Auglaize Brown High School - Oakleaf Yearbook (Oakwood, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 94 of the 1939 volume:

[ L L B tmmmss DEDICATION TO MR. RADER, WHOSE WISDOM HAS COMMANDED OUR RESPECT, WHOSE SENSE OF FAIR PLnY HAS DESERVED OUR LOYALTY, WHOSE FAITH HAS INSPIRED US TO GREATER THINGS, AND WHOSE SINCERITY AND KINDNESS HAS WON OUR LASTING DEVOTION, V E DEDICATE THIS—OUR 1939 EDITION OF THE OAKLEAF. BOARD OF EDUCATION A vital asset to any school is a well organized Board of Education. Oakwood is fortunate in having such an organization. With their guidance and help our school must progress. The following is an outline of the different departments of the Board and uhe heads of the departments: Building Administration-Clint Shafer Grounds Administration---Nerval McClure School Equipment Administration-■-Guy Bidlack School Conveyance Administration--Charles Cunningham Faculty Colaboration Administration-Dr. A. F. Burson Clerk G. A. Bennett II JE. . frc S A ? j?«A ' jgjtce CeUtre (DAj o Vo r f r err f?A D£ft Jy u er ir e Jen V AjA Jan CoHeoe Ci Ae Un ■i ersi+ y Sou fin? (ancon (Jn.yorj: y I I i r ACHIEVEMENTJ When you delve through your library twenty years hence, or through the libraries of the alumni of the Class of 1S39, I most sincerely hope that you will do so with a deep feeling of satis¬ faction. I hope that this Oakleaf will stir within you not only pleasant memories, but deep satisfying memories of four glorious years of achievement. We want you to feel that you have added to your school some definite marks of progressiveness. Surely you shall feel a great amount of pride in the many cooperative endeav¬ ors in which you, as an important and cooperative student group with your community, school fellows and faculty, were responsible in a large measure for the school you honor today. This class has been an exceptional one. We say this with no little pride and in profound sincerity. There is honor and glory for all of you—there is esteemed honor for a numbered few. We pay particular honor to: Leona Matson-----Valedictorian Norma Hobnolte---Salutatorian Reba Huff-School Activity Award Cleo Ladd-Athletic Award Alvilda Weible-State Award—Alto Leona Matson-State Award—Soprano Boys 1 Basket Ball Team-County Semi-Finalists We earnestly hope your days in Oakwood High School _are_ but a building block in your great structure of,achievement. ' si oys ir.ee Club 2,3 Senior Play Annual Staff 3 Operetta 3 President 4 Class Basketball 4 Basketball Manager 3 Baseball 2,3 Martin Harmon Boys Glee Club 1,2,3 Sophomore, Junior, Senior Play Paper Staff 4 Annual Staff 4 Football 3,4 Basketball 4-Class Basketball 4 Secretary-Treasure, 4 Baseball 2,3,4 E unice Schubert Girls Glee Club 1,2,3 Paper Staff 4 A Cape11a Choir 4 Harold Grosenbacher Boys Glee Club 1,2,3,4 Sophomore, Junior, Senior Play Paper Staff 4 Annual Staff 3,4 Operetta 3 Football 2,3,4 Class Basketball 4-MGR. 4 Boys Quartette 1,4 Baseball 4 Ma rcell a Brandt Se eretary-Treasure 2,3 Paper Staff 4 French Club 3 Honor Student Carl Johnson Boys Glee Club 1,2,3,4 Boys Quartette 4 Junior, Senior Flay Paper Staff 4 Annual Staff 4 Operetta 2,3 Football 1,2,3,4 Se ere tary-Tr erasure 1 Baseball 2,3,4 Anita Kussel Paper Staff 4 French Club 3,4 Latin Club Vice President 4 Harry Henry Paper Staff 4 Baseball 1,2,3,4 E unic e C arnahan Girls Glee Club 1,2,3,4 SophomoreSenior Play Paper Staff, Editor 4 Annual Staff 3,4 Basketball 1,2,3,4 French Club 3 Band, 3,4 A Cane11a Choir 4 jL Sextette, 4 Class Basketball 4 y 1,1 tia F tton Paper Staff 4 Basketball 1,2,3 Class Basketball 4 French Club 3 Done 3-d a Workman Sophomore Play Senior Play Paper Staff 4 Basketball 1 2,3,4 French Club 3 Class Basketball 4 Honor Student Helen Williams Paper Staff 4 Annual Staff 4 Honor Student Bette Jones Girls Glee Club 1,2,3,4 Band 3,4 Basketball mgr. 4 Class Basketball 4 A Cape11a Choir 4 Fairy Potts Sophomore Play Paper Staff 4 French Club 3 Class Basketball 4 Eletha Dotterer A Capella Choir 4 Girls Glee Club 1,2,3 Latin Club 3 Sextette 4 Jack Mead Football 2,3,4 Class Basketball 4 Senior Play Betty Andrews Annual Staff 4 Paper Staff 4 Latin Club 1,2 Carl McClur e Boys Glee Club 1,2,3,4 Basketball 1,2,3,4 Class Basketball 4 Boys Quartette 4 Baseball 2,3,4 Band 3 Clyde Burt PaperStaff ' 4 Baseball 4 French Club 3 Band 3 Class Basketball 4 Football 3,4 Basketball 1,2,3,4 Sophomore Play A lvilda Weible Girls Glee Club 1,2,3,4—Pres. 4 Junior, Senior Play Annual Staff, 4 Paper ' Staff 4--Editor Operetta 3 Pr pq-irjpr|t | French Club 3—Latin Club 1,2 A Capella Choir 4 Sextette 3,4 Honor Student Q ian Thrasher Football 374 Basketball 2--Baseball 2 Class Basketball 4 Re b a Eiff Girls Glee Club 1,2,3,4 Sophomore, Junior, Senior Play Paper and Annual Staff 4 French Club 3 A Capella Choir 4 Basketball 1,2,3,4 Class Basketball 4 . Rex Adams Boys Glee Club 4 Paper Staff 4 Baseball 4 Dorothy Ice Girls Glee Club 1,2,3,4 Paper Staff 4 A Capella Choir 4 Band 3,4 Sophomore, Junior,, Senior Play French Club 3 Class Basketball 4 Janice ..ti ckna r Girls Glee Club j.,2,3,4 Sophomore, Junior, Senior Play Paper Staff,4 Annual Staff,3,4 Operetta 3 President 3 French Club 3— Latin Club 1,2 7 A Capella Choir 4 , Sextette 3,4 Class Basketball 4 Honor Student Leland Andrews Sophomore, Junior, Senior Play Paper Staff 3,4 Latin Club 1,2 E llen McClain Paper Staff 4 Annua1 Staff 3,4 French Club 3,4 Sophomore Play Honor Student Mr. Bernard L. C amp bel Senior Class Advisor Annual Staff Advisor Scnool Treasurer Graduate Ohio University ' B. S. in Education Raymond Keck Annual Staff- 3,4 French Club 3,4 Honor Student Leona Matson Girls . Glee ' Clube l .i,3 4 Trio ' 2 ' -, . Sextette 1,3,4 Fr. Club 2,3 Operetta 2,3 Soph, Jr. Play Paper Staff 4 Cheerleader 1,2 A Capells Choir 4 Latin Club 1,2 Annual Staff, 3,4, Ed. Class Basketball Vsledictorian Norma Robnolte Girls Glee Club 1,2,3,4 Soph. Jr. Play Paper Staff 4 Annual Staff 3,4 President 2 Cheerleader 2 Fr• Club 3 A Cspella Choir 4 Sextette 3,4 Class Basketball 4, Mgr. Sabutatorlan Leona Kochel Paper Staff 4 Cleo Ladd Boys Glee Club 1,2,3 Operetta 2 Football 1,2,3,4 Jr. Play Paper Staff 4 Basket Ball x,2,3,4 Baseball 1,2,3,4 Band 3,4 Class Basketball 4 George Trietsch Football 4 Orchestra 4 Band 3,4 Class Basketball June Elsman French Club 3,4 Latin Club 1,2 Honor Student want nr iAHA ( Derry U YgLE Loose WH t tl ' s Cure K osU PlS� Baby eier LANT Lcyei, ctuo ' PYX Amo LoLLYPoPS AHp LADlti ft OUt. ft Bukp ‘i UPHAPPy FAHILY ' .P Lei ano P No Pews II H ik ii t n NAPCEILA Bpandt AiVIhDA WElSLE You MOST HAVE ffes v a FAUTIFUL jAM ee P cka sp FAUtr Parrs « CLYDE BuBT Leona kezHEt, Hill pabhom ttL eo LAOO CLAN THRASHER CARL. JOHNSON PEBA HUFF Leona ptatsoh J« £ E SHAN YoPNA PoBMoLTF V SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Timidly