Charlotte High School - Delphian Yearbook (Charlotte, MI)

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 PCETX The CHflRMIOn Oriole Gridders °rio1' Sl e,s Win 4, Lose 5 Handicapped by the lack of weight, the Orioles won only four games, while dropping five during football season. Fighting spirit on the part of the squad was in evidence throughout the season, particularly in the Eaton Rap- ids game when they held the Islanders, who outweighed Charlotte 30 pounds to a man. to two touchdowns. Poor Showing in Early Season With only six letter winners back for the season. Coach Gobel had to mold a team out of thirty candidates. Most of these and the veterans too were small in comparison to previous years. However, despite this handicap, a pre- sentable team made its appearance on the home gridiron for the first game of the year. Engaging a heavier team from Coldwater. the Orioles took up the battle and scored the first touch- down of the year However. Coldwater 1 came back to win the game 19-7. Undaunted by the defeat given them ! by the twin valley champions, the ! Orange and Black took on Ionia, a team equal to Coldwater in size. Work- ing upon the theory the bigger they are. the harder they fall.’ the local team left a mud laden field with a 19-0 victory. Mason invaded the home gridiron for the Orioles third game. A closely fought battle ended with the Maroons ahead 12-7. Grand Ledge handed the Orioles their second straight setback by the score of 14-6. This was followed by an- other defeat at the hands of Hastings. Hit Winning Streak The Orange and Black proved that they were not done for and emerged from a game with Howell with their second victory. 7-0. The locals next took the Vocational School team by a score of 22-0. Playing against St. Johns for the first year, the Orioles lacked the fight- ■ ing spirit in the earlier part of the; game, but picked it up later in the contest and scored two markers in the last four minutes to win. Playing against Eaton Rapids in the final game, the local team kept the Islanders on their heels throughout the contest, but were forced to give ground to the heavy line of the Cardi- nals. Eaton Rapids won the game by a score of 12-0. Five Seniors to Graduate Only five seniors will graduate this year, leaving thirteen letter winners to return next year. Those who will graduate are Jimmy Shaffer. Gail Cheney. Rolland Weaver. Vera Rey- nolds and Ed. Morey. Among those re- turning are Bob Ladd. Jack Mate. Bud Hammond. Don Lea. Murray Chandler. Max Tullis, Eldred Toutant. Macklin Mayhew and Raymond Snyder. Considering that all the fellows re- turning will add a little weight be- tween now and next fall, we should have a pretty good team next year, states Coach Gobel. The annual football banquet was sponsored by the merchants and was held in the high school gymnasium. 1937 Football Standings W L T Eaton Rapids 5 0 0 Grand Ledge 3 1 1 Mason 3 2 0 Charlotte 2 3 o Howell 1 3 11 St. Johns 0 5 0! Front Row—V«rn Reynolds, Jimmy Spaniola, Jack Mate. Bob Ladd. Carl Gordon. Clarence Squibb, Franklin Loucks, Eldred Toutant. Lyle Kane. Second Row—Clarence Betts. Russell Steinman. Lynn Fowler, Dale Shumaker. Robert Baker, Robert Rathburn. Back Row—Max Dowker, Walter Howe. John Wellman, Wayne Wagner. Wen- dell Dickinson. Wil'iam Clever. Julius Fisher. Mr. Rohlfs. Basketball Title Won By Seniors At the close of the girls intramural tournament, the senior girls took first place with five wins and no defeats. The captain was Shirley Casler: the other players were: Ruth Howe. Fran- ces Ann Youngs. Doris Bryan. Barbara Hamilton, Dora Wilkinson. Frances Burton, and Marjorie Riley. Their high point players were Frances Ann Youngs with 43 points and Ruth Howe with 52 points. Shirley Casler and Doris Bryan made excellent guards. The freshmen came in second with four wins and one loss. Their captain was June Morrison, a newcomer to the school of this year. Other players were: Betty Bruce, Dawn Quirk, Eleanor Belyea, Elaine Palmer, Mar- vel Robins. Catherine Cooper. Arlene Stanke. L Greta Strickland and Ila Mae Lawrence. The two high point scorers for the season were Eleanor Belyea and Betty Bruce. Other players on their team who showed excellent