Puyallup High School - Viking Yearbook (Puyallup, WA)

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l 6 Eighteen violins, three cellos and a piano comprise the potential orchestra that greets Miss Ruth Clark as she takes over the baton from Miss Margaret Tanner in September. During the course ot a month the personnel increases to 30, and out ot instrument cases come assorted flutes, clarinets, oboes, cornets, mellaphones, sousaphones and drums. Uniformed in black and white they break into the ranks ot recognition with Indian Dance and ldyll at a November assembly. Accepted ardently by the student body, the reappear tor a second curtain call in March. Kenneth Fevvins, who ordinarily presses valves on the mellaphone, enters the Musical Competition Festival held here March 4 and captures an excellent rating as a French hornerf' Eleanor Lindstrom tosses aside the clarinet and takes a similar rating in the piano section. Betty Wrigley sticks to her violin and also brings home an excellent'l title. Inspired by the plans ot Miss Clark, the orchestra contributes that certain string at the annual spring concert. twenty l QA N -f 'rvaffmgi A l

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,iv 'Z' STANDING: lack Morrisson, Charles Hufferd, Wayne Adams, Ruth Brackman, Karen Mahaffie. SEATED: Betty Mason, Mr. Catron, Miss lacobson, Melba Lemon, Shirley Neiman. leaders porley Faris, Margaret Eaton, Ramona Spencer, Ruth Brackman, Ruth Forbes, Gail Bruce, Charles Todd, Robert Modeland. Bonita Hoppell, janet Ham, Margaret Mcliechnie, Eugene Quinlan. Beginning their activities after ap- pointing gift, clean up, smoking and program committees, the Boys' club sponsors a cooperative no smoking campaign. Under the supervision of Marion Catron they also stress the organizatidn's aim with a be-in-at- least-one-activity slogan. Collaborating with the Girls' club they help publish a booklet of conduct, choosing Virginia Hansen and lack Morrisson editing chairmen. At the firstof a series of assemblies based on charm, the Girls' club fea- tures colorful costumes and native music. Adviser Ruth lacobson and ZOO girls turn out to support the Novem- ber mixer, the club's only social event. With the senior girls they deftly sprinkle good will and Thanksgiving President - Betty Mason, lack Morrisson Vice President - Shirley Neiman, Wayne Adams Sec,-Treas. - lvlelba Lemon, Charles l-lufferd Yell Leader: - - - Karen Mahaffie nineteen

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Fifty one black and white garbed, enthus- iastic band members add pep, punch and pur- pose to the junior high musical world under the magic baton control of bandmaster Verne jennings. Organized for the first time under j, Frank- lin Peters last year, the band quickly doubles its personnel and instrumental assortment, jus- tifiably boasting of 15 clarinets, I4 trumpets, l l drums, three batons, two mellaphones and french horns, and one flue, alto horn, oboe and bass. Forming a select group, Kenneth Fewins, Charles Aylen, Paul Cerstmann, Bill Scott, Richard l-larader and Noble Skoog furnish rhythm at the first junior high Boys' club meeting, Leader jennings joins in the talen display October 6 and entertains the student body with a violin solo. After occupying the, spotlight as parent- teacher programs and junior high basketball games, the entire band, sharing honors with senior high, concentrates on sweet notes for the spring concert first nightersf' Refusing to be outdone by their big broth- ers, they join the spring Daffodil marching parade as a separate musical unit. i ,Af Qs fi