our footsteps first marked a memorable path down the halls of Oakwood High School in the fall of 1935. Our first year was important because it marked the beginning of new friendships and the initiation of new responsibilities which we learned had to be shouldered. The high point of the Freshman year was our initiation given us by the Si-phmores, Alvilda eible was our president and Mr. Rader was class sponsor. We chose green and gold as class colors and as our motto, Lincoln’s famous remark, Wa build for character, not for fame. 11 Our Sophomore year was even more successful because of our play Miss Jimmy”, which even though our first attempt, was received with applause. Our president was Norma Robnolte and Mr. Asmus was picked as our advisor. As Juniors, we began to taste the sweet fruit of upper- classmanship. Our play ’’’Here Come Three Knights , u as equal to the reputation of our sophomoreppl y, Janice Rickner, our president and Mr. Asmus, again chosen advisor, saw us through a successful Junior-Senior banquet. Our Senior year was filled to the brim with events, among which were the Carnival, our Box Social, school lunches, our play ”Dottie and Daffy,” our trip and all the business of graduation—Baccalaureate, Commencement, Junior-Senior and Alumne banquets. Our class president was Ted Timbers and for the third year Mr« Asmus was chosen as our class sponsor. Toward the middle, of our Senior year, however, he received a position as commercial teacher at Maumee, Ohio. We regreted his departure and were only consoled by the arrival of Mr. Campbell, who ably acted as advisor for the rest of this jear. We Seniors know that, without doubt, we have an out¬ standing class to follow in our footsteps and we sincerely wish them all good luck a-nd success. June Eisaman oo C-VO ,-V s 1 CLASS OF ’39 (Tune of America) Oh, Class of Thirty-nine, We’re glad that there’s no sign Of failure here! We’re sure to be the pride Of all those Dads who tried Financial woes to hide Through all the years. We’ve not come here for play. V e study all the day. • i. Success is sure; Tho’ Latin is quite hard, And our reports are marred, Fears of flunking we’ll discard For we’ll endure. Our aim is not to spend, Character is our end, I’ve made it mine; I’m not one in a mass, I’m with each lad and lass. Of that most famous class Of THIRTY-NINE. Leona M. Matson A i{ ' ■ THE FUTURE One day as I was leaning far sack in a chair enjoying chemiL ry class, I noticed a loose knob of a drawer on my desk. I very cau¬ tiously loosened the bolt, took the handle into my right hand, and with all my might, threw it where I hoped Mr, Baumgardner to be. I then turned my back and waited for action. I heard a soft curse un¬ der breath, heard two teeth spit out on the floor, heard heavy foot¬ steps start my way, heard them come closer and stop just behind me. I heard the rustle of a coat being taken off, imagined a large strong arm being drawn back and then I heard no more. The next thing I knew the sun was shining, birds were singing, and I was out on a road trying to get a ride to Oakwood, the world’s largest television city. I Heard a rumble behind me and just stepped from the road in time to see a large truck go rolling by. I ceased to wonder who the driver was when I saw smeared all over the cab, 11 Johnson and Sons, breeders of High Class American Coon Hounds.’ 1 The dust had hardly settled when I heard the drone of an aeroplane far overhead. I saw a small piece of paper flutter from the window and land at my feet. I knew by the writing it was George Trietsch’s plane and he sent me a message sayirg, if I came up he would give me a. ride. Before I could answer, an old flivver drove up and a cheery ’’want a ride. Bud, ’ changed my thoughts I recognized Raymond Keck as the driver. He was very excited because he was on his way to see his wife, the former June Eisaman, and their six-week-old twin sons. I decided it was-safer to walk, but as I moved away from the can, the headlines of a newspaper on the floor, held my attention. It read ’’Thrasher successfully defends the heavy¬ weight crown for the seventeenth time.” I decided to get a meal from a neat-appearing farm house. A 10-year old girl answered the door, her 8-year old brother came to see what I wanted, two 6-year old twins asked me to fix their ball bat, and as I could hear two or three more babies crying, I decided Reba didn’t have time to feed hitch-hikers. A little further down the road I saw a sign which read ’’Matson Robnolte, Fresh Meat and Groceries, the only Maids in the Racket” and at the botton of it I made out the words—painted by Burt McClure. Further on, I came to a large ball park, and painted in large letters on the fence was —”Ladd and Bush, the world ' s greatest ball players here today.” Also, ’’See Harmon Grosenbacher, the world’s best clowns perform during the game, as I was reading it, I bumped into a young lady, whom I recognized as Eletha Dotterers who never misses one of Ladd’s games. Across the street I noticed a bunch of young women in nurses’ uniforms gazing at a, young Doctor. Imagine my surprise at discovering that they were Betty Jones, Eunice Carnahan, Donelda Work¬ man, and Gayle Adams, and the doctor was ’’Dutch Andrews . My hunger was almost driving me crazy, so I went to a restaurant and the first waitress I saw was Eunice Shubert who was receiving a bawling-out from A,nita Russell, the manager. The owners were Brandt Patton. Glancing over a newspaper, I saw that a bill on birth control had just been introduced in the Senate by Betty Andrews. The paper was edited by Helen -Williams and the reporters were Fairy Potts, Ellen McClain and Leona Kochel. I then rode up-town in a bus driven by Rex Adams, and stopped at a theater where Ted Timbers, The Master of Swing, was pla ' ing in.person. He was accompanied by his wife, Tillie, and also showing was a picture with the new star, Janice Rickner. The voice of Mr. Baumgardner saying Now, I don’t mind sound sleep¬ ers, but don’t fall off your chair again,” convinced rue that the knob had missed and that the mighty Baumgardner had not struck. Jack Mead ”THE GREAT .LOVER”?’ ?’ ? i JUKI Oil CL;-i33 -i. • k. 3 h D. G. Front njhman, Snaffor far, H. Fric o. Heller, -vow, 1, to r,’ J. L dd, 0 -1. 11 _L - - iTi C , -1 o . 0 1 1 9 -—Jo J. C-.rnj.iien. 3rd now- Rhees, S. Hahn, J. Botes Beck How; Y. .darns, J. B. -.ndrews, L. Price, B. H. kr.rvin. 2nd How .u. .cnub-rt, Thorn.’s, V. She f for, L. Bites, ' kr. -l lie ns worth, ?. Shock, D. , D. Li e hthill, k. Hohr, L. Hetcher Smith, B. Shisler, L. O’Bryant, Bre.y, Ho Good. 8 Freshmen, the hi h spot of the year ••.