, IL)

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Left to right-S. Epperson. T. Mears. M. Shrigley. E. Pray. S. Sigler. J. Mears. E. Scott. J Beeler P. Wheet, D. Silvers. Joan Phillips, C. Crumbaugh, S. Schultz. E. Phillips. L. Lamont. E Hol derly, D. Reynolds, C. Linse. J. Dooley. G. Phillips, E. Mears, M. Donovan. L. Trantina. F Riddle M. Crumbaugh, D. Beaumar. R. Cline. G. Hodge. Jean Phillips. G. Roberts, F. Staley. S Prater T. Edwards. E. Frieburg. L. Hibbens, J. Wartena. to the beat of the drums. That is how eight we started our year's work in band. In September we journeyed to Eureka to participate in the annual Pumpkin Festival. During the parade, one of the clowns had quite a time flirting with Judith Dooley and Darlene Rey- nolds. How about it, Darlene? We played with the massed bands in an afternoon concert, and so that we would know where we had been, each of us was given a pumpkin pie. It was a common sight during the football season to see the march- ing band led by drum major, Lynn Hibbens, and drum majorettes, Jan- nette Wartena and Judith Dooley, parading down Center Street practicing for the half-time maneuvers presented at the games. The white uniforms with maroon and gold capes looked pretty sharp. What if we did drop a few batons, lose a little music due to occasional windy blasts, and freeze a few fingers! We also took part in the Halloween Parade, and in the pep session before the Farmer City game. After the football season, the concert band started working on music for assembly programs and the District Contest. The assemblies were given on February 15 and March 23 and were made up of numbers by the band, chorus, and several ensembles. The band went to the McLean County Music Festival held at ISNU on April 14. Then on May 9 we had our Spring Concert toward which we worked all year. The last activity of the year was the Memorial Day Parade. Mrs. William Allison was our able director during, all our activities.

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BLEED PAGES, ZINC ETCHIN GS, AND DUMMIES- these words didn't mean a thing until we started work on the 1950 annual. To start our annual off, Suzanne Schultz, Myra Shrigley, and Miss Shippy attended the ISHSPA Convention at Champaign last fall. They came back full of ideas and enthusiasm. The editors and the adviser put their heads together to make up the dummy of the annual. While they were processing the dummy, the advertising committee really went all out to make the advertising campaign a huge success. Next on the schedule, we started work on picture arrangements trying to make groupings as informal as possible. Luckily it was a sunny day when the photography came, enabling us to take some outdoor shots. It was really a problem getting the senior pictures mounted, but by staying up quite late one night, we did it. Last, but by no means the least work, were the writeups, and then off to the press! We wish to thank our engraver for his helpful suggestions on the layout, our photographer for his excellent pictures, our book binder for the attractive cover, and our printer for his splendid cooperation. Our staff was made up of the following members: editor, Suzanne Schultz, co-editor, Edith Mears, junior editor, Myra Shrigleyg business manager, Judith Dooley, advertising, Dean Nichols, Wallace Beeler, Richard Hillard, and Howard Wirtg sports reporters, Jay Simmons, Bob Flanagan, and Milo LeFeverg photography, Janice O'Neal, Thelma Evans, calendar, Jo Ann Riddle, Mary Miller, and Marilyn Peavlerg subscriptions, Barbara Golden and Shirley Rafferty: writers and typists, Stella Biven, Lois Tran- tina, Lynn Hibbens, Jean Phillips, Lois Lamont, Oleda Wheet, Josephine Johnson, Bertha Belle Poindexter, Mary Anne Graning, Laurisdine Hutson, Shirley Steege, Georgia Phillips, Jo Ann Beeler, and Shirley Williams, Advisor, Miss Helen Shippy. SEVEN

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SOPRANOS, ALTOS, TEN ORS, AND BASSES- Yes we said tenors and basses. At long last we again had a mixed chorus, though a ilttle unbalanced with fourteen boys to fifty-five girls. However, the boys held their own and we hope others will be encouraged to join next year. On February 15 and March 23, the chorus joined forces with the band to present two assembly programs, and both programs went over quite well with the students. The District Solo and Ensemble Contest was held at Paxton, March 25. We entered four vocal solos, three vocal ensembles, six instrumental soloists, and three instrumental ensembles. Both the band and chorus took part in the District Organization Contest, April 1. One of the biggest occasions during the year was the McLean County Music Festival at ISNU on April 14. Each school participating in the Festival was allowed two entries, either vocal or instrumental, and we entered the band and chorus. Various solos, ensembles, and organizations competed during the day for the honor of appearing on the evening program. For the evening per- formance, members of the festival chorus and band were made up of stu- :lents from all over McLean County selected on the basis of ability and ex- perience. All who participated in these contests enjoyed themselves and thought it was good experience. Early in the fall we started planning and working for our annual Spring Concert which was given on May 9. This winds up the events of the fear, and we feel that it has been a very successful one, thanks to Mrs. Al- lison and the students who cooperated so well. How l-S. Jackson. P. Flanagan. S. Prater, J. Dooley. J. Boldon. B. Poindexter. T. Edwards. H. Wiri. V. Marlowe. L. Corry. M. Saiierfeal. R. Billings. L. Corry. E. Frieburg. M. Shrigley. Row 2-M. Reeser. E. Pray. L. Lamont. S. Rafferty, S. Williams. J. Beeler. J. Wariena. J. Mears. E. Underhill. D. Dunlap. F. Riddle, E. Phillips. D. Nichols. L. Whitehouse. B. Sigler. M. Crum- baugh. B. Followell, B. Donovan. E. Mears. E. Allen. M. Donovan. S. Schultz. L. Traniina. Joan Phillips. S. Owens, Mrs. Allison-director. Row 3-M. Spratt. E. Holderly. L. Ellifriis. C. Crumbaugh. M. Land. G. Roberts. T. Mears. C. Taylor. G. Phillips. K. Robbins. L. Hibbens, W. Beeler. R. Hillard. Jean Phillips. E. Leathers. L. Wil- liamson. J. Hamblin. E. Norfleei, D. Reynolds. T. Evans. S. Sigler. M. Hill. F. Staley. D. Beau- mar. l'1ITlC