West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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Basketball cams Dri Q and Pass Top, back row -- Mr. Caldwell, R. Klein, R. Caspari, R. Rolfs, E. German, A. Bell, H. Kieckhafer Top, front row -- C. Wagner, A. Herman, L. Kral D. Sauer, C. Kluever, F. Schwamb Top -- Casie's famous right hook Bottom left -- That extra point Bottom right -- Kral and a Slinger man jump it out G. A. A. Year hotle-f ll of ctivily President . . Vice-president . Secretary-treasurer Point Secretary . Sports Manager . Joyce Ickstadt . Doris Cooley . Doris Wilkens . . Doris Geidel . . . Donna Schowalter This year it has been more important than ever be- fore that the girls participate in G. A. A. activities, because every girl has been so busy with her studies and the additional effort with the war plan. Almost every girl has taken part in some activity in her high school career. The activities of G. A. A. are varied. The sports program has basketball, baseball, volleyball, tennis and the recreational sports such as shuffle board, deck tennis, badminton, and ping pong. Every Tuesday and Friday these female comman- dos have the use of the gym. During the course of the year the girls have had several encounters with the boys in basketball and volleyball especially. Naturally the boys won, but the girls had loads of fun. ln practically every- one of these sports inter-class competition has been very high. The seniors won the volleyball tourna- ment, and the juniors the basketball tournament. Page Twenty-two The G. A. A. Initiation Party is one of the highlights of the social life of the members. There is one requirement: each girl must have earned one- hundred points per hour or mile per hike. Part of the points must be earned in G. A. A. activities in school. The week before the initiation, the initiates are tensed with anticipation of what the ensuing days hold for them. The initiates are required to do some of the queerest things, Some of them were seen strolling down the halls as cannibals, others as de- butantes, still others wore pajamas and had miscel- laneous black eyes and lipstick smutches. The follow- ing day was the day of reckoning, and they had to work for their refreshments. After the refreshments were served games and pranks were played. Thirty- one girls finally became official members at that time. When a member has earned l200 points, she is entitled to a WB. Those who have earned l943 WB's are: Doris Cooley, Doris Geiclel, Margaret Gumm, Donna Schowalter, and Doris Gonnering. These WB's are much coveted but any girl with a lot of spunk can earn one. The climax of the G. A. A. year came when the classes of Miss Jacobson and Mr. Caldwell combined to give a gym exhibition.

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Petri, James SEASON RECORD West Bend I4 - West Bend l 3 1 West Bend 26 1 West Bend 2 7 1 West Bend 32 1 West Bend 26 1 West Bend 0 1 Salter, Phil . . Pete, George . Caspari, Robert Tangney, James Murphy, Francis Kies, .lerome . Boden, Leroy . Kral Llo d . , . I-l.B. G , y . Kincaide, James Rolfs, Robert . Y V V mush Second in onforonco exceptional tackles, stopping anything coming their way, Kin- Waupun 0 Mayville 2 Columbus 0 Hartford 0 Port Washington 7 , Berlin 0 Pan' Oconomowoc 6 caide and Weiss were very good blockers on interference, And last but not least come the centers: Cerner, senior, and Rolfs, junior. Their work at center was exceptional. Rolfs was shifted from end to center the latter part of the '4l sea- son. They were accurate passers and very good on defense. Many passes were snatched from intended receivers by this To round out the year, a fitting tribute was given the squad and coaches on December 3 in the form of a testimonial banquet sponsored by the businessmen and local football fans. THE TEAM , l-l.B. Cerner, john , . Q.B. Weiss, Robert . . Q.B. Varnes, Kenneth . . E.. l-lron, Ray . . . H.B. Yahr, ,lack . . . . . E. Kratzer, Michael . RB. Sonnenberg, Tom . . T. Marth, Robert . Kirst, Herbert . . . . Bascom, Richard T . . C. Prechtel, Lloyd . . . E. -I Co-Captains -- Jerome Kies and Ray l-lron B SQUAD Boettcher, l-larolcl Brussow, James Hetebrueg, Robert Esselmann, Alex l-lron, Webster Dolenz, blames ansen, Stephen Miller, John l-loelz, Darold Managers -- Dan Merriam and Harry Kieckhafer Stier, Paul Schwamb, Franklin laeclcels, William Kickbush, Roland Kocher, Karl Wiedmeyer, Tom Kies, Ralph Lenz, Alex Leverenz, Alfred Sauer, David Klein, Richard Top -- Opening a hole for Tangney Top -- Smearing a Berlin play Bottom -- Petri side-steps Waupun Bottom -- Runkel demonstrates a kick-off Page Tvs onty one

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hrough a or When the basketball season began, Coach Caldwell had about 25 boys from which to pick a squad. The varsity had a tough I4-game schedule to wade through. With only a few veterans from last year Coach Caldwell molded another powerful de- fensive unit. The boys won only four games, but this doesnit tell the whole story. Even though they never got their shooting up, they made it plenty tough for their opponents to connect. They used a shifting man to man and tight zone defense to hold many of their opponents to low scores. Of the I2 men on the squad, four were seniors and eight were juniors. The four seniors were: Robert Caspari, center or forward, the main offensive cog and good defen- sive man. Francis Murphy, center, a power on re- bounds and an all-round defense man. Aubrey I'Ier- man, guard or forward, a good team player and defense man. Anthony Bell, guard, a good play maker and fast on bringing up the ball. The eight juniors were: Robert Rolfs, center, used his height to good advantageg an accurate shot. Lloyd Kral, guard, very good long shot artist and good on defense. Ralph Klein, forward, short but iffiwli Sched IQ fast: a good eye for the basket. Cy Kluever, guard, swell team player and a hawk on defense. Charley Wagner, forward, fast but small, was a good ball handler. Dave Sauer, guard, excellent playmaker, consistent on offense and defense. Ed German, cen- ter, shifty ball handler and a good team player. Frank Schwab, guard, fast ball handler and a good defensive player. THE SEASON West Bend Port Washington I 7 West Bend Kewaskum I 8 West Bend Slinger 35 West Bend I'Ioricon I 8 West Bend Slinger 29 West Bend Oconomowoc I8 West Bend Mayville 2 3 West Bend Port Washington 24 West Bend Hartford 24 West Bend Kewaskum I8 West Bend Horicon 26 West Bend Oconomowoc 4l West Bend Mayville I8 West Bend Hartford 3 I Top -- G. A. A. Volleyball Champs: M. Gumm, Top -- Miss Jacobson Nets Badminton: C. Bremer, D. Vanderwalker, D. Schowalter, H. Ross, B. Benicke, V. Bohn, D. Rolfs, C. Wilkens, D. Geidel Miss Jacobson Bottom -- G. A. A. Basketball Champs: D. Hahn, O. Lenz, Bottom -- Steady ! ! Y Tumblers get in practice D. Cooley, M. Klein, D. Gonnering for the exhibition Page Twenty-three