ability were June Morrison. Catherine Cooper, and Ila Mae Lawrence, guards. Third place was taken by the sopho- mores whose captain was Hazel Howe. The other players were: Beulah Bee- be, Leone Haddix, Jean O’Dell. Betty Sparks. Kathleen Mikesell. Marilyn Canfield, and Wilma Barnes. Their out- standing players were: Jean O’Dell. Beulah Beebe. Marilyn Canfield and Hazel Howe. Betty Sparks was high point winner for the sophomores. Fourth place was taken by eleventh and eighth graders. The captain for the eleventh graders was Della Holmes who accounted for 28 of her team’s points. Other members of the team were: Anna May Myers. Pat Parker, June Saums. Berdina Hennings. Mar- tha Thompson, and Margaret See. Al- though this class did not have a reg- ular team, they had probably the best fighting spirit of all the teams. The eighth graders showed great promise for future games. Such play- ers as Eleanor Haley. Elaine Bruce, and Betty Weaver were the outstand- ing ones in both forward and guard parts. Theircaptain was June Wolcott. The players were: Maxine Paton, Elea- nor Haley, Elaine Bruce. Betty Weaver. Naomi Shoemaker, Shirley Stephens. Leota Whitipger. Pat Beechler, Ro- berta Hare, Evelyn Mayes, Frances Rybnikar, and Florence Boyd. The cellar position was occupied by the seventh grade girls who lost five Eight Teams Participate In Interclass Basketball The new intramural sports program introduced by Coach Gobel has proved highly successful this year. The new program has given a larger number of boys a chance to take a part in the various sports more than any other intramural system ever to be carried out in the school. Each class was allowed to enter as many teams as they cared to. Captains were elected and the various teams were chosen. The eight teams entered played a round robin schedule, with the first four teams in the rank- ing at the end of the season engaging in a tournament to decide the cham- pion. Both of the senior and junior teams participated in the tournament. George Fullerton’s team dropped the first game to Lawrence Tiegler’s juniors by the score of 28 to 14. Don Lea’s team defeated Rolland Weaver's team for the second time of the season by the score of 28 to 18. In the third game. Fullerton defeated Lea’s team by the score of 27 to 17. Weaver’s team suffered its second setback of the tournament at the hands of Tiegler’s quintet. In the most exciting games of the year, Weaver defeated Fullerton 8 to 6. Tiegler’s team assured itself the championship by defeating Lea’s team 41 to 31 in the final game of the season. The largest score of the year was turned in by Weaver's team, when they defeated Beechler’s freshmen 51 to 7. The new interclass setup will help considerably In the develop- ment of players for the varsity team. The added space of the new gym made possible the enlargement of the intramural program. Intramural Standings Tiegler Won Lost 1 Lea 5 2 Fullerton 3 Weaver 3 Braden 3 4 Clever 3 4 Stringham 2 5 Beechler 7 out of five games. Helen Montgomery was the outstanding player. Captain Dorothy Jean Dean, Donis Newth, Na- omi Wardwell, Helen Montgomery, Lu- cille Cole, Lucille Stocking. Letha Par- ish. Lenora Bates. Jean Riddle. Jen- nie Smith. Christine Hoover, and Vir- ginia Nisse composed the team. The game between the freshmen and seniors ended the season schedule. Rohlfs Coaches Baseball Team The fast becoming nationwide fav- orite sport, baseball, seems to be near- ing the top notches of interest in Char- lotte this year. Perhaps it's because the local squad has lost but one of the games played this season, thus giv- ing the Orioles the lead in the Capitol Circuit league. Charlotte opened the season by jour- neying to Eaton Rapids April 26 and taking the game by a close margin. 5-4. Next the boys journeyed to Howell April 29. where they booted the game away 7-10, to lose their only game of the season. Following this defeat, they shut out Grand Ledge May 3. 3-0. Franklin I oucks. pitcher, allowed but three hits in that game. Mason was next to lose to the locals. A wide margin score was the result. 7-2. with Vern Reynolds pitching and allowing but three hits. May 10, the boys brought home another victory from St. Johns. 