•ms oar initiation and other activities first class pl:,y president was Don-Idins Li, .htnill mbell”, our John Be.twS was President. T. s -iven in oar Sophomore ye .r. That year our no x r. B.. umgardner wa s av is or. Time passed on and nov. we are Juniors, facing a new -.nd differ¬ ent line of ctivities, e elected Pauline Shocxs. for President and Robert Good, Vice-President, with x.r. «llansworth for class advisor. u 3 had parties ..a usual, out they vefe mostly skating. ,.e ...Iso had — . - - J -- Then Crime our class play e then ended the year a chicken supper which Robinson Crusoe , pre was grand success 23anted x.pril 11, 1S39 with the Junior-Senior Banquet. ♦ Ha- v r jt — — — — ■ • —■ • .«r — • • —- • - — i CX W • “ • - Z W M ft r . • w � X � «Q V « ft w - - ___ • —■ - — - � — • — C. Grilles. H. 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He r c_ass tzliters. decided or. cur colors, flatter and sent • - ■ — ' — — —■ — —- • - ♦ — —“ — • — — e next tew «exs. e -tat severe parties 5 - pi i t ■ r p y i Z v — 1 V i sere thing like :crt v .-live to O: d i f -� - zz tt • r G,r ' - — « 2 ' - ' it — - - i r « i 5t - i r� f ---— - « w A « 4 C - --— tZZt • C 5 uj 1 -- v - sent 1 1 tz degdn. Zlectizn of officers tick place which ended with lieu HuntIte. President: Mary Ann Thrasher. Vice-President: DonaId :uu Sec. -Trees.: and Sarzra Halites. Heptrter. Or. November 22, we r II — S — — — - — — — — — - «- - IT- ■ -nr — � ’ 1 ' 2 C. Ttl ’ — - - ---- - --— w r -C2_ ' . --._■= --C _ws.-OOJL -T-J w — J which was a tig success. fe have nad a few drop out. hut we have tlnree new c la senates to the only tragedy we have had was ti ri tn IT 1_a t-S . - - � � II M n ii 0| I I First Row. Left to right—G. eible , R. Deatrick, K. Thomas, G. Mead, K. Keck, F. Sudlov. Second Row—J. Kane, L. Scott, R. Burt, D. Mohr, ±i. Nog le, ;. Coil, Jr. Retcher, Jr. Bradford. Third Row—M. Breckler,H. Price, B. Measele, M. Mead, G. Jones, v. Ladd, L. .ciams, E. Potts, 0. workman. Fourth Row—N. Kohart, E. Keck, D. Good, H. itieke, M. Mead, B. Bakins, E. McGahan, D. Hardesty, L. Russell, J. nobnolte, F. Thrasher. Fifth Row—L. Carnahan, M. Rose, Jr. Bidlack, D. Fruchey, H. Becker, C. Mullen- I. Durham, H. Harmon, B. Riggenbach. .1 v. Q . CRY Cne nine., uay in .mrch, 46 hu ky people came panting into the South room carrying a huge package Hurriedly they dumpe-o their cargo on the desk ar.de exclamations of wonderment from kiss x-ierce The package? banner—at least five feet long, with the letters C PI S. anc 1942 proucly displayeo on it The Freshman class was definitely launched! -‘•’he Freshman were initiated September 16. It was a lot of fun for the Sophomores. After that, parties came thick and fast: one September 30, in the woods, then October 27, a Hoiloween party. Spooksanc every thing, A Christmas party. December 22, almost ruined by mumps and an ill fated party February 2, at the school- house. It’s been a swell Freshman year and we hope our Sophomore year proves just as successful, and brings us just as much fun. Class Colors: Purole and Gold. Class Flower: Iris I 1st .tow• I . it c ob. 3.1‘p 5 i. « Cullough, it. cT i Hiatus , R. Harris, R Riley, V. Porter, R. Thrasher, I. .cott Porter. 2no Row. 1. rcher, R. Brown, R3 u, o i_nglisn, L. BiGls.ck, . Lggg , R C. Carnahan, I. Poster, R. Aieshire, A. Shafer, ricvisor, hr. i.ret zinger. A. Feiffer, M. Gtt, G. Baaiu, V . Lie — Biolack. 3rc Row . Hill, R. hofisinger, 1st Row? 1. to r. A. Keen, „i sv oro, . 1 . CarnAian, I. Tnona L. Carnahan, R. Thrasher, C. Row L. Bush, r. Scnultz, h. . i.. aaock, D. Scott, L. I ' .RrcKel, V. Tip- s, ij 0 v.ri imes. Sno Row? iiiss Cnase, i’.io i eac, Scott, J. ' illians, D. TToffsinger• 3ro huff, R, Tracy, A. Sorter, L. .cClure. 9 First row, left to right: I Maddock, D.J Roggle,L.Grimes .S.Hughes,N Thrasher, A. Rickner,M. E. Williams ,R. Adams. 2nd row,1.to r.:A.C.Staley, E.Pier,E.S ud- low,J.Friend, V. Tipsword, B.Badman j A 0 1 � Burt,M.Bidlack. Back row, 1. to r.: Miss Chafer,F.Badiu, V. Saum,B. Robnolte, B.McCullough, J. Stauffer, H. Mead,W. hubert,0.Carnahan. . II I r � +■ dead, H.Phlipot,D.Adams. 2nd row: N.FuffSchubert,S.Carnl!han,B.3Irvey,B7 1 TI ' ifksher,M. Bidlack,B.Sudlow,B.Porter,H,Harris,M,Thrasher,M.Mead. 3rd row: C.Teegarden,V.Ale- shire, R.Peiffer,D.Spe cht,P.Kohart,E.Carnahan,3.Brown,M.Ke ck,V,Mead,K.Eaton,N. We ib le R.Rickner, 4th row: T,Gilliland,J.Hill,R.Fuller,D.Sherman O.Bidlack,G.Davison,D. Lehman,C.Redman,G.English,W.Fuller,C.Riley. y Left to right 1st row: N.Sharp,R.Stover,A.Huff,D.Bennett,V.Grimes,M.Hahn,B.S.Rader, V.Carnahan. 2nd row: J.Carnahan,D.Saum,B.Peifer,D.Leatherman,H.Phlipot,F.Fohart, P.Donley. 3rd row: L.Hughes,J.Fulmer,P.Carnahan,L.Eaton,V.Harvey,H.rilliams. Left to Right—1st row: C.Staley,R.Friend,R.Matson,A.Schubert,W. Bidlack; 2nd row: F,Adams,M.L.Mohr,R.Phlipot,H.Eaton,T.Harvey,L. Grimes,L.Carnahan,I.Plotts; 3rd row: C.Redmon,L.Scott,L.Scott,P. Teegarden,E.Bidlack,N.Carnahan,L.Bennett,L.Weaver,E.Kohart,M. McCullough; 4th row: E.McClure,B.Greece,D.Mead,D.Kane,A.Lehman,J. Mead,J.Carnahan,K.Be11, Miss Wiegel. Left to Right-lst row: A.Kohart,A.Weaver,A.L.Stover,0,Teegarden,G. Spangler,E.Randolph,H.Rau,J.Marquardt; 2nd row; B.Carnahan,B.L.Stover F.Adams,J.Fuller,M.Sudlow,B.Harter,M.A.Shafer,E.Carnahan,I Pier; 3rd row: C.Williams,L.Leahman,McCague,D.Bennett,D.Bidlack,C.Thrasher,J. Craft,D.Ott, Miss Cook. .A The force that keeps the furnace going, the floors clean, and the ventilation controlled, is pictured in the center of this page—Dennis (Cotton) Bidlack, our janitor. His assist¬ ant, not pictured, is Harry (the whistler), Henry. Also shown are the busses, those vehicles that bring the students daily to school. The drivers of the busses are: Ira Mohr, Virgin Adams, Allen Williams, Merle Hoslep, Ray Rickner, Guy Bradford, Melrose, Athel Stuckey, Auglaize, and Dean Price, Auglaize. The busses are used, besides regular work, to take players to ball games, girls to glee club concerts and various other extra-curricular activities. 