Northern High School - Noroscope Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Grganized by Bequest Because of the many requests received for a small instrument- al group, the string quartet was organized this year to play at meetings of the Parent-Teacher Association, over the public ad- dress system and many of Northerns club and organiza- tion gatherings. Members of the string quar- tet were Frances Skrzela, Bich- ard Carr, Betty Everett and Mer- vin Whitcomb. lnterested in Music MUSTC teachers were present at the meetings of the Goldman Band Club in which lfred Smith, Bernard Smith and Charles Ensinger demonstrat- cd the playing of various instru- ments. This club was formed to pro- mote a keener musical interest among Northern students and is open to all students interest- ed in music. The club has been trying to raise a fund to pur- chase a bell lyre. The outstanding event of the year will be the Band Club ban- quet at the close of the school year when letters will be pre- sented to the deserving stu- dents. The officers were Peter Man- giaracina, president, Robert Mergan, vice president, Ernes- tine Borey, secretary and Wal- lace Gilmour, treasurer. Swap Stamps, Coins TRADING- of coins, stamps and V I information and giving re- ports featured the meetings of the Stamp and Coin Club, Northernfs haven for philatelists and numismatists. At other meetings, Clare Dean, sponsor, showed the boys how to identify, clarify and watermark their stamps. Sev- eral visitors exhibited their col- Page 28 l String Quartet-They stage programs for the enjoyment of the community. Lett to right: Richard Carr, Frances Skrzela, Betty Everett and Mervin Whitcomb. G ld B d Cl b-They promote a keener interest in music aims. Bottom row, lett to righcfz Ixrfllaxfnlv Icalixrie Ncztingham, Geneva Stottlemeyer, Donald Catrell, Frances McCutcheon, and BettyASmurthwaite, top row, Monroe Karrer, Dwight Holman, Iack Taylor, Peter Mangiaiacina and Mervin L. Whitcomb. Stamp and Coin-Their hobby is collecting stamps and old coins, Bottom row, left to right: Raymond Granger, William Morgan, Gordon Cates and George Matus, top row, Darwin Kilbourn, Albert Ambrose, Bruce Cooke, and Clare Dean, sponsor. lections and told the stories back of certain stamps and coins. Officers of the club were George Matus, president, Al Ambrose, vice president, Dar- win Kilbourn, secretary and Gordon Cates, treasurer. Nineteen Thirty-Nine

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1 F w X, Y J U . 3' , Q. . my n WJ Band-Representing the school in both marching band and concert band, they played on numerous occasions. Bottom row, leit to right: Robert Farmer, Phillip Mangiaracina, Donald Larson, Elra Aldridge, Monroe Karrer, Edgar Lewis, Bob Conklin, Dick Davis and Wallace Gilmour, second row, James Wedding, Ernestine Borey, Peter Mangiaracina, Iack Taylor, John Turner, Lee Buck, Robert Ketrow, Sylvia Bateman, Mero Benes, Tom Bartosik, Willard Shaw and lack Chedister, top row, Harold Sack, Robert Colgan, Donald Miller, l:Illis Paquette, Herbert Gezster, D. V. Rice, Milton Hoedel, Dwight Holman, Richard Bailey, Robert Perkins, Bob Miller, Lew Stein, Edward Bent- ley, Bill Benincasa, Wesley Rice, Homer Arsenault and Carl Shaw. Band Plays at All Home Basketball, Football Games LTHOUGH band activities were divided between a marching band and the con- cert band many students par- ticipated in both. The march- ing band and concert band pro- vided music for all home loot- ball and basketball games as Well as parades, The concert band entertained for various organizations around Flint. The band also appeared in the General Motors Parade of Progress, the Armistice Day pa- rade and later tor the service held in the l. M. A. auditorium and Grand Blanc homecoming game. Robert Farmer and Phillip Mangiaracina, members of the two bands, were selected to play in the all-state band which convened at Detroit during the National Music Supervision Conference. Orchestra Entertains at All School Functions HE all-city orchestra concert, combining the music groups of Northern and Central, high- lighted the orchestra activity ot the year. The all-city concert was held