16-11. Dale Shumaker worked on the mound this time and allowed only seven hits. The second game that the locals played with How- ell, May 13. proved victorious for the locals with a score of 5-3. The last two games played by the locals, fur- thered fans’ confidence that the squad would win the trophy. May 24 the Orioles defeated Grand Ledge 5-3. and May 26 defeated St. Johns 12-5. Four boys are working on the mound this year and only one is a senior. Vern Reynolds has the pitching aver- age of .667 and he will not be with the team next year because he will graduate this June. Franklin Loucks. Dale Shumaker. Julius Fisher are the other three pitchers and each has an average of .1000. These boys will prove valuable next year and have done a good job this season. Leading hitters on the squad are Bob Ladd, Jack Mate, and Eldred Tou- tant. Russell Steinman has made a good showing this year as shortstop. It is certain that this freshman will be a valuable asset to the team in the next few years. Carl Gordon is the only senior be- sides Reynolds, who will not be with the team next year. Gordon is the captain of the team as well as catcher. The boys that will probably make up the team for next year are: Bob Ladd, Jack Mate, Eldred Toutant, Bob Baker. Jim Spaniola. Dale Shumaker. Julius Fisher. Franklin Loucks. John Wellman. Charles Harshman, Clarence Squibb. Neil Clever, Russell Stein- man, and Lynn Fowler. This year's team was made up large- ly of sophomores and juniors. Several freshmen have made impressive show- ings and will probably be regulars next year. Juniors Outscore Seniors To Win Interclass Meet Interclass track soared to a new height this year with the juniors out- scoring the seniora and taking first place. The seniors took six of the twelve firsts and the juniors three. The sophomores took three firsts with Kenneth Bruce winning the high hurdles. Ike Frace, the pole vault, and Jim Tracey, the shot-put. to score 35 points. The freshmen trailed in last place with six points. page sixteen

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The CHABHIfM EVENTU GRADE I H SII I NIA MliMGI We. the seventh grade class, are hon- or,,1 in being admitted into this lovely nr high school. The whole class en- joys the new schedule. It makes us we are quite grown-up moving from class to class with the other stu- dents The class has sponsored one assem- bly It was made up of the whole class It, a singing travelog. We won one dollar at the Thanks- giving drive. It was a grocery store, with canned fruit, and a chicken. There are four boys In the band, one of them is the Junior drum major. We wish to thank the student coun- cil for letting us sell candy every Tues- day for eighteen weeks. Some of the boys from our class went out for Junior high basketball; others are on softball teams. We wish to thank Mrs. I eora Wey- mouth and Miss Hilda Angerer for their careful supervision through the seventh grade. DAVID SHAULL, President. Class of '43. Class Calendar Dec. 12 Christmas Party Feb. 14 Valentine Party April 22 • - Assembly May 21 - - Class Picnic MOTTO: Onward and Upward. COLORS: Blue and White. FLOWER: Red Rose. O. Alladaffer, 'A. Ballard. L. Bates. S. Beals. H. Bennett. J. Butler, L. Caster, J. Clever, L. Cole, M. Corts, C. Day. D. Dean. F. Elies, J. Farlin, B. Farr, B. Fcseman, C. Fiar, B. Goff. J. Goldman, C. Gordan, M. Hall, D. Harihman. H. Haviley. C. Hoover. F. Jane, M. Johnson, E. LaPointe, E. Magoon, J. Matthews. I. Milbourn, G. Mohre. H. Montgomery. E. Morrison, C. Newman, D. Newth, G. Niccum, D. Nicol, V. Nlsse, C. Noe, B. Norris, Soap Carving The seventh graders this year have been specializing in soap carving un- der the guidance of Mrs. I eora Wey- mouth. At the beginning of the year the students chose soap carving as their art project. During the year bouts, airplanes, cars, dogs, cats, and many other things were carved by the students; these were displayed in a bookcase In the room. Many other handiwork projects were made by the pupils. Some of the girls made dollhouses and tiny pieces of furniture to put In them. Versatility Students of the seventh grade have, through their appearances in assem- blies shown some outstanding talent. The group has