McKinley High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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A MUSICAL EVENING HA Musical Evening was presented on November 19 by all the students in the vocal department and the orchestra of the instru- mental department under the competent direc- tion of Miss Maurinc Hamblin and Mr. Paul Anthony. This musical program, in which about 160 students participated, replaced the fall operetta usually given each year. The program was presented in tive parts: First, two numbers by the Girls Glee Club and two sung by the Boys Glee Club, Second, a selection played by the orchestra, Third, An Evening in 1870 in three scenes, Fourth, an- other selection by the orchestra, and last, two impressive numbers sung by a combined chorus and accompanied by the orchestra. An Evening in 1870 , an original musical skit, was the highlight of the program in which old fashioned songs were sung by soloists of the voice department, and two instrumental numbers, a piano solo by Frances Kacerovsky and a violin solo by Janet Sullivan, were pre- sented. Featured vocal soloists were: Frances Kacerovsky, George McNelly, Gaylord DeYaul, Rose Marie jun, and Victoria Abodeely. The Barber Shop Quartet was composed of Joe Schaber, Gifford Tow, Orrin Gorsch and Gay- lord DeVaul. Other members of the cast were: Mary Switzer, Gloria Lehti, Norma Wagner, and Frances Marshall, 1'hi,-fy Another outstanding musical event of the year was the All-City Music Festival, pre- sented on the evenings of April 21 and Z2 at VVilson High School, with members of the voice and instrumental departments of the four high school participating. Certain members of McKinley's Girls' and Boys' Glee Clubs, Mixed Chorus and A Cappel- la Choir were chosen by Miss Hamblin to sing at the festival. They were: Victoria Abodeely. Norma VVagner, Lida Mulvaney, Rose Marie jun, Betty Robertson, Norma Ingels, Natalie Skogsbergh, Rosemary Eicher, Betty Fries, ,lac- queline Rice, janet Sullivan, Marcella Harvey, Mary C. Locke, Ruth Ressler, Eleanor Barnes, Donna Kizer, Patty Pratt, Lorraine Leksa, Mary Davison, VVaneta Owen. joan Hiner- wadel, Marilyn Parks, Betty Yuva, Hazel Price, Josephine Marad, Barbara Risk, Mildred Koehn, Betty Ard, Teresa Cortez, Margaret Besta, Marie Besta, Ann Seldon, Gerry Grubic, Bob Kovar, Gifford Tow, George McNelly, Bob Pierce, Irvin Tucker. Willard Towner, jim Schaber, Tom Kacere, Alec Abodeely. Bill Dav- enport, Bob Worcester, joe Haddy, Roy Sor- enson, Eugene Mason, Ray Sorenson, Paul Swan, Dave Warren, Tom Carrithers, Orrin Gorsch, joe Schaber, jimmy Bean, Zelpha johnson, and Yivian Abodeely.

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JUNE CLASS PLAY Every Fomily Hos One On the evening of April 28, 1944, the June graduates, under the capable direction of Mrs. Walter Estby, presented a comedy in three acts: 'tEvery Family Has One,', by George Batson. The story of the play concerns a typical American family, the Reardons, and their prob- lems. The social-climbing mother, Laura, played by Eileen Smith, tries her best to ele- vate her family to the upper set of society. She manages to get her daughter, Marcia, played by Frances Marshall, engaged to wealthy Sherwin Parker, played by Harry Retz. The whole Reardon family has to re-organize their way of living in order to give a good im- pression to Mr. and Mrs. Parker, enacted by Marilyn Parks and jim Westcot. When the Parkers come to visit, the Rear- don's wise-cracking grandmother, played by Patty Donald, takes matters into her own hands. She manages to throw a monkey wrench into Laurals plans by bringing to their home a certain cousin Lily, played by Roth Coates, who joins Nana's conspiracy, and convinces the Parkers that the whole Reardon family is insane. The Parkers leave hastilyg Warry Reardon, the young son, played by David Warren, falls in love with Lily, Marcia is free to marry the man she really loves, Todd Galloway, played by Jim McNamara, devilish Penelope, Marcia's younger sister, played by Dorothea Fry, con- tentedly returns to her sling-shot and piano, Reginald, Laura's easy going husband, played by Milton Chase, happily puts on his grease- stained overalls and becomes his old self again, and Essie, the disgusted maid, played by Nadine Thompson, is delighted to see the family re- turn to normal after the strain she went through, trying to properly impress the Parkers with finger bowls and crepe suzettes. In spite of measles, mumps, and scarlet fever threatening the cast at the last minute, the final production was given successfully. The student body wishes to thank Mrs. Estby for the ad- mirable direction shown in both of the year's Senior Plays, and also the student teachers from Coe, who did a fine job. Twenty-nine

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A CAPPELLA CHQIR L - Top Row, left to right: IJ. Clemmer, O, tjorsch, T. Carrithers, R, llauchy. G. MeNelly, G. Tow. J. Sehalmcr, NY. Storm. M. Chase, R. Pierce, E. Parkingllam, H. Retz. Tliird Row. left to right: T. Kacere, I. NValker. B, Fries. YV. Davenport, j. McNan1ar:i, A, Abotleely. L. Christian. B. Arrl. lJ'. XYarren. Second Row, left to right' Miss Ilamlrlin, VV. Iitlen, S. Klassen, l.. Arnpey, L. David, R. Kessler, M. l'ontlon. Al. Hinerwaclel. R. Eicher. First Row, left to right: ll. Risk. S. jenkins, B. Low, l . Marshall, M. Parks, Z, Johnson, T. Cortez, 11. Besta. lvlclilnley A Coppello Choir The A Cappella Choir provided much of the sch0ol's musical entertainment during the past year. Its members sang at the Fall and Spring Socratecian inductions. carolled in the halls to open the Christmas season. sang in a massed chorus at the June Commencement and took part in A Musical Evening, along with the other voice departments and the orchestra. Firxl Soprtznos First A lt ox S. Klassen F. Marshall B, Low B. Risk I., Ampeg' N R. Rcsslcr .Srfond Altos J. Walker Z' Johnson B- FACS Besta R. Eicher W' Edcn S' Jenkins M. Condon B. Ard Sfrond S0p1'ar10s T. Cortez j. Hinerwadcl M. Parks P L. Christian L, David In addition to participation in school affairs, the choir opened thc Christmas season at Kil- lians by singing carols and sang at the Rotary Club and the First Congregational Church. Certain members of the choir were chosen to take part in the Music Festival given April Z1 and 22. The following were members of the choir' First Tmmrx B4l1'ii0f1PS B. Pierce D. Clemmcr G. MCNCllj' H. Retz G. Tow T. Kacere 1 A. Abodeely .Second Tenvrx B. Davenport R. Dauchy J. McNamara Ba-yt-5-5 E. Packingham O. Gorsch M. Chase J. Schaber IJ. Warren T. Carrithcrs VV. Storm Thirty-one