Rankin Township High School - Mirror Yearbook (Rankin, IL)

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E miss SOMEBQDY' n1JI1MTL plllif- LEFT T0 RIGHT' Starr Swanson McCarty Exgh ner Bushue Symmonds o er Horton Chrxs nsen Irvnn LEFT TO RIGHT Hafl Swanson ushue Irvxn Schaeffer Stgrr McCarty Webst er Exghner G arner Symmonds Chrlstensen nyAATllAjqN PLAY AND OPERETT A PROVE SUCCESSFUL The fall product1on of Llttle M1ss Somebody was well recelved by a capac1ty aud1ence on November 22 1949 Members of the cast and Mrs L1ll1an Porter, d1rector of play, arecongratulated for such a f1ne per formance JUHIOF Irv1n served as stage manager and cast helped w1th the sta e e e hlgh school operetta Mar1anne under the d1F6Ct10H of Mrs Gladys Hurt, was presented on January 31 The aUd16HCC that w1tnessed th1s product1on was 1mpressed not only by the s1ze of the group but also by the quallty of thelr product1on The cast p1ctured above was supported by members of the Boys and Glrls Glee Clubs Instrumental mus1c between acts was furnlshed by members of the band Much cred1t1s deserved by stage managers LEWIS Pence and B111 Cox, who w1th the BSSISCHDCC of the cast constlucted th scenery e excellent stage BCDY S CHORUS FT TO RIGHT Ellxott ence ymmonds Irvx us ue tarr son LOISTS n rvxn 1 n on rxmb e urn SO E . H f , , ' - te , M. ' X s , B, B . M. ' , . 4 ., N . . H . uv n 1 , . - , ' ' every one in th ' g setting. Th . H . H, . . . I I ' ? I I . LE : ' , P , S , M. ' , R. B h , S , O1 , Jr. I ' , E'gh , ' t , T ' 1 , G , er Clxf- er Schaeffer , H. Bushue, Webster.

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STUDENT COUNCIL ATED McCarty as a o er Corne 1us CK ROW H ll Hendrzcks M McCarty rxstlansen Starr Bushue, Hubbel Elghne nch R as r a M eller. Foster Th1S year the Student Co E unc1l provlded for lncreased representa lon of the student body w1th three representatlves from each class, 1nclud1ng Jun1or Hlgh The councll energet1cally entered IHUO school 3Ct1V1t18S early ln September Several all school partles were planned and 1n November the group sponsored an 1nterestnng Amer1can EdUC8C1OH Week program to wh1ch parents and frlends were 1nv1ted A very nlce Chrlstmas party was held on Dec b thecouncllsponsored em er 22 and 1D March a popularltv contest Roy Ell w1nners ofthe contest 10tt andNancy Hayes , were crowned klng and queen at the St Patrlck Dance Th1s party was a speclal h1gh11ght 1D the soc1al calendar Other soc1al events lncluded a skat1ng party a d 0ff1C6rS fo h , n a ch111 supper rt e year were, Susanna Maskal D Hofer, and Bern1ta M C , lfglnla , v1ce presldent, secretary, and , PCSPCCUIVBIY F W McCarty Superlnt d councll s 3dV1SOT en ent, was the TAF? BBOADCASTEP' S SEATED Mask Butler Hofer STANDING mxth Irvnn Horton al Carlon Cornell We ster Mxss Morgan ATED W Ir gskal rvxn vxn Ho er Smxt ornelxus Webster S , m monds Pence STANDING Mxss Morgan Horton AFV Mlaxwn ST SE : , S. M k 1, H f , 1- - u I i v l I r ' U Ch ' ' , , 1, ' Ly M, . M k 1, u . . A . 1 4 I . , . . D . ,S ' ' , ave Cornelius V' ' ' ' c arty, president ' - ' treasurer ' . . '. , ' . , . S ' , M . ' , , 'us, b . l XLS K S E I a ' 1 f I ff' H , M. I ' , ' h, C ' . y - fi

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ONT ROW D Swanson Behrens B Bus ue Smx Sme urs C Swanson redrxckson ubbell reec xt e oan lagka BACK W Swanson Custer clntyre orn, oser Boehme Terre aylor e son etchum I s orn ar on Bushue Goins Thompson 0 enlnnd Snyder c H0fb8U8f STANDING R laska Hubbell BAND After having presented s1veral summer concerts, the band was 1D full swing when school resumed in September At that time five new comers were welcomed making a total enrollment of thirty two As t1me elapsed however, membership increased as promotions fromthe beginners band were made A very successful spring concert on May 19 was an event of major importance in the school calendar A variety of numbers were present ed including several solos, and duets The group also made special preparations for a public performance on Memorial Day and for coming concerts of the summer Four officers headed the organization They were Donna Jo Swan son, president Nancy Behrens, vice president Susanna Maskal secre tary treasurer and Belva Bushue, reporter M W F Bunnell band director, deserves much credit for this fine musical organization SPEECH Speech contestants and their entries his year were Pat Taylor, Pat Chris 1ansen, and RussellOlson, humorous read ng Aldine Bruens, serious reading, Ber nita McCarty verse reading and D1Ck fighner, oration. In the District Speech Contest on 'ehruary 23, Bernita McCarty won first ilace in verse reading. On March ll, she ,dvanced to the Sectional Contest,and, here in a field of nine, placed second in llass B schools. Mrs. Lillian Porter was director of speech. Olson, lcCnrty, Taylor, Christiansen, Bruens, Eighner