Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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 AcUvitie.4 Left: Art Club float in llamccniniiu; Parade. • Bixht: Prize- winninx ». A. A. float. Ora Mae Wichelman »tandin|. • Be- low: Betty Maxwell, John Stank, and Kirhard Krauthamer. The 1939 Homecoming; celebrations began with a parade through the business district of Davenport at 4:45 p. m., Wednesday, November 1. Miss Schar- lotte Junge, Queen, and her attendants were the stars of the procession, preceded by the R. 0. T. C. Color Guard and the I). H. S. Band, followed by a colorful parade of floats entered by the high school’s many and varied student organizations. The G. A. A.’s very original float won first prize, and second, third, fourth and fifth prizes were earned by the Student club, Dramatic club, French club, and Quill club respectively. Once again Davenport high school bowed to the reign of a fair-headed queen, and her attendants. The crown of monarchy rested this year on the beau- tiful head of Miss Scharlotte Junge, who reigned supreme over all of the many activities of the Homecoming celebration. She was sponsored by the R. 0. T. C. Service club and the Jane Addams club. Her attendants were the Misses Betty 28

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To prepare themselves for future battles which will be fought for the honor of the Red and Blue of Daven- port high school is the purpose of the sophomore football team who, during the 1939 season, played nine games, winning five, losing three, and tying one. In the opening encounter, the sophs lost a hard fought game to the Lyons’ varsity team by a score of 20-0. At Du- buque the next week, Coach Rosing’s boys beat the Little Rams 12-6. Play- ing the annual grudge battle with Rock Island, neither team could push a counter across the goal. Score 0-0. In the next four games the yearlings made a great record for themselves, whipping four tough opjxments in succession. They were Moline 13-0, Last Moline 7-0, Rock Island 13-7, and Clinton 19-0. In the remaining two games, the sophs met adverse condi- tions and lost both. Last Moline in a return game won 7-0, and Moline in the final game followed the Varsity’s example and beat the valiant sopho- mores 25-6. SOPHOMORE SCHEDULE Ours Opp. Sept. 15 Lyons (Here) 0 20 Sept. 22 Dubuque (Here) 12 6 Sept. 29 Rock Island (There) 0 0 Oct. 6 Moline (Here) 13 0 Oct. 14 East Moline (There) 7 0 Oct. 27 Rock Island (Here) 13 7 Nov. 1 Clinton (Here) 19 0 Nov. 10 East Moline (Here) 0 7 Nov. 16 Moline (There) 6 25 Pictured at the left is the 1939 sophomore football tram. First row, left to right: Kerns. Klinger, Nagel. Heck. Hateman. Haustinn. Hogue, Sit .. Johnson, Hen- dvr. Meier. Showalter, Callahan. Second row: Hred- fvldt, Krakow, Perkins, Kearny, Parke. Hurlingame, Slaton, llatlivld, Pearson, Kiefe. Potter, Neihaus. Preston. Third row: Coach Atkins. Lothringer. Wulf, Moss, White. Wells. Harrilson. Krorger, Paulsen, (Hie. Hliss. Tomi. Crow, Coach Hosing. Pictured above are the track, football, and basketball coaches of Davenport high school. Left to right they are: Jesse Day, Douglas Atkins. Clem Kridgr, William Hosing, Merle Makeever. and Paul Still. Above and below, you see the Blue Devil team in action.

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Maxwell, Beverly Brown- lie, Ix)is Dietz, and Alice “Lietz” Braunlich. The Queen and her attend- ants were elected by the popular vote of the stu- dent body and the facul- ty. The royal party was entertained at a banquet in the Empire room of the Motel Blackhawk. Featured speakers at the banquet were A. I. Nau- mann, Principal of the high school,I.H. Schmitt, Superintendent of Schools, and Art Krop- pach, representative of the Mayor. A radio broadcast was arranged on station WOC. Following the Home- coming banquet, the queen and her attendants were escorted to the Pub- lic School’s Athletic field where they were seated in the royal box, from there to witness the Homecoming Clash be- tween the Clinton River Kings and our own Blue Principal A. I. Nau- mann and Queen Scharlottr Junice at the Homecoming ban- quel. Attendant' Beverly Brownlie and Betty Maxwell. Queen Scharlotte .lunge. Attendant' Alice Lietz Braunlirlt and Lois Dietz watching the Blue Devils win. Devils. 29