Charlotte High School - Delphian Yearbook (Charlotte, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 96 of the 1947 volume:

STAFF Co- Editors Class Editor Sports Editor Feature Editor Calendar Editor Photographic Mgr. Business Manager Typists Program Chairmen Circulation , BARBARA McGRATH � JACQUELYN YUND MARTHA ROCHESTER RICHARD HUFFMAN DOLORES MICHEL SHIRLEY SNOKE FREDRICK DIAMOND JOE HOLMES I IRENE LIVINGSTON I RICHARD DERBY ISALLIE HALE � GORDON SPARKS LOU ANNE POTTER iBRUCE BRYAN Published by Seniors and Journalism Class . OF ♦ CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL 1947 AND ORANGE . BLACK ILLUSTRATIONS BY DONNA SCOVILL ENGRAVING BY JAHN A OLLIER CO PRINTING BY McGRATH DeFOE CO DEDICATION WINIFRED WELLS, assistant principal, English and Journalism teacher, we, the class of 1947 do respectfully dedicate this Charhian. She has given years of unfailing service to the Orange S Black, Journalism Carnival, and Charhian, which have contributed greatly to the success of this school. Therefore, to a woman who possesses a calm and purposeful nature, to a teacher who commands great respect, to a friend who gives help without question, we dedicate this Charhian. DIRECTORS The CHAR HI AN First Row: CHARLES F. AMADEN (1st semester)—B.S., U. of I.; Western Illinois State Teachers' College; Social Studies, Mathematics. WARREN BLIGHT—B.S., M. S. C.; Farm Shop. Agriculture. MAY ELLEN DEL FAVERO—B.S., Superior State, Wis.; English, French, Latin. JAY DYKHOUSE—B.S., M. S. C.I M.A., U. of M.; Superintendent. MALCOLM GOBEL—B.S., Alma; Physical Ed. DORA HOLMES—B.S., M. S. N. C.: Commercial. EARL A. HUSTON—B.S., Purdue; M.A., U. of M.; Science. Second Row: MILDRED IAUCH—A.B.. Western Michigan College of Education; M.A., U. of M.; Northwestern U.; Columbia U.; Librarian. EVALD JOHNSON—B.S., Western Michigan College of Education; Wood Shop. General Shop. Veterans’ Institute. MARENA KIPLINGER—A.B., U. of M.; Northwestern U.; U. of CHI- cago; English. History, Bible. MATTIE KURTZ—A.B., M. S. N. C.; M.A.. U. of M.; Junior High. JAMES T. LEDDEN—A.B., Western Michigan College of Education; History, Geography. ALLEEN LIPSEY—B.S., Ferris Institute; M. S. C.; Commercial. EARL MEAD—B.S.. Western Michigan College of Education; U. of M.; Co-ordinator and Director of Veterans Institute. Third Row: ELAINE MEYER—B.M.E., M.M.. Northwestern U.; U. of Minn.; Music. CLARK MUMA—B.S., Western Michigan College of Education; M.A., U. of M.; Principal, Social Studies. VIRGINIA OBERLIN—B.A., M. S. C.J Junior High. BORIS W. PA A JAN E N—A. B., Northern Michigan College of Education; Mechanical Drawing, Metal Shop. ROBERT K. POWELL—A.B.. Western State Kentucky; U. of M.; M. S. C.; Instrumental Music, Social Studies. MARJORIE SMITH—B.S.; M. S. C.; Physical Education. DALLAS STALL—A.B., Albion; U. of M.; Western Michigan College of Education; Mathematics, Physics. Fourth Row: HUBERT STRAW—B.S.E.E., Purdue; M. S. C.; Western Michigan College of Education; I. U.; Mathematics. KATHRYN TAFFEE—B.S.. M. S. C.; General Motors Institute of Tech.; Home Economics. MARIE TAYLOR—M.S.N.S.; Olivet; Western Michigan College of Edu- cation; Junior High. WINIFRED WELLS— A.B., Olivet; U. of M.; Northwestern U.; U. of Chicago; Assistant Principal. English, Journalism. LEORA WEYMOUTH—A.B.. Olivet; M.A., U. of M.; M. S. C.; Western Michigan College of Education; Principal of Junior High; Civics. English. KATHRYN WESCHE—A.B., Kletzing College: U. of M.; English, Dramatics. FRANCES WILDERN—B.S., M. S. N. C.; English, Art. 3 - - The CHARHIAN ACADEMY AWARDS ('■: I X () Harriet Mayhcw, w ith an average of 3.83. goes the rS‘, high honor of being valedictorian of the class of 1947. Taking a college preparatory course, Harriet has majored in three fields, English, mathematics, and science. An active girl, Harriet represented the class as a student council member during her junior year, and was assistant director and actress in the junior play. She was a member of Y-Teens and rural students’ club, and has attended three honor banquets. Salutatorian honors go to Albert Foster with an average of 3.80. Throughout high school Albert has taken a college pre- paratory course majoring in science, mathematics, social studies, and English. Albert has been a participant in many school activities. He has served as Mayor and as junior class president, has taken part in the junior play, and has taken active interest in lli-Y, Boy Scouts, and Air Scouts. He has also been a mem- ber of the basketball and track squads for two years. He has been present at four honor banquets. Besides receiving the Bauscli and Bomb Science award. Albert has received the dis- tinction of having his name placed upon the University of Mich- igan Honor Plaque. Each year to two outstanding students goes the honor of having their names engraved on the honor plaque presented to the school by the University of Michigan Club. These persons are picked by the faculty from each year’s graduating class on the basis of scholarship, leadership, and sportsmanship. Mary Mead is the girl in the senior class to receive the honor of having her name engraved on the University of Michigan plaque. During her high school years, Mary has been in many activities. Besides being a regular member of the band for four years, she served on its executive board her sophomore and junior years and as its vice-president her senior year. She has been a participant in Footlighteers, Q. A. A., Library Club and Y-Teens, serving as its president her senior year. Mary has been a member of both a junior prom and junior play committee. She has been present at one honor banquet, and has played in the school orchestra and swing band. - - - s ... . The CHARHIAN DAVID ADAMS All the world' a stage and men and women merely player� . ClaM president. 1: Football. 1. 3. 4; Track, 1. 3, 4; Hi-Y. 3. 4; F.F.A., 2. 3. 4; Footlighteers, 3; Cheer Leader, 4; Rural Students Club. 1. 2. 3; Junior Play, 3; Operetta. 1, 4. KENNETH ANDERSON Intellect, talent, and genius, like murder will nut. Cary. Indiana, 1, 2. 3; F.F.A., 4; Honor Dance, 4. ROBERT BANDFIELD • I find that non� en� e at time� I� singularly refreshing. Remus, 1: Football, 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y, 4; Prom Committee, 3. ROSEMARY E. BEALS “Noii en� « I� to sense a� shade to light; it brighten� effects. Orange and Black. 4. WALTER J. BEEBE (Not pictured.) FLORAL J. BERGMAN •We can do more good by being good than in any other way. Orange and Black, 4; Y-Teens, 3; F.H.A., 4; Rural Students’ Club. 1, 2. 3. ARTHUR BLAINE Hading, Mailing, over the bounding main.” Football, 3; Track, 2. 3, 4; Baseball, 4; Intramural, 1; Navy, 3; Rural Students' Club, 1, 2. 3. EDWARD BOBCIK Kind heart� are more than coronet� . F.F.A., 1. 2. 3: Rural Students’ Club. 1, 2. 3. 4; Junior Play Committee. 3; Honor Dance. 4. BRUCE MAC BRYAN Virtue I� the first title of nobility. Football. 1. 2. 3. 4: Track. 3. 4: Charhian Staff. 4; Hi-Y. 3. 4, President, 4; Footlighteers, 4; Junior Play Committee. 3: Honor Dance, 4. The Best Years of Our Lives ROBERT DUANE CASLER A miser get� rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man. poor by seeming rich. Class President, 4; Publicity Committee Council, 4; Foot- lighteers. 4; Hi-Y, 4. Sec-Treas., 4; Honor Banquet. 1, 4; Prom Committee, 3; Operetta. 4. BEVERLY JEAN CHAMBERLAIN The soul I� strong who trust� In gfM dne«M.” Y-Teens, 4; Library Club, 1, 2, 4, Secretary, 4; Junior Play Committee. 3. ELWOOD CLARK In thy face is seen the map of honor, truth and loyalty.” Football, 1. 2. 3. 4; Track. 1, 3. IRENE LEON CLARK Music I� well said to be the speech of the angels.” Band, 2. 3; Dance Committee, 3. LOIS MARIE COOK “Bashfulness I� more frequently connected with good � ense than with over-assurance. Cedar Lake Academy. 1, 2, 3; Honor Dance, 4. VIRGIL DAVIS ROBERT J. DEBLER “A go« d face is the best letter of recommendation. Football, 2. 3; Track, 2, 3, 4; Basketball, 4; Intramural, 1; Orange and Black, 4; Hi-Y, 4; Footlighteers, 4; Rural Students’ Club, 1, 2, 3; Junior Play Com- mittee. 3. RICHARD EDWARD DERBY No man can he wise on an empty stomach.” Chairman Athletic Tickets Com- mittee. 4; Football, 1. 2, 3, 4, Captain, 4. All-Conference Foot- ball team, 4; Basketball. 1, 2. 3. 4; Track, 1, 2, 3, 4; Charhian Staff, 4; Orange and Black, 4; Honor Dance, 4. FREDERICK K. DIAMOND Ability involves responsibility. Power to its last particle is duty. Charhian Staff. 4; Orange and black. 4; Bookstore. 4; Honor Dance, 4. MAXINE CHARLOTTE DILLIN Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, and every grin so- merry, draws one out. Orange and Black, 4: Y-Teens. 3; Footlighteers, 3; G.A.A., 2, 3, 4; Junior Play, 3; Prom Committee. 3. ROSE ELIZABETH DUNNING A tiny mite with the future in sight. Y-Teens. 3, 4; Library, 4; Band. 1, 2. 3, 4; Rural Students' Club, 1, 2. 3; Junior Play, 3; Honor Dance, 4. JOAN EASLEY Oh. the beauty came from Tennessee and never was want for popularity. ’ Treas. Class. 1: Band. 1. 2: G.A.A.. 1. 3. 4; Junior Play Com- mittee, 3; Prom Committee. 3; Orange and Black. 4. MAYNARD B. ELLS There are smiles that make us happy. Football, 3; Track, 2. 3, 4: Baseball, 4: Intramural. 1; Hi-Y, 4; F.F.A., 2. 3. 4; Rural Students' Club, 1. 2. 3; Junior Play Com- mittee, 3; Prom Committee, 3. ALBERT WILLIAM FOSTER A wise man is strong; a man of knowledge increaseth strength. Class Pres.. 3; Mayor. 4; Basketball, 3. 4; Track. 2. 4; Hi-Y. 3, 4; Honor Banquet. 1. 2. 3. 4; Junior Play. 3: Prom Committee, i; Salutatorian, 4; Bausch and Lomb Science Award. 4. RITA PATRICIA FRENCH It is in learning music that many youthful hearts learn to love. Student Council Bus Comm.ttee. 4; Constitution Committee, 4; Cheer Leader. 3. 4: Band. 1. 2. 3. 4: Y-Teens. 3: Swing Band. 4; Orchestra, 1; G.A.A., 1: Executive Board Band. 2. Sec-Librar- ian. 4; Honor Banquet. 3. 4; Junior Play Committee. 3; Dance Committee. 2. 3; Prom Committee. 3: Class Queen. 3. DON ALD FURU A Mush is the col«� r � f virtue. Football. 1. 2. 3. 4: Cross Country. 4: Track. 2. 3. 4; Intramural. 1; F.F.A.. 2. 3. 4: Cheer Leader. 2: Rural Students’ Club. 1. 2. 3; Honor Ban.-uet. 2. 4. ----5------- The CHARHIAN The Best Years of Our Lives ERIC FURU “Twins we are and twins we be, an Incomparable pair to see.” Student Council, 1, 2; l-ootball. 1, 2, 3, 4; Cross Country, 3, 4; Track. 2. 3. 4: Intramural. 2: F.F.A., 2. 3. 4. Treas.. 3: Cheer Leader, 2: Rural Students' Club, 1. 2. 3, 4; Honor Banquet, 1. 2. 4. CURRY GARVIN (Not pictured.) “The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. Football, 3, 4; Hi-Y, 4; Navy, 3. KARL EDWIN GEARHART “My ways are as biuuu a me king's nignway, and my means he in an Inkstand. Vermontville, 1, 2; Baseball, 4; Intramural, 3, 4; Orange and Black, 4: Footlighteers, 3. 4, Pres.. 4; Rural Students' Club, 3, 4; Junior Play, 3; Honor Dance, 4. SHIRLEY A. GORDON The Inconvenience or the beauty of a blush, which Is greater? Y-Teens, 3; Junior Play Committee, 3; Prom Committee. 3. CLELA LEE GOULD A drop of ink may make a million think. Delton, 1, 2. 3; Orange and Black, 4: F.H.A., 4; Library, 4. SALLIE LEE HALE Oh, for a sweet and subtle scatterbrain.” Class President, 1; Class Treasurer, 4; Charhian Staff, 4; Orange and Black. 4: Y-Teens. 3: Band. 2. 3: G.A.A.. 1: Honor Banquet. 1: Junior Play Committee, 3; Prom Committee, 3; Class Queen, 1. ARTHUR JOSEPH HOLMES A man's own manner and character are what most becomes him. Baseball. 4; Charhian Staff. 4; Hi-Y. 4; Band, 1, 2. 3, 4; Orches- tra. 1; Swing Band. 4; Camera Club. 4; Rural Students' Club, 1. 2. 3; Junior Play Committee, 3; Prom Committee, 3; Dance Committee, 3. RICHARD RAY HUFFMAN A good name will wear out. a bad one may lie turned; but a nickname lasts forever. Student Council, 1; Recreation Chairman, 4; Charhian Staff. 4: Football. 1. 2. 3. 4: Basketball. 1. 2. 3: Track. 2, 3. 4; Baseball, 4: Tennis. 2. 3: Hi-Y. 3. 4: Band. 1; Prom Committee. 3. DONALD JOHANSEN He studies with deep sighs, for It weakens his sportsman's eyes. Football. 1. 2. 3. 4: Basketball. 1. 2. 3. 4; Cross Country. 3. 4; Track. 3. 4: Baseball, 4; Tennis, 2, 3. NANCY LOUISE KEREKES Nancy with the laughing face. Class Secretary, 4; F.H.A.. 3, 4. Vice Pres., 3. Pres., 4; Rural Students' Club. 1. 2. 3; Honor Banquet, 3, 4; Prom Committee. 3; Class and Carnival Queen, 4. MARY JEAN KRUSELL •'Without her quaint remarks a day would indeed be dull. Class Secretary and Treasurer, 2; Golf. 1; Orange and Black, 4; Y-Teens. 3; Library Club, 1; Glee Club. 1; Prom Committee, 3; Operetta, 1; Honor Dance, 4. HANS A. LANGMAACK Worthy of State Farmer De- gree. we shall agree.” Football, 2, 3; Track. 3; Base- ball, 4; Intramural. 1; Hi-Y, 4; F.F.A., 2. 3, 4, Reporter. 3, Pres- ident. 4; Rural Students’ Club, 1, 2, 3. 4; Junior Play Commit- tee, 3. MARTHA D. LE VAN “Star eyes, laughing eyes in which his hopes rise. Junior Play, 3; Prom Commit- tee, 3; Honor Dance, 4. MARY ELIZABETH MEAD A heart that's true; there are such things. Y-Teens, 3, 4, President 4; Footlighteers, 4; Library, 1, 2; Band. 1, 2. 3. 4; Executive Board. 2. 3. 4; G.A.A., 1; Honor Dance, 4; Junior Play Committee, 3; Prom Committee, 3. DANIEL EARL LEWIS Carefree hearts are courageous ones. Football, 1, 2, 3; Navy, 3. FREDERICK D. LEWIS (Not pictured.) MARY ANN LEWIS Her eyes are homes ofr silent prayer. Y-Teens. 3, 4, Vice President, 4; Library, 4; Band, 1, 2, 3; Orchestra, 1; Honor Dance, 4; Junior Play Committee, 3: Prom Committee. 3. IRENE LOUISE LIVINGSTON The laughter of girls is and ever was among the delightful sounds of the earth. Charhian Staff, 4; Orange and Black, 4: Y-Teens. 3, 4; Library, 4; Office. 3; G.A.A., 1, 4; Junior Play Committee, 3; Prom Com- mittee, 3. HARRIET LUCILLE MAYHEW Intellect, the starlight of the brain. Student Council. 3; Y-Teens, 3; Rural Students' Club. 1, 2. 3; Honor Banquet, 1, 3, 4; Valedic- torian. 4; Junior Play, 3, As- sistant Director, 3; Prom Com- mittee, 3. VELMON KENNETH MEAD A light heart lives long.” Movie Projector. 2; Football. 1. 3. 4; Basketball, 1, 2, manager, 4; Cross Country, 4; Track, 4; Baseball, 4. BARBARA LOUISE McGRATH “Knowledge Is a treasure, but judgment Is the treasure of a wise woman. Assembly Chairman, 4; Charhian Staff, 4; Orange and Black. 4; Y-Teens. 3, 4; Footlighteers, 2; Library Club, 2; Band, 1, 2, 3. 4; Orchestra. 1; Swing Band, 4; Honor Banquet. 1, 4: Junior Play Committee, 3; Prom Committee. 3. DOLORES MICHEL A beautiful face is a silent commendation. Student Council, 2. 3: Charhian Staff. 4: Y-Teens. 3, 4; G.A.A., 1: Honor Banauet. 1. 2. 3. 4; Junior Play, 3; Prom Committee. 3; Class Queen, 2. ROBERT E. MOHRE “The best hearts are ever the bravest and Bob is a sportsman; bnvery at Its greatest. Football. 1. 2. 3. 4. All-conference team. 4; Basketball, 1, 2. 3, 4. captain 4, Ail-conference team. 3, 4; Cross Country, 1, 2, 3. 4; Track. 1. 2. 3, 4,; Baseball, 4; Honor Dance, 4. DOUGLAS P. MULHOLLAND You can tell he has w'heels in his head by the spokes that comes from his mouth. Football, 1; Basketball. 1; Hi-Y, 4. BETHEL L. PARKER Kindness is a golden chain by which society is bound together. Orange and Black, 4; G.A.A., 1; Y-Teens, 3, 4; Junior Play Committee, 3; Prom Committee, 3. MARTHA PATTERSON (Not pictured.) Ideals are the world's masters. Olivet. 1. 2. 3; Glee Club, 4. PHYLLIS JEAN PIFER Good nature is the beauty of the mind. Y-Teens. 3; Rural Students' Club, 1, 2, 3; Prom Committee. 3. ... 6 - - - The CHARHIAN LOU ANNE POTTER Such Joy ambition And� . Student Council But Committee. 4; Council Assembly Com- mittee. 4: Charhian Staff. 4; Oranae and Black. 4; Y-Teens. 3 4, Treasurer. 4; Footlighteers, 2, 3. 4, Secretary, 4; Office, 3; g A A„ 1: Cheer Leader. 1, 2. 3. 4: Honor Banauet. 1. 2. 4; junior Play Committee, 3; Prom Committee, 3. MAXINE PRATT Then ’� no business like show buxine� � . I know. Orange end Black, 4; Y-Teens. 3. 4; Footlighteers. 3, 4, Vice President. 4; Library, 2: G. A. A., 1, 4. President, 4; Honor Dance 4. PHYLLIS REED WELCH WENDELL J. RIPLEY HI car causes him double trouble but. Ilipley could keep a Jeep down in a leap. Honor Dance. 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4. MABEL C. ROBINS High aim� form high characters and freat object� bring out great mind� . Class Secretary, 3: Student Council, 4; F.H.A., 3, 4, Treasurer. 3; Office. 3: Rural Students’ Club. 1, 2: Honor Banquet. 2. 3. 4; Junior Play Committee. 3. MARTHA ADELE ROCHESTER The eye is the window of the soul: the intellect and will are seen in It. Charhian Staff. 4: Orange and Black. 4; Y-Teens. 3. 4. Secre- tary, 4: Footlighteers. 2. 3. 4. Vice President. 3. Treasurer. 4; Glee Club. 1. 4: Honor Banauet. 1. 4: Junior Play Prompter, 3: Operetta, 1, 4: Rural Students' Club. 1, 2. 3. ROBERT A. ROWE (Xot pictured.) JOHN D. SATTAZAHN Good humor Is the health of the soul. F.F.A., 2. 3. 4: Rural Students’ Club. 1. 2. 3. DELORES IRENE SATTERLEE There I� pleasure in solitude, pleasure of the sweetest measure. Y-Teens, 3: Junior Play Committee, 3. The Best Years of Our Lives DONNA L. SCOVILL • The beauty seen Is partly In him who «ce� it.” Orange and Black, 4; Y-Teens, 3; Library Club, 1, 2, 3; G.A.A., 1; Junior Play Committee, 3. ELSIE SHAMP Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.” Y-Teens. 3, 4; Library, 1, 3; Office. 4; G.A.A., 1, 3. 4; Junior Play. 3; Prom Committee, 3. ROBERT S. SHAULL, JR. Assisting at stage work is like helping people build their castles in the air. Movie Projector, 1, 2; Junior Play Committee, 3. ALAN SMITH r JACK SMITH SHIRLEY ELAINE SNOKE It seems to me ’ti� only noble to be good. Vermontville, 1; Charhian Staff, 4: Office. 4; Rural Students’ Club, 1, 2, 3; Honor Dance, 4. GOROON B. SPARKS Oh. give us a man who sings at his work. Class Vice President, 2, 3, 4; Stage Chairman, 4; Charhian Staff. 4; Football, 2. 3, 4; Bas- ketball, 1; Track, 1; Hi-Y, 3, 4; Junior Play, Stage Manager, 3; Prom Committee, 3; Operetta, 4. JOHN DEAN STEWARD The highest graces of music flow from the feelings of the heart. Assembly Committee, 3; Track, 1; Band, 1, 2, 3, 4, President, 3; Orchestra. 1, 2; Swing Band, 4; Junior Play. 3; Prom Commit- tee, 3: Dance Committee, 4; Operetta. 4. ROBERT DOUGLAS WHITE Glory of the gridiron shall follow thee. Vermontville, 1; Football, 2, 3, 4. All-conference team, 4: Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Track, 2. 3. 4; Honor Dance, 4. ROBERT JOSEPH WHITE Good manners are the small coin of virtue. Movie Projector, 1, 2. 3, 4; Orange and Black, 4; Band, 1, 2: Rural Students’ Club, 1, 2. 3; Honor Banquet, 1, 2, 3, 4. GEORGE COURTNEY STUCKY, JR. Amusement, to an observing mind, is study. Class Treasurer, 3; Recreation Committee, 3; Football. 1; Basketball, 1; Hi-Y, 3, 4. MELVINA MAE TAYLOR “A smile is the whisper of a laugh. Rural Students' Club, 3. ' YVONNE THUMA SOMERS Laugh, if you are wise. Eaton Rapids. 1, 2; Band, 3; Honor Banquet, 3; Junior Play Prompter, 3: Prom Committee, 3. RICHARD LOREN UREN A cheerful face is nearly as go l for an Invalid as healthy weather.” Movie Projector, 3; Baseball, 4; F.F.A., 2; Band. 3. 4; Swing Band, 4; Junior Play Committee, 3; Prom Committee, 3. JOYCE WALKER JOHNSON ROY F. WEAVER Men are taught virtue and love of Independence by living in the country. Student Council, 4; F.F.A., 2, 3, 4; Rural Stu- dents Club, 1, 2, 3: Honor Banquet, 3, 4. JOYCE JUNE WHEATON “With a song in my heart.” Y-Teens. 3, 4; Footlighteers, 4; Band, 3, 4; Glee Club. 4. Secretary and Treasurer, 4; Rural Stu- dents' Club, 1, 2, 3; Operetta 4. ROBERT WOLCOTT (Xot pictured.) JACQUELYN PATRICIA YUND “The intellect of the wise is like glass; It ad- mits the light of heaven and reflects it.’’ Class Secretary, 1; Recreation Committee, 1, 2; Charhian, Staff, 4; Orange and Black, 4; Y- Teens. 3. 4; Footlighteers. 2, 3. 4, Secretary, 3; G.A.A., 4; Office, 4; Camera Club, 4; Honor Banquet. 1, 4; Junior Play. 3; Prom Committee, 3; American Legion Award. The CHARHIAN Talent Scout In a talent assembly presented February 4. many juniors showed their talent to the student body. With the junior play well establish ed in memories we are proud to note how much talent the class has. To begin the assembly. Joyce Walters sang a duet. Bicycle Built for Two. with a sophomore. Jo- anne Willard. Mary Lou Terwilli- ger. also with sophomore’s help, gave a song and dance routine. Three Litttle Sisters.” Wayne Pede gave a vocal arrangement of Trees. Kenneth Dickinson play- ed a guitar duet with a senior. Gerry Face. Barbara Lewellyn and Donna Livingston combined talents with a senior for a quartette at Winter Wonderland. Phyllis Smallwood assisted as accompanist. Remember the humorous Junior play incidents? It just happened at the dress rehearsol matinee that the bell did’nt ring to interrupt the intended stage kiss of Phyllis Smallwood and Milford Mason. Russell Santee on a ladder didn't see any further use for a pair of pliers. He dropped them into space which contained Douglas Gam's head. You guessed it! Doug’s only remark was. Santee, you couldn’t have done better if you’d tried. The first time Pete Kardel in his role of Old Doc” had a stroke, he fell off the edge of the couch because it was too short for him. Joe Palooka, Champ .......Milford Mason Pursued ....Mary Lou Terwilliger Make Mine Music ..........Phyllis Smallwood. Sam Colizzi Calendar Girl ..........Charlotte Sutherland Magnificent Doll ..........Barbara Lew’ellyn Swell Guy .............Dick King Margie”.......Phyllis Smallwood It’s A Joke. Son”... David Fullerton IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Charhian Awards Ingrid Bergman (Intellect) Jane Weaver. Gary Cooper (Intellect) Peter Kardel. Gene Tierney (Best Dressed) Peggy Skelley. Adolfe Menjou (Best Dressed) Devon Wiley. June Allvson (Personality) Joanne Willard. Van Johnson (Personality) Carroll Tharp. Beverly Tyler and Tom Drake (Steadies) Dick Hutchison and Pat Shiels. Jane Powell (Musician) Gerry Face. Harry James (Musician) Dave Fullerton. Lana Turner (Best Looking) Pat Shiels. Dane (’lark (Best Looking) Dick King. Donna Reed (Artistic) Joan David. Jimmy Stewart (Artistic) Bill Casey. Vera Vague (Flirt) Mary Lou Terwilliger. Mickey Rooney (Flirt) Clinton Friar. Esther Williams (Athlete) Mary Lou Terwilliger. John Weismuller (Athlete) Raymond Radee. Red Skelton (Pest) Sam Colizzi. President s Message As we enter our last year of high school, I look back and see a year of progress. By this I mean rais- ing sufficient funds for the annual junior-senior prom, and a great deal toward financing our senior trip. Our first method of raising money was by selling hot dogs at football games. This was a great help, but we attained most of our funds through magazine sales in co-opera- tion with the Crowell-Collier maga- zines companies. We passed our goal. This has been accomplished only twice in our school's history. The junior play. Old Doc”, brought us a great profit, with more than 1.500 people attending. Speaking for the whole junior class. I should, at this time, like to thank our advisers. Mrs. Iauch, Miss Taffee, Mr. Straw and Mr. Stall, who have helped us a great deal the past year by being friends as well as advisers. I should also like to thank the class for the co- operation in all the activities through the year. I hope the pres- ident next year is shown the same amount of enthusiasm. Sam Colizzi. Junior President. Cast of Characters President............Sam Colizzi Vice President....Carroll Tharp Secretary......Virginia Royston Treasurer........Dorothy Moore Student Council Representatives Joan David, Herbert Packard Theme of Movie Class Motto: The quitter nev- er wins and a winner never quits. Class Colors: Blue and Gold. Class Flower: Rose. Row 1—J. Ackley, J. Ball. L. Bergman. L. Boyer. B. Boyd. G. Caffes. W. Casey. H. Cherry. W. Clements. S. Colizzi. L. Crittenden. R. Dane. J. Davids, K. Dickinson. G. Face. Row 2—A. Fox. N. Fox. R. Fredline. W. Fredline. S. French. C. Friar. D. Fullerton. D. Garn. M. J. Green. S. Hicks. D. Hill, R. Hull. M. Hussey. R. Hutchison. M. Idle. Row 3—J. Johnson. P. Kardel, E. Kelly. L. Kerekes. R. King. B. Lavengood, B. Lewellyn. D. L. Livingston. M. Mason. D. McClure. M. McNamara, B. Miller. D. Moore. L. Munro. R. Norlander. Row 4—B. Osborne, H. Packard. R. Parish, I. Parker, S. Par r, J. Parsons, W. Pede. Ernest Platt, Ethel Platt. B. Polhamus, R. Radee, J. Richard- son, B. Rodeman. C. Rolfe, D. Rosenbrook. Row 5—Vernon Royston, Virginia Royston. R. Santee, D. Schultz. P. Shiels. C. Shults. M. L. Simons, P. Skelley. V. Sloan, P. Smallwood. M. Smith. G. Smurr, H. Smuts. D. Stanke, G. Starr. row 6—C. Sutherland. M. L. Terwilliger. C. Tharp. M. Thompson. A. Van. Dorpe. J. Walters. J. Weaver. D. Wiley. R. Wilber. V. Wilber. J. Willard. M. Wilmore. G. Wood. W. Wright. E. Wythe. Not pictured. J. Odell. ----8 The CHARHIAN 1 alent Scout Entertaining the student body in a talent assembly, was a project undertaken by all classes and the sophomores were not to be outdone in the assembly. Rebecca Hurlbut sang a duet with Joyce Walter, a junior. The duct consisted of that oldtimer, “Bicycle Built for Two.” complete with the prop. � tandem bike. Joan Schwegler plucked the petals of a daisy as she sang. “The False Prophet. Ella Beth McClintock presented a piano solo entitled “Ours . Playing a violin selection. Alan Fisher entertained the audience with For Sentimental Reasons.” Ethel Mae VanGoethem was in the “Three Little Sisters act in the assembly with two junior girls. She also helped in other skits for other assemblies. Throughout the year many other sophomores presented their talents for the benefit of the student body. Previous Performances Joe Palooka. Champ ........Sammy Spagnuolo Pursued”.........Ireta Fetterman Make Mine Music”..Joan Schwegler Winfield Pardee Calendar Girl”..Ethel Van Goethein Magnificent Doll”........Beverly Greenshields Margie ............Joyce Caswell Swell Guy”...........Roger Smith It’s a Joke. Son”.. .Tony Crawford THE YEARLING Charhian Awards Ingrid Bergman (Intellect) Beverly Kelly. Gary Cooper (Intelieet) Bob Brown. (iene Tierney (Best Dressed) Pat Dean. Van Johnson (Best Dressed) Carroll Dane. Joan Leslie (Personality) Beverly Greenshields. Tom Drake 1 Personality) Gaylord Yund. Dale Bvans ami Boy Rogers (Steadies) Janice Gearhart and Doug Lowe. Kathryn Grayson (Musician) Pat Driest. Nelson Eddy (Musician) Winfield Pardee. Jane Powell (Best Looking) Marilyn Shields. Cornel Wilde (Best Looking) Gayland Williamson. Jane Wyman (Artistic) Ann Lehman. Gregory Peek (Artistic) Bob Brown. Betty I Litton (Coquette� Joyce Miller. Mickey Rooney (Flirt) Charles Harag Esther Williams (Athlete) Marilyn Smith. Johnny Weismuller (Athlete) Bob Brown. Keenan Wynn (Pest) Don Stewart. President s Message The class of '49 looks back on a happy and prosperous year. Among many of the various activities which we promoted were a dance sponsored by us after a home game and a hay ride that was enjoyed by all. A great percentage of Charlotte's iootball. basketball and track teams were made up of sophomores. We trust that a number of these ath- letes will be stars in the following years. The girls as well as the boys have taken part in sports, such as basketball, softball and bowling. Many sophomores are members of the cadet and senior lands. We deeply appreciate the labor and effort of our advisers and wholeheartedly extend our thanks to Mrs. Kiplinger. Mr. Powell. Mr. Huston and Miss Wells. I)an Dickinson. Sophomore President. Cast of Characters President...................Dan Dickinson Vice President.....Roger Smith Secretary................Marian Lemmon Treasurer..............Bill Day Student Council Representatives Roger Smith. Boh Brown Theme of Movie Class Motto: “Do your best and forget the rest. Class Colors: Red and White. Class Flower: Rose. Row 1—G. Ackley. W. Adam . C. Alfonso. B. Azeltme, J. Bandfield. R. Brown. G. Bruce. S. Bruce. J. Caswell. P. Clapper. R. Clark. L. Clifford. B. Cooper, T. Crawford. W. Crittenden. Row ?—L. Curry, R. Dav. P. Dean. R. DeBie. D. Dickinson. I. Farr. I. Fetterman. B. Fox. J. Frazier, L. French, J. Gearhart. S. Gould. B. Greenshields, P. Gregg, P. Griest. Row 3—J. Griffin. C. Harag. R. Hurlbut. J. Johnson. R. Johnson, B. Jordan, J. Jordan, G. Kardel, B. Kelley. B. King, F. King, A. Kipp, L. Langford. J. Leach, M. Lemmon. Row 4—j. Loughan. E. Loveland. D. Lowe. J. Mann. R. Marshall, C. Martens. T. Martin, C. Mathews, E. McClintock, B. McKeag, J. Miller, C. Mohre, M. Moist. M. Moore. R. Morris. Row 5—B. Mull. G. Newcomer. C. Newland, B. Nichols. W. Pardee. M. Parr, S. Paton. L. Pfeifer. D. Pratt. E. Roiter, L. Royston, J. Schwegler, G. Shaull. K. Sherman, M. Shiels. Row 6—B. Shoemaker. P. Sinclair. M. Smith. R. Smith. L. Smrchek, K. Springer. C. Stanton, D. Stewart. V. Swift. E. Tanner. P. Thornton, E. Towe, J. Tuckey. E. Van Goethem. B. Webb. Row 7—B. White, C. Widrig, R. Wilcox. G. Williamson, G. Yund. N. Zimmerlee. Not Pictured—M. Brough, A. Gehman. R. Myers, K. Nevins. S. Spagnuolo. The CHARHIAN Talent Scout In the first home talent assembly of the year several freshmen in- creased their self confidence b appearing before the student body. They proved in addition that they have a great deal of talent by pre senling an assembly by themselves in May. On the program in the general talent assembly. Rodney Wood played a cornet solo. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Later on Velma Thuma sang. “The Things We Did Last Summer, accompanied by Diane Martin. Carleton Dornan added his vocal arrangement of How Deep is the Ocean to the list of musically talented tenth graders. And the school heard more of Carleton. Velma and others through- out the year in various assemblies. Many more deserve to present their talent in future activities of the class. Previous Performances Joe Palooka. Champ ....Dan Brown “Pursued .....................Jean Briggs Make Mine Music ....Phyllis Ward Jim Lavengood Calendar Girl ............Barbara Hollandsworth “Magnificent Doll ....Frances Gould Swell Guy ...................Fred Brown Margie”..........Dolores Willard It's a Joke. Son ..Edwin Pitcher OUR HEARTS WERE GROWING UP EM IE RE ffl Charhian Awards Ingrid Bergman (Intellect) June Granstrom. Gary Cooper (Intellect) Dan Brown. Marie McDonald (Best Dressed) Donna Walker. Adolfe Menjou( Best Dressed) Freddie Brown. (iail Russell (Personality) Annie Colizzi. Dana Andrews (Personality) Jerry Clark. Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake (Steadies) Donna Walker and Kenny Sparks Ina Ray Hutton (Musician) Jeanette Roberts. Harry James (Musician) Rodney Wood. June Allyson (Best Looking) Frances Gould. Dana Clark (Best Looking) Bob King. Irene Dunne (Artistic) Delores Willard. Walter Pidgeon (Artistic) Jimmie Lavengood. Betty Hutton (Coquette) Clara Mauney. Mickey Rooney (Flirt) Hale Harrington. Esther Williams (Athlete) June Granstrom. Johnny Weismuller (Athlete) Jerry Clark. Red Skelton (Pest) Jimmy Taylor. President s Message We. the class of 1950, hud many enjoyable events during the year. They began with a hay ride in which we journeyed out to Mrs. Lipsey’s farm. A sliding party was held in February on the golf course after which the group returned to the high school for hot dogs, hot chocolate and dancing. We spon- sored a dance on March 15, which turned out quite successfully even though the date was between tour- nament nights. The class suceeded in putting on an entertaining assembly in May. Donna Walker was very justly elected class queen and the class was proud to see her crowned at the journalism carnival. I should like to take this oppor- tunity to thank our class advisers. Miss Wesche, Mrs. Lipsey, Mr. Paajanen and Mr. Ledden, for their assistance in making our first year in high school very prosperous. Jerry Clark. Freshman President. Cast of Characters President..........Jerry Clark Vice President...Donna Walker Secretary..........Dan Brown Treasurer..........Jack Cranson Student Council Representatives Ted Ells, Robert King Theme of Movie Class Motto: It is what we think and do that makes us what we are.” Class Colors: Blue and Yellow. Class Flower: Rose. Row 1—B. Adams. D. Aid. C. Archer. J. Aseltine. D. Barnard. D. Barrett. R. Brandon. J. Briggs, J. Brock. D. Brown. F. Brown. D. Brummett, B. Bumford, S. Bursley. R. Claflin, J. Clark. ROW 2—H. Clements. V. Clever. A. Colizzi, S. Conner. J. Cornelius. J. Cornelius. E. Cotton. J. Cranson. M. Diamond. C. Dornan. J. Dunning. N. Edwards. E. Ells. J. Faust. R. Foote. B. French. Row 3—D. French. B. Goodnoe. J. Goodrich, F. Gould. J. Granstrom. M. Griest. D. Griffin. S. Hale. J. Hall. H. Harrinqton. D. Hicks. J. Hillis, B. Hollandsworth. R. Jennings, J. Johnson. M. Johnson. Row 4—K. Keeney. B. Kina. M. L. Kunkle. J. Lavengood. B. Lenon. N. Liv ngston. D. Martin. C. Mauney. D. Mayhew. E. Mayhew. A. McDonald, D. McKav. B. McKeaa. M. Middleton. L. Moore. J. Nadeau. C' V' f) (VO f) i ILfrl u f' ° % mM Row 5—B. Nevins R. Nevins. C. Noe. J. Norris. M. Olmstead. J. Shamp, D. Sherman. A. Shilling. B. Shults. J. Simpson. M. Papoi. J Paoranec. D Parish. B. Patrick. W Pinch. E. Pitcher, Smith. - . . n D stall A Starr L M.PP0«„r. C. Pryor. D. B R„.y, M. R,p «y. “ u frU T.y r R Th. i. :1'TOk.Vrh Jii. W� - Row 6—J. Roberts. M. Root. D. Root, G. Royston, G. Royston, C. Dorpe. D. Walker. J. Walters. P. Ward. D. Willard, J. Wilson. Rulison, C. Satterlee. S. Schneider. P. Schrader, D. Schultz, D. Row 8—J. Wood. R. Wood. Not Pictured—B. Roath. ----10---- The CHARHIAN Talent Scout Maxine Miller was mistress of ■ceremonies in the first talent as- sembly that the junior high held during the year. Much of Charlotte high's talent develops from these grades. Other eighth graders in the as- sembly were Barbara Brown and Jane Ann Murphy who played a piano duet. Later on Barbara gave n reading with Louise Berg entitled. •It s Fun to Drive.” which was later presented for senior high. Harriet Wilcox played a piano solo and Shirley Harmon gave a clarinet «election, which ended the assembly. On April 25. the junior high had another assembly which was mostly eighth grade talent. Hans Kardel was radio announcer and eighth grade girls were characters in a play called Just Before the Prom. The girls were as follows: Janice Hoot. Margaret Vance. Joyce Hughes. Jane Hlgby. Louise Berg. Donna Hambleton. Jo Ann Reiner. Sharon Farrier, Patsy Priesman and Barbara Brown. Chai les Schaefer, of the seventh grade entertained with To the Spring” and March of the Dwarfs.” both by Grieg. Previous Performances Joe Palooka. Champ ..Hans Kardel Pursued”..................Joyce Hughes Make Mine Music”.....Karl Mead Jane Ann Murphy Calendar Girl .............Rose Alfonso Magnificent Doll . Jane Ann Smith Swell Guy ................Huey Johnson Margie .................Kunice Jones It’s a Joke. Son ....Kd McEvoy OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG AND GAY nPREMlfgE m Charhian Awards Ingrid Bergman (Intellect) Jo Ann Reiner. Gary Cooper (Intellect) Frank Bracv. Marie McDonald (Best Dressed) Margaret Vance. Adolfe Menjou (Best Dressed) Dale Rolfe. Gail Russell (Personality) Janice Root. Guy Madison (Personality) Hans Kardel. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (Steadies) Rose Alfonso and Sam Bandfield. Ina Ray Hutton (Musician) Margaret Vance. Duke Ellington (Musician) Clyde Nichols. Donna Reed (Best Looking) Eunice Jones. (’lark Gable (Best Looking) Lloyd Braithwaite. Diana Lynn (Artistic) Harriet Wilcox. Charles Boyer (Artistic) Wendell Martens. Betty Hutton (Coquette) Iris Gorrie. Mickey Rooney (Flirt) Dick Fast. Esther Williams (Athlete) Pat Priesman. Johnny Weismuller (Athlete) Jim Gammage. Keenan Wynn (Pest) Sam Bandfield. President s Message Charlotte class of 195! held sev- eral parties during the year and sponsored two dances. Junior high together had five dancing parties. The eighth grade also had a class party and a valentine party. Many of the class took part in a talent assembly for the junior high which turned out to be very enter- taining. Several junior high stu- dents took part in the senior high talent assembly also. The eighth grade basketball team succeeded in winning five out of six of its games with other schools. In the future we hope to have a very good team in sportsmanship and in playing. We wish to thank Mr. Paajanen for coaching junior high. He did a fine job. We wish to thank Mrs. Kurtz. Mrs. Weymouth and Mrs. Wildern. the advisers for the eighth grade, who did an outstand- ing job in helping us along through the year. Janice Root, our eighth grade queen, was quickly recognized as having all the qualities of a queen. Hans Kardel. Eighth Grade President. Cast of Characters President.........Hans Kardel Vice President............Nancy Harrington Secretary.....Lloyd Braithwaite Treasurer.......Jane Ann Smith Student Council Representatives Eunice Jones. Glenn Gearhart Theme of Movie Class Motto: Backbone, not wishbone. Class Colors: Red and White. Class Flower: Rose. Aow 1—R. Alfonso. J. Archer, S. Bandfield. B. Barnaart, J. Barnaby. L. Berfl. M. Boyer. F. Bracy. L. Braithwaite, B. Brown, K. Carey. D. George. D. Carter. O. Clark, B. David. Row 2—J. Davi� , P. Davis. L. Dean. G. DePue. A. Drake, D. Edson. P. Elieff. D. Fast. D. Felder, C. Ferguson, P. Fullerton. J. Gammage. G. Gearhart. N. Gregg, L. Haley. Row 3—D. Hambleton. L. Harmon. N. Harrington, M. Higby, E. Hinckley, C. Housler, J. Hughes, J. Idle, H. Johnson, E. Jones, C. Kane. H. Kardel. H. Kimmel. D. Lentz, S. Lewis. Row 4—W. Martens. B. Martin, E. McEvoy, C. McLane, E. Mead, L. Medcoff. M. Miller, B. Moist, L. Moon, J. A. Murphy, H. Myers. R. Newland, C. Nichols, J. Norris, D. Packard. Row 5—J. Pinch. P. Priesman. R. Reed. J. Remer, J. Richardson. H. Risen- hoover. D. Rolfe. J. Root. R. Root. J. Scott. J. Sherd. J. Smith. R. Smith. R. Smith, E. Starkweather. Row 6—J. Stewart. M. Thompson, D. Tubbs. M. Vance. I. Whitmger. M. Whitney. G. Widrig, H. Wilcox, L. Williamston. D. Wright. D. Yund. Not Pictured—S. Farrier, A. Felder. AO O f O Q k rt $ O t . -V P ft mm ; c bp � i i Anaida m f f A 1a ’ A, • � ft A ♦. ft ML w 'S' f I IHv p o ft r p iM ft. O « p ft The CHARHIAN Talent Scout An assemoiy was presented to junior high in January which con- sisted of talent for the group. Carolyn Leach l egan the parade of seventh grade talent by playing a piano solo. Pat Gould sang a solo. A vocal duel was presented by Phyllis Haum and Susie Peck. Singing in a quartet. Bernita Mar- tin Patsy Cook. Joyce Roberts and Marilyn Hetheringion did tiieir part. “You Are My Sunshine was pre- sented vocally by Noel jenson. Den- nis Jones gave a piano solo, followed by Louis Hall with a reading called “Chalk Talk. Marion Wood sang a solo and appeared later for senior high with another vocal selection. Another duet was composed of Irene Jones and Mary Barnaby. A twirl- ing duet was given by Nancy Parish and Bonnie Wells. Lucille Whitin- ger then presented a piano solo. A quartet composed of Billy Brock. Ruth DeBarr, Marguerite Green and Jean Marsh sang. One of Eugene Field's poems was recited by Suzanne Cowan. Carolyn Leach. Joyce Sumerix and Pat Tubbs sang in a trio. Garner Morton gave a piano solo. In the senior high assembly held later. Charles Schaefer presented his piano talent to the student body as a soloist and accompanist. Previous Performances “Joe Palooka. Champ Wallace Bruce “Pursued ........ Bernita Martin Make Mine Music ... Marlene Green Jim Wensley Calendar Girl ...Marvelyn Bough Magnificent Doll ..Ann Schaefer Swell Guy”......Charles Schaefer Margie .............Bonnie Wells “It’s a Joke, Son”....Jimmy Betz THE GREEN YEARS RE MIERE IORe e h yedh m Bed vj Charhian Awards Ingrid Bergman (Intellect) Bernita Martin. Gary Cooper (Intellect) Bruce Brown Marie McDonald (Best Dressed) Ann Schaefer. Van Johnson (Best Dressed) John Clark. June Allvson (Personality) Bonnie Wells. Dana Andrews (Personality) David Bradley. June Allyson and Dick Powell (Steadies) Bonnie Wells and Jerry Chapman. Ethel Smith (Musician) Carolyn Leach. Jose Iterhi (Musician) Charles Schaefer. Joan Leslie (Best Looking) Marilyn Hetherington. Dane Clark (Best Looking) Norlyn Brough. Beverly Tyler (Artistic) Lois Hall. Tom Drake (Artistic) Jim Wensley. Vera Vague (Coquette) Susie Peck. Mickey Rooney (Flirt) Boh Johnson. Esther Williams (Athlete) Pat Bostwick. Johnny Weismuller (Athlete) Wally Bruce. Red Skelton (Pest) Allan Taylor. President s Message We. the class of '52. have success- fully completed our first year in junior high. We are happy to have had the opportunity of taking part in so many school activities includ- ing the talent assemblies. Our Christmas and valentine parties were held by advisory groups. Oth- er parties were sponsored by the seventh grade and enjoyed by all. We were very proud of the three cheerleaders who were chosen from our class. Marilyn Hetherington was chosen class queen and present- ed at the journalism carnival. In behalf of the seventh grade 1 wish to thank our advisers. Mrs. Virginia Oberlin. Mrs. Marie Tay- lor and Miss Margery Smith. We were fortunate to have been guided by such capable teachers. To the class who will be taking our place next year, we wish luck and hope we ha e set a good exam- ple as did the class before us. John Clark. Seventh Grade President. Cast of Characters President..................John Clark Vice President.......Ralph Gram Secretary.........Bonnie Wells Treasurer......Charles Schaefer Student Council Representatives Bob Johnson. Marguerite Green Theme of Movie Class Motto: Constantly striv- ing to make our best, better.” Class Colors: Blue and silver. Class Flower: Lily of the Valley. Row 1_M. Barnaby. N. Barnard. T. Barnard. P. Baum. R. Beal . R. Beals. T. Berg. J. Betz. D. Bostwick, P. Bostwick. R. Boyd. R. Bracy. D. Bradley. M. A. Briggs. B. J. Brock. N. Brough. Row 2—B Brown. W. Bruce. J. Carter. J. Chapman. J. Clark. P. Cook, M. Davidson. R. DeBar, R. DeBar, A. Dempsey. D. Dempsey. H. Diamond, M. Fassett. D. Felder, F. Fletcher. M. Forshee. Row 3—b Fullerton. A. Gammaoe. P. Gould. R. Gram. M. Green, M. Green. R. Guthrie. B. Hack. J. Haley. L. Hall. R. Harag. K. Harrington. M. Hetherington, J. Hetrick. D. Hicks. Pow 4—E. Helzinger. D. Hoover. M. Hughes, R. Hurlbut. N. Jensen, B. Johnson, R. Johnson, D. Jones. I. Jones. C. Leach, J. Lea. E. Lenon, B. Mann. M. J. Marsh. B. Martin, J. Martin. Row 5—p. Masters, G. Mathews, R. McConnell, R- McLane, C. McManus, L. Mominee. G. Morton. A. J. Muma. M. Norris. N. L. Parish. R. Parish, S. Peck. B. Phillips. J. Pinch, J Rhines. J. Roberts. Row 6—M. Roberts. H. Rulison. A. Schaefer, C. Schaefer, E. Sharp. D. Sherman. D. Smith, H. Smith. T. Snyder. T. Starkweather, S. Strick- land. B. Stucky. J. Sumerix. A. Taylor. E. Them. P. Tubbs. Row 7—j. van Dorpe. B. Wells. M. Wood. C. Wright. Not Pictured—L. Jarvis. a1 tl’m f) a o ----12------ The CHARHIAN INFORMATION ON THE STARS NAME NICKNAME ENJOYS MOST CHERISHED POSSESSION David Adama •Dave Eating Car Kenneth Anderson •Ken' Sleeping Class ring Robert Bandfleld •Bob' Smooching 34 Dodge Rosemary Beals ••Susie Biology class Ring Floral Btrgman ••Floral Swimming Ring Arthur Blame •Art Going to Lansing Ruptured Duck Edward Bobc.k ••Eddie” Softball Class ring Bruce Brya:� Bryan Women Car Robert Cas.er Abe Vacations Car B«v. Cnamberlain Bezy Bowling Class ring Eiwood Clark Clark Going to the show Class ring Irene Clark • Irene Parties Job's Daughter Pin L.01S Cook Cook Listening to radio Friends Robert Debler Bob” Sports Car Richard Derby Derb Sports Football medal Freder.ck Diamond Freddie Music Mother Maxine Dillin Dillin Dancing Ring Rose Dunning Shorty” Movies Watch Joan Easley Jody Sw mming, dancing Dmk II (dog) Maynard Ells M.ckey W omen Class ring Albert Foster Bert” Loafing Myself Rita French • Rita” Planning wedding Diamond Oonald Furu Donnie” Going with girls State Farmer pin Eric Furu Eric Dancing State F.F.A. Degree Curry Garvin Curbie Reading A ring Karl Gearhart Karl Women Dog Shirley Gordon Bobo Dancing French book Clela Gould Lucky Wolfing Bracelet and locket Sadie Hale Sal Gordon Gordon Joseph Holmes joe” Bowling and traveling Friends Richard Huffman Huffy” Sports . boogie Dream girl Donald Johansen Don Sports Pair of dice and deck of cards Nancy Kerekes Nan Movies Class ring Mary Jean Krusell Wakey” Playing piano, Handkerchief reading collection Hans Langmaack Lefty Hunting State Farmers’ pin Martha LeVan Marty Music Diamond Daniel Lewis Oan Going to Discharge pin Vermontville Mary Ann Lewis Mary Swimming Gang Irene Livingston Iodine” Bowling Class ring Harriet Mayhew Hattie Friends Brown eyes Mary Mead Micky” Swimming Hair Velmon Mead Velm Driving Money Barbara McGrath Barb” Music Mother’s pin Dolores Michel •Dee” Having fun Lipstick Robert Mohre Bob” Sports Girl Douglas Mulholland Dougo” Summers Money Bethel Parker Beth” The gang Class ring Martha Patterson Pet Monkey” Music Niece Phyllis Pifer Phil Music Class ring Lou Anne Potter Baby Doll Swimming Diamond Maxine Pratt “Max” Meself Gift of gab Wendell Ripley Rip” Nash Willys” Mabel Robins Shorty” Working Watch Martha Rochester Marty” Music and reading Angora cat John Sattazahn Doug Driving the car Car Delores Satterlee Babe” Music Thick malteds Donna Scovill Scovitch” Being with Irene Class ring Elsie Shamp Shamp” Swimming Friends Robert Shaull Boy Swimming Fish and tackle Shirley Snoke Snooks” Music Junior Gordon Sparks Gordy” Sal 32” Chev. John Steward Stewey” Music Saxophone George Stucky Courtney Studying Ambition Melvma Taylor Taylor” Going with boys Life Richard Uren Dick” Music Piano Roy Weaver Roy” Reading Life Joyce Wheaton Wheaties Playing piano Hope chest Douglas White Doug Sports Track medal Robert White Bob Farming Physics book Jacquelyn Yund Jackie” Reading Scrap book of camp NEVER SEEN WITHOUT PET PEEVE OUTSTANDING CHARACTERIS- AMBITION TIC Mary Ellen Girls smoking Wolf.ng Farming Bill Snobs Bashfuiness Farming Dolores Women that crack Eyes, ears. Retire their gum nose, mouth Make-up Boys Friendliness Old maid Smile Drinking Reserve Housewife Mavis Girls that talk Curly hair Trucking business too much Friends Girls smoking Smile Farmer Kroger gang Bragging women Smile Kroger manager Myself Snobs Pessimist Navy The gang Sarcastic people Smile Nurse Glasses Girls that smoke Bashfulness Dairy business Freckles Untruthfulness Brown eyes Window decorator Curly hair Sloppy people Quietness Secretary King and Girls that smoke Bashfulness Graduate Hutchison and drink Bob Betty Girls Bashfulness Coach Roy Girls smoking Little Storekeeper Make-up Snobs Wit Secretary Gang Stuck-ups Shortness Grow tall Baby doll Bob Mohre Temperance Model Hans Two timing Wolfing Graduate women Barb Petty thieves Brain Engineer Diamond Dirty saddle Ability to Get married shoes organize Eric Public drinking Noisiness Farmer Midge Catty women Friendliness Farmer Gum Profanity Listening to his Avoid working sister Jean Slacks Drawl College Delores Snobs Neatness Interior decorating Class ring Exams Giggles House wife, marry Gordon Gordon Silliness Marry Mary Teachers' pets Height College George or Bob Female liars Temper Grow tall Russ Conceited women Alibis Grow tall Mary Jean Two-faced people Hair To work Nancy Over confident men Friendliness Nurse Gang Conceited girls Friendliness Farmer Harold People lying Blue eyes To work Ervie Poor food Smile Good Job Gang Drinking Helping people Nurse Gang Lying people Dumb sayings Office girl De Two-faced people Sweetness Chemical engineer Joe Snobs Friendliness Teacher Gang Playing pool Driving autos Clerking Bert Catty girls Intelligence Teacher Bobbie Parasites Gift of gab Social work Rosie and Smoking, drinking Athletic ability Graduate Velmon A Joke Dandruff Reading College Gang Snobs Smile Find Kilroy Smile Snobs Friendliness Radio script writer Wheaton Girls smoking Smile Secretary Jo Mean men Dependability Model The gang Ken Ambition to work Become intelligent Doc Smoking Weight Farming Bev or Tom Two-faced people Smile Pharmacist Sneeze Smoking Hair decorations Foreign corre- spondent Roy Smoking Tallness Be a man Shirley Gripers Quietness Receptionist Irene Saying Well Temper Interior decorator Someone Smoking Curiosity Musician Empty pockets Noisy people Big ears Flying Joan Girls smoking Neatness Secretary Sal Flat tires Height Farm and marry Glasses Girls who smoke Musical ability Musician Bob or Huffy Dry towns Hard worker To get one Dolores Springer Girls in men's clothing Tallness Work Holmes Chevie” Yawning Musician John Girls in men’s Even temper Farmer clothes Pifer Hasn't any Chatter Teacher Car Smoking Always tired Graduate Eric Girls that swear Temper Lawyer Smoothing to s ♦ a c n u Has none Large vocabulary College, then work on radio The CHARHIAN SPECIAL FEATURES The Little Prophet One dark night I was walking along a lonely deserted street trying to keep my spirits high by whistling loudly and wishing 1 were home in bed. when, suddenly, from behind a large old oak tree on the edge of a vacant lot. stepped the oddest looking little man 1 had ever seen. 1 was terror stricken; I tried to run away: but I couldn't move. Then he spoke to me in a very kindly voice, telling me not to be tTightened, for he was a prophet and would tell me anything I wanted to know. By this time I was beginning to feel more at ease: his voice was so friendly, and he seemed very pleasant. On closer observa- tion I could see that he w’as only about three feet tall and had a long beard. He looked just like the elves I had read about in fairy stories as a child. Somehow I wasn’t frightened any more and I asked him if he might tell me what each one of by classmates and I would be doing twenty years from now. He said he w’ould. so we sat down on an old tree stump and he began. First. he said. I want to warn you that learning of the future isn't always pleasant. Sometimes things don’t turn out as you think they should, but nevertheless everything 1 tell you. no matter how impossible it may seem, will happen. Now let’s go twenty years into the future. Wendell Ripley is now the owner of the Ripley’s Rollicking Circus. An odd attraction of his show’ is the rubber woman. Elsie Shamp. who can stretch her arms, legs and neck to at least three times fheir normal length. She has perfected this feat by years of practice. The man on the flying trapeze is John Steward, w’ho hangs in mid-air by his knees while hold- ing his accompanist. Floral Bergman, by his teeth. This daring performance takes much courage from both Floral and John. The strong man. Arthur Blaine, is in love with the tattooed lady. Shirley Snoke. but she wouldn't give him the broken laces out of an old pair of shoes. Mickey Ells and Hans Langmaaek are cut- ting their way through the jungles of Africa, armed to the teeth with two squirt guns, their cap guns, and a sling shot. They are hot ou the trail of the biggest animal in all the world, the Sphinx. Rosemary Beals has written a new book on her experiences, called My True Confes- sions. It’s the hottest thing on the market. Senator George Stucky of the Teetotaler party is opposing Senator Dick Huffman of the Funnel Gang party on the question of liquor by the glass. Richard Uren has made his first million dollars on the radio. He sings B.O.” for the Life-Buoy Company. Robert Casler and Kenneth Anderson are now two of the greatest physicists in the world, or so they think. Actually they spend most of their time making mudpies at the State Hospital for the Insane. Frederick Diamond, alias Hen-Pecked, is constantly being beaten by his wife and fam- ous model Joan Easley. It seems that Frede- rick can't make enough money to suit her. Jacquelyn Yund is now’ writing on her tenth volume on the ’Yund Theory of Evolu- tion'. She thinks she’s found the missing link. Lou Anne Potter has a unique position for a woman. She’s the champion hog caller of the world. Elw’ood Clark is serving a stretch in prison. He married Delores Satterlee, which would have been perfectly legitimate, if he hadn't been married to Irene Clark at the same time. Reverend Richard Derby has gone to the north pole with a missionary. He has given up trying to change the sinful ways of the people in this country and is going to try to convert the Eskimos. Roy Weaver, Robert White, and Robert Shaull were chosen, because of their prominent positions in their communities, to be the judges of the world-wide beauty show in New Charhian Awards Ingrid Bergman (Intellect� Harriet Mayhew. Gary Cooper (Intellect) Albert Foster. Lana Turner (Best Dressed) Shirley Gordon. Adolfe Menjou (Best Dressed) Dick Huffman. Jeanne Crain (Personality) Nancy Kerekes. Van Johnson (Personality) Curry Garvin. Gail Russell and Guy Madison (Steadies) Sallie Hale and Gordon Sparks. Ethel Smith (Musician) Jacquelyn Yund. Harry James (Musician) John Steward. Dane Clark (Best Looking) Bob Bandfield. Teresa Wright (Artistic) Barbara McGrath. Fredric Marsh (Artistic) Roy Weaver. Vera Vague (Coquette) Joan Easley. Mickey Rooney (Flirt) Don Johansen. Esther Williams (Athlete) Maxine Pratt. Johnny Weismuller (Athlete) Bob Mohre. Red Skelton (Pest) Dick Derby. York City. After careful study and thought they decided upon Martha Rochester as Miss Atomic Bomb of 1967. John Sattazahn, who is working for Martha Patterson at her famous night club in Chicago, is continually bouncing' out on their ears, the play-boys. Ed Bobcik and Robert Debler. They are continually trying to make passes at the lovely singer. Shirley Gordon, and the ciga- rette girl. Martha LeVan. Although the ‘Pat- terson Club' is known for its southern hospi- tality. John is kept quite busy. Douglas Mulholland is now the favorite crooner of the time. When the women hear him. they don’t sw’oon, they just curl up their toes and die. The Chamberlain’s 'Slenderizing Salon’ is known all over the world and is a blessing to many over-weight women who have gone there. Beverly Chamberlain has perfected a way to reduce without exercising. Cutting out part of your diet isn’t even necessary. You just stop eating altogether. The side-walk razor blade business in Char- lotte has been monopolized by Albert Foster. He has recently added shaving cream to his stock which he feels has boosted the sales 100%. Rita French and Melvina Taylor are the piano player and singer in the ‘Sousy Saloon' owned and managed by Robert Mohre. Karl Gearhart is the president of the Gear- hart Rest Home for the Insane. Two of his most troublesome patients are Maxine Pratt and Maxine Dillin. They are continually fighting over his ‘right-hand-man’ Donald Johansen. Barbara McGrath spent years on building up her muscles and getting in good physical condition. She has been fully rewarded for her time because she now’ holds the title of the World’s Champion Woman Wrestler. “The first woman mayor in Charlotte was elected in 1957 and she’s still mayor. She’s so 8tubl)orn that no one can get her out of office. She is Clela Gould. Joe Holmes owns the ‘Charlotte Super Bil- liard Room’. It is no ordinary pool room. The windows are decorated with pink wall paper, the floors are covered with deep carpeting: and lounging chairs are available to players so they won’t have to stand. No smoking or profanity is allow’ed. The name Adams’ Models means now what Powers’ Models meant twenty years ago. David Classified Ad Section For Sale—One used bottle-opener. See Doug Mulholland. Wanted—Some experienced under class man to take care of my girl next year. Bob Mohre. Wanted—More football players to take the place of the seniors. Coach Uobel. Needed by C. H. S.