singers, dancers, and many musicians, some of whom have already made a distinct mark denoting talent and skill. Many of the students are members of the junior band and have the ability to be good musicians. G. Parish, H. Parish, L. Parish. I. Parks. J. Raines. J. Riddle, R. Rogers, F. Rolfs. J. Ross. B. Sampson. B. Scovill. R. Sergant, D. Shaull, D. Shaull. R. Shaver. J. Sherman. B. Smith. J. Smith. J. Snow. P. Snyder. V. Spagnuolo. J. Spice, L. Stockmo. J. Thornton. G. Truett. R. Walter. N. Ward. N. Ward- well. B. Willett. J. Wilson, L. Wood. Class Personalities Best dancer..........Madeline Corts Best bluffer........Frank Dee Elies Best dressed...................Jack Thornton Most popular boy.....David Shaull Most popular girl..Belle Jane Willett Most studious.........Shirley Beals Most sophisticated.....Helen Mont- gomery Most witty..................Clayton Friar Book worm......................Jack Snow Loud speaker..............Carl Noe Class flirt............Donis Newth Class cut-up...........Billy Norris (Jp the fodder The officers of the seventh grade elected the first of the year are: David Shaull. president; Harold Ross, vice president; Charles Gordon, secretary; and Jack Thornton, treasurer. At a later meeting Jerry Sherman and Billy Watson were elected seventh grade al- dermen to the student council. The class chose the motto. “Onward and Upward , and have been trying to live up to it in every respect. Dorothy Jane Dean had an all A record, while Jerry Sherman. David Shaull. and Geraldine Niccum maintained a “B” average throughout the year. At the Thanksgiving assembly, the seventh graders placed fourth for qual- ity. quantity, and attractiveness in the display. They won a dollar prize. A Christmas party was held by the group, names were drawn and the stu- dents exchanged ten-cent gifts. The girls in the home economics classes made candy to serve at the party. To make the money needed to cover expenses, the seventh graders sold dish cloths and candy. The dish cloths brought in proceeds of four dollars, while students selling candy once a week at noon for eighteen weeks took in the net amount of four- teen dollars. February 14, the group drew names and exchanged valentines. A short program was given by the students. All of the seven “A” group gave an assembly April 22. Charles Gordon was chairman of the assembly, which was a musical travelog. The class chose songs from foreign countries, these songs w-ere sung by the students. Dances, and readings were also fea- tured. Pine lake. Olivet, was the setting for the class picnic, held by the group May 21. Recreation was in the form of baseball, boating, and swimming. A potluck lunch was the main event of the day. Transportation to and from the lake was furnished by several of the parents. May 27. the seven B” and the eight “B groups put on an assembly, a pan- tomime. The Martins and the Coys”. Billy Watson played a piano solo; Betty Lou Squibb sang a solo; Chris- tine Hoover played several selections on her Hawaiian guitar; Harley Ben- nett played a few numbers on his Span- ish guitar; and Donis Newth gave a reading. page fifteen

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fPCCTf Cage Team Has Average Of .500 The 1937-38 Charlotte Orioles under ih direction of Coach Malcolm Gol»el rl«MMd the season with seven victories aud seven defeats for a percentage of .500. Defeat Eaton Rapids After the local basketball squad won over Hast Lansing 19-17, lost to Hast- ings 18-19. and lost to Mason 22-12. they defeated their rivals Eaton Rap- Ids 28-25. The Islanders had. the previous season, defeated the Orioles three times, twice in scheduled con- tests and once in the district tourna- ment. Results of the rest of the basketball season are ns follows: The Orioles won the match with Grand Ledge 22- 21. lost to St. Johns 22-29, lost to East Lansing 17-24. defeated Howell 31-20. won over Grand I edge 42-25, lost to Mason 16-22. were defeated by St Johns 24-30. lost to Eaton Rapids 25-39, de- feated Hastings 20-14. and downed Howell 24-21. How They Stand The following statistics show the personal rankings of the various play- ers: Years Nani»» Grade Played Pos. Pts. Ladd Jr. 2 F 134 Chandler Jr. 2 C F 72 Tullis Jr. 