Charlotte High School - Delphian Yearbook (Charlotte, MI)

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SNAPSHOTS 1. Cooper and cow. Identify cow. 2. All dressed up to ko dancing. 3. Is It ax bad as all that? 4. How do you ride it. Huffman? 5. She flew through the air.” 6. Queenie Tanner.” 7. Is it cold. Thornton? 8. What a mixture!” 9. Heat it out. Wacky. 17. Careful. Lou Ann. 10. That’s my baby! 18. Ho-hum. when do we 11. Sea Scout pals.” 19. Smile at the birdie. 12. Mud-pie chemist? 20. Handsome boy. 13. Sweet and lovely. 21. Peek-a-boo. 14. Startled. Colleen? 22. What an eyeful! 15. Office girls. 23. Oh. so solemn!” 16. “Camera shy.” 18

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spouts Thv ru xmuw Quintet Holds Circuit Crown Second Year East Lansing Downs Cobelite Squad in Regional Final With returning lelterinen. B. Mohre. H Mohre. I). Moore. J. Pray and V. Gresso. Charlotte successfully opened It» 44 '45 basketball season hy down iDC a strong. fighting IIuhIIiikh five. The game was a hard-played see- saw buttle with both teams trying to forge ahead. Since it was the first encounter of the season for both the teams, many scoring opportunities . and shots were missed. Scoring hon- ors went to K. Mohre of Charlotte and Myers of Hastings, collecting nine and I ten points respectively. Final score 1 December 8 found the local team in Everett to meet the Vikings. From j the opening whistle on. the game was never in doubt with Charlotte having I a field day. B. Mohre. ace Oriole forward, garnered 20 points. The out- come was 47-11 with Charlotte on the long end. Grand Ledge Game Thriller The following Tuesday. Charlotte played host to the Comets of Grand {«edge, a game of thrills galore. With a tally in the first few seconds, the Comets held their lead all through the first half, with Carter, the sharp- shooting Grand Ledge center, collect- ing 8 of their 15 points. The second half opened with the Orioles dropping in a tally followed by a return score on the part of the Comets. This even exchange eontinu ► ed until the last two minutes of the third |uurter when the Orange and Black team forged ahead 32-28. Apparently sparked by their third quarter drive, the Orioles continued to add to their lead in the fourth quarter by picking up 8 points to their opponents' 4. The game ended 40-32 In Charlotte's favor. Mid-Season Undefeated Travelling to Howell. Charlotte reg- j istered its fourth consecutive victory; with a score of 33-25. The game was hard-fought with many personal and technical fouls being called. Bob Mohre and Don Moore, and Cook of Howell shared the scoring honors with 10 points each. Trailing at half time 23-19. Char lotte runic through with a last half push led by Bob Mohre and defeated Class C Napoleon 47-39. Napoleon, pre- viously was undefeated. High scorers for the night were B. Mohre with 19 points and Griffin of Napoleon with 13 Hitting their mid-season stride, the Orioles easily vanquished Mason to the score of 44 20. At half time the score read 22-9. High point men were the two Mohres and Moore, each con- necting for 11 points. Pierce of the Maroons dropped in 6. Continuing their hot pace, the Or- ioles. registered their seventh victory at the expense of the hapless Island- ers of Baton Rapids. Being com- pletely outclassed. the Cardinals never endangered the lead built up by the local . The outcome was 46-26 in Charlotte’ favor, with D. Moore and J I’ray netting 15 and 13 points re- spectively. In one of the fastest games of the season Charlotte laid low the Grand I .edge Comets to- the score of 38-32. Tin gumo was fought on a nip and tuck basis with the half time score 18-17 in Charlotte’s favor. Directly after the second half opened the Orioles jumped into the lead and at Thinclads Have Good Season 1st. row: A. Williams, D. White. O. Hice, J. Loucks. B. Mohre, C- Weaver, H. Ackley. R. Mohre. J. Pray. 2nd. row R. Oebler, S. Haigh. E. Furu. R. King, A. Blaine. D. Furu. D. Rosenbrook. D. Schultz, R. Dane 3rd. row: M. Horn. H. Langmaack. A. Fox. O. Loveland. M. Ells. P. Buraley, W. Holmes. R. Packard. E. Platt. J. Martin, tth. row: Coach Gobel. A. Foster. R. Santee. M. Mason. Oiio c Fvalhvrs BERTRAM JANE—“Bert won two letters as manager of the basketball team, and one as a reserve center in football. JUNIOR KING—.Junior earned his letters by running cross- country and playing reserve halfback on the football team. GEORGE MCDONALD—“Mac , during his three years in C.H.S. has won three letters in football, playing end and fullback, two letters in basketball as a reserve guard and center, and two more in track running the hurdles and throwing the shot. RAY MOHRE—Ray has earned three letters in football, playing quarterback, three letters in basketball as a guard, and one letter for running the cross country course. He also was selected captain of the 1944-45 basketball team. JOSEPH PRAY—“Joe has acquired two letters each in football, basketball and track, besides winning one in cross country. In track he placed first in the half-mile at the state meet and in doing so, broke a school record. He played end anil forward on the football and basketball teams. EDWARD SHAMP—Ed received his letter for playing reserve tackle on the football team. Sophomores Champions in Interclass Track Meet Bob Mohre and Doug White, taking six first places, led the class of '47 to an easy intramural track meet victory. Their score was 46 points. The juniors took second with a score of 39. seniors third with 26. and the freshmen next with 22. Results for the meet were as fol- lows: 120 yd. high hurdles. White sophomore, first; McDonald, senior, second; and Santee, freshman, third; time 20 ; 100 yd. dash. Weaver, jun- ior. first. Loucks. junior and Radee. freshman, tied for second, time 11.4”; 1 mile