—Someone to take Bob Casler’s pessimistic attitude. For Sale. Cheap—Senior exams for future references. For Sale to under class girls—The handsome senior boys. Senior girls. Wanted by Mrs. Kiplinger More intelligent lx ys in Lit. 12 class. Wanted—Fewer tardy students next year. Mr. Muina. For Sale—Irene Livingston's shorthand abili- ty. Wanted—More beautiful women teachers next year. The under class boys. Adams has built up the best modeling agency in the country. All of his models are cover girls. Some of the more prominent ones are Phyllis Piter. Mabel Robins and Bethel Parker. “Bruce Bryan and Mary Ann Lewis are cele- brating their twentieth wedding anniversary tills year. They have three sets of quadruplets. Fame and fortune have come to Mary Jane Krusell and Nancy Kerekes for being the only people to climb Mt. Everest. When asked how they felt about it. they Just said. ‘Twern’t nothing’. Douglas White is now working on a product that is guaranteed to keep false teeth from slipping, dropping, or wobbling, while laugh- ing. talking, or sneezing. Harriet Mayhew and Mary Mead are the best saleswomen in Podunk and have a trophy to prove it. They can sell anything from baby powder to lightning rods. Irene Livingston is an accomplished ballet dancer. She is especially know’n for a dance in which she gives her impersonation of the Last Rose of Summer. Joyce Wheaton is working at the Mead's Mighty Vitamin Pill Plant. She is a private secretary to and madly in love with Velmon Mead, the president of the company. Donna Scovill is writing her own diction- ary. She feels that there are so many w’ords that people say that aren’t in the Webster ver- sion. She plans to remedy the fault in her own dictionary. Eric and Don Furu both grew long beards and are now manufacturing the Furu Brothers Cough Drops. Lois Cook is a famous woman detective. She could even tell who killed Cock Robin if she wanted to. She is well known throughout the country as Flat-foot Cook . Gordon Sparks and Sallie Hale are still going steady. They plan to get married when Gordon can save enough money. Robert Bandfield is now Professor Band- field. who has had a B.S. degree, a Ph.D degree and the third degree. He is the founder of the Bandfleld’s School for Brainy Brats’, where he is testing his theory of education, that the students should only be taught 10% of what they learn, because they forget the other 90% anyway. A newcomer to Hollywood, who is making all the ladies’ hearts go pitty-pat is Curry Gar- vin. His most famous role was in ‘A Weed Grow’s in the Onion Patch.' His leading lady was Rose Dunning, who incidentally is now six feet tall.” Then the little man said that he had told me what I had wanted to know and scurried off toward the oak tree. Calling him back. I said. You haven't finished yet. what am I going to be doing in twenty years? Oh yes. he said, and then he actually yelled at me, Dolores, Dolores. Dolores, it's time to get up. but it wasn’t his voice; it was my mother’s. I opened my eyes and sat up. It w’as morning and I was in my own room. I gave a sigh of relief and was very glad that it had all been just a dream. - • u - - The CHARHIAN SPECIAL FEATURES Little Red Riding Hood’s New Adventure Once upon a time Little Red Rid- in Hood (Shirley Gordon) was skipping; down the path through the woods toward her grandmother’s house (Mary Joan Krusell), just a� she has been doing for hundreds of years, when all of a sudden she got an idea. She was tired of being • based by the same old wolf (Mick- ey Ells i down through the centuries and then being rescued by the same old woodsman (Art Hlaine). She thought that maybe she was getting in a rut, so she started off down another path in the opposite di- rection from her grandmother’s. She walked happily along for quite awhile. Nothing happened and she began to grow discouraged, when suddenly she heard music. She hurried down the path toward the sound and presently she found herself in a large clearing. In the middle of the clearing was a large building with a sign on the front suying Joe’s Place” from which the music was coming. Little Red Riding Hood (Shirley) waited at the edge of the clearing for awhile and watched people go in and out. She saw some she knew. There was Popeye (Bruce Bryan i and Olive Oil (Mary Mead) and the three little pigs (D. Der- by I. (Don Johansen), and (Hans l angmaack), and even Goldilocks i Mabel Robins) went in. They were all laughing and having fun. Finally she decided to venture out from behind the tree. She timidly walked up to the door and was about to go in. when the woodsman who must have been dizzy came stumbling out. He almost fell on her. He apologized in a rather crude manner and went away. She opened the door slightly again, and this time she squeezed in. The room was full of people; some were sitting at tables; others danc- ing. They w ere all having a good time and making lots of noise. She wondered what sort of place she was in; and then she remember- ed the words of her mother, telling her not to go near such places where people danced and drank. So she turned to hurry out. and. as she did so. who would she see but Grandma (Mary Jean) and the wolf (Mickey Ells). She was surprised to say the least, but anyw ay, now she knew where to go to take grandma her cookies without so much trouble. Cast of Characters President.........Robert Casler Vice President....Gordon Sparks Secretary........Nancy Kerekes Treasurer..........Sallie Hale Student Council Representatives Rita French. Roy Weaver Previous Performances Joe Palooka. Champ”......Douglas White Pursued ........Lou Anne Potter Make Mine Music”.........Barbara McGrath. Joe Holmes Calendar Girl ......Rita French Magnificent Doll”..Dolores Michel Swell Guy ...................Bob Bandfield Margie”....................Nancy Kerekes It’s a Joke. Son”....Dick Derby Seniors’ Last Will and Testament We. the seniors of the class of '47 of Charlotte High School, of the City of Charlotte, of the County of Eaton, of the State of Michigan, be- ing of sound body and mind do hereby make our last will and test- ament. We do hereby devise and bequeath, as follows: 1. To Sammy Colizzi, George Mucky leaves his ambition, feeling sure Sam will go far with it. 2. Joan Easley sorrowfully wills her ability to catch her man to Mary Lou Terwilliger. 3. Mary Mead wills her friend- ly way to Joan David, knowing that Joan will Know how to use it. 4. To Bill McKeag, Albert Fos- ter lea es his tallness, in case Billy ever wants it. 5. Bob Mohre wills his athletic ability to Bob Brown, and wishes him the best of luck with it. 6. To Ethel Van Goethem, Irene Livingston leaves her pleasing voice and witty mannerisms. 7. Bob Casler leaves his ability to save money and his pessimistic outlook to David Fullerton. 8. Robert Shaull leaves his ear to any one who wants them. 9. Rita French wills her initia tive and her ability to organize to Marilyn Smith. 10. To Pat Dean. Shirley Gordon leaves her neat appearance. 11. Beverly Chamberlain leaves her books to anyone who is smart enough to use them. 12. Don Johansen wills his technique to Ray Dane feeling sure Ray will know how to use it. 13. To Joane Willard. Maxine Pratt wills her pretty hair plus a bottle of rinse to keep it that way. 14. Kenny Anderson leaves his physics book with all the correct answers written in the margin to anyone who can afTord to pay a slight fee for it. 15. Dick Huffman leaves his ability to dance to Edwin Pitcher, hoping he will use it. 16. Harriet Mayhew and Dolores Michel leave their ability to skip the third hour without being caught to anyone who gets as hungry that hour as they do. 17. To Pete Kardel goes Bob Bandtield's charm and curly hair. 18. Irene Clark leaves all her freckles to Charlotte Sutherland. 19. Sallie Hale wills her ability to make faces to Barbara Lou Jordan. 20. The physics class leaves Mr. Stall a big box of aspirin for the many headaches they have given him. 21. As the senior class we be- queath the following: To the jun- iors. we leave our dignity and knowledge of worldly things. To the sophomores, we leave our ability to study, knowing that they need it. To the freshmen. w e leave a lot of good luck for the long struggle ahead. To Mr. Muma. we leave a deserved vacation with a chance to work in his yard. To Miss Wells, we leave our grat- itude for we feel that without her help this year book wouldn’t have been possible. To Coach Gobel, we leave wishes for future success knowing that others will take our places. President’s Message The 1947 senior class can look back on four successful years with each one a milestone in the build- ing of our characters. During these four years we have achieved many goals which were set before us. Such goals as the Christmas card sales, jamboree, dances and the journalism carnival are all excel- lent examples of whole-hearted willingness and co-operation of the splendid group of which 1 have had the honor of being president. In our four years in high school we have attained much knowledge from our classrooms, associations in clubs and other varied sources, out this is but a foundation upon which to build further knowledge. The future of the world depends upon young men and women who will strive forward to seek further knowledge to place upon the foun- dation which they built in high school. As our foundation period draws to a close and we peer into our post-graduation period, we may ask ourselves if we shall be a success. None of us will be a success unless we have breadth of vision which Is all important in the building of anyone's life. In conclusion. I should like to thank the advisers. Miss Holmes. Miss Del Favero. Mr. Blight and Mr. Johnson, who have assisted the class to a great extent. Robert D. Casler. Senior President. Perfect Leading Lady Hair like...................Maxine Pratt Features like.................Joan Easley Eyes like.......Martha Patterson Figure like........Dolores Michel Personality like...Nancy Kerekes Smile like......Mary Jean Krusell Intelligence like....Hariett Mayhew Sense of humor like..........Irene Livingston Perfect Leading Man Hair like.........Dick Huffman Features like...............Bruce Bryan Eyes like.........George Stucky Physique like..Don or Eric Furu Personality like..Bob Bandtield Smile like..................Curry Garvin Intelligence like...Albert Foster Sense of humor like..Joe Holmes Show Titles Lost Week-end..........Senior Trip Easy to Wed.....All the senior girls who get married Deception........Lou Anne Potter Road to Utopia.......Bennett Park Pennies from Heaven......Intake on Journalism Carnival To Have or Have Not......Diplomas Night and Day....Sallie and Gordon Three Wise Fools.......Mulholland. Casler and Huffman The Mighty McGurk....Mr. Dykhouse The Shocking Miss Pilgrim..Maxine Dillin To Mr. Dykhouse. we leave thanks for the many things he has done for us. To our advisers. Miss Holmes. Miss Del Favero, Mr. Blight and Mr. Johnson, we leave loads of thanks for their guidance and help. To Mrs. Iauch. and we’re sure she’ll appreciate it, we’ll leave a much quieter library. Review of The Best Years of Our Lives We’re the class of ’47. We began high school here in 1943. We look- ed up at the big. intelligent, digni- fied seniors, who towered over us in the halls, hoping that some day in the future we might be like them. As freshmen we began a whole new life, going to school dances, going to assemblies and even putting on one ourselves. We went to the games and to parties. Of course we had new. harder studies to tackle. We found out what sort of feeling you get when ou begin an exam. As sophomores w e had a little surer footing; we were used to high school life and could hold our own quite well. We were begin- ning to take our place as an im- portant part of the sports life. We sponsored some dances and added a few dollars to our treasury and began to feel quite important. We even had our echoed picnic at Pine Lake in spite of the weather’s be- ing exceptionally cold for June. The next year we were juniors and that was practically as good as being seniors. We felt we did quite a bit tow’ard keeping the school go- ing. Our magazines sales went very well, more magazines being sold than ever before. Our junior play, New Fires.” was successful. Now w e are seniors and this year has been the best of them all. even though we know that those seniors weren't half so big, dignified, or in- telligent as we thought back in the ninth grade. We sold Christmas cards to make money for our trip. We all worked hard on the journal- ism carnival to make it the success it was. We contributed a lot to- ward the success of many sports. To sum it all up. we’ve had a won- derful time in Charlotte high school and now we’re being graduated. We’re not sorry we’re leaving, even though w e’ll miss the fun and the studying too. because we're looking ahead to a bright future, which we have been in preparation for these past few years. Those years we can truly say have been, “The Best Years of Our Lives. First Impressions Bob Casler—I thought I'd never get to be a senior. Douglas Mulholland—I thought I'd never be as dignified as the seniors were. Dick Huffman—I thought the seniors were awfully big. (tall) but now that I am one myself I find that they aren’t. Don Johansen—Wanted to be out- standing in sports as Wayne Ter- williger and Mike Mathews were, and be as intelligent as Harold Cherry. Bob Bandfield—I felt all alone in the world and the school seemed as big as a castle. Irene Livingston—I thought all the upper classmen were conceited and I thought I'd never graduate. Beverly Chamberlain—I was scared stiff and could hardly wait for the last bell to ring. Theme of Movie Class Motto: On to Victory. Class Colors: Blue and Gold. Class Flower: Rose. The CHARHIAN CANDID SHOTS 1. Shall we get it? 8. Jerome and Maudine. 2. Feet first. 9. It’s serious business. 3. Ain't love grand? 10. The thinker. 4. Prize winners. 11. Take a bow. 5. My hero. 12. Holding hands. 6. Whoops! ! ! 13. Holy night. 7. Razzy . 14. Second team cheerleaders. 15. Librarian. 22. Conference. 16. 'S fun to walk. 23. Eyes on the road. 17. Did they make it? 24. Wrong answer. 18. Songbird. 25. Solid beat. 19. Double your share. 26. Watch your step. 20. No mike fright here. 27. Just strolling. 21. Miss Charlotte—1947. 28. Mrs. Morey. 29. Marilyn. CANDID SHOTS The CHARHIAN 1. We won. 2. Rock a bye baby. 3. Stretch high, Pete. 4. Peek a boo. 5. Thought brews mischief. 6. Eight to the bar. 7. All smiles. 8. Sweet and dreamy. 9. Chalk talk. 10. Waiting—open armed. 11. I’m Just shy. 12. Cheer.ful seniors. 13. Poor 'Old Doc .' 14. Why so sober, De? 15. Hold that ladder tight . . . 7 - - - 16. Ours or theirs? 17. What’s so funny? 18. The Bowery boys. 19. In or out? The CHARHIAN GRANTLAND RICE SPORTS REVIEW Oriole Eleven Take Honors 47 Season Shows Six Wins; One Tie, One Loss The football team played a tough season this year. Winning six, los- i ing one. and tying one, the Orioles | finished in first place in the Capitol Circuit Conference. This makes the third time in the last four years that Charlotte has finished at • the top of the League. Charlotte journeyed to Lakeview for the opener which was a non- conference game. Lakeview scored | first with a plunge over the goal. ; Charlotte came back in the second ' period to score with 11. Brown tak-1 ing a pass from Bob Mohre. Mohre , converted for the extra point. On 1 the kick-off Baker of Lakeview took the ball, darted down the sidelines 1 for a touchdown. Lakeview miss- ed the extra point. Charlotte final- ly started to play ball in the last quarter, but it was too late and the game ended with Lakeview in front 13- 7. Charlotte played host to Lincoln Fark. Detroit, a Class A school. The first touchdown for Charlotte was made by B. Mohre. The extra point was good, making the score 7-0 at the half. Sam Spagnuolo clipped off twelve yards for the other score. The game ended in a 14- 6 victory for Charlotte. B. Mohre drop kicked both extra points. Mason Game Undes Lights Charlotte played on Mason's field that was newly equipped with lights for night games. Half of fourth | quarter was gone when the Orioles i started rolling and brought the ball I to Mason’s 12 yard line. From there Spagnuolo cut around his own r.ght end for a score. The ' extra point was missed. Bob Mohre ; intercepted a pass and returned it; to his 30 yard line. In the next few | plays Bob passed to Spagnuolo in j the end zone. Bob also made the j extra point which made the score j 13-0 in Charlotte’s favor. Playing another game away from home. Charlotte battled Grand Ledge for a 12-0 victory. Char- lotte scored first in the second quar- ter when B. Mohre scooted around left end. The dropkick for the ex-1 tra point was blocked. Don Johan- sen threw a quick pass over center to Doug. White. A pass was incom- plete for the extra point. Win From Hastings Charlotte drubbed Hastings by a score of 25-0. The Orioles were j playing on their own field. Not un- i til the second quarter did Charlotte score when B. Mohre slipped a pass to D. Johansen after a Hast- ings fumble. At the half the score stood at 6-0 ' with Charlotte out in front. R. Ra- dee scored on a 35 yard run after he slashed through the line. A pass was good for the extra point mak- ing a 13 point lead for Charlotte. In the fourth quarter Bob Mohre went around left end for another score, B. Mohre converted. B. Brown ran around left end for the last score. Playing a home game again. Charlotte tripped Howell 13-7. Char- Thinclads Going Strong Back Bow—A. Foster. D. Low� . Third Row—Asst. Coach Paajanen. E. Towe, R. Marshall, C. Doman, $. Colizzi. W. Pede. A. McDonald. R. Johnson. C. Mohre. R. Smith, C. Harao. K. Sparks, Coach Gobel. Second Row - D. Stewart. J. Clark. R. Nevms. G. Starr. R. King. E. Ells, A. Blaine. G. Royston, J. Wilson. R. Huffman. S. Spagnuolo. M. Elis. Front Row—D. Adams. M. Mason. B. Bryan. D. White. R. Radee. R. Santee. R. Mohre. D. Rosenbrook. R. Derby. Oriole leathers DAVID ADAMS—Dave won a letter in football at the position of guard and one running the dash in track. BOH BAND FIELD—Bob has won two letters in football at the position of tackle. ARTHUR BLAINE—Art won his letter in baseball. BRUCE BRYAN—Bruce took part in football and track and received two letters in each. ELWOOD CLARK—Elwood won two letters in football. DICK DERBY—“Derb” has collected 7 letters, one in track, three in basketball and three in football. He was chosen captain of the latter team. He was chosen for the all- conference football team this year. MAYNARD ELLS—“Mickey” won a letter in track. ALBERT FOSTER—“Bert ” played center to win two letters in basketball. DON FURU—Don won a ‘‘U” in cross-country and another in track. ERIC FUR—Eric received two letters in cross-country and' two in track. KARL GEARHART—Karl got a letter playing baseball. DICK HUFFMAN—“Huffy” earned three letters in football at halfback position, one in tennis, and one pitching baseball. DON JOHANSEN—Don won two letters in football, two in basketball, two in tennis, two in cross-country, one in track, and one in baseball. ROBERT MOHRE—Receiving 16 letters, Bob earned four in football, four in basketball, four in track, three in cross-country, and one in baseball. He was placed on the all-conference basketball team three times and once on the all-conference football team. This year he was! basketball captain. GORDON SPARKS--Gordy has collected two letters in foot- ball. DOUGLAS WHITE—Doug accumulated eight letters: three in track, three as an end in football, and two in basket- ball. He was placed on the all-conference football team in his senior year, and was also elected track captain his senior year. I lotte kicked off to Howell. The | touchdown twins. B. Mohre and R. Radee. accounted for a score apiece. Radee knifed through the line from the 3-yard marker for the last score. Only one of B. Mohre’� passes was complete for an extra j point. Playing under the worst condi- I tions in four years, Charlotte and Everett fought to a scoreless tie. Because of the mud. very little yardage was gained by either team. | It was a game of breaks for both, and about evenly divided. B. Mohre] punted out of the end zone and | Everett ran the hall back to the Oriole’s 15-yard line. With one minute of playing time left. Ever- ett opened an aerial attack. Dick Track Squad Places Well On February 8, Coach Gobel took a sprint medley team to Michigan State College to the high school Sprint Medley Relay. The Orioles won the event last year and again this year. If the trophy is won by Charlotte next year, it will stay in the showcase for good. This year’s team was R. Radee, 440; I). White, 220; M. Ells. 220; and B. Mohre, 880. The track team journeyed to Ann Arbor for the River Rouge Invita- tional Relay. The Orioles placed third. Doug White placed first in the high hurdles and second in the low. B. Mohre took first place in the pole vault. Radee got second in the 440 yd. dash. East Lansing was defeated by the Oriole thinclads 67 1 6-41 5 6. At the Hastings Relays. Charlotte was fourth. B. Mohre broke his old rerord by vaulting 11’8”. Ray Radee broke the 440 yd. dash school record by running it in 53.5 seconds. The thinclads defeated Eaton Rapids 62 2 5 to 46 3 5. Charlotte will he defending the state championship crown at the State meet at Michigan State Col- lege on May 24. Last year was the first time Coach Gobel has had a state championship track team. Cross Country At Battle Creek Central seveu boys ran to win 23-32. Bob Mohre won with a time of 10:44.4. The following is the way the Charlotte thinclads placed: 1st. Bob Mohre; 4th. Eric Furu; 5th. Ray Radee; 6th. Gerry Starr. Charlotte won over Sexton in the next meet 18 to 37. Charlotte placings were: 1st. B. Mohre; 2nd, E. Furu: 4th. Radee; 5th Starr; Gth. I). Furu: 9th. D. Adams; 10th, D. Johansen. The State Cross Country meet was held at Ypsilantl. Charlotte placed fourth in a field of 12 schools represented. Ypsilantl Central won the championship crown. The win- ning time was 11.34. Derby intercepted the second pass and ran to the fifty where the game end in a 0-0 tie. Before a crowd of 5,000 fans. Charlotte racked up a victory over Eaton Rapids in the traditional Ar- mistice Day game. This victory enabled Charlotte to cop the Con- ference Championship. No scor- ing was done until the last four minutes of the game when Bob Mohre hurled a 30-yard pass to Milford Mason, who was in the end zone. A few minutes later Doug White Jumped up in front of a Grey- hound passer and deflected the hall up in the air. Doug caught it on its way down and ran 45 yards for the second and last score. Both at- tempts for the extra point were un- successful. The game ended in a 12-0 victory for Charlotte. Four Charlotte hoys placed on the All-Conference team. The play- ers on the first are: Bob Mohre. the invincible; I)oug White, an iron man at end position; Dick Derby, who could plug any hole in the line, and Curry Garvin, a return- ed serviceman. Raymond Radee was placed on the all-conference second team. ----18------- The CHARHIAN SPORTS CAVALCADE Cagers Win Third Straight Championship Quintet Plays Several Close Games During Season TuiniiiK In another good basket- ball season. Charlotte won the Capi- tol Circuit crown for the third straight year. B. Mohro. us captain. I). Johan- sen. A. Foster. 1). White. R. Derby. M. Mason, and R. Santee were the returning letttermen. The ’46-’47 season opener with Hastings was a thriller. The Orioles dominated most of ihe game, hut Hastings had a rally in the final quarter and came within a few points of tying. Charlotte won 28 to 24. Albert Foster and Boh Mohre were the leading scorers for Char- lotte with 10 and 8 points, respec- tively. The quintet then journeyed to Everett and w’ere the victors. The game was close all through the first half. B. Mohre made 9 points in the third quarter, putting Char- lotte in front by 7 points. The Vikings came close to tying the score, but they were kept down. B. Mohre made 15 points, helping Charlotte to win. 32 to 28. Grand Ledge was beaten. 41 to 25. It was Charlotte all the way. The half-time score was 30 to 14 in favor of Charlotte. Mohre and Mason again led. Howell Cracks String At Howell. Charlotte suffered its first defeat by the close score of 41 to 40. Up until the last quarter. Charlottte led. Howell made 20 points to the Orioles’ 11 in the last quarter. Howell’s cheesebox gym was so crowded that Derby ac- cidentally stepped over the line onto the court when Cnarlotte had the ball out of bounds in the last few minutes. The Highlanders then took over the ball. Foster racked up 16 points. Charlotte played host to Ionia in a non-conference game and piled up 36 points to Ionia’s 19. The Orioles led with a half-time score of 17-9. Teamwork by the Gobel men won the game when they pour- ed on the heat in the last quarter. Another close game played at Mason ended with the Gobelites winning 36 to 32. The score was always close. The first quarter stood 9 to 6 with Charlotte in front, but w'as tied 14 to 14 at the half. When the buzzer sounded ending the game, the score w’as 36 to 32 in Charlotte’s favor. Mohre led the attack by sinking 6 field goals and 2 free throws. The Greyhounds were trounced when they visited Charlotte. A huge crowd saw the local five rip past Eaton Rapids. 35 to 19. The score at the half was 22-10 with Eaton Rapids bowing. Charlotte was the whole showr in the final quarter and never had to worry. Russ Santee and Don Johansen were the leaders with 10 points each. First Oriole Nine Since 41 Baseball Starts Again Back Row—D. Barnard. J. Norris, J. Tuckey, R. Huffman, W. Crittenden. E. Roiter. D. Lowe. J. Cranson. J. Holmes. R. Wood. Second Row—Coach Stall. R. Smith. G. Yund. C. Friar. R. Nevins. R. Oebler. R. Hutchison. S. Spagnuolo, V. Mead. J. Gammage. Front Row—C. Mathews. R. Brown. D. Dickinson, D. Garn. K. Gearhart, B. Lavengood. R. Mohre, D. Brown. After Six Year Lapse Charlotte high school hasn't had a baseball team since 1941. Dallas Stall is the coach and has molded the team into shape. The fellows are a bit inexperienced but they are learning a great deal. Although the team has lost the first four games, it is steadily improving. There are just a few seniors play- ing so there will lie several veterans on next year's team. Mason defeated Charlotte 3 to 1 the first game. Bob Mohre pitched a one hitter. The Orioles got only four hits. The next game was at Ionia. The score was 10-2 in favor of the Bull- dogs. Bruce Lavengood held Ionia to 4 hits. The Orioles got 8 hits, 2 runs, and made 2 errors. Howell was the next game which Charlotte lost 10-6. Mason again beat Charlotte 3-1. This was a better game, because the Oriole nine had improved. CONFERENCE LEADERS AT MID-SEASON I Charlotte retained the circuit j lead af.er defeating the Comets 40 to 26. A lea'J of 7 points was built i up by the Orioles at half time, when the score was 17 to 10. In the second half. Charlotte found the! basket. It was too late for Grand Ledge to catch up and they bowed to Charlotte. 40 to 26. Santee and Mason made 9 points. A large crowd watched Everett! show' their skill when they downed ihe Orioles by a narrow margin 35 to 34. The Viking star. Ed Spra- gue. never missed a shot in the second quarter. Everett was out in front at the half 17 to 8. Char- lotte settled down after the half and gained 16 points while Everett: made only 7. The score was tied at 24 all in the third quarter and see-sawed until the Orioles went ahead 34-29 w'ith four minutes to play. Ed Sprague made the win- ning bucket in the last two minutes of playing time. Foster made 9 points and Bob Mohre was next with 8 points. Charlotte played better ball against Mason. At the half, the Orioles were out in front 11-7. The Gobelites racked up 22 points in the second half and held Mason to 14 points. Bob Mohre again took the honors by dropping in 3 field goals and 3 free throws for 9 points. Traveling to Ionia for a non-con- ference game. Charlotte clipped the Bulldogs 21-20. The two teams were close together all through the game. At half-time the Bulldogs held an S point lead 15 to 7. After the half, the game was hard fought, hut the Orioles pulled through with the victory. Orioles Clinch League Crown Playing Eaton Rapids on the Greyhound’s court. Charlotte fought hard to win by a small margin. The locals racked up 9 points be- fore the Greyhounds could make a bucket. Eaton Rapids crept up on the Orioles and was only two points behind at the half. The score was 14 to 12. The crowd went wild. At the end of the third quarter. Char- lotte w'as still leading 20 to 16. The Greyhounds crept up within one point of Charlotte. 28 to 27. Bob Mohre dropped in a foul shot making the score 29 to 27. From then on the Oriole five stalled the ball and was once more victorious. Mohre and Foster accounted for 9 points each. Howell was the last league game of the season. They w'ere beaten 46 to 32. The half-time score stood at 21 to 10 in favor of Charlotte who picked up 25 points in the last half. Santee and Mason had 28 points between them. Charlotte drubbed Hastings 53 to 26. The Orioles displayed fine ball handling when romping over the Saxons. Charlotte was far ahead at the half. 23 to 11. During the last half. Charlotte continued to drown Hastings with a shower of baskets. This victory gave the Orioles a record of 12 wins and 2 losses. Mohre made 19 points. Tournament Games Thrilling Charlotte. Eaton Rapids. Lake- view. and Hastings were the class ‘B” teams in the district tourna- ment. Charlotte played Lakeview while Eaton Rapids drew’ Hastings. Eaton Rapids downed Hastings by a score of 30 to 26 in a fast game because of the Greyhound improve- ment. In one of the fastest and most thrilling games of the season Char- loite came up the victor over Lake- view’. The Orioles settled down in the last quarter and the game end- ed 37 to 32 in favor of Charlotte. Mohre was again high point man w’ith a total of 22 points. On March 8, Charlotte played another breathtaking game with Eaton Rapids. The Greyhounds put up a good fight and gave Char- lotte a score, but lost 36 to 30. Lose to Adrian At Albion, where the Regional tournaments were held. Charlotte was upset by Adrian which led most of the way. The Orioles were off the beam and just couldn’t click. Adrian led at the half by a score of 18 to 13. In the final quarter Charlotte made 14 points to Adrian’s 7 points. Charlotte became des- perate. shot from long distances, and came within one point of tying the game in the last twenty seconds of play. Bob Mohre scored 13 points for Charlotte. Seniors Win Interclass Track Meet The class of 47 won the inter- class track meet for the third year in succession. This is the first time that this has ever been done by a class in Charlotte high school. Running away in the meet, the seniors piled up 67 points. The juniors were second with 36 points. Winning third place by one point, the freshmen had 8% to the sopho- more’s 7%. Doug White and Boh Mohre were the leading point earners for the seniors. Doug took first place in the high and low hurdles. He tied his own record for the high hurdles at 16.3. Bob Mohre made 5 feet for first place in the high jump. He also took first place in the pole vault. I). Derby put the shot 38’3” for first place. He got a third in the 100 yd. dash and fourth in the 220 yd. dash. Maynard Ells took the 220 yd. dash. Other seniors w’ho placed were: Dick Huffman, Doug White. Russ Santee, in a three way tie for second place In the high jump; Dick Huff- man. 3rd place in the 200 yd. low hurdles: Don Johansen. 3rd in the 880 yd. run: Albert Foster. 2nd in high hurdles: E. Furu. 2nd in the mile and 4th in half mile: David Adams. 2nd in 440 yd. dash: May- nard Ells. 1st in the 220 yd. dash. 2nd in the 100 yd. dash, and 3rd in the 440 yd. dash; Bruce Bryan. 1st in the 880 yd. run: and D. Furu 2nd in 880 yd. run. Second Team Completes Undefeated Season Stall'8 second team came through with flying colors when it had an undefeated season. They made a total of 599 points to their oppon- ents’ 320. Sharpshooter of the sec- ond team was Bob Brow n who made 166 points in playing 14 games. Brown was followed by Duane Ros- enbrook who had 86 points. The team w’as composed of B. Brow’n. D. Rosenbrook. C. Mathews. E. Roiter. N. Zimmerlee. and C. Rulison. There are more on the squad, but these are the boys who usually started. Their closest and toughest game was the one with Hastings. - - 19 - - - The CHARHIAN ORGANIZATION INDEX Page Alumni Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 5 Issue 7 Issue 8 Issue 8 Issue 9 Issue 14 Issue 2 Issue 3 Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3 Issue 4 Issue 4 Issue 5 Issue 6 Issue 6 Issue t Issue 8 Issue 10 Issue 13 Issue 14 Issue 5 Issue 6 Issue 7 Issue 8 Issue 9 Issue 10 Issue 14 Issue 5 Issue 1 Issue o Issue 5 Issue 10 Issue 1 Issue 3 Issue 4 Issue 1 Issue 7 Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3 Issue 2 Issue 4 Issue 5 Issue 12 Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3 Issue 4 Issue 5 Issue 8 Issue 1« Issue 14 Issue 1 Issue 3 Issue 4 Assemblies Band Basketball Baseball Bowling C.H.S. Directory Cheerleaders Club Notes Coach Cross Country Dances Enrollment Football Footlighteers F. F. A. Issue Issue Issue Issue 3 4 5 1 1 4 1 5. 6 1 1 4 1, 4 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 1. 3 1 4. 5 3 3 3. 4 1. 3 1. 3 4. 5 5 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 3 1 1 3 3 1 7 « 3 3 1. 3 1, 3, 4 1 1 1 6 4 4 4 1 6 1, 3 1 3 Issue 8 ...................... Issue 14 .................... 1, 6, 7 FLICKER FLASHBACKS September 4—Student Registration. September 20—Football-Lakeview (Lost 12-7) There. September 27—Football-Lincoln Park (Won 14-6) Here. October 4—Football-Mason (Won 13-0) There. October 11—Football-Grand Ledge (Won 12-0) There. October 16—Assembly-Young-Lyceum. October 17-18—Teachers' Institute. October 18—Football-Hastings (Won 25-0) Here. October 18—Cheerleader Dance. October 25—Footlighteer Dance. October 25—Football-Howell (Won 13-7) Here. October 28—Assembly-Tnta. November 1—Football-Everett (0-0) There. November 8—Junior Play (Old Doc). November 11 American Legion Assembly. November 11 No School in P. M. November 11—Football-Eaton Rapids (Won 12-0) Here. November 12—Assembly-White-Lyceum. November 16—Hand Party. November 19 Football-Hand Hanquet. November 21—Seniors Sponsor Dance. November 27—Assembly-Thanksgiving Program. November 27—Turkey Trot. November 28-December 1—Thanksgiving Vacation. December 3—Asscmbly-.Mesick-Lyceum. December 6—Hasketball-Hastings (Won 29-24) There. December 12—Grade Musical. December 13—Basketball-Everett (Won 32-28) There. December 17—Basketball-Grand Ledge (Won 41-25) Here. December 20—Assembly-Christmas Program. December 20—Hasketball-Howell (Won 41-40) Here. December 21-January 5—Christmas Vacation. January 6—School Begins. January 7—Basketball-Ion la (Won 36-19) Here. January 10—Basketball-Mason (Won 36-32) There. January 15—Rand Assembly. January 15—Band Concert with St. Johns. January 17—Basketball-Eaton Rapids (Won 35-19) There. January 17—Footlighteer Dance. January 22-23—Semester Exams. January 24—Basketball-Grand I .«edge (Won 40-26) There. January 24—Semester Ends. January 30—Talent Assembly. January 31—Basketball-Everett (Lost 34-35) Here. February 7—Basketball-Mason (Won 33-21) Here. February 7—Glee Club Dance. February 11—Basket ball-Ionia (Won 21-20) There. February 14—Basketball-Eaton Rapids (Won 29-27) There. February 14—Band Concert at St. Johns. February 15—Hill Billy Jamboree. February 20—Talent Assembly. February 21—Basketball-Howell (Won 46-32) Here. February 24—Lenten Service. February 28—Basketball-Hastings (Won 53-26) Here. March 3—Lenten Service. March 8—Seniors Sponsor Dance. March 10—Lenten Service. March 17—Play-Eighth Grade Girls. March 17—Lenten Service. March 23—Play-Eighth Grade Boys. March 24—Lenten Service. March 28—Cheerleader Hop. March 31-April 6—Easter Vacation. April 11—Hobo Hop. April 18—Journalism Carnival. April 24—G. A. A. Assembly. April 28—Assembly-M el ville. April 29—Assembly-Mountain Climber. April 30—F. F. A. Banquet-Parent and Son. May 2—Honor Dance. May 6—Olivet Band Festival. May 9—Band Bounce. May 17—Holland Tulip Festival. May 29—Junior-Senior Prom. May 30—Decoration Day. June 3—Band-Saginaw. June 4-5—Senior Exams. June 6—Honor Assembly. June 8—Baccalaureate. June 9-10-11—Senior Trip to Chicago. June 10-11—Final Exams. June 12—Commencement. June 13—School Closes. ORGANIZATION INDEX Page F. H. A. Issue 1 ......................... 4 Issue 2 ......................... 4 Issue 6, 7, 10.................... 1 G. A. A. ......................... 3 ......................... 3 ......................... 4 ................... 1 ......................... 4 ................... 1 ......................... 3 Glee Club ................... 1 ................... 1 ................... 1 ................... 1 ................... 6 Hi-Y Issue 2 .......................... 1 Issue 4 ........................... 1 Issue 5 ........................... 1 Issue 12 ........................ 1. 4 Juniors ................ 1 ................ 1 ................ 1 ................ 1 Junior High Issue 3 .......................... 4 Issue 4 .......................... 3 Issue 7 .......................... 4 Issue 8 .......................... 4 Issue 14 ...................... 1, 6 Library Club Issue 1 .......................... 4 Issue 1 .......................... 2 Issue 2 .......................... 1 Issue 6 .......................... 1 issue 14 ......................... 6 Pep Club Issue 1 .......................... 4 Issue 4 .......................... 4 Photography Club Issue 9 .......................... 1 Issue 12 ......................... 1 Issue 14 ......................... 7 Rural Students Issue 13 ......................... 1 Seniors ................ 2 ................ 1 ............... 6 ............... 1 ............... 1. 3. 4 .................... 1. 3 ...............1. 5. 6.7 Student Council Issue 2 ........................ 4 Issue 14 ...................... 1, 8 Teachers Issue 1 .................... Issue 2 ....................... 1. 3 Issue 3 ........................ 1 Issue 5 ........................ 4 Issue 7 ................... Issue 10 ................... Issue 14 ................... Track Issue 12 ..................... Issue 13 ......................... 3 Issue 14 ...................... 4, 5 Y-Teens Issue 2 ........................ 1 Issue 4 ........................ 1 Issue 5 ....................... 1, 7 Issue 6 ........................ 4 Issue 8 ........................ 4 Issue 14 ........................ 7 Issue 1 . Issue 2 .. Issue 5 . Issue 9 .. Issue 12 . Issue 13 . Issue 14 .. Issue 2 Issue 3 Issue 4 Issue 14 Issue 4 Issue 5 Issue 9 Issue 10 Issue 14 Issue 2 Issue 4 Issue 5 Issue 6 Issue 8 Issue 9 Issue 12 ... 20--- « BEAT MASON! ORANGE BLACK THE CHARHIAN' BE GOOD SPORTS VOLUE 21 CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1946 ISSUE 1 Five Band Members Take MSC Course Special High School Music Course Offered For First Time Five Oriole band members. Rita French. Barbara McGrath. Mary Mead. Winfield Pardee and John Steward, enrolled in a three week high school music course at Mich- igan State College last summer. This was the first year that a special high school band course has been offered there. The college music department is going to make it an annual affair. The course offered band, orches- tra. and chorus. All five students took the band course, which was under the direction of Leonard Fal- cone. Only one student. Rita French, played in the orchestra which was under the direction of Alexander Schuster. Theory was required of everyone. The students enjoyed the course and learned much from it. They are in hopes that it will be offered here sometime in the near future because they believe that it helps students. John played first chair Bb tenor saxophone; Mary, first chair of two Bb bass clarinets; Barbara. Eb alto saxophone; Winfield, oboe; abd Rita, bass drum. John. Winfield. Barbara and Mary took private lessons twice Class Enrollments Raised By Various Transfers Many Students Arrive From Other Schools to Attend C.H.S. Each year C. H. S. is noted fori having a great variety of different cities and states in the enrollment list. This year students that returned from the farthest places are Shir- ley Snoke. Joan and Jerry Johnson, who last year attended Union high in Phoenix. Arizona. Two new students from a little nearer are Georgia Caffes from Washington. D. C., and Don Stew- art from Plainville, Conn. From Dowling come the Goulds. Frances, a freshman; Stanley, a sophomore; and Clela, a senior. Grand Blanc sent Fay Bell, a sophomore. Others are Arlene Kipp from Eaton Rapids; Louis Langford from Jackson; Marian Lemmon, Sunfield; Thomas Als- ton. Lansing; Bernice Mull, Ver- montville; Ann Gehman. Vermont- ille; Kathryn Springer. Haslett. Newcomers in the eleventh grade consist of Wayne Fredline. Dimon- dale; Mary Idle. Bellevue; Ilene Parker. Olivet: Joyce Walters. Pot- torville; Elaine Wythe. Stock- bridge. Kenneth Anderson from Gary. Indiana, greets the senior class. Clela Gould and Rex Fredline are also members of the class of ’47. Students who have returned to | C. H. S. this year are Rebecca Hurl- but. Grand Ledge, sophomore; and William Adams, sophomore. Added to the junior list of returns are Joan Johnson. Phoenix. Arizona; Richard Hutchison, and Richard King. Virgil Davis reports from Belle- vue. and is enrolled as a senior. From the Armed Forces come Returns From Army SUPT. JAY DYKHOUSE Seventh Grade Teacher Married In June June 6. at four o'clock. Miss Mat- tie Fisher and Mr. Howard Kurtz were married at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hu- bert Fisher in Dryden. They were married by the Methodist minister. Paul Painphry of Lapeer. After the wedding, a reception and sup- per was held for sixty guests. The bride wfore a floor length dress of w'hite marquisette over taffeta with a close fitting bodice land three-quarter length sleeves. A very full skirt touched the floor and she wore a finger-tip veil. On her head was a pearl beaded tiara and around her neck, a pearl neck- lace. The background for the wedding was palms with pink and white peonies. For a wedding trip, the newly- weds drove to East Stroudsburg. Pennsylvania. Cross Country Season Starts Off With Bang With seven boys representing this year’s cross country team. Charlotte got off to a winning start on Monday. September 23. Battle Creek Central was defeated. 23-32 with Bob Mohre having a winning time of 10:44.4’. The standings of the ten highest for Monday's meet 'are as follows: 1st, Bob Mohre. C.; j 2nd. Goretzka, B. C.; 3rd. Hayden. iB. C.; 4th. E. Furu. C.; 5th. Radee, C.; 6th. D. Furu. C.; 7th. Starr. C.; Sth. Darkee. B. C.; 9th. Bennett. IB. C.; 10th. Owen. B. C. By totaling the placing of each I school’s boys the school with the lowest number of points is winner. On Monday. September 30, Char- lotte scored another win by defeat- ing Sexton high of Lansing. Bob Mohre again came in first and the score for the second meet was 18 to 37. Charlotte placings were as follows: 1st. B. Mohre: 2nd. Furu; 4th. R. Radee: 5th. G. Starr: 6th. L. Furu; 9th. D. Adams; 10th. D. Johansen. The schedule for the meets to come is as follows: Oct. 7. Hast- ings. there: Oct. 14. Everett, here; Oct. 21, Hustings, here; Oct. 26. state meet. G. I. Joes At Present On Faculty Nine Veterans Saw Service in Various Parts of World The men in the faculty do not appear to be a warlike group, but nine of our high school teachers have been in either World War I or II. Superintendent Jay Dykhouse was called back to active duty with the army in October of 1941. He entered the regular army and was placed In the armored division at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He was sta- tioned there for two years. Mr. Dykhouse, then a Major, was trans- ferred to Dallas. Texas, to become a liaison officer, and his job there was to travel to different high schools throughout the United States giving lectures to pre-in- ductees who were coming of mili- tary age. During his three years of service w’ith a heavy weapons company in the army, Mr. Warren Blight had his share of the fighting in the European theater of war. He was discharged as a Staff Sergeant. With the combat engineers. Air. Evald Johnson spent two and one- half years in the South Pacific with the army. As a radar officer, the former Lt. Charles Amaden saw overseas duty iu the European field of operations with the 29th Tactical Air Com- mand of the ninth Air Force. Representing the Navy. Mr. Dallas Stall, served in the Atlantic for two and one-half years as a Chief Petty Officer. Active in the first World War as a member of the army. Mr. Mead was in the Medical Corps; Mr. Hu- bert Straw was with the engineers; Mr. Franklin Idle, a machine gun- ner in the army; Mr. Earl Huston. Chief Petty Officer in the Navy. Coming Events Friday, October 4—Mason, there 8:00. (Let’s show our good sports- manship!. Wednesday, October 16 — Ly- ceum Assembly. (Lecture English As She Is Spoke’’) October 16—First marking per- iod ends. (You’d better be nice to the teachers now.) Thursday and Friday. October 17 18—Teachers’ Institute. (A nice rest (?) for the teach- ers.) Friday. October 18—Hastings, here 7:30. October 18—Dance after game. (Sponsored by Cheerleaders.) Thursday. October 24 — Report Cards. ( Gosh, we can hurdly wait.”) Thursday, October 24 Orange Black. (More gossip.) a week on their instruments. They also studied student directing. Rita look private lessons on the piano. A day’s schedule was as follows: [ ne hour of theory, two hours of eti Zimmerlee and three seniors, full band rehearsal, one hour of Curry Garvin. Daniel Lewis and band sectional rehearsal, one hour Arthur Blaine. for lunch, one hour of orchestra 0Qe P°8t graduate. Jim Thorn- (Contlnued on Paae 4.) ‘ton. also joins the ranks. ThincladJT eam|T riumphsJT wice Back Row: Coach Gobel. R. Mohre. R Radee. D. Furu. E. Furu. Front Row: D. Adams, R. Dsns, V. Mead. G. Starr, D. Johansen. Page 2 ORANGE BLACK (Member] | Est. I92l) ORANGE BLACK Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 STAFF Publisher .................Martha Rochester Managing Editor ................ Sallie Hale Editor-in-Chief ......... Mary Jean Krusell Sports Editor ............... Richard Derby Alumni Editor ............. Rosemary Beals Exchange Editor ........... Irene Livingston Business Manager ............... Joe Holmes Circulation Manager ........... Donna Scovill Advertising Manager .......... Maxine Pratt Assistant Manager ............. Karl Gearhart Adviser .................... Winifred Wells Reporters ..........Floral Bergman. Robert Debler, Frederick Diamond. Maxine Dillin. Joan Easley. Rita French. Clela Gould. Nancy Kerekes. Barbara McGrath, Bethel Parker. Lou Anne Potter, Peggy Reed. Robert White, Jacquelyn Yund. Having Fun? Of course, you’re having fun. Everyone has fun that goes to high school and participates in all the school activities. We especially want the freshmen to have a good time while they are looking around the I building and finding their classes. If any of : you get mixed up about classes, school activ- : ities or anything that confuses you. just I ask anyone. Others will be glad to help you out. because they want you to have a swell i time this year and they want to help you all 1 they can. Naturally, everyone likes football games, so be sure not to miss even one. Don’t forget to cheer for the team and give them all the support they need, because It really is your team. So. don't let them down when they are trying to win a game for us. One good way to enjoy oneself is to think of the interests of others. Each person has some capacity, some ability, and has often put in hours of work to perfect his talent. To have the most satisfaction here, let's co-operate and learn to give everyone the best opportunity to do his utmost in every endeavor. We hope everybody's having fun and getting real satisfaction out of all his activities. A Pound of Cure The past three months have been the open season for poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis. Three of the 565 cases in Michigan since Jan- uary first, are in Eaton county. Approximately 250 of these were located in and around De- troit. mostly in the slum districts. The Mich- igan Department of Health reports that cases decreased in the last week. If any disease is prevalent in a school, all students should be particularly careful. Par- ents and teachers should watch for symptoms to prevent the disease from spreading. Re- member. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. • off thv Mtunhs Xoir Girls come to the library and meet Recruit- ing Sergeant Mildred Iauch. She will use some of her seemingly never ceasing energy to persuade you into joining her group of librarian trainees. This is an experience which might prove invaluable to you at some future date. It also promises loads of fun and frolic with girls who have the same interests as you. So if your j interests lie anywhere near the field of books, stop by the library some vacant hour and -jee the “Recruiting Sergeant. Fashions os. Fads Flash! What is the smartly dressed girl wearing this year? New York stylists say that sloppy sweaters and baggy dungarees are strictly tal oo. Smartly fitted sweaters plus neatly pleated skirts make for the well-groom- : ed girl of '46. Wing sleeved dresses with mandarin collars I are considered “the thing” by the younger set. Last year the gayest fad was spending your whole week's allowance on dangling bracelets. This fad went out with a bang, probably, because the fairer sex got tired of carrying all that artillery around. The newest fad this year is getting a bottle of peroxide and a bottle of ammonia and pouring the mixture on your hair, letting the former run where it may. You may think this is very becoming, girls, but don't ever ask the opposite sex what they think about it—you may get a real shock —meaning they don’t. Did You Hear About? The senior girls who had a slumber party? Why everyone seems to like hay rides? (If there is any need for verification, see Bob Bandfield). A certain senior boy. who is going to indulge and buy some senior pictures to show off his dime-store bleach? The tall blond sophomore wolf who gives all the girls the glad-eye in fourth hour study hall? Why Barbara McGrath thinks bass horns are a jinx to her? (Better borrow a football helmet when the band practices marching, Barbara). A cute junior boy who asked two for a date at the same time? All the cute boys living in Marshall? How easy it is to become a blond nowadays? All the cute freshmen? How nice the seniors look when they dress up? X-Change Sing a song of sulphide A beaker full of lime Four and twenty test tubes Breaking all the time When the cork is taken out Fumes begin to reek. Isn't that an awful mess To have five times a week? The .Trojan Trumpet. Typing vs. Basketball Mrs. Lipsey and Miss Holmes are very pleas- ed with the new equipment in the typing room. During the summer the room was painted and the typewriters were repaired. All the typewriters have new covers and books. It is easy to see how much use industrious students have for the large waste baskets. Now. boys, you can keep in practice for basket- ball and not get paper all over the floor. The Starr Commonwealth News has been received. Six copies will be printed this year. It is a very interesting little magazine and it has all the latest news. Seniors, Click! Look pretty. Don’t over dress.” “Watch for the birdie.” No. spring has not arrived but it seems the seniors have been having their pictures taken. Between the times Mr. Field’s camera was broken (?) and the schedules were changed and rechanged, one wondered if the work would ever be finished. By starting early it is planned to have the photos by Christmas so that all friends can share the misery. Mr. Huston: “What is the most potent poi- son? Herbert Cherry: “The airplane, one drop, you’re dead. f . . S. MBirectory STUDENT COUNCIL Mayor. Albert Foster. Secretary. Mabel Robins. CLASS REPRESENTATIVES Seniors. Rita French and Roy Weaver. Juniors, Joan Davids and Herbert Packard. Sophomores. Roger Smith and Bob Brown Freshmen. Ted Ells and Robert King. Eighth grade, Eunice Jones and Glenn Gearhart. Seventh grade. Bob Johnson and Marguer- ite Green. CLASS OFFICERS Seniors—President. Bob Casler; Vice Presi- dent. Gordon Sparks; Secretary. Nancy Ker- ekes; Treasurer. Sallie Hale; Adviser. Miss Dora Holmes. Juniors—President. Sam Colizzi; Vice Presi- dent. Carroll Tharp; Secretary. Virginia Roy- ston; Treasurer. Dorothy Moore; Adviser. Mrs. Mildred Iauch. Sophomores—President. Dan Dickinson; Vice President. Roger Smith; Secretary. Mar- ian Lemmon; Treasurer, Bill Day; Adviser. Mrs. Marena Kiplinger. Freshmen—President. Jerry Clark; Vice President. Donna Walker; Secretary. Dan Brown; Treasurer. Jack Cranson; Adviser. Miss Kathryn Wesche. Eighth grade—President. Hans Kardel; Vice President. Nancy Harrington; Secretary, Lloyd Braithwaite; Treasurer. Jane Ann Smith; Ad- visers. Mrs. Mattie Kurtz. Mrs. Leora Wey- mouth and Mrs. Frances Wildern. Seventh grade—President. John Clark; Vice President. Ralph Gram; Secretary. Bonnie Wells; Treasurer. Charles Schaefer; Advisers. Mrs. Virginia Oberlin. Mrs. Marie Taylor, and Miss Margery Smith. Locker Lyrics Jean Griffin seems to be having a little difficulty. Too many dates for the same even- ing. Who is the guy Beverly Chamberlain writes to in France? What was George Stucky doing walking through the pines about three weeks ago, and in the middle of the night too? Miss Wesche's speech class held a tea. Wed- nesday. September 25. Orchids to Frederick Diamond for his abil- ity as photographic manager. What about watermelon season? Maxine Pratt knows that it won’t be wasted. Joe Holmes' hayride was enjoyed by all who went. Can any class beat the record of Miss Wesche's second hour, tenth grade English class? Its members maintained a perfect at- tendance record for the first three weeks of school. Are Mr. Evald Johnson’s recent smiles just because he is happy to return to Charlotte schools? Miss Eva Jeanc Kiplinger may know the answer. George Stuckv Studies Composition 1 2 2:55 Sighed. 2:57 Shrugged shoulders. 2:58 Situated himself comfortably. 3:00 Winked at a girl across the room. 3:02 Opened up his book. 3:05 Closed his book. 3:10 Changed position. 3:12 Talked to Huffy. 3:15 Scratched his head. 3:20 Opened newspaper. 3:30 Cracked his knuckles. 3:31 Put head on desk. 3:48 Rushed home. Wolf Bait Lillian Moore Mary Mead Sue Hale Jane Ann Smith Barbara Lewellyn ORANGE A BLACK Page 3 Lakeview Wins 12-7 Victory Dedicate New Scoreboard, Lights, and Bleachers At (ireen Field Charlotte Orioles opened their football season. September 20. away from home by playing with Lake- view under the lights. The dedication of a new score- board. lights and bleachers at Green Field preceded the game. lakeview kicked to Charlotte. After several exchanges of the ball, the Spartans broke through w� th a touchdown in the first quarter. The kick for the extra was unsuccess- ful making the score 6-0. In the middle of the second quar- ter. Bob Mohre threw a pass to Bob Brown for Charlotte's only touch- down. Bob Mohre drop kicked for the extra point, making the score 7-6 in Charlotte s favor. The Orioles kicked to Lakeview and halfback Jerry Baker took the ball 77 yards for another Spartan touchdown. The kick for the extra point missed the goal, making the score 12-7. The third and fourth quarter saw no scoring, but were very ex- citing for both teams. The Spartans had the ball on Charlotte's 5 yard line but could not break through for a touchdown. The Orioles took the ball and raced it to the 50 yard when the game ended with the score 12-7 in tavor of Lakeview. The starting lineup was as fol- lows: Charlotte Lakeview I). White LE Glanis R. Derby LT Selinger C. Garvin LG Crane E. Platt C Rutherford D. Adams RG Olmstead F. Kurdel RT Laupp M. Mason RE Bushee R. Brown QB Simmons S. Spagnuolo LHB Cummins R. Mohre RHB Baker R. Radee FB Payne Eaton County Ticket Sales Success Athletic ticket sales got off to a good start second hour Monday. September 23. and the sales made a steady increase during the re- mainder of the week. The chairman of the ticket sales. Richard Derby, explained the pro- cedure of the sales in a pep meet- ing before the Charlotte-Lakeview football game. He reported that the tickets would be on sale the following Monday at $1.80, which could be paid in full or an installment plan of $1.00 down and 10c per week for eight weeks. The football team gave full sup- port. and results show that of a possible 618 student ticket sales, 412 were sold. Coach on Rules Committee The Michigan High School Ath- letic Association appointed Coach Malcolm Gobel to the basketball rules committee. The first meet- ing was September 30. The committee determines the rules the boys will follow in basketball and make any changes necessary. Gobelites Travel To Mason Charlotte opens Capital Circuit season tomorrow night at Mason under the lights. Mason, co-cham- pions of '45. has twelve returning let termen, ten from ’45 squad and two from 44. who are returning to1 school this year. Mason opened its schedule with Belding. defeat- ing them 6-0, while Charlotte open- ed its with Lakeview. losing 12-7. In a statement Coach Gobel stat- ed. We shall have a tough night's work ahead.” The game will start at 8:00. Richard Hicks and James Mat- thews. '41. have their discharges, and are now employed at Wilcox- Gay. Compliments of 4'II Alt LOTT It IIO.MK IIAIIIV Savings Bank Welcome Back To School Drop in and look over the New Fail Clothes . . . They’re really tops and priced right! THE VA UGHN CO. Dallas Stall Takes Over Assistant Coach Duties An addition to the faculty is Mr. Dallas Stall, the assistant coach. He graduated from Coldwater high school before entering Albion Col- lege. While still in high school. Mr. Stall was on the football, bas- i bet ball, baseball and tennis teams. In his freshman and sophomore years of college he had one year of football, basketball and track. Because of an injured knee he received while playing football, he was unable to continue basketball or track. During his last year of college he won a letter in football and track. Mr. Stall has coached in schools in the following places: 1939-40, in Fort Holt; 1940-42, in Oxford; and from 1942-43 in Kingston. Pennsyl- vania. Alumni John Loucks. '46, has been on furlough from the Marines. William Wright, '46, was home on leave from the Navy. He stated that he was in Italy when Mount Vesuvius erupted. His ship was so close that men were stationed on deck with hose to keep the ship from catching fire. MAIN SWEET SHOP DELICIOUS MALTED MILK BRUNO SPAGNUOLO Orioles Bag Rail-Splitters Lincoln Park was trounced by Charlotte Friday night, the score being 14-6. Raymond Radee. Sam Spagnuolo and Bob Mohre were outstanding in a team which played good foot- ball. The first touchdown was made by Bob Mohre in the second quart- er. With the drop kick a success, the score at the half was 7-0. Sam Spagnuolo made the second, coming in the third quarter on a 12 yard end run. The drop kick was good again, making one more extra point for the local eleven. Both the extra points were drop kicked by Bob Mohre. The score by quarters was: Charlotte ..........0 7 7 0—14 Lincoln Park .......0 0 0 6—6 Trudy Hall Juniors Smartly Styled For the High School Miss The Richey Co. WE ARE GLAD TO WELCOME BACK THE ORANGE and BLACK Shoes and Hose are still scarce, but we hope to keep a good sup- ply coming along to meet your needs. Come in and see our Sport Shoes. Ballerinas and Swing Back Heelers. Basketball Shoes are here; an- ticipate your needs early. FRED MURRAY A CO. GOOD FOOD JAY SANDWICH SHOP CHARLOTTE EARL J. LAVENGOOD MICH. Proprietor Munder Hardware (o. HARDWARE JOHN DEERE IMPLEMENTS PLUMBING SUPPLIES DUPONT PAINT Page 4 ORANGE A BLACK First Pep Club Organized By ’46-’47 Cheering Squad Sportsmanship to be Promoted During Year at Pep Meetings The cheering squad held their first meeting Thursday. September 19 in the girls’ gym. Rita French. Lou Anne Potter. Joanne Willard, Mary Lou Terwil- liger. Mildred Thompson. Ethel Van Goethem and Carroll Tharp have returned from last year. This year the squad has organ- ized a club. The membership will consist of the seven senior high cheerleaders and four junior high cheerleaders chosen last Thursday. Sue Hale. Annie Colizzi. Lyle Sum- erix and Jeanette Papoi are last year’s squad from the junior high. Those chosen last Thursday were Patsy Cook. Bonnie Wells. Mari- lyn Hetherington. Joyce Hughes. Joan Reiner and Rose Marie Alfon- so. At the meeting last week Mary Lou Ter will iger was elected presi- dent and Joanne Willard, secre- tary. Rita French and Lou Anne Potter were appointed by the Stu- dent Council to take charge of the buses going to out of town games. Every Thursday after school a meeting will be held in the girls' gym. There the group will work out new yells for pep meetings. Al- so the varsity cheerleaders will teach the new girls the old yells. The aim of this organization is to promote sportsmanship. They ask the help of the student body to make their object successful. Band Elects Officers, Plans Three Trips Officers of the band, which is now pract icing every day that weather permits at the football field, are as follows: president. Richard Uren; vice president. Mary Mead: secretary. Rita French. The executive board, consisting oi one member from each section is as follows: clarinets, flutes, piccolo, and oboe. Charlotte Suther- land; cornets, Jean Leach; saxo- phones. John Steward; basses and horns. Wendell Ripley; trombones and baritone. Jacquelyn Yund; per- cussion. Ireta Fetter man. Mason’s invitation to attend the game. October 4 and Grand Ledge’s for October 11 have been accepted. The Oriole band along with sev- eral other hands in the area, will participate in a Band Bay which will be held at Western Michigan College before their football game. October 12. This event will be an all day affair for the bands. Each band will have seven minutes in which to give its performance. Club Notes The F. F. A. boys sponsored the dance after the game Friday. Sep- tember 27. They made cider to sell at the game. New officers of the club have been initiated and two delegates. Maynard Ells and Hans Lang- maack. chosen to attend the Na- tional Convention in Kansas City. M.S.C. MUSIC COURSE (Continued from Page 1.) sectional rehearsal, one and one- half hours of full orchestra rehear- sal. The rest of the day or from 3:30 on. the students could practice or participate in any of the recrea- tion which was conducted around the campus or any other things they cared to do. The faculty plan- ned evening entertainment such as concerts given by professionals, faculty, and students. Mr. Powell, who also took a teach- ers music course at the same time, stated. “Michigan State College music short courses will be a great opportunity for young musicians whose musical experience is limit- ed. The theory course is very im- portant and now most colleges will not take students until they have had the first year of theory. The course also offers a good opportun- it for boys and girls to play under experienced college conductors and play music of a high educational value. I should like to see the whole Charlotte band go over there some summer. The F. H. A. girls have ordered sweaters with the F. H. A. emblem on them. The first meeting of the club was held October 3. The Glee club under the direc- tion of Miss Elaine Meyer has of- ficers for the year. Miss Meyer has several outside appearances planned. The Girl Reserves have changed their name to Y-Teens. The lead- ers are Mrs. John McClelland and Miss Eva Jeane Kiplinger. Library Club Elects Officers; Plans Year Librarians Hold First Meeting, Plan Very Busy Year The Library Club held its first meeting at noon. Thursday. Sep- tember 19. The girls ate lunch to gether preceding the meeting. For officers, the girls elected Barbara Boyd, president; Clela Gould. vice president; Beverly Chcmberlain. secretary; Lorraine Crittenden, treasurer; and Irene Livingston, program chairman. There are several things the club would like to accomplish this year. They w'ould like to make a visit to either the State Library at Lansing or the library at Western Michigan College In Kalamazoo. The object itt doing this is to learn the method most satisfactory in mending books and how a large library is manag- ed. Also they wdsh to earn money to buy pins and smocks. jjeWuoldLi “New Things First” W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts Fall Lines on Display Buy On Our Lay Away Plan Pauline's Beauty Salon QUALITY PERMANENTS THE VOMBERG CO. The Home of Hart, Schaffner Marx Clothes $6.50 and up Pauline and Edna Phone I 300 Murl and Irene's Sundaes 12° Groceries - Meats - Coffee Shop ALWAYS FIRST. . . Style and Quality Germain SHELL Service for MOTOR TUNE UP BATTERIES - TIRES - TUBES ACCESSORIES - ALMOST EVERYTHING 114 S. COCHRAN ST. CHARLOTTE, MICH. Watch Out for the Witches BEAT HOWELL ORANG E BLACK •THE CHARHIAN VOLUE 21 CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1946 ISSUE 2 Mead Heads G. I. Institute Fifty-three Veterans Are Enrolled in ('lasses Here The Veteran's Institute Is a sepa- rate department in the high school which has been set up for Instruc- tion of veterans of World War II. Mr Karl Mead Is in charge of this department. At the present time there are fifty-three veterans enrolled for re- lated instructions on the job train- ing. Eight are enrolled in the class of related instruction for agricul- ture. and four veterans are taking classes in the Institute only. Mr. Mead supervises the entire program, and also takes charge of a few boys who are taking work from the International Correspond- ence School. Mr. Blight teaches the class in agriculture; Mr. Allan Murray, shop, mathematics and mechanical drawing; Mr. Franklin Idle, sales- manship and bookkeeping; and Mr. Evald Johnson, a class in shop work and welding. Seniors Sell Cards To Increase Treasury Flash! Tuesday. October 8. the senior Christmas cards arrived. They were distributed in the gov- ernment classes, and are to be sold within the next few weeks. The cards were given out in the 2nd and 6th hour classes, with Dolores Michel in charge of the former, while Joan Easley handles the job in the latter. Mabel Robins is taking care of the students who took government during the sum- mer. Six kinds were ordered but as yet only five have arrived. There are three different selections of Christmas cards, one of the every- day. and a nice assortment of wrapping paper. Also personalized cards may be bought. The orders are checked in to the girls during government classes. The money is turned in to eithei the girls or Miss Holmes. Miss Holmes stated that last Friday about 375 boxes had been sold. Oriole Band Attends High School Band Day Weatherman Interrupts Scheduled Plans The Charlotte Oriole band Journeyed to Western Michigan college in Kalamazoo Saturday. Oc- tober 12. The Charlotte band along with six other bands was invited to attend High School Band I)ay at Waldo Stadium. Coldwater. Three Rivers. Grand Haven. Kala- mazoo Central. Paw Paw. and Three Oaks were the other bands participating. (Continued on page 4) Juniors to Present Play ‘‘Old Doc’’ on November 8 “Old Doc” is the annual play to be presented by the junior class November 8. at 8:00. Admission will be fifty cents and tickets are now on sale by members of the class. This play, written by Jean Lee Latham, is under the direction of Miss Kathryn Wesche. dramatic art teacher, who is now rehearsing the following cast: Dr. John Hillary.......Peter Kardel Dr. Robert Hillary....Milford Mason Ma Brown.............Dorothy Moore Pa Brown............Clifford Shults Margaret Burns..Phyllis Smallwood Dick Burns..................Carroll Tharp Janet Martin.....Mildred Thompson Mr. Hepple..................Herbert Packard Dr. E. Brand.....Judson Richardson Helen Brand .Mary Lou Terwilllger Mary Selby.....................Joan David Mrs. Rossi....Charlotte Sutherlund Mrs. Cronin....Margaret McNamara Mrs. Mellon..........Rae Norlandei Lois Warner....................Joan Willard Footlighteer Dance On October 25. after the Howell game there will be a dance spon- sored by the dramatics club. Committees for the dance are: music. Joan Willard, chairman; tickets. Maxine Pratt, chairman; refreshments. Rae Norlander, chair- man. with Barbara McKeag and Phyllis Smallwood. Advertising chairman is Pat Shiels and Mary Mead is chairman of the decora- tions. Bob Casler was appointed of- ficial coat man and bouncer. Coming Events Oct. 24—Report, cards. (Here comes the had news) Oct. 25—Howell here. (Let’s chalk up another for Char- lotte) Oct. 28—Assembly. (Here’s where we get out of another class) Nov. 1—Everett, there. (Get in there and fight) Nov. 7—Orange and Black. (En- lighten your mind some more) Nov. 8—See ’Old Doc.” Junior Chamber Commerce Annual Halloween Party The Junior Chamber of Com- merce is sponsoring its usual Hal- loween celebration. October 31. Parties will be given in the grade schools during the day and the children’s costumes will be judged and prizes will be awarded. Afterwards refreshments will be served and a movie will be given at 2:45 in the afternoon. In the evening there will be a party given for the high school stu- dents at the athletic field. There will he a pep rally for the Char- lottc-Everett game. Refreshments will be served afterwards and a program wi.l be given by the senior high schol. Mr. Lester Stevens, the presi- dent of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, has appointed Mr. James Heuvelhorst as acting chair- man over the Halloween celebra- tion. this year. Assembly Donations Are Enough for Eight Brailles Pierce Knox, who presented the assembly October 3, lost his sight at the age of four. He started play- ing the xylophone when he was fifteen. In less than eleven years he mastered the most difficult of all instruments and became Amer- ica's most outstanding xylophonist. Mr. Knox has given concerts to audiences all over the United States. These concerts have been sponsored by the National Tran- scribers Society for the Blind. He- lms also appeared as feature artist at both the San Francisco and New York World’s Fairs. The money that was donated will be enough to purchase eight or nine volumes of Braille books. Greece, Italy or Eygpt? Approximately fifty books were sent from the State library to the library at the request of Mrs. Kip linger. The books are about ancient his- tory and historical novels; they are for the benefit of the World history classes. These books have been used by the classes and are found to be extremely interesting. Y-Teens, Hi-Y Have Annual Y-lnitiations Hold Candlelight Services For New Members; Plan Hayride The Hi-Y and the Y-Teens are a sub-division of the Young Men’s and the Young Women’s Christian Associations. Bach year the Y-Teens sponsor two dances, the Turkey Trot and Hobo Hop. On October 9 the Y- Teens had their initiation for new members. The girls were to wear slacks and shirts wrong side out with their hair up in pin curls. They had to wear make-up on only one side of their faces. Each one wore one high heeled and one low heeled shoe with odd socks. Wednesday. October 16. the Y Teens held a candle light formal initiation for the new members. Initiation for the Hi-Y was held Wednesday. October 16. The boys wore overalls and t-shirts wrong side out with a straight necktie. They had to wear two different kinds of shoes and one sock. As they met an old member they had to salute him. A sign was worn to advertise a local store. Wednes- day night the Hi-Y had a formal initiation. A hayride composed of the two groups is being planned for the thirtieth of this month. Junior Magazine Sales Finished; Total $1,808 Highest Sales Record Goes To Margaret McNamara The junior class sold $1,808 worth of magazines between Sep- tember 16 and October 2. Miss Taffee’s advisory group led in the sales with a total of $503. Mar- garet McNamara was the leading salesman with $98. There were two magazine com- panies who sponsored the sales, the Crowell-Colliers Co. and the Curtis Co. Sammy Colizzi was general manager of sales totaling $929 for the former, while Joan Willard was general manager of the other and the sales were $779. The captains for the groups were: Mr. Stall’s. Joan David for the Crowell Co. and David Fuller- ton for Curtis; Mrs. Iauch’s. Peter Kardel for Crowell and Margaret McNamara for Curtis; Mr. Straw's. Herbert Packard for Crowell and Dorothy Moore for Curtis: Miss Taffee’s. Phyllis Smallwood for Crowell and Duane Shults for Cur- tis. The students who sold over $20 wi.l have their class dues paid for them. Miss Taffee’s group will be treated to a potluck supper by the other three groups. Mr. Holam of (Continued on page 4) ORANGE BLACK Page 2 _____________________ (MemberL J si 920 ORANGE BLACK fiMTB ihua Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High School Circulation 6S5 Subscription Rates $.75 STAFF Publisher ..................Martha Rochester Managing Editor ................. Sallie Hale Editor-in-Chief .......... Mary Jean Krusell Sports Editor ................ Richard Derby Alumni Editor ............. Rosemary Beals Exchange Editor ........... Irene Livingston Business Manager ................ Joe Holmes Circulation Manager ........... Donna Scovill Advertising Manager ........... Maxine Pratt Assistant Manager ........... Karl Gearhart Adviser ..................... Winifred Wells Reporters ..........Floral Bergman, Robert Debler, Frederick Diamond. Maxine Dillin, Joan Easley. Rita French. Clela Gould. Nancy Kerekes. Barbara McGrath. Bethel Parker. Lou Anne Potter. Peggy Reed. Robert White. Jacquelyn Yund. In Others' Moccasins In the frontier days when an Indian left camp to visit other tribes he would sit beside other chiefs around the camp fire. As the fire was going out. one chief would say. “Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until 1 have walked two weeks in his moccasins.” We need the same spirit in every walk of life —even in school. There is diversity in nature's trees, vegeta- tion. food, animals, all of which create beauty and satisfaction. People too have talents, personalities, arts, music, and athletic ability. These all blend into happiness and better living. Let's not find fault, and criticize, but remember the cus- tom of the Indians and be tolerant, patient, and co-operative, both to faculty and students. Specters ! Do you ever walk along a street on a dark night, and feel just as if something were creep- ing up on you? Do you hear loud meows and swishing noises, see leering faces peering out at you from heaven knows where? Of course you do! In reality they are only spooks and witches, riding on broomsticks with their black cats, and harmless little jack o'lanterns. You might even see Tarzan. old Mother Hubbard, Captain Kidd. Bugs Bunny and Superman if you look very hard. You are very apt to see Mortimer Skeleton, who has just crawled out of the closet to celebrate All Hallow's Eve. Skeletons are always popular because there are so many of them. Now, that reminds me! I)o you have any old skeletons in your closets? You know, something you are ashamed of, some little incident that shouldn't have hap- pened last Halloween. Maybe you were just having a little innocent fun. Fun is all right, just so it isn't at some- one else’s expense. We mean wrecked cars with soaped windows, damaged property, and broken plate glass windows. A joke is a joke. You can still have a good time. Please don't put any skeletons In your closets this year. Haue A Cobe” The saying. Have a coke , is now popular in a big way. Why? Well let the students from C.H.S. tell you. We have a coke ma- chine. which is enjoyed by everyone from faculty to students. It is talked about by all. and the students would really like to say this much about it. “Thanks a million. We ap- preciate it. Thanhs Ta low Has everyone used the new gate at the foot- ball field? It is a big improvement to the athletic field and we should like to thank Mr. Blight and his agriculture class and farmshop, Mr. Paajanen and his metal shop, and Mr. Johnson and his general shop for their work. Many thanks to the 4-H clubs for the use of the fair grounds for parking space. Questions For Quiz Kids Hey, kids, how bright are you? Can you fill in the following blanks with the proper names? All the names below belong to some teacher’s child. The first person to hand in this short quiz to Miss Wells with the most correct answers, will receive a ticket to the Eaton Theatre. All entries must be given to Miss Wells by Tuesday. October 29. So come on. all you bright people and use your heads. 1. Connie Lou ........................? 2. Floyd .............................? 3. John ..............................? 4. Joan ..............................? 5. Alice .............................? 6. Eva Jeane .........................? 7. Nancy .............................? 8. Ada Jean ..........................? 9. Sam ...............................? 10. Susan .............................? 11. Jim ...............................? 12. Jane ..............................? 13. Earl A.............................? 14. Walter ............................? 15. Bob ...............................? 16. Loring.............................? 17. Dick ..............................? 18. Dean ..............................? 19. David .............................? 20. Earl A.............................? 21. Nancy Annette .....................? 22. Joe................................? 23. Carman ............................? 24. Mary ..............................? 25. Anita .............................? 26. Cynthia ...........................? P. S.—No journalism students may enter this contest. They're not smart enough! Spmni Limit Sing while you drive At 45 miles per hour. “Highways are happy ways. At 55 miles per hour. I'm but a stranger here, Heaven is my home. At 65 miles per hour Nearer My God to Thee. At 75 miles per hour “When the roll is called Up yonder. I'll be there. At 85 miles per hour “Lord. I’m Coming Home. Trucker News. X-Change Exchange papers are being sent to the Orange and Black, from many other schools. Most of the papers are same size as ours, but are set up in different forms, and some are mimeographed. Marshall sends the Dial. The Black and Gold comes from Traverse City. From Pontiac the Tomahawk arrives. Albion sends the Breeze. The Trojan Trumpet is de- livered from East Lansing high school. Starr Commonwealth News comes from that school. The Pleiad comes from Albion College. Central Michigan Life. Mount Pleasant, and the West- ern Herald from Kalamazoo are other papers sent to us. There are several others but we have not received them yet. I Dreamt Miss Wells had a pompadour - - - Don Stewart was at loss for an appropriate remark - - - The Coke stand wusn't filled with empty bottles - - - Joey Tucky was a thin man in a circus - - - 11n h Hirin'lory F.F.A.—President. Hans Langmaack; vice president, Vernon Royston; secretary, Herbert Cherry; treasurer. Carroll Tharp; reporter. Douglas Gam; watchdog, Lewis Kerekes. F. H.A.—President. Nancy Kerekes; vice president, Clela Gould; secretary. Betty White; treasurer. Marilyn Smith. Footlighteers—President, Karl Gearhart, vice president, Maxine Pratt; secretary. Ia u Anne Potter; treasurer. Martha Rochester; program chairman. Phyllis Smallwood. G. A.A. — President. Maxine Pratt; vice president, Shirley Bruce; secretary. Marilyn Smith; treasurer. June Granstrom; managers. Pat Dean and Betty Jo Shoemaker. Glee Club—President. Geraldine Face; sec- retary and treasurer. Joyce Wheaton. Hl-Y—President. Carl Lindblom: vice presi- dent. Bruce Bryan; secretary and treasurer. Bob Casler. Library Clul —President, Barbara Boyd, vice president. Clela Gould; secretary. Beverly Chamberlain; treasurer. Lorraine Crittenden. Y-Teens—President. Mary Mead; vice presi- dent, Mary Ann Lewis; secretary, Martha Rochester; treasurer. Maxine Dillin. Teachers’ Club—President. Miss Elaine Meyer; vice president, Mr. Boris Paajanen; secretary. Miss Margery Smith; treasurer. Mr. Earl Huston. Band Officers—President. Richard Uren; vice president. Mary Mead; secretary. Rita French. Cheerleaders' Club—President. Mary Lou Terwllllger; secretary. Joanne Willard. Student Council Committees — Recreation chairman. Richard Huffman; athletic chairman, Richard Derby; rural student chairman. Robert Debler; stage chairman. Gordon Sparks; pub- licity chairman. Robert Casler; constitution committee. Roy Weaver. Rita French. Assembly Committee — Chairman. Barbara McGrath; 12th. Lou Anne Potter; 11th. Sara Colizzi; 10th. Beverly Greenshields; 9th, Rod- ney Wood; 8th, Margaret Vance; 7th, David Bradley. Nick Names For Joes and Janes Doug-o ...... Smitty ...... Midge ....... Slats ....... Whitey ...... Gerry ....... Dusty ....... Muscle-Bound Douglas Mulholland .....Marilyn Smith ..Mildred Thompson .....Clifford Shults .....Douglas White .....Geraldine Face ..........Dick King ...Irene Livingston Safe Or Sorry On the eve of fire prevention week, a fire caused by defective wiring occurred at the home where Miss Del Favero is staying. Around midnight she thought she heard foot- steps which in reality was the crackling of fire in the wall partitions. Upon investigating, she smelled smoke and called the fire depart- ment. So worried and uncertain, all she could say was. “I don’t want to seem foolish, but I’ve got a house full of smoke.” Afterwards she realized how silly this sounded. The fire department arrived to our faculty member’s relief for she was waiting on needles and pins. People began crowding around the house. Smouldering for two hours in the partitions, the fire produced a great deal of smoke so the whole house has to be redecorated. The stair- case, hall and landing are all that must be rebuilt. They threw open the doors; the smoke poured out and a cat and dog came in to add a peaceful fight under the dining room table to the confusion. No matter how destructive a tire is there are always those little embarassing moments when you feel as Miss Del Favero did. waltz- ing around in her pin curls and biting her fingernails, worrying over all those uninsured clothes that she might lose. We all might better be safe than sorry and observe thi week every year to check defective wiring and other hazards. ORANGE BLACK Orioles Defeat Hastings 25-0 Mohre, Johansen. Radee And Brown Make Touchdowns Playing on their home ground� , ihe Oriole� swamped Hastings by the score of 250 Friday. October IS. There was no scoring done in the first quarter, but the Orioles were deep in the Saxons’ territory most of the time. Toward the end of the second quarter. Hastings fumbled the ball and Charlotte recovered it on the Saxon 30 yard line. A few plays later Bob Mohre rifled a pass to Johansen for Charlotte’s first touch- down. At the end of the half the score was 6 to 0 in favor of Charlotte. Midway in the third quarter Radee took the ball from the 35- yard line for another score. Mohre’s pass to White for the extra point was good, making the score 13 to 0. Things began to happen again in the fourth quarter. Bob Mohre went around left end for another Oriole tally. Mohre converted for the extra point but it was no good. Brown made the last touch down of the game by running wide around left end. making the final score 250 in favor of Charlotte. During the half the Charlotte band and Hastings band played on the field. The score by quarters was as follows: Charlotte .....0 6 7 13—25 Hastings ......0 0 0 0— 0 Jo Jane Murray Johoda. ’39, is in Wichita, Kansas, doing social work. FLASH Stall’s “Mighty Mites’’ won from Hastings 33-7, Monday. October 21. The same night the Oriole Thinclads also won from Hastings 39-16, with Bob Mohre placing first. First National Bank Grand Ledge Comets Bow To Gobelites Orioles won their third straight | football game, beating Grand Ledge 12-0 on Grand Ledge’s own grid- iron. Charlotte scored its first touch down in the second quarter, when Bob Mohre ran seven yards around left end for a touchdown. Bob’s dropkick was blocked by Mason, a guard. In the third quarter Johansen threw a short pass to Doug. White, directly over the center for the second touchdown. The pass for the extra point was incomplete. Line-up for the two teams is as follows: Charlotte Grand Ledge White. D. L.E. Cyphe.- Kardel, P. L.T. Nelson Garvin. C. L.G. Meister Platt, E. C. Holbrook Shults, C. R.G. Catey Derby, D. R.T. Pratt Mason. M. RE. Marble Brown. B. Q-B. Dingier Spagnuolo, S. L.H. Armstrong Mohre. B. R.H. Dick Radee. R. F.B. Sweet Substituting for Charlotte were: Bandfield, Santee. C. Mohre. Fox. Bryan. Adams. Clark. Johansen. Huffman and McDonald. Stall’s Second String Collects Two Victories The second team has played three games, with Dimondale. Springport and Grand Ledge. They played Dimondale on October 4. In the first and second quarter the score was 7 to 6 in favor of Dimon- dale. hut in the third quarter it became 12 to 7 in favor of Char- lotte. In the last quarter it stood 13 to 12 in favor of Dimondale. Zimmerlee made l oth touchdowns by passes from Mathews. In the second game, with Spring- port on October 8. the score was 33 to 0 in favor of the Charlotte team. Dan Brown. Dane. Rulison and Royston made the touchdown . The third game was with Grand Ledge on October 14. and the scoie was 35-0 in favor of Charlotte. Mathews. Zimmerlee and Royston were responsible for the touch- downs. MAIN SWEET SHOP DELICIOUS MALTED MILK BRUNO SPAGNUOLO MEET YOUR FRIENDS And Refresh Yourselves AT Durbins Rexall Drug Store FRED MURRAY ( O. Shoes and Hose are still scarce, but we hope to keep a good supply coming along to meet your needs. Come in and see our Sport Shoes, Ballerinas and Swing Back Heelers. Basketball Shoes are here; anticipate your needs early. Page 3 Charlotte Wins Over Mason On October 4. Charlotte defeat- ed Mason 13-0. Six minutes were left to finish Ihe game. The first three quarter had seen no scoring. Then as the playing time slipped quickly to- ward the end, Douglas White caught a pass from Bob Mohre and Douglas lateraled to Radee, who, in turn, ran to the 12 yard line. Two rushes were made when Spagnuolo. pressing around right end made the first touch down. Bob Mohre intercepted a pass, with Charlotte leading 6-0. and ran to the 30 yard line. Then Bob drop- ped back to his 45 yard line, pass- ed Spagnuolo in the end zone. A drop kick gained the extra point. The line up was as follows: Charlotte Mason Mason, M. L.E. Barr Kardel. P. L.T. White Garvin, C. L.G. Mills Platt. E. C. Ware Shults, C. R.G. Harrison Derby, R. R.T. Culham White. I). R.E. Wheelei Brown. B. Q-B. Pierce Spagnuolo, S. L.H. Stolz Mohre, R. R.H. Johnson Radee. R. F.B. Betcher Future Games Coach Gobel states that the game with Howell, October 25. here and the game with Everett, November 1, on their fields are going to tough. Howell has practically the same team it had last year. They are big and fast and they have Bennett, who is an excellent passer. With this veteran team it is believed that the Orioles will have their hands full. W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts Fall Lines on Display Buy On Our Lay Away Plan Thinclads Win Again Thinclads defeated Hastings in a cross country meet on Monday October 7. with a score of 19-36. Bob Mohre again came in first, and it seems that Boh is unbeatable in high school competition. His time was 11:40:0. The placings were as follows: Bob Mohre. 1st; Cunningham. Hast- ings. 2nd; Eric Furu. 3rd; Gerry Starr. 4th; Don Furu. 5th; Ray- mond Radee, 6th; Hastings won 7th. 8th, 9th. and 10th places. Monday night. October 14. the thinclads came through again, win- ning over the Everett Vikings with a score of 16-39. The placings were as follows: first. Bob Mohre; second. Eric Furu; third. Gerry Starr: fourth. Don Furu: fifth. Ossenger. Everett, sixth, Don Johansen. The last four places were won by Everett. G. A. A. Board Meets On October 15 the Girls’ Athletic Association held a board meeting to discuss plans for the year. Ac- tivities such as basketball, bowl- ing, and volley ball, seemed to be the favorites. The girls have also decided on going roller-skating or swimming. Officers were chosen as follows: Maxine Pratt, president; Shirley Bruce, vice president; Marilyn Smith, secretary; and June Gran- strom. treasurer. The intramural managers are Pat Dean and Betty Jo Shoemaker. 11 Alt LOTT : IIO.Mi: IIAIIIV Schwegler’s Ice Cream and Luncheon Murl and Irene's Sundaes 12c Groceries - Meats - Coffee Shop PaiNTIMC (DcGrath-Defoe Co. Publishers of the CHARLOTTE REPUBLICAN-TRIBUNE Page 4______________________________________ORANGE A BLACK F.H.A. Launches Second Year of Homemaking The Future Homemakers of America, a new club, is starting its second year of club work. It is for home economics girls, or girls interested in having a better home to live in. This year there are about sixty members. The motto of the FHA is, To- ward new horizons. The colori are red and white and the flower is the red rose. At the first meeting of the year, which was held October 3, a pro- gram chairman and a membership chairman were chosen. The pro- gram chairman and her committee are Connie Alfonso. Betty Jo Shu- maker. Diane Martens and Gerry Face. The duties of these girls are to plan a program for the rest of the year, such as, dances, hay- rides and parties. The member- ship chairman is Frances Gould. Her job is to keep track of the membership. All of the members, with the help of Miss Taffee, their adviser, are planning for a big year. Howell Band to Entertain Tomorrow night Charlotte high school will welcome the Howell high school band. Howell has two bands. One con- sisting only of girls and the other only of boys. There are 93 mem- bers in both bands combined. Mr. Keene O. Stollsteimer is the direc- tor of these bands. The bands will be here for the flag raising ceremony and will pre- sent a performance during the half. JUNIOR MAGAZINE SALES FINISH; TOTAL $1,808 (Continued from page 1) the Crowell company presented $5 to the high salesman and treated the leading advisory group to ice cream. The average sales per student was $18. Edith Ricker, '45. is attending Western Michigan College in Kala- mazoo. Trudy Hall Juniors Smartly Styled For the High School Miss The Richey Co. Ells and Langmaack Attend Convention Two members of the Charlotte FFA left Sunday for Kansas City. Missouri, where they will attend the National FFA Convention. There may be two representatives there from every chapter in the United States and two from Hawaii. The representatives from here are Hans Langmaack and Maynard E.ls. ORIOLE BAND ATTENDS HIGH SCHOOL BAND DAY (Continued from page 1) Each band went through its formations to warm up, starting at 10:30. Then the bands were group- ed together and rehearsed the two numbers they were to play as a mass group before the game. There w'ere 387 musicians in this group. Lunch was served in the Union Cafeteria at 11:45. Charlotte, Cold- water, Three Rivers. Paw Paw. and Three Oaks were to present their formations beginning at 12:45. However, because of rain. Char- lotte was unable to present its part. For the same reason, the mass band had to be called off. Although there was heavy rain and snow', the weather cleared enough by the half to enable Grand Haven and Kalamazoo Central to perform their formations as origi- nally planned. It was decided to have Char- lotte’s formations and the mass band after the game, but the weather turned bad again and the plans had to be dropped. Dr. Edward Cheney. ’35, w'as on a transcribed radio program Octo- ber third. The talk on “Factors Which Influence The Face. was on a program originating at the U. of M.. where Dr. Cheney is an instructor in the dental school. “New Things First WASHING LUBRICATION ATLAS TIRES BATTERIES BAUM’S STANDARD SERVICE Lawrence Ave. and Oliver St. Phone 9177 Ear Testing Program The Michigan Hearing Conserva- tion Service is available to com- munities throughout the state. On Oct. 21 to 23 hearing tests were given from the fourth grade through the twelfth grade. This program is to find the pupils who are hard of hearing. Science has learned that deafness can be pre- vented by prompt medical atten- tion. if it is caught in the early stages. Figures show that 75% of the people with hearing losses who re- ceived medical attention had then- hearing improved or restored to normal. Music Professor Here Professor Romeo Tata, of the music department. Michigan State College, will present an assembly October 28. Professor Tata, who is head of the string department, will give a demonstration of stringed instru- ments and play several violin selec- tions. Alumni Barbara Bradley, '45. and Donald Grier. '42, were married Oct. 5, at the St. John’s Episcopal church. Dorene Wright, '45, was married Sunday. October 3. Ronald Brown. '46. U.S.M.C.; is on his way to China. Harold Marsh, U.S.M.C.; is on his way to Pearl Harbor. These boys were on the Orange and Black staff last year. Tin Ware Knives Kutsche’S Glassware Chimes COMPLIMENTS OF Behrens and Rowe Student Council Reports On October 2. the Student Coun- cil held the second regular meet- ing. Bob Brown reported that the minute books had been purchase 1 and given to the clubs as the coun- cil planned. These books are to cost the clubs 75c each and must be turned in to Principal Muma at the end of every year. Mayor Albert Foster called for a vote on dates for sponsored dances after the games. The coun- cil proceeded to vote upon the dates Richard Huffman, recreation committee chairman, had request- ed for the various clubs and class- es. Having decided that the school had no further use for the old juke- box. the council gave it to Richard Bilbie, who has been very co- operative in all enterprises with the school. YOUNG’S JEWELRY HAROLD E. SMITH ALWAYS FIRST. . . Style and Quality T C p Cl I q E. S jor fKc entire 114 S. COCHRAN ST. CHARLOTTE. MICH. Germain SHELL Service for MOTOR TUNE UP BATTERIES - TIRES - TUBES ACCESSORIES - ALMOST EVERYTHING SEE •OLD DOC ORANGE BLACK “THE CHARHIAN” VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE. MICHIGAN. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1946 BEAT EATON RAPIDS ISSUE 3 JuniorClass to Present Play “Old Doc” to He Presented In Auditorium Tomorrow Night at 8:15 •Old Doc” is the title of the jun- ior play to be given tomorrow night, at 8:15 in the auditorium under the direction of Miss Kath- ryn Wesche, dramatic arts teacher. Admission will be fifty cents for adults. The grade children will at tend an afternoon performance. The play, a comedy drama in three acts, concerns Doc Hillary. (Old Doc), and the lives and loves of the people of Mason county. You'll laugh over I a Brown, played by Clilford Shults. and cry over Doc Hillary, played by Peter Kar- del You will be caught in mom- ents of rollicking gladness and touching sadness. Dick Burns. (Carroll Tharp) and Janet Martin (Mildred Thompson) are always interrupted in their love making. Margaret Burns, played by Phyllis Smallwood, finally sets Young Doc . (Milford Mason) in the way he should go. The cast is made up of fifteen characters, each outstanding in his own way. Old Doc is thrilling and sensational and glitters with all the humor of a good comedy. Men Teachers Organize For Better Understanding So that they may become better acquainted with each other, the men teachers have formed an or- ganization in which they may find social entertainment at various times. With Mr. Amaden as a so-called program director, a plan has been divised so that, generally about once a month, a meeting, together with a dinner will be sponsored by arious of the fourteen teachers. On special occasions, they hope to go out for dinner and at times do tome bowling and engage in other such activities. The group has no officers, rules or regulations but looks forward to some happy times. The next get together will Ik at the home of Mr. Dykhouse with Mr. Mead and Mr. Lykhouse as hosts. Hearing Test Results Results of the hearing tests as compiled from the offices of Prin- cipal Clark Muma. are favorable. Eight-hundred-forty-two students, isnging from the fourth through the twelfth grades, have taken this screening test sponsored by the State Health Department in co- operation with Eaton County Health Department. Of the number tested, sixty show- ed evidence of defective hearing. These sixty will be re-examined November 20 for a more accurate test. 1 t row—J. Willard, R. Norlander. D. Moore, M. Terwilliger, C. Sutherland. M. Thompson, J. Davids. 2nd row—H. Packard. M. Mason. P. Kardel, C. Shults, M. McNamara, P. Smallwood. Back row—I. Tharp. J. Richatdson; hidden, Miss K. Wesche. To Be or Not to Be? 1st row—D. Adams. D. White. E. Clark, D. Rosenbrook, D. Johansen, R. Huffman, B. Mohre, B. Brown. S. Shults. V. Royston, Mgr. J. Gammage. 2nd row—M. Mason. P. Kardel. B. Bryan. C. Shults. A. Fox. A. MacDon- ald. R. Bandfleld. R. Radee. D. Derby. S. Spagnuoio, C. Mohre. E. Platt, C. Friar. 3rd row—R. Babcock. J. Clark. R. Dane. D. Johnson. E. Loveland. V. Mead. D. Brown. C. Mathews. S. Colizzi, H. Wright. J. Taylor. D. Mayhew, B. French. H. Packard. Asst. Coach O. Stall. Coach M. Gobel. 4th row--J. Norris. C. Dornan. G. Kardel. D. Shultz. B. Cooper. H. Har- rington. J. Briggs. J. Tuckey. J. Loughan. D. Dickinson. R. Smith. E. Pitcher. D Furu. G. Starr. E. Furu. D. Barnard. Back row—C. Rulison, J. Cranson, G. Sparks. Asst. Coach B. Paajanen. J. Jordan. D. McKay. N. Zimmerlee. Rivals to Meet For Brown Jug Battle Nov. II Season to End with Game On Local Field at 2:30; Bands to Play Armistice Day’s game between the Orioles and their old rivals, the Eaton Rapids Islanders will decide whether or not Charlotte is to be the champ of the Capitol Circuit League, and who is to have the honor of keeping the 'Lil Brown Jug for the coming year. During the past eighteen years Charlotte has won nine games, lost 8. and tied 1. There is a difference of only 10 points in both teams’ total scores over this period of time. The scores for the last five years are as follows: Orioles Islanders 1941 .......... 7 7 1942 ..........13 0 1943 ............ 7 13 1944 .12 0 1945 ..........32 0 So far his year Eaton Rapids has won two games, and lost 5. At the present time Charlotte has won 5 games, tied 1, and lost 1. The probable starting line up for he game is: Ea:on Rapids Charlotte . ederberger H. LE D. White Bloome H LT P. Kardel Wickman J. LG Shults or Garvin Alleo J. C E. Plan Sherman H. Hawkins or RG Fox or Adams Corbin Gruber or RT R. Derby Morrow RE Mason or Bryan Sherman B. RH B. Mohre Hamman H. FB R. Radee Krumm or Wolf QB B. Brown Hidenfelter H. LH Spagnuoio or Clark Football-Band Banquet To Be Held Nov. 19 Marching Band Festival Held Here November 6 Michigan School Band and Orch- estra Association held a marching festival at the football field last night at 7:30 p. m. Ten bands participated in the colorful event: they were from the following places: Leslie. Napoleon. Charlotte. Blissfield. Brooklyn. St. Johns. Tecumseh. Lansing. Holt and Mason. Each band had a maximum of ten minutes to per- form in any manner it chose. Proceeds from the evenings en- tertainment were divided among the respective bands according to the number of members in the band and the number of miles tra- veled. Calendar November 8—Junior Play as- sembly. November 8 Junior Play 8:15 p. m. (Good luck to Old Doc ) November 11—American Legion assembly. November 11 — Eaton Rapids game here. (Let’s keep the little brown jug.) November 12 — Lyceum assem- bly. (I earn about science.) I November 12 — Second team game with Eaton Rapids, here. November 19 — Football-Band Banquet. November 21—Orange Black. (More journalism worries.) Henry Howe to be Speaker; Music from Michigan State With football season at its end. the annual football-band banquet will be held Tuesday. November 19 at 7:00 p. m. The banquet, a com- munity project sponsored by the Rotary Club, and held In the high school gymnasium, is given in hon- or of the football team members, who are under Coaches Malcolm Gobel and Dallas Stall, and the members of the band under the direction of Robert Powell. The public is cordially invited. Supervision of the dinner is led by Miss Kathryn Taffee with Mrs. Kate Dell assisting. Preparations are being made for 400 guests. Mr. Clark Muma is secretary of (Continued on page 4) Page 2 ORANGE 6. BLACK (Member 4SSOO ORANGE BLACK Est 1921) Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 STAFF Publisher Managing Editor Editor-in-Chief Sports Editor Alumni Editor Exchange Editor Business Manager Advertising Manager... Assistant Circulation Manager... Adviser Joan Easley Reporters Rosemarv Beals. Floral Bergman, Frederick Diamond. Maxine Diliin. Nancy Kerckes. Mary Jean Krusell. Irene Livingston. Joyce Miller. Bethel Parker. Maxine Pratt, Peggy Reed. Martha Rochester. Donna Scovill, Robert W’hite, Jacquelyn Yund. Cheers For... Mr. Johnson and the shop classes who made the yard line markers and the ticket booth at the field. Coach Gobel and the team for winning the games. The Cross Country boys for their good record. Mr. Powell and the band for their perform- ances at the games, both at home and out of town. Margaret McNamara who won the theatre ticket for having the first correct “Quiz Kid” answers. Burr Murdick who has certainly been faith- ful to the band at their noon day practices. Thanks! ilazzbvrriVH To... Poor sports at the games. Band members who miss the bus at noon. People who sit and talk during assemblies. I wish I was a wittle egg Away up in a twee I wish I was a wittle egg As wotten as could be. And when some guy that I dislike Would pass beneath my twee I’d take my wittle wotten self And dwop myself on he. Lest We Forget” Our memory has often been defined as the thing we forget with. It has been a long time since the end of the war. Already we are forgetting the devotion of those boys who gave the supreme sacrifice. We remember it as we look at plaques and memorials to those honored dead, but are we really living for the thing they died for? Do we students take a less selfish attitude toward other people? The war came about as a result of selfishness of men and nations. Do we take more interest in our government, school life, home life, church, and our Ameri- can institutions? If we will take inventory of our lives and determine to show appreciation of the ideals of our country by living lives of unselfishness, we shall make a much happier school, com- munity. and world. Let us pledge that we will not forget the high principles that those students, who left Charlotte high school never to return again, died to preserve for us. Hvlpliivlpl Sometimes students return to their lockers to find something of value missing. So they run up to Mr. Muma's office to report it. When asked if their lockers were locked, they stam- mer Uh. Uh. No.” Naturally nothing can be done about it. The locks are provided for protection of property and to remove temptation. Let's lock them, and help everyone to be good. Going Hunting Teachers' Tags Have you ever wondered if the teachers had nicknames when they were in school? We asked some of the teachers and this is what we discovered: Mr. Amaden - - - “Ace” Mr. Stall - - “Single Barrel Miss Holmes - - - “Dode” Mrs. Kiplinger - - “Curly” Mr. Powell .... “Pete Miss Wells .... “Win” Gleefully do I look back on boys I have liked in a certain way. And what I ever saw in them is more than I can say. —By Vivian Sloan Dick Tracy Lil’ Orphan Annie Smiling Jack Joe Palooka Donald Duck Dag wood Brenda Starr Andy Gump Boots Wonder Woman Jungle Jim Katzenjammer Kids - Alley Oop Superman Minnie Mouse Right Around Home - Little Herby Me Too Lyle Sumerix Pat Dean Bob Casler Don Stewart Sam Colizzi Hale Harrington Barbara McKeag Joe Depue Frances Gould Marilyn Hetherington Dan Dickinson Sam and Bob Baiulfield Doug Mulholland Billy McKeag Mabel Robins Journalism Room Milford Mason Lloyd Braithwaite See Ya in the Funnies One fine winter morning I got out of bed and looked out the window. I thought it would be a nice morning to go hunting, so I got dressed, ate my breakfast, and went to the pantry to get my 20 gauge shotgun and some shells. After I had everything ready I started out. The first place I started for was the neigh- bor’s woods. When I got into the woods the first thing I saw was a little fox squirrel, but he was too far away to shoot. He would have been too small anyway. I kept on going until I came to an icy pond, so I had to cut around it. I then crossed a wide road that led into a large field along the fence. There were some trees and bushes and in between the trees I could see a large cock pheasant. I guess 1 saw him at the same time he saw me. because he hurried out of the trees so he could fly. I raised the gun. pulled the safety According to the latest survey among the girls, this is what the ideal boy should possess. 