3 C F 62 Toutant Jr. 3 F G 52 Rogers Sr. 2 G 26 Tracy So. 2 C 13 Cheney Sr. 3 F 7 Raker Jr. 3 F 6 Garling’se Sr. ' 3 C F 3 Roberts Jr. 3 C F 2 During the District Basketball Tour- nament, hopes ran high for a new trophy for the school. All district tournament games were held on the local gym floor. The Orioles met Eaton Rapids for the first game of the tournament and defeated them 41- 34. Next in line came Hastings but after a hard fought game the night before the locals were downed 23-19, and Hastings went home with the trophy. Coach Gobel stated. We were handi- capped in every game because of lack of height. Every team we played held a heighth advantage over us. When Tracy wasn’t playing, the tallest man on the floor was Murray Chandler, who is about 5’ 10 . Although we were handicapped for height, we made up for it in speed and clever ball hand- ling. ' One of the team’s outstanding weak- nesses was missing free throws. A record of such is as follows: Made Misse 3 East Lansing 1 Hastings 9 7 Mason 2 Eaton Rapids 6 Grand Ledge 10 10 Si Johns 6 5 East Lansing 1 Howell 7 9 Grand Ledge 7 5 Mason 4 4 St. Johns 2 Eaton Rapids 8 4 Hastings 0 Howell 6 • 62 Basketball Standings W L | Mason 9 1 { Eaton Rapids .... 3 2 • St. Johns 8 4 ! Charlotte 5 t Howell 9 Grand Ledge 1 9 Regional Champions Front Row—Murray Chandler. Raymond Snyder. Max Tullis, Dale Bryan, Gail Cheney. Dorr Love, Russoll Bradley, William Reefman, Lester Roberts. Second Row—Charles Hughes. Kenneth Bruce. Lawrence Hammond, Jim Tracey. Robert Huber. Jack Youngs. Edward Packard. Clare Tharp. Back Row—Harold Mayhew, Wayne Wagner. Stanley Burt, Charles Briggs, Charles Widrig, Homer Braden, Coach Gobel. Bartholomew’s Freshmen Win Junior High Title Two ninth grade teams, four eighth grade teams, and five seventh grade teams made up the junior high inter- class basketball league for the 1937-38 season. Captains for the ninth grade teams were: Howard Thompson, and Harold Carman; eighth grade. Londan Cole. Wayne Terwilliger. Dale Bartholomew, and Leland Wendell; seventh grade. Homer Parish. Duane Nichols. Ray- mond Rogers. David Shaull, and Charles Gordon. Dale Bartholomew’s ninth grade team defeated Leland Wendell’s eighth grade team in the playoffs. 33 to 24. to win the championship. Wayne Ter- williger’8 eighth grade team finished second and Leland Wendell’s took third. This was the first year the junior high basketball league has been taken seriously and in a few years these boys will form the nucleus of the high school basketball team. Final Team Standings W L Dale Bartholomew ........... 9 1 Leland Wendell ............. 9 1 Wayne Terwilliger .......... 9 1 Charles Gorden ............. 7 3 Raymond Rogers ............. 5 5 Linden Cole ................ 4 6 Duane Nlcol ................ 3 7 Howard Thompson ............ 2 8 David Shaull ............... 2 8 Homer Parish ............... 0 10 District Cage I ournament Held in Local Gymnasium The first district basketball tourna- ment ever to be staged in Charlotte was held in the high school gym March 4 and 5. Teams participating w’ere Charlotte. Eaton Rapids. Hastings. Olivet. Bellevue. Springport. and Ver- montville. Hastings and Olivet emerg- ed the winners and received the trophies. Charlotte’s first night victory over Eaton Rapids proved to be the thriller of the tournament. The game was very much in doubt until the last quarter when Charlotte scored enough points for the margin of victory. In the class C” games, the same night. Olivet de- Charlotte Wins Regional Title One of the most successful track squads produced by Charlotte was turned out by Coach Gobel this year. The Orioles opened their season at the Hastings relays, in which they placed second to Western State high school of Kalamazoo. The following week, the Orange and Black met Eaton Rapids on the local track and emerged the victor by a score of 78-26. Char- lotte collected ten of the twelve firsts. The following Wednesday. May 4. Beldiug and Ionia came to Charlotte for a triangular meet. Again the Ori- oles were victorious. In this meet, both Cheney, and Henry of Belding ran the low hurdles faster than the state record. Charlotte scored 61 points to 49 for Belding and 21 for Ionia. The