Rogue River High School - Ro Hi An Yearbook (Rogue River, OR)

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Chorus Jim Addington, Neol Wod-ley, Marilyn Williamson, Joan Klith, Joanne Mc-Gregory, Faye Kjellstrand, Frances Nixon, Janice Wad-ley, Ruby Twiest, Velma Bryant. Not Shown: Edna Stewart, Marceline Evans, Eugene Cummings. At the Christmas program the High School Chorus of fifty-two voices, under the direction of Mrs. Westerfield, again made an impressive candlelight procession, closing with Silent Night. A quartet added a humorous note with All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth . During intermissions at the Senior and Junior Plays, chorus members presented special numbers. A highlight of the seasonal events was participation in the Music Festival in Medford on the 24th and 25th of March. Here they sang with the massed chorus of over four-hundred from Southern Oregon schools, and presented two numbers as an individual chorus. The group finished the year by preparing for the formal Spring Concert, followed by Baccalaureate and Graduation. Front row, left to. right: Virginia Wer.'erfield—director, Nancy KjuverTft’Wyel Hen-nicke, Jim'McBee, Darrell Graves, Vernon Hansen, Ethan Jones, Bill Sowles, Jeonmne Sauer, Darlene Bentley, Bessie Magerle, Rita Jennings, Donna Rae Butts. Second row: Amy Randleman, Gwynne Nichols, Betty Simmons, Dick Decklemon, David Jones, Mike St. John, Ken Moore, Bill Snow, Frances Rigel, Wanda Wells, Shirley Pin-kel. Avis McGarvie. Third row: Elrita Wohgen, Shirley Davis, Dorothy Wilson, Jody May, Pete Purrier, Joe Medley, Cletis Webb, John Paisley, Jack Stewart, Donna Hoyt, Minnie Wells, Joan Ford, Mara Lee Raber. Fourth row: Gwen Thornton, Juanita Skevington, Marilyn Geier, Marilyn Holloway, On stage in the Medford High Auditorium during the Southern Oregon Music Festival. A recording is being made while the chorus sings for adjudication.

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Band Front row, left to riqht: Virginia Westerfield — Director, Buddy Ellwood, Betty Clark, Lee Smith, Joy Starr, Joan Ford, Cletis Webb, David Hammett. Second row: Mary Shock, Jo Anne Me Gregory, Gretchen Klomhaus, Laura Lee Morris, Helen Jensen, Russell Stock-man, Marilyn Williamson, Jack Bilben. Bock row: Joyce Mullins, Ted Tuchek, Jimmy Martin, Ethan Jones, Jack Stewart, Mike St. John, Gene Davison. Not shown: Iris Gochan-our. The Rogue River High School Band is a very active organization taking part in practically all school programs. In addition to playing at both the Junior and Senior plays they turned out in uniform for football and basketball games. After going to Medford to play for the county B basketball tournament and to Central Point to furnish music for the District playoff, they finished the sport season by treking across the state to play at the state tournament in Union, Oregon. Representatives of the band participated in the massed band at Southern Oregon Music Festival in Medford. Several of the bandsmen were organized into a swing band, the ''Star-lighters'', which played for school and community dances. On March 29th Gene Davison and Mrs. Westerfield attended the Music Educators' Northwest Conference in Portland where Gene was a member of the All-Northwest Band of 250 players from five western states. The band finished the year polishing up their numbers for the Spring Concert on April 29th and Commencement.

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Annual Staff Front row, left to right: Gene Davison, Marilyn Williamson, Betty Clark—Editor, Gwynne Nichols, Friedel Hennicke, Rita Jennings. Bock row, left to right: Neal Wadley, Bobby Nixon, Durwood Carter, John Paisley, Joan Ford, Frances Nixon, Janice Wadley, Mary Shock, Charles Atteberrv. Virainia Westerfield—Advisor. This time the mentors of RO-HI-AN were determined to have a printed yearbook with padded covers. To this end Joan Ford and Gwynne Nichols trudged many sidewalks to collect a large amount of advertising in order to meet the extra expense. Of special note is the art work of Frances Nixon on the division pages and the cartooning of Bob Nixon. They enabled the book to be individualistic. Everyone had a hand in the inner workings with Janice, Marilyn and John writing copy, Neal, Friedel, Charles, Durwood and Mary arranging pages, Rita typing and Gene doing picture pages. Betty and Gwynne set up the dummy for all to work from. Journalism Staff Morilyn Geier, Altha LeRoy—Instructor, Elsie Lee, Marceline Evans, Velma Bryant— Editor, Jim McBee, June Hennicke, Shirley Howell, Lee Smith, Donna Taylor, Joy Starr. Standing in background: Iris Gochanour, Patricia Kile. The Rogue Record successfully tried two innovations this year. For their Christmas issue the staff mimeographed the paper in three colors of ink which involved a complicated procedure. During the year the paper sponsored a crossword puzzle contest which proved very popular. The journalism class gave the winners,the sophomores, a wiener roast in Grants Pass Park as a prize.