1. Have a car. 2. Be pleasant. 3. Have a car. 4. Be congenial. 5. Have a car. 6. Be a good listener. 7. Have a car. Numbers 2. 4. and 6 may be omitted if the car has a radio. catch, and was all ready to fire when I just happened to think that the pheasant season was over. This essay, written by Rex DeBar, was chosen by Mr. Amaden as the best essay written In his 7(1) English class. Barnum said there is a fool born every min- ute. But it takes a girl to prove it. The Vacuum Cleaner (We sweep up all the dirt) Have you noticed the patch over Buster Mead's eye? Which one did it. Buster? It seems the camera broke right after Louis Langford had his picture taken. How about It. Louis? What's this song that Bernita Martin and Ada Jean Muina sing about Ooga. Ooga Chattanooga ? I wonder why Susie Peck enjoyed the hay- ride, a couple of weeks ago. Who is he. Susie? Pooie’s heart always beats harder in sixth hour study hall. Could it be because of Carl? Have you noticed the new desk in Mr. Muma's office? Gertie inherited his old one. David Bradley tells Mrs. Taylor it's hard to write with the left hand. How about it, left- handers? What couple occupy the farthest table in library first hour? Could It be love? Are Joyce Walker and Gordon Johnson going together or aren’t they? Does Judson go with Peggy or Phyllis? We'd like to know. Have you ever noticed how cute Shirley Hicks is? How many of you sophomore girls have ever noticed how handsome Gayland Williamson is? After practice the football boys seem to have an appetite when they stop at Durbin’s. Watch them some time. Marion Wood can't make up her mind. Will it be Bob or Joe? When Mickey and Hans were asked if they had fun at the National Convention, they said O boy”. 1 took her to a night-club; I took her to a show; I took her almost everywhere A boy and girl could go. I took her to a swell dance; I took her out to a tea. When all my dough was gone. I saw She had been taking me! Ain’t It the Truth? They find fault with the editor; They say she should be shot. The paper is as peppy As a cemetery lot. The staff shows faulty management. The jokes they say are stale. The upper-classmen hollering The lower-classmen wail. But when the paper’s issued (We can say it with a smile) If someone doesn't get one You can hear him yell a mile. —Starr Commonwealth News. Bob Nevins (4th hour study hall)— You woke me out of sound sleep. Miss Del Favero— I had to! The sound was too loud. Do Ya Know ’Em? 1. Popular sophomore boy—tall, light brown hair, lives west of town, stops for Ethel Mae. seen with Dickinson. 2. New senior boy—came here from Indiana, seen with Billy Joe Day. drives red truck, light brown hair, quiet, seen at Mason game with Beverly. 3. Eighth grade girl—popular, tiny, short curly hair, seen with Donna Aid. 4. Junior boy—football squad. Old Doc”, tall, younger brothers, Joyce. 5. New sophomore girl—blond. Albion, cute, seen with Gaylord. 6. Senior girl—black hair. B theatre, heart interest In college, popular. 7. Blond junior boy—wears orange sweater, football squad, heart interest in Vermontville. Sam Schultz— I heard that Coach called you a blockhead.” Derby—“No. he didn't make it that strong. Schultz— What did he actually say? Derby—“Put on your helmet, here comes a woodpecker. ORANGE BLACK Page 3 Charlotteand Everett Play To 0 to 0 Tie Orioles One Game Away From Being Capital Circuit Champs Playing on Everett’s field In a continuous rain, the Orioles tied the Vikings 0 toO Friday. Novem- ber 1 it� an afternoon game. This game could be the deciding factor on who Is to be Capital Circuit Champions. This was Ev- erett’s last conference game while Charlotte has one game left to play Both teams gained very little yardage because of the slippery field. The game started with Everett kicking to Charlotte. After the Oiiolea lost possession of the ball, the Vikings took the ball and fum- bled it with Charlotte recovering it on the Viking's 40 yard line. The Orioles were not able to make any ground so they punted. In the second and third quarters, neither team was able to break through the opposite’s defense. Toward the end of the fourth quarter. Everett had the trail on Charlotte’s 5 yard line but was un able to score. Bob Mohre punted and the Vikings returned it to the 15 yard line. With only one min- ute left to play in the game. Ever- ett took to passing. The first pass slipped off the end of the pass re- ceiver's fingers on the goal line. The next pass was intercepted by Dick Derby who took the ball to the 50 yard line where he was brought down. One play later the game ended with the score tied up 0 to 0. ’’Ike’’ Frace. ’40. is attending a Latin-American Diplomatic School in Chicago. Orioles Win Over Howell Mohre and Radee Make Touchdown to Win Fifth Game On the Charlotte gridiron Octo- ber 25. the Gobelites marked up mother Capitol Circuit victory by defeating Howell 13 to 7. This brings the Gobelites one game closer to the championship. Charlotte kicked off to Howell. In the first few minutes Howell fumbled the hall and Charlotte re- covered. Then the hall was fumbl- ed by Charlotte, but later in the first quarter Bob Mohre went over the goal for the Oriole’s first touch- down. Bob's pass to Doug White was completed making the score 7 to 0. Midway In the second quarter G. Bennett of Howell threw a pass to Cook in the end zone. Howell’s place kick was good, making the score 7 to 7. In the third quarter no scoring was done. Radee. running from Howell’s three yard line, scored the Cotelite’s second touchdown in the fourth quarter. Mohre’s pass to Mason was incomplete. The game ended with the score Ray Mohre. ’45, is stationed in Panama. Second Team Wins, Loses Charlotte's second team played Hastings reserves October 21 and � eat them by the score of 35 to 7. The second team next journeyed to Marshall. October 30 to play. Mathews made Charlotte's only touchdown In the third quarter. The score at the end of the game was 14 to 6 in favor of Marshall. The score by quarters was: Charlotte Marshall 0 14 0 6 0—6 0 0 0—14 13 to 7 in Charlotte's favor. The lineup was as follows: White. D. le Stringer Kardel. P. LT Keesler Shults, C. LG Kendall Platt. E. C Fellows Adams. D. RG Silver Derby. D. RT Morgan Bryan. B. RE Cook Mohre, R. QB Schultheis Clark. E. LH Bennett. G. Brown. B. RH Myers Radee. R. FB McMacken Substitutions for Charlotte were Johansen. Huffman. Mason. Fox. C. Mohre and Spagnuolo. For Howell Bennett. E. Perkins. Ken- ntdy. Deaner. Carl and Schauer. Thinclads Place Fourth In State Track Meet Six Oriole Thinclads journeyed to Ypsilanti for the annual State Cross Country meet. October 26. The run was held on the Michigan Normal College course. Out of a field of eighty-nine runners, repre- senting twelve schools, the Char lotte team placed fourth in the ranks of schools. Ypsilanti Central won the meet with a total of 62 points; Charlotte’s total points were 85. A Fremont man placed first with a winning time of 11:34. Placings for the Charlotte men were as follows. R. Mohre, 6th; E. Furu. 12th; G. Starr, 13th; I). Johansen. 20th; D. Furu. 34th; R. Radee, 41st. Max King. ’44. who has been serving in the army overseas has received his discharge. Tin Ware Knives Kutsche’S Glassware Chimes Eaton County Savings Bank {j woldli “New Things First” 1 ungor Hardware t o. HARDWARE JOHN DEERE IMPLEMENTS PLUMBING SUPPLIES DUPONT PAINT ALWAYS FIRST... Style and Quality jor tke entire |omil McGrath-Defoe Co. Publishers of the CHARLOTTE REPUBLICAN-TRIBUNE Pauline's Beauty Salon QUALITY PERMANENTS $6.50 and up Pauline and Edna Phone I 300 114 S. COCHRAN ST. CHARLOTTE. MICH. AKOM PEP SHIRTS Bantam Weight in several colors $2.25 Other Sweat Shirts $1.40 GIRLS ALL WOOL SWEATERS $3.98 Others to $7.95 THE VA UGHN CO. “Where Quality Costs Less” ORANGE BLACK Page 4 Ells and Langmaack Go to Missouri Maynard Ells and Hpns Lang- maack were the delegates sent from Charlotte to the F.F.A. Na- tional Convention in Kansas City. Mo. The trip l egan at 11:00 a. m., Sunday. October 20. and the des- tination was reached on Monday at 8:00 a. m. There were 216 delegates from Michigan. Every state in the union was represented as well as Puerto Rico and Ha- waii. The delegates numbered 15.000 altogether. Maynard and Hans saw' many well known people such as Mickey Rooney. Edgar Bergman and Char- lie McCarthy. Mortimer Snerd, and many other movie stars. Five farmers from Michigan were awarded the highest honor poss- ible. that of the American Farmer. A tour through the Swift Pack- ing Company was conducted for the dele- gates. The l est stock show in the world, known as the Ameri- can Royal, was attend- ed. The Pennsylvania and Utah F.F.A. state bands enter- tained the boys along with the Mississippi string band. The well known radio program Vox Pop broadcast a program for the boys. Many items of business were discussed and new national officers were elected for next year. President Truman had planned to come, but conferences would not permit his leaving the White House. Maynard and Hans returned Fri- day night in time to see the Howell ,.nd Charlotte football game. Langmaack Mary Sanders '46 and Vern Gres- so '45 are engaged. Mary is attend- ing Wayne University and Vern is serving in the Navy. Club Notes The F.F.A. held a magazine sell- ing contest in October. One side consisted of the ninth and tenth grade Ag. boys, while the eleventh and twelfth graders formed the other side. The 9th and 10th grade sold the most subscriptions for the American Poultry Journal, so they will be guests at a party given by the losing team. The party will be held November 18 at school. An initiation of seventeen green hands and one chapter farmer will take place the same evening. Again this year the F.F.A. will be going to Chicago, from Novem- ber 30 to December 3. Some of the places they plan to go to are the Livestock Show, the Swift Stock- yards, the Armour Packing Com- pany. the Board of Trade Building and a radio broadcast. The Library Club had a party. October 29. at Mrs. lauch's farm near Vermontville. They had re- freshments w'hich included cider and doughnuts. Games w ere in charge of Clela Gould and Barbara Boyd. Mrs. Iauch. Mrs. Kiplinger and Mrs. Gould were sponsors of the party. At a Rotarian Banquet, Tuesday. October 29, eight Hi-Y boys served. The Hi-Y is planning for future hayrides and dances. Answers to Do You Know ’Em 1. Roger Smith 2. Ken Anderson 3. Jean Briggs 4. Peter Kardel 5. Joyce Miller 6. Irene Clark 7. Art Fox BUY JEWELRY and GIFTS On Our Lay-Away Plan for Christmas W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts LET ’ER RAIN - LET ’ER SNOW But BE PREPARED WITH RUBBER FOOTWEAR Girls' Military, Spectator, and Television Boots, Stadium Boots and Snap Arctics Boys’ and Men’s Four and Five Buckle Arctics FREI) MURRAY CO. MEET YOUR FRIENDS And Refresh Yourselues AT Durbin’s Rexall Drug Store Germain SHELL Service for MOTOR TUNE UP BATTERIES - TIRES - TUBES ACCESSORIES - ALMOST EVERYTHING Eighth Grade Students Visit Charlotte Industries The eighth grade has been study- ing the industries of Charlotte. The class divided up into eight committees and these committees went to the factories and went through them. Reports were given to the class about what they saw. The group that went to Wilcox- Gay made a recording which they played for the class as part of their report. The elevator, box factory, aii port, fire department, kraut fac- tory. Wilcox-Gay. printing office and chair factory are the industries visited. FOOTBALL-BAND BANQUET TO BE HELD NOV. 19 (Continued from page 1) he airangements committee, Jay Dykhouse is in charge of the pro- gram. Harold Smith heads the foods committee, and Malcolm Go- bel has charge of ticket sales, which will be available in the high school office at the price of $1.00 each. Henry Howe, a coach from Alma College, is to be the principal speaker. Judge Ion McLaughlin will preside as toastmaster; Rev. Russell McConnell will give the invocation; Clyde Fulton and Pauline Shaull will be in charge of community singing, with Jacque Bullen Walton, mezzo soprano; Clarence Grimm, violinist; and Mary Goodell, accompanist; stu- dents of Michigan State College, also offering musical entertain- ment. New Sweaters Button Cardigans 5.95 and $6.95 NEW SKIRTS with Wide Belts at $5.30 each Fred A. Richey Co. Paul Sweaney Speaks At F.F.A. Conference A leadership training conference for the F.F.A. boys of the county was held at the Olivet high school. October 29. The purpose was to have installation of officers, initi ate new memlters. and plan a pro gram for the year. Meetings were held for different officers and each boy attended one. Also eight different commit tees were called to plan a program of work for the year. After having dinner in the high school cafeteria. Mr. Paul Sweaney from M. S. C. gave a talk on how the boys could improve their program of work. Parent-Teacher Night Held By Junior High Wednesday night. October 23 from 7:00 until 8:30. the junior high school held Parent-Teacher night. There were fifty fathers and mothers who attended. Joyce Hughes and Margaret Vance di- rected the guests to the different rooms. From 8:30 until 9:00 they served cider and doughnuts. Hot or Cold Fudge Sundae MAIN SWEET SHOP BRUNO SPAGNUOLO niAit lotti: HOME DAI It Y Schwegler’s Ice Cream and Luncheon GOOD FOOD JAY SANDWICH SHOP CHARLOTTE MICH. EARL J. LAVENGOOD Proprietor DON’T EAT TOO MUCH ORANGE BLACK BEAT HASTINGS •THE CHARHIAN VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE. MICHIGAN. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1946 ISSUE 4 Junior Play Draws Large Audience Three Act Play Staged in Auditor- ium Big Success Wonderful , ••Sensational”, were umiii ' of the remarks made by the large audience attending the an- nual junior play, under the direc- tion of Miss Kathryn Wesche. Fri- day evening. November 8. This was a Jean Lee Latham play, entitled Old Doc”. Peter Kardel portrayed his part perfectly making you laugh and cry Ma. a lovable old lady, play- ed by Dorothy Moore, stole every one's heart. Clifford Shults play- ed the part of Pa very well. Carroll Tharp and Mildred Thompson play- ed teenage parts expertly. Mary Lou Terwilllger, as a snooty socle.y girl, did a fine job. Margaret Mc- Namara. Charlotte Sutherland and Rae Norlander played parts of old- er women very well. Phyllis Small- wood in the part of a nurse, gave a very convincing and pleasing performance. The play was carried over very well to an appreciative audience and brought forth many laughs. The hard work of the production staff is to l e commended also. Do- ing a very capable job as chairman of their committees were: stage sating. Duane Shultz; properties. Dick Hutchison and June Parsons; costumes. Doreen Hill; make-up. Peggy Skelley; publicity. David Fullerton: finance. Sammy Colizzi; prompters. Mary Lou Simons and Geraldine Face. Mi88 Wesche received a pen and pencil set from the junior class and a bouquet of roses from the cast as an expression of their gratitude to her for her excellent directing. There was a large attendance at Loth matinee and evening perform- ances. The matinee was attended by the grade school children and junior high only. Shoes Off for Y-Teens In Annual Turkey Trot The annual Turkey Trot will be sponsored by the Y-Teens. Novem- ber 27. It will be held in the new gym and dancing will be done In stocking feet. Music will be fur- nished by the St. Johns orchestra. Committees for the dance are chairman. Mary Ann Lewis, co- chairman. Maxine Pratt; refresh- ments. Lou Anne Potter, chairman. Maxine Dillin and Elsie Shamp; decorations. Mary Lou Simons, chairman. Alida VanDorpe, Irene Livingston. Barbara Nisse; adver- tising. Jackie Yund. chairman. Donna Scovill; tickets. Joanne Wil- lard. chairman. Mary Green, Betty Kodeman; orchestra. Mary Lou Terwilllger. chairman. Checking Up Phyllis Wietzke. 45, and Eldon Dymond 42. will be married No vember 20. Joan Barnes. '44. and Bill Band- field are engaged. Joan is em- ployed at the Bell Telephone and BUI is an ex-serviceman. Local School Nightingals Top row: Phyllis Reed. Bernice Mull, Caryl Widrig, Martha Rochester. Joyce Wheaton. Joan Schwegler, Barbara Nisse, Joyce Walter. Geraldine Face. Second row: Miss Meyer. Sally Conner. Mildred Ripley. Joan Wenzel. Phyllis Clapper, Doreen Hill, Alida VanDorpe, Phyllis Smallwood. Elaine Wythe. Third row: Jean Hillis. Margaret McNamara, Mary Idle. Donna Lou Living- ston, Mary Jane Green, Joyce Ackley. Ella Beth McClintock, Arlene Kipp. Calendar Nov. 21—F.H.A. Meeting. Nov. 22—Seniors Sponsor Dance. Nov. 26—Footlighteer Meeting. Ncv. 26—F.F.A. Meeting. Nov. 26— Hi-V Meeting. Nov. 27 — Thanksgiving Assem- bly. Nov. 27—Turkey Trot. Nov.28-29—Out for Thanksgiv- ing. (Um. that food!) Dec. 3—Lyceum Assembly. (It's about music this time.) Dec. 3—Hi-Y Meeting. Dec. 4—Y-Teens Meeting. Dec.5—Report Cards. (Oh. my aching hack?) Dec. 6—Hastings game, there. (Come. team, let’s start the season off right!) Dec. 10—Footlighteer Meeting. Dec. 10 Hi-Y Meeting. Dec. 11 Boy Scout Rally. Dec. 12—Grade Musical. Dec. 12—Orange Black. (Oh. boy. more dirt coinin' your way!) Hi-Y Convention to Be Held in Detroit This year the Hi-Y conference will he held on November 29 and 30 in Detroit. The place is the Cen- tral Methodist church on Woodward Avenue, the largest church in Mich- igan. Bruce Bryan and Richard Hutch- ison have been chosen as delegates from the Charlotte Hl-Y with Mr. Boris Paajanen as accompanying adviser. There will he several speeches on youth problems. Some of the prin- cipal speakers will he Wilbur M. Brucker. former governor of Mich- igan; Dwight Rich, superintendent of Lansing public schools: Rever- end Dale E. Turner of Grand Rap- ids; and Dr. Bernard C. Clousen of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, who is an out-of-state speaker. Dr. Clousen has written several books, and is a well-known radio speaker. Pat McLane. 46. U. S. N. is sta- tioned in Cuba. Annual C.H.S. Banquet Held Tuesday Night Oriole Football Squad and Band Were Honored Guests In honor of the football and band members, the annual football and hand banquet was held In the high school gymnasium. Tuesday night at 7:00 p. m. Toastmaster for the evening was Judge Ion McLaughlin. '21 who made comments on the efforts of the Rotary, football team, band and to those who helped in making the banquet a success. Community singing was led by Clyde Fulton. The cheerleaders were called upon to lead the group In singing the school song. A violin solo and a vocal solo were presented by two M.S.C. stu- dents. who were accompanied by Mary Goodell. also from M.S.C. The football squad and the band were introduced by Coach Gobel and Director Poivell. They ex- pressed their thanks to the groups and individuals who helped in mak- ing the football season a success. Speaker for the evening was Henry Howe, teacher from Alma college, who spoke on Community Spirit. Grimm s Fairy Tales French Style Miss DelFavero's French class has gone all out for French. Fairy tales have been given in French as well as a recipe for chocolate cake. Can you imagine listening to Star- dust or Deep Purple” rolling out of some ! eautiful bass voice to the sound of French accents? Well, it's true. The French class consisting of seven students has been speak- ing entirely in French. The French language is a good basic language. Who knows, may- be one of the students will turn out to be an ambassador to France or some important foreign official. Well, maybe not. But it sounds good anyway? Glee Club Has New Officials Public Appearances Scheduled Double Quartette Started; New Merit System Several new offices have been es- tablished in the glee club this year. Members of the club are now try- ing out for a double quartette which will be a small division of the entire group. Margaret McNamara and Donna Lou Livingston are the librarians. Joan Wenzel. Rebecca Hurlbut and Mildred Ripley will take care of the robes when they are In use. Doreen Hill takes roll and places it in the bandroom door for a merit duty. An announcer is ap- pointed when the glee club makes a special appearance. Everyone of these girls receives merits for her services. The accompanists and general officers receive special merit and everybody in the group is awarded merits for any appear- ance with the club, for solo w'ork, for duet, trio, quartette or sextette appearances. The merit credits are as follows: pianist. 150; presi- dent. 100; secretary-treasurer, 150; librarian. 150; attendance record. 75; announcing, 25; robe keepers. 25; solo work is 50 merits; appear- ing in a group, duet. trio, quartette or sextette gives 35 merits. Ap- pearance with club earns 25, gener- al appearance, 10. Demerits are chewing gum. 25. dressing out of general uniform style. 10. late for performance. 10; and unexcused absence, 25. At the Grammar P.T.A. October 16. the glee club made its first pub- lic appearance. They sang three selections: A Brazilian Slumber Song by Mignone; Sylvia , an ar- rangement by Speaks and Allak's Holiday , a light operetta number by Friml. Some future appoint- ments have been made for Decem- ber. Phyllis Smallwood is accompan- ist and the other members are: Joyce Ackley. Roselyn Buckley. Phyllis Clapper. Sally Conner. Ger- aldine Face. Mary Green. Doreen Hill. Jeane Hillis. Rebecca Hurl- but. Mary Idle. Arlene Kipp. Bar- oar a Lewellyn. Donna Livingston, Ella Beth McClintock. Margaret McNamara. Bernice Mull. Barbara j Nisse. Phyllis Reed. Mildred Rip- ley. Martha Rochester. Joan Sch- wegler. Gloria Smurr. Kathlyn Springer. Alida VanDorpe. Joyce Walter. Joan Wenzel. Joyce Whea- on. Caryl Widrig and Elaine W y the. 7(2)’s Sponsor Dance Dancing and games were the at- tractions offered by the dance sponsored by the seven two group. Friday. November 1. Ice cream was served, and for those interested there were cokes on sale. The admission fee was ten cents a person. Page 2 ORANGE BLACK (MemberT j fcst. 192?) ORANGE BLACK Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 STAFF Publisher ......................Sallie Hale Managing Editor ..............Richard Derby Editor-in-Chief .....................Barbara McGrath Sports Editor ........................Robert Debler Alumni Editor ............Lou Anne Potter Exchange Editor ................Clela Gould Business Manager ...............Joe Holmes Advertising Manager ....................Karl Gearhart Assistant ..............................Rita French Circulation Manager ............Joan Easley Adviser ......................Winifred Wells Reporters ....................Rosemary Beals Floral Bergman. Frederick Diamond. Max- ine Dlllin. Nancy Kerekes. Mary Jean Krusell. Irene Livingston. Joyce Miller. Bethel Parker. Maxine Pratt, Peggy Reed. Martha Rochester. Donna Scovill, Robert White. Jacquelyn Yund. We Give Thanks Let us close our eyes and mentally picture a typical American Thanksgiving scene. What do you see? A table loaded with delicious food, turkey, gravy, mounds of billowy pota- toes. cranberry sauce, steaming mincemeat and pumpkin pies. Around the table are seated people whose faces are beaming with antici- pation of the good food to come. Now let your imagination take you back in history 326 years ago to another Thanksgiving celebration. What would you expect to see? A table loaded with food? Hardly! This table is set with the most meager fare. Are the faces of those gathered at the table register- ing anticipation? No. these people have bowed their heads over their meager fare to give thanks that they are alive and have some type of nourishment for their bodies. The Thanksgiving dinner you have just pictured will be held all over Europe this year. Some will not even be able to eat on Thanksgiving. As you prepare to eat your Thanksgiving dinner think of that other Thanksgiving din- ner held by your Pilgrim forefather and the food being eaten in Europe and thank God for the many blessings He has given you. School Spirit: Loyalty, Sportsmanship According to many comments made on the cheerleader questionnaire in regard to finer school spirit, loyalty, and better sportsman- ship. C.U.S.’s school spirit isn’t really bad. but there is room for improvement. Were you among those being referred to as not showing respect to the opposing team, band, cheerleaders, school song and rooting section? If so. it is your job as part of the C.H.S. cheering section to be courteous, friend- ly and willing to be of service to the other schools because they are your guests. Another great criticism was about those in- dividuals who sit in the middle section down stairs and think the cheerleaders need help in leading the yells and those who think they know every thing and don't need any one to lead them so yell ahead or talk and make unnecessary noise while a yell is being called. This not only shows poor sportsmanship, but is also very discourteous. Many students criticised the cheerleaders about their slow motions, the using of old The students that speed at noon won't be with us soon. Spring Arrives Early Ah. spring! No. kids, it’s not really here, even if it does look that way. Guess it must be love. Have you noticed how the love-bug has bitten lately? For such a little person he surely wanders around! Every noon you can walk by the school and there they are. holding hands or gazing into each other’s eyes with that look of love! Couples must have something different In their eyes from the rest of us. Wonder what it is? Some of these love-struck people meet down- town. Others tryst by the big football game hack of the school at noon. Still, there are more who greet their lover at the entrance. No matter where, their eyes brighten and their hearts beat faster. It just has to be love! What do they see to look at in each other’s eyes? You’ll see the girl looking into her fellow’s eyes with that baby look. Must be fascinating! They're no different from any other guy’s eyes. Or are they! Maybe though, they have a special meaning to this gal. When they're holding hands, it could be be- cause it's cold, but they usually hold only one hand and the other one freezes. Of course, if one of them wanted to walk backwards they could hold both hands. But. if they had mit- tens. their hands would be warm, so that’s no excuse. Just what is the answer? Probably an answer will never really be found. Remember this, whether you are a big freshman or a great big senior, you are experi- encing “puppy love.” Don’t worry if your job is small And your rewards are few: Remember that the mighty oak Was once a nut like you. —Petoskey Hi-light. Senior INfi m Huston is my shepherd I shall not pass He maketh me most deeply humiliated. He leadeth me into the paths of deep under- standing He exposeth my ignorance. Yea. though I walk through the hall with my chemistry book in my hand I cannot bluff him. He giveth me lectures in the presence of my classmates; My thoughts are nothing but chemistry. Surely Huston and chemistry shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the chemistry lab. forever. Tom. Tom. the Piper’s son. Stole a pig and away he run. Tom was tall, the pig was small And all he got was one meat ball! You look good enough to eat.” He whispered soft and low. I am , she answered hungrily •‘‘Where do you want to go?” Post-War Problem It shatters the peace with clatter and din What a condition that blitz buggy’s in! He loves it. although it’s a hunk of tin Scratched, dented, and sloppy. It’s all scribbled up with jive talk and corn The motor is wheezy, the tires are worn. Beware of your life when you hear that horn— Here comes the jalopy! Oh. keep the road clear, it’s not safe to pass— Once more the jalopy is cooking with gas! yells, their non-arohatlc ability and numerous other things. While they are striving to cor- rect these mistakes, the above poor sportsman- ship can be corrected by the students. So come on. gang, drag your non-interested friends along with you to the game, teach them the rules of the game and of sportsmanship and let’s make school spirit here the best possible. The duties of adviser to the Y-Teens have now been taken over by Mrs. Ruth Fuller who is taking the place of Miss Eva Jean Kiplinger. Through The K Just what hus huppened to members of the senior class? They all seem to be getting stiff legs (could it be from dancing or accidents?) Wonder where Lou Anne got that new birth- stone ring? ? ? ? ? ? Could It be Dick's present? Derby, where did you get that sudden urge to make donkey sounds? Pete Kardel raised quite a fuss about being made up for the junior play. How come. Pete? Has anyone ever noticed how interested Clinton Friar gets in a book. Could it U pleasure or book reports? Whose face was red. Joanne Willard's or John Steward's, when the latter walked into the junior play dressing room? Who did Dale Rolfe walk home from ,hc junior high dance? David Bradley and Marilyn Hetherington? ? How did Huey Johnson and Edward McEvoy get the cabbage at the Eaton Rapids football game? Ask Susie Peck, she’ll tell you. Latest: Nancy Parish and John Clark. Bon- nie Wells and Jerry Chapman. Boy! do those aids get around. A Speeder’s Lament A faster speed, a better gas. A bigger car with safety glass. A better tire to grip the road. And a new and longer Safety Code. But ......................................... A demon driver who craves for speed With no regard for safety’s need; A yellow light to him looks green; The road is there, but it’s never seen. So .......................................... A bigger crack-up with more blood spilled; New coffins made for the victims killed. A clean white shirt, some flowers too. And the game with Death goes on anew. Question Marks My report card is low so my face it is long— On study my friends make suggestions. But I’m sure that my answers wouldn't be wrong. If the teacher would ask the right questions. Willy Wits Mabel Robbins: Would you scold me for something I didn’t do? Mr. Straw: Of course not. That wouldn’t be fair. Mabel: Well. I didn’t do my homework. Coach Gobel: I’d like to be Frank this morn- ing. David Fullerton: With the income he makes, who wouldn’t? Miss Wesche: Order, please. Voice from back of the room Double chocolate malted. Mr. Derby: Why do you say your marks are under water? Dick: Because they’re all below “C” level. Mr. Powell: You should have been here at 8:40. Joanne Willard: Why? Was anything doing? Mrs. Kiplinger: You missed my class yester- day. didn't you? Bev. Greenshields: Not very much. Carroll Dane: “Papa, are you growing taller all the time?” Mr. Dane: No. my child. Why do you ask? Carroll Dane: “Because the top of your head is poking up through your hair. —The North Wind. Women’s faults are many; Men have only two; Everything they say and Everything they do. Pontiac Tomahawk. Barbara Lewellyn— What kind of a hus- band would you advise me to get. Grandma?” Grandma—“Just leave husbands alone! Get yourself a good single man.” ORANGE A BLACK Page 3 Orioles Trim Eaton Rapids Armistice Day Charlotte Keeps Brown Jug; Captures Conference Championship Charlotte played its last game of the season by defeating Eaton Rap- ids 12 to 0 on its home field Mon- day. November 11. By winning this game, the Orioles became Capitol Circuit Champs and also kept the “Ml Brown Jug for the third year iu succession. The game opened with Eaton Kapids kicking to Charlotte. No scoring was done in the first quart- er. nor did either team threaten to score. In the second quarter the Cardin- als had the pigskin on the 20 yard line but were stopped. At the half the score still remained 0 to 0. Eaton Rapids kicked to Charlotte to open the third quarter. About the middle of the quarter, the Car- dinals hud the ball on the five yard line but were held by a strong Oriole eleven. With four minutes left in the fourth quarter. Bob Mohre threw a 30 yard pass to Milford Mason over the goal line. The kick for the extra point, was unsuccessful. The score at this time was 6 to 0 in Charlotte’s favor. A few plays later Douglas White blocked a pass, caught it again and run 45 yards for another Oriole touchdown. Bob Mohre drop-kicked for the extra point, but it was no good. The game ended with Charlotte leading 12 to 0. The starting lineup was as fol- lows: Charlotte White LE Eaton Rapids Ledergerber Kardel LT Bryde Garvin LG Canfield Platt C AUeo Fox RG Stultz Derby RT Hloome Mason RE Morrow Mohre. B QB Wolfe Brown RH Sherman Spagnuolo LH Hldenfelier Radee FB Montie Substitutions for Charlotte were: D. Adams. C. Shults. S. Schults. E. Clark. G. Sparks. B. BamUield. B. Bryan. D. Johansen. R. Huffman. D. Rosen brook. C. Friar, and C. Mohre. Substitutions for Eaton Rapids were: K. Miller. I). Krumm. and P. Hamman. Capital Circuit Standings w L. T. Charlotte 4 0 1 Everett ..3 0 2 Howell .3 1 1 Mason .2 3 0 Grand Ledge .1 4 0 Futon Rapids ..0 5 0 Tin Ware Knives Kutsche’S Glassware Chimes Eleven Senior Gridders Play Their Last Game There are eleven seniors who played their last game for Char- lotte. Armistice Day. David Adams played right guard, sort of likes Mary Ellen, is 57” and weighs 13S. Apple pie is tops with Dave. He has one letter for foot- ball. Bob Bandfield has ears, is 5‘10‘ weighs 165, plays tackle, likes to eat anything and would give any- thing if he could wiggle his ears. Boh has two football letters. Bruce Bryan played right end. is 61”, weighs 160, likes the usual things aliout girls, and chili is his favorite food. He has two letters | in football. Elwood Clark played left end. says girls are okay, prefers chic- ken dinners to anything else, is | 5'8” tall and weighs 142. He has two football letters. Dick Derby played tackle, is 6' and lips the scales at 212. Derb has three football letters, and his fav- orite food is baked beans. Curry Garvin, a returned veter- an. played left guard, is 5’9 and weighs 172. He has two football letters and incidentally he doesn't like girls. Apple pie is at the top of his list of favorite foods. Dick Huffman, or Huffy as he I is called, is 5'6 . weighs 140. play ed tall back this year, has three | football letters, and can't make up his mind whether he likes fried chicken or meat loaf the better. Don Johansen is 5 5 . weighs 145 pounds, likes to eat French fries. He has two letters in football. Bob Mohre. right half player Is 5'9 and weighs 140. He likes chicken dinners and girls. Boh has received four letters iu football. Gordon Sparks played right tac kle. likes butterscotch pie. is calleri Gordy and has two football let- ters. He is 6 2 and weighs 180. Doug White likes chicken din- ners. and isn't fussy about girls. Whltey is 5'11 . weighs 155. and plays left end. He has three foot- ball letters. Second Team Wins From Eaton Rapids “B” Team Another victory was added to the Oriole second team's string with Mr. Stall’s Mighty Mites playing Eaton Rapids’ B team. The game was played November 13 on the Eaton Rapids gridiron, and had an ending score of 19-0. With no scoring in the first quarter. Charlotte’s team was seen most of the time in its own terri- tory. Carroll Mohre. Oriole full- back. went through the middle of the Islanders' line for 30 yards in (Continued on page 4) Freshman Volleyball Team Bows to 8th Grade Girls During a freshman gym class, the girls made a mistake of say- ing to Miss Smith that they could beat any of the eighth grade teams in a game of volley ball. This re- mark was accepted by the eighth grade as a challenge and the fol- lowing was the outcome. The first game was between the eighth grade team and third fresh- man team. This game was played Wednesday. November 6. The eighth grade team is as fol- lows: D. Hambleton. J. Root, D. Yund, J. A. Reiner. J. Hughes, P. Fullerton. M. Vance. I . Priesman, N. Harrington. L. Berg, and J. Pinch. For the third hour the following made up the freshman team: E. Mayhew. M. Griest. M. Potter, R. Tharp. B. Shultz. C. Mauney, D. Walker. B. Riley. J. Hiller, E. I Them, V. Thuma. and J. Hall. The final score for this game was eighth grade 46: 9th grade, I 8. Scoring honors went to Margaret Vance and Phyllis Fullerton with 14 and 10 points respectively. The second game was played Wed- nesday. November 13. The same eighth grade team played Its game. The ninth, fourth hour team was: J. Granstrom. F. Gould, M. J. Krusell. D. Springer. B. Roath. B. Lenon, J. Wood, I). Willard. S. Hale. F. M. King. R. VanDorpe, V. Clever. The final score for this game was eighth grade 51; ninth grade 28. Patsy Priesman served 27 points and Delores Springer 9 for the eighth grade. The eighth grade girls would like to know if there are any more challenges! ! ! Four Oriole Boys Placed On All-Conference Team It was a great day for the boys chosen to represent the All-Confer- ence football team. The coaches and assistant coaches of the follow- ing schools voted to see what play- ers would be placed on the first and second conference teams from Charlotte. Howell. Everett, Eaton Rapids. Mason and Grand Ledge. The players picked for the first team were: ends. White. Charlotte, and Cook, Howell; tackles. Derby, Charlotte, and Culham. Mason; guards, Garvin, Charlotte. Eifert, Mason and Catey. Grand Ledge; center. Granger. Everett. The back- field consisted of Mohre. Charlotte. Brown. Everett: Bennett. Howell; and Betcher. Mason. Voted on the second team were Titus and Rambo, Everett ends. Nelson, Grand Ledge and Ward. Everett, tackles: Canfield. Eaton Rapids and Kendall. Howell, guards; Ware. Mason, for center. The backfield was made up of Sprague. Everett; Johnson. Mason. Myers, Howell; and Radee. Char- lotte. Pins Fall, Pin Boys Faint While G.A.A. Make Strike Starting this week the bowling alley will be open to members of G.A.A. interested in bowling. Two nights are allowed a week. Monday for the 31 students from junior high and Wednesday night for sen- ior high with a total of 30. At first, practices will be held, where instruction will be given by Mr. Field and Miss Margery Smith. Mr. Field is doing a great favor to these students as they are given a special price of seventeen cents per line. Later in the season a tournament will lie held with teams from each grade participating. Complete Lines of CHRISTMAS GIFTS Buy Now W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts COMPLIMENTS OF Behrens Rowe Prescription Druggists i - Have your Car WINTERIZED Mcijmtli-'DcJoe At BAUM’S STANDARD SERVICE Phone 9177 Lawrence Ave. and Oliver St. Charlotte. Michigan Page 4 ORANGE BLACK Oriole, Cardinal Bands Perform On Armistice Day. November 11. the Cardinal band of Eaton Rapids visited the Charlotte football field. They also marched in the tradition- al parade down Main Street to the field. The drum majorettes had new uniforms and one of the girls led the band. The band is now under the direction of Mr. Winters. In the bleachers and at the right of the stand, the band played sev- eral selections. To begin the after- noon. the Oriole band joined them in a mass band Star Spangled Banner flag salute. At the half the Eaton Rapids band played their school song and formed an E.R.H.S. and then marched in a continuous circle playing Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.” Charlotte came on to the field with Battle Hymn of the Repub- lic” and then gave a novel arrange- ment introducing flags of the main United Nations. Boy Scouts carried the flags and were escorted by the color guards to the center of the band which had formed the letters U. N. for United Nations. When the flag of Canada was in the limelight the band played “Oh Canada” in the formation of a C. Then China’s flag and anthem fol- lowed. Next an R was formed with the Russian Hymn . While a B was made for Great Britain, they played Rule Britannia.” The flags in the center formed an S. while the band members on either side completed the U and A of U. S. A. while the band led the audience in The Star Spangled Banner.” SECOND TEAM WINS FROM EATON RAPIDS B TEAM (Continued from jw k«- 3) the second quarter and made the first tally. After driving off a tackle. Vern Royston raced 80 yards to Eaton Rapids' 7 yard line, where Mohre went over again, making the score 12-0. During the last few minutes of the game. Clinton Friar. Oriole halfback, intercepted a pass and carried the ball twenty yards for the final score of the game. Out- standing at the Oriole end position were Jon Briggs and Neale Zlm- merlee. Scholarships Offered Three scholarships are offered to students this year. One of them is offered by the Pepsi-Cola Com- pany to any boy or girl who is a senior, and qualifies. This scholarship provides for four years of college. Another is offered by the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild, to boys between the ages of 12-19. A boy has to build a Napoleonic coach or a model automobile to compete for the scholarship. Cash awards are to be given as secondary prizes by the Pepsi-Cola Company and the Fisher Body Craftsmans Guild. If any one is interested In either of these scholarships see Miss Wells. A Bauseh and Lomb science schol- arship will also be given to a se- lected science student, who has three science credits. See Mr. Huston if interested. Club Notes November 26 the F.F.A. is having Parents’ Activity Night and they will have a potluck supper. Agri- cultural movies will be shown and speeches on the chapter activities will be given. There also will be a father and son quiz. The Library Club observed Book Week. November 11 to 15. Their motto is “Books are Bridges to the past, future, unknown, and a better understanding of others and life itself. The annual Turkey Trot will be sponsored by the Y-Teens. Novem- ber 27. The Footlighteers are combining with the band and the glee club for a Christmas program. The band held a party Saturday night. The losing team of the ticket sales contest gave the win- ning team the party. Refresh- ments were served and games were played. fleMO-ldU New Things First” MEET YOUR FRIENDS And Refresh Yourselues AT Durbin’s Rexall Drug Store Questionnaires Give Ideas To School’s Pep Squad In looking over the question- naires distributed by the cheerlead- ers club, the club found many use- ful suggestions. Some of them were to have the band play more and to make the pep meetings shorter. On some papers new yells were written and the cheerleaders plan on using these new yells with the co-operation of the student body. CH was chosen as the school’s number one yell. The top twelve yells were, in order. CH; Orang. and Black; Come on. Team. Fight; Charlotte Locomotive; T-Fight; Yea. Team. Yea: Old Locomotive; Opponents Got Jazz; Boom-a-Locka; 2-4-6-S: Come on. Charlotte; and Yea. Charlotte. Three other yells will be used only once during each game when the cheerleaders see fit. These are Strawberry Short- cake. Two Bits, and Yea. Opposing Team. New uniforms have been arrang- ed by the regular squad and they will wear them at the first basket- ball game. In the near future an assembly of an hour will be held for the teaching of new yells and the dem- onstration of new rules made for basket hall. The cheerleaders and the club would appreciate any new yells the students have to suggest. They will be introduced at the pep meetings. Buy Christmas Seals F. F. A. Plans Annual Trip to Chicago Twenty-three students will at- tend the Livestock Show, which will be held in Chicago. Illinois. The boys will leave November 29 and return December 3. Mr. War- ren Blight, agricultural teacher will accompany them. There will I five adult drivers taking the boy� On arriving in Chicago, the stu dents will stay at the Wacker Hotel. They will make a tour of the city, visiting the Union Stock Yards. Swift and Armour Packing Houses. Board of Trade, the Mu- seum of Science and Industry, and other places of interest. Tickets for the W.L.S. Radio Barn Dance, have been secured, which the boy will attend on Saturday evening. The following F.F.A. boys are going on the trip: L. Kerekes. E. Furu. D. Adams. J. Sattazalin. C. Tharp. D. Furu. H. Langmaack. M. Ells. D. Medcoff, H. Smuts. D. Garn. R. Weaver. C. Dowker. K. Nevins, C. Harag. J. Johnson. E. Lowe. I). Lowe, R. Cooper. A. Smith. R. Marshall, and W. Critten- den. Carl Rochester. Jr.. ’39. is teach- ing navigation here at the high school for the Veterans’ Institute. Hot or Cold Fudge Sundae MAIN SWEET SHOP BRUNO SPAGNUOLO 4 II All LOTTE New Sweaters Button Cardigans HOME HAIRY 5.95 and $6.95 Schwegler’s Ice Cream NEW SKIRTS with Wride Belts and Luncheon at $5.30 each Fred A. Richey Co. Ground Beef Sandwiches 15c Murl and Irene’s FLOOR MATS - SEALED BEAM FOG LIGHTS New Shipment SADDLE OXFORDS SHELL LUBRICATION - ANTI-FREEZE Just in All sizes in loafers and low heel Sport Oxfords Germain SHELL Service Get yours early Cor. Seminary Main FRED MURRAY CO. DON’T EAT TOO MUCH BEAT HASTINGS VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE. MICHIGAN. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1946 ISSUE 4 Junior Play Draws Large Audience Three Act Play Staged in Auditor- ium Big Success ••Wonderful”, Sensational”, were some of the remarks made by the large audience attending the an- nual junior play, under the direc- tion of Miss Kathryn Wesche. Fri- day evening. November 8. This was a Jean Lee Latham play, entitled Old Doc”. Peter Kardel portrayed his part perfectly making you laugh and cry. Mu. a lovable old lady, play- ed by Dorothy Moore, stole every one’s heart. Clifford Shults play- ed the part of Pa very well. Carroll Tharp and Mildred Thompson play- ed teen-age parts expertly. Mary Lou Terwllliger, as a snooty society girl, did a fine Job. Margaret Mc- Namara. Charlotte Sutherland and Rae Norlandor played parts of old- er women very well. Phyllis Small- wood in the part of a nurse, gave a very convincing and pleasing performance. The play was carried over very well to an appreciative audience and brought forth many laughs. The hard work of the production staff is to he commended also. Do- ing a very capable job as chairman of their committees were: stage setting. Duane Shultz; properties, Dick Hutchison and June Parsons; costumes. Doreen Hill; make-up, Peggy Skelley; publicity. David Fullerton; finance. Sammy Colizzi; prompters. Mary Lou Simons and Geraldine Face. Miss Wesche received a pen and pencil set from the junior class and a bouquet of roses from the cast as an expression of their gratitude to her for her excellent directing. There was a large attendance at both matinee and evening perform- ances. The matinee was attended by the grade school children and junior high only. Shoes Off for Y-Teens In Annual Turkey Trot The annual Turkey Trot will be sponsored by the Y-Teens. Novem- ber 27. It will be held In the new gym and dancing will be done in stocking feet. Music will be fur- nished by the St. Johns orchestra. Committees for the dance are chairman. Mary Ann Lewis, co- chairman. Maxine Pratt; refresh- ments. Lou Anne Potter, chairman. Maxine Dlllin and Elsie Shamp; decorations, Mary Lou Simons, chairman. Alida VanDorpe, Irene Livingston, Barbara Nisse; adver- tising. Jackie Yund. chairman. Donna Scovill; tickets. Joanne Wil- lard. chairman. Mary Green. Hetty Rodeman; orchestra. Mary Lou Terwllliger. chairman. Checking Up Phyllis Wietzke. '45. and Eldon Dymond '42. will be married No vember 30. J«� an Barnes. ‘44. and Bill Band- field are engaged. Joan is em- ployed at the Bell Telephone and Hill is an ex-serviceman. Local School Nightingals Top row: Phyllis Reed. Bernice Mull, Caryl Widrig. Martha Rochester. Joyce Wheaton, Joan Schwegler, Barbara Nisse, Joyce Walter. Geraldine Face. Second row: Miss Meyer. Sally Conner. Mildred Ripley, Joan Wenzel. Phyllis Clapper. Doreen Hill. Alida VanDorpe. Phyllis Smallwood. Elaine Wythe. Third row: Jean Hillis. Margaret McNamara. Mary Idle. Donna Lou Living- ston. Mary Jane Green. Joyce Ackley, Ella Beth McClintock. Arlene Kipp. Calendar Nov. 21—F.H.A. Meeting. Nov. 22—Seniors Sponsor Dance. Nov. 26—Footlighteer Meeting. Nov. 26—F.F.A. Meeting. Nov. 26—Hi-Y' Meeting. Nov. 27 - Thanksgiving Assem- bly. Nov. 27—Turkey Trot. Nov.28-29—Out for Thanksgiv- ing. (Um. that food!) Dec. 3—Lyceum Assembly. (It’s about music this time.) Dec. 3—Hi-Y Meeting. Dec. 4—Y-Teens Meeting. Dec.5—Report- Cards. (Oh. my aching hack?) Dec. 6—Hastings game, there. (Come. team, let's start the season off right!) Dec. 10—Footlighteer Meeting. Dec. 10—Hi-Y Meeting. Dec. 11 -Boy Scout Rally. Dec. 12—Grade Musical. Dec. 12—Orange Black. (Oh. boy. more dirt cornin' your way!) Hi-Y Convention to Be Held in Detroit This year the Hi-Y’ conference will be held on November 29 and 30 in Detroit. The place is the Cen- tral Methodist church on Woodward Avenue, the largest church in Mich- igan. Bruce Bryan and Richard Hutch- ison have ! een chosen as delegates from the Charlotte Hi-Y with Mr. Boris Paajanen as accompanying adviser. There will be several speeches on youth problems. Some of the prin- cipal speakers will be Wilbur M. Brucker. former governor of Mich- igan; Dwight Rich, superintendent of Lansing public schools: Rever- end Dale E. Turner of Grand Rap ids: and Dr. Bernard C. Clousen of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, who is an out-of-state speaker. Dr. Clousen has written several books, and is a well-known radio speaker. Pat McLane. 46. U. S. N. is sta- tioned in Cuba. Annual C.H.S. Banquet Held Tuesday Night Oriole Football Squad and Band Were Honored Guests In honor of the football and band members, the annual football and band banquet was held in the high school gymnasium. Tuesday night at 7:00 p. m. Toastmaster for the evening was Judge Ion McLaughlin. '21 who made comments on the efforts of the Rotary, football team, band and to those who helped in making the banquet a success. Community singing was led by Clyde Fulton. The cheerleaders were called upon to lead the group in singing the school song. A violin solo and a vocal solo w-ere presented by two M.S.C. stu- dents, who were accompanied by Mary Goodell. also from M.S.C. The football squad and the band were introduced by Coach Gobel and Director Powell. They ex- pressed their thanks to the groups and individuals who helped in mak- ing (he football season a success. Speaker for the evening was Henry Howe, teacher from Alma college, who spoke on Community Spirit. Grimm’s Fairy Tales French Style Miss DelFavero’s French class has gone all out for French. Fairy tales have been given in French as well as a recipe for chocolate cake. Can you imagine listening to “Star- dust” or Deep Purple” rolling out of some beautiful bass voice to the sound of French accents? Well, it’s true. The French class consisting of seven students has been speak- ing entirely in French. The French language is a good basic language. Who knows, may- be one of the students will turn out to be an ambassador to France or some important foreign official. Well, maybe not. But it sounds good anyway? Glee Club Has New Officials Public Appearances Scheduled Double Quartette Started; New Merit System Several new offices have been es- tablished in the glee club this year. Members of the club are now try- ing out for a double quartette which will be a small division of the entire group. Margaret McNamara and Donna Lou Livingston are the librarians. Joan Wenzel. Rebecca Hurlbut and Mildred Ripley will take care of I the robes when they are in use. Doreen Hill takes roll and places it in the bandroom door for a merit duty. An announcer is ap- pointed when the glee club makes a special appearance. Everyone of these girls receives merits for her services. The accompanists and general officers receive special 1 merit and everybody in the group is awarded merits for any appear- ance with the club, for solo work, for duet, trio, quartette or sextette appearances. The merit credits are as follows: pianist, 150; presi- dent. 100; secretary-treasurer, 150; librarian. 