Echo High School - Echoes Yearbook (Echo, OR)

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GIRLS' SPORTS First on our sports calendar for the year was softball. At the weather was stiil worm our gomes were played outside and teams were mode among all the girls in the closs After the softball seoson we moved into the gym ond were taught folk doncing. This was very interesting and greatly enjoyed by oil the girls. Next came basketball and we can see why it is one of the top sports. The Freshman girls took honors in this sport. On March 20th the girls went to Heppner where eight schools participated in o full day of volleyball The Echo girls put on o tumbling exhibition during the afternoon session. This spring we were taught archery, tennis, and bodmmton, all of which will go toword eornmg our credit in P. E. as well os our letters and stripes for our sweaters In April a demonstration will be given by the gym class consisting of girls through every grade in school. This program will include stunts tumbling, volleyball, folk doncing and other sports and activities taught during the entire year. We ore sure all who have seen cur performances this year have enioyed them and they reolize the important part played by our girls in grode school

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Other Sports SPRING SPORTS Boxing wos started March 1st with fifteen boys two years, turning out. The smoker with Pilot Rock wos com- Track will start April 1st Pilot Rock will hold pleted with three wins and three losses. good prospects for this year's track team. The Baseball olso started March 1st. Most of the County frock meet will be held ot Stanfield boys were freshmen ond sophomores with o few Tennis started March 1st, with several boys-and juniors ond seniors turning out This is mostly o girls out to ploy, build-up teom with very good prospects for the next GRADE SPORTS The grade school boys hod o very successful bos-ketboll seoson, winning eight out of 10 gomes Things look goad for next year's season, os most of the teom are experienced os seventh graders The line-ups for the first two teoms ore: First Five Second Five Collingsworth, 7th ....F............. Young, 8th McAtee, 8th ...........F............. Berry, 7th Bowmon, 7th ...........C.............. Crow, 8th Dorn, 7th .............6............. Rohde, 8th Ramos. 7th ............G............ Grohom. 7th The scores of their gomes ore os follows: Hermiston ............ 2i Echo 27 Umatilla ............. 12 Echo 24 Stanfield ............ 14 Echo 43 Hermiston ............ 14 Echo 19 Pendleton ............ 33 Echo 23 Heppner .............. 15 Echo 19 Pendleton ............ 17 Echo 19 Heppner .............. 13 Echo 49 Stanfield ............ 14 Echo...............30 Umapine .............. 30 Echo 10 In the foil the boys ployed football, ond in the sorina boseboll

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We Enjoyed Our Clubs LETTERMAN'S CLUB With the purpose of promoting better sports-monship and building morale in school and sports, the Lettermon's Club was founded. In this respect we have done exceptionally well. We have a reputation for sportsmanship which we hope the coming lettermen will uphold. Officers for the yeor of 1947-48 are: President .......................... Charlie Daly Vice-President .................... Bob Hale Treasurer and Secretary...............Mark Cotton The athletic plant of Echo hos a brand, spanking, new, automatic washing machine as the result of the Lettermon's Club and Closs of '49 GIRLS' LEAGUE The Girls' League hos hod o very seccessful yeor The first meeting was to elect officers, for the coming year. President ......................... Bessie Young Vice-President .............. Lucile Wattenburger Secretory ............................. Lois McElroy Treasurer ....................... . Shirley Cunho Installation and initiation for the freshman girls was held October 24th in the new gym Annabel Vohs sang two lovely songs entitled, Peg o' My Heart, and Marie. The services were as follows Annabel Vohs os Service; Groce Abercrom- bie os Leadership; Katie Marlnee asScholarship; Betty Bowman os Conductress, Barbara Vohs as Character The freshman girls looked very lovely in pastel colors, they were given white cornation corsages, and also Miss Eatwell, our adviser, was given one by Bessie Young. We were very successful in selling Chirstmos cards ogam this year, os we were last year Miss Eatwell fold us about the cards ond Adell Graham was in charge of the selling The girls sold Eoster Lilies for the Cripples Children and Adults.