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Coe College Presents Colonial Ballet Present Past and Present
Coe College departments stage a colonial ball and 1945 styles in a two evening ballet at the womens gymnasium. Miss Ethel Ryan directs the physical education department with Ruth Zika as assistant director. Notable performers include Mary Ann Blakemore Ruthanne Herrald Janine McGill Alice Ruth Mikas Janet Shimerda Elizabeth Soderquist and Nicki Norberg among many others. A dinner in Greene hall precedes the Thursday performance with toasts by Lenore Crew Janice Bailey Jane Kirkman and Mary Ann Blakemore and Doris Cone to announce YWCA officers.
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Coe ‘College Colonial Ballet
Coe
Coe Department of Physical Education
Ethel Ryan
Ruth Zika
Mary Ann Blakemore
Ruthanne Herrald
Janine McGill
Alice Ruth Mikas
Janet Shimerda
Elizabeth Soderquist
Dorothy Gill
Margaret Gill
Marie Miller
Nicki Norberg
Nancy Allen
Janice Bailey
Joy Barnard
Barbara Carruthers
Gladys Christenson
Doris Cone
Jane Cornell
Mary M. Cornell
Joyce Eillers
Betty Frederikson
Lois Hinkin
Sara Johnson
Elizabeth Johnston
Kathryn Loomis
Jeanette Miller
Helen Rosain
Jeanette Sanders
Virginia Stouffer
Jean Alice
Georgianna Wagner
Jean Wallace
Allaine West
Betty Jo Wilhelm
Leta Yourd
Marilyn Zaleski
Greene Hall
Y.W.C.A
George
Martha Washington