under the baton of Thor lohnson conductor ol the Little Symphony orchestra ol Ann Arbor. The orchestra also supplied the music tor the senior play, senior honor night, and the ac- companiments for Northern's opera The Gondoliersu. Members also journeyed to Ann Arbor to participate in the annual Michigan High School Music Festival. Q Orchestra-They played at school musical aitairs and in city-wide concerts Bottom row, Richard Carr, Frances Skrzela, Bett Everett, Darold Holzworth, Mervin Whitcomb, Iames Hiscock, Sam Mangiaracinag second row, Frances Eckleberry, Mary Buckhalter, lclyron Le Galley, Lawrence Mills, Betty Smurthwaite, Robert Farmer, Imogene Blystone, Frances McCutcheon, Geneva Stottlemeyer, Edgar Lewis, Bruce Iohnson, Lyle Gardner, Sara Smith and Kenneth Metcalf, top row, Marian Harburn and Georgiana Winters. Noroscope pQge27

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4 3 , , A., 2 ig r f Publication Staff-Publishing the North Wind and Noroscope was the job of this group. Bottom row, left to right: Martha Ann Patricia Gerow, Mary Margaret Haney, Maxine Donigan, Marietta Shore, Marjorie Knack and janey Humphrey, second row, y Ali e Dinsmore, Freda Sendler, Margaret james, Edith Leavitt, jeannette Rumbold, Alice Hood and Betty Lawrence, third row, Evely Barker, june Cook, Onalee jones, Angeline Milo, Catherine Hood, Oleda Rockatellow and Elaine Distelrath, top row, Bill Adams, Alan Bradshaw, Stanford Bradshaw, Wilbur McCrum, Charles l-lirnelhoch, joe Buben, jack Bisanz and 'Wayne Miller. School Paper Published by New Staff for Each Semester THE NORTH WIND, Northern's bi-weekly paper, commem- orated its tenth anniversary this year. The staffs were chos- en as usual from members of the journalism classes. The l938 editorial staff was composed of Mary Alice Dins- more, editor-in-chief, Elaine Distelrath, copy reader and as- sociate editor, Alice Hood, news editor, Catherine Hood, fea- ture editor, Marjorie Knack, second page editor, joe Buben, sports editor, Evelyn Barker and Onalee jones, clubs and organ- izations editors and Louis Schulz, faculty adviser. Reporters were S t a n f o r d Bradshaw, Alan Bradshaw, Sam Carpenter, Maxine Donigan, Madelon Duffany, Eunice Fisher, Eloise Hokanson, jane Lambert- son, Betty Lawrence, Edith Leavitt, Wayne Miller, Oleda Rockafellow, Freda Sendler, jean Plew and Edward Wolfe. On the business staff Bob Bendle was business manager, joe Buben, advertising mana- ger, Pauline Lounsberry, circu- lation manager, Virginia Pierce, exchange editor, Virginia Keil- lor, assistant exchange editor, Oleda Rockafellow, bookkeep- er, and Earl Peterson, faculty adviser. Noroscope SAUL PITTSLEY, Barbara Sal- mon, Betty Rice, Dean Sav- age, Helen Zigo, Anna Lou jones, and jacques Du Roy also worked on the advertising staff. On the 1939 staff were Alan Bradshaw, editor-in-chief, Wil- bur McCrum, news editor, jane Hunter, editorials, jack Bisanz, exchange editor, june Cook and Mary Haney, features, Patricia Gerow, clubability, Eloise Ho- kanson, room to room, janey Humphrey and Edythe De Cou, copy readers, La Roy Dean and Angeline Milo, sports editors and Louis Schulz, faculty advis- or. Stewart Barron, Charles Him- elhoch, Mary Alice Dinsmore, Edith Leavitt, Marjorie Knack, jane Lambertson, Betty Law- rence, Eunice Fisher, Stanford Bradshaw, Marietta Shore, Fre- da Sendler, Margaret james, Bill Adams, Evelyn Barker, jean Plew, Martha Ann Whitton, Onalee jones, Madelon Duffany and jeannette Rumbold were the reporters. Serving on the business staff were joe Buben, business man- ager, Dean Savage, advertis- ing manager, jacques Du Roy, Helen Zigo, Saul Pittsley, Betty Rice and Anna Lou jones, El- len F arver, circulation manager, Virginia Pierce, exchange edi- tor, Virginia Keillor, assistant exchange editor, Oleda Rocka- fellow, bookkeeper and Earl Peterson, faculty adviser. North Wind Business Staff-They solicit advertising and look after circulation, Bottom row, left to right: Helen Zigo, Betty Rice, Novella Chase, Oleda Rockafellow and Anna Lou jones: top row, Robert Bendle, Dean Savage, jacques Du Roy, Saul Pittsley, joe B-iben and Earl Peterson, adviser. 'N Page 29