150; attendance record. 75; announcing, 25; robe keepers. 25; solo work is 50 merits; appear- ing in a group, duet, trio, quartette or sextette gives 35 merits. Ap- pearance with club earns 25. gener- al appearance, 10. Demerits are chewing gum. 25. dressing out of general uniform style. 10. late for performance, 10; and unexcused absence. 25. At the Grammar P.T.A. October 16. the glee club made its first pub- lic appearance. They sang three selections: A “Brazilian Slumber Song” by Mignone; “Sylvia . an ar- rangement by Speaks and Allak’s Holiday”, a light operetta number by Friml. Some future appoint- ments have been made for Decem- ber. Phyllis Smallwood is accompan- ist and the other members are: Joyce Ackley. Roselyn Buckley. Phyllis Clapper. Sally Conner. Ger- aldine Face. Mary Green. Doreen Hill. Jeane Hillis. Rebecca Hurl- but. Mary Idle. Arlene Kipp. Bar- bara Lewellyn. Donna Livingston, Ella Beth McClintock. Margaret McNamara. Bernice Mull. Barbara Nisse. Phyllis Reed. Mildred Rip- ley. Martha Rochester. Joan Sch- wegler. Gloria Smurr. Kathlyn Springer. Alida VanDorpe, Joyce Walter. Joan Wenzel. Joyce Whea- on. Caryl Widrig and Elaine Wythe. 7(2)’s Sponsor Dance Dancing and games were the at- tractions offered by the dance sponsored by the seven two group. Friday. November 1. Ice cream was served, and for those interested there were cokes on sale. The admission fee was ten cents a person. Page 2 ORANGE BLACK _______________________________ (Member [ Est.l92l) ISSOQK ORANGE BLACK Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 STAFF Publisher ..................Sallie Hale Managing Editor ............Richard Derby Editor-in-Chief .....................Barbara McGrath Sports Editor ........................Robert Debler Alumni Editor .............Lou Anne Potter Exchange Editor ................Clela Gould Business Manager ...............Joe Holmes Advertising Manager ....................Karl Gearhart Assistant ..............................Rita French Circulation Manager ............Joan Easley Adviser .....................Winifred Wells Reporters ................Rosemary Beals Floral Bergman. Frederick Diamond. Max- ine Dillin, Nancy Kerekes. Mary Jean Krusell. Irene Livingston. Joyce Miller. Bethel Parker. Maxine Pratt. Peggy Reed. Martha Rochester. Donna Scovill, Robert White. Jacquelyn Yund. We Give Thanks Spring Arrives Early Ah. spring! No. kids, it’s not really here, even if it does look that way. Guess it must be love. Have you noticed how the love-bug has bitten lately? For such a little person he surely wanders around! Every noon you can walk by the school and there they are. holding hands or gazing into each other’s eyes with that look of love! Couples must have something different in their eyes from the rest of us. Wonder what it is? Some of these love-struck people meet down- town. Others tryst by the big football game back of the school at noon. Still, there are more who greet their lover at the entrance. No matter where, their eyes brighten and their hearts beat faster. It just has to be love! What do they see to look at in each other’s eyes? You’ll see the girl looking into her fellow’s eyes with that baby look. Must be fascinating! They're no different from any other guy’s eyes. Or are they! Maybe though, they have a special meaning to this gal. When they're holding hands, it could be be- cause it’s cold, but they usually hold only one hand and the other one freezes. Of course, if one of them wanted to walk backwards they could hold both hands. But. if they had mit- tens. their hands would be warm, so that’s no excuse. Just what is the answer? Probably an answer will never really be found. Remember this, whether you are a big freshman or a great big senior, you are experi- encing “puppy love.’’ Let us close our eyes and mentally picture a typical American Thanksgiving scene. What do you see? A table loaded with delicious food, turkey, gravy, mounds of billowy pota- toes. cranberry sauce, steaming mincemeat and pumpkin pies. Around the table are seated people whose faces are beaming with antici- pation of the good food to come. Now let your imagination take you back in history 326 years ago to another Thanksgiving celebration. What would you expect to see? A table loaded with food? Hardly! This table is set with the most meager fare. Are the faces of those gathered at the table register- ing anticipation? No, these people have bowed their heads over their meager fare to give thanks that they are alive and have some type of nourishment for their bodies. The Thanksgiving dinner you have just pictured will be held all over Europe this year. Some will not even be able to eat on Thanksgiving. As you prepare to eat your Thanksgiving dinner think of that other Thanksgiving din- ner held by your Pilgrim forefather and the food being eaten in Europe and thank God for the many blessings He has given you. School Spirit: Loyalty, Sportsmanship According to many comments made on the cheerleader questionnaire in regard to finer school spirit, loyalty, and better sportsman- ship. C.H.S.'s school spirit isn’t really bad. but there is room for improvement. Were you among those being referred to as not showing respect to the opposing team, band, cheerleaders, school song and rooting section? If so. it is your job as part of the C.H.S. cheering section to be courteous, friend- ly and willing to be of service to the other schools because they are your guests. Another great criticism was about those in- dividuals who sit in the middle section down stairs and think the cheerleaders need help in leading the yells and those who think they know every thing and don’t need any one to lead them so yell ahead or talk and make unnecessary noise while a yell is being called. This not only shows poor sportsmanship, but is also very discourteous. Many students criticised the cheerleaders about their slow motions, the using of old The students that speed at noon won’t be with us soon. Don’t worry if your job is small And your rewards are few; Remember that the mighty oak Was once a nut like you. —Petoskey Hi-light. Senior K suhn Huston is my shepherd I shall not pass He maketh me most deeply humiliated. He leadeth me into the paths of deep under- standing He exposeth my ignorance. Yea. though I walk through the hall with my chemistry book in my hand I cannot bluff him. He giveth me lectures in the presence of my classmates; My thoughts are nothing but chemistry. Surely Huston and chemistry shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the chemistry lab. forever. Tom. Tom. the Piper’s son. Stole a pig and away he run. Tom was tall, the pig was small And all he got was one meat ball! “You look good enough to eat.' He whispered soft and low’. “I am , she answered hungrily. “Where do you want to go?” Post-War Problem It shatters the peace with clatter and din What a condition that blitz buggy's in! He loves it. although it’s a hunk of tin— Scratched, dented, and sloppy. It’s all scribbled up with Jive talk and corn The motor is wheezy, the tires are worn. Beware of your life when you hear that horn— Here comes the jalopy! Oh. keep the road clear, it’s not safe to pass— Once more the jalopy is cooking with gas! yells, their non-arobatic ability and numerous other things. While they are striving to cor- rect these mistakes, the above poor sportsman- ship can be corrected by the students. So come on. gang, drag your non-interested friends alQng with you to the game, teach them the rules of the game and of sportsmanship and let’s make school spirit here the best possible. The duties of adviser to the Y-Teens have now been taken over by Mrs. Ruth Fuller who is taking the place of Miss Eva Jean Kiplinger. r irofff| f The Keyhole Just what has happened to members of the senior class? They all seem to be getting stiff legs (could it be from duncing or accidents?) Wonder where Lou Anne got that new birth- stone ring? ? ? ? ? ? Could it be Dick’s present? Derby, where did you get that sudden urge to make donkey sounds? Pete Kardel raised quite a fuss about being made up for the junior play. How come. Pete? Has anyone ever noticed how interested Clinton Friar gets in a book. Could it be pleasure or book reports? Whose face was red. Joanne Willard's or John Steward's, w’hen the latter w’alked into the junior play dressing room? Who did Dale Rolfe walk home from .he Junior high dance? David Bradley and Marilyn Hetherington? ? How did Huey Johnson and Edward McEvoy get the cabbage at the Eaton Rapids football game? Ask Susie Peck, she’ll tell you. Latest: Nancy Parish and John Clark. Bon- nie Wells and Jerry Chapman. Boy! do those kids get around. A Speeder’s Lament A faster speed, a better gas. A bigger car with safety glass. A better tire to grip the road. And a new and longer Safety Code, But ........................................ A demon driver who craves for speed With no regard for safety’s need; A yellow light to him looks green; The road is there, but it’s never seen. So ......................................... A bigger crack-up with more blood spilled; New coffins made for the victims killed. A clean white shirt, some flowers too. And the game with Death goes on anew. Question Marks My report card is low so my face it is long— On study my friends make suggestions. But I’m sure that my answers wouldn't be wrong. If the teacher would ask the right questions. Willy Wits Mabel Robbins. Would you scold me for something I didn’t do? Mr. Straw: Of course not. That wouldn’t be fair. Mabel: Well. I didn’t do my homework. Coach Gobel: I’d like to be Frank this morn- ing. David Fullerton: With the income he makes, who wouldn't? Miss Wesche: Order, please. Voice from back of the room—Double chocolate malted. Mr. Derby: Why do you say your marks are under water? Dick: Because they’re all below “C” level. Mr. Powell: You should have been here at 8:40. Joanne Willard: Why? Was anything doing? Mrs. Kiplinger: You missed my class yester- day. didn’t you? Bev. Greenshields: Not very much. Carroll Dane: Papa, are you growing taller all the time? Mr. Dane: No. my child. Why do you ask?” Carroll Dane: Because the top of your head is poking up through your hair. —The North Wind. Women's faults are many; Men have only rwo; Everything they say and Everything they do. Pontiac Tomahawk. Barbara Lewellyn—“What kind of a hus- band would you advise me to get. Grandma?” Grandma—“Just leave husbands alone! Get yourself a good single man. ORANGE BLACK Page 3 Orioles Trim Eaton Rapids Armistice Day Charlotte Keeps Brown Jug;j Captures Conference Championship Charlotte played its last name of the season by defeating Baton Rap- ids 12 to 0 on its home field Mon- day. November 11. By winning this game, the Orioles became Capitol Circuit Champs and also kept the •LU Brown Jug for the third year in succession. The game opened with Eaton Rapids kicking to Charlotte. No scoring was done in the first quart- er. nor did either team threaten to score. In the second quarter the Cardin- als hud the pigskin on the 20 yard line but were stopped. At the half the score still remained 0 to 0. Eaton Rapids kicked to Charlotte lo open the third quarter. About the middle of the quarter, the Car- dinals had the ball on the five yard line but were held by a strong Oriole eleven. With four minutes left in the fourth quarter. Bob Mohre threw a 30 yard pass to Milford Mason over the goal line. The kick for the extra point was unsuccessful. The score at this time was 6 to 0 in Charlotte’s lavor. A few plays later Douglas White blocked a pass, caught it again and ran 45 yards for another Oriole touchdown. Bob Mohre drop-kicked for the extra point, but it was no good. The game ended with Charlotte leading 12 to 0. The starting lineup was as fol- lows: Charlotte White LE Eaton Rapids Ledergerber Kardei LT Bryde Garvin LG Canfield Platt C AUeo Fox RG Stultz Derby RT Bloome Mason RE Morrow Mohre, B QB Wolfe Brown RH Sherman Spagnuolo LH HidenfeLer Radee FB Monlie Suhstitutions for Charlotte were: I). Adams, C. Shults. S. Schults. E. Hark. G. Sparks. B. Bandfield. B. Bryan. D. Johansen. R. Huffman. D. Rosenbrook. C. Friar, and C. Mohre. Substitutions for Eaton Rapids were: K. Miller. D. Krumni. and l llamman. Capital Circuit Standings W. L. T Charlotte 4 0 1 Everett 3 0 2 Howell 3 1 1 Mason 2 3 0 Grand Ledge . 1 4 0 Eaton Rapids 0 5 0 Tin Ware Knives Kutsche’S Glassware Chimes Eleven Senior Gridders Play Their Last Game There are eleven seniors who played their last game for Char- lotte. Armistice Day. David Adams played right guard, sort of likes Mary Ellen, is 57” and weighs 138. Apple pie is tops with Dave. He has one letter for foot- ball. Bob Bandfield has ears, is 5’10’ weighs 165, plays tackle, likes to eat anything and would give any- thing if he could wiggle his ears. Bob has two football letters. Bruce Bryan played right end, is 6T weighs 160, likes the usual things about girls, and chili is his favorite food. He has two letters in football. Elwood Clark played left end. says girls are okay, prefers chic- ken dinners to anything else. Is 5'8 tall and weighs 142. He has two football letters. Dick Derby played tackle, is 6' and tips the scales at 212. Derb has three football letters, and his fav- orite food is baked beans. Curry Garvin, a returned veter- an. played left guard, is 5 9 and weighs 172. He has two football letters and incidentally he doesn't like girls. Apple pie is at the top of his list of favorite foods. Dick Huffman, or Huffy” as he is called, is 5’6 , weighs 140. play- ed tail back this year, has three football letters, and can’t make up ! his mind whether he likes fried chicken or meat loaf the better. Don Johansen is 5'5 . weighs 145 pounds, likes to eat French fries. He has two letters in football. Bob Mohre. right half player is 5'9 and weighs 140. He likes chicken dinners and girls. Bob has received four letters in football. Gordon Sparks played right tac- kle. likes butterscotch pie. is called Gordy and has two football let- ters. He is 6’2 and weighs 180. Doug White likes chicken din- ners. and isn't fussy about girls. Whltey is 5'11 . weighs 155. and plays left end. He has three foot- ball letters. Second Team Wins From Eaton Rapids “B” Team Another victory was added to the Oriole second team's string with Mr. Stall’s “Mighty Mites playing Eaton Rapids' B team. The game was played November 13 on the Eaton Rapids gridiron, and had an ending score of 19-0. With no scoring in the first quarter. Charlotte's team was seen most of the time in its own terri- tory. Carroll Mohre. Oriole lull- back. went through the middle of the Islanders' line for 30 yards in (Continued on page 4) Freshman Volleyball Team Bows to 8th Grade Girls During a freshman gym class, the girls made a mistake of say- ing to Miss Smith that they could beat any of the eighth grade teams in a game of volley ball. This re- mark was accepted by the eighth grade as a challenge and the fol- lowing was the outcome. The first game was between the eighth grade team and third fresh- man team. This game was played Wednesday, November 6. The eighth grade team is as fol- lows: D. Hamhleton. J. Root, D. Yund. J. A. Reiner. J. Hughes, P. Fullerton. M. Vance. P. Priesman, N. Harrington. L. Berg, and J. Pinch. For the third hour the following made up the freshman team: E. May hew. M. Griest, M. Potter, R. Tharp. B. Shultz. C. Mauney. D. Walker. B. Riley. J. Hiller. E. Them. V. Thuma, and J. Hall. The final score for this game was eighth grade 46: 9th grade. 8. Scoring honors went to Margaret Vance and Phyllis Fullerton with 14 and 10 points respectively. The second game was played Wed- nesday. November 13. The same eighth grade team played its game. The ninth, fourth hour team was: J. Granstrom. F. Gould, M. J. Krusell. D. Springer. B. Roath. B. Lenon, J. Wood. D. Willard, S. Hale. F. M. King. R. VanDorpe, V. Clever. The final score for this game was eighth grade 51; ninth grade 28. Patsy Priesman served 27 points and Delores Springer 9 for the eighth grade. The eighth grade girls would like to know if there are any more challenges! ! ! Compliments of YUND’S MARKET FRESH and CURED MEATS First National Bank i Four Oriole Boys Placed On All-Conference Team It was a great day for the boys chosen to represent the All-Confer- ence football team. The coaches and assistant coaches of the follow- ing schools voted to see what play- ers would be placed on the first and second conference teams from Charlotte. Howell. Everett, Eaton Rapids. Mason and Grand Ledge. The players picked for the first team were: ends. White. Charlotte, and Cook. Howell; tackles. Derby, Charlotte, and Culham. Mason; guards, Garvin, Charlotte, Eifert, Mason and Catey. Grand Ledge; center, Granger, Everett. The back- field consisted of Mohre. Charlotte, Brown. Everett; Bennett. Howell; and Betcher. Mason. Voted on the second team were Titus and Rambo. Everett ends; Nelson, Grand I edge and Ward, Everett, tackles; Canfield. Eaton Rapids and Kendall. Howell, guards; Ware. Mason, for center. The backfield was made up of Sprague. Everett; Johnson. Mason. Myers, Howell; and Radee, Char- lotte. Pins Fall, Pin Boys Faint While G.A.A. Make Strike Starting this week the bowling alley will be open to members of G.A.A. interested in bowling. Two nights are allowed a week, Monday for the 31 students from junior high and Wednesday night for sen- ior high with a total of 30. At first, practices will be held, where instruction will be given by Mr. Field and Miss Margery Smith. Mr. Field is doing a great favor to these students as they are given a special price of seventeen cents per line. Later in the season a tournament will lie held with teams from each grade participating. Complete Lines of CHRISTMAS GIFTS Buy Now W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts COMPLIMENTS OF Behrens Rowe Prescription Druggists Have your Car WINTERIZED J l c Gratii- 'Dedoe Co. At BAUM’S STANDARD SERVICE -AtKZ- Phone 9177 Lawrence Ave. and Oliver St. Charlotte. Michigan — — Page 4 ORANGE BLACK Oriole, Cardinal Bands Perform On Armistice Day. November 11, the Cardinal band of Eaton Rapids visited the Charlotte football field. They also marched in the tradition- al parade down Main Street to the field. The drum majorettes had new uniforms and one of the girls led the band. The band is now under the direction of Mr. Winters. In the bleachers and at the right of the stand, the band played sev- eral selections. To begin the after- noon. the Oriole band joined them in a mass band “Star Spangled Banner flag salute. At the half the Eaton Rapids band played their school song and formed an E.R.H.S. and then marched in a continuous circle playing Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.” Charlotte came on to the field with Battle Hymn of the Repub- lic” and then gave a novel arrange- ment introducing flags of the main United Nations. Boy Scouts carried the flags and were escorted by the color guards to the center of the band which had formed the letters U. N. for United Nations. When the flag of Canada was in the limelight the band played Ob Canada in the formation of a C. Then China's flag and anthem fol- lowed. Next an R was formed with the Russian Hymn . While a B was made for Great Britain, they played Rule Britannia.” The flags in the center formed an S. while the band members on either side completed the U and A of U. S. A. while the band led the audience in The Star Spangled Banner.” SECOND TEAM WINS FROM EATON RAPIDS B TEAM (Continued from page 3) the second quarter and made the first tally. After driving off a tackle. Vern Royston raced 80 yards to Eaton Rapids' 7 yard line, where Mohre went over again, making the score 12-0. During the last few minutes of the game. Clinton Friar. Oriole halfback, intercepted a pass and carried the ball twenty yards for the final score of the game. Out- standing at the Oriole end position were Jon Briggs and Neale Zim- merlee. Scholarships Offered Three scholarships are offered to students this year. One of them is offered by the Pepsi-Cola Com- pany to any boy or girl who is a senior, and qualifies. This scholarship provides for four years of college. Another is offered by the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild, to boys between the ages of 12-19. A boy has to build a Napoleonic coach or a model automobile to compete for the scholarship. Cash awards are to l� e given as secondary prizes by the Pepsi-Cola Company and the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild. If any one is interested in either of these scholarships see Miss Wells. A Bausch and Lomb science schol- arship will also be given to a se- lected science student, who has three science credits. See Mr. Huston if interested. Club Notes November 26 the F.F.A. is having Parents' Activity Night and they will have a potluck supper. Agri- cultural movies will be shown and speeches on the chapter activities will be given. There also will Ik? a father and son quiz. The Library Club observed Book Week. November 11 to 15. Their motto is Books are Bridges” to the past, future, unknown, and a better understanding of others and life itself. The annual Turkey Trot will be sponsored by the Y-Teens. Novem- ber 27. The Footlighteers are combining with the band and the glee club for a Christmas program. The band held a party Saturday night. The losing team of the ticket sales contest gave the win- ning team the party. Refresh- ments were served and games were played. fletoold , New Things First” MEET YOUR FRIENDS And Refresh Yourselues AT Durbin’s Rexall Drug Store Questionnaires Give Ideas To School’s Pep Squad In looking over the question- naires distributed by the cheerlead- ers club, the club found many use- ful suggestions. Some of them were to have the band play more and to make the pep meetings shorter. On some papers new yells were written and the cheerleaders plan on using these new yells with the co-operation of the student body. CH was chosen as the school's number one yell. The top twelve yells were, in order. CH; Orange and Black; Come on. Team, Fight; Charlotte Locomotive; T-Fight; Yea. Team. Yea; Old Locomotive; Opponents Got Jazz; Boom-a-Locka; :'-4-6-S; Come on. Charlotte; and Yea. Charlotte. Three other yells will be used only once during each game when the cheerleaders see fit. These are Strawberry Short- cake. Two Bits, and Yea. Opposing Team. New uniforms have been arrang- ed by the regular squad and they will wear them at the first basket- ball game. In the near future an assembly of an hour will be held for the teaching of new yells and the dem- onstration of new rules made for basketball. The cheerleaders and the club would appreciate any new yells the students have to suggest. They will be introduced at the pep meetings. Buy Christmas Seals I HAHLOTTE HOME HAIIIV Schwegler’s Ice Cream and Luncheon F. F. A. Plans Annual Trip to Chicago Twenty-three students will at- tend the Livestock Show, which will be held in Chicago, Illinois. The boys will leave November 29 and return December 3. Mr. War ren Blight, agricultural teacher, will accompany them. There will be five adult drivers taking the boys On arriving in Chicago, the stu dents will stay at the Wacker Hotel. They will make a tour of the city, visiting the Union Stock Yards. Swift and Armour Bucking Houses. Hoard of Trade, the Mu seum of Science and Industry, and other places of interest. Tickets for the W.L.S. Radio Barn Dance, have been secured, which the boys will attend on Saturday evening. The following F.F.A. Iroys are going on the trip; L. Kerekes. K. Furu. D. Adams. J. Sattazahn. C. Tharp. D. Furu. H. Langmaack. M. Ells. D. Medcoff. II Smuts. D. Gam. R. Weaver. C. Dowker. K. Nevins. C. Harag. J. Johnson. E. Lowe. D. Lowe. R. Cooper. A. Smith. R. Marshall, and W. Critten- den. Carl Rochester. Jr.. '39. is teach- ing navigation here at the high school for the Veterans’ Institute. Hot or Cold Fudge Sundae MAIN SWEET SHOP BRUNO SPAGNUOLO New Sweaters Button Cardigans 5.95 and $6.95 NEW SKIRTS with Wride Belts at $5.30 each Fred A. Richey Co. Ground Beef Sandwiches 15c Murl and Irene’s FLOOR MATS - SEALED BEAM FOG LIGHTS SHELL LUBRICATION - ANTI-FREEZE Germain SHELL Service Cor. Seminary Main New Shipment SADDLE OXFORDS Just in All sizes in loafers and low heel Sport Oxfords Get yours early FRED MURRAY CO. MERRY XMAS BEAT EVERETT VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE. MICHIGAN. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1946 ISSUE 5 Hi-Y Members Attend Older Boys’ Meeting Bryan, Hutchison, Casler, Participate in Group Discussion Bruce Bryan. Richard Hutchi- son and Bob Casler went to Detroit Friday morning to take pari in the forty-fourth Annual Older Boys' Conference conducted at the Cen- tral Methodist Church lor Hi-� Clubs of Michigan and oinir church organizations. “I learned a lot,” was the state- ment of Bob Casler. He participat- ed in the group discussion on the right relations between boys and girls Bob says they passed the resolution. That in our relations with girls we will strive to admire them for their personality and companship and remember that sex is to life as flavoring is to cake.” Causes of race and inter-group prejudice was the discussion in which Bruce Bryan took part. A great interest was taken in the current racial problem and it was considered one of the most import- ant of the ten subjects considered. It was resolved to admit to Hi-Y membership persons without dis- crimination as to race, color, or creed, to plan activities which will promote better understanding among racial groups. Dick Hutchison attended the dis- cussion on choice of and prepara- tion for life work. This group de- cided that the principle of service and the golden rule should be con- sidered and that Hi-Y clubs and other clubs co-operate with schools in promoting vocational and educa- tional guidance. The fellows stayed at the lovely home of Mrs. Putman in Grosse Polnte. They had Saturday after- noon and evening to see Detroit. The boys visited the Fisher Tower and took a trip by bus over to Canada. Y-Teens to Help Needy By Sponsoring Party With all the joy and splendor of Christmas, the Y-Teens are hold- ing a Christmas party for needy children of grades one through five. Committees for the party are as follows: game committee. Joan Davids, chairman. Pat Shiels, and Charlotte Sutherland; refresh- ments. Delores Michel, chairman. Jacquelyn Yund. and Joyce Whea- ton: gifts. Mary Lou Simon, chair- man. Phyllis Smallwood, and Mar- saret McNamara. Maxine Pratt was put In charge of getting names, ages, and grades of students who need help at Christmas time. Presents will la? given and re freahments will be served. As yet the date has not been set. Future Farmers of America Front Row: M. Ell . E. Bobcik. D. Furu. D. Garn. C. Tharp. H. Lang- maack. V. Ro ston, H. Cherry, L. Kereke . E. Furu. B. Adams. Middle Row: Mr. Bl ght. D. Medcoff. C. Harag. A. Smith, R. Marshall, I. Tharp, J. Sattazahn, K. Anderson. E. Loveland. H. Smuts. L. Royston. B. Day. Back Row: D. Adams, J. Johnson, S. Gould. R. DeBie, E. Towe. R. Weaver, C. Mohre, D. Lowe. K. Nevins. W. Crittenden. R. Cooper. Future Events Frank King, Last Member Of the Class of '74, Dies December 13—Everett, there. (Show our good sportsman- ship.) December 13—Pep Assembly. (You'll learn new yells.) December 17—Grand Ledge. here. (Come on. let's yell.) December 20—Christmas Pro- gram. (Let's be good, kids!) December 20—Howell, there. (Back up our team.) December 20 to January 5— Christmas Vacation. (Come back the 5th if there is coal! January 7—Ionia, here. (You’ve had your rest, so let’s really yell.) January 9—Orange and Black (More news and gossip.) January 10—Mason, there. Shall we or shan’t we?) Debate Group Organized Miss Wesche’s oral English class has divided into groups and each group has chosen projects for the semester, one of which is a debate group. The debate group participated in a debate on, “Resolved; That the federal government should provide a system of complete medical care available to all citizens at public expense”, on December 6. at the Congregational church, for the Woman’s Club. This question is the national high school debate question. Every year, the Woman’s Club likes to have a teacher, who be- longs to the club, ask a student group to participate in one of its programs. The members of the debating group who participated were: af- firmative, Joanne Willard and Rus- sell Santee; negative. Peter Kardel and Pat Shiels. Chairman was Mary On November 27, Frank King, last living member of the first graduating class from Charlotte high, died. He graduated with five other students of which he was the only boy. In 1936 he returned to witness the laying of the corner stone for the new high school building. At the dedication Mr. King told that the old school had been built when he entered school, and that there were only five teachers at that time. He also remarked that two students had to use one desk. In 1875 there were six graduates, which were all girls, in 1876. there were three; and in 1877, there was but one girl to graduate. Some of the subjects taught when Mr. King was going to school were elementary algebra, advanced al gebra. bookkeeping, plane geo- metry. solid geometry, grammar, rhetoric, physiology, botany, geo- graphy. stenography, physics, lan- guages. history, government, as- tronomy. and chemistry. In com- parison to the subjects offered to- day. the students then didn't have time for any extra curricular ac- tivities or any other entertain- ment. Mr. King had been a farmer ever since his graduation, living on his farm three miles south of Char- lotte. He is survived by two chil- dren. Forrest King and Mrs. Frank Wheeler. ’09. Four grandchildren. Keith King, '26. of Charlotte; Betty King Smith. '34: Kenneth King, 30. of Albion: Rosemary Ladd. '36: of Charlotte, are C. H. S. alumni. Smith; timekeeper. Charlotte Suth- erland. This group also carries on de- bates in class on various ques- tions. The other members of this group are: Phyllis Smallwood. Joe Holmes. Milford Mason. John Odell, and Joan David. F. F. A. Group Takes Annual Chicago Trek International Stock Show Was Main Highlight Of Journev At 1:00 o’clock Saturday morn- ing. November 30 the F.F.A. boys left for their four day trip to Chi- 1 cago. There were five cars as trans- portation. The drivers were: Mr. Plight, Lyle Buxton. Howard Cher- iy. Wayne Steward, and Charles Weaver. The party consisted of 28 people including the drivers. They arrived at the Chicago Union Stockyards at 7:00 a. m. Saturday to attend the Internation- al Livestock Show. After leaving the stockyards the boys went through the Swift and Company meat packing plant. In the after- noon part of the group returned to the stockyards while the others went through the Armour and Company meat packing plant. Saturday evening they went to the WLS National Barn Dance at the Eighth Street Theater. Sunday morning, after spending the night at the Wacker Hotel, the boys attended church. In the after- noon they went to the Field Mu- seum, then to the Adler Planetar- ium and finally to the Shedd Aquarium. To end the day they went to the hockey game between Chicago and New York. Monday morning the group at- tended the Board of Trade. They also went to the observatory of the building which is the highest building in Chicago. Monday evening the attraction was a parade of the prize livestock at the International Amphitheater. There also was a contest of light horses. The museum of Science and In- dustry was the final place visited. The novelty there was a model farm set up by the International Har- vester Company. Charlotte was the destination the group started for at 12:30 Tuesday afternoon. Footlighteers, Glee Club, Band to Give Program On December 20th the students will be entertained at a Christmas assembly. This program will be given by the combined efforts of the band, glee club, and dramatic club. Music will be furnished by the band and glee club while the dra- matics club will do the dramatiza- tion. The glee club will sing fam- iliar carols accompanied by the band and other musical ensembles. A number of these carols will be acted out in tableau form by the i dramatics club. Two numbers “White Christmas by Berlin and O Holy Night” by . Adams will be played by the band I alone. Page 2 ORANGE BLACK ORANGE BLACK Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High School Circulation 685 Subscription Hates $.75 STAFF Publisher ...............Richard Derby Managing Editor.......................Barbara McGrath Editor-in-Chief .............Jacquelyn Yund Sports Editor....................Joyce Miller Alumni Editor................Floral Bergman Exchange Editor.....................Frederick Diamond Business Manager..................Joe Holmes Advertising Manager..............Rita French Assistant .....................Bethel Parker Circulation Manager...........Nancy Kerekes Adviser ......................Winifred Wells Reporters.........Rosemary Beals. Bob Debler, Maxine Diliin. Joan Easley. Karl Gear- hart, Clela Gould. Sallie Hale. Mary Jean Krusell. Irene Livingston. Bethel Parker. Lou Anne Potter. Maxine Pratt. Peggy Reed. Martha Rochester. Donna Scovill. Robert White. Happy Birthday, Jesus “For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour which is Christ the Lord.” That was the message which the angels herald- ed to the shepherds watching their flocks on that Holy Birthday. So those of the past brought such gifts as they could offer to the Christ Child, blessings or merchandise. Our Father was pleased in the way they received His son. Jesus never forgot the love of His fellow’men. indeed. His love was greatest of all. Yes, unto you today, the poor, the rich, the inbetween. the blessed babe was born. Remember. He gave His life that we might live in freedom from our sins. What a satisfaction He received in relieving mankind of their great burdens. Isn't there some way we can relieve mankind of a small burden and prove to our Christ we are happy because He came to this earth and taught us a lesson we shall never forget? The family gather around the Christmas tree and someone starts reading names; they open their packages with Joyous exclamations. It is something they really wanted, but just couldn’t spend the money for the article. This is a very small way of spreading the Christmas spirit. Think of the thousands of children who suffer from tuberculosis; they haven’t the money to spend on expensive operations and specialists who care for them. Seals are only a penny a piece but they mean so much to so many people. Here is a way to do a service for mankind, relieve the burden of many, and say Merry Christmas to everybody by just buy- ing little seals to stick on holiday packages and Scouting is Fun! Why should I join a Scout organization? This is a question asked by every boy and girl at one time or another. Some think of the over- night hikes, and the thrilling experiences one would have. But there is much more. Through scouting one obtains an education which will prepare one to meet life, and see and do things one wouldn’t ordinarily do. Development of leadership and a personality, which is almost as important in the future as their education, are fostered by scouting. Friends are important too. Scouting enables one to associate with the right boys and girls. Hobbies are found to take up their leisure time and to make better American citizens out of every boy and girl. Why not give serious thought to joining one of these worthwhile or- ganizations? Plum Puddinq to ... Miss Taffee and the home economics girls 'or their grand work at the football-band ban- quet. The Student Council and their work in help- ing to have a better school to come to. Bob Debler and Nancy Kerekes for the or- ganization of the noon hour recreation pro- gram. Mrs. lauch and the librarians for their work in keeping the library in order. The painters who are redecorating the main office on their fine job. Donna Scovill for the attractive Christmas silhouette in the band room case, and for the chalk plate designs used in this issue. Mr. Mead for his splendid work with the Veteran’s Institute. Cranberry Sauce to ... The conduct of the journalism class. The coal shortage. Cold weather even if it is good for tracking rabbits. Students who drive at a fast rate of speed. Those persons who hit others in the hall. Is He Is or Is He Ain’t? The question of whether Santa Claus is or isn’t is one that has much discussion. Every year you see him downtown in the stores. The funny part of it is that you can walk into one store and see him. and then go to another store and he’s there too. Boy. he surely can move around fast for such a roly- poly person. You look at him very closely, and he looks different than the other Santa Claus. What could have happened? Y'ou wonder and wonder! Could there be more than one Santa? There seem to be so many of them. Your mind is all mixed up. An idea comes into your head! There isn’t a Santy. it’s Just a lot of different people playing Santy. Yet. where do all those wonderful presents come from on Christmas day? Well, you can believe what you want to; there may be a Santa Claus, or there may not be. but whether he is or isn’t, you really get some sw'ell presents from someone on Christ- mas Day. Daffy-nitions Exclamation point—A period that has blown its top. Bigamy—when a man marries a beautiful girl and a good cook. Mason-Dixson line—division between “you all” and “youse guys.” Psychiartrist—mind sweeper. Political war—when everyone shoots from the lip. Curvacious—two parallel lines that bend in opposite directions at the same place. letters. At the same time you can look heaven- ward and say “Happy Birthday. Jesus.” with a merry heart. LvUvrs in Santa Dear Santa— we are 2 little girls who don’t want u to bring us anything, instead we want u to help other cold little children, because of the fuss Mister Lewis is making, a lot of schools are very cool so we decided we would like to give our coal to them, we really don’t need to go to school, if u could do this u would made a lot of little boys and girls happy—includiiiK us. with all our lov Phyll Smallwood and “Maggie” McNamara P.S. if u have any extra little boys we would each like one to play with. Dear Santa and Claus. I’m as good as I can be. As I sit here by the Christmas tree. I’m asking this Christmas for kindness and joy. Not for a whole bag full of toys, For I’m growing older by the day. And who knows. In a short while I may be getting army pay. So bring me what you will. And give me what you may. And take to all the kiddies A bag of toys for play. Dick (wishing hard) Huffman. Dear Santa: I wish you would delay my present until the summer of 1947. Then if you will dispose of seven of the teams in the American league and have the Detroit Tigers cop the Pennant and World Series, I will be very happy. Yours truly. Bruce Lavengood. Dear Santa Claus. I’m only going to ask you to bring me a few little things this year, as I know you must be very busy. First. I would like a fur coat to keep me warm at school when the coal is all gone. I’d also like a new Bulck convertible with red plaid seats and a red stearing wheel. If that is too much trouble, the color of the seats and stearing wheel can be ignored. Now the thing that 1 want the most, may be a little harder to find than the others, but please try awful hard, because I’m a very good girl. I want admission into a college that isn’t too crowded, but one that has lots of handsome men. Also the professors must be of the type that hate to give assignments. Sincerely. Dolores Michel. P.S. Good Luck. Dear Santa Claus. We are writing to you because we know that you will keep this letter in strict confidence. We are very desperate and we’re wondering if you could replenish our supply of peroxide by bringing us about a dozen bottles of the 6% solution. If you could also bring a few extra tooth brushes ns applicators as our first ones seem to have deteriorated, (It couldn’t have been because of the strong solutioni. We hope you don’t think that we would ever use it for anything except for brushing our teeth. (We think that’s the correct solution for making dingy teeth white and lustrous) ???? Thank you so much. Joanne Willard. Mary Lou Terwilliger. Dear Santa. I would like to have the following things If you can manage them: 1. Virgil Davis to study his U. S. History. 2. Edward McEvoy to be a good little boy. 3. The students to act better at assemblies. 4. A gremlin to grade my test papers for me. 5 An automatic attendance taker for my 5th period class. C. F. Amaden. George Stucky— Have you ever been pinch- ed for going too fast? Dick Derby— No. but I’ve been slapped. ORANGE A BLACK Under the Viscum Album(Mistletoe) Mildred Thompson Eric Furu Barbara Lewellyn Raymond Radee Marilyn Wllmore • - Don Furu Sue Hale .... Stanley Gould Jean Griffin .... Karl Gearhart Pat Griest Wendell Wright Pat Shlels .... Dick Hutchison Lou Anne Potter Bruce Bryan Joan David .... Milford Mason Dorothy Moore .... Cliff Shults Mary Moore .... Boh Adams Joanne Willard .... Bob Mohre Sallie Hale .... Gordon Sparks Joyce Caswell • - • Peter Kardel Mary Mead...................Joe Holmes Up and Down the Corridors Personal nomination for junior high's best wolf bait. Hans Kardel. Here’s to one of the cutest C.H.S. couples. Klleen Tanner and Gerald Starr. R seems Jean Briggs has a crush on Billy Day! How about it Jean? Seems good to see Marlene Smith and Dick Fast back together again. What has come between Jane Ann Smith and Ray Nevins? Donna Aid and Butch’' Mayhew seem to be having difficulties. How about it. Gretta? Whom did Jerry Goodrich take home from the Turkey Trot? (We’d all like to know.) Have you noticed Diane Martin and Harold Smuts? Hubba. Hubba! Barbara McGrath seems to be sitting on pins and needles for over a week. (Could it be because Oscar is coming home?) I wonder why Joyce Roberts enjoys sixth hour class. (He sits right by her.) What do Marian Lemmon and Joan Band- field find to write notes about in typing class? Girls! Have you noticed the new dark hair- ed sophomore from Potterville? (Who hasn’t?) i Is Darrel (Tinkey) Hicks girl shy or does he just dislike them? Whom did Dick Derby have a date with Sat- urday night? Rozelle Allen, a former student of C.H.S.. is a cheerleader at Blanchard. Mich. Christmas Changeable—Mickey Ells Hubba bait—Ethel May VanGoethem Romeo—Hans Langmaack Irresistible—Joan Easley Sensational—Art Fox Tease—Sammy Colizzi Muscles—Irene Livingston Ambitious—Winfield Pardee (How did that get in?) Sincere Virginia Royston s 3 Do You Like to Dance? Then don’t forget the Job’s Daughters $ Package Paradise. December 27, from 9:00 P. M. to 1:00 A. M. Music will be furnished by Derwood Cam and his orchestra. Tickets can be purchased from members of the Job’s Daughters, g adv. 3 ! Page 3 Penny's Busy Night (Ann Gehman) The phone rang at the Wilson house and Mrs. Wilson set down her iron to answer it. I’ll answer. Mother!” Penny. Mrs. Wil- son’s teen-age daughter, shouted and came tear- ing down the stairs to arrive at the phone just before her mother did. Hello. Y’es, this is Penny. Penny said into the phone as she dropped into the nearest chair and swung one of her overalled legs over the arm. No. I'm not doing anything—Sure, that’d be O.K.—From five to seven. Saturday. All right. I’ll be there.” and Penny hung up. “Who was that?” asked her mother. That was the manager of the dime store and he wants me to work there from five to seven Saturday evening.” Penny said and ran up the stairs again. “Are you getting your room cleaned up. Penny?” her mother called up the stairs. “You better come down and get a broom to sweep up there, too.” “O. K.. Mother. Penny bumped down the stairs once more and went to get the broom. Just then the phone rang again. I’ll get it. Mother, Penny said and picked up the receiver. Hello—well, hi. Babs—sure I will. I won’t forget—Sure. I’m coming; it’s a very important meeting—See you tomorrow at school. Bye. Penny hung up the receiver and started up- stairs. Say mom. don't let me forget to take an announcement to school tomorrow that our art club meets Saturday night at seven o’clock. Say. what'd I come down for any way?” Aren't you going to work until seven Satur- day night? Mother asked. Oh my goodness. Mother, I forgot all about It and I don't suppose I could get out of work- ing Saturday night; it is such a rush time Now what'll I do?” Could you not go to your art club?” asked Mrs. Wilson. But it’s an important meeting. We elect officers and I might get elected president. I know what I'll do. When I get out of work I’ll run right down to the club. I'd be late but it would be better than not going at all. Say. what’d 1 come down stairs to get?” You came down to get a broom. Mrs. Wil- son said and then went back to her ironing. Penny had just started upstairs when the phone rang the third time. She came running down and picked up the receiver. Beat me to it again, her mother said as Penny answered. Hello. You could see Penny’s face light up as she recognized the voice. Oh Tom, I’d love to—8:30. All right—See you at school tomorrow. Good bye. Penny hung up and went out in the kitchen to speak to her mother. Oh Mother! It’s so thrilling. Tom Burns, that slick senior, wants me to go to the dance with him Saturday night. Isn’t that super? What did you tell him?” I told him ‘Yes’ of course. Not a girl in the whole school would refuse a date with him!” But had you forgotten you are already go- ing to work from five to seven and go to the club from seven to eight-thirty? “Oh gee, I had forgotten. Now w'hat'm I going to do?” “I guess you’ll just have to rush home from your club and change and rush out again! answered Mrs. Wilson w’earily. Saturday afternoon came and Penny went to work. One of the girls that worked in the store told Penny that some of the girls were planning a party after the store closed and asked Penny to come. Oh Sally. I’d love to but—,” and Penny explained to Sally how busy she was. That’s too bad everything has to happen on the same night.” the girl sympathized. “That is what I think.” replied Penny and went back to work. At seven o’clock she rushed out of the store, ran the three blocks to the school and came into the room panting, five minutes after the meeting had started. We’ve already elected the president of our club, said the girl sitting beside Penny. I bet you w’ould have been elected president if you had been here! Penny was elected vice president, but it wasn’t as good as being president. After the meeting she rushed home the three and one- half blocks and bumped into Tom just coming out the door. Hello, Penny, he said in a stiff voice, I’ve been waiting for you and I began to think you weren’t coming.” Penny explained the circumstances to him and ran upstairs to get ready to go. At last she was ready and she and Tom went off. Sunday morning Penny woke up with a yawn and hoped she would never have to spend such a busy night again. GREETINGS TO THE CHARLOTTE HIGH STUDENTS f PAULINE’S BEAUTY SHOP MERRY CHRISTMAS JAY SANDWICH SHOP Charlotte EARL J. LAVENGOOD Mich. Proprietor Page 4 ORANGE A BLACK Paajanen Referees Basketball Games November 19 opened the sea- son of basketlwll refereeing for Mr. Paajanen. On this date he went to Webberville. Next week he will journey to both Potterville and Webberville where he will referee. Some of the different places he will go this season are: Olivet college. Potterville. Lake Odessa. Vermontville and Ionia. Last year. Mr. Paajanen refereed at eighteen games, lie stated, that he didn't know which was the more nerve racking, refereeing or sitting in the coach's place. Basketball Schedule Dec. 13—Everett, there. Dec. 17—Grand Ledge, here. Dec. 20—Howell, there. Jan. 7—Ionia, here. Jan. 10—Mason, there. Jan. 17—Eaton Rapids, here. Jan. 24—Grand Ledge, there. Jan. 31—Everett, here. Feb. 7—Mason, here. Feb. 11—Ionia, there. Feb. 14—Eaton Rapids, there. Feb. 21—Howell, here. Feb. 28—Hastings, here. Season’s Greetings MILLER-JONES Co. Charlotte Cheerleaders Attend Conference Everett to Put out Capitol Circuit Pep Newspaper Cheerleaders from Charlotte. Ea- ton Rapids. Everett and Mason at- tended a potluck dinner at a con- ference in Mason. December 4. at 6:30. When the cheerleaders from the various places arrived each was given a miniature megaphone pin with his name on it. A talk was given by the superin- tendent of Mason high on the value of having cheerleaders. After the talk there was an open discussion on what was done at pep meetings and in the clubs. Charlotte was the only group to have an organ- ized club. They also discussed what the cheerleaders should wear and their sportsmanship. If there are any further suggestions to be offered they will be sent to the Everett group and will be publish- ed in a cheerleaders' newspaper and a copy will be sent to all the pep squads in the circuit. Members from Charlotte who at- tended the conference were: Joanne Willard, Lou Anne Potter. Ethel VanGoethem. Mary Lou Ter- williger, Carroll Tharp and Rita French. Mr. Muma and Miss Smith were guests. Two songs were sung by the glee club at the Woman's Club meeting at the Methodist church, ind at the Congregational Guild. Season’s Greetings O JAMES B. CHURCH Richelieu Food Store MEItKY 4 II HIST� I lt«klir«kiis l(o v«k Prescription Druggists Choose GIFTS To Please All ☆ ☆ ☆ Christmas Gift Slippers ARE THE ANSWER We have a large selection of slippers for the entire family. Come in and see our stock of reasonably priced merchandise before you buy. Other suggestions are— Stadium, Television, Military and Spectator Boots FRED MURRAY CO. G.A.A. Board Members Hold Meeting, Dec. 1 I The meeting was called to order by President Maxine Pratt. The secretary's minutes were read and treasurer's report given. Intramural managers. Pat Dean and Betty Shoemaker. reported that the bowling teams were doing fine and there will lw three more practices l efore the tournament will start. A motion was made by Betty Shoemaker and seconded by Shir- ley Bruce that each class chose a member to be a representative on the G.A.A. board. It was decided that dues to be 25 cents a semester. A regular G.A.A. club meeting was held Wednesday. December 11 after school in the study hall. No date was set for the next G.A.A. board meeting. Oriole Feathers It seems that Razzy Radee sin- ged his hair. (Wonder how he did it?) Rumors are that Bruce Bryan had quite a time in Detroit. (Does Lou Anne know about this?) Very few students know that Mr. Paajanen is a registered basketball official. Wonder why Pete Kardel causes such a disturbance at basketball practice. What is the reason for all the first hour physical fitness boys' be- ing late for class? (Could it be their girls?) Why is Derby so happy lately? (Must be he’s found a new girl?) Bethel Bergman. '44. and Rich- ard Goodrich. '40. were married re- cently in Ohio. Season’s Greetings Bretz Drapery Shop Orioles Cop Cage Opener From Hastings Capacity Crowd Witnesses Thrilling Cage Battle On Saxon Court Charlotte opened its '46-'47 sea- son at Hastings and defeated them 28 to 24 In a thrilling game. Fri- day. November 6. The Orioles were off to a fast start making 9 points before Hast- ings made any. The first and sec- ond quarters saw the ball in pos- session of Charlotte most of the time. At the half the score was 19 to 7 in favor of Charlotte. In the third quarter Hastings went on a scoring spree but fell a few points short of tying Charlotte. The fourth quarter again saw the Saxons come up Within two points of knotting the score in the closing minutes of the game When the � inal whistle blew. Charlotte led with a score of 28 to 24. leading scorers for Charlotte were Albert Foster with 10 points ind Bob Mohre with 8. The starting lineup was as fol- lows: Charlotte Hastings B. Mohre RF Kruko R. Santee LF Branch A. Foster C Wilson R. Derby RG Payne M. Mason LG Feldpausch Substitutions for Charlotte was Johansen; for Hastings. Christian- son. The second team also brought home another victory when they defeated Hastings 29 to 24. History Project Ends Mrs. Iauch's second hour Ameri- can History class has completed research on individual assignments for the compiling of a scrapbook on the colonial period in American history. THE VOMBERG CO. The Home of Hart, SchafTner Marx Clothes HOLIDAY GREETINGS from EATON PARTS ACCESSORIES AL BILL eason’s On cctinos tj r We are stocked to furnish every room in your home, including rugs and carpeting. VITALE SONS TRADING POST Page 5 ORANGE BLACK Seventy-two Girls to Participate in Bowling 0. A. A. girls have now begun their bowling season. Senior high Kiris bowl every other Monday, and the Junior high girls every other Wednesday Altogether there are seventy two girls taking part on the various teams, thirty-six each from senior and junior high. The par- ticipants are as follows: senior high: Bonnie Webb. Pat Griest. Shirley Bruce. Joan Bandfield. Marilyn Smith. Mary Kunkle. Bar- bara Jordan. Pat Dean. Marilyn Shiels. Norma Fox. Betty Jo Shoe- maker. Maxine Pratt. Jacquelyn Yund. Joan Easley. Irene Livings- ton. Maxine Dillin. Dolores Will- ard. Velma Thuma. June Gran- strom. Gretta Griest. Margie Griest. Donna Aid. Anne Colizzi. Jeanette Roberts. Jeanette Papoi, Etta Them. Beverly Roath, Evelyn Mayhew. Phyllis Schrader. Velma Clever; junior high: Jacquelyn Rhines. Bernita Martin. Patsy Cook. Pat Bostwick. Jean Marsh. Mary Barnaby, Bonnie Wells. Nancy Parish. Marian Wood. Ann Schaefer. Susie Peck. Helen Smith. Marilyn Fasset. Beverly Fullerton. Ada Jean Muma, Phyllis Baum. Patricia Tubbs. Ann Dempsey. Nancy Harrington. Jane Ann Smith. Marlene Green. Marilyn Heathering. Louise Berg. Jane Hig- by. Donna Hambleton. Norma Gregg. Barbara Bassheart, Joan Davis, Muirleyene Whitney. Joyce Carter. Dorothy Lentz, Eunice Jones. Joyce Hughes. Jane Ann Murphy. Joyce Archer. Miss Margery Smith, the G. A. A. leader stated that six girls. Norma Fox. Betty Joe Shoemaker. Velma Thuma. Janet Papoi. Pat Dean and Joan Easley are giving the junior high girls instructions about bowl- ing. Tournaments are planned for the girls later in the season. Ronald Brown. 