Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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A CAPELLA CHOIR From the first lullabies (sung to a child) to the quiet repose and beauty of old age, song plays an important part in our lives. Similarly, song, the appreciation of good music and the chance to develop real talent, take a primary place in our school career. Because music is universal, it affords us, as freshmen and sophomores, our first real teamwork with the upper classmen. Then, as juniors and seniors, we gain self-confidence and sing out, lead the way for those who lack the seasoning that follows with experience. In the fall we raise our voices to cheer our football and basketball heroes. In the winter we bring Christmas cheer into the hearts of men and greet the New Year with the vitality of youth. Spring unfailingly inspires all expression of beauty and renewed faith in nature. Under the direction of Mr. Schroer we presented a spring concert and furnished melody for the Baccalaureate services. Thus have we fulfilled our gift for song ....

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 Music hath charm to sooth the savage beast . Music has, too, the ability to make all things complete. Life would be very drab without it, for it brings to us the real meaning of all, winter, spring, and summer. It is a thrill to present, to the best of our ability, your favorite musical selection at such affairs as the Junior and Senior Class plays, Commencement, several Rotary Club luncheons, and many assembly programs. Playing the works of master musicians gives us the exuberance and enthusiasm that makes living worth while. All of these incentives bring music lovers together under the competent leadership of Mr. Schroer and constitute our orchestra. The opportunity for such musical participation has been broadened through the use of school-owned instruments and bi-weekly rehearsals. FIRST ROW: Lois Koch. Frances Schminke. Grant Xaus. Martin Jungkunt'. Eloise Killian. Mary Joe Stultz. Bernice Helmlinger. Jean Marie Blank. SECOND ROW:Lois Wisener. Eleanor Butcher. Joan Veit. Mary Speidel. Homer Carter. Betty Packer. Jean Ankerman. Cleolu Carter. Doris Brackney. THIRD ROW’: LaMoine Knatz, Dorothy Seitz. Mary Anne Fisher. Kate Kridler. Frances Frazier. Charles Siferd. Holland Killian. Gene Schnell. Mary Holmes. Joyce Frische. Elizabeth Springer. FOl’RTH ROW: Jack Miller. Lura Mae Werner. Mr. Schroer. Betty Miller. Frederick Ramge. Betty Glee Schnell. Sarah Miller. ORCHESTRA T H E

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FIRST ROW: Imogene Smith. Kate Taylor. Eileen Erb. Coates. Connie Wentz. Ellen Lindsey. Betty Glee Mary Speidel. Frances Frazier. Melba Thompson. Jean Schnell. Betty Turner. SECOND ROW: Elizabeth Springer. Kate Bogart. Mary Evelyn garet Fleming. Bernice Hemlinger. Glytanna Gesler. Mary E. Mary Anne Fisher. Lois Koch. Glenna Walls. Ruth Kate Kridler. Bailey. Mar-Harshbarger. Gierhart. Elda Palen. THIRD ROW: Betty Parlette. Jean Marie Blank. Nancy Way. Jane Schemmel. Rita Bitler. Rosemary Bailey. Amelia Benny. Lucille Schierholt. Betty Miller. Beulah Brunson. Bernice Stolzenburg. Alberta Truesdale. Jane Shaw. Margaret Kuhns. Doris Shuler. Carolyn Stinebaugh. FOl'RTH ROW: Jean Ankerman Pauline Binkley. Frances Schminke. Esther Elsass. Carrie Hughes. Ellen Way. Helen Knatz. Margie Cornell. Marjorie Knerr. Maxine Shipley. Gracie Applefeller. Carolyn Wolfe. Mary Burden. Ida Telljohn. Cleola Carter. Theresa Benny. Janice Rinehart. Ernestine Rogers. Josephine Shaffer. PTFTII ROW: Warren Montgomery. Grant Naus. Ruby Mann. Eleanor Butcher. Betty Burden. Jean Sibert. Betty Boyer. Irene Craft Lura Mae Werner. Jean McDonald. Doris Kantner. Evelyn Line. Memosyne Metzger. Wanda Neff. SIXTH ROW: Kenneth Metzger. Bill Smith. Junior Metz. Charles Siferd. Ronald Campbell. James Heffner. Mary Jo Stultz, Wayne Rickert. Freda Fisher. Mr. Schroer.