Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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THE 104-3 ILLOHMET GLEE CLUB The Girls’ Glee Club and the Mixed Chorus are two organizations in the music department of which M. C. H. S. can be justly proud. They always give excellent performances for the concerts throughout the year. Their library is complete, and they are capable of furnishing excellent entertainment on various types of programs. Their part on the Christmas programs are well received; their concerts are always anticipated as outstanding events; and their presence also adds much to the baccalaureate services. The mixed chorus consists of the following: FIRST SOPRANOS Nellie Mae Bradley Joanne Dean Mabel Inez Dunn Virgie Fisher Betty Grace Billie Grace Mary Malin Maraline Meinders Marilyn Owens SECOND Mary Anderson Virginia Baccus Marie Bess Wanda Bullock Alice Corson Alpha Della Girtman Emalyn Simpson Mary Steele Patricia McCluskey Janice Sweney Joyce Sweney Billie Jo Tiner Jeane Van Hooser Thelma Westerman Ellen Ruth Williams SOPRANOS Helen Jessing Mary Rodgers Carolyn Rouse Alberta Scott Wanda Turner Norma Wiseman ALTO Betty Angel Charlene Barfield Mildred Dennis Harriett Evers Mary Lee Grace Alice Lee Heath Winnie Lippert Naomi Speck man Carol Williams Adele Wilfred PIANISTS Jo Nelle Miner Anna Lee Armstrong PROGRAM FOR SPRING CONCERT BAND March—The Thunderer ........................... Sousa Selection—Westward Ho .......................... Thomas March—Three Short, One Long .................... Monson Tone Poem—Monastery at Sunset ................... Coons Bob Cagle, Soloist. Popular—This is the Army, Mr. Jones ............ Berlin GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB Allahs Holiday .................................. Friml Sleep .......................................... Lebeig Marines Hymn. MIXED GLEE CLUB When the Lights Go On Again .................... Seiler Carry Me Back to Old Virginia ................... Bland Finlandia .................................... Sibelius Minka ................................ Russian Folk Song Anchors Aweigh. BAND March—Simitar................................... Walton Trombone Solo—The World is Waiting for the Sunrise. Kenneth Caldwell, Soloist. Overture—Joyanna ............................ Gillette Patriotic—Ameiicade .......................... La Mater

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THE 1943 ILLOHMET GLEE CLUB (TOP) Row One: Alpha Della Girtman. Betty Grace, Virgie Fisher. Golda Latham. Harriett Evers. Carol Williams, Ellen Ruth Williams, Maraline Meinders, Joanne Dean, Mary Lee Grace. Row Two: Mildred Dennis. Mary Malin, Jo Nelle Miner, Virginia Baccus, Norma Jean Wiseman, Thelma Westerman, Alberta Scott, Wanda Turner, Alice Corson, Mabel Inez Dunn. Row Three: Emalyn Simpson. Dixie Gossage. Janice Sweney. Joyce Sweney, Adele Wilfred, Carolyn Rouse, Mary Olive Anderson, Naomi Speckman, Billie Joyce Grace. Row Four: Billie Jo Tiner, Jeanne Van Hooser. Alice Lee Heath, Mary Rodgers, Helen Jessing, Nellie Mae Bradley, Patty Ann McClusky, Betty Angel, Mary Steele, Charlene Barfield, Anna Lee Armstrong. (BOTTOM) Row One: Joseph Evers. Leslie Compton. Delbert Cox. Donald May, Calvin Bremer, Douglas Helm, Roby Fulkerson, Eugene Dye. Row Two: Carl Stoker, David Cummins. Lindell DeJarnett. Gale Adkins, Earnest Erhardt, Herbert Lynn, Johnny Bill Cummins.

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THE 194-3 ILLOHMET SENIOR PLAY CAST Row One: Kenneth Caldwell, Ralph Frazier, Charles Baldwin, Don May, Tom Graman. Row Two: Nellie Mae Bradley, Elaine Munal (Director), Jeane Van Hooser. Row Three: Mary Helen Littlemeyer, Charlene Barfield, Betty Angel, Winnie Lip- pert, Billie Jo Lindsey. EVERY FAMILY HAS ONE Penelope Reardon .... Laura Reardon ....... Mrs. James Parker ... Essie ............... Nana Reardon ........ Reginald Reardon .... Marcia Reardon ...... Wally Reardon ....... James Parker ........ Sherwin Parker ...... Lily Reardon ........ Todd Galloway ....... Stage Manager .... Business Manager Emma Jeane Van Hooser ....... Charlene Barfield ...... Winifred Lippert ............ Betty Angel Mary Helen Littlemeyer ....... Charles Baldwin ...... Billie Jo Lindsey ...... Kenneth Caldwell ........... Donald May .......... Ralph Frazier .... Nellie Mae Bradley ........... Tom Graman .. Clayton McLuckie ... O. D. Troutman The Reardons are a typical American family whose eccentricities, if hilarious, are only normal. Laura, the Mother, is a social climber who tells tales about her glorious ancestry. She is delirously happy because she has engineered a match between her daughter, Marcia, and wealthy Sherwin Parker. The youngest Reardon, Penelope, is a demon with a sling-shot and the piano. Wally, the only son, is positive he is the coming Eugene O’Neil. Reginald, the father, would rather tinker with the automobile than ticker tape, and Nana, the wise-cracking grandmother is only concerned with Bing Crosby records and getting rid of the Parkers. Nana succeeds in doing this with the help of Cousin Lily, an adorable liar from down home with stage aspirations. Lily, arriving unexpectedly, agrees to impersonate another Cousin Lily if Nana will help her get an acting job. Her performance as the skeleton in the Reardon closet is so convincing and the lurid facts she reveals so hilariously shocking that the mighty Parkers take to their heels in a hurry and Marcia is reunited with the boy she really loves. Nana returns to her Crosby records with the satisfaction of a job well done and Wally decides that even though his distant relative is a bit on the daft side, she’s the only girl for him.