Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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Gmneutofnu The Dramatics, Latin, and Home Ec. Clubs were organized in '38, '40, and '41 respectively, but the Business Ed. Club was not started until l943. They are recognized as the older and more settled clubs of our school. Norma Melson is the president of the Dramatics Club. Each year the mem' bers present a play and a convocation. Harriette Elder heads the Business Ed. Club. Awarding prizes for achievement in Business Ed. subjects is the project for this club. The Home Ec. Club presi- dent is Georgia Foster. Along with their other projects, the club members make scrap-books for the children at Riley Hospital. The Latin Club is divided into Latin family groups, and each member has a Latin name. Iacque Schaefer is the Consul. I Harriette Elder fEditorfl, Georgia Fos- ter, Katy Van Kirk fnot picturedl, Charles Brockman, Dot Phipps, Bill Engle, jim Nay, lacgue Schaefer, and Edythe Chamness constitute the main annual staff. Their assistants were chosen from the rest of the Senior Eng- lish class. Another main project of this class is the SPEEDWAY SPEEDETTE. On this staff are Clark Hendryx fEditorl, Vir- ginia Wingert, Pat Lasley, Phyllis Campbell, jack Kesler, Georgia Poster, Norma Melson, and Edythe Chamness. The remainder of the Seniors in this class help the staff turn out the paper every two weeks. Formerly, the SPEEDETTE contained four pages. This year the S e n i o r s added a page to the paper. On March l4th the SPEEDETTE staff started a drive throughout the entire school for the Red Cross, and ran a special news page for this cause. An energetic group of people!

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fbawnaiica Under Miss Spencer's sponsorship this club -gave the Gremlin Ball, a three- act play, and the Navy Day convocation, during which new stars were added to our service flag. The members also at- tended Othello. gudineu grf. Mr. Thompson guided these people to promote interest and encourage work in Business Ed. sub- iects. The club sponsors typing and shorthand awards, a toul shot award, and a Senior scholarship medal. slid-01-8 gd. Under the new leader- ship ot Miss Susan Keck- ler, these members have aone on two tield trips, sponsored a Sweater Hop, and carried on nu- trition experiments w i t h white rats. .Edin The l.C.L., led by Miss Spencer, conducted a March of Dimes tor the infantile paralysis tund and also sponsored a bond drive during the Sixth War Loan. Semi- monthly meetings empha- size Roman customs.

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Directed by Mr. Northcott, the Maiorettes lPhipps, Basey, Basch, Heaton, Woodlockl have led the band into prize-winning marches this year. The band members have cooperated with each other in every way possible to make our band the fine thing it is today. The members and the instruments they play are as follows: CLARINETS: Bob Hart, Patsy Bender, Russell Flock, Phyllis Flynn, Katie Heaton, Ray Stewart, Gene Warren, Bob Kuykendall, David Thomas, Clin- ton Hawkins, Floyd Miller, and Patty Brown. CORNETS: Walter Webster, Bob Harrah, lim Kelley, Bob Oslos, David Carter, Duane Belcher, Dick Musgrave, Ioe Gummere, Ioan Armbrust, Iulian Livingston, and lack Fulton. HORNS: Fred Hoerger, Edythe Chamness, Dale Vincent, and Eugene Tsareff. TUBAS: Bob Huber and Charles Martin. DRUMS: lim Nay, Gordon Beck, and Jimmy DeMcss. CYMBALS: Pat Lasley. BARITONES: lohn Voorhies, Bob Logue, and George Ziegelmueller. SAXOPHONES: lack Ganzerniller, H. O. Pritchard, Marcheta Collins, Ioyce Armstrong, Phil Brumley, Annabelle Dickerson, Pauline Parke, Patsy Heaton, and Tommy Hanna. TBOMBONES: Bob Hanen, Katharine Ziegelmuel- ler, and Glennajean Logue. GLOCKENSPIEL: Pat Ludwig. FLUTES: loan Piaed, Norma King, and Miriam Farley. Robert Hart has been a very able business manager for the band. He has taken quite a load off Mr. Northcott's shoulders by performing his iob as well as he has. This year Bob Huber had the job of student conductor, which he filled quite nicely. Ever since the band started partici- pating in marching and playing con- tests, they have won several awards. Not only has the band as a whole achieved merit, but several of the mem- bers have participated in state solo and ensemble contests and have won high honors for the school. Our school band was judged the best parade band in 1941, and in 1943 it received recognition for the best march- ing band. At Knightstown in 1936, they won a lst Division Award. ln 1940, at Danville, they won lst Division in Class CC. A State Contest was held at Hunt- ingburg in 1941 in which they won a placque in Division l, Class CC. At Danville, in 1943, they earned a reward for their efforts in the First Division, Class C. Last year at Mooresville they won recognition in Division ll, Class C. Due to the efforts of Mr. Northcott, the band has steadily improved during the six years he has had charge of it until it is one of the finest in the country. Bam!