Buchtel High School - Griffin Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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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

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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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M019 QCL 'Continued from Page 31 of the St. Louis Blues. Very absorbed in a game of Old Maid were Admiral Dwight Vincent, Seaman First Class MacDowall, and deck boys Iohn Drain, and Frank Metcalf. Dwight was telling about his exciting experiences on the S.S.-Y.M.C.A. while his Navy buddies listened attentively. Kibitzing all over the place were those two hard guys, Dick Volk and Dick Wagner. We left the wreck room before it was a complete wreck and strolled up to the library. Here we found Lauralee Shea autographing copies of How To Win Friends and Influence Sponsors , while her personal valet, She'll Laugh at Anything Loughridge, was busy giving her a Toni. Buried in a book entitled How To Cheat At Bridge was Kay Ftobinson. lust then, Barbara Thompson burst into the library with Dave Dresser on her heels. Barbara was crying I hate you, l hate youl while she kissed him madly. Things were getting a little too hot for comfort in the library so up we went to the pool room. Here we spotted Pool Room Mary Cattran and some of her colleagues including Bob Wilson, Nick Thomas, Iack Godshalk and Red Stiller. Shorty Hakes, champion pin-ball machine player in the U,S.A., retired to the pin-ball machine, and got three black out games, which made her the envy of everyone present. Dick Everhard, T. N. F. P., and wife Martha. came in to watch Cattran get behind that eight ball. lack Usner strolled in but no one recognized him. lack was voted Most Promising Artist of 1958 and it had gone to his head. He was wearing a mauve beret, a red and white polka dot flowing tie, and a blue shirt with P. W. on it no doubt to mean prize winner. With lack came Nick Barnes, The Greatest Thing Since Al Iolson when he sings the crowd swings ! 4Continued on Page 325 MA Continued from Page 31 Miller. Margie Sturdevant leaves her boisterousness to Mary Bare- more, and Marilyn Winter leaves her chemistry lab technique to Nancy Cadot. Ieanne Albrecht wills her temper to Ioan Lauqhman. Eleanor Botimer wills her books and hours of study to her sister Phyllis, and Harriet Victor wills her countless hours of study to her brother Tom. Nina Clark wills her shortness to Margie Blucker. Kenneth Denton wills his friendship with Mr. Wetzel to Charles Esselbum. who needs it badly. Mary Firestone wills her shy, quiet, reserved personality to Mary Hall. Deborah Leeper leaves her long finger- nails to Noney Rosen. Evelyn Kraker wills her temper to Paul Templeton. Martha De Groat bequeaths her driving ability and speed to Ioan Cook. Iohn Drain wills his pool cue at Roughley's to Dave Goulding and gives the Old Gray Mare to an up and coming gangster, Don Miller. To Neal Frampton, Barbara Hile donates her sweet nature and ability of being friendly with her teachers. Iudy Cole graciously leaves her knitting needles behind for Benny Norval, while Roz Raipstein apologetically leaves four long years ol strain and agony to her sister Esther. With a sigh of reliel Barb Klein wills Miss Mooney's 5th period algebra classes to Iean McConnell. Wanda Hazel donates her lock and locker to Marlene Colby. Mary Lou McDonald donates her second floor locker to her lreshie sister Barbara, and Nancy Fambauch donates 1 hers to Sally and Kathryn in hopes that they put it to better us: than she did. Gretchen Olcott gets Peggy Hook's tennis game. Mary lane Koury's headaches and fun planning assemblies. fContiriued on Page 323