run. B. Mohre. sophomore, first. Williams, sophomore, second. Tharp, junior, third, time 5.02.3”; 140 yd. dash. Radee. first. Clark, soph- omore. third, time 61.1 ; 220 yd. low hurdles. White, first. R. Mohre. senior, second. B Mohre. third, time 27.2 : 220 yd. dash. Weaver, first. Loucks. second. Mayne. freshman, third, time 24.3 ; 880 yd. run. B. Mohre. first. Mice, junior, second; Krusell. junior, third, time 2.17.5 ; Relay, juniors first, sophonfores sec- ond. freshmen third, and seniors last, time 1.49.1 ; pole vault. B. Mohre. first. R. Mohre. second. R. Radee. third, height 10 ft., shot put. G. Mc- Donald. first. D. Moore, junior, sec- ond. Ackley, senior, third, distance 40.8 ft., high Jump. R. Mohre. first. I). Moore, second. Nlsse. freshman, third, height ft i! in., broad Jump. White, first. Radee. second. B. Mohre. third, distance 18 ft. 7 in. Under the Shower Has Sweetie” Gay’s escapade to Oak Park with the Hags finally leak- ed out? This topic is the center of much discussion. What happened to Dick Cooper’s foot? Was it an accident high jump- ing or did Barb step on it? It has been told that after Dr. Barker's talk on health. Keith Gldner drank so much water, he nearly died of internal drowning. Mr. McCall: Do you guarantee this hair-restorer? Mr. Behrens: Better than that, sir. We give a comb with every bot- tle. DICK SCHNECKENBERGER—Dick collected three letters play- ing guard on the football team. Twice he was placed on the second string all conference team. JAMES THORNTON—“Jim won his letter running on the cross country team. the end of the third quarter Char- lotte was on top 27-23. Then Grand Ledge, led by Tetnan. rallied and with three minutes to go the game stood at 32-32. Charlotte then came through with 6 more points to win the game. Perfect Record Broken January 23. the Orange and Black quintet travelled to Napoleon, where they received their first defeat. The game was a give and take battle with both teams forging ahead at various times, only to lose the lead again. A final last quarter spurt put Napoleon ahead and there the game ended. Pray collected 14 points for Char- lotte nnd Dean of Napoleon dumped In 21. The following Friday the Orioles en- tertained Everett. The game was slow in getting under motion and the first half ended with Charlotte just ahead 15-12. but from the beginning of the third period, the Orioles scored at will nnd went on to win 40-25. Playing heads-up hall nil the way. the Orioles went on to defeat the Mason Maroons to the score of 46-37. This was the seventh conference win of the season for Charlotte. Moore and Pray were high point men with 15 and 14 points. February 9 found the Orange and Black engaging the Eaton Rapids Cardinals there. The Oriole lead, which they built up In the first quart- er was never endangered as they won 43-28. R. Mohre connected for 14 points. Charlotte hurdled Its last Imrrier to a conference championship hy de- feating Howell 38-32. in the local gym. Moore, alone, accounted for 20 of the , Orioles' 38 points. Cook of Howell led his team with 11. Playing their last game of the regular season. Charlotte, for the sec- ond time, went down defeated, this time at the hands of the Hastings’ Saxons 36-30. The first two quarters were played on fairly even terms with j Hastings leading at the half 18-13. hut. the Saxons rallied in the third period i and built up a twelve point lead. The Orange and Black, having a hard time hitting the basket, gradually gained but ended 6 points shy. Foster of Hastings stood out with 13 points. Tournament Has Ups and Downs Again Charlotte was selected for the district tournament with 8 teams of Class B and C. Charlotte in its game with Lake- view completely smothered the small quintet from Battle Creek and nearly Does your husband talk In his sleep? “No! and It’s terribly exasperating. He Just grins. ! doubled the score. D. Moore, sharp- shooting Oriole center, displayed a spectacular under-the-hasket perform •BM which netted 22 points. The Orange and Black outscored the Spar- tans in every quarter and at no time were they ever threatened. 55-36. Hastings defeated Eaton Rapids hy a lop-sided score and in doing so earn- ed themselves a chance in the District finals. Charlotte, stung hy their previous defeat at the hands of the Saxons, overpowered the Hastings five and won 31-26. giving them the district trophy and a shot at the regionals at Albion. There the Gohelite five drew Albion for their first encounter and after a hard-fought battle emerged victors to the score of 34-32. B. Mohre. Oriole forward, dumped in 13 points. In the final game of the year, the Trojans of East Lansing dealt the Orioles a 31 28 defeat. Some of the statistics for the sea- I son are as follows; Total points 713. j opponents’ total points 542. offensive , average 39.6 pts. per game, defensive average 30.1. During the year four cagers collect- ed over 100 points. I). Moore led the team with 169; then B. Mohre. with 159: R. Mohre. with 141; and J. Pray with 138. 17

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SNAPSHOT The rmwiii t v 1. “Friday nite jitterbugs.'’ 8. “What’ve you got there, kids?” 16. “What’s the matter. Doris, mad?” 2. “Bug In your mouth, Easley? 9. “Just being quiet and looking pretty. 17. “Ned. Omie. and Ray four years ago.' 3. “Laughing Boy. 10. “Smile pretty. Joan. 18. “Dancing in the dark.” 4. “Hold tight. Gordon! 11. “Something must be interesting.” 19. “What are you fishing for. Sis?” 5. “I'll tell you something if you won’t 12. “Funny men of the Journalism Carnival. 20. “Nothin’ to do. tell anyone else. 13. “Songbirds Davids ar.d Dobbratz. 21. “Looking up. 6. “My. my. Calvin, how sweet you look! 14. “Clown Band. 22. “King and Queen of the Hobos. 7. “What a determined pose! 15. “Where did you get those clothes? 19