Morton Memorial Schools - Retrospect Yearbook (Knightstown, IN)

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Band Row one: Gary Tuttle, James Cline, Donald Bumbalough, Bruce White, Robert Richie, Richard Crouch, Wesley Walters, Ricky Ervin, Donald Bowling, William Coleman, Richard Cline, and Gary White. Row two: Charles Cline, Randy White, Lyle Lowdermilk, Darrell Thornton, Steve Lemons, Rickey Dukes, Danny Spitzer, John Dicus, James Lowdermilk, Mike Able, Mike Graham, and John Worthington. Row three: Darryl Spencer, Larry Hines, Dennis Smith, Tom Sullivan, Neil Bell, Eddie Ervin, Mike Decker, David Molden, John Sullivan, Donnie Decker, Robert Plummer, and James Robertson. Row three: David Bowling, William Hartley, James Bowling, Mr. Byers, Director; Danny Guffey, William Wells, and Alan Schible. BAND T HE MORTON High School Band, directed by Mr. Walter Byers, has a membership of forty-three boys. The band participates in many activities during the year. The most outstanding are the Legion Day marching activities and the Memorial Day ceremony. A winter concert is also presented each year to the students at Morton. The band also participated in various contests during the school year. The State Fair Marching Contest held each year at the Indiana State Fair is a highlight in the lives of both the band boys and Mr. Byers. The band also participated in the Spring Music Contest held at Greenfield, April 20. DANCE BAND HE DANCE Band is one of the organiz¬ ations in which Morton has much pride. This organization, known as the “Modern- aires,” is made up of advanced students in music and is directed by Mr. Walter Byers. The “Modernaires” provide music for many special trips and events during the school year. Providing music for the annual dance review is one of the greatest highlights for the members of the Morton Dance Band.

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Choir Row one: Vicki Mathis, Patricia Parsons, Cecilia Reed, Nancy Overton, Sharon Shaw, Jeannie Kuhn, Penny Robbins, and Mrs. Dorothy Wright, Director. Row two: David Bowling, William Wells, Brenda Sizemore, Judy Wilhelm, Jeanne Walters, Linda Marksberry, Rosemary Marksberry, Sonny Stahl, and James Bowling. Row three: Darrell Thornton, Louise Sizemore, Ruth Garrett, Sherry Ferguson, Iva Williams, Kitty Ellis, Geneva Crouch, Jane Robertson, Barbara Able, and Marvin Bowling. Row four: Richard Cline, Jackie Ervin, Olivia France, Mary Stroud, Lottie Sanders, Karen Reuille, Barbara Grounds, Nancy Brewer, Carolyn Dicus, and Tom Sullivan. Row five: David Angel, Dale Hill, Lyle Lowdermilk, Alan Schible, Norman Dukes, Charles Cline, Gary White, Richard Hill, Steve Parsons, and Richard Wilbur. (Mrs. Kemp, director; absent when picture was taken.) CHOIR HE MORTON Robed Choir, under the di¬ rection of Mrs. Turese Kemp and Mrs. Dorothy Wright consists of forty-six mixed voices. The choir provides music for the Sun¬ day church services held in the Chapel, and also provides special cantatas at Christmas and Easter time. The choir participated in the annual Spring Festival at Cambridge City, working diligently to prepare many songs for the event. In addition to this the choir entered in the Music Contest at Greenfield, April 20. GIRLS’ CHORUS HE GIRLS’ Chorus is another of Morton’s fine musical organizations. It is composed of twenty-eight girls, each of these partic i¬ pating in the Robed Choir. This group under the direction of Mrs. Turese Kemp attended the Choral Festival at Cambridge City.