Buchtel High School - Griffin Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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MlCA!Q!ZI ogahy afll all Ll? Lovely Peggy Hook rexgns as May Queen wxth Charlotte Hakes as crowner Martha Mxnck and Alxce Thels as Maids of Honor and Ioyce Wortman and Ioannu Helmkamp as nemor attendants Photo by Jules Braun Slap er down agxn Pa smgs the mcomparable lane! Ault havmg the tune ol her hte at the Senior Barn Dance 22 Carpenter s Studlo if f- - if I'. ,' af f fu 4

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QFUOI' 0,l0l'I7l0I1 7 DICK EVEHI-IARD Th s able and versatrle sportsman rs one of the top semor lettermen holdmg three letters rn football two m basketball and one rn track In addltlon Drck was chosen captam of the 47 48 football squad and holds ctty and tournament honors rn both football and basketball BOB WHITE Startmg hrs career of runmng for a letter rn hrs freshman year Bob has emmassed three letters rn track and four m cross country IACK TAYLOR Never w1l1 we be able to prarse Iack too hxghly for the honor he has brought to Buchtel lack holds four letters m swrmmmg as well as the malor part of the crty swrm ecords Natlonally recogmzed as one of Amencas top swrm mers lack rs a strong contender for the 1948 Olymprc team FRANK IOI-INSON For four years Frank swam for the champxon natators becomrng one of the pacers and a lettennan each In addrtron to these boys who have eamed three or more letters there IS a host of semors who have done therr bet and have at least one letter to show for rt Number mdrcates year letter was won These are IACK USNER football 133 track 133 BILL FOWE football 133 baseball 143 RALPH IACKSON football 143 track 133 BOB MCDOWALL swlmmmg 13 43 ERNIE KRAATZ cross country 13 43 RODS KISTLER track 143 cross country FRANK METCALF cross country 13 43 WALLY STIEGLE football 143 PAUL PETERSON football 143 HENRY SMITH football 143 BURNEL PINKERTON swtmmmg 143 DICK KOEHLER track 143 DICK WAGNER baseball 143 LARRY OLCOTT golf 143 DWIGHT VINCENT Manager ootball 123 EHNIE IONES Manager basketball 143 BILL MORTON Manager cross country 143 DON HARRINGTON Manager track DON RUTHENBURG Manager track 133 txme Also he rs the sole semor letterman of the tennrs squad DICK BISHOP Drck holds two letters ln both swrmmrng and golf all of whrch were earned rn hrs two years at Buchtel BOB WILSON Another well known Buchtellte IS btq Wxllre who holds a basketball letter wrth all crty honors as well as two rn baseball IIM SHAW Garmng track letters rn hrs sophomore and jumor years and a cross country managers letter rn h1s 1un1or year hm wrll be remembered as a hustlrng dash man DON WHITAKER After three years of servrce to the football squad mlurres kept Don off the earned letter l1st but he dtd come out to manage the squad rn hrs semor year for a letter Don also has a track managers letter and a track letter UI' QCOI' After thre years of grrd defeats the Grrffms posted a two w n frve loss and one tre season whrch seems qurte ummpresstve The fact IS that all of these games ran to a hrgh score and though our defense was weak the offense was terrxftcl The cross country proved to be unable to provrde the wrnmng spark as they lost all four matches and placed fourth rn the city meet The swrmmrng team agarn came through as crty champrons thrs trme m a three way tre Losrng only to Cuyahoga Falls the natators won therr erght other meets placed three men rn the drstrrct meet and took thrrd place ln the state The cagers proved to have the wmnmg punch thrs year wmn ng frve and losrng seven Thrs record seems unrmpressrve but rt was rn the tournaments that the Grrffs played therr best Byemg the frrst round the Grrffms beat Kenmore agarn and then romped over favored and seeded Masstllon to enter the frnal round Playmg agarn agarnst a htghly favored team thts trme South Hrgh Buchtel overcame an early def1c1t to force an over trme The outcome of the overtrme IS rather unfavorable as the Grrffs proved too trred to contrnue therr offense The sprmg sports track baseball tennrs and golf have not yet completed therr seasons but all especrally the track team are mamtammg a good record ' . . - 143 ' ' ' ' - ' ' , - 133 - , I ' 23