Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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George Brown, Ben Powers, Don Delude, Bud Pratt, Bill Wolski, Mark Lynch. VARSITY SQUAD-Front lack Petrill, Iohn Iohnson. o Ben Adams. Second Row: Glen Hatfield, George Menoutes, Norm Iones. Rex Don Cummings, Al Thrower. Don Skafi, Ed Loder, Henry Minarik. Back Row: Parsell. Keith Chisholm, Elm Ioe Omarzu, Mac lt Alderson, Paul Kehm Bob Schroeder,Arlen Bloomer, Bud Oxley. Eugene Woods, Al Iohnson. Dale Football Although the figures show three victories and four defeats, Central nevertheless had a fine football squad. The vigor and enthusi- asm possessed by the squad has never been surpassed by previous Central teams. The squad will lose many by graduation, but the new recruits with the experience gained this year should make Central one of the top Valley squads of the 1944 season. Coach Howard Auer, as usual, fashioned a strong forward wall while Ierry Udell had a superb backiield. Stan Broome, often called the spark plug of the coaching staff. assisted as trainer. Dale Alderson, now in the armed forces. was one of Central's mainstays. His boom- ing punts carried far down the field and he was rarely stopped as he plunged through the line to pick up needed yardage. Dale was also called upon to do the placement kicking for the Tribe. Don Skaff was the Tribe quarterback and was elected captain of the team. Don did a good job calling the signals all season. Norm Iones, Ben Adams. Bud Pratt, and Sam Earley were exceptional runners while 'Mac' McManama, Glen Hatfield and Don Skaff were used primarily in blocking for the ball carrier. Both teams fought savagely. The Vikings battled with every resource to stave oft defeat. THE1944 my

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fer: 1 , g g MZEW. Nineteenth Annual XT 16. Xt. n QL-..f,l-:?:5l,' L l' Kaleldoscope ,Q l The Central High School Orchestra, the Concert Band, and the A Cappella Choir represented school talent in music with excellent perfonnances. Mr. Walter Bloch directed the Orchestra and Choir, while the Band was under the baton of Mr. Edwin Merrill, its new conductor. The Drama Department, under the direc- tion of Mrs. Helen Brown, presented a one- act play, The Wallflower Cuts In. One of the highlights of the 1944 Kaleido- scope, a pantomime called A Chinese Love Story, was presented by the Belle Masque. Audiences will long remember the humor of the skit in which an overtumed bench represented a boat, a plank across two stumps was a bridge, and most honorable souls ascended to Heaven by means of a ladder. Two very entertaining front stage acts were Magical Moments in which Iohn Atkins awed his audience with magic, and Famous Personalities given by Fred Brownell. A colorful and graceful spectacle was portrayed by the Girls' Ballet in their presen- tation of A Russian Fantasy, a romantic dance pantomime. Sonya, a beautiful Rus- sian girl, is being compelled to marry A 2- :..i Sssf,. Q. .R MRS. MAUDE STEWART BEAGLE General director of the Kaleidoscope. was responsible for the presentation this year. f25l U9 f T Fu if . K ts. 0 K L Flfqm 'C . O . . ,et-3' .N Q ,fl s' ! 'gn X5 ,A ' .Q i' shag . .-if ' 1. V azt'.1 ' - A- -fT 'fig ftffwxx A M Y X, .X l X .lisa g 4, X 1',,1 2o JE, s 60 'Alf-ni -'l'll ' lfqp, ' r ', QF X 'Q' . QQ Caspar, a man of her parent's choice, but she has already given her heart to Feodor, who is in exile. The wedding is arranged, the peasants are celebrating with dance and song. The bridal party starts for the church when suddenly a band of gypsies arrives. The leader is Feodor in disguise. He recog- nizes Sonya and waves the scarf she had given him when he left her, but her bride- groom drags her off to the church. Later, she retums and meets Feodor and renews her love in a beautiful dance. All ends happily when the parents realize who F eodor is and the lovers are reunited. The Attic Players set forth their talent in an amusing one-act mystery play, Nobody Sleeps. , The last act consisted of Uncle Sam on the Home Front, a presentation of Frank Swoontra, and several pieces by Duffy Martin's Orchestra. The grand finale in- cluded the opening chorus plus the last act, and the curtain fell on another successful Kaleidoscope. Assisting Mrs. Beagle were Mr. Walter Bloch. music: Mrs. Helen Hardy Brown, dramatics: Mr. Thomas Davey, make-up: Mr. Ralph Misner, ushers: Mr. Howard Rarick, tickets: Mrs. Margaret Hutchison, art: Mr. Percy Davidson, scenery and lights: and Mrs. Ruth Wocholski, programs. Boys of the advanced printing classes printed the programs, including Harold Blon- din, Iim Pitts, Iohn Toler Ir., Iohn Robinson, Ben Adams, Wayne Fortune, and Douglas Schwind. PROSPECTUS

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vii'-1 Football As usual, pessimists thought the forward wall would be weak, but these critics were forced to change their minds as the season progressed. Outstanding linemen of the year were A1 Thrower, Rex Parsell, Arlen Bloomer, Mark Lynch, Eugene Woods, Dave Elston, Elmo Gratsch, Bud Oxley, Don Cummings and Al Iohnson. Under the lights at Atwood Stadium Central thumped Bay City 25-0. Norm Iones tallied twice and Alderson and MacManama once each. For the first touchdown, Iones went around his own right end and Alderson failed to convert. MacManama lugged the ball to pay dirt from the two-yard line: Alder- son again failed to convert. Alderson then intercepted a pass and raced 70 yards for a touchdown. Skaff passed to Parsell for the conversion. Iones again went around end and made the final tally. In the Turkey Day classic Central was pitted against a powerful Northem squad. Central went into the game the underdogs and when the final gun had sounded Atwood Stadium rocked with Central cheers as the squad cams outsafwinner 13-Q. .1 X t... Nts... X 'N Q N-.R g v , .1 L .4 Wx Centra1's bench was rarely occupied. rzva PROSPECTUS