1 i Our calendar of social events began with the Halloween fun when first grabs girls and boys became beggars, witches■, clowns and the like Next came Thanksgiving with its good things to eat followed by Christmas and all its wonderment The toys were hardly off the tree, yet thoughts of St Valentine-s Day were already great anticipations. Then the Easter Bunny came, bringing with him the plane for their summers-wading, gardening, and most of all, playing. These were interrupted by birthday now and then along with the many new things,, they were so eager and willing to learn so that they would be able to take their places as capable, wide-awake Second Grade Pupils. GRADE II Ghosts, clowns, witches and many other characters were seen at our Halloween party. There was fun for all, especially during our parade through the High School. Yes, Santa Claus came to our room, too. All the gifts under the gayly lighted tree made many boys and girls happy. Our mothers, sisters, and brothers came to our Christmas party. We didn t let Valentine ' s Day pass by either. We just celebrated the occasion with a pretty Valentine Box filled to the top. Then came all the fun and laughter at our Easter party. The Easter Bunny didn ' t miss us. Instead he hid our eggs all around the room. Throughout the school year many of our boys and girls celebrated their birthdays with us. All this tended to make our Second year in school a memorable one GRADES III IV On October 30, 1939 we dressed in all sorts of weird costumes and joined the parade. After the parade we cmme back to our room and had apples, popcorn and all kinds of candy. On December 23, 1938 a high degree of excitement prevailed in our room. This seemed to die down, a little, when Santa Claus delivered a package to each one, also candy. We ' were so glad for all of the parents who came to see the fun. February 14, 1939 was another exciting day. After the mail- carriers had delivered all of the ' small, intriguing looking envelopes every one went home with a satisfied feeling. n rO GRADE FIVE On September 6, school began with eleven girls and eighteen boys. In Geography, we studied The Americas”, with workbooks, map studies, imaginary trips to Niagara Falls, Washington, the cotton fields, Grana Canyon, Yellowstone, ana Yosemite. The name of our arithmetic is Practical Arithmetic . In this subject, we took up sedition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, improvement tests and diagnostic tests. Our speller is the Stan¬ ford Speller . There were low graces, high grades, graphs, charts in ehis subject. Rhythms and Rimes , is the name of our Music. This was carried on with clever tunes, a flag drill, rhythm band, victrola, ana raaio. Many books, interesting stories, oral reading, silent reaamg, and dramatization all came in our Reading. The Beginnings of the American People ana Nation , was the main topic of our History. This took in Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, the Pilgrims, the Puritans, Westwarc Movement, French ana Inaian War, George Washington, ana the Revolution. English Activities , is maintaining language skills, keeping to the subject, mending our speech, telling thoughts in order, improving the paragraph, getting ana using information, making reports, ana using words that fit. Cn Frioay afternoons we have baseball, basketball, races, ana games. The last aay of school comes ana we get our grace cares. We are then in the sixth grade. (We hope!) GRADE SIX When the school term of 1938-1939 opened in September, twenty- seven pupils were resent to begin work and play together. One of the first projects worked out in History was about covered wagon days. We assembled our work in booklet form. On the first page there was a picture of a covered wagon train leaving camp. The next picture was an Inaian waving goodbye, to an ox train. After each story in our History there is a page of questions which we an¬ swered, then put the answers in our booklet. The books were very interesting, ana were proua of them. In English we made booklets on music, after we finished them, Miss Shafer suggested that we invite the Third GraGe over to see and hear what our booklets were like. When we had this program we each reao something out of our booKlet. They enjoyeo it very much. One of our other projects in English was the newspaper called the Green Cak . Joan Delaney was cur Editor. We hao a few mistakes, but we were prouo of our paper. V e gave a copy to each of the graces cine each pupil received a copy to take home. At the first of the year, Miss Shafer gave each pupil a poem book. Then we organized a Poetry Club. Joan Delaney was President, ano Marjorie Biolack was Secretary. On March 15, we elects new officers. Betty Badman was electee Presi¬ dent with Alice Rickner, Secretary. These, together with parties, ball games ano other activities, as well as our regular work, have helped to make this school term an interesting and profitable one. Ur rf • ¥ 1 SEVENTH GRADE CLASS HISTORY in In 1932 school to a group of -twenty one pupils started their first year strive to the place which twelve have attained. They are Lois Grimes, Helen Maddock, Alta Rae Carnahan, Dorothy Carnah¬ an. Helen Keck, Hilda Thomas r Maxine Marckel, Dan McClure, Billy Huff-, Donald Bush, Ned Schultz and Ray Thrasher. The other ten pupils have dropped in somewhere along the way Dor £eaejler K ll proved to be liked very much. Laura Stauf¬ fer was oar first teacher, then came Gladys Ct-in ngham in the i-ocvrd grade, and Marie Fogle in the third. The fourth grade was divided so Audrey Giltz taught part of us and Florence Shafer the other part a Lucille Adams taught us in the fifth and Alta Shafer in the sixth. At the beginning of this year we had twenty in our class. Doris Scott moved out of the district but Betty Litzenberg, Gerald Ewing, and Anna Kwasacigrok were added to our number Miss Chase was our advisor, Billy Huff, President, Dean Noffsinger, Secretary, Helen Maddock, Treasurer, and Hilda Thomas, News Reporter. We enjoyed four parties this year, a weiner roast in the woods, a party at Hilda 5 s home, one at Alta Rae r s home, and a Theater Party at D efiance, given by our advisor. EIGHTH GRADE CLASS HISTORY On September 6, 1938, twenty-seven pupils entered the eighth grade of Oakwood High School. In the ne||t few weeks we elected our class officers as follows: President—-Lawrence Bidlack Vice-President—Junior WiHaims Secretary—Dathryn Sharp Treasurer—Robert Shafer Reporter—Zerma Archer Advisor—Mr. Eretzinger Our first party was a skating party, then on March 6, a party was held at the school house. A pleasant evening was spent by all. Everything ran smoothly for us, until the Mid-Semester Exams, which caused many nervous days and sleepless nights. But the outcome seemed to be successful. Our anxious day is yet to come, when we patiently wait for our final grades to see if we re all capable of entering the Freshman year. We leave the rest to the future. Someday we hope pemeone will finish the History of the Eighth Grade of 39 Front row left to right: B. Andrews, L. Matson, E. McClain, P. Shock. H. Rhees, H. Williams. Second row: Mr. Rader, A. Weible, J . Ricker, E. Carnahan, N. Robnolte, R. Huff, C. Williams, M. Bates, Mr. Campbell Back row: B. Bray, H, Grosenbacher, M. Harmon, C. Johnson, R. Keck. Front row left to right: H. Rhees, M. Shaffer, P. Shock, T. Wolf, I Lehaman. Second row: Mr. Rader, T. Looney, V. Shaffer, M. Bates, C. Williams, E. McClain, A. Russell, Y. Adams, J. Eisaman. Back row: R. Good, B. Andrews, L. O’Bryant, J. Bates, B. Shisler, L. Price, B. Bray, R. Keck. H First How—Left to