The Ranger High School band was organized in September of
1924 with 35 students enrolling for music. Leo M. Underwood
was the bandmaster and served until 1926. Over the years,
the band has been the "Spirit of Ranger" winning many out-
standing awards. During the early years, the high school
band was combined with the Ranger Jr. College band.
Updated: 09/06/2015
MUSIC DIRECTORS:
1924 - 1926 Leo M. Underwood
1929 - 1935 Robert L. Maddox
1936 - 1937 A.M. Crawford
1938 - 1939 Lynn H. Tulloch
1939 A. M. Crawford
1941 Elbert I. Masten
1946 - no band
1947 - Mary Ann Metcalf
1948 - 1949 W.R. Faifer
1950 - 1952 Robert R. Gann
1952 - 1954 Fred Steffey
1955 - Sam Houston
1956 - F. D. Baumgardner
1956 - 1959 D. M. Whittaker
1960 Murray Allman
1960 - 1964 Bill Auvenshine
1965 Bobby Bingham
1966 - 1967 Sam Burnes
1968 - 1970 Richard Helmcamp
1971 - 1972 Roark Barnes
1973 - 1977 Arthur Nutt
1978 - 1982 Ben Scarborough
1982 - 1985 Bob Johnson
1985 - 1987 Todd Felty
1988 - 1989 Bill Swinney
1990 - 1991 NA
1992 - Richard Bradford
1993 - 2009 NA
1996 - Rilford Quattlebaum
2008 Jim Strahan
2010 - 2013 Shannon Edwards
NOTE: This is an unofficial list.
1929-30 RHS Band
OFFICERS: Bailey Thomas (Drum Major), Roy Gray (Mascot), Pauline
Head (Sweetheart), R.L. Maddox (Director)
BAND MEMBERS: (TRUMPETS) J. W. McKinney, Lee Russell, Jack
Davenport, Edwin White, Randall Blackmond, Jack Poe, Norman
Dennis, Bert Bollinger, Mrs. Wilkinson, C.E. May, Jr., Elizabeth
Shirley (BARITONES) Allen Baker, Orville Higgs (ALTOS) Cozette
Wilkinson, Bobby Powell, Roberta Morris (CLARINETS) Henry Standard,
Margaret White, Deola Shelton, Wayne Hayden, Bill Burch, Lorene
Matlock, Delva Shirley, Lilebeth Bollinger, Theola Strong
(SAXOPHONES) Tommie Strong, Minnie Hayden, Harold Walker, Joe
Burch, Robert Earnest (BASS) Edward Kliewer, H.C. Wilinson
(DRUMS) Marvin Lindsey, Richard Ruble, Saundito Gregg
(TROMBONES) Garland Powell, J.F. Whitefield, Norman Davenport.
1935 RHS & RJC Band
Cornets: Randall Blackmond, Jack Davenport, J.W. McKinney, C.E.
May Jr., Jack Rex, Lewis Hughes, Vernon Deffebach, Aaron Keen,
Billy Beach, Willard Balch, Bob Hunt, Jimmie Ralston, Harry
Neville, Junior Hamilton, Billy Davis, James Ferris, Babb Edmonds,
Walter Lee Jackson, Billy Deaton, Jim Murphy. Altos: Chas. David
Whitefield, Jim Galloway, Floyd Russell, Glenn Rex. Bassoon: J.A.
Johnson. Clarinets: Albert Miller, Shorty Shingleton, Milton
Bowden, Ernest Glazner, Buster Higdon, Evea Littlejohn, Thomas
Thompson, Douglas Coe, Ella Mae Fiddler, Edith Mae Taylor. Bass:
Glen D. Cox, Herman Dempsey, Truett Harris, Stephen Presslar.
Drums: Olin Smith, Phillip Kribbs, Roy Hanson, Fred Hughes,
Billy Hinman, George Stokes, Billy Stevenson, Roy Baker, Bill
Burch, Saxaphones: F.P. Brashier, Billy Herrington, Ben Cook,
Eugene Kribbs, Nona Fae Ervin, John Thomas Scott, Arthur Shelton,
Claude Gunn, R.O. King. Baritone: Norman Dennis, Mrs. F.W.
Hummel, Francis McHenry, D.A. Roberson, Elnora Eaton, Reid
Hunter. Tromobones: Norman Davenport, Garland Montgomery,
F.W. Humel, Reynolds Cozby, Barefield Thomas, Dean Crawley,
James Shackelford. Director: Robert L. Maddox.
