Allegan High School - Echo Yearbook (Allegan, MI)

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4 -5 ouow HW Vedder Three cheers for the cheerleaders. They deserve much credit for leading the yells at football and basketball games, as well as conducting pre-game pep sessions. The regular cheerleaders were Carolyn Bindemann, Barbara Bartz, Lena Lane, and Dick Yocum. At first the girls wore one-piece, white-wool dresses with an orange letter, while Dick displayed black trousers with orange stripes and e school sweater. Later in the year the Student Council purchased three orange sweaters having large tiger heads on the back to distinguish the cheerleaders. On several occasions Ann Mack, Fred Bindemann, and Jim Nichols assisted the cheerleaders.

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X After practicing for three weeks, Mr. O'Connor announced that the junior-high team would play the freshmen, October 10. The boys lined up to receive the ball, the whistle blew, and the opponents kicked off. someone on our team snatched the pigskin and we raced down the field, un- til Don Herington's tackle halted our advance. Throughout the first quarter both teams battled on even terms without scoring. Each eleven tallied a few points in the second Quarter, but in the third period the frosh chalked up a touchdown. We were victorious by one point-the slim margin being 13 to l2. All of the boys who competed for positions par- ticipated in the encounter. ln the next game, October 19, we didn't fare so well--we were beaten 25 to 19. The freshman knew what to expect from our players and they had prepared a good pass-defense. Turing the first half, the ninth graders handcuffed us while they crossed our goal line for two touchdowns. In the third quarter our T-formation pass failed to function, but we did manage to shove over a touchdown. Nr. O'Connor had predicted that our el ders wouldn't walk all over us--and they dldn't. The concluding contest was slated for November 9, when we played the high school reserves. The kick-off was at h:2O p.m. with our aggregation on the receiving end. Chuck Taylor caught the ball and was downed after moving ahead about ten yards. On a reverse, halph Boe advanced the ball fifteen yards and Wayne Burton, on a sweep around right end, picked up eighteen yards to bring us about fifteen yards from the goal line. Our hopes were high, but our attack bogged down and the ball changed hands. The reserves proceeded to add more touchdowns to increase their lead to 35-O. ln the final session Wayne Burton ploughed through center for a touchdown. Kenny Nunt's tackling was a feature of the fray. The final score was 35 to O.

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FCS lfwtllft lst row: Carolyn Anderson, Denver Anderson, Victor Anderson, Joyce Arndt Thomas Balgoyen. 2nd row: Orrle Barber, Jack Backers, Donald Bentley, Josephine Bsrtweit, Orpha Bishop. 3rd row: Richard Bishop, Warren Bolton, Orrin Bradshaw, Ruth Brown, Marilyn Carns. Lth row: Edna Clark, Eugene Ccllick, llax Commons, Paul Commons, Nora Cook. 5th row: Patricia Cook, Delores Dengre mond, Diana Devries, Paul DeVr1es, Lois Duncan. 6th row: Bertha Edwards, Joe Engles, Keith Farnum, Jacquelyn Ferris Alb Foote. 7th row: Joan Forbear, John Foster, Kenneth Gates, Ardis Gibson, Jerry Gilpin. 8th row! Glenn Gorby, Dene Gorringe, Donald Gurn, June Hampel, Chester Hathaway. 9th row: Don Herington, Leona Hill, Eugene Hiscock, Donald Hitchcock, Sarah Hoffman. 10th row: Beverly Janke, Robert Junk Paul Jensen, Mary Kaechele, William Kasten. llth row: Susann Kaylor, Merlin Knob loch, Roger Kraft, Loraine Krotz.- ert