William A Wirt High School - Sandscript Yearbook (Gary, IN)

Page 32 text:

Mr. Bell entered 52 members in the District Contest at Emerson School in Gary. Out of the 52 that entered, 41 brought home medals. Out of these there were 3 who went to Indianapolis to compete in the State Contest. We were proud to hear that Charles Meyette won a first place medal and two others won second place medals. This spring, they plan to go to Holland, Michigan to play at the Annual Tulip Festival. The Seniors were honored by the band when the band played for their convocation and commencement. We would like to mention that 80 per cent of the band is grade school children and twenty per cent is high school students. We were all proud of the band this year and we hope they have as much success in the future as they have had in the past. INTERMEDIATE BAND FRONT ROW—J. Rose. B. Ballard. M. Lloyd. B. Fickenscher. G. S haffer. C. Franklin. S. Gourley. SECOND ROW—]. Block. M. Gcurley. L. Joiner. C. Smith. S. Burden, S. Stern. G. Clark. S. Johnson. THIRD ROW O. Morley. L. Daggett. J. Hinchman. B. Flemming. C. Johnson. S. Murl. R. Cody. R. Ranloff. J. Bardsley, R. Hackney. D. Clapp. FOURTH ROW J. VanSanten. J. Risner. C. Stubbs. E. Badanish. B. Coats. S. Fretz. M. Shaffer. J. Woldt. S. Bod kin. C. McVay. J. Merrill. E. Murray, A. Carlson. FIFTH ROW P. Fife. P. McConnell. J. Hered, H. Cody. Don Hady, R. Erwin. M. Shlens. N. Muresce, N. Owen. A. Nash, N. Reach, D. Cody. K. Burden, C. Beers. S. Gunn. SIXTH ROW B. Clark, F. Cody, B. Prosnick. Dave Hady, P. Mulrie. J. Hill. K. Parmelee, M. DeMicheal, G. Weigle. E. Strubble. S. Barger. SEVENTH ROW M. Rurlley. B. Ransford, R. Daggett. S. Hamilton. Mr. Bell. M. Curtez. C. Guenther. R. Slatter, J. Romig.

Page 31 text:

Contest Winners Each year students from our high school enter contests either within our own school or with other schools. This year, as every year we have a goodly number who have won these events. This year our winners are: Janet Rearick—Valedictorian, Bausch-Lomb Science Award, Fowble Memorial Math Award Carol Anderson—Salutatorian Pat Egan—D.A.R. girl, Miss Soiree John Weaver—Mr. McVout Charles Meyette—First place in the ISBOVA Solo Contest Jack Ojala—Camera Club Award Bob Knapp—Honorable Mention in All Conference Football Emery Shaffer—Honorable Mention in All Conference Football Gordon Teegarden—Honorable Mention in All Conference Football Jim McClugage—All Conference Basketball Paul Oates—Honorable Mention in All Conference Basketball BACK ROW I. Rearick. B. Weaver. C. Meyette. FRONT ROW—P. Egan. J. Ojala. E. Shatler, B. Knapp. G. Teegarden, P. Oates. C. Anderson. 27

Page 33 text:

CONCERT BAND FRONT CIRCLE—C. Meyette. B. Ransford. J. Ballard. B. Shlens. C. Beers. D. Koblanski. SECOND CIRCLE—J. Lkpsher. P. Ponto. D. Bodkin. J. Cremer. B. Bryant, J. Ojala. G. Lewis. J. Romiq, J. Badanish. P. Scherschel. THIRD CIRCLE—L. Vandervort. A. Gilbert. S. Patterson. E. Bush, J. Stenback. F. Puskas. A. Ayers. C. Days on. D. Romiq. K. Koepke. M. Shlens. A. Carlson, Don Hady, J. Merrill. G. Markle. FOURTH CIRCLE—L. Smith. D. Truett. T. Cohn. Dave Hady. P. McConnell. B. Clark. C. Hollander. L. Marks. G. Dodds. D. Meyette. R. Slater, B. Voss. M. Kertz. B. Prosnick. D. Letica, G. Teequarden. Mr. Bell. FIFTH ROW—B. Hiltrop. S. Kich-ukoff, N. Mettner, S. Bodkin. S. Gunn, B. Fickenshier. S. Burden. One of our most prized possessions is our Band. They have worked hard to make themselves outstanding and due to the efforts of Mr. Bell, our band director, they have succeeded. The band has been very busy participating in different events this past year. They have marched at all six of our home football games. And along about October 18, they went to the Indiana-Temple football game at Blooming-.ton. They have played for various parades throughout the city. Various ensembles have played in many programs through the city, such as a Halloween Party at the Memorial Auditorium and an Education Week program. These ensembles played at our P.T.A. meetings and Band Sponsors meetings serveral times. '« 29