Warren High School - Echoes Yearbook (Warren, IL)

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Junior Play Cast First Row—William Heller, Carolyn Jenkins. Donna Cook, James Neff Ronald March, Gerald Larson, Robert Korte. Second Row—Kingsley Sigafus, Jacquilene Steigner, Josephine Mahoney, Margaret Spragle, Miss Eleanor Grotkin (director), Robert Fouchard, Janan Opie. Joel Fleharty, Jeannine Gale. Senior Play Cast First Row—Alvin Gates, John Wolfram, Lorraine Kant. Lowell Kant. Merlin Manley, Joe Nelson, Richard Fiedler, Jack Whalen, and Miss Edith Groom (director). Second Row—Kathryn Holland, Anelene Grindy. Cathryn Yeager, Jeannette Haeft 24

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Music and Speech Activities MUSIC ACTIVITIES This year music activities started with the band playing at the Warren Fair. As soon as school started we began to march and get ready for football games. Then came the homecoming to which we invited bands from South Wayne, Gratiot, Shullsburg, and Benton,. This year’s parade was a bigger success than the preceding year’s Homecoming parade. We were invited to the Shullsburg Homecoming later in the year. Then to conclude the fall activities the band took a trip to Platteville, Wis- consin to take part in a marching contest connected with Platteville State Teachers Homecoming in which our band made a first place in Class “B.” When the football season ended, we started practicing for a concert later in the year. When basketball games started we formed a pep band, which played at home games. On February 11, we presented our winter carnival, a means of making money for paying for instruments and music which were bought during the year. The spring concert, which consisted of the band and girls chorus, was held on April 1. And on April 5, the band and chorus travelled to Fulton for the District contest. On March 11, we presented a Spring Recital which consisted of the band and vocal contestants numbers and on March 15, these contestants travelled to Fulton, Illinois, to participate in the district contest there. To conclude this year’s activities the band will probably take part in the Memorial Day parade and hope to hold several outdoor concerts as we did last year. SPEECH ACTIVITIES Senior Class Play “M’liss” (My Western Miss), the senior class play, directed by Miss Edith Groom was given on April 24 and 25. The play took place in the little mining town of Smith’s Pocket in the Sierras. In Smith’s Pocket lived George Smith (Joe Nelson) and his young daughter, M’liss (Lorraine Kant.) George Smith known as “Bummer” was the town’s loafer, who thought that some day he would strike it rich. M’liss was the only one who had any confidence in him. This three act comedy play was based upon a Bret Harte story. Junior Class Play The Perfect Idiot,” was the Junior Class play, directed by Miss Eleanor Grotkin was given November 14th and 15th. The play took place in the home of Daniel Tennyson. Danny Tennyson, the perfect idiot, was not liked by his school- mates because of his superior attitude. When Puff, the great athletic star became disqualified because of poor grades, the high school gang turned to Danny for help. Many complicated situations arise when Danny gets the ingenious idea of using his hypnotic suggestion invention on Puff. 23

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First Row—Robert Knorte, James Neff, William Knorte, Ronald Wachlin, Robert Mammoser, Richard Manley, Advisor Roland Kane. Second Row—Wilbur Mammoser, Roland Pax, Donald Toay, Edwin Cook, Robert Cook, Gerald Pax, Dean Hicks. Third Row—Thomas Leehan, Robert Hodgson, La Verne Haeft, Francis Wetzel, Robert Fuch, Ronald Hicks, Robert Wing. Fourth Row—William Heller, Glenn Heidenreich, Harvey McGivney, John Dowers, Ronald March, David McWorthy, Haldor Brinkner, Theodore Tollakson. Fifth Row—Gwenn Brown, Stanley Cox, Kingsley Sigafus, Richard Mau, Richard Heller, Duane Ingram. F. F. A. strengthened its organization this year and participated in all the dis- trict judging contests, the teams rating fifth and sixth in poultry and grain judging. F.H.A. First Row—Yvonne Schultz, Barbara Ruegsegger, Bemita Runkle, Joanne Holland, Anelene Grindey, Kathryn Saunders, Marcy Karolus, Lavonne Hockman, Frances Gray. Second Row—Mrs Doris Balbach, Sandra McWorthy, Georgiann Boelk, Carol Piefer, Charlene Goebel, Nyla McFadden, Betty Wickland, Patricia Heyer. Betty Spore, Doris Wear, Lee Ann Johnson, Shirley Hockman. Third Row—Romaine Oltoff, Margaret Neff, Carol Rountree. Dorothy Bower, Jean Steigner, Nelda Doubler, Ursie Price, Darlene Hurst, Verla Broege, Janan Opie. The motto of Future Homemakers of America, “Toward New Horizons” express- es the purpose of the organization—learning to live better today in order that our lives and those of our families may be better tomorrow. 25