Charlotte-Hastings dual meet was on the local track. Hastings gave the Orange and Black tough competi- tion. but were unable to stop the team’s final drive w'hich gave the Orioles a 58 to 46 win. Charlotte finished the dual meet sea- son by routing the Olivet college fresh- mei 64 3 5 to 39 2 5 and remained undefeated in dual competition. On May 21. the Orioles entered the Saginaw Valley regional track meet and brought home the trophy along with twenty-two medals. In winning the meet, Charlotte quali- fied seven men for the state track meet at East Lansing May 28. Those who entered were Max Tullis. Gail Cheney. William Reefman. Murray Chandler. Kenneth Bruce. James Tracey, and Dorr Love. The team entered the conference track meet at East Lansing to defend their title. Mason was the only new team to enter the meet. feated Vermontville and Springport eked out a victory over Bellevue. Hastings drew a bye for the first tournament game and defeated Char- lotte In the finals by the score of 23-19. In this game. Bessmer of Hastings lost his peg tooth in Murray Chandler’s arm. The trophy was presented after the game by Harlan McCall. In the finals the class ‘C” competition. Olivet beat a scrappy Springport five. Olivet took the lead from the start and were never headed. A trophy was also presented to them. O'uale fye-atlieAA. GAIL CHENEY—Starting in his sophomore year, Gail went out for foot- ball. basketball, and track. He has now earned two letters in football, two in basketball, and three in track. He was elected honorary captain of the track team last year and of the foot- ball team this year. CARL GORDON—Carl has also been out for football for three years, as well as baseball. He has to his credit two letters in football and three in base- ball. His teammates have honored him by choosing him captain of the baseball team. VERN REYNOLDS—Vern’s major sport is baseball, from which he has four letters. His pitching has been a great help to the team. He also has two letters from football. WILLIAM REEFMAN—They called him “Cunningham’’ until he started to run the 440 yard dash. Willie’s” first two years on the track team were spent running the mile. This year he changed over to a quarter miler and has done fairly well for himself. He has one letter in football, and three in track. JIMMY SHAFFER—Jimmy has spent three years on the football team trying to reduce. Two of these years he played left tackle on the varsity. VAUGHN ROGERS—Vaughn show- ed his ability as a clever ball handler on the basketball team by playing for- ward and guard for two years. He also played on the baseball team last year. ED MOREY—Aggressiveness on the part of our “Mayor” won him the posi- tion of guard on the football team. Ed found time to play football aside from his job. JUNIOR GRIER—Junior won his first letter as manager of the basket- ball team. He came out for track this spring and turned out to be one of C. H. S.’s best half milers. CLARE THARP- Fritz” won him- self a place on the track team by run- ning the half mile. His track letter is his first letter. DALE BRYAN—Although Dale was quite small, he proved himself to be an athlete. Last year he ran the half mile, but switched over to the mile this year He has two track letters to his credit. (And to think, he wanted to be manager of the track team.) JACK GARLINGHOUSE—Jack won his first letter as a member of this year’s basketball team. He also spent two years on the second team as well as going out for football in his sopho- more year. HOLLAND WEAVER—“Patience is its own reward . Holland spent four long years on the football team and finally elevated himself to the first team. Rolland also spent some time on the basketball team. Juniors Compose Golf Team for 1938 Season This year’s team was composed of juniors. Bob Ladd played number two man in the first couple of matches but was elevated to the top spot when he was low man in the first two matches. Lawrence Tiegler played number four man mostly. Dave Elies and Bob Spice switched off and on between number two and three positions. Through the co-operation of the school board and the Charlotte Coun- try club, high school students were allowed to use the course free of charge. page seventeen