Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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BAND MEMBERS —Louis Armas, Carolina Bianco, Frank Caletti, Robert Claar, Dick Carter, William Carroll, Malcolm Craven, George Clark, Rex Cox, Mary Delgado, Richard Dolan, Allen Davis, Edward Garcia, Clarence Gundry, Vivian Holdsworth, Franklin Harper, Gwynn Jewett, Robert Kates, Bob Kane, Patricia Martin, Earl Morrill, Margaret Malone, John McCarthy, Cecil Olson, Geraldine O’Brien, Bob Randall, Richard Rihn, Arlend Stenerson, Kathryn Swearingen, Marvin Smith, Richard Simon, Ann Vloeberghs, Lyle Willey, George Williams, Billy Allen, Orrin Dahl, Geraldine Dun- lap, Pat Hollingsworth, Bob Hamilton, Carl Mayers, Richard Williams and Ken Wilson. BAND AND ORCHESTRA The band was unusually active this semester, presenting two special concerts of their own, appearing in parades, and playing at Student Body programs and P. T. A. meetings. Officially opening Public School Week, the band presented a concert, April 21, in ' Memorial Park. Mr. Brashear plans to make this an annual affair. This term the band boasted forty-two members The large number was credited to a change of program, which allowed persons taking college courses two periods of band a week. Practicing not only during class time, but before school as well, the R.U.H.S. sym- phony orchestra, also under the direction of Mr. Brashear, made great progress. Their second concert, presented Feb. 20, and Feb. 21, was well-received. The orchestra also played at the Spring Concert, April 24. ORCHESTRA MEMBERS—Patricia Bradbury, Betty Brien, George Clark, Bill Carroll, Carolyn Dunlap, Ruth Durbin. Shirley Dewsnup, Dwight Dickinson, Margaret Egli, Lavene Gundry, Wendell Gurley, Richard Grimes, Carl Heinemann, Vivian Holdsworth, Marion Higgins, Harold Lambert, McKinley Malbrough, Walter Orchard, Elaine Roe, Emiko Shin- tani, Kathryn Swearingen, Yvonne Siemon, Virginia Sill, Aileen Sullins, Wilson Key, Jack Walker, Elaine Bennett, Ger- aldine Dunlap, Raymond Hanney, Lupe Ramirez, Dick Rowley, Robert Randall, Dorothy Travis, Georgette Vergne, and Wesley Olson. ups bestia Ce ae

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Bottom row, left to right: Dave Wharton, Harry Hammer, Mary Bell Jacobs, Elda Marello, Virginia Molino, Myra Wallace, Gladys Brashear, Mary Anderson, Jack Weeks, Douglas Thayer, Melvir Smith, Paul Harlow. Middle row: Ken Nelson, Robert Potts, Marcheta Kirkmeyer, Margaret Turner, Leicester Lipp, Jean Donaldson, Mary Shackleford, Virginia Sill, Ray Smith, Weston Seagrave, Turner Brashear. Top row: Earl Turner, Ben Howden, Dan Soria, Evelyn Grimes, Jean Craig, Charlotte Wheeler, Mary Jo Wharton, Mary Brown, Evelyn Coe, Don Ewing, Edward Eldridge. THE A CAPPELLA CHOIR The A Cappella Choir, under the expert guidance of Mr. Harold Cunningham, has just completed one of its most successful seasons since its organization in August 1938. Developing from a small inexperienced group, the choir now consists of thirty-eight members and has given over twelve performances this semester. One of the choir’s most important engagements this term was the San Jose Music Festival, where, in competition with nineteen other choirs, the group gave an out- standing performance and received well-deserved praise from critics. Among the other organizations before which the A Cappella appeared were the Oakland Shrine and the Eastern Star. The choir gave a noon concert for Roosevelt Junior High, and sang for high school assemblies, and the Interdenomination Meeting. The season was climaxed by the traditional Spring Concert and the final Commence- ment performance. Members of the Girls’ Sextet were: Virginia Molino, Elda Marello, Dolores Stod- dard, Ruth Atwood, Virginia Sill, and Gladys Brashear. Members of the Boys’ Quartet were: Dan Soria, Jack Weeks, Melvin Smith, and Ben Howden. Mary Brown accompanied the Girls’ Sextet, but the Boys’ Quartet sang a cappella.

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ho in baseball and track are a whiz, And in basketball never out-played? Who can golf, wield a racket, and swim? It’s the Oiler brown bears on parade!