46. sent the jour- nalism class an issue of the Hono- lulu Star-Bulletin. He is now in China. Season’s Greetings NEWBERRY’S Thanking You For Your Patronage and Wishing You A Merry Christmas ★ ★ ★ Ferndale Greenhouse Everyone Yell With basketball season just be- ginning the cheerleaders are going to feature in each issue of the Oiange Black two yells which are unfamiliar to a majority of the students. This week you find: Come On. Charlotte Come on. Charlotte, burn that floor. Come on. Charlotte, raise that score, You can win. don't give in! Come on. Charlotte, let's begin. One Step One step, two step, three step, four; Come on. Charlotte, raise that score. These yells will be used at the Everett game und all basketball games there after so everyone can learn them. Charlotte to Encounter Everett Friday Night Charlotte plays host to Everett high school Friday. December 13. Th? Orioles defeated Hastings in their first game of the year, while Everett doesn’t play until Tuesday. December 10. This game promises to be a good battle as these two teams are highly rated for their sketball ability. The Charlotte lineup will be the same as before with Albert Foster, center; Milford Mason and Richard Derby, guards; and Russell Santee and Bob Mohre, forwards. Local Troops Take Part In Scout Night Dec. 1 1 For the first time in a number of years, the Boy Scouts. Cub Scouts. Sea Scouts and Air Scouts. Iasi night participated in a big Scout night in the high school auditor- ium. The purpose of this program was to acquaint parents with and inter- est people in all phases of scouting. At 7:15 there was a display of Cub Scout handicraft. The main program began at 7:30. Snpt. Jay Dykhouse. Scout commissioner of Charlotte, was chairman of the meeting. Guy Nash, field execu- tive of this district took an active part in the program. A movie Scout Trial To Citizen- ship was shown. Music was pre- sented by a group from the high .school band. The highlight of the evening was the installation of the members of a new Scout troop No. 47. with Mr. Franklin Idle as Scout Master. Oth- er interesting creemonies were Cub advancement, graduation of Cubs, presentation of second class badges, tenderfoot investiture, presentation of first class badges and presenta- tion of merit badges. Modern Version Hero Sw’aggers, swaggers down the streets, Flirts with every girl he meets. Struts into the ice cream shop. Orders a bottle of orange pop. Swaggers out to meet the byos. Of course he makes a lot of noise. For he's a basketball player! Beverly Roath. ninth grader, who has moved to Florida for the winter, was given a going away party by Dolores Willard. Novem- ber 29 and by Velma Thuma. De- cember 2. Merry Christmas and Best Wishes SMITH - OSBURN Phone 502 217 S. Cochran Germain SHELL Service We have several items which will make a good Christmas present for dad or son. Come in and look. GIVE... House� Slippers FOR CHRISTMAS epcirds q E. s jor fKc entire - orr%iVi 114 S. COCHRAN ST. CHARLOTTE. MICH. Alumni News Many graduates of the class of '46 have entered the service. Among these are Floyd Weymouth stationed at San Antonio. Texas; Wayne Holmes at Delmonte. Cali- fornia; John Loucks at Cherry- point. North Carolina; Don Hice at Fort Knox. Ky.; and Hilding Kru- sell at Treasure Island. Calif. Fat Beechler. '42. and James . Floyd Guest were married October 25 at the Methodist church. Mr. Guest will be graduated from Mich- igan State College in June. Mary Scovill. '44. is a Cadet Nurse at 1-eila Post Hospital in Battle Creek. She will be graduat- ed in June as a registered nurse. The report that Harold Marsh, '46. received honorable mention in a Quill and Scroll contest last year has just been received. Eldred Toutant, '39, has been chosen as an Albion candidate for this year’s publication of Who’s Who In American Colleges and Universities. Max Tullis. '39. attending college at Alma is left half on the football team and scored both touchdowns for Alma in their game with Al- bion. CHENEY FUNERAL HOME A. C. Cheney Gordon Cheney Phone 331 You can see the vigorous Old West Spirit in Bar-H by Hickok . . . Belts. Braces. Wallets and Jewelry. . . SI.50 up. Harold E. Smith Page 6 ORANGE BLACK WKAR Has New Sports Program for High Schools Something new has been added at radio station WKAR in East Lansing. It has originated a new sports program devoted to high school athletics. WKAR feels that because there is more enthusiasm and spirit for the athlete teams in the high schools than in any other institution, something should be done to honor these prep schools of Michigan. The program is on the air Satur- day afternoon. The program is en- titled “High School Sports Trail”. Through December the program will start at 4:45 eastern standard time. Through January 5:00 EST.f February through October 5:30 EST.. and through November 5:00 EST. At different times outstanding players and coaches will go to East Lansing to appear on these broad- casts. WKZO also broadcasts high school game results every Friday night at 11:15. Senior Class Meeting Held In a class meeting on November 18. the seniors decided all class dues must be paid by January 20. Dues will be two dollars for the year or one dollar a semester. The committees were chosen for the dance which the seniors spon- sored November 22. in which they cleared about thirty-five dollars to add to the treasury. PRAY CO. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS For a Happy Christmas Gifts of Jewelry - A Token of Sentiment Always Appreciated W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts Future Farmers Hold Parent-Member Banquet In the old gym. November 26. the families of the F. F. A. boys were guests at a banquet. There were about one hundred people present. After the supper. Allan Cox led the group in singing. A program in the auditorium followed. Don Furu made a speech about chapter activities. Introduced by F.F.A. president. Hans Langmaack. May- nard Ells gave a summary of the boys’ trip to Kansas City this fall. Next, several members of the chap- ter gave a skit, showing an F.F.A. meeting in session. Carroll Tharp played the part of an mischievous boy. David Adams made a very coy girl. The club advisor was portrayed by Roy Weaver, while the part of a visiting speaker. Mr. Thompson, was taken by Edward Bobcik. The program was complet- ed by the showing of a movie, titl- ed Our Heritage, We Guard . The preparation and serving of the banquet was directed by Ger- trude Heinze. assisted by Joan Bell. Nancy Kerekes. Diane Mar- tens. Anna Mae Royston, Rachel Tharp. Marilyn Upright and Jane Weaver. Seventeen greenhands were initi- ated into the F.F.A. on Tuesday evening. November 6. Pfc. Oscar Face, '46. will arrive from SanAntonio. Texas, tomorrow night to spend a twelve day fur- lough with his parents. Lyle Sumerix and Jimmy Wilson sold the most tickets to the March- ing Band Festival and were award- id photograph albums. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ★ ★ ★ GAMBLE STORE .IITS 4.AI.OICI For All Tlio Fsimilv TIIF VAIGIIA 4 0. ‘‘Where Quality Costs Less’’ Grade Schools to Present Annual Christmas Play Christmas Carols and Customs Around the World, in prose and song, will be Fart I of the program to be presented by the fourth, fifth and sixth grades tonight at 8:00 in the auditorium. The following students have speaking parts in the production: Douglas Burkhead. Kay Griest, Joylyn Mecum. Janet Spagnuolo. Robert Jones. Clinton Groves. El mer Jones. Tommy Parker. Eugene Curtis. David Sassman. Dorothy Shepherd. Sally McDonald. James Carr. James Motch. John Sauer. Sue Luomala. David Dykhouse, Tommy George. Carol Norris. Phil- lip Cole. Suzanne Cowan, Judy Col- lins. Wilma Whitinger. Linda Smith. Peter Carpenter. Karen La- vengood. and Harry Stanton. Part II of the program is called 1946 Christmas Prevue with Char- les Thornell as Santa Claus. The letters to Santa, used in this scene were written by the third grade students. Santa Claus' helpers are students from the Hawthorne fourth grade, with original dia- logues written by each individual. The program is directed by Miss Elaine Meyer with Mrs. Leora Weymouth at the piano. Other teachers assisting in the program are: Mrs. Ruth Fuller. Mrs. Bar- bara I oucks. Mrs. Wanda Powell. Mrs. Alice Woodard, Mrs. Evald Johnson. Miss Laura Downey. Mrs. Ethel Stringham. Mr. Titus Wilt, and Mr. H. F. Idle. Amateur Radio Club Here Are you interested in radio? If so, join a new club which has been started for the boys of Charlotte high. The Charlotte Amateur Radio Club” meets every Monday night at the school or at one of the member's homes. Bill Reefman of Wilcox-Gay is the instructor and so far the boys have been studying the theory of radio. If anyone is interested in becom- ing a member please see Don Stew art or Bob Wilcox. Compliments of Community Laundry C.H.S. Welcomes Xmas Vacation in Many Ways Your inquiring reporter deter- mined to see how some faculty and students were going to spend that much needed Christmas vaca- tion. Here is what they had to say: Coach Gobel: “The first week I’m going rabbit hunting if them is any snow and I'm also going to eat a big Christmas dinner. Marlyn Brough: “I’m going to work and go out of town. Mrs. Kiplinger: Just spend a quiet Christmas at home. Mary Ann Lewis: I’m going to dream away my vacation. Gertrude Heinze: I'll work in the office if the coal supply doesn't run loo short. Joan Wenzel: Spend all tny nights with Potterville. Stanley Gould: I'm just gonna hunt! Sue Hale: Work as usual. Mr. Huston: Sit at home and rest. Miss Wesche: Ask John L. Lewis! Mr. Paajanen: I'm going up across the straits and go rabbit hunting? ? ? ? Mr. Stall: I’m going to hunt, coach basketball and stay home. Barbara McGrath: Oscar is fin- ally coming home! Sallie Hale and Lou Anne Pot- ter: “We re going to beauty school and we have to keep the one and only's happy. Miss Holmes: Definitely going home and perhaps to Florida! Bob Bandfield: I'm gonna work and wolf around. Bob Brown: Guess I’ll just work. Bob Cooper: “I’m just gonna sleep! Mr. Amaden: My family and I are going to Florida. Mrs. Lipsey: “Rest up from my bookkeeping class by going to Flor- ida. Mr. Dykhouse: “I’ll probably walk the floor with the new baby. Joan Easley: I’m going to Mem- phis. ? ? ? Rita French: I'm going to visit my fiance! Mr. Powell: Going to Kentucky and I hope to hunt some quail. Wayne Webb, '45. who is station- ed at Fort Knox. Kentucky, spent Thanksgiving with his parents. Best Wishes and Merry Christmas ☆ ☆ ☆ CHARLOTTE MOTOR-GENERATOR SHOP merry Christinas and Happy to year MAIN SWEET SHOP BRUNO SPAGNUOLO Corner of Main and Lawrence Ave. Charlotte, Michigan ORANGE BLACK Page Kiplinger-Johnson Wedding Y-Teen Annual Turkey Trot Proves Great Success The annual Turkey Trot sponsor- ed. November 27. by the Y-Teens was a great success. The gym was decorated with a large turkey, drawn by Joan Davids, and small turkeys around the sides. The music was furnished by the St. Johns high school orchestra. Dorothy Steffens was the main vo- calist and pianist. During intermission. Irene Liv- ingston sang I Don't Know Why Hans Langmaack gave an ad- dress on his 4-H work and the Charlotte fair at a session of the International Association of Fairs and Expositions in Chicago. Decem- ber 4. Ray Norlander spent a week end in Battle Creek recently with Pat Hill, a former student of C. H. S. Sue Hale gave a surprise birth- day party for Anne Colizzi at the latter's home Thursday night. De- cember 5. accompanied by Rita French at the piano. John Steward played two solos. Dinah” and Till Reveille” on his tenor sax. Two nice boxes of stationery were given to Beverly Chamberlain and Richard Huffman for having the craziest socks. Merry Christmas Christmas Greetings and a FROM Kutsche’S Happy New Year Flowers from for Gifts Many other items on display MURL and ROSEACRE IRENE Big Jump to Matrimony Taken by Two of Faculty Miss Kiplinger and Mr. Johnson Married Thanksgiving Eve Miss Eva Jeane Kiplinger, teach- er at Hawthorne, and Mr. Evald Johnson were united in marriage Thanksgiving eve at the Lawrence Avenue Methodist church, by Rev. William E. Beckett. The bride wore a dusty pink and brown street length dress with an orchid shoulder corsage. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Clayton were the only attendants. Mrs. Clayton is a sis- ter of the groom. Ushers were James Harrington and Wm. Erick- son of Detroit. The double ring, candlelight ceremony was performed before an altar of white chrysanthemums. Mrs. Hilding Krusell sang, Oh, Perfect Love, and “At Dawning . Mrs. Alice Chapman was the or- ganist. Following the wedding, a recep- tion was held in the church par- lors. Assisting at the reception were Mrs. L. F. Kiplinger. Mrs. Richard Carlson. Detroit, Mrs. E. H. Russ, and Miss Ruth Baas, Lan- sing. The newly-married couple left on a short honeymoon after the wed- ding. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson reside on West Harris. The bride was honored at a pre- nuptial shower, November 26, by Mrs. Burdette Brown. Mrs. Marie Taylor. Mrs. Ethel Stringham, and Mrs. John Jenson at the home of Mrs. Brown. The shower was an all white shower and bridge was played during the evening. A pre-nuptial shower was also given in East Lansing by Mrs. Benj. Hennink. Mrs. Sherman Kip- linger was the only guest from Charlotte. Wietzke-Dymond Wedding Performed November 30 The wedding of Phyllis Wietzke. '45, to Eldon Dymond. ’42. was solemnized November 30 at three o’clock before an estimated four hundred guests at the Methodist church. Mrs. Carol Lundstrum i Elaine Keeny. '411 served as ma- ron of honor; Mrs. Douglas Fletch- er (Phyllis Hack. ’45) was the oth- er attendant. Mary Lou Wietzke. cousin of Phyllis, acted as flower girl and Jimmie Wietzke was ring bearer. Douglas Fletcher. '43. Ar- thur Steward. ’44. Franklin Wiet- zke. ex '37. and James Wood. ’40, were ushers. The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev. William E. Bec- kett. The center piece for the table was a three tiered cake beauti- fully decorated. Laura Cudney. '45. served the groom’s cake and Mary Lou Keeler. '45. served the ice cream. Following the reception a six o’clock wedding dinner was served to fifty relatives at Green Meadows. Hilding Krusell. '46. left Cal- ifornia. Dec. 2. with the Admiral Byrd High Jump expedition which is headed for the South Pole. The group will not return until the middle of May. and can neither receive nor send any let- ters or other communications dur- ing that time. He was one of 176 Seabees chosen from a group who had had special machinist mate .training. This is known as Task Force 68. FIELDER'S DELUXE CLEANERS We operate our own plant ) Itc.'iiililiil Button Cardigans and Pull-overs Pure Virgin Wool in all the Popular Colors including White at $5.95 Fred A. Itieliev t o. 4 oni|iliiiHknl From STORE CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN Page 8 ORANGE BLACK Former Faculty Members Take New Positions Mr. Richard Schroeder. who taught the biology and agricultural classes in Charlotte for three years, is now superintendent of Vermont- ville high school. Mr. Schroeder and family have purchased a small faim consisting of thirteen acres in Vermontvilie. He enjoys his work very much and hopes that some of his old pupils from Char- lotte high will visit him as soon as he and his family are settled. Mr. Harlan McCall. wrho taught mathematics and journalism and was principal and superintendent during his seventeen years here, is now head of the educational de- partment at Alma college. He is in charge of the practice teachers there and also of their placement. Mr. McCall is now living in Ithaca. His family expects to join him as soon as possible. Mr. Emerson GrindaU, teacher of mathematics for four years. Is now’ in the mathematical department at Michigan State College. Mr. and Mrs. GrindaU and family are still residing in Charlotte and he drives to and from Lansing. McConnell Gives Message Reverend McConnell gave a talk at the Thanksgiving assembly Wednesday. November 27. The talk was on Value of Character and how you could add to your character and personality. The glee club sang two numbers, “We Gather Together, a Prayer for Thanksgiving and Bless This House.” The students were very attentive and responded very nicely to this assembly. Margaret Vance spent the week preceedlng Thanksgiving vacation in I ouisiana. Season’s Greetings SILVER SYSTEM MERRY CHRISTMAS and Happy New Year ★ ★ ★ YUND’S MARKET Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday SCHWEGLER'S Christmas Seals . . . Your Protection Against Tuberculosis 1907 Marked First Year Of Christmas Seal Sales Tuberculosis Survey Shows Unbelievable Facts In December of every year since 1907, the United States makes a special effort to raise funds for the Tuberculosis Association by selling Christmas seals. Christmas seals originated in the United States when Emily Bissell’s Dr. Joseph Wales asked her to help raise money for his fresh air tuber- culosis project. It seemed like an impossibility until she remembered reading in a magazine about the Christmas stamps the Danish peo- ple had. It was an extra stamp put on all Christmas letters. The money was used for a sanatorium for tuberculous children. Miss Bis- sell constructed a picture to be used on the Christmas seal for 1907. Thus, since then, the TB Association has raised money by selling these seals for one cent a piece, with the picture changing each year. MERRY XMAS from JERROLD’S STORE Lynd’s Market GROCERIES FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES Season’s Greetings DURBINS Of the money taken in from Christmas seals. 95 per cent is left for use in the state in which it was collected. The other 5 per cent goes to the national association for research work. In 1904 when the National Tuber- culosis Association began its work, the number of deaths caused by Tit was 188 to every 100.000 people in the United States. In 1944 the number had been reduced to 41. The 1944 statistics, the latest available, gave the following in- formation: AI out 55.000 persons died with TB including 2.400 chil- dren under the age of 15. AI� out 110,000 persons were admitted tc tuberculosis hospitals or sanator- iums. Approximately 200.000 per- sons received treatment in TB in- stitutions. Experts estimate that about 500.000 persons had TB at that time. U. S. Public Health Service sur- veys show that out of 1.185.817 per- sons. 12,361 of them have TB. 70 per cent with minimal disease; £5 per cent with moderately advanced disease; 5 per cent with far ad- vanced disease. Other surveys have found that one person dies every 10 minutes with TB. Cash Register Starts Bell Ringer on Career Your reporter went back stag to talk with Mr. Messick and this is what she found out. Mr. Mes- sick began his hell ringing career at the age of twelve. What starte l him on this was the merchan that had a drawer under the coun ter that came open when you pull ed the right lever and a bell would ring as the drawer opened. Mr. Messick has made a study of all bells. He has a Swiss Ml set and many historical Mils. He has bells from various countries, one with a coat of arms as the handle, and one from China. The oldest hell he has w’as dated 1330. Because this program is so dif- ferent Mr. Messick is l ooked ui ahead until 1949. Mr. Messick is from Top ka. Kan., and has two boys in high fchool. Eaton County Savings Bank BEST WISHES... MUNGER HARDWARE Wishing You A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year I Morris !i A I Or io HI.OO Siorr SEASON'S GREETINGS and an Abundance of Christmas Cheer Our entire organization joins in a whole-hearted wish For Your Happy Holiday McGrath-DeFoe Co. COMMERCIAL PRINTERS PUBLISHERS CHARLOTTE REPUBLICAN-TRIBUNE HEAR BAND CONCERT ORANGE BLACK •THE CHARHIAN BEAT MASON VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN. THURSDAY. JANUARY 9, 1947 ISSUE 6 Seniors Receives Award For Field Crops Project Langmaack Sees Sid Luckman, Henry Ford, Spike Jones at Banquet Hans Langmaack, a aenior, re- ceived an award for a field crops project which waa sponsored by the International Harvester Com- pany. His reward was a trip to Chicago to attend the National 4-H Club Congress. His visit there was packed full of entertainment. Hans attended ten banquets which were given by the International Harvester Com- pany, Swift and Company, Wilson and Company and several others. At every banquet the guests receiv- ed souvenirs. Autograph books, Eversharp pencils, notebooks, and flashlights were among the articles given. All the meals were served in the grand ballroom of the Stevens Hotel which is said to be the larg- est hotel in the world. After each meal there were two hours of en- tertainment. Honored guests in- cluded Sid Luckman, football star, the Agasee brothers, also of foot- hall fame. Spike Jones and his City Slickers and Henry Ford. Other amusements were roller skaters, singers and movies. During all the meals, music was played by an orchestra or an organ. In the morning, classes were held on the problems of govern- ment. These were about twenty groups and all discussed different questions. Hans visited the International Livestock Show'. Museum of Science and Industry. Chicago’s Art Mu- seum, and a radio program. In all, there were 1500 people at- tending. Every state was represent- ed. and in addition China, Canada and South America. There were twenty-four delegates from Mich- igan who were quartered at the Harrison Hotel. What’s a’Comin’ January 10—Mason game, there. (Let’s tally up another for our side.) January 15—Band Assembly. (Show our musicians we ap- preciate them.) January 15—Evening St. Johns- C.H.S. Joint Band Concert. January 17—Eaton Rapids game, here. January 22 and 23—Semester Exams. (Another headache.) January 24- (Jrand Ledge, there. January 30—Orange Black. CADET BAND APPEARS The Cadet band played “Military Escort”. “ Festival March”. Melody in F . and College Days” at the boy Scout rally. December 11. On June 1. 1946. there were 4,340 affiliated chapters and 168.259 members in 47 states and territor- ies affiliated with the Future Homemakers of America. Future Homemakers Back Row, Left to Right: C. Stanton. C. Noe. E. Platt. J. Bandfield, C. Newland. S. Hicks. E. Tanner. R. Morris. L. Clifford. B. Webb. B. Fox. B. Shumaker. M. Shiels, P. Schrader, J. Papoi, V. Thuma. N. Livingston. D. Martens, R. Tharp, C. Rolfe. A. VanDorpe, N. Fox. Second Row: Miss Taffee. J. Cornelius. B. Roath, W. Clement. B. Cham- berlain. M. Moore, J. Ball, R. VanDorpe. J. Cornelius, J. Parsons. M. Green, P. Sinclair, M. L. Simons. S. Parr, B. Boyd. J. Wood. M. L. Parr, D. Aid, M. Johnson. V. Clever, B. Hollandsworth, J. Briggs. L. Moore, B. Shultz. Third Row: S. French. D. Pratt. G. Pryor. V. Wilbur. D. McClure. D. Stanke. D. Moore. F. Gould. B. White, N. Kerekes. C. Gould. M. Smith. C. Alfonso. J. Hillis. S. Conner. S. Bursley. C. Mauney. M. Smith. D. Walker. Double Bands To Play Here St. Johns Joins Charlotte In Concert January 15 Admission 25 and 50c January 15. at 8:00 p. m. the Charlotte and the St. Johns’ bands will hold a joint concert, under the direction of Mr. Robert K. Powell of Charlotte and Mr. Robert Kerns of St. Johns, in the high school auditorium. The money received from this concert will be used for band ex- penses and replacing equipment. Admission is 25c for students and 50c for adults. The program is planned as follows: ST. JOHNS HIGH SCHOOL BAND Hall of Fame , march. J. Oliva- doti. Morning, Noon, and Night”, (in Vienna), F. V’on Suppe. Midnight in Paris”, C. Conrad- H. Magidson. Impressive Christmas Program Presented On Decem her 20th, the band, glee club and dramatics club pre- sented a program of Christmas carols which were sung, played and dramatized in tableaux form. When the glee club sang they were accompanied by a group of band members. These members were: John Steward. Mary Lou Terwilliger. Barbara McGrath, Margaret Vance. Mary Mead, and Joanne Ball. Rodney Wood played the cornet solo in Oh Little Town of Bethlehelm . Buster Mead and Rodney Wood played a cornet duet in Away in the Manger”. As each of the three wise men entered the stage, during We Three Kings of Orient Are , a solo was played by a member of the band. These solos were played by Rodney Wood. John Steward and Jimmy Lavengood. Members of the Dramatics Club who took part in the tableaux were: Mary. Lcota Pfeifer: Joseph. Her- bert Cherry; Gabriel. Jimmy Tay- lor; angels. Phyllis Smallwood, Pat Shiels. Lou Anne Potter. Barbara McKeag and Marilyn Hethering- ton; shepherds. Dan Dickinson. Karl Gearhart. Robert Debler and Carroll Tharp: wisemen. Bob eas- ier. Clifford Shults and Dick King. G. A. A. Choses Representatives The purpose of the Girl’s Ath- letic Association meeting on De- cember 11 was to elect representa- tives from the various classes. Each class held a private confer- ence to chose its representatives. The following girls were elected, seventh grade. Nancy Parish; eighth grade. Eunice Jones; ninth grade. Jeanette Rol erts: tenth grade. Leota Pfeifer; eleventh grade. Norma Fox; twelfth grade. Maxine Dilliu. Thirty-nine New Members To be Admitted To F.H.A. Candlelight Ceremony to be Held For Future Homemaking Girls Last night at 7:30 there was a candlelight initiation for the Fu- ture Homemakers of America. It w'as held in the home economics room. There were 39 new mem- bers of the club initiated. They w'ere as follows: Velma Thuma. Don- na Walker. Rachel Tharp, Donna Aid, Jeanne Hillis, Marlene John- son. Rosemary Van Dorpe, Joan Cornelius. Janet Cornelius. Joanne Wood, Clela Gould. Frances Gould, Sally Conner. Beverly Chamber- lain. Floral Bergman. Barbara Hoi- iandswortb. Jean Briggs. Marlene Smith. Jeannette Papoi. Catherine Noe. Gretta Pryor. Shirley Bursley, Clara Mauney. Diane Martin. Naida Livingston. Velma Clever. Phyllis Schroeder. Delores Willard. Lillian Moore. Barbara Shults, Pat Sin- clair. Marilyn Shiels, Joan Ball. Donna Barrett, Ruth Dies, Sue Hale. Bertha Lenon. Etta Them and Annie Colizzi. The formal initiation was follow- ed by a reception. Punch and cookies were served. The new members will be rec- ognized today by the red and white ribbons they are wearing. F.F.A. Plans Coming Events An Eaton county Future Farm- ers’ meeting was held in the agri- culture room. December 11, to dis- cuss future plans of the local chap- ters. Hans Langmaack attended and reported that the next public speaking contest and the next meeting will be at Grand Ledge sometime in the spring. Basket- ball games between chapters will be scheduled same as last year. Hey, That’s Boogie Woogie , J. E Handlon. During the intermission the Charlotte cadet band will play. CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL BAND Gypsy Princess, overture, Paul Voder. Bombasto”. march. O. R. Farrar, (featuring twirlers). “My Regards”, Edward Llewel- lyn. John Steward, soloist. March Modernistic , Michael Edw’ards. The Bell Ringers”, Paul Yoder, novelty. MASS BAND PROGRAM National Emblem , E. E. Bag- ley. March W. M. B. . R. B. Hall. King Cotton”. John Philip Sou- sa. Washington Post”, John Philip Sousa. Officers of the local band are: president. Richard Uren; vice pres- ident. Mary Mead; secretary-librar- ian. Rita French; drum major, John Steward. There will be a party for both bands after the concert sponsored by the Charlotte band. lauch Home Scene of Party Given by Library Club December 11, the library club went out to Mrs. Iauch’s home for its annual Christmas party which began at 7:30. At 10:00 the merry group drifted home. Committees for the party were: Irene Livingston, general chair- man: Doris McClure. refresh- ments; Beverly Chamberlain. Mary Ann Lewis, decorations; and Bar- bara Xisse, games. For entertainment the club played a few games, worked the Ouiji board and finished by sing- ing carols. Page 2 ORANGE 6. BLACK ORANGE BLACK If I Had Phthisis I Would i'hnttvr Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 STAFF Publisher .....................Richard Derby Managing Editor..............Barbara McGrath Editor-in-Chief .....................Jacquelyn Yund Sports Editor............................Joyce Miller Alumni Editor.................Floral Bergman Exchange Editor............Frederick Diamond Business Manager..................Joe Holmes Advertising Manager..............Rita French Assistant ......................Bethel Parker Circulation Manager...........Nancy Kerekes Adviser ......................Winifred Wells Reporters.........Rosemary Beals, Bob Debler, Maxine Dillin, Joan Easley. Karl Gear- hart, Clela Gould, Sallie Hale, Mary Jean Krusell, Irene Livingston. Bethel Parker, Lou Anne Potter, Maxine Pratt, Peggy Reed, Martha Rochester, Donna Scovill. Robert White. Lady Luck Is With Us School pupils are a bit different from other people, or have you thought about it? The people beyond school age celebrate exactly one new year, while kids who go to school cele- brate three. The first new year begins with a flurry of activity in September when nearly every per- son under twenty makes his way to the school grounds, and up the steps into the class room. Then, since we're school age, Old Father Time hasn’t any possible chance of bowing out unnoticed, and of course everyone just loves to welcome a new baby, and Baby New Year is no exception. The third new leaf, which I dare say is greeted with greater reluctance than either of the preceding, is turned at semester exam time. These brain quizzes, which are handed to us at the end of eighteen weeks of supposed study and learning are really an inconceivable imposition placed on us by our teachers, don’t you think? But wait, let’s review the facts. A man wrho possesses two dollars is better off than the man who has one: and since school days are the happiest days of our lives, 1 think some credit is due Lady Luck for letting us have the chance of experiencing three New Years an- nually during our years of school. Students Enjoy Assembly In regards to the Cheerleader’s assembly many good comments were heard. Students admitted they didn’t know much about the rules and regulations of basketball until after they saw the demonstration put on by coach and the boys. They knew very little about how time was kept until Mr. Amaden gave them an explanation. The idea of second team cheerleaders was agreeable to most of the stu- dents because they believe it will make better first team cheerleaders in the future. Many students said they would like the band to play more often because they enjoy hearing it. F riends Few words in the English language have such a decided meaning as the word friend”. A short definition is, “one attached to another by esteem, respect, and affection.” The possession of friends is one of the fin- est assets a human being can possibly have. One who has friends can surmount life’s most dreary obstacles. Without friends life is bar- ren indeed. To be a friend is more than to be a mil- lionaire. for friendship is something that money can not buy. When illness or accident suddenly strikes one down, friends come and by their sym- pathy and kindness bring a bit of sunshine, when the hours seem dark and long. Flowers, Don Furu—Give it to Miss Wells for a present. Coach Gobel—Look it up in the dictionary. Dick Huffman—Take it on a date. Dolores Michel—Eat it. Marilyn Wilmore—Take it to the basketball game. Darrel Hicks—Put it in the garbage can. Sam Spagnuolo—Throw it aw-ay. Carroll Mohre—Rent it. Barbar Hollandsworth—Cook it. Carl Ruli8on—Take it to bed with me. Jeanette Papoi—Take it home with me for company. New Year’s Resolutions 1 resolve, that in this coming year, I will strive to reach a state of emotional maturity. Bob Casler. Dear New Year. Please give me will power during the following year and help me to enforce my New Year's e30lution to— Never go steady again.” Joyce Wheaton. In the coming year I resolve: Because I am slightly superstitious. I will not work in any week that has a Friday in it. Because of my strict diet, 1 will eat only foods. I will get only A's” in shop, journalism. French. Latin and trig. I will not forget that I do not take shop, journalism, French. Latin or trig. Don Stewart. A Perfect Dream Girl Boy Nancy Kerekes N. Zimmerlee Pat Gould Jerry Norris B. Chamberlain Bob Patrick Peggy Skelley Alb’t McDonald Shirley Gordon Dick Hutchison Marlene Smith Dick King Mary Lou Parr Dick McKay Mary Smith Kenny Sparks Dolores Stanke Herb't Packard Exchange Mr. Ernest Chapelle. former Charlotte sup- erintendent and now with Ypsilanti schools, has been commended for his success in the Ypsilanti Community Chest Drive. Lou Ella Frey, graduate of '45. received men- tion as a Social Committeeman for the County Lite Club at Western State College. First Date Data Karl Gearhart: I was too bashful.’ (How- times have changed!) Rita French: Went to a school dance. Jackie Yund: We went roller skating— Oh brother!” Mary Jean Krusell: I went to the movies with Gordon.” (This was before Sallie's reign.) Margaret McNamara: Had a wonderful time dancing at Pleasant Lake. Dick Johnson: “Went walking through Oak Park!” George Bruce: 1 hate to think of it! Laura Clifford: I went to an ice skating party . . . .” Joanne Willard: It was so long ago . . Marlene Smith: I went on a hay ride and had a time keeping warm!” (Young and inno- cent! ) Maxine Dillin: I got a black eye . . . (What happened, Maxine?) Winfield Pardee: Do you expect me to remember that far back?” (These ancient sophomores!) Shirley Paton: We went to a dance . . . then came home and sat and talked! (Is that all. Shirley?) get-well-cards. and phone calls all indicate those who really care. Ye3. one who has friends is fortunate in- deed. Can’t some people take a hint about having so many dates In one night. You know it might get to be a habit. We have some pretty office girls this year, huh? Could the reason for Bethel Parker’s hap- piness be that Russ is home? Who is this A.K. that causes Peter Kardel so much trouble coming home on the bus? Just notice how- dignified the seniors arc getting. Who was George Bruce winking at in the hall? (Shall we ask Pat Sinclair?) What kind of parties are held at Marion Lemmon’s house on Saturday nights? Too bad the park was closed when Sam Colizzi and two other boys picked up some Olivet college girls? (Better luck next time.) Jackie Yund and Dick King are getting along fine together, it seems. (Keep the home fires burning.) Hey girls! What did you find In the hay stack? (Maybe Mary Ann Lewis would know.) Why is Shirley Gordon always getting lock ed up in the ice box at the Kroger store?) | (Shall we ask the Kroger gang?) Where are all the girls getting their pretty j diamonds? Newberry’s must be making quite ; a profit. Has Marlyn Brough found romance? Ask ; Connie. Why is Irene Livingston always getting into trouble? (Oh those Potterville boys.) Miss Del Favero had a Christmas party for her French class. (Could anyone come?) What is this new- romance between John Steward and Ethel VanGothem? (Is it love?� It seems a certain bunch of girls have a lot of fun bowling on Monday nights! (How about that?) What happened to Gaylord Yund in third hour history class? (Ask Mrs. Kipllnger) Burr . . . but It’s cold! You better get some windows in your car. Gay land! How many girls know- Dick Fast can play boogie woogie? Ask Joyce Miller her trade secrets; she says it isn’t peroxide! Oh yes, dear readers—1 almost forgot to tell you—Kilroy was here! Well, kids, I gotta go now. See you at the skating pond! Meow-! Personal Mention Congratulations on the fine work done on the new score board by the shop classes. Orchids to Phyllis Smallwood and Margaret McNamara for the Christmas scene on the window of Mr. Straw's room. Thanks to Joan David and Milford Mason for decorating the tree in the main lobby, and thanks to Bob Casler for obtaining it. Orchids to Rae Norlander, Charlotte Suther- land. Judson Richardson and Robert White for backstage work on the Christmas program. Junior High Gossip Glad to see Ronnie Root back to school after a stay in the hospital following an appen dectomy. High bowler for junior high December 4 was Susie Peck who knocked down 106 pins Joyce Hughes came in second with a score A 102. Pat Bostwick knows some good songs. Stop by locker 363 sometime and she will sing them for you. Girls' gym second hour is her moat faithful audience. Personal nomination for one of junior high's cutest lassies, Marilyn Hetherington. Junior high dance December 13 was spon- sored by Mrs. Taylor’s sixth hour spelling class. A lot or nice things are in the progress for the eighth grade girls' handicraft class. Why does Charles Schaefer speak so ad- miringly of Mary Lou—Soil of old for you. isn't she, Charles? Hair Eyes Teeth Figure Neatness Clothes Smile Personality Friendliness ORANGE A BLACK Page 3 Howell Cracks Oriole String Charlotte's Line of Victories Cut by 41-40 Setback; Mistake Made Charlotte's first defeat of the reason was suffered by the local five December 20. at Howell. Through the first three quarters the Oriole squad led the scoring. At one time the local basketeers were ahead by 10 points. Howell’s mighty team overtook the Orioles in the last quarter by scoring 20 points to the Orioles' 11 points. With five seconds left in the game to play a mistake was made. The Orioles had called for time out. but the request had not been beard. Spectators ran out onto the floor before the game was official- ly over. The official quieted the crowd and explained the circum- stances. It was Charlotte's ball. Dick Derby took the ball out, but with the people standing two deep on the sidelines, he stepped over the line onto the court before throwing the ball and it was auto- matically taken by the Highland- ers. Albert Foster was high point man for Charlotte with 16 points. Toni Brogan of Howell followed with 11 points. The score was tied several times throughout the game. Charlotte had 15 fouls and Howell 20. Stalls’ second team won their fourth straight with a score of 40 to 27. The score by quarters was as follows: Charlotte ....7 11 11 11—40 Howell .......4 11 6 20—41 F.F.A. Plans Basketball Mr. Blight, agricultural leader, reports that Future Farmer basket- ball practice is now underway. The chapter's intentions are to play other F.F.A. chapters within Eaton county. As yet there have been no basketball leaders chosen, but the group hopes to carry forward its plan soon. What’s New in the Library Mrs. Warren Hasemeier gave many years’ subscriptions of popu- lar magazines to the high school library. Among these were Life. Time. Post, Colliers and the Cos- mopolitan. Thank You For Your Patronage Max E. Field Orioles Snow Comets Under With Big Score of 41 to 25 leading with a score of 41 to 25, the Orioles topped the Grand Ledge Comets. Mason and Mohre made two baskets in the first min- utes of the game. No more points were made until the latter part of the quarter which ended 13 to 3 in favor of Charlotte. Six more points were made by the Gobelman in the second quarter; four were shot by Shippey's men and at the half the scoreboard showed 19 to 7. Orioles Mohre, Mason. Santee and Johansen succeeded in making five baskets and one extra point in the third quarter. Grand Ledge gained three baskets and a free shot making the score 30 to 14. In the last half of the third quarter the Comets began to show more fighting spirit, making four free shots in a row. three two- pointers through the hoops and an- olher free one. Seven fouls were called on the Charlotte men In the last quarter. Substitutes. Kardel, Foster. Mathews and Lavengood went In during the timeout for Santee. Mason. Johansen and Mohre. The Orioles also made eleven points in this quarter mak- ing the final tallies 41 to 25. Oriole Feathers What did Dane. Johansen and Packard do in Lansing Saturday night? (Johansen was driving? ?) Why do the basketball boys call Kardel Stinky”? ? ? What did Coach say to the team after the Everett game? ? (My. my! !) Does “Whitey” have a girl In Vermontville? Whom does Bruce Lavengood have a crush on? Why can’t Bob Mohre sit down? (Just ask Rosey! ! !) Kenny Sparks seems to be think- ing awfully hard lately! (Could it be about Donna Walker? ? ?) Has Mickey” Ells become bash- ful? Did you know Coach crossed his legs 29 times at the Grand I edge game? Who owes whom in the locker room? ? ? Seems that Hale Harrington has a girl from Eastern now? (How about it, Hale?) Did you hear that Bryan and Shultz took in a party Saturday THAI LOTTH HOME DAIRY Schwegler’s Ice Cream and Luncheon Orioles Take Vikings 32-28 Bob Mohre Leading Scorer With 15 Points While Sprague Makes 12 Playing Its second cage game of the season, Charlotte journeyed to Everett and the strong Oriole five came out victorious with a score of 32 to 28 Friday. December 13. The game was close all through the first quarter with each team matching basket for basket and at the end of the quarter Charlotte was leading 8 to 7. In the second period neither team could gain much on the other and when the half ended Everett was on the losing end 18 to 14. It was all Bob Mohre in the third quarter with his making 9 points and putting the Gobelmen 7 points in the lead. As the fourth quarter opened, the Vikings seemed to come to life and came within 4 points of tying Charlotte, but the fighting Oriole five kept them down until the final whistle blew ending the game. The final score was 32 to 28 in favor of Charlotte. Bob Mohre took scoring honors for the evening making 15 points. Sprague lead the Everett attack with 12 points. Don Johansen came in as substitute and played great ball. He was second to Bob with 6 points. The starting lineup was as fol- lows: Charlotte Everett Mohre RF Noss Santee LF Moore Foster C Titus Derby RG Walters Mason LG Sprague Substitutions for Charlotte were Johansen: for Everett. Giza and Powers. Charlotte Orioles Win Over Ionia Bulldogs With Russell Santee showing the way with 17 points, the Orioles trounced the Ionia Bulldogs with a tune of 36-19 Tuesday night in Charlotte’s fifth game of the sear son. After the toss up. the game was off to a fast start and by the first quarter, they piled up a score of 9-4. When the horn blew ending the first half, the score was 17-9 in favor of the Orioles. Both teams fought a bitter battle in the first half, but by the constant teamwork, the Orioles held the lead till the end. There were no fouls on Charlotte during the last half of the game. The third and fourth quarter found the Orioles fighting hard as they unleashed their full power and sprang through for a final score of 36-19. New Clock Arrives for Keeping Time at Games Isn’t the new clock a big im- provement! This remark is heard throughout the school building and from the people of Charlotte. This big blushing red clock was ordered last March and arrived December 14. The lights and switches are operated by electricity. The time clock or time out clock hasn’t arrived yet. The horn blows auto- matically at the end of each quart- er. The blushing done by the clock, begins five seconds before the last minute in each quarter. The clock turns white five seconds before the whistle blows. The clock was made by the Fair- play Manufacturing Company. Coach says, It’s a big help!” Best Wishes for 1947 niglu! (They took their “steadies” home first!) Did you notice the new score- board at the Grand Ledge game? W. E. WRIGHT JEWELRY GIFTS We look forward to greeting all of our C.H.S. friends of the past year many times in the new year ahead of us. You are always welcome in our store. FRED MURRAY A CO. We are stocked to furnish every room in your home with a great savings VITALE SONS - TRADING POST STUDIO OF PHOTOGRAPHY YOU WILL FIND YOUR ACCESSORIES AND MEET YOUR FRIENDS And Refresh Yourselues AT Durbin’s Rexall Drug Store AUTO SUPPLIES AT Germain Shell Service ORANGE BLACK Page 4 Two Basketball Games Set for Near Future Meeting two all-veteran teams is the task facing the Oriole bas- keteers in their sixth and seventh games of the 1946-47 season. Coach Gobel says that he expects both games to be tough because of l he advantage of veteran teams. The Maroons will meet the Or- ioles on their home floor, while the Islanders will visit Charlotte. Charlotte to Journey To Grand Ledge Jan. 28 On Friday. January 24. Charlotte ; goes to Grand Ledge to engage in a basketball game. The Orioles have already one victory over the Comets when they trounced them 41 to 25 on their home floor. Grand Ledge has 4 returning let- termen from last year's squad; Hol- brook is back at center: Armstrong and Dinger are at the guard posts; and Vandersteen. a forward, are the ones returning. Twenty-one Athletes To Receive Letters Twenty-one local school students will receive letters in football this year and six in cross-country. In order to earn a letter in foot- ball. the participant must play eight quarters. To earn a letter in cross-country the participant has to place five times in the first ten places. The boys who will receive letters in football are: ends. M. Mason. D. White. B. Bryan and E. Clark; tac- kles. D. Derby. P. Kardel. G. Sparks and B. Bandfield; guards. D. Adams. C. Garvin. A. Fox and C. Shults; centers: E. Platt; backs. R. Radee. S. Spagnuolo. B. Mohre. The cross-country lettermen are G. Starr. R. Radee, D. Johansen, D. Furu. E. Furu and B. Mohre. Letters will be awarded in an honor assembly that will be held in the spring when all sports awards will be given out. “New Things First Delicious Hot Chocolate MAIN SWEET SHOP Bruno Spagnuolo Compliments of y und's MARKET FRESH and CURED MEATS Interlochen Program Calls C. H.S. Again Four Oriole Band Members Attend National Music Camp Jacquelyn Yund. David Fuller- ton. Joan Ball, and Richard Uren attended the National Music Camp at Interlochen. Michigan last sum- mer. Jacquelyn, who was there the summer before and. Joan, and David enrolled in a two weeks' course. Their way was paid In part by the band. Richard's was paid in part by the band and the Charlotte Lion's Club. He attend- ed the music camp for eight weeks training in both band and orches- tra. During the two weeks’ course the students could take theory or stu- dent directing. Joan took direct- ing and Jacquelyn and David took theory. Richard during his eight weeks’ stay, studied both theory and student directing. The students who went for two weeks played in the All State band which was under the direction of Dale C. Harris, who is the in- structor of the Pontiac high school instrumental department. William D. Revelli was guest conductor. Richard played in the National High School band which was under the direction of Walter Welki and the National High School orches- tra which was under the direction of Dr. Joseph Maddy. who is the founder of Interlochen. TRUDY HALL JUNIORS $10.75 to $14.95 Smartly Styled The Kind High School Girls Like to Wear Fred A. Richey Co. Way Back When'! % Y-Teens Help Needy As one of their annual projects to help mankind, the Y-Teens are collecting clothing for three Polish ! families. These families were picked from a list of names published in the “Detroit Nows . One of these families consists of a mother and two children, whose father is still missing from the war. Another family lost everything that they owned during the war. The most pitiful case is that of a twenty ( year old girl, who has been bed- ridden most of her life with tu- berculosis. She does not even I possess a bathrobe. Due to the efforts of the Y-Teens these three families will be clothed for the winter with a suitable sup- ply of shoes and warm clothing. Do You Know Them? This picture was taken when some of our seniors were young and gay. way back in the fourth grade at Grammar school. There are sixteen students in this picture that are supposed to graduate this year. The student who can name the most of the students’ pictures will receive an award. No journal- ism student can compete. These names should be in before Jan uary 16 to Richard Derby. Charlotte students are preparing to assist the March of Dimes YOUNG’S JEWELRY BRAITHWAITE BEAUTY SALON BEST WISHES FOR THE COMING YEAR BILLIE — and — MILLIE — Ground Beef Sandwiches Murl and Irene's McQratk-'Dedoe Co. GOOD LUCK F. F. A. ORANGE BLACK “THE CHARHIAN VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1947 ISSUE 7 C.H.S. Agricultural Boys Trying For State Farmer's Degree Blight’s Boys At Varied Activities With Team, E. Furu. D. Furu; with left tractor, M. Ell ; seated on tractor, D. Adams; with prize cow. H. Langmaack; stand ng alone, E. Bobcik. James T. Ledden Joins Charlotte Faculty Charlotte welcomes Mr. John Ledden. a graduate from Western College at Kalamazoo, to the teach- ing staff in Charlotte high school. Mr. Ledden taught geography and speech at Western Michigan Training School, having traveled al- most entirely throughout the United States. Mr. Ledden’s wife and two daugh- ters. ages three years and two months, live on his farm a few miles west of Middleville. If a house is available by spring, he will bring his family to Charlotte. Meanwhile he is rooming w-ith the Robert Fishers. In June of 1941 Mr Ledden en- tered air training school at New Jersey. After finishing his course he became a flight instructor and instructed for almost three years. After his teaching he went into a navigation school at Shawnee, Oklahoma, and later instructed there. In all. Mr. Ledden spent five years in the Navy. Mr. Ledden is teaching history and geography. He is also inter- ested in starting a photography club in school. Mr. Ledden is looking forward to his stay in Charlotte, and is sure he will enjoy it. Coach, Boys at Banquet Coach Malcolm Gobel, Bruce Bryan and Richard Huffman were guests at a football banquet in Jackson. January 9. honoring the Hillsdale football team. All the circuit champ teams of southern Michigan were invited to send their senior let termen. As it was the night before the Mason game, the basketball team did not attend and most of the foot- ball boys were unable to go. A dinner was served, followed by a speech on •’Americanism related to sports and supporting the home team. Gone at Present But Never Forgotten Mr. Charles Amaden left Char- lotte high school on January 24 to take over his new duties as prin- cipal of Grand Lodge high school. After teaching in the army for four years, Mr. Amaden joined the Charlotte faculty on November 1, 1945 to teach junior and senior high social studies. Although his stay on the faculty was short, he participated in many school activities, including coach- ing junior high basketball, acting as official scorer for the basketball team, and at the present time being chairman of the men teachers' club. He is also vice-president of the Eaton county chapter of the Michigan Education Association. Mr. Amaden said, “I like teach- ing at C.H.S. and am reluctant to leave. I wish to thank Mr. Muma and Mrs. Weymouth, senior and junior high principals, for the help they have given me in preparation for this job. Mr. Amaden also wishes to impress upon the stu- dents the fine school and education- al system they have. He believes that teaching in such a school sys- tem was largely responsible for this promotion. Due to the acute housing short- age. Mr. Amaden will reside in Charlotte and commute between Charlotte and Grand Ledge. Calendar January 31—Everett here. January 31—Y-Teen Dance. February 7—County Teachers’ Institute. February 7—Glee Club Dance. February 11—Ionia there. February 13—Teachers Club Dinner. February 13—Orange Black. February 14—Eaton Rapids there. Jacquelyn Yund Attends Interlochen Camp Reunion To play possible state contest music and recall former acquaint- ances. Jacquelyn Yund attended the mid-winter Interlochen reunion which was part of the Mid-Western Music Conference. This conference was held on the University of Mich- igan campus at Ann Arbor. The All-State band met at 8:30 at Harris Hall for tryouts; then met again at 10:30 for the morn- ing's concert. High school band directors from over Michigan were the guest con- ductors. The band played class B and C music for its selection. At 12:30 a reunion was held at the Women’s League for the 114 band members. The band reconven- ed at 3:30 and was released at 5:15, Mr. William R. Revelli, professor of music, directed the Anal number. Joan Ball and David Fullerton, who attended Interlochen last sum- mer, were unable to be present at the reunion. F. F. A. Seed Sales Are Underway F. F. A. flower and garden sales are off with a bang and will con- tinue through February and will end about March 1. The seeds are from the Farm Bureau Seed Company. The pur- pose of the sale is to raise money for the chapter treasury. There is a contest between the first hour and the third hour classes. The losing class is going to give a party for the winning class. Results of Picture Contest In the last Orange Black a picture was published of some of the seniors when they were in the third grade at Grammar school. A prize was to be given to the person naming the most people in the pic- ture. Mary Ann Lewis, a senior, won. If she will see Richard Der- y. her prize, an Eaton Theater tic- ket, will be waiting. Robert Paton, ’44. and Barbara Davis, '45. were married January 5. ; Accurate Accounts Kept On Farm Projects For Two Years Six senior F.F.A. boys hope to receive their State Farmers’ degree in May if all of their reports are filled out corectly and if they are recommended by a committee of the Michigan Association of the Future Farmers of America. The boys are Maynard Ells, David Adams, Hans Langmaack, Don Fu- ru, Eric Furu and Edward Bobcik. In order to compete they have to fill out a report on projects from last year and this year of how many acres of crops and how much livestock they had. Each boy must keep an accurate account of how- much expense there w-as and how- much money he made from the project. After this report is filled out. it is checked by Mr. Blight, agri- culture teacher, to see that there have been no mistakes made. He in turn sends it to the Agricultural Division of the State Board of Con- trol for Vocational Education at Lansing. Reports Graded When these reports are receiv- ed, they are looked over carefully by a committee which judges them for correctness. The ones that pass receive a State Farmers’ degree. The number of State Farmers in one year cannot exceed two per cent of the state membership. Also there is a ceremony held for all F.F.A. members and pins are given out to all of the boys who become State Farmers. Maynard Ells' project of the last two years consisted of two dairy cows, both thoroughbred Holsteins. He also has three grade sheep and ten acres of wheat as his project for the year. Having three acres of hybrid corn, five of pickles, six of cabbage and nine veal calves were David Adams' projects last year. This year he has six acres of hybrid corn, seven of Yorkwin wheat, five of Vickland oats, twenty of pickles and owns five grade Guernsey cows. Project Choice Similar Last year’s project of Hans Lang- • Continued on page 4.) lilii flu in Leader Uet 4 run How would you feel if you were a band director and were called to the telephone at 7:15 on the morn- ing of a concert to hear that your only cymbal player had chicken- pox? This is exactly the situation Mr Powell found himself in on Jan- uary 15. the morning of the St. Johns-Oriole band concert. Mr. Powell had just finished shaving and was preparing to leave for school w-hen Mrs. Fetterman call- ed to tell him that Ireta had como dow-n with chicken pox. In Mr. Powell’s own words, “What 1 thought at that moment couldn’t be published. Just before the assembly that afternoon, the bass drummer. Rebecca Hurlbut, was hurriedly switched to cymbals, and snare drummer. Richard Claflin. took ! over the bass drum. Neither of ; these people had seen their par- ticular parts before and a number of the pieces were played without I any rehearsal at all on their parts. Page 2 ORANGE BLACK ORANGE BLACK Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High£ School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 4SS% V STAFF Publisher ..................Barbara McGrath Managing Editor ......................Jacquelyn Yund Editor-in-Chief ............Lou Anne Potter Sports Editor .................Karl Gearhart Alumni Editor ....................... Phyllis Reed Exchange Editor ................. Maxine Dillin Business Manager .........................Joe Holmes Circulation Manager ........ Irene Livingston Advertising Manager .......... Bethel Parker Assistant ................. Martha Rochester Reporters ......Rosemary Beals. Floral Berg- man. Bob Debler, Richard Derby. Fred Diamond. Joan Easley, Rita French. Clela Gould. Sallie Hale. Nancy Kerekes. Mary Jane Krusell, Joyce Miller, Maxine Pratt, Donna Scovill, Robert White. Docs It Make Scents? Be Mine—Marilyn Shiels Devastating—Beverly Greenshields Evening In Paris—Mr. Amaden Duke of York—Mr. Muma Fabulous—Georgia Caffes Frolic—Semester Exams Heavenly Scent—“A” Students Morning Glory—Bulletin Board Announce- ments Risque (Risk)—Skippers Skylark—Gerry Face Tigress—Barbara McKeag Yu—Janice Gearhart and Douglas Lowe Tweed—Mr. Powell Saint and Sinner—Bob Casler and Gordon Johnson Platinum—Doug. White Shai (Shy)—Devon Wiley Blue Waltz—After Game Dances Chanel No. 5—Mrs. Kiplinger Tabu—Rae Norlander Orioles Twitter That So o f .’ Hood Lurk! Have you ever noticed one of the most likeable persons in this school? Think for a minute! A long minute! By now you should know. Yes. you are right; it was Mr. Amaden. He has left and the faculty and students will miss his fine ways. A quiet person, wher- ever Mr. Amaden would go he'd have a smile on his face. Sometimes while he was coach- ing junior high basketball, he had a scowl but not very often. He was always ready to help whatever the situation. A fine person left this school on the twenty- fourth. He’s now over in Grand Ledge as the principal. They are lucky to be getting such a fine man. Yes. Mr. Amaden. wherever you may go. may success be with you. Good luck and so long! Government in Grams Do we ever actually forget to go to a show w'hich has been on our date list for some time? No. of course not! Who’s crazy around here? Yet, kids, we are neglecting a very serious organization in this high school, our student council. The other day one of our representatives was asked to report on the last council meet- ing. in two classes. The first was a freshman class. No questions were asked nor were ob- jections raised about the report. During the next one. which was to a senior class, questions were fired at him with the rapidity of a machine gun. This is serious business; I mean, the amount of interest we take in our school’s government. Many of its functions are there just the same as those of our state and national government. The fact is known that it’s much easier to learn about big things in little doses; so wrhy don't we all try to watch for ways of improve- ment. and pass them on to our council repre- sentatives. who with our suggestions may be more able to help more effectively with the management of our school? Let’s Change Our Ways Have you ever stopped to think what the pep meetings are for? They are supposed to build up the spirit of the team and to let them know that the student body is behind them one-hundred per cent. Lately the pep meetings haven’t meant a thing. This is not the fault of the cheer- leaders but of the student body. It seems that the pep meetings mean only to get out of class early. The students have to go to their lock- ers before coming and sometimes it takes ten minutes for them to get seated in the audi- torium. In the future, if the pep meetings do not prove to be a success, they will have to be discontinued. The cheerleaders and the basketball team Vernal and Yvonne Scutt, former CHS stu- dents. attended the Ionia basketball game. A few senior boys say they would like dif- ferent kinds of sandwiches sold at the dances this year. A coat of paint during Christmas vacation made a big change in the band room, and Mrs. Weymouth’s and Mrs. Morey’s offices. Journeying to Mason. Mr. Amaden. who was accompanied by Mr. Muma. was traveling about 45 m.p.h. when he was overtaken by Bob Casler. In 1936, Malcolm Gobel’s first year as CHS coach. Charlotte played a victorious game of football with Coldwater. 6-0. The touchdown came when Dallas Stall, now CHS assistant coach, punted to Don Smith. Oriole halfback, who ran It back for a touchdown. Wearing each other’s stocking caps seem to be the new way to indicate going steady. One Hotel Wacker towel was found in some- one’s locker. If the owner can prove that It is his, please see Don Furu. Dorothy and Dick Steffens, former Charlotte students, played in the St. Johns band at the ioint concert. Their father, Russell R. Stef- fens, was a former metal shop and mechanical drawing teacher who taught here for three years and left in 1941. Of all the personnel in both bands at the concert with St. Johns. Moore and Pardee were the only duplicate sir names. Goodbye and Good Luck To C.H.S. To the faculty and students: It is always rather sad to leave a place that has been so pleasant—where everyone has been helpful and friendly. That is how I feel about leaving Charlotte high school. I am grateful to Mr. Muma and Mrs. Wey- mouth for their splendid leadership and unfail- ing co-operation at all times. I am happy to have been able to serve with such fine teach- ers as your junior and senior high school has —you may well be proud of them. It has been very enjoyable working with you. the students, and I want to assure you that it has been just as much fun for me to be in your class as it was for you to be in my class. I am hoping for an even greater spirit of friendliness and good sportsmanship between Grand Ledge and Charlotte. Just remember. Grand Ledge will compete with you but will not be competing against you. Sincerely yours. Charles F. Amaden. Miss Wesche—“Give a sentence with the word bewitches.” George Bruce—“Go ahead. I'll bewitches in a minute.” hope that the students will co-operate with the teachers and cheerleaders to make the future pep meetings worth having. True Friendship Relates Strange Tales A survey has been made to find out what happened when one person met his best friend. Names have been chosen and answers solve the mystery. When Mary Lou Thompson met Iris Gorrie. they went to the show. Football brought Earl Roiter and Neale Zim merlee together. Lou Anne's hitting Barbara McGrath ovei the head with a bottle ended the day's friend- ship. but the over all picture wasn’t changed Mud pies began a lasting friendship between Helen Myers and Melvina Taylor. It may seem strange, but even girls like to play Cowboy and Indian; at least that’s what started Rachel Tharp and Charlene Barnhaart on the road to being good friends. Eunice Jones didn't like Joyce Hughes when she met her. but now see what has happened? They’re friends. Playing cards didn’t bring a loss this time: it brought Donna Hambleton and Phyllis Ful- lerton together. A trip to South Haven started Duane Carter and Marion Cox on the road to being friends Fight! Fight! was the slogan, seemingly, but it turned out all right between Evelyn Mayhew and Donna Walker. Good uessing ame 1. This ninth grader with blonde hair has a hobby of collecting perfume. She's sweet and quiet. Working at home keeps her busy, but she still has time to eat escalloped potatoes and chicken. Boys are all right in their place. 2. Fried chicken is at the top of this blonde haired ninth grader's list. He works at the Charlotte Candy Company and has a hobby of building model airplanes. Girls are okay, but he cherishes his radio. 3. Not caring for girls, this eighth grade boy likes to build model boats and do photog- raphy. He’s a city slicker and says he can eat anything. 4. Being engaged to Harold keeps this starry-eyed senior girl out of mischief. She works at Morris 5 and 10 and likes ham and escalloped potatoes to eat. Her hobby is col- lecting recipes and she cherishes her diary. 5. Liking her locket best, this cute eighth grade girl just says boys are okay. She works at home and eats ham in between her work and studies. 6 Red h«� ir distinguishes this Dretty junior girl from others. She aorta” likes Carl and would hate to lose Alida. She finds time to eat goulash when not working at Durbin’s. 7. Girls are swell, but being a basketball player on the second team, this sophomore just finds time to mount his birds and animals. Cherry pie is tops with him. 8. Apple pie ala mode rates high with this tall junior. He lives in the country and helps with the farming. His hobby is playing the guitar and he cherishes the Bible. Orrhids To C.H.S. for its fine school spirit at the basket- ball games. The good work should be kept up Mr. Amaden for his fine interest in school activities during his short time with us. Students and teachers who return to the library, books and magazines they find lying around the building. Rita French, Barbara McGrath. Jack Faust. David Fullerton and Winfield Pardee, who set up the band room each day. Onions To Boys who throw snow balls and always hit the girls. Discourteous students. Students who toss paper on the floor instead of into the waste basket. A few who don't yell at pep meetings. ORANGE BLACK Page 3 Orioles Sweep Comets 40-26 Retain Capitol Circuit Lead; Mason and Santee Star Charlotte moved one step near- er towards clinching the Capitol Circuit Title, Friday, January 24, by drubbing Grand Ledge 40 to 26. Grand Ledge opened the game with revenge in their eyes, as they «wept the Orioles oft their feet by piling up a lead of 5 to 2 in the first quarter. As the second quarter opened, Charlotte leaped away from the Comets and built up a seven point lead before the half ended. The score board read Charlotte 17, Grand Ledge 10. In the third quarter, the Orioles continued to drown the Comets in points, dropping in basket after basket. Grand Ledge couldn’t find the metal hoop and because of that inability failed to come near the red hot Orioles. Out in front 29-16, the Orioles coasted along smoothly in the last quarter repeatedly sinking bucket after bucket. The Comets kept flr- inw away and scored 10 points, but the damage had been done. As the whistle blew. Charlotte emerged with another Capitol Cir- cuit triumph, winning 40-26. Russell Santee and Milford Mas- on took Oriole scoring honors with nine points each. Bob Mohre and Dick 'Derby were close behind with eight points each. Holbrook em- erged with seven points for the Comets. Lineup and individual scoring are as follows: Charlotte FG FT TP R.K. Johansen .... 1 0 2 L.F. Mohre .... 3 2 8 C. Santee 4 1 9 R.G. Mason .... 1 9 L.G. Derby .... 4 0 8 (Continued on page 4) Robert Reod, , '38. Is now survey- ing with Carl Perry. Orioles Smash Greyhounds Before Huge Crowd 35-19 Before an overflow crowd of bas- ketball fans, the Orioles trounced the Greyhounds Friday, January 17. 35-19. The first quarter was a nip and tuck battle with both teams match- ing bucket for bucket. As the quart- er ended Charlotte had one more basket than Eaton Rapids. Charlotte leading 12-10, the sec- ond quarter was off with a bang for the Orioles, as they piled up ten points, while with great defensive work, the Orioles held the Grey- hounds scoreless. As the whistle blew ending the first half, the Orioles led 22-10. Eaton Rapids tried to make a comeback in the third quarter and scored eight points to the Orioles’ five points. This effort was wast- ed. however, because the third quarter ended with the Orioles out in front 27-18. In the final quarter, Charlotte dominated the floor completely scoring eight points while the Grey- hounds could sink only a charity toss. Charlotte never was pushed after the first quarter and as the final whistle blew’ the Orioles chalked up another triumph 35-19. Donald Johansen and Russ San- tee swept away the scoring honors for the evening, each sinking five field goals. Ledergerber captured scoring honors for the Grey- hounds by ringing up seven points. Lineup and individual scoring are as follows: Eaton Rapids Charlotte 5 Mohre 10 Santee 2 Foster 8 Mason 0 Derby 35 Total RF LF C RG LG Kapff Page Ledergerber Wolf Allco Total 4 3 7 3 2 19 Pauline's Beauty Salon QUALITY PERMANENTS $6.50 and up Pauline and Edna Phone 1300 Local Five Defeat Mason Mason, Mohre High Scorers; Close Game (.’loses 36 to 32 Playing a hard-fought battle all the way. the Orioles came out on top. January 10 when they trounc- ed Mason with a close score of 36 to 32. When the buzzer sounded ending the first quarter, the score was 9 to 6 with the Panthers bowing to Charlotte. The half found the score in a 14 to 14 tie. At the end of the third quarter the Orioles were leading 29 to 24. The game ended with the home team the victors of a 36 to 32 score. Bob Mohre was high scorer for Charlotte with 14 points. Ware led he Mason team with 16. The starting line up was as fol- lows: Charlotte Mason Mohre RF Aseltine Santee LF R. Johnson Foster C Wheeler Derby RG Barr Mason LG Ware Substitutions for Charlotte were Johansen; for Mason. J. Johnson. Donald Hice ’46. was home re- cently on a 10 day furlough. HOT FUDGE SUNDAE MAIN SWEET SHOP Bruno Spagnuolo Track Plaque Made For Keeping Records Mr. Johnson, shop insrtuctor. is making a device for keeping the track records since 1936. It is a so-called plaque made of wood and will be placed in the gymnasium. The names of track events will be painted on and the winners of the events with the date and rec- ord following. Trackmen w’hose names will ap- pear on the placque are: Don Smith. Gail Cheney. Charles Wea- ver. Russell Bradley. William Reef- man. Joe Pray, Jack Clever, Don Moore. Floyd Weymouth. Kenneth Bruce. Murray Chandler, Bob Mohre. Raymond Radee and Doug. White. Some of the boys’ names will be found more than once. EXCHANGE 1 took a picture of my dog. Egad! It w’as cute. I took a picture of my cat. Egad! It was cute. I took a picture of myself. Egad! MUNGER HARDWARE CO. ★ ★ ★ JOHN DEERE IMPLEMENTS PLUMBING SUPPLIES DUPONT PAINT Germain Shell Service GAS OIL SEAT COVERS TIRES BATTERIES K I I. 1C O V Is llvrv Come in and see him Page 4 ORANGE A BLACK ■ ■ - — Junior High Basketball Off to Winning Start Playing their first game with Ea- ton Rapids, junior high basketball got well underway by winning both seventh and eighth grade games Monday. January 11. The score for the seventh grade game was 26 to 13 and the eighth graders won by 39 to 17. No official schedule has been worked out so far. but Coach Gobel and Coach Amaden are preparing one. In the absence of Mr. Amaden. Bob Mohre coached Monday’s game; everyone had a chance to play. Eighth grader Hans Kardel was high-point man and the start- ing line-ups were as follows: Seventh Eighth W. Bruce F H. Kardel B. Johnson F D. Fast K. Harrington C J. Gam mage J. Betts G D. Packard A. Taylor G D. Rolfe Orioles to Face Vikings Tomorrow night. January 31, the Everett five will come to Charlotte to play the second game with C.H.S. The previous game with the Vikings was close w'ith the score at 32-28. Christianson, who wasn't in the line up in the previous game with Charlotte, will be starting this game. He is considered Everett’s best player. Answers 1. Clara Mauney 2. Stanley Schneider 3. Jack Gorrie 4. Martha LeVan 5. Sharon Farrier 6. Barbara Nisse 7. Earl Roiter 8. Kenneth Dickinson Krprf om Yell C-H-S The C. The H. The C-H-S We are, We are, We are the best (Cheerleaders) Who are. (Students) We are, Well, I guess The C. The H. The C-H-S Everyone please clip this yell from your Orange Black and bring it to the pep meeting tomor- row. We should like to use this yell at the Charlotte-Everett game. Enjoy Dancing Party Junior High Classes A dancing party for the Junior high was held by the second divis- ion of the eighth grade on January 10. The party, which lasted from 7:30 to 9:00. was under the super- vision of Mrs. Mattie Kurtz. Five committees were chosen as follows: clean-up. Jackie Norris, chairman. Connie Housler, Helen Myers. Harold Kimmel, and Lyle Medcoff: entertainment. Jack Rich- ardson. chairman. Jean Ann Mur- phy. and Louis Haley: tickets. Dale Rolfe, chairman. Lyle Medcoff, and Connie Housler; refreshments, Hans Kardel, chairman. Dale Rolfe, Max Potter, and Lyle Medcoff; pub- licity. Eunice Jones, chairman, and Joyce Hughes. Carroll Dane has returned to school after a prolonged absence with a twice broken leg. Eaton County Savings Bank ALUMNI NEWS Mildred Skinner, '43, and Rich- ard Carrigan, '44. were married January 7. Jean King, ’38, and Russell Mar- tin. ’43 announced their engage- ment recently. The wedding will take place. February 6. Donna Vierk. 44. and Clifford Snider have announced their en- gagement. Edward Morey, '38. and Grace Mohre were married December 28. Yvonne Thuma, ’46. and Arthur Steward, ’44. have been chosen to play in the concert band at West- ern State Teachers College. COMET GAME (Continued from page 3.) Scoring Substitutes: Lavengood .... 1 0 2 Radee .... 1 0 2 Grand Ledge FG FT TP R.F. Ainsworth .. 0 0 0 L.F. Cypher .... ... 1 2 4 C. Vendersteen . ... 2 1 5 R.G. Holbrook .... 3 1 7 L.G. Armstrong .. 3 Scoring Substitutes: 0 6 B. White .... 1 0 2 J. White .... I 0 2 SIX BOYS (Continued from page one.) maack contained seven Poland China hogs and eight acres of wheat. This year Hans has two hundred White Rock chickens, six Poland China hogs, four acres of beans, thirteen of wheat and nine of oats. Five acres of oats and two dairy cows belonged to Don Furu's pro- ject last year. This year he has three acres of Wolverine oats, ten of hybrid corn, live of Yorkwin wheat, three Jersey cows, two of which are purehred. and one is a grade and five acres of June clover. Fourteen Poland China hogs, one half acre of potatoes, and one Guernsey dairy cow made up Eric Furu’s project last year. Eric now nas two acres of Yorkwin wheat, one purebred Guernsey dairy cow, one grade Guernsey cow and one- third acre of potatoes. As his project for last year Ed- ward Bobcik had two head of cattle and six acres of beans. He has two bead of cattle, twelve acres of beans and six acres of Yorkwin wheat this year. SKYRIDER SHOES FOR BOYS Styles That Look Sturdy and Are Excellent for School and Play Try a Pair Today FRED MURRAY CO. MEET YOUR FRIENDS Meet Your Friends And Refresh Yourselves 4 IIAIM.OTTK IIO.MK DAI It V Schwegler’s Ice Cream and Luncheon at Morris 5c to $1 Store Watch Our Windows for New Spring Merchandise W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts GET THE HABIT Of Shopping At VAUGHN'S “Where Quality Costs I ess” THE VAUGHN CO. AT Durbin’s Rexall Drug Store GOOD FOOD JAY SANDWICH SHOP CHARLOTTE EARL J. LAVENGOOD MICH. Proprietor _____________________________________ SEE THE JAMBOREE ORANGI 5 HI U LCJ K BEAT EATON RAPIDS •THE CHARHIAN” VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE. MICHIGAN. FEBRUARY 13, 1947 ISSUE 8 Footlighteers To Present One Act Play Back Row. left to right: J. Taylor, D. King, B. Debler. and C. Tharp. Middle Row: Miss K. Wesche. J. Schwegler, B. Kelly, L. Pfeifer, A. Oehman. H. Harrington, J. Clark, R. Hutchison, B. Caster, and W. Wells. Front Row: C. Sutherland. J. Willard. J. Yund. K. Gearhart, pres.; L. A. Potter, secretary; M Rochester, treasurer; M. Pratt, vice pres.: P. Smallwood. P Shie's, R. Norlander, M. Mead. Dramatics Club Holds Tryouts For New Members Ask Nancy”, “Princess Charming” Now Under Rehearsal Four prospective members for the Footlighteers tried out at a meeting held Monday. February 3. Of the four, the club selected Bruce Bryan and Marlyn Brough to take immediate vacancies. Some others on the walling list may be admitted in the next two weeks after the semester’s check on mem- bership. Following the general business meeting and tryouts, casts for two plays were picked by the directors. Princess Charming , a one act comedy by Mark McMillin. is being directed by Lou Anne Potter with Bob Debler working on props and Beverly Kelly on costumes. The cast is as follows: Charmine I-un- bender. Jacquelyn Yund; Sally Winters. Pat Shiels; Grace Man- nering. Rae Norlander; Bob Reed. Karl Gearhart; Skeet Mason. Dick King; Gerry McKesson. Dick Hut- chison; Corinne Dayton, Mary Lou Terwilliger. The play pictures col- lege campus life. Ask Nancy , a comedy in one act by Rose Campion, is being di- rected by Maxine Pratt; and Bar- bara McKeag will work on cos- tumes. Marlyn Brough on proper- ties. The cast is as follows: Moth- er. Martha Rochester; Cousin Judy. Joyce Wheaton; Mary. Mary Mead; Ann. Leota Pfeifer; Beaty. Char- lotte Sutherland; Nancy. Joanne Willard. The play centers around home lift where step-sisters and step-mothers are concerned. FACULTY TO PLAY HOST Faculty will entertain the school board at a dinner Thursday. Feb- ruary 13 at the Lawrence avenue Methodist church. Mr. Ernest Chapelle of Ypsilanti. former super- intendent here will l e the speaker. Entertainment will be furnished by the M. S. C. Music Department. Seniors to Present Jamboree Saturday Night Saturday night. February 15, the senior class is sponsoring a Hill- billy Jamboree in the high school auditorium at 8:00 p. m. The program is put on by a group of entertainers and consists of old time music. Hawaiian tunes, cowl oy songs and loads of comedy. The doors will open at 7:30. Ad- mission is 60c for adults, 40c for students, and 20c for children under 12 years of age. Tickets may be purchased from any senior or at the door. The en- tertainers will give the senior class 35% of the total profits, which will be used for the senior trip. Alumnus, Clare Weaver Seen in Current Movie Clare Weaver, a graduate of the class of '38, has continued his musi- cal career since his graduation and appeared in the current musical movie production. “No Leave. No Love. Clare was also one of the members of the male quartette with Guy Lombardo’s orchestra. Participating in many activities, Clare was very busy during his school life. He w'as popular and has been secretary, treasurer, vice- president and president of his class during his four years of high school. He was a rural student. When he was in the ninth grade, he was in the Glee club; for the next three years he was the Glee club's pianist. Clare belonged to the Travel club. Rural Students’ club. Foot- lighteers. Hi-Y. and the Commer- cial club. He was a cheerleader for two years; was in the junior play and had one of the leading parts in an operetta. Eric, the name he later changed to. also par- ticipated in duties on the Charhian staff and student mixer committee. Track was the only sport he did participate in. He attended the honor banquet for four years. After graduating from high (Continued on page 4) Oriole Band to Giue Concert At St. Johns High School Senior Students Compete For Scholarship Awards Foster, Mayhew, Michel, Weaver, Selected for Pepsi-Cola Test A scholarship competition spon- sored by the Pepsi-Cola Company, will take place Friday. February 14 at the high school between four student-selected seniors. The four competitors. Albert Fos- ter. Harriet Mayhew. Dolores Michel, and Roy W’eaver. were se- lected from 75 classmates as the most likely to make important con- tributions to human progress . A total of 121 scholarships is awarded annually, two for each state in the continental U. S. and the District of Columbia; one each for Alaska. Haw'aii. and Puerto Rico. The students selected w’ill Ik graded according to the aptitude test and also their school record, leadership ability, and financial need. There will also be 600 certificates of merit awarded, one to each of the five runners-up for every scholarship and carrying a cash award of $50. Full tuition and certain inciden- tal fees will be paid for four years to any accredited college in the United States the winner wishes to attend, also an allowance of $25 a month during the four school years, plus a special traveling fee for one round trip from home to college, at 3c per mile. The aptitude examination pre- pared especially for the state by a College Entrance Board, has been received by Mr. Muma. The test will be administered by Miss Wells, tomorrow from 9:00 to 11:00 a. m. The winners of the award will be announced on or before April 18. C.H.S. Welcomes New Bus Charlotte high welcomes a new bus for rural students. This is the third bus purchased. The new’ No. 3 bus has a Ford chassis and a Wayne body. It is equipped with flags and flares, heater, fire extinguisher, stop arm signal. luggage racks. flasher lights, and a first aid kit. The dri- ver is Max Griffin. All in all there are. at present. 110 students riding the busses at $1.25 per week. On Future Docket Feb. 13—Teachers’ Party. Feb. 14—Eaton Rapids, there. Feb. 14—Band goes to St. Johns. Feb. 15—“Hillbilly Jamboree” (Sponsored by Seniors) Feb. 21—Howell, here. Feb. 21—Sophomore dance. Feb. 24—Lenten Services Begin. (Every Monday morning un- til April 1) Feb. 27—Orange and Black. Program Will Feature Marches, Novelties And Classics Tomorrow night the band will present a joint concert W’ith the St. Johns high school band in the au- ditorium of the St. Johns high school, under the direction of Mr. Robert K. Powell of Charlotte, and Mr. Robert Kerns of St. Johns. As the proceeds received from the previous joint concert January 15 w ent to the local band, the proceeds from tomorrow night will go to the St. Johns band. Admission is 25c for students and 50c for adults. Charijottk High School Band March of the Steel Men , march. Belsterling. Show’ Boat , medley, Jerome Kern. March Modernistic , Michael Edwards. My Regards , Edward Llewelyn. John Steward, soloist. St. Johns High School Ban� Midnight in Paris , C. Conrad- H. Magidson. Rochmaninoff’8 Theme from the 2nd Concerto”. Hall of Fame”, march, J. OH- S’adoti. When You’re Away . My Hero”, concert march. Oscar Strauss. Mass Ban� Program National Emblem”, E. E. Bagley. March W.M.B.”. R. B. Hall. “King Cotton”, John Philip Sousa. Washington Post , John Philip Sousa. St. Johns band will play hosts to the Oriole band at a Valentine party following the concert. Big Driving Conference Attended by Mr. Mead To secure further information concerning driving education in public schools, Mr. Mead attended a conference at Battle Creek. Jan- uary 20 to 24. The theme of the conference was to encourage safety and driving ed- ucation. so that driving will be taught as a regular course in all Michigan public schools to all stu- dents just preceding the age of ac- quiring a license. These courses will not include just class room instruction, but will also offer actual instruction in handling the vehicle. Sponsoring the driving confer- ence was the American Automobile Association and the State Depart- ment of Public Instruction. The best authorities in the country were at the conference. Seniors Report Sales There were approximately 1.530 boxes of Christmas cards sold by the seniors. This amounted to $689.41 which will be added to the senior class treasury. Dick Uren sold a total of seventy- one boxes which was the highest individual sales in the class. Page 2 ORANGE BLACK (cuoatm ORANGE BLACK Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 STAFF 4SS%'’ Publisher ....................Barbara McGrath Managing Editor ...............Jacquelyn Yund Editor-in-chief ...............Lou Anne Potter Sports Editor ..................Karl Gearhart Alumni Editor ...................Peggy Reed Exchange Editor ................Maxine Dillin Business Manager ..................Joe Holmes Circulation Manager ..........Irene Livingston Advertising Manager ............Bethel Parker Assistant ...................Martha Rochester Adviser ...........................Miss Wells Reporters ..............Rosemary Beals, Floral Bergman, Robert Debler, Dick Derby. Frederick Diamond. Joan Easley. Rita French. Clela Gould, Sallie Hale. Nancy Kerekes. Mary Jean Krusell. Joyce Miller. Maxine Pratt. Donna Scovill. Robert White Sinnvlhinii Worllurhilv Have you ever wanted to look back on your previous school years just to see how much fun you had? Of course you have! Here's a way to be able to see into the past. Each year the senior class publishes a yearbook. This book may look dry from the outside, but wait until you open the cover and see all the wonderful news. Incidentally rum- ors are that the cover this year is news, too! You’ll laugh as you read some stories, and a lump may come to your throat as you read others. You look at all the pictures and see how from year to year you and your school chums have changed. While looking through your yearbook you discover a story on a school dance. Yes, you remember that night. It happened that you went with Harry. It was love at first sight. He was such a wonderful dancer. Then in another story you read about the junior play and you remember that you went with Bruce and he was wonderful, too! There were the pictures of all the clubs you belonged to. also. One year the schools’ football team won the championship. Oh. what a team that was! The band played and the cheerleaders were al- ways there. When you were a junior, there was the Prom. That new formal or new suit was really a knockout. You and your best beau or gal went dancing around the floor in a daze. Oh, but it was heavenly. No matter how you look at it, you will al- ways want to look back on your school days, so come on and buy a yearbook. It tells every- thing! It may be a small book, but it tells much inside those covers. February 12 and You What does February 12 mean to you? To some perhaps it means just another day of the year. But to Tom and Nancy Lincoln on that cold winter in 1809. it had a very different meaning. A son came to bless, not only their humble household, and the young nation of his birth, but as well, the forever-struggling world. Abraham Lincoln brought with him a kindness and understanding few mortals ever possess. Can one not picture through the eyes of his- tory the homely Abe. searching by the flicker- ing fireside, for the better education. Truly so, through his own efforts, were his fullest a- chievements made. His struggle against early poverty, his fight to preserve the Union and free the slaves and his tragic end. is history’s immortal picture of the great American. One will have to find for himself what Feb- ruary 12 means, hoping to attain the goal Abra- ham Lincoln courageously won. Tomorrow's The Day Valentine Day comes but once a year but when it comes, oh boy! Just think of all those pretty valentines you’ll get. Maybe the ones with the little suckers rate the highest be- cause there is something to eat. Those funny ones will add a little amusement to the day. Then comes the big valentine. Will it be a box of candy, perfume, or, oh what can it be? 11 8 from that certain someone, so it’ll be won- derful whatever it is. If the one and only likes candy pretty well, you can bet that it will be a big box! With this gift, that some one special will probably have a valentine. Maybe it will say. “I love you”, or. “To my one and only”. Whatever it says will make your heart beat faster and then, pondering it over, the thought will come. “Does he (or she) really mean it?” Don’t let this bother you. Just remember the day is supposed to be a joyous one. so make it that way. Think of all the nice things and not what could be. Vvvrimj into ihv Fulurv Seniors are making plans for the future now days. When interviewing some of them, several different ambitions were found. It seems that traveling appeals to Don Jo- hansen and Maxine Pratt. Irene Livingston is also interested in traveling but wants to be a telephone operator. Hans Langmaack and Maynard Ells plan on taking a short course in agriculture at Mich- igan State. Others planning on future school- ing are Karl Gearhart, who wants to take up journalism; Maxine Dillin. who is going to take a course at Acme Business College; and Martha Rochester, who plans for future school- ing to be a foreign correspondent. Joan Easley and Lou Anne Potter have been accepted at the Barbizon Modeling School in New York City and plan on leaving next fall. Remember Way Back When Mr. Bilbie used to sneak upon his seventh grade Indians? Now they’re the class of ’47. Basketball players, from the class of '49 dur- ing a junior high pep meeting made their ap- pearunce in gym shorts? Kilroy was unheard of? Lloyd Braithwaite walked around in science class with his pant legs rolled above his knees? Sallie Hale put a pillow case over her head and ran around the room in the fourth grade? Mr. Bilbie used to send Maxine Pratt out into the hall for blacking her face with the pencil sharpener leavings. Maxine Dillin came into class with stringing hair because Irene Livingston wouldn’t let her out of the shower? Joanne Willard and Mary Lou Terwilliger had to pay $10 each for putting their foot- prints in new cement? Miss Wells: What do you usually do for a heading?” Journalism student: I usually use an aspirin. Early schools had only four branches—read- ing. writing, arithmetic, and the fourth the teacher carried in his hand. Barbara Lewellyn—“Say something soft and sweet to me.” Razzy Radee—“Custard pie. Valentine Thoughts The inquiring reporter asked Virginia Roy- ston what Valentine Day made her think of. The reply was O. boy. the special Valentines I used to get from special people! Gertrude Heinze just wants a Valentine with a sucker on it. She isn’t fussy whom it’s from. Valentine Day makes Joe Turkey think about girls who go around breaking boy's hearts. Bobby Johnson just thinks of girls, candy and Valentines. Sammy Bandfield likes Valentine's Day so he can find out who thinks enough of him to send him a Valentine. Jane Ann Murphy always thinks about a Valentine she once received from some hoy when ever Valentines are mentioned to her. Karl Gearhart always wanted to receive the most Valentines when he was in country school. Man and Woman of the Week Betty Shoemaker, an attractive brown-haired, hazel-eyed sophomore, has been interviewed as one of the popular girls in school. Besides liking cscalloped potatoes and ham. she en- joys school-life immensely. When she isn’t studying her favorite subject, history, she spends her time ice skating. Betty dislikes the nicotine habit of boys and girls. As to her life plans she hopes to be a physical therapisL Good luck. Betty Shoe- maker. One of the popular youths of the ninth grade is Dick McKay. Dick wants to be a salesman but until then, he's content to putter around with his boat at Duck lake and stow away mashed potatoes. Algebra and biology rank as his most enjoyable subjects. Contrary to most men. Dick shudders at the idea of fishing and believes he is in the lap of luxury if he can go to school. Good luck to a future salesman. Ca- veat emptor! (Let the purchaser beware). Oriole Mention Thanks to Mrs. Weymouth, the home talent assembly went off very smoothly. The students returning to school may be un- unaware that Carleton Dornan has been taking their pictures with his new moving picture camera. Alan Fisher has absolute pitch. That is. he can identify any note of music he hears, with- out seeing the note played. Are you going to the Hillbilly Jamboree February 15? It is sponsored by the senior class. Melody Lane Coax Me a Little Bit—Gayland Williamson’s car. What Do I Do Now?—Failing students Constantly—Wolves at C. H. S. Give Me Five Minutes More—Coacli Gobel In Love in Vain—Joan Ball House of Blue Lights—Barbara Jordan (what lights?) Don't Fence Me In—Carroll Mohre. How Cute Can You Be?—Bill Casey It’s So Peaceful in the Country—Shirley Parr Full Moon and Empty Arms—“Corky” Clevers They Say It’s Wonderful—After Game Dances It Had to be You—John Steward and Ethel VanGoethem. Put the Blame on Me. Boys—Ireta Fetterman Cupid s Day in Sports V is for the victories we've won. A is for the athletes so heroic. L is for the letters they receive. E is for the energy they've used. N is for the noise made at the games. T is for the time they've spent in practice. 1 is for the interest shown by all. X is for neatness of squad and cheerleaders. E is for the efforts of the Coach. ORANGE BLACK Page 3 Everett Five Trips Orioles Foster, Mohre, Sprague Take Scoring Honors For Evening Charlotte lost to the rampaging Vikings 35-34 Friday. January 30. on the local hardwood floor. This rictory for Everett produced a wide open race for Capitol Circuit hon- oro. with Charlotte. Everett. Mason. nd Eaton Rapids all tied for first place. With both teams matching skill against skill the first quarter end- j ed with the Orioles out in front 8-7. Everett took over the ball entire- ly in the second quarter and rolled ap 10 points while holding Char- lotte without a point Ed Sprague was the leading factor in this quarter as he never missed a shot. The half ended with the Vikings out in front 17-8. Charlotte decided that Everett was out to win desperately, so the (’r'oles put on the pressure and re- reitedly sank field goals to roll up IS points while limiting the Vik- ings to 7 points. In the third quarter with the acore tied at 24 all. both teams matched basket for basket and point for point, until Charlotte moved ahead 34-29 with only four minutes left to play. The Gobelmen •tarted to stall but lost the ball to the Vikings who added two more points to make the score 34-31. At this point in the game. Everett took the ball off the Oriole back- board and with Christensen shoot- ing pulled up to within 1 point, of the Orioles. With about two min- utes left to play. Sprague shot and the Vikings were ahead 35-34. Ev- erett succeeded in keeping the Or- ioles away from the ball until the final whistle blew. Albert Foster led Coach Gobel's boys with 9 points and Rob Mohre close behind with 8 points. Ed Sprague captured scoring honors for Everett chalking up 12 points. Lineup and individual a follows: CHARLOTTE scoring is FG FT TP F .Mohre 4 0 8 F Santee 1 2 4 C Foster 4 1 9 F. F. A. Hits Hoops In playing three games, the Fu- ture Farmers have been successful in winning from Eaton Rapids and Vermont ville: they lost to Grand Ledge by a five point margin. When they played Eaton Rapids here on January 20. the score was 17 to 5. They will encounter the Greyhound F. F. A. there again on February 20. The Vermontville game there ended with a score of 31 to 6. a definite victory for the local basketeers. However playing the Comet F.F.A. here on February 3. two baskets and a free throw be- hind. Charlotte lost the cage game 20-15. The next scheduled game Is to- night. when the F.F.A. will meet with the Bellevue Future Farmers. Howell Quintet to Invade Local Territory on Feb. 21 Next Friday night. February 21, the Orioles are to play host to Howell’s basketball squad. The last game played with Howell was a defeat for Charlotte —the first defeat of the season, so the Orioles are out to seek revenge. Howell’s center. Brogan, has left and gone East to a Prep school, but the squad has a new player who is two inches taller than Bert Foster. Coach Gobel stated, We antici- pate a close, hard fought game.” Keith Tanner, graduate of ’29. is now director of organization with the Michigan Farm Bureau. He began work eau in 1946. with the Farm Bur- G Mason 3 1 7 G Derby 2 2 6 Totals 14 6 34 EVERETT FG FT TP F Christensen 2 0 4 F Moore 1 0 2 C Titus 2 1 5 G Sprague 5 2 12 G Williams .... 3 0 6 Substition C Powers 3 0 6 Totals 16 3 35 Complete Home Outfit First National Bank foxtckahdb STORE Charlotte Clings To Top Of Capitol Circuit 33-21 Charlotte moved back Into stride Friday. February 8. by turning back an invading Mason quintet 33-21. Coach Malcolm Gobel's boys piled up 9 points while holding Mason to 4 points in the first quar- ter. In the second quarter neither Charlotte nor Mason could do any- thing, making only 5 points be- tween them. The half ended with the Orioles out in front 11-7. Charlotte rang up 22 points in the second half of the game while holding the Maroons to 14 points. As the final whistle blew the Ori- oles had chalked up another Capitol Circuit victory 33-21. Bob Mohre took scoring honors for the Charlotte quintet with 9 points. Roy Johnson was high for Mason with 7 points. Lineup and individual scoring are as follows: Charlotte F.G. F.T. T.P. Mohre F. 3 3 9 Johansen F. 3 0 6 Foster C. 2 2 6 Friar G. 1 0 2 Mason G. 2 1 5 Substitutions— Radee 0 1 1 Santee 2 0 4 — — — Total 13 7 33 Mason F.G. F.T. T.P. Aseltine F. 0 0 0 R. Johnson F. 2 3 7 Wheeler C. 1 1 3 Barr G. 1 1 3 Ware G. 2 1 5 Substitution— J. Johnson 1 1 3 — — — Totals 7 7 21 HOT FUDGE SUNDAE MAIN SWEET SHOP Bruno Spagnuolo Relay Team Defended Sprint Medley Trophy February Eight Michigan State College was the scene of the High School Sprint Medley Relay Saturday. February 8, in which Charlotte successfully defended their trophy. If the Orioles win the relay next year, the Sprint Medley Relay Trophy will be in the Oriole show’case for keeps. Raymond Radee ran the 440 and he in turn gave the baton to Doug- ’as White who ran the 220. Doug give the baton to Maynard Ells who also ran the 220. Ells gave the baton to Bob Mohre who finish- ed in the half mile run a good twenty yards ahead fo his nearest rival. When Bob broke the tape, Charlotte had for the second con- secutive year won the Sprint Med- ley Relay. Ells was the only new member of last year’s winning relay team. It will be tougher next year be- cause Radee will be the only re- turning veteran, the rest of the team graduating. fleWuoldt'4 “New Things First” Have your Car WINTERIZED At BAUM’S STANDARD SERVICE Phone 9177 Lawrence Ave. and Oliver St. Charlotte, Michigan Ground Beef Sandwiches 15c Murl and lrene s MUNGER HARDWARE CO. 224 S. Cochran Avenue Phone 69 Charlotte, Michigan HARDWARE • APPLIANCES • PLUMBING SPORTING GOODS FARM EQUIPMENT Page 4 ORANGE A BLACK Kardels Visit Danish Exhibit Troop of Forty-eight Members Perform in Detroit A Detroit high school was the scene of a Danish physical culture exhibition visited by the three Kar- del boys, Peter, Glenn and Hans, and their father. Both father and mother of the boys were born and reared in Den- mark. so the exhibition, featuring 24 boys and 24 girls, was of special interest to them. This was the sec- ond exhibition of this type to be staged in Detroit. Physical train ing exhibitions usually have just boys. The members of this troupe began their trip from Denmark in August. They used five airplanes and three ships on the way. It is their intention to tour from the East to the West coast, and back through Canada. The boys and girls have a man and a woman counselor. All of the participants have grad- uated from high school. When in high school they had one hour of physical training a day. but since the tour they practice two hours a day. plus engagements. All mem- bers are between the ages of 17 and 20. After high school graduation every boy or girl joins the physical training club in which he or she is interested: archery, swimming, or basketball; there are hundreds of different kinds. When Mr. Kardel was a young man he belonged to a discus throwing club. The program of the troupe lasted one hour and forty-five minutes. They dressed in Danish costumes and gave examples of Danish folk dancing: they also gave examples of physical training exercises used in Denmark. The boys wore shorts which looked like bathing trunks with a bit of leather covering for their feet. The girls wore short green gym dresses. Peter said that it was the most worthwhile trip he had ever made, though missing a basketball game had been of much concern to him. He also said that after the show he went to the dressing rooms and met some of those who had fellow acquaintances in the city of So- borg. Denmark. YOUNG’S JEWELRY G. G. A. Organizes Basketball Team Girls' basketball enthusiasm has ! materialized into a league com- posed of five teams. Two games are to be played each Monday night starting at 6:45. A round robin tournament will be played off to determine the championship team. Teams are made up of girls representing their respective class- es. Teams are as follows: junior and senior: M. L. Terwilliger. capt.; J. Willard. J. Easley. G. Wood. M. Dillin. M. Pratt. C. Sutherland, G. Caffes. P. Skelly. E. Shamp. M. J. Krusell, R. Norlander. The tenth grade is divided into two teams: P. Dean, capt.; M. Smith. L. Pfeifer. L. Clifford, M. Shiels. J. Bandfield. B. Jordan. J. Caswell, C. Newland. B. Kelly and S. Bruce. The other team is com- posed of E. Van Goethem. capt.; B. Webb, B. Shoemaker, P. Griest, S. Paton. J. Miller and B. Green- shields. The ninth grade is also com- posed of two teams: D. Willard, capt.; D. Barrett, E. Them, E. May- hew, V. Thuma. J. Hall. J. Cor- nelius. A. Colizzi. and M. J. Atkins; the other team, J. Granstrom, capt.; V. Clever, B. Lenon, R. Van- Dorpe, F. Gould, S. Hale, J. Wood. M. Potter and S. Jones. Auditorium Witnesses Scout Night, Feb. 1 I Last Tuesday evening, the Cub Scouts, Air Scouts. Sea Scouts and Boy Scouts attended Scout Night. There was a program consisting of a movie on 'Winter Camping” and a talk on Summer Camping.” Mr. Earl Mead gave a talk about air- planes. The Charlotte Archery club gave a demonstration. Watch Our Windows for New Spring Merchandise W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts COMPLIMENTS OF Behrens Rowe Prescription Druggists ALUMNUS CLARE WEAVER SEEN IN CURRENT MOVIE (Continued from phk I school, Clare went to the Sherwood School of Music in Chicago, where he studied voice, piano, and dra- matics. He often appeared on the radio in Chicago. In 1943. Mr. Weaver went to California where he still resides. He enlisted in the Coast Guards and has been discharged. Mr. Weaver’s next picture will be the “Birds and the Bees”, in which he will have a solo part. Bible Study Class Welcomed Speaker Lyman Abbott from the Chris- tian Science church sometimes known as the “Mother Church” in Boston spoke to the Bible study class February 10. Mrs. Kiplinger is going to try and have speakers of every denom- ination. The Bible study class is going to take part in the Lenten services. Y-Teen Conference to Be Held at St. Mary’s Lake Joan Davids and Pat Shiels have been chosen to represent the Y- Teens at the Y-Teen conference. February 14 and 15. The conference will be held at St. Mary's lake near Battle Creek. The girls will stay over nigHT and the club pays the way. If the weath- er permits, the girls will skate and there will be other means of recrea- tion . GIANA JUNIORS An All Wool Soft Suit made by the Trudy Hall Georgianna Co. They are Soft Shades of Pastel in Plaids and Plain Colors - Sizes 11 to 15 Price $1695 Fred A. Richey Co. Orioles to Journey to Eaton Rapids Friday, February 14 Friday. February 14. the Eatou Rapids Greyhounds play host to the Charlotte Orioles. The Greyhounds have been up- setting everybody in the league With Charlotte now leading, a bat tie is expected. A guard. Fred Kapff. has been ringing the Ml pretty regular lately, with Leder- gerber right behind him. Coach Gobel’s only remark was, “I wish the floor were larger.” The line-up is undecided. Jr. High Teams Win, Lose Thursday, February 2. Charlotte played host to Grand Ledge. Start- ing at 3:00 o'clock two games were played. Charlotte's seventh grad- ers lost with a close score of 24-23. While the 8th grade team walked away with a score of 30-8. This is the first time Grand Ledge's eighth grade team has been beaten this year. Boris Paajanen is now coach. Charlotte will play host to Eaton Rapids Monday. February 17. at 7:00. Grand Ledge will play host to Charlotte at 3:00 o'clock on Feb- ruary 20. Tin Ware Knives Kutsche’S Glassware Chimes rilAltlOTTI IIO.Mi: DAI It Y Schwegler’s Ice Cream and Luncheon ALLEN’S MARKET ★ ★ Quality Home-Killed Meats Phone 424 McQMth-T)e3oe Co. Germain Shell Service A GOOD PLACE For GOOD SERVICE Plus EXTRA QUALITY PRODUCTS WIN TOURNAMENT “THE CHARHIAN” BOOST THE CHAMPS VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN. FEBRUARY 27, 1947 ISSUE 9 Team to Contend for District Title Back Row: Coach Gobel, B. Lavengood. C. Friar, P. Kardel, O. White, D. Johansen, V. Mead. Mgr. Front Row: A. Foster, R. Santee, R. Mohre, R. Derby, M. Mason. District Tournaments To Be Held on Local Court Hastings Game Here to Close Season’s Competition Four class B and four class C schools will participate in the tournaments which are to be held here March 6, 7, and 8. Starting at 7:00 p. m. Thursday, Class B schools. Hastings and Ba- ton Rapids will battle and about 8:30 Charlotte will meet Battle Creek-Lakevlew. With the same time schedule as Thursday. C class schools. Olivet vs. Bellevue, and Battle Creek-St. Phillips vs. Nash- ville. will play on Friday night. Saturday night the winners of the preceding games will play for the district title. The winners of the district contest will play in the Regionals at Albion. Troples are awarded to each of the district contest winners and medals are given to each member of the winning teams. Saxons Here Hastings, league leaders of the West Central Conference, will bring their rampaging quintet to Char- lotte tomorrow night in each team's final game before the tourna- ments. The Saxons have been beaten once In league competition, and have lost to Grand Rapids Central, Baton Rapids, and to Charlotte in a previous game 28-24. Two spark plugs for the Saxons are R. Branch, forward: and Wil- son. center. Wilson was at One time this season's leading scorer in the West Central league. Coach Dallas Stall’s second team will be out for its thirteenth straight victory. The starting lineups for both teams are undecided. The first game will start at 7:00. Wacky Weymouth . ’46. is in the hospital in Texas: he is also studying pharmacy. Singers Ride Down the Sky Singing, dancing and acting, a cast of fifty students will take part in an operetta entitled “Riding Down the Sky on March 18. The many selections to be produced are from the operetta “Carmel!ta” by Geoffrey O’Hara. The action takes place in Central America. Mixed voices will present wide entertainment with a two act lib- retto. The entire production is un- der the direction of Miss Blaine Meyer. Sponsored by the vocal depart- ment. the operetta will be an eve- ning program and tickets will be available from members of the Girls’ Glee Club. What’s Ahead Feb. 27-G. A. A. Banquet. Feb. 27-Assembly 4th hour. Feb. 28-Hastings. here. Feb. 28-Last day to order a 1947 Charhian. March 3-Lenten Service. March 4-Footlighteers meeting. March 6. 