Right—Davis, Williams, Durham, Potts, Ladd, Burt, Workman, Chase, Second Row—McGahan, Jones, Reikie, English, Dindot, Russell, Craft, Good, Adams, Kohart. Third Row—Adams, Lamb, Thrasher, Grimes, McCullough, Benedict, Devers Carnahan First Row—Meade, Sharp, Beemer, Richardson, Burt, Haddock, Sharp, Carnahan, Price. Second Row-Shock, Pieffer, Archer, Jones, Hornish, Mohr, Lighthill, Hardesty, Meade, Keck, Eisman, Price. Third Row— Davis, Reikie, Fuller, Dindot, Coil, Robnolte, Eakins, Richardson. Fourth Row—Allensworth, Price, Shisler, Fruchey, Robnolte, Peters, Johnson, Baumgardner. S c I E N C E C L U B THE FRENCH CLUB Les American Francais sont le nom du cercle fran$ais. Le groupe se compose d ' un President, d ' un Vice President, d ' un Tresorier-Secre ' taire elus, pour un an, a la majorite ab- solue des suffrages exprimes par les membres presents a 1 As¬ semble generate annuelle. Les membres du Bureau remplissent les fonctions generalement attachees h leurs mandats respectifs. The Officers President ...... .Mile. Anita Russell Vice-President. - .M. Robert Bray Le Tre ' sorier Secretaire .M. Raymond Keck L’Editeur . M. Burtnet Shialer Le Directeur.M. G. L. Rader L ' education des yeux, des oreilles et de l ' esprit s ' en trovera bien. THE HOME ECONOMICS CLUB The Home Economics Club, Dinner Belles, was organized by the Freshmen and Sophomore girls under the direction of Miss Chase. Officers: President . Phyllis Burt Vice-President . Grace Williams Secretary . Helen Craft Treasurer . Elsie Mae Grimes News Reporter.Fanny Mae Adams Meetings: October . Evelyn English ' s Home November.Gae Jones ' Home December.Ruth Benedict ' s Home Once a month we served school lunches to help pay for an electric sewing machine which we purchased at the be¬ ginning of the year. THE SCIENCE CLUB This is the first year for the Science Club The mem¬ bers are the students in the Eighth Grade Science, General Science, Biology and Chemistry who average a B or better. There is a meeting every four weeks and those who attend four meetings are eligible for a science key. The instructors are Mr. Baumgardner and Mr. Allensworth. Q— jT’o ' O V LATINI AMICI CLUB The Latini Amici, composed of fifteen Latin I and II students, have successfully completed their second year in this organisation under the direction of Miss Chase. v „ • Motto—Experienta docet Colores—Purpura et Albatus F lo w e r s - -V i o la Praefecti Praeses—Dorothy Hardesty Vitium Praeses--;Madge Mead Scriba-Thesaurus—Helen Price NuntiuS Narrator—Laura Carnahan —- —_.... - --. r- —— V ' 4 Concurus October—Ludus December—Helen Harmon’s Domus February—rEvalena Sharpes Domus ' • ' . r . • t • ' • Hox anno Latinae Scholae plene fruitae sunt sedulitas nostrae Latinae Clavae, et: n se x dnimo speramus schplas in futuris annis fruituras esse id ut multo. A CaPELLu CH01H This year among other musical groups the A Cape11a Choir was organized. This group of thirty met every Monday evening to practice, because every class period during the day was filled. ■ A During the year they did many interesting things, such as competing in a contest held at Bluffton taking part in an Easter Cantata and giving various concerts. The picked voices in this group enabled the choir to use better and more difficult music. Front row, left to right; E. Sharp, B„ Maddock, H. Price, M. Mead, M. Mead, H. Harmon, L. Carnahan, M. Breckler. Back row, left to right; M. Thrasher, D. Richardson, D. Hardesty, J. Robnolte, B. Eakins, L. Richardson, E. Keck, Miss Chase. First Row, left to right; P. Burt, L. Matson, J. Fuller, L. Rich¬ ardson, Miss Pierce, A. Weible, J. Robnolte, B. Eakins, M. Thrasher. Second Row, left to right; E. Schubert, D. Richardson, E. Dotterer, P. Schock, M. Bates, M. Mohr, F. Adams, F. Carnahan, G. Williams, E. Sharp. Third Row, left to right: J. Smith, E. Shaffer, R. Benedict, D. Lighthill, C« Williams, D. Ice, N. Robnolte, R. Huff, E. Carnahan, B. Jones, J. Rickner, D. Dindot. A O K ip cp in GIRLS GLEE CLUB AND SEXTETTE L. Matson, Z. Dotterer, E. Carnahan, N. Robnolte, J, Riekner, A. Weible Left to right: P. Burt, L. Matson, B. Maddock, F. Thrasher, L. Richard- on, A. Weible, J. Robnolte, M. Thrasher, H. Beerner, F. Adams, N. Kohart, . Williams, I. Durham, M. Riekner, E. Sharp, S, Potts, F. Carnahan, . Jones, D. Richardson, T. Wolf, J. Lamb, V. Hornish, W. Ladd, K. Harmon, . Adams, D. Schubert, B, Zakins, J. Fuller, R. Benedict, E. Grimes, . Williams, D. Ice, N Robnolte, R. Huff, S. Carnahap, B. Jones, L. Coil, M. Bates, D. Dindot, J. Riekner, H. Rhees. Instructor-Miss Pierce - V VY % -O ■5 GIRLS 1 GLEE CLUB Fifty voices blending together in songs everyone likes- The Glow Worm, Hansel and Gretel’s Y-rayer—— Christmas hymns. The group was picked from the en¬ tire high school, giving everyone, a chance to sing good music. A Christmas Carol Service in candlelight with caroling afterward, was one of the high spots of the year. Various concerts—an Easter Cantata, Commencement appearance, all helped to make this glee club year an outstanding one. SEXTETTE Another outstanding musical group of this year was the Sextette. The six girls which composed this group did many interesting things such as: competing in a contest at Bowling Green, singing at the Paulding County Music - Festi¬ val, appearing in various concerts, in both churches and on school programs. The organization was one deserving high praise. MUSIC FESTIVAL The Paulding County Music Supervisors held their first meeting in September. The group organized, electing Janes Mearns of Haviland, Chairman, and Rachel Ann Pierce, Oak- wood, Secretary. Under the auspices of the organization, the first Paulding County Music Festival was held on March 9th. Massed county band, orchestra, and chorus were featured with each school presenting an individual number. Unde r the Drs. Eugene Weigel, and Joseph Leeder, the festival was a decided success. ¥ B0Y3 ? GLEE CLUB This year the Boys 1 Glee Club organized in September, electing Carl Johnson, President; Carl McClure, Secretary and Treasurer; and LeRoy 0 Bryant, Librarian. During the year, a great deal of progress was made and the organization grew rapidly in popularity. They made appearances in the Christmas candle-light service, in Chapel, at Churches, and took part in the Pauld¬ ing musical Festival and the Easter Cantata. Everyone who heard this group agree that they were better than ever before. BOYS QUARTETTE A new addition to the music department this year was made by the forming of a Boys 5 Quartet. This quartet con- of Carl Johnson, Harold Grosenbacher, Carl McClure and Keith Matson, successfully proved that Oskwood boys could sing. They gave appearances at Christmas, Farmers Insti¬ tute, Easter, and various school programs. They also joined four girls from the sextette, forming an Octet. This group made several appearances, adding more glory to the music department, and especially Miss Pierce for the work and effort she has put forth in making this as successful as it has been. BOYS f QUARTETTE H. Grosenbacher, C. Johnson, K. Matson, C. McClure. BOYS’ GLEE CLUB •tfront Row—R. Rickner, C. McClure, C. Johnson, II. Grosenbacher, L. 0 Bryant, R. Norgle, K. Matson, C. Grimes, L. Thomas, Miss Pierce. Director. 