Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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hey htrfes lieirq tu - ew York OHS Key Notes are terminating a school year full of hopeful anticipation for them. They waited for months to hear the news ahout the trip to New York they were hoping to get in order to sing for the Lion's Cluh International Convention at Madison Square Carden next july 26. The news was good, Monday, March l, the girls were informed hy Mr. Graham Smith, spokesman lor the Okmulgee Lions Cluh, that they had heen chosen as an outstanding high school vocal group in Oklahoma and that their organization would represent Oklaf homa at the Lions International Convention. Frank Clements of Tulsa said they will he the only Oklahoma amateur organization to appear on Oklahoma Night program with professional talent from Hollywood. When the good news arrived the Okmulgee Lions Cluh hegan the joh of raising funds to finance the trip. They produced the second annual Lions Cluh Minstrel at the Yale The- ater, April I5 16. The Key Notes sang in the Minstrel. Decemher 5 the Key Notes sang for the Tulsa Lions Club in the Topaz Room in Hotel Tulsa. Fehruary 10, the girls sang at the zone meeting of the Lions Cluh at the Legion Hut in Bristow. The Okmulgee Lions Club made these appearances possihle. Miss Mary Lou Finley, head of vocal de' Page twenty-eight partment, organized the Key Notes last year. The girls rehearse after school every Mon- day, Vv'ednesday, and Friday. The Key Notes were organized in the fall of 1946. This year the girls are: fAccording to picture, left to right, Ann Foe, senior, first soprano. Wiliiiir jean Rogers, senior, alto. Pat Brown, senior, alto: Betty Gravette, junior, second soprano: Patty Mitchell, sophf omore, first sopranog Patsy Gorham, sophf omore, first soprano: Fat Morgan, junior, alto, Sammye Howard, junior, first soprano, Mozelle Pitts, junior, altog Fat Corhell, junior, first soprano, Katherine Hightower, sophf OIHOIC, second sopranog Dolores Hughes, junior, alto: lva Ellen Shelton, sophomore, second soprano: Alma Faye Robinson, senior, second soprano: Shirley james, sophomore, second sopranog Gail Hanee, junior, second soprano and Miss Finley. instructor. However, May Z8 will not end the aetiy' ities for these OHS singers. They will conf tinue practicing five days a week until july 21. That is the day when a Santa Fe Trail' xvaysl hus driver says, i'All ahoard for New York Cityll' The Okmulgee Lions Club is responsible for such an honor to come to OHS. Last fall they started working to get this opporf tunity for them, Kenneth Brown, Graham Smith and W. B. Swaim were the chief prof moters.

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Senior lllmruses O. H. S. Choral Club started the year off with their annual class election. Elsworth Briscoe was elected president, Pat Brown, vicefpresident, Wilriizx Jean Rogers secretary, and Jim Miller, student council representative. Marry Lou Kenney was elected president of the Girls' Chorus, The first main event of the year for the choruses was a radio show presented over KHBC, Nov. 18. Then in December the Keynotes went to Tulsa to sing for a State Lions Convention. The Keynotes received the good news in Nlarch that they had been chosen to represent Qklahoma in a Lions Club National Convention to be held in New York City next July. The month of January found the choruses very busy preparing a lot of new songs that they would do at an annual statefwide music festival scheduled for Jan. 28, Only a limited amount of choral mcmhers made the trip. A select chorus of 45' members was chosen hy Miss Mary Lou Finley, choral director. Feb. 22, llO 0. H, S. chorus members presented a program of religious hymns in the auditorium of the First Baptist Church. Dick Chronister. choral club member and organist, was accompanist. Page thirty l l The Choral Club had a chilli supper Mzirch 5' in the Fiesta Room of the Adams Hotel. A floor show was presented by var' ious talented members of the Choral Club with Elsworth Briscoe, master of ceremonies. First and Sixth hour choruses made quite a hit with their annual choral show Skizalf imuti' which was written and directed by Dick Chronister. The show ran for 3 days, Mar. 31, April 1 and 2, After their Friday night performance the choruses were hon- ored by a party in the Fiesta Room given by Elsworth Briscoe. Both senior high choruses were presented in a Spring Concert in the O. H. S. auditor' ium May 7. Students in first hour Choral Club are: David Adamson, Ann Baker, Joyce Baker, Jimmy Barton, Kenneth Barton, Edith Ben' nett, Lamar Berry, Elsworth Briscoe, Bar' bara Brown, Pat Brown, James Burruss, Ralph Burton, Johnny Carpenter, Dick Chronisrer, Pamela Coker, John Collins, Jim Condrey, Catharine Cook. Joanne Dickerson, Janice Dieman, O. E. Earnest, Bill Finch, Robert Glass. Vw7anda Goins, Clinton Gold, Lester Goodson, Patsy fCO17fiI7Il9lI 011 Page 62,5