New Troy High School - Trojans Yearbook (New Troy, MI)

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ROW l Marjorie Anderson, Marlene Hasse, Marjorie Crawford, Bob Svobada, Jim Radde, 'Victor Trapp, Arlene White, Marjorie Mitchell, Evelyn Macholtz. ROW Z Carl Hildebrandt, Phyllis Smith, Mary Alice Cain, Alice Aitchison, Marion Kinsel, Elaine Backus, Aileen Vigansky, Doris Richardson, Jim Durkot, John Wharton, Douglas Aitchison, Mrs. Tibbles. ROW 3 Irvin Schmaltz, lrvin Hildebrant, Erick Riske, Vernon Trapp, Junior Schaffer, Rudy Strefling, Jerry Peterson, Harold Backus, Bob Jansen. Absent from Picture: Allen Zielke, Junior Krurnrie. FRESHMEN CLASS Though we are the smallest class in the High School, our number has greatly increased from the small nurnber thirteen last year to a total of thirty one this year. We have six boys playing basketball on the second team this year. , Junior Schaffer and Jerry Peterson prove very promising for the first team next year. We are also very proud to have one of our girls as a cheerleader,Arlene White. All but one of our girls are in the Girl's Glee Club. We have two members in the High School Band, Marjorie Mitchell and Doris Richardson. Our class colors are blue and maize. Our class president is James Radcle and our vice-president is Victor Trapp. We have a girl secretary, Marjorie Mitchell and a girl treasurer Marjorie Crawford. Our Student Council members are Arlene White and Bob Svoboda. 28

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HISTORY OF' THE BAND The band has been a school organization for many years, but the earliest tangible record of credits dates back to 1929. Before this an orchestra was organized, but was inactive. During its earlier existence the band partook in a few events but present- ed itself without uniforms. ln 1941, the group had grown to the outstanding number of forty, many of whom were grade school members. In the same year the organization was presented with green capes and caps, their first uniforms, by the P.T.A. Each member furnished his own white shirt and trousers. The band, having made this encouraging gain, had dwindled down to twenty-one members when Mrs. Tibbles accepted the position as music director in the fall of '43. The memberships wavered between twenty and twenty-five during the following three years. Several basic members graduated during this time bring- ing the nurnber down to sixteen in 1946. But through the efforts and encourage- ment of Mrs. Tibbles, many new members were admitted into the band to increase its nurnber by a few members each year. This year a membership campaign was launched along with one for new uniforms. In the fall of '49, twenty-three members enrolled and in the second semester nine new members were promoted from the Junior Band, making a total membership of thirty-two at the end of the year. New uniforms were purchased with the help of the Trojan Band Boosters Club and through the hard work on the part of the band--the dream of a year and a half was realized and the new band uniforms were worn at the beginning of the years activities. 30