5 Back Row—R. Deatrick, G. Weible, L. Schubert, R. Adams, W. Harris, B. Andrews, D. Mohr, D. Burt. 5 MR i First Row: 0. Carnahan, N. Weible, D. Hosier, P. Burson, A. Staley. Second Row: E. Sharp, 3. Haddock, P, Burt, H. Harmon, L. Richardson, J. . ' illiams, J. Delaney, H. Haddock, A. Rickner, D. Lighthill. Third Row: H. Beemer, D. Richardson, J. Friend, W. Ladd, H. Rieke, E. Thomas, G. Trietsch, J. Smith, L. Bidlack, D. Burt, K. Sharp, B. Badman, T. Wolf. Fourth Row: N, Thrasher, Y. Adams, Z. Archer, C. Ladd, K. Matson, J. Bates, D. Fruchey, L. Coil, J. Fuller, D. Mohr, Ned Schultz, R. Bidlack. Fifth Row: G. Yeible, B. Bray, H. Bates, G. Heller, D. Ice, L. O ' Bryant, E. Carnahan, J. Robnolte, B. Jones, M. Thrasher, G. Jones. Director: Mr, Glenn Sickafus. OUH BAND” In October of the year 37, our Band was organized. For many years Oakwood had been without a school band and finally the need far such an organization was realized. Mr. Sickafus from Paulding, Ohio was hired as the Band Director, and his first appearance found five school children ready to work with him on this undertaking. During the advancement of the Band the first year, othey students became interested until the total member¬ ship of the Band is now fifty-two members. Since the organization, the Band lias taken part in many different events, such as the Peony Festival at Van Wert, Ohio and also the Paulding County Fair. At differ¬ ent times we have also sponsored regular Band Concerts. At the present time suits have been ordered, thanks to the Band Mothers Organization, which will improve the appearance of the Band considerably. Also on July Fourth of this year the Band has entered a contest at Hicksville, where we hope to bring home the honors. Again this year, as in the past, we will take part in the Peony Festival at Van Wert, Ohio. From the group of fifty two members in the band, five will graduate from school. This is not a very large per¬ cent of the Band, so we are looking forward to many years of success for the Band at Oakwood, • ' HAIL TO OAKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 1 3 BAND! I Lefi, to right—Luni neb a Huff, .alvilda Harold Grosenbacher Gone Ida dorknar. ce Carnahan, Le ran a Andrev? eible, uanice rickner, Ik ? -rl c-cnnson, c.a.ck Head, 5 —-crc ti, J.C6 tin Ha men, -ed Iinters, Left to right—Burtnet oc nray, George Heller Gelores Price, -.srgaret Lenoy 0 Bryant. Shisler, nste lla 5 -uonalaine Lightril nates, Carl Peters - olet ema . c Iff ire Shock, 5 J. r VI . ■■ I U i yP V ) Li_, o VI ' Ll— I 0 cd 0 G ' , s ( c? ' cd ,o es n 3? O I v i nit o Cj r O u CtL o h- u uj Os. cL GD —j _i 1 h— o_ £ 0 u u STAGE MANAGER-M.W.HARMON C_ o C ROBINSCK CRUSOE Junior Class Play Play Cast Ellen Robinson..... . Meta Robinson ... . Mrs. Dwight Robins on• .... Robinson Crusoe. ...... Friday... Mrs. Pierpont Drake.... Emily Drake Ethel Cartwright.. Donna.... Jeff Snyder.... Ben Hawks... Captain Frederick Salvatore Margaret Ann Bates . ..Thelma Volff .. Deloris Price Carl Peters ....Leroy 0 Bryant Donaldine LighthtH ....Violet Shafffcr ....Stella Shaffer .... Pa� $chock .Robert Bray .....George Heller ...Burtnet Shisler Direct oi . ...... A. E� C. Allensworth Stage Manager.......... . ... .Leland Price Assistant Managers..Junior Lsdd, Robert Good Harry Riley The Flay tells oi the adventures of Robinson Crusoe and his good man Friday, on their lonely island It pictures vividly the events of his exile, including shipwrecked ref¬ ugees, heart aches, false imprisonments, loneliness, quarrels and hardships However, a brighter day dawns for those on the Isle of Robinson Crusoe, when Captain Salvatore takes them all away from the lonely island and returns them to their homes,unharmed. A loud scream—a great noise--someone has fallen over the earthquake. Old Friday, with his mouth filled with or¬ ange, begins yelling, ’’From gymnasium to gymnasium.” The catastrophe is over and everyone begins to laugh Orders are issued, ’ ' Don’t eat Friday ' s fruit, I ve brought you some candy.” A scolding greets us when we insist on saying ’’Ethel” instead of Mrs. Cartwright.” Another scream—Nov what’s happened? Oh it’s a trivial matter, Mrs. Drake was practically murdered by a turtle— or so she says. The big night arrives in a whirl of grease paint, tat¬ tered trousers, battered shoes, a screaming savage, the heroic rescue of a white girl--THEN: Lights! action! and, above all, an earthquake. success is ours; DOTTY AND DAFFY Senior Class Play Play Cast Hilda Johnsor•••� •• ••••• A1fred Hopkins.. Mali v 0 : Milligan Tor e an ; gr’.y- ijT’S J Duphre Travers.. Jimmie Rand..... Freddie hand.. Mrs. Phyllis Travers...... Paxton Do Front........o... Jack Balmont.............. Aunt Hasten Harley.. Hugh Rand... O 0 .........Dorothy Ice ..Laland Andrews , -Dundee Carnahan .Reda Huff ......Janice Hicknar marold Grcsenbacaer .........Pill Harmon ......Alvilda Weible ...o.o... i . %iack Mead ..Carl Johnson DoneIda Workman .... Ted Timbers Stage Managers Advertising Managers. o ?oaov ‘� c o ocooeo co oAoceoiw� o« ivC o e rc Ticket Sale Managers George Trietsch ..Olan Thrasher ....Harry Henry .. . ...Cleo Ladd ..,.Fairy Potts . . ..Clyde Burt .Carl McClure .........Leona Kociiel . ..Ellen McClain ..Anita Russell When three ambitious women determine to attain a goal, Hi widower, there can be in huge amounts. Such ' ■f xr ? ' and when that go al he. opens to be a r only one resolx. You . have ac ti o n, i was the o erior t —o J r Dotty and Daf r t a 21 scar 4- L O v;h ,en the T rav era only sc lu fion to .1. ' hoi r finane ial V V V Mrs. T oa TT ms to 3 ic h widows • n __ r Mr and here the dec ep tion begins • Dot’, chii dr eh in orcie to mislead Mr. Bel fami2 decide that the IV blem is the marriage of Paxton Belmont is chosen y aod Daffy disguise as mont as to Mrs. Travers 1 are in love with Dotty and Daffy, dress as Mrs. Travers ' twin sons and enter the scene to watch cut for the interests of their Uncle, Hugh Rand, who loves Mrs. Travers; Aunt Hester comes for a visit; the girls discard the wigs and childrens ' dresses. age; Jimmy and Freddie Rand, who Then follows a series of nerve-wracking adventures, after which the situation is settled to everyone’s satisfaction. Dotty marries Jimmie; Daffy marries Freddie; Phyllis marries Nncrh? Tnrl Aunt. Hp.Qtf r 1 mn r r •? c — P,nv + nn . ij THE GRADE OPERETTA The graae operatta, In Quest of Santa Claus was given December 8. Grades one to six were included in the cast. The story told of a little girl, Jane, who starteo out in search of Santa Claus. On her way she met many creatures in the forest, who helped direct her to Santa’s home. They warned her of the terrible Wongaloo, a cruel tribe who live in the forest. She was taken prisoner by them, then rescued by one of the Good Spirits. So finally Jane reached the court of Santa Claus, who rewarded her for having overcome her bad faults. The proceeds of this operetta were usee to buy a combined radio-phonograph for appreciation work in the Grades. SOPHOMORE PLAY The High School Mystery VIVIAN HORNISH PHYLLIS BURT . LA DONNA COIL. LOIS RICHARDSON TTl A TVT TPT TT T T T ' . . .Mary Lee . . . Dorothy Laura Crowder Miss Fieloing Miss Jefferies JEAN FULLER . DICK ROBNOLTE Victor Reed fijAL-icQ. o . Paul Butler HARRIS Earl Sayles KEITH MATSON DON BURT . . JAMES ANDREWS EVALENA SHARP carl guyton . Joe Burroughs . . Jack Howard . . . Mrs. Reed . . o . Sheriff The scene of this play is set in the Gym of Oanwood High School where the Seniors are having a dress rehearsal of a mystery they are to present, The House of Terrors. The story concerns the troubles ana adventures of this cast before they succeed in giving their play. This was a fast-moving production, with plenty of action ano a cash of mystery to add interest. EASTER CANTATA On Palm Sunday, the Glee Clubs presented an Easter Can¬ tata, The Dawn . It gave in musical form the story of Easter. The chorus consisted of the Girls Glee Club and the A Capella Choir. Soloists were featured throughout and the mixed octet made their first appearance. EVERYBODY S HERE On December 14-15, Everybody ' s Here was given in the Oakwood Auditorium. It was a comedy version of a homecoming. Everybody ' s Here was sponsored by the Pep Club and the proceeds of this production were used in the purchase of Basketball suits for the Girls team. 4 ► ' l d! v KaO vT 7 .(1® V . ' T .,C ' a wc Ri °° 1 “fO ' D y . o.H 5 ir; 0 T w H ° p° A? ? %e aT t 6 r _ ? V e V W) % W ’ « s. - Oj fe A, $ V n o A � � XJ V� nv m 5C. Vo u v J 6t CAHj p , - fri) f, rtfjr x r MJOloRY fh? s yt 1 5 si r oj o q to • ' i o vJ t , Sfi 7 o ' 1 . o ' O s ° f 4 OA Wood ' s f GHr t fr f f ?. M y w Hite y Ft c HT Runt S Q tr V . c.« e •W U) -9 x- -V -r- r t t-t ■ . V 5, pa? ., e A r V 4l f e e c V r.Vl5 PM f. l spr= Cr ee % £ V o7vtL c L A S S c H A M P S M m. m m 1 l 1 • ! : 1 Front row: D. X. Matson, K. W. Harris, J. Baumgardner, Front row, left to right; F. Potts, J. Rickner, D. Workman, L. Matson Second row, left to right B. Jones, R. Huff, D, Ice, E. Carnahan, V. Patton N. Robnolte, Mr. Campbell, Coach. Burt. Second row, left to right: J. Rickner, McCullough. -L ' hird row_, left to right: Williams, Mead, Da reobnolte, Mr. Coach. 5 Dick Robnolte- Chuck Bradford- Bob Mead First row-Clyde Burt Second row-Left to Right—L. 0’Bryant, K. Matson, J. Mead, H, Grosenbacher, C. Ladd, C, Johnson, M, Harmon, Third row-Left to Right—It. Bray, Mgr., J. Ladd, H. Mead, E. Hahn D. Fruchey, R. Mead, C� Guyton, Mr. Baumgardner, Coach. P aF j. J Oo H S RAH 5 Even though the basketball boyc played, in the finals they weren r t the only attraction cn the floor th ' J s season, .v X? . 1 r Kco.no.! ce 7 Bob Meah and Chuck Brad— sensational Our cheer leaders. 1 ford, had a lot to do with and did theyg et response, ,? The Eig Apple ' , and w Texas Cactus 15 and oodles of other cute yells. it« Ox ay certainly were Sore of their best cheers were LINE UP L. END L, TACKLE L, GUARD CENTER R o GUARD R. TACKLE R. END CHARTER B. L. HALF B. L. HALF B. R, HALF B. R. HALF B. FULL BACK HAROLD MEAD SID bRUCKEY JACK MEAD HAROLD GRCBENBACHER EDSEL KAHN CARL GUYTON OR BOB MEAD CLYDE BURT CLEO LADD BILL HARMON CLAN THRASHER SHORTY 0■BRYANT KEITH MATSON CARL JOHNSON (CAPTAIN) SUB. JUNIOR . LADD« KEITH McCULLOUGH, GEORGE TRIETSCH, HAROLD BECKER, WALTER HARRIS, and MGR. BOB BRAY Lanky Mead—A quietgoing end. Sid Fruchey—The next play I r m going to get dirty Nobber Mead—Never a harsh word to any other player Grossy Grosenbacher—— Who shall I thrrw the ball to?” Tubby Hahn—-They couldn’t get around hifn� King Guyton—-A tough player to get through Curly Mead—-He had to play hard to get on the tear. Slab Burt—The biggest, littlest, toughest. player on the team. Swifty Ladd—Give me a running start, then feed me the oall. Steamboat Bill Harmon—A player that always took out his man. diet Thrasher—An old toughey that a lways stood by you. Shorty O’Bryant--Lets try an end run or a line smash. Nubbin Mats on—A player that was always ready to play. Slaughter House Johnson—Johnson back, Full b ck smash. FOOTBALL SCORES TEAM VISITOR OAKWOOD Hicksville 32 0 Antwerp 19 0 Paulding 27 6 Pandora 6 6 Payne 13 7 Clyde Burt ? Forwards Senior Clyde developed into one of our beet, one-handed side shots. , No o the ws ne was very fast and could handle the nail we 1J ber of the varsity showed such enthus jaairic Fy the ' “Ladies Choice” over at Paulding during the county tourna¬ ment . J 5 her mem- Clyde was Cleo Ladd. Guard; Senior n Moomie n was one of our best ball handlers and had a keen eye for the basket. He always played a good defensive game. Cleo was selected for the all-county team, Car l lie Clare . Forward; Senior This was Carl ' s first year on the varsity and he did not let us down. His offensive work was outstanding in several games. be Roy 0 Bryant. Forward; Junior “Shorty” was a fast floor-man and a clever ball handler. He played many fine games, that is, if the referee was on good terms v ith him. Harold lead, Center; Sophomore Harry carried an extra burden this year since he was the tallest man on the team and had to do most of the rebound work. He was also picked for the all-county team. Keith lat son . Forward; Sophomore This was also Nuggin’s” first year to play on the varsity and he came through v ith flying colors. He was a clever passer and put up a good scrap every minute of the game. Valte r Harris and John Williams . Forward Guard; Sophomores n Boazie ,r and “Duke” were both Sophomores this season and played some outstanding basketball. We are expecting some real playing from these boys next year. Hertin H armon . Guard; Senior Even though this was Bill ' s first year out for basketball, he showed us some very good floor work. He was also a clever passer and played a fine defensive game. Robert Bray , Forward; Junior Bob was a Junior this year and showed much promise of being a great asset tc the basketball team next season. He has a good eye for the basket. With players like ’’Mick” Huff, n Marty” Fruchey and ”Thed Burt lost through graduation, this year ; s basketball outlook was a little