1938 Ranger High School Band
Trombones: Homer Smith, Archie Hazard, LeRoy Pearson, Jack Rapp,
Buford Bryan, Mary Croom. Bass: D.A. Roberson, W.G. Pounds,
Princeton Head, George Falls, Keneth Pruett. Drums: J. L. Ervin,
Charles Brown, Henry Limbocker, Dan Rex, Jimmie Smith, Saxophones:
Bettie Sue Blanton, Edna Marie Blanton, Hershel Eyley, Billie
Harrington, Cicero Harris, Dill Cox. Altos: James Russell, Glen
Rex, Michael Ready. Baritone: Francis McHenry. Cornets: Lewis
Hughes, Babb Edmonds, Jack Rex, Bob Hunt, Bobby Smith, Charles
Whitefield, Walter Lee Jackson, Carrol Boon, Raymond Bryan,
Albert Bradford, Bill Brown, Gerald Booth, Dwaine Dennis, Charles
Osteen, Charles Martin, Harry Neville, Richard Collier, Clarinets:
Pleas Moore, H. L. Baskin, M.L. Baskin, Bill Smith, Ernest Green,
Jerry DeVore, Dorothy Mathena, Fern Meroney, Edith Mae Taylor,
Allen Ussery, Jimmie Utley, Homer Gay, Marie Green, Herman Bryan,
Christine White, F.P. Brashier, Jr. Drum Major: D.A. Roberson.
Mascot: Bobby Rex. Director: Lynn H. Tulloch.
1939 Program of the Ranger Band
1941 RHS Band Club
1st Row: Schley D. Lemma, Charles Martin, Charles Deaton, Raymon
Bryan, Albert Bradford
2nd Row: James Croom, Billy Harrington, Dewey Cox, Dan Rex, Gayle
Blacklock, Gerald Booth, Mr. E. Masten (Sponsor)
1949 BAND WINS HONORS AT REGION MEET SATURDAY
(Ranger Times 5/2/1949)
Ranger's School Band came in for its share of honors at the big
band Interscholastic League contest in San Angelo coming away
with a first place in the colorful marching event and in third
place in the concert division, and third in sight reading.
In the solo events Ranger won two first places, Anne Dorris
taking first place as a twirler and Joyce Garvin winning first
in the melophone division. Other solo events were coronet, Bob
Crawford, Class II, second; bass, Gene Hamilton, Class II,
second; clarinet, Eugene Sutton, class II, third: saxophone,
Jim Smith, Class I, second; saxophone, Donally Dooley, Class I,
third; student director, Bob Crawford, third and student
director, June Ann Morton, second.
Nearly 900 band members representing 16 bands participated in
the contests which were conducted at the stadium in San Angelo
on Friday and Saturday.
Following are the band members that participated in the events,
Harold Green, Eugene Sutton, James Martinez, Rita Wynn, Gertie
Galloway, Mary Lou Townzen, Barbara Ray Long, Johnny Gay, Nita
Creager, Maxine Landtroop, Richard Martin, June Ann Morton,
Donald Needham, Jerry Page, Noel Kim, Jack Allen, Shirley Gray,
Leta Ervin, Joyce Garvin, Laverne Alexander, Lusby Kirk, Betty
Lou Hagaman, Jackie Poynor, Joyce Jones, Dolores Cox, Glenda
Beck, Sandra Peterson, Doncie McGraw, Norma Clemmer, Pat Taylor,
Billy Sue Polk, Betty Jo Williams, Rita Beth Martin, James Smith,
Gene Hamilton, Clara Mae Jacoby, Gene Ready, Frankie Johnson,
Barbara Ann Healer, Bobby Burnett, Bob Crawford, Janice Page,
Ann Dorris, Betty Ewing, Cynthia Hull, Donna Mae Thomas and
Jo Ann Hall.
Sponsors who accompanied the band, besides the Director W.R.
Fafier, were Mrs. L.H. Hagaman, Mrs. J. D. Johnson, Mrs. Carl
Garvin, Mrs. Gorman Morton and the accompanist, Mrs. Lowell
Rainwater.
1959 RHS Marching Band
1961 RHS Marching Band
Back row (left to right): Teddie Neeley, Norman Carroll, Nancy
Boen, Linda Warford, Sue Niska, Diana Cantrell, Carol
Montgomery, Dayle Penney, Frank Miller, Jimmy Drennan, Bobby
Owen, Bob Anderson, Sharon Sutton
Fourth row (left to right): Melba Wright, Tommy Smith, Glynda
Wilson, Patricia Eschberger, Gay Nell Blackwell, Becky Brown,
Judy Wright, Elaine Barrett, Sylvia Robinson, Sandra Tibbels,
Lloyd Capps, Denny Ewing, Charlene Blackwell
Third row (left to right): June Loper, James Stephens, Brenda
Weaver, Rush Boggus, Betty Estes, Donna McKenzie, Barbara Ford,
Wanda Melton, Carolyn Dempsey, Shirley Offield, Linda Hatton,
Mary Fron, Susan Woods
Second row (left to right): Terry Hatfield, Peggy Neeley, Judy
Jolly, Jay Dell Baker, Jeralyn Anderson, Janice Smith, Cookie
Falls, Donnie Chestnut, Pat White, Sandra Allsup, Butch Owen,
Barbara Bledsoe, Vinetta Blackwell
Front row (left to right): Sue Cantwell, Sara Johnson, Shellene
Scott, Sandi Halbrooks, Donna Drennan. Enlarge photo
RHS Band