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

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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

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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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GIRLS GLEE CLUB FIRST ROW aska arx ever y m1t Has er Hubbel Lynch h SECOND ROW Taylor Ketchum Cox Horto Mas a wanson Padgett ushue B Smit THIRD ROW ehre s Fredrnckson cCartv Olson Ho quxst Clear Bruen Marxlvn Nelson Chrxstxansen RANKIN HIGH WINS MUSIC HONORS Students ofHank1n H1gh School were very successful at the DISLFICC Mus1c Contest held at Urbana on Saturday, March 25 Wlnners of F1rst D1v1s1on rat1ngs were Mary Jean Hubbell, p1aH0, who played U Sasp1ro by L1szt Bernlta McCarty, med1um V01C8,Wh0 sang 'My Heart At Thy Sweet Vo1ce and Dorothea Fredr1ckson, low vo1ce Ho' Mr Plper W1nners of Second D1V1S10D ratlngs were D1ck E1ghner, boy s low vo1ce, who sang Tommy Lad Jerry Symmonds, boy s med1um vo1ce, who sang Songof'The Open Road' Joan Cleary g1rl s hlgh vo1ce, Morn1ng Jackxe Creech hlgh vo1ce Valley of Laughter' Pat CHTISCCHSBH, glrl s med1UmVO1C8 A Heart That s Free Marllyn Nelson p18DO Impromptu' by Schubert and G1rls Ensemble who sang 'Snow Legend' Lewls Pence, boy s med1um VOICC placed 1n th1rd d1V1S10D Slnglng Wlthout A Song On Apr1l 1 the G1rls Glee Club met at Champa1gn for the D1str1ct Ofg8H1Z8t1OD Contest The g1FlS sang 'My Johann' by Gr1eg and placed second PIANISTS ENSEMBLE sotolsrs H ,, ',,,. : S. M 1, H ', B 1 S ' h, I , 1. , C1-gee ,Mrs.Hurt. : 1 . 1 n, R. k 1. S , . B , . X ' h. : B n , ' , M , , l ' 1 Y' s, ' , . ' ' . . . . - : - n n . n . 5 . . . ' fl. ' ' l ' n , , . . . . . . . . ' . . Y ' n n. 1 ' ' I n . ' I ' ' n ' n. 1 1 1 1 . . . W I . . , 1 a 1 ' ' n 1 ll. ' ' ll l 1 I I Q . . , . . ' . . . . . . . n ' N. ' 1 . . .