Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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CHORUS WINS FIRST 3 IN DISTRICT CONTEST Under the direction of its new director, Carl Lundgren, the choir is keeping up their good name. “God of Our Fathers” was one of the out- standing numbers that was heard at the con- cert given by the choir in the school gym. Also, on the calendar for the year was the District Music Contest, in which the choir won first place. Paula Pickford, Elaine Green, and Pearl Shrout made up the trio this year and their lilting voices were heard at several appearances with the choir. MR. CARL LUNDGREN MERRILLVILLE CHORUS 27

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THE MUSIC If you heard a loud noise coming from the band room, it was no cause for alarm. Someone had just hit a sour note and Mr. Lundgren was letting them know it. In case you didn’t know, Mr. Lundgren is our new band director, from Elgin, Illinois. Boy, don’t they look sharp! I’m talking a- bout the marching band that Merrillville is so proud of. They played and marched at five of our home football games and took a trip to the Crown Point football game. Hey! We can’t over look our high stepping majorettes, Sandra Fra- zure, Nancy Burke and Noreen Struble, or the new drum major, Dick Newman. In addition to a marching band we have a pep band for some of the basketball games. Several concerts were given during the year and they entered the District and State contests. Also quite a few of the band mem- bers entered the District and State Solo En- semble Contest. In appreciation for what the Band Boosters did for us the band played at an Ice Cream Social and several other engagements. The officers for the year were Patty Shear- er, President: Don Leake, Vice-President; Fred Smith, Secretary-Treasurer; Loma Geyer, Li- brarian, and Joe Titley, Sergeant-at-Arms. After a very successful year the band gave a send off to the graduation class at Baccalau- reate and Commencement exercises. 26

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TWO PRACTICE TEACHERS IN THE AG. SHOP MERRILLVILLE CHOSEN AS TEACHER TRAINING CENTER The Merrillville Agriculture Department in cooperation with Mr. Miller and Mr. Houchin, has been placed as one of the thirteen teacher training centers of vocational agriculture for Purdue University. Since January 5th, we have received four men for instruction in the high school. Our agriculture department was selected because of outstanding equipment and teach- ing aids, active Future Farmer work, except- ional 4-H achievement, and a basically sound program in Supervised Farm Practice or pro- ject work. All of the above features are placed high on Purdue’s requirements for practice training in agriculture. Some outstanding extra curricular work has been accomplished by members of the Fu- ture Farmers of America. Howard Hughes won first in Public Speaking in the district, Knox, Indiana. Charles Gernenz, Charles Hoeppner, and Robert Reed were nominated to Hoosier Parmer Degree. Donald Conrad won first in District Grain Judging, and Leslie Nelson won first in County Grain Judging. Robert Reed, Edward Hein, and Fred Taylor all have ex- ceedingly good programs in Supervised Farm Practice. During the football season all Future Farmers worked in the concession stand selling refreshments. MR. LOREN CARRIER 28