Winfield High School - Lagondan Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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Alpha Society The Alphas entered into the year's field of activities in their usual high spir- it and loyalty,with Gerald Nolan as their president. When R.E. Titus, sponsor of Alpha athletics, issued a call for tennis, base- ball and basketball players, the follow- ing rushed forward to sign up: Glen Allen, Bates, Bowden, Palmer, Barnes, Long, Hendrickson, Kesler, Bowlby, Cales, Congdon, W. Davis, Dolloff, Glass, Holman, Betty Hopkins, Muz- zie, McCormack, Miles, Nolan, Oster- hout, Parsons, Sanders, Seymour, Adron, Deadeye, Huffman, Thornton, and Werner. Sponsor Bert Keeney could al- ways be heard cheering from the side lines. Practically everyone tried out for 'iAaron Slick of Punkin Crick, which was presented under the direction of Helen Shrader. In the play were: Fink, Osterhout, Garrison, Deadeye, McCor- mack, Franks, Watkins, McAlister, Sun- derland, Kesler, Dickinson, Miller, Sal- lie, B. Allen, Neuvert, Wilson, and N. Pettit. Miss St, John and business managers Parsons, Jarvis, and McAllister carried on the play and basketball season sales. A record-breaking crowd attended the Santa Claus party planned by Garri- son, Allen, Mc Ali ster, Osterhout, B. Johnson, Knowles, Hughes, Parson. Jar- vis, Franks, Sallie, Gerrie Green, M. Crawford, Congd o n, Bradley, Dobson, Yeager, Baker, Harris, Neuvert, M. Pettit, Boyd, V. King, F. Peterson, San- ders, McCormack, L. Evans, Struebing, Alstrom, King, and Keith. Miss Van Keuren, supervised the eats committee, Miss Eikerman, the decorations, Miss Johnson and Mr. Douglass, the program. These Alphas took part in the foren- sic contest: Sallee, Nolan,McAlister,Win- frey, Beulah Irene, Rosalie, Gerrie, Gar- rison, Osterhout, and Sallie Tracksters were: Sanders, Adron, Seymour, Nolan, Hughes, Allen, Werner, Bowden, Miles, Hickey, Muzzy, and Davis. The Alphas insist upon having the last word as they say, Hats off to Misak and his Die Bestes, 1939 society sweep stakes winner. Page 29 4 l

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'ZADGM-vf8'0', .in-lfQ 0 .' Aa. :- if fi , we KM . omom UAA! ws-cc..if..,.,i ,Q Hands on Golf Clubs and Tennis Rackets, Feet in Track Shoes Brings Viking Squads Success The 1939 Viking golf squad, coached by Leo G. Folck, made a fine record. In the opening quadrangular meet here they placed third, and at a triangular affair at El Dora- do they finished second with Max Young as low medalist. The pas- ture squad placed third in the Ark Valley, and again Max Young was low medalist. They plan to at.tend an invitation tour- nament at Wichita on May 12 and the state meet on May 20. Max Young is only a junior and shows promise of developing into one of the greatest golfers in Valley history. W.H.S. expects great things of him next season. Fleet-Footed Vikings Beat Cinders to Pieces Coach Titus reports that from 35 to 40 boys turned out at the beginning of the track season. This is the largest turnout that he has had for track at W.H.S. The school bought new com- plete suits and warm-ups for the squad this year, whereas in the past only warm-ups have been furnished. On March 31 the tracksters won a triangular meet at Black- well, defeating Blackwell a n d Ark City. On April 11 Winfield placed second at an invitational meet at Ark City. On April 15 the Vik- ings went to Anthony and placed fourth among 70 Kansas schools. At Wichita on May 6 they wound up their season with a rating of sixth in the Ark Valley. The Anthony meet was attend- ed by 1,100 athletes and was the largest event of its kind sponsored by a Kansas high school. Leading W.H.S. cinder pound- ers were Adrian Shockey, Ho- bert Hickey, Bob Shepherd, Joe Werner, Charles Jones, Bob Hughes, Jack Weddle, Earl Cook, Ward Davis, and Max Stout. .. ,, MJ' ' Junior and Senior High Netmen Have success The tennis squad, under T.H. Vaughn, was undefeated in team play. At a Tulsa tournament G. Tucker ranked second in singles: in the Ark Valley he was secondg and at Tonkawa he retained his singles crown with ease. In the fall tournament he cap- tured the singles crown and with the aid of Douglas, Conley, and McDermott trounced Augusta, East, and Independence and tied North. The squad enters the regional meet here on May 13 and will go to the state meet on May 19. Of the junior netmen, Keith Bailey and Charles Cloud defeated an Ark City team early in the season. Barbour, Stuber, Hanlen, Cloud, Furlow, Durrin, Griffith, and McAllister s q u e l c h e d a junior high group from Black- well. Later in the season the Viking team was defeated by the Bulldog pack. 624

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ljage 30 5 1 Die Beste Society Bob Misak,Die Beste president, with the help of Dorothy Dunbar, vice-presi- dent: Dorothy Branson, secretary-trea- surer, and the entire loyal Die Beste so- ciety anfl sponsors, steered the Die Beste literary society to a roaring victory for the '38-'39 season of intersociety activi- ties. Rollo's Wild Oat, a three act com- edy, directed by Miss Helen Shrader, was the annual Die Beste play. It was pre- sented Oct. 4 and 5, and included Jim Marshall, Betty Pile, Bob Misak, Louis Yount, Mary Griggs, Gerry Tuttle, Don Sanders, F. J. Lockhart, Colleen Wiese, Marian McNabb. Robert Ellinger and Dick Rogers, in the cast. The Die Bestes came through with second place in the inter-society base- ball tournament. The team members were C. Hoshaw, R. Cantrell, W. Barnes, J. Misak, J. Roberts,-Gf 'h1cker, J. Weddle, B. Eberb,'BgfBTaJnt, J. Greer, E. Cook. with Tucker, J. Weddle, and J. erts of the first five on the Die Beste basketball team, Die Bestes easily won the basketball tournament. Other members of the team were R. Ellinger, E. Cook, J. Sooter, J. Greer, B. Brant, B. Ebert, W. Barnes, R Cantrell, C. Ho- shaw. Gordon Douglas s and F. J. Lock- hart won the inter-society tennis doub- les and Gerald Tucker won the singles. The theme of the Die Beste party was a saga of the old Wild and Woolly West. F. J. Lockhart sold the most tickets for the Die Beste society in the annual basketball ticket sale contest in which the Die Bestes won first place. Marjorie Coad, MargaretYeager, Paul Wycoff, Alice Rae Mitchell and Gerald Tucker all Won first in the music contest. The Die Beste track team took second place with Kenneth Brothers winning three and Earl Cook won first place. A few other outstanding Die Bestes who contributed points to their society were Christine Pettit, Joe Shaw, Colleen Wiese, Genieveve Daves, Evelynn Whee- ler and Kieth Kerr.