uncertain but the call to arms was issued by Coach Alien- swerth immediately after football season. This found only two mem¬ bers of last year r s varsity squad on hand. The boys were determined to get right down to business and make this season one of the best--and it was. Oro The Paulding County Tournament was held at Paulding February 24 and 25. Oakwood drew Haviland for the first game and defeated them 33 to 30. This proved to be one of the high lights of the tournament because the Haviland team was sure they would lake the trophy and the Green Devils put them out in the first game. The second game was played between Oakwood and Latty. The local basmeteers had their opponents beat the first quarter and kept the lead during.the entire game. The score was 24 to 17. The third and final g-me of the tournament was played between Oakwood and Payne. The Green Devils were too short to break the strong defense the Payne boy ' s displayed, and they lost 32 to 41 GIRLS basketball personals Donelda ' Workman, Forward; Senior This was Donelda 43 first year on the varsity and she proved to be a big asset to our team. She had perfect passwork and she was excellent on one handed shots.—Never says a word. Eunice Carnahan, Guard; Senior When it comes to good cbf ensiVG basketball playing I think Eunice gets the medal. She was not only fast but had s well passwork.—Oh boy, we wonl Reba Huff, Guard; Senior- Leave it to Huff to keep them covered! when it comes to being good—she’s tops.—Break back toward the basket! Violet Shaffer, Forward; Junior Sadie could really sink those long shots and when she dribbled she coveied half the floor. There was very few guards that could stop her.— Get out of my way, here I come. La Donna Coi ' ly Forward; Sophomore LeDonna was a fast player and had fine passwork. “hen there was any sucker shots to be made, Coil sunk them.--Just get me mad! Edna MaGahn, Guard; Freshman Whenever there was a tough looking pi? team it was MaGahn who took her. � he was look at it.-- I hope we win to-night. •yer on t he opposite a grand player- any y you Mildred Mohr, Forward; Mildred had a good eye her hands you could mark up Junior for the basket two points. and when tne ball left Donaldine Lighthill, Guard; Junior Donald!ne was fast and she played many a fine defensive game. Remember the Payne game,,Donnie! Lois Richardson, Guard; Sophomore It took Lois to put her forward just where she wanted her. She also had good passwork.—Remember the cake Lois; bet Coach liked it. Vivian Hornish, Guard; Sophomore When Vivian started toward you it was to move because once she got started she could never stop. We are expecting some real play¬ ing from, her next, ysw Cbachj I ditSnH mean to foul, 11 Phyllis Burt, Forward; Sophomore No other member on the team could hit the bucket like Phyllis. Since she was so short her guard always had a hard time to find her. ”Bet you a coke coach. 1 Ondalea Workman, Forward; Freshman When it comes to being fast; Workman is tops! She was also a good passer and good on her shots.— I can’t help it because I’m short. 11 Coach Baumgardner led the girls through one of the most suc¬ cessful basketball seasons ever to be displayed in O.H.S., loosing only two games out of nineteen. The squad contained three of the toughest guards and three of the fastest forwards to be found any¬ where . BOYS GIRLS Continental Mark Center Hoaglin Jackson Grover Hill Paulding Lat r,y Haviland Uni on Miller City Payne Continental Paulding Antwerp Alumni Antwerp Grover Hill Hav Hand Latty Payne WE THEY 10 29 23 56 26 45 31 27 31 15 38 24 H2 36 24 52 29 44 22 36 36 45 32 24 38 40 45 28 54 40 43 38 28 50 35 44 27 57 IK 15 25 19 17 26 10 23 15 24 20 25 16 19 15 21 13 9 20 17 THEY 14 24 16 8 6 10 23 8 19 25 13 10 11 4 8 13 28 15 14 i l i Phyllis Burt, Lois Richardson, Donaldine Lighthill, Vivian Hornish, Ondelea Workman, Donelaa Workman Eunice Carnahan, Reba Huff, LaDonna Coil, Edna McGahan, Violet Shaffer, Colleen Williams-Mgr. Mr. Baumgardner--Coach Clyde Burt, Keith Matson, Cleo Ladd, Carl McClure Robert Bray, LeRoy O ' Bryant, Bill Harmon, Harold Mead, John D. Williams, Walter Harris Harold Grosenbacher and Donald Burt—Mgrs. Mr. Allensworth—Coach ■I ' I THE Hr rtt 8£tE T H ££ fooT SAIL pea t n £ e ' j To u H— ffo r WE AoVe H y (HI • • • OF THE T E Arf Co a c h y Awo H S FEET£JALLER 5 BA TTLE F ELD !! c +n C L 5 S TOURNAMENT certsinly This was the first year for the intei-class tournament : ... proved to be a huge success. Freshmen, Sophomor ■ ' s and Seniors all took part. The final games were placed, on la night, March 28 between the Sophomores and the Seniors. The were not defeated, and the Sophomores lost only one ame ana was to the Seniors. The Senior girls won by a score of 27 to with Carnahan making the most points. Coil led the Sophomore The Sophomores boys won 52 to 42 with Matson being high point McClure was high point for the Seniors. U l - j •-} o • ' c T v. t ' V Se. i o r c r ic i i 24 , s. man. it These games provided a lot of enjoyment for the students and was also discovered that OHS has many keen basketball players that do not everyone is o out for varsity besketcail. we are sure eacn ana oiwara to next year’s inter-cxass Tournament. looking BASE BALL Baseball had a wet-blanket thrown over it this spring at Oakwood. The first game was with Latty-(there). The game was rained out at the last of the second inning, the score being 8-0 in Oakwood ' s favor. Rain continued to halt our games and very little baseball was played. Grover Hill was our only game which was played without getting rained out. Oakwood out-played Grover Hill 4-1. Oakwood had an extra large squad this year, so Mr. Allensworth had fairly good picking. Carl Johnson and Keith Matson were the batteries with Junior Ladd as relief catcher. LeRoy 0 Bryant did an excellent job as first sacker,—Cleo Ladd Second base,—Glen eible—short stop, Keith McCullough—third. Harry Henry, Junior Lada, Carl Guyton—out-field. Mr. Allensworth also had a large amount of relief players that could easily and capably fill the position needed. I FboTffALL HERO -— Wow! ■ ' ; ' 0 £ V t C E Yr O IA (x A Z 2. £ ,f v 4 ?£ ■ Community Institute Opftv Yot f? Souths — g sp s 7° ? : s TIRED cf ° f we c,ah ' t sr ay bine. THIS ALL DAY TouAS£hf AT T A df !N f womah mcuoLe? ?? wt -� , teacher ' s per ' - A o o A m s r it jrs CTohnson struts his stuff {( Wff Ask VouMft At AN on House fill ' ? BAN D ASSSHSL Y Heap S c cme f P ac ! Two SLEEKY TeoPL £ !! TYP N f?o on ) ylfrs Win Pooh! Those schior Suc-hERS M m COMIPClOMOrNirS U® UCHtt (BtR tDOJ ACTION© (DOF ' 3 9 COMPLIMENTS OF C0MCPQ.QMDENH5 (DCF D DCE CHEL r A 1 DLr - Ki [HA (RO)WA[ROE LUNCH DRINKS CIGARETTE S ENGINEERING. ..._ .... . 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