The documented story
The yearbook establishes a separate corps, size, leadership, and activity from the school’s concert/marching band.
People and leadership
Tom Shirley is identified as director and organizer; Sara Ann Preston as drum major; Eunice Cormack as assistant sponsor.
Community and organization
El Reno High School and the Band Mothers’ Club provide the institutional context.
Reading the evidence
Exact appearance dates and outcomes beyond the school-year account remain unresolved.
Questions for further research
Recover the Boomer pages and preserve the separate corps identity from the high-school band.
Dated evidence in this record
- 1938
El Reno High School Drum and Bugle Corps was a separate 37-student girls’ corps in 1938 under Tom Shirley, with Sara Ann Preston as drum major and Eunice Cormack as assistant sponsor.