Ellettsville High School, Llamarada, 1944, Page 34

Description:	E. H. S. BANDBottom Row—Wilma DeFord, Martha Turner, Mary Sue Halstead, Norma Turner, Bob Mitchell,Dale Ping, Jimmy Halstead, Bobby Moffatt.Second Row—Norma D. Lanam, June Mitchell, Virginia Neal, Carol Mary, Jimmy Bastin, MadalineBaynes, Ruth Baynes, John Haydock, Mickey Matson, Marilyn J. Allen.Third Row—Peggy Hall, Everett Libkie, Vivian Oliver, Marian McNeely, Dorothy Hardisty, Marilyn Jo Brown, Anne Faulkner, Mary Lee May, John Gillaspv.Fourth Row—Nina McNeely, Patty Patrick, Martha Baynes, Jack Gooldy, Phil McCown, EdmundHudson, Bill Winkler, Kenneth Lapp.Fifth Row—Mildred Reeves, Melva Oard, Frank Turner, Garald Truesdal, Bill Mitchell, HaroldHamm.Page Thirty-fourThe Ellettsville High School Band wasorganized on September 28, 1940, with thehelp and cooperation of Forest Steen fromCrawfordsville, Fritz Ryan, our trustee, andMildred Reeves, music director. Each of thesixty-five members received individual lessons. On New Years Day, 1941, the bandmade its first appearance at the Spencer-Ellettsville game. On September 3, 1942,the band went to the State Fair, where itAvon third place for its playing and marching, although it competed with experiencedbands. It has played at all home ball gamesand has filled engagements to play at commencements in Monroe County, at patrioticprograms in Monroe, Brown and GreeneCounties. This year the band was invited toplay for the State Trustees Convention heldin the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis. Thisis one of the highlights in the history of ourband. Five members will graduate this year.
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