Morton High School - Top Hat Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Some of the members of Morton ' s first high school band with seniors, look rather uncomfortable here. The sun was very hot and bright. Left to right, front row: Glenda Benjamin, Tom Bander, Tom Anderson, Jim Beckett, Janet Wilkins, Lucy Baker. Pat Parchem, Carl Melton, Barbara Brooke. Second row: Sue Wasmund, Alice Williams, Betsy Hooker, Donna Benjamin. Elizabeth McKenney, Jack Larkin, Pat Hill, Jim Trull, Nancy Shutts, Glen Williams, Pat Garson, Lorna Clark, Pat Miles, Helen Popyk, George Hand, Doris Gray, Rosemary St. Clair. Third row: Christine Anderson, Carol Knopf, Pat Harrigan, Sylvia Shondel, Betty Feldt, Lynn Fitzwater, Dave Ritter. John Nagy, Jack Hayden, Don Kirkland, James Criswell. Dale Dunston, Parker Hand, Jim Hatos, Colleen Popyk, Faith Worman, Ray Narug, Marlene Sadewasser, Donna Struhs, Alice Hopman, BAND LOOKS SNAZZY Any band member will tell yo u it isn ' t an easy matter to keep those ranks and liles so straight. This was the first year for one of the activities of the Senior Band, too. They participated in the High School Marching Con- test at Valparaiso for the, first time — not only participated but won a first division. Other activities during the year were play- ing for football games, the fall and spring concerts, the City Music Festival and the Band Contest in La Porte, acting as hosts for the District Solo and Ensemble Contest, and the chili supper sponsored by the Band Parents Association. The band is dire- cted by