7, 8,-Basketball tourna- ment. March 7-End of marking period. March 10-Lenten Service. March 13-Orange and Black. March 13-Report Cards. March lS-Operetta. Shop Classes Save Clock In order to protect the time clock from the basketball and from people fussing with it. a box was made by different shop classes. With a large Oriole and the name Orioles beneath it in black letters on an orange background, it at- tracts much attention. It is con- structed so it may be pulled up for a game and let down when need- ed. New field and track boards are also being made. These are to have four Inch letters which will l e vis- ible from the back of the auditor- ium. New Photography Club Organization Perfected Mr. James T. Ledden Assumes Leadership Responsibilities Under the direction of Mr. James Ledden. a photography club has been organized. The first meeting was held February 3. at which time general organizational plans were discussed. Other meetings were held February 17 and 18 when pic- ture printing was discussed. The memlvers were also shown some equipment. A store room, in the basement of the Hawthorne school is being con- verted into a dark room for print- ing and developing pictures. The group discussed the photo- graphic contest, which began Feb- ruary 15 and will end May 15. The contest is open to everyone in the ninth through the twelfth grades. The person who participates in the contest must have taken the pic- ture he enters, though he does not have to be the one who developed or printed it. For further informa- tion. anyone interested should see Mr. Ledden. There is also informa- tion posted on the bulletin boards. The club has not elected any permanent officers yet, but the temporary officers are: Eunice Jones, secretary: Rodney Wood, chairman of committee in charge of equipment: Margaret Vance, chair- man of committee in charge of pro- gram: Joe Holmes, president. The club expects to decide about dues at a future meeting. About twenty people have been attending the meetings held regu larly every Tuesday after school. Anyone in junior or senior high school may Join the club. You do not have to be an expert photo- grapher. or even own a camera. Mr. I edden is hopeful that more people will be interested in joining the club. Lenten Services Begin: Local Clergy Participate Lenten services began Monday. February 24. with Reverend Beard- sley speaking with Reverend Mc- Laehlan as chairman. The sub- ject was. “I am the Door. with Kenneth Dickinson reading the Scripture. Rebecca Hurlbut and Wilma Clements sang a duet with Dorothy Wright as accompanist. Father Beahan will be the next speaker on March 3. His subject will be “I am the Bread of Life On March 10. Captain Rubv Nichols of the Salvation Army will speak on ‘T am the Good Shepherd. The Reverend Mrs. Hayter will al- so l� e a speaker on that program. “I am the True Vine is the sub- ject Reverend William Beckett has chosen for March 17. The glee club will sing. The Baptist minister. Reverend George Hetherington. will talk on “I am the Light of the World. on March 24. There will be a special number by the glee club. To complete the services, on March 31. Reverend Russell Mc- Connell has made his subject “I am H. Mayhew, A.FosterTop 1947 Class Senior Honors Announced; In Upper Ten, Three Boys, Seven Girls Harriet Mayhew and Albert Fos- ter evidently have w'hat it takes, because they are valedictorian and salutatorian. respectively of the class of 1947. Harriet Mayhew. valedictorian, hails from the country, and started school in Charlotte as a freshman. Through |Ha V out high school years she has partici- pated in many school A ' activities, clubs and events, such as Girl Reserves, student coun- cil. rural students' club, chair- man of program committee for the prom, assistant to director of junior play, junior play and has attended two honor banquets. She has majored in science, mathemat- ics and English and has been ac- cepted at U. of M. where she plans to study chemical engineering this coming fall. Harriet says that skat- ing. swimming and wolfing are her most enjoyable pastimes. Albert Foster, our mayor, has a scholastic record rank- ing a close second to Harriet's. Albert also has majored in science, mathematics and Eng- lish. He plans to go to Albion to take pre-engineering course. He was class president in his junior year, belonged to the Hi-Y. and participated in the junior play, and has taken active part of inter- est in school athletics. He attend- ed honor banquets, also. Reading and basketball are his favorites. To add to the two highest in scholastic standing are eight more who make up the upper ten in the Continued on page 4 G.A.A. To Hold Banquet; Various Schools to Attend Along with their many activities the Girls’ Athletic Association is having a banquet February 27 from six until nine o’clock. Girls from other schools, who belong to this organization are be- ing invited. Five representatives and advisers from Marshall, Granr. Ledge. Everett. Mason and Eaton Rapids are to be included. The meal will be served at six o’clock, followed by entertainment including basketball. By having this banquet the girls will become better acquainted with rules and activities of other schools. Committees for the banquet are food: Leota Pfeifer and June Granstrum: program. Eunice Jones. Jeanette Roberts and Max- ine Dillin; and invitations. Marilyn the Way. the Truth and the Life. All of these topics were chosen I from the Bible sayings of Christ. Smith. Page 2 ORANGE 6. BLACK What Does It Mean? Suppose . . . Interpret It Yourself Lent, a word from the Anglo-Saxon lencten meaning springtime , is employed to denote the forty days preceding Easter. Lent is ob- served by many churches today, including the Anglican and Roman Catholic, as a season of special penitance and self-denial. This year it began February 19. It is said that this day is called Ash Wednesday from an old custom in the Medieval Church, when fore- heads of the faithful were so signed with a Cross. In those early days the law of fasting was very strictly enforced and kept. Only one meal a day. and that to be taken in the eve- ning. was permitted. Wednesdays and Fridays throughout Lent, and also the days of Holy Week, except Maundy Thursday, are days when flesh meat is forbidden to those who fast during Lent. More people in the world today need to think of this period and try to understand the suffering and sacrifice through which Jesus had to go. Da You llralizr it? Have you wondered why you still have to use an old typewriter that is always jumping a space or two and has a million and ten things wrong with it? By the way. have you heard any one grumbling about not having enough textbooks to go around, and not enough files to keep records in? Yes. you undoubtedly have heard all of these complaints and many more. Because of these complaints the why’s and wherefore’s of things were investigated. Many industries and homes have been disrupted by the aftermath of war. Schools also have been affected by the re- conversion problem that war has wrought. Everyone realizes that food, clothing, house- hold equipment, automobiles and other arti- cles have been scarce. But many people do not understand that school supplies have also been difficult to obtain. If there were any possible way that your miseries could be lessened of the inconven- ience of lack of material, the school certainly would try to do it. But many supplies that have been ordered a long time ago. such as: type- writers. papers, textbooks, steel filing cabinets, sport equipment, window shades, lumber (for shop projects), and the yearly refrigerator from the Consumers Company, are still indefi- nitely scheduled to arrive. If you will be patient along with the teach- ers. everyone will appreciate the materials more when they do arrive. Snowballing Sequence Following every damp snowstorm, the school experiences the inevitable snowballing scene. We all agree that it is great fun to have a peaceful snowball fight once in a while; but we should be careful not to go to extremes. A misaimed snowball may cause someone a great deal of pain. It is a fact that many people have suffered mastoid and incessant ear aches as a result of snowball fights. Listen, fellows, it may be fun to pick on the co-eds by throwing snowhalls down their necks, but don’t get under the impression they appreciate it. Ask a few of them between their sneezes from a resulting cold. Gee. you might even get one. and not from snowballing either. Take it easy on the snowballs, and every- body will be in better health. Daffynishuns Peppy Crate—Your pa’s car. Choke a Coke—Treat a friend to a coke. Tooth Booth—The dentist’s office. Flop Shop—Your room or favorite retreat. Night Shift--Slumber party. Jersey Highball—(Bass of milk. Retread—Beauty Treatment. Bubble Dancing—Doing dishes. Super Duper Trouper—Good sport. Welded—Going steady. Fleamale—Gal who jumps from one man to | another. From Calling All Girls. Carl w’ere a gunman instead of an Archer. Joan were a top instead of a Ball. Herbert were an apple instead of a Cherry. Velma were crazy instead of Clever. Lois were a waitress instead of a Cook. Elizabeth were silk instead of Cotton. Lee were a dessert instead of a Curry. Carroll and Raymond were English instead of Danes. Billy Joe w'ere night instead of Day. Marilyn were an emerald instead of a Diamond. Oriole Mention Gertrude Heinze received the Valentine sucker she was hoping for. Members of the St. Johns band stood open mouthed as the Oriole band members joyfully received the news of the Eaton Rapids-Char- lotte game. A dance was turned into a bed- lam for several minutes, as the dozen or so band members, who were waiting in the Super- intendt-nt’s office for the call from Eaton Rap- ids. rushed onto the dance floor with the news. The freshmm class, chaperoned by Miss Wesche. Mr. Ledden. and Mr. Pajaanen enjoy- ed a sliding party on February 6. Band members are now rehearsing the three contest numbers to be played in the district band contest, at Michigan State College on March 27. Last year the band received a second division rating in the District contest. David Adams must be a very powerful lad. It seems he gave Ethel VanGoethem such a hearty squeeze at the end of the Eaton Rapids game that she lost her wind and fainted. Members of the government class would glad- ly oust the fresh air enthusiasts of the class, who manage to have the windows open on the coldest days. Dan Cupid must have lost plenty of arrows in the halls of C.H.S. by the looks of all the budding romances. Many people have remarked on how natural Coach Gobel. Dick Derby, and Bob Mohre’s radio voices sounded. While making rotten egg gas in the chem- istry lab. several of the class discovered it was very difficult to hold their noses and do their experiments with the other hand. One indus- trious student finally clamped her test tube holder on her nose enabling her to use both hands on the experiment. Has the fashion world at C.H.S. come to a standstill? Where, oh where, are these clever girls who are always originating new fads? After all. what would it be without a few crazy fads? Many of the male students, who have until j now been perfectly satisfied with their first names of Richard, are considering having them changed. It’s annoying to them to have someone yelling Open the door. Richard every time they come into a room. Peering Into The Future Looking into some more seniors’ futures we find many other plans. Curry Garvin is going to work at Wilcox- Gay and Bruce Bryan plans on working at the Kroger Store for awhile and someday hopes to be a manager. The farm will keep Bob Debler busy for awhile. Dick Huffman wants to travel for awhile and along with him is Beverly Chamberlain, only after traveling she wants to study to be a laboratory technician.. Colleges are going to have many from the seniors. Jacquelyn Yund will attend the Uni- versity of Michigan and take up speech, hop- ing that someday she’ll be able to go into radio. Mary Mead. Joe Holmes. Nancy , Kerekes and Elsie Shamp will attend college also. Maxine Dobbratz is going to work at the Bell Telephone until she goes to Florida next i fall. Mary Jean Krusell plans on attending a school for nursing and Martha Patterson wants j to be an airline hostess. First Name A—mbitious B—UK-eyed C—ute D—elightful E—gotistical F—ooHsh G—orgeous H—ideous I—gnorant J—oily K—orny L—ight-hearted M—alicious N—otorious O—rnery P—-ectliar R—oilicking S—tupid T—i m id U—seless V—ampish W—orthless V'—oung Z—estful Last Name A—crobat B—anshee C—reep D—ope E—gg-head F—lend G--oon H—obo I—mbecile J—ail-bird K—id I j—unatic M—aniac N- ulsance O—peration P—antic-waist R —ookie S—ad-sack T—ramp U—bangi V—am pi re W—olf Y—oungster Z—ombie Romance Strikes Romance seems to have hit Coach Gobel’s team pietty hard. Pete Kardel and Joyce Caswell are one of the steady couples which makes coach w'orry. It’s been a long time for these two kids and wherever they go they have fun together. Joan and Joanne Invaded the team around a year ago to hook Milford Mason and Bob Mohre. They say that Bob is always late for practice and Joanne is alwfays late for cheer- leaders’ meeting on Thursdays. Is it a cus- tom to walk your steadies to practice so they’ll be sure to be late? Raymond Radee has a crush too! Her name is Barb , but if it’s steady going no one knows. Knowing Bert” Foster, you’d think he wouldn’t be interested in girls. Well, he wasn't until lately and then Barbara McGrath took over his heart. Is it Dee . Mary Lou or Jo” for Derb? One minute “Derb knows, but then the next night his mind is on another one. Coach has two boys that don’t let girls bother them. They are Bruce Lavengood and Doug White. Maybe they have a -secret love in their heart. Last but not least come the wolves! Don Johansen and Clinton Friar are just like them all. Worries for Coach are many, but so far this year, these romances haven't bothered. W '' I L ORANGE BLACK Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High£ School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 STAFF Publisher ...................Jacquelyn Yund Managing Editor.............Karl Gearhart Editor-in-chief ............Irene Livingston Sports Editor...................Rita French Alumni Editor..................Maxine Pratt Exchange Editor.................Joan Easley Business Manager.................Joe Holmes Circulation Manager...... Mary Jean Krusell Advertising Manager.......Martha Rochester Assistant .......................Clela Gould Adviser ....................... Miss Wells Reporters ..................Rosemary Beals. Floral Bergman. Robert Debler. Richard Derby, Frederick Diamond. Maxine Dillin, Sallie Hale. Nancy Kerekes. Barbara McGrath. Joyce Miller, Bethel Parker. Lou Anne Potter. Donna Scovill. Robert White. ORANGE BLACK Page 3 Charlotte Edges Bulldogs 21-20, For Ninth Victory Milford Mason Stars in Thrilling Cage Battle at Ionia In one of the most exciting games of the season. Caoch Gobel’s quin- tet racked up their ninth victory. Tuesday. February 11, from a smooth Ionia team 21-20. There was little scoring in the first quarter, and when the horn blew the Orioles and Bulldogs were tied at 4 points each. Ionia found the range of the buc- ket in the second quurter and rang up seven points while good defen- sive work held the Oriole five to 3 points. The half found the Bull- dogs holding a comfortable lead of 15 to 7. Bunching 3 field goals and 2 charity tosses in the first 3 minutes of play in the third quarter, the Orioles pulled to within one point of the Bulldogs. With Ionia out in front 18-17. the third quarter was a nip and tuck affair and when the final whistle blew the scoreboard read Charlotte 21-Ionia 20. Milford Mason led the Oriole scoring by racking up 6 points. Van Vleck tallied 11 points for the CHS Quintet Beats Howell’s Five, 46-32 Capitol Circuit League Title Won By Gobel's Men Playing their final league game last Friday night, Charlotte high defeated Howell 46-32. giving the Orioles the league title. At the end of the first quarter. Howell was leading 8-6 but by the half the Orioles had made 15 points and Howell was able to ob tain only two which made the score 21-10. In the last half of the game the Gobelites were able to pick up 25 points and Howell was able to collect 22. Santee and Mason accounted for (Continued on puKe 4 OriolesClinch Top Honors in Circuit Race Charlotte Trips Greyhounds 29-27, Friday, Feb. 14; Mohre Stars Before a jam packed crowd of 700 cage fans, the Charlotte Orio- les held the Greyhound quintet to emerge with an all-important Capi- tol Circuit victory 29-27, Friday February 14. Charlotte rolled up 9 points be- fore the Greyhounds could make one basket and it looked as if the Orioles were going to walk away from the Greyhounds. All at once Raton Rapids found the range of the metal hoops and before Coach Gobel's hoys could get back on their feet the Greyhounds had scored 8 points. The whistle blew ending the first quarter with the Orioles holding a narrow lead 9-8. Eaton Rapids opened the second quarter by sinking a field goal to put them in the lead 10-9. How- ever a field goal by Charlotte put them ahead 11-10. and from then on throughout the game Charlotte was never behind, hut only two or four points ahead. As the first half ended, the Orio- Spring Costume Jewelry Volupte Compacts Other new lines on display W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts HOT FUDGE SUNDAE MAIN SWEET SHOP Bruno Spagnuolo McQrath-Dedoe Germain Shell Service GAS OIL SEAT COVERS TIRES BATTERIES Ics led Eaton Rapids by two points, 14-12. With cage fans screaming and yelling, the third quarter turned out to be all Charlotte’s as they piled up a 20-16 lead by the end of the quarter. Many of these points were charity tosses. It was a do-or-die battle in the last quarter, as victory would mean at least a share of top place. The Gobel quintet leaped into an eight point lead, hut as the minutes ticked by the Greyhounds began picking up. A number of close set up shots by Mohre. Foster, and Derby kept the Orioles In the game. With about four minutes of play- ing time left, Ledergerber, Eaton Rapids star center, sank two fields goals and a free toss to make the score 28-27. At this point Bob Mohre was fouled and he calmly sank the toss to make the score- board read Charlotte 29. Eaton Rapids 27. The Oriole quintet stalled the hall for the final two minutes of the game. As the whistle blew the Orioles had won 29-27. Mohre and Foster tallied 9 points each for the Orioles. Ledergerber rang up 14 points for the Grey- hounds. niAitLOTTi: HOME DAI It Y Schwegler’s Ice Cream and Luncheon Coach, Derby and Mohre Appear on Broadcast Three Local Sports People Heard On “Down the Sports Trail Coach Malcolm Gobel. Dick Derby and Boh Mohre were heard over the East Lansing radio station. WKAR. February 15, at 5:30 p. m. They were interviewed by Bob Shackieton on Down the Sports Trail” program. The hoys were asked various questions, such as their positions of the basketball team, what sports they have taken part In and their future plans. Asked If Charlotte high had a baseball team. Coach replied that he was planning on having one again. He stated that the war was partly responsible for the discontinuance of baseball, four years ago. because many of the boys participating were rural students. Tin Ware Knives Kutsche’S Glassware Chimes ALL WOOL JERSEY TUBING 56-inch at 2 0 CJ yd- To make the popular one-piece sack frocks—White. Gold. Aqua, Blue, Pink, Grey Fred A. Richey Co. BRAITHWAITE BEAUTY SALON NOW IN USE IN OUR SHOP A NEW IMPROVED METHOD OF STERILIZING ULTRA VIOLET RAY STERILAMP GOOD FOOD JAY SANDWICH SHOP CHARLOTTE MICH. EARL J. LAVENGOOD Proprietor — Page 4 ORANGE BLACK Jamboree a Great Success Three hundred forty-nine people turned out February 15. to see the Hillbilly Jamboree sponsored by the senior class, in an effort to earn money for their class treasury. The performers were a group of professionals from Hattie Creek. A profit of $51.09 was made by the class. Did You Know? Don Mice. ’46. has been shipped overseas. Joan Barnes. '43. and Bill Hand- field were married February 15. Carroll Stringham. 41. is attend- ing Michigan State College. Melody Hussey and Ivan King. Jr.. '45. are engaged. Joan Parker, '46. and Lucille La- Pointe. '44. have entered Harbizon Modeling School in New York. Ray Mohre, '45. is in the army medics at the Panama Canal. George Wildern. '43. is attending Ferris Institute at Big Rapids. George W. Meader. '23. is chief counsel for Senate War Investigat- ing Committee. Art Work Done in Charcoal With charcoal the seventh grade art classes are making original and out-of-door scenes. They also have been sketching scenes in colored chalk. Reproduc- tion of scenes in black and white are now being made. The children later plan to make enlarged repro- ductions of small pictures. This work takes much patience and a keen eye.” says Mrs. Wil- dern, art instructor. Institute Held at Olivet Dr. Malcolm Boyd Dana, presi- dent of Olivet college, gave the opening address on “Elements of Education” at the annual Eaton County Teachers’ Institute, held last Friday at Olivet. After Dr. Dana's address the group broke up into several sec- tions and discussed various sub- jects. The closing address was de-! livered by Dr. Carl S. Winters, pas-1 tor of the First Baptist church of Oak Park. Illinois. Sophomores Defeated In G.A.A. Basketball With Mary Lou Terwilliger leading the way with 10 points, the junior-senior team defeated Ethel Van Goet hem's sophomore team 15 to 10 February 17. in G. A. A. basketball. Starting line up for the junior- senior group was Terwilliger. Wood. Sutherland. Willard. Easley, and Dillin. Substitutes were Skel- ley. Caffes. Shamp. Pratt and Nor- lander. This team is as yet un- defeated. Van Goethem's team started off with Shoemaker. Paton. Griest. VanGoethem, Greenshields and Webb. Substitutes were Miller and McKeag. The second game of the evening was fought between Pat Dean’s sophomores and June Gran strum’s freshmen. Granstrum’s team left the sophomores in the dust with a score of 25 to 10. The six girls starting the game on the freshman team were: Hale. | Granstrum. Gould. Lenon. Clever, and VanDorpe. Those on Dean’s ! team were: Jordan. Dean. Pfeifer. , Bruce, Clifford and Shiels. C.H.S. QUINT BEATS HOWEL-’ ■ Continued frum pane 3) 28 points between them with San- tee as high point man. Individual scoring was as fol- lows: Charlotte Howell Mohre 7 Benett 13 Mason 12 Schultheis 10 Santee 16 Hange 6 Derby 2 Cook 3 Friar 0 Fellows 0 Lavengood 0 Oppenheimer 0 Johansen 0 Brenner 0 Kardel 3 Myers •) White 6 White 0 — Hagman 0 Total 46 Total 32 fleAA ld'4, “New Things First Paulines Beauty Salon QUALITY PERMANENTS $6.50 and up Pauline and Edna Phone 1 300 Journalism Class Starts Work On New Project History of Michigan Athletics to Be Written in Book Students in journalism are work- ing on a project now. which is to be sent to Mr. L. L. Forsythe. State Director of Interscholastic Atn letic8. to help him in writing a l ook on athletics in Michigan. Mr. Forsythe has sent an outline to the class on how to study the athletics in the school. Each stud- ent has been assigned to some parti- cular part of the history of athletics here. Some of the various assign- ments were on the establishment of the school, its growth and other items of history: outstanding bene- factors of the school: kinds of ath- letics played in the school and when they were first played: outstand- ing season of play in various sports, including high honors and state- wide competition. All the information that is gathered must be accurate as it will be used for publication of a look called Athletics in the High Schools of Michigan—The First Hundred Years. If any student has an old “Del- phian” or knows of anyone who has one of the years before 1898 and 1899. 1900. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1915. 1916. and 1917. will he please tell Miss Wells? BASKETBALL RESULTS CHS 28 Hastings 24 CHS 32 Everett 28 CHS 41 Grand Ledge 25 CHS 40 Howell 41 CHS 36 Ionia 19 CHS 36 Mason 32 CHS 35 Eaton Rapids 1� CHS 40 Grand Ledge 26 CHS 34 Everett 35 CHS 33 Mason 21 CHS 21 Ionia 20 CHS 46 Howell 32 Friday. Feb. 28 Hastings Here Mayhew. Foster Top ’47 Clast (Continued (ruin i age i class. They are alphabetically as follows: Kenneth Anderson. Bar- bara McGrath. Mary Mead. Dolor- es Michel. Mabel Robins. Martha Rochester. Roy Weaver and Jac- quelyn Yund. Of this list Bar- bara McGrath. Mary Mead. Dolor- es and Jacquelyn had all their in struct ion in Charlotte public schools, while Mabel. Martha and Roy have been here their four high 3c: oal years. Kenneth came to C. H. S. from Gary. Indiana. Eaton County Savings Bank MEET YOUR FRIENDS And Refresh Yourselues AT Durbin’s Rexall Drug Store First nilh thv Xvu'vst anti Snmrtrsi Spring Styles ★ ★ ★ MUNGER HARDWARE CO. 224 S. Cochran Avenue Phone 63 HARDWARE • APPLIANCES • PLUMBING SPORTING GOODS Charlotte, Michigan EARM EQUIPMENT OPERETTA MARCH 18 ORANGE I 3] 3] [v CARNIVAL MARCH 28 “THE CHARHIAN VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1947 ISSUE 10 Left to Right, top row: K. Sherman, B. Clark. J. Taylor, K. Sparks, E. Dornan, J. Clark. D. Hicks. B. McKeag. Mr. Stall. Left to Right, Bottom Row: N. Zimmerlee, H. Packard. E. Roiter, B. Brown, C. Matthews, D. Rosenbrook, D. Brown, C. Rulison. Stall’s Second Team Ends Undefeated ’46-’47 Season Boys Tallied 599 Points, Opponents Scored 320; Brown Makes Total of 166 Points High honors go to the second team for coming through with an undefeated basketball season. Coached by Dallas Stall, these boys have fought hard for their fourteen victories and found some tough competition with Hastings, Howell and Mason. They made a total of 599 points while their opponents were able to score only 320. The starting line up varied be- iween B. Brown, D. Rosenbrook, E. Roiter. N. Zimmerlee. C. Mathews. C. Friar (until moved up to the first string), and S. Spag- nuolo. Substitutes were C. Rulison � H. Packard, D. Brown. B. McKeag, D. Hicks, J. Taylor. K. Sherman, J. Clark. C. Dornan, K. Sparks, and R. Clark. Forward B. Brown, playing four- teen games, scored 166 poiuts fol- lowed by D. Rosenbrook wrho tallied 86. E. Roiter made 77, N. Zimmerlee 63, C. Mathews 48, ami C. Friar made 45 for the second team All of these boys played 14 games except Mathews and Friar who each played 7. Coach Stall stated that their toughest and most outstanding game was their last one with Has- tings which resulted 30-29 by play- ing an overtime. What’s Cornin’ Up March 14—Freshmen Dance March 17—Lenten Services March 18—Operetta March 21—Physical Education Assembly March 21—Band Dance March 24 Lenten Services March 27—0 B March 28—Journalism Carnival District Music Contest To Take Place March 27 At East Lansing, March 27, a district music contest will be heid. All bands from this district will compete. Bands from A, B. and C schools will be there for this all day contest. The Charlotte band will play three numbers, “Cotton Carnival. Gypsy Princess and Mightier Than Circumstances. There is also a state contest to be held in Ann Arbor on April 18 and 19. Drawing Class Moves Mechanical drawing class will meet in the property room which has been redecorated for them According to Mr. Paajanen it will be much more convenient, because the work is closely related to the shop work, and now that the class is doing blue prints, it will be bet- ter to have less light in the room. Fr. Beahan Guest Speaker In World History Classes Father Beahan of the local com- munity Catholic church spoke to the first and third hour world his- tory classes March 5. His topic was the Reformation or the breaking away from the Catholic church to become Prot- estants. Father Beahan told of how Martin Luther had planned his breaking away for years. He also explained the meaning of sins. Both classes enjoyed his ilk very much. Band to Entertain March 26. the Western Michigan Band Association will present a I forty minute concert at an assem- bly the fourth hour. The organi- zation will be touring a few' neigh boring schools during this month. I Two former Charlotte students. Arthur Stewart and Yvonne Thuma. are playing in the band. Oriole Band Attends Grand Ledge Concert Guest Soloist Larry Teal Enter- tains With Two Numbers Wednesday. March 5. the Char- lotte high school band attended the annual spring concert in Grand Ledge. Mr. Larry Teal, a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, was guest soloist. The program began with the Star Spangled Banner , followed by overture Mightier Than Cir- cumstance. This overture is the class B required selection for the State contest. The next number, Prelude in A Minor , was written by John Allman, a senior student at Grand Ledge. The brass sextet then played Gordian Symphonic Poem. Alauette . a march, which is based ou English, Irish, Scotch and French-Canadian themes, fol- lowed. Rondo d’Amour” and a serenade “Roccoco” were then played. Guest soloist. Mr. Larry Teal, then played “Carnival of Venice , “Girl With the Flaxen Hair and Flight of the Bumble Bee”. To complete the program the Grand Ledge band presented the overture Die Fliedermaus by Johann Strauss. An encore, a march. “The Foot-lifter was play- ed. F.H.A. Convention To Be Held at East Lansing For the first time an all-state convention of the Future Home- makers of America will be held March 25 and 26 at the Michigan State college. East Lansing. Seven girls, Clela Gould. Mabel Robins. Nancy Kerekes. Connie Alfonso. Lillian Moore, Sue Hale, and Dorothy Moore are the official delegates from the Charlotte Chap- ter. The state president will be elected from the chapter in this region. Runners-up for state president in this chapter are Connie Alfonso, Dorothy Moore, and Mary Moore. Election of state officers is on a rotation basis by regions. Show Must Go On True to the theatrical tradition. Footlighteer members carried on when their one act play entitled, Ask Nancy by Rose Campion, was given under the direction of Maxine Pratt. February 27. The curtain no sooner went up when there was a fire drill which came to the surprise of everyone, especially to Miss Wesche. who was eating a sandwich backstage Don Stewart helping backstage asked, “Is Marlyn Brough sitting on the bells?” After everyone got over the sur- prise of the fire drill, the assembly proceeded without further mishap. Joanne Willard portrayed the part of Nancy very well. As the mother. Martha Rochester was tops. The three stepsisters were Charlotte Sutherland as Beat Leota Pfeifer as Ann. Mary Mead as Mary, and Joyce Wheaton as Cousin Judy. Also Barbara Mc- Keag did well on the costumes. Operetta To Be Presented Two Act Libretto and Music Directed by Miss Meyer March 18, 8:00 P. M. Depicting life in central and southern parts of the Americas, an operetta entitled Riding Down the Sky from Carmelita by O'Hara and Morgan, will be pre sented March 18 at eight o’clock by the girls' glee club and a boys’ chorus under the direction of Miss Elaine Meyer, musical instructor. Twelve characters make up the speaking and solo cast and they are supported by a singing and dancing chorus of thirty-nine. Vocal selections include solos, duets, trios, and quartets. The scene takes place in the plaza or park of Hermosa, capital city of Santa Delmonica, a Central American country. The libretto is in two acts which take place on a summer day in the morning anu afternoon. A South American fiesta, a revolution and a forced airplane landing should afford much excitement and entertain- ment for the audience. Making up the cast, are the fol- lowing characters: Ben Baker - - John Odell Geo. J. McDonald - Gaylord Yund Joshua Scroggins - Winfield Pardee Don Pedro De Garvanza John Steward Carmelita - - Joan Schwegler Pepita - - Geraldine Face Rosa Escondida - Rebecca Hurlbut Don Jose Del Molino • David Adams Francisco Bandino - Robert Casler Maria Bandino • Martha Rochester Sgt. Timothy Riley - Gordon Sparks Fernando Gonzales David Fullerton Juanita, a dancer Phyllis Smallwood Rosita. Manita and Chanita Joanne Willard. Mary Lou Ter- williger and Ethel Van Goethem. Mrs. Leora Weymouth is accom- panist for t.he chorus. Barbara Lewellyn and Joyce Walters of the glee club are prompting for the mu8icale. The dramatics club is in charge of making up the Span- ish characters and chorus and the home economics girls are working 'Continuari on ou r« rour Cast of Ten to Appear On Handicraft Assembly To give another hour of enter- tainment to the student body, the handicraft girls are putting on a one act play called “Just Before the Prom written by Lindsey Barbee. Ten charactere make up the play, five girls from each of the eighth grade classes. The story takes place at h fraternity house in celebration for the annual Junior Prom. Various complications arise: for Jane Jones, an imaginary person, is . kidnapped. The house comes un- . der supervision of the police. One 1 exciting event brings on another. Page 2 ORANGE 6. BLACK Queen for a Day Well, at last that time is here. Yes. it's time to vote (or that gal in your class who has all the characteristics of a queen. Remember to select the girl, that in your mind, will fit all the requirements of a queen. In case you are in doubt about how you should pick your queen, here are a few questions you might ask yourself. First: “Has she any scholastic ability at all? ’ Second. Has she beauty . Third: Is she freindly. generous and likable? , and Fourth. Has she that personality that wins friends? Before voting, ask yourself these few questions and by doing so you will undoubt- edly pick the girl that is worthy o that title Queen . Uanvinq Itluvs Have many of you enjoyed going to the dances after the basketball games? Well, of course, but isn't it a bit disgusting to be dancing and have a tribe of kids race across the floor trying to catch someone and just about trample you. This conduct problem is getting to be an old thing. Not many students are unwilling to co-operate but there are still a few. There Isn’t one who likes to be so crowded that he can’t enjoy himself. So, why not begin by giving other people a break? Let everyone have fun and it’s a sure thing that your minds will rest much easier. Crystal Ball Gazing Graduating should mean a great deal to the seventy-one students who will receive diplomas this year. These students have had the ability and perseverance to remain and attain their graduating goal. At a gaze in the crystal ball, the class of 1947 shows strange records. Many students who might have graduated this June have dropped out from year to year to join that group of ever increasing unskilled laborers. In search of easy wages early in life, they have thrown away future chances of better jobs. The employer of tomorrow will have good reason for asking. “Are you a high school graduate?” of an applicant. The skilled laborer who has graduated from high school and educated himself either in commerce or college, is earning a better wage and keeping his position much longer. He has learned to do a certain job expertly and can meet people in all walks of life as a result of his advanced education. Those that graduate have a right to be full of pride because they are the ones graduating out of one hundred six who began in 1943. A few went to other schools but many quit. A graduate finds many opinions in commercial life; he can make them profitable. A graduate has innumerable opportunities in finishing schools and colleges: he can profit by a pro fession. The crystal ball shows a world, full of op- portunities. for a high school graduate but poor chances for the underclassman who does not see the necessity for graduation. Exchange This is to Phillip. To Phillip who? To Phillip Space. High heels, according to Christopher Morlej, were invented by a girl who had been kissed on the forehead. From your willingness to learn grows your capacity to earn.—Southern Star. I trusted you. I thought you knew. 1 copied you. And I flunked too! Do You Know Them Returning recently to school after a long absence, this blond sophomore boy was found in the library interestedly reading When ask- ed. he answered that he liked school. As for his favorite subjects in school, he said. Oral English . Spaghetti tops the list, as far as foods are concerned, and chord playing fills his leisure moments. When the subject of girls was brought up. he just smiled and said j they were all right. He has no plans for . the future as yet. By now. it probably isn’t hard to guess who this boy is. That’s right, it’s Carroll Dane. This freshman girl was in the library read- ing. when approached, for an interview. She definitely likes school and intends to go to col- iege after graduation but has no other plans. Fried chicken rates high with her, as does For Sentimental Reasons”. With a serious tone, she said that Latin was her favorite sub- jecL Smilingly, she answered that she liked some boys, but not all of them. She enjoys sports and reading. One last hint, she is seen with Sue quite a bit. I’m sure you all know her by now. she’s June Granstrum. What Ya Hear Me Singing Huggin’ and Chalkin’..Clinton Friar Rosey In Love in Vain ...............Donna Scovill As if I Didn’t Have Enough on My Mind ....................Miss Wells If It’s Love You Want.......Hale Harrington Somebody Else is Taking My Place ................... Bruce Bryan W’here Did You Learn to Love.....Ed. Bobcik I’ve Got a Girl I Love........Gordon Sparks There’s No One But You .....Don Furu and Marilyn Wilmore It’s My Lazy Day .............George Stucky That Chick's Too Young to Fry....Freshmen Things We Did Last Summer .......Senior girls at Pine Lake There's Nothing the Matter With Me ................Snobs of C.H.S. Wontcha Be a Friend of Mine...Earl Roiter to Bev Greenshields Anyway the Wind Blows.......Chemistry class Route 66........Main Street to Bennett Park Those Nagging Blues.....................Mrs. Iauch Prisoner of Love...........Hans Langmaack I’m Always Falling in Love With the Other Follow’s Girl ........ D. Derby Now and Then..........................Mickey Ells Peering into the Future In interviewing seniors the past two weeks it’s been found that they have good ambitions and plans after June 13. Colleges will be full of C.H.S. students it seems. Dick Derby wants to go to college and take up physical education. Dolores Michel and Bob Bandfield plan on attending college somewhere. Barbara McGrath is go- ing to attend Western to take teacher’s train- ing and Harriet Mayhew will begin her future schooling at U. of M. With a shortage of telephone operators. Bethel Parker and Nancy Kerekes plan on taking up this work. Work was the answ’er to many of the senior plans. Donna Scovill and Lois Cook w ant to be employed at Wilcox-Gay. Just to be dif- ferent John Sattazahn will work at the Olds in Lansing. The Ideal Dairy interests Elwood Clark, and George Stucky and Fred Diamond say that they are Just going to work. Ed. Bobcik will work on the farm this sum- mer and then take a short course at State next fall. Roy Weaver, David Adams and Eric and Don Furu are going to farm. Business school will take up Rose Dunning’s and Phyllis Pifer’s time for awhile. Melvina Taylor is going to California and Wendell Ripley is Just going to travel. Mary Ann Lewis will attend nursing school and Art Blaine is going to buy a 47 truck and work on contracting. ORANGE BLACK Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 STAFF Publisher ...........................Jacquelyn Yund Managing Editor...........................Karl Gearhart Editor-in-ohief ..............Irene Livingston Sports Editor .....................Rita French Alumni Editor...........................Maxine Pratt Exchange Editor...........................Joan Easley Business Manager...........................Joe Holmes Circulation Manager........Mary Jean Krusell Advertising Manager........Martha Rochester Assistant .........................Clela Gould Adviser ...........................Miss Wells Reporters.....Rosemary Beals. Floral Bergman, Robert Debler, Richard Derby. Frederick Diamond, Maxine Dillin, Sallie Hale. Nancy Kerekes, Barbara McGrath. Joyce Miller. Bethel Parker. Lou Anne Potter, Donna Scovill, Robert White. Oriole Mention Students in the library will have to sit or. the floor in a short time if Mrs. Iauch and her librarians keep extending their files without the filing cabinets. They are using chairs for their files now! It has been found that when Everett beat us this year, it was the first time our team had been beaten on the home floor in three years or since Lakeview beat us in 1944. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Blight on Feb- ruary 27 was a son. Dale Duane, weighing seven pounds and fourteen ounces. The high school orchestra has been doing some fine playing at the dances. Charhian sales are over and have been very successful. Lou Anne's team beat Bruce’s by 224 to 216. As circulation manager Lou Anne wishes to thank all of the Charhian staff mem- bers for their good work in making the sales successful. In Che years that Lakeview has played here in the tournaments starting in 1940, Charlotte has drawn that team six years out of eight. In 1944 and 1946 Hastings was drawn. A book, which was ordered in 1945. was just received by the library two weeks ago. When writing Romance Strikes” it seems that Russell Santee was left out. Russ has no certain interest at the present. The fire drill in Che assembly was quite a surprise to the students and evidently to the faculty also. Coach and his Orioles should be very proud of their fine record this year. Congratulations! Miss Holmes won the dollar in Tales About Town” a few weeks ago. Mr. Muma is taking up quite a bit of money for Easter seals. Everyone who enters his office for an excuse must give a donation or Mr. Muma says No excuse!” Red glasses seemed to be the fad around school for awhile and then it was red and white striped. What color next? Clela Gould and Shirley Snoke are learning to be linotype operators at the Republican- Tribune. State Farmers’ Degrees have been awarded to Hans Langmaack. Maynard Ells. Edward Bobcik. David Adams, Don Furu and Eric Furu. Senior’s Prayer Senior trip, senior trip. Please come our way. For you we’ve been praying About everyday. Dear parents, dear parents. Please let us go; We’re big and grown up now. Of course you must know. —The Starr Commonwealth News. ORANGE BLACK Page 3 Varsity Pep Squad to End Season Ethel Van Goethem. Rita French, Lou Anne Potter. Mary Lou Ter- wiliger. Joanne Willard. _____ Orioles Close Campaign By Defeating Hastings Before a crowd of 1.200 onlook- ers. a very successful season was closed on Friday, February 28. when the Orioles defeated the Hastings quintet. In the first quarter Hastings was unable to hold its early lead as Charlotte connected for 8 points, thus squeezing into the lead 8-7 as the quarter ended. The Gobelites scored 15 points in the second quarter and held the Hastings team to 2 field goals. As the whistle sounded the Orioles were far in front 23-11. The third quarter Charlotte basketed 11 balls while the Saxon quintet tallied up 6 points for their team, thus ending the quarter with a score 34-17 in favor of the CHS team. Hope for victory for the Saxons was dimmed in the last quarter when 19 more points were scored by Charlotte. However a barrage of shots, their biggest triumph of the game, was made by the high school snipers, totaling 9 points. But even then the Orioles came back and connected for a victory over Hastings 53-26. Thus the season was closed with the record remaining 12 wins and 2 losses. fjesitiold'4, “New Things First” Cheerleaders Have Various Activities With the ending of the season It can be truthfully stated that the cheerleaders have been very active this year. A variety of pep meetings has helped introduce many new yells. Also the club has sponsored two dances. The cheerleaders started a club this year. The officers are presi- dent. Mary Lou Terwilliger; vice president, Carroll Tharp; secre- tary-treasurer. Joanne Willard. Cheerleaders for the first team are Rita French, David Adams. Mary lx)u Terwilliger. Carroll Tharp, Ethel Van Goethem. Joanne Wil- lard, Lou Anne Potter. Second team cheerleaders are Annie Co- lizzi. Joan Davids. Joyce Miller, Barbara Nisse and Charlotte Suth- erland. In the seventh grade are Patsy Cook. Marilyn Hetherington and Bonnie Wells, while eighth grade cheerleaders are Rose A!- fonso, Joyce Hughes and Joan Reiner. STOP IN AT PETE’S Delicious Home Made Ice Cream LIBERTY OF SWEETS Pete Colizzi, Prop. Ground Beef Sandwiches Murl and Irene’s Local Quintet Clinches Title St. Philip Emerges With Class “C” Championship Saturday evening. March 9, de- cided who was to be the district champions, when Charlotte and St. Philip won the Class B and Class C tournament games. Starting Thursday night at 7:00 p. m. Hastings and Eaton Rapids played a “fast 'n furious” game, plunging up and down the floor until Eaton Rapids took the lead and the game ended with Eaton Rapids copping two more baskets than Hastings, making the score 30-26. Charlotte took Lakeview in the second game of the evening with a show of some “fast thinking and straight shooting”, on the part of the Orioles, as the game ended with a score of 37-32. Friday evening in the first game. St. Philip won its way to dis- trict. finals, by defeating the Nash ville quintet with a score of 44-31. Olivet was overcome by the Bellevue quintet by twenty-five points, in the second game, which ended with the score reading forty- five in favor of Bellevue and twenty in favor of Olivet. Final district championship games were played Saturday nigh'. St. Philip walked away with its sixth straight Class C basketball title, and holds its record of never having lost a tournament in Cha: lotte, by defeating Bellevue 46-35 A fast, breath-taking game was taken from Eaton Rapids by Char lotte, 36-30. SPRING SHOES ARRIVING DAILY New Casuals. New Loaders and Sport Shoes of all kinds HOSE In All Sizes SILK - NYLON and RAYON ANKLE SOCKS In White and Colors FRED MURRAY % CO. Between the Banks FLASH Tonight at 9:00 p. m. Char- lotte will meet Adrian high at Albion in a struggle for the Regional Championship. Adrian upset Marshall by 2 points in an overtime period in the District match at Albion. The winning team will meet East Lansing Saturday night at 9:00. East Lansing has drawn bye four times in the past five years. Baseball Campaign To Start After Cage Season Coach Dallas Stall to Head Oriole Nine for 1947 For the first time since 1941, Charlotte high school is going to have baseball this spring. Dallas Stall will be head coach, and he wishes all boys who possibly can. to come out for it. Coach Stall said that he needs pitchers, catch- ers, infielders, and outfielders, in other words he wants everybody that can play baseball. “Open the Door Richard’’ and have a HOT FUDGE SUNDAE at • MAIN SWEET SHOP Bruno Spagnuolo Complete Home Outfits STORE (PxackahcLb SKIPPER LEISUREWEAR Skipper Leisure Shirts and knit T- shirts are equally good for work- ing or relaxing. Smart new weaves and colors in easy-to-launder fab- rics HAROLD E. SMITH Toggery Shop Page 4 ORANGE BLACK Band Groups Give Varied Performances Orchestra and Quartets Entertain Community Organizations At the beginning of the school year an hour was set aside each day for members of the band, who were interested in orchestra, en- semble. and solo work. Since this practice was started a saxophone quartet, brass quartet, and orchestra have developed. Prac- lice for the orchestra is held three days a week and the other two days are devoted to ensemble and solo work. The saxophone quartet, which consists of two alto, two tenor in- struments and a piano accompanist has played eight times for various community organizations such as Lions club. Rebekah Lodge and Ma- sonic dinners. On some occasions the quartet plays dinner music and on others they are a part of the program. Organizations such as P. T. A., and Lions club have been entertain- ed by the brass quartet. This group, which consists of three cor- nets. a baritone, with a piano ac- companist. has also appeared on assembly programs. All of these groups are composed of members of the orchestra. Orig- inally this consisted of nine mem- bers. but it has recently been in- creased to twelve members by the BALLOT FOR QUEEN addition of an alto saxophone and two trombones. The instrumenta- tion now consists of five saxo- phones. two cornets, two trom- bones. drum, bass viol and piano. Since the beginning of the year, the library of this group has in- creased until they now have most of the new and old standard num- bers of dance music. Until the dance after the Charlotte-Howell game, the orchestra had appeared only in assemblies. They are now planning to play for a number of school dances and also some out of town engagements. Several members of the orchestra have prepared solos and appeared individually on various programs. John Steward has played over 12 solos for club programs, assemblies and with the band. Rodney Wood has also played a number of solos. Some of these soloists and mem- bers of the ensembles are planning to enter the state solo and ensemble contest to be held in March. There are many benefits gained from musical groups such as these, not only for the students, but for the organizations for which they appear. The clubs receive the bene- fit of free entertainment, which they would ordinarily have to ob- tain through college music depart- ments. The students l enefit, not only by the credit received in baud for this type of work, but from the experience they receive in perform- ing before audiences. Tradition Accepted For the fifteen years the class queens have been elected, the sen- ior has been chosen queen on the carnival night so this year the tradition is accepted and there will be no further election on carnival night. Civic’s “Julius Caesar” Approved by Students Journeying to Grand Rapids for the William Shakespeare play. Julius Caesar” proved for the most part a successful venture on Saturday. March 1. The Grand Rapids Civic Theatre again opened Its doors to a group of 34 Charlotte high students and faculty. including Miss Dora Holmes. Miss Winifred Wells and Miss Kathryn Wesche. Mrs. Glenn Morey also attended the program. The play began at 2:30 P. M. and lasted approximately 2V6 hours. A very effective manner of staging was produced by the absence of a curtain and by the entrances of the players by using the aisles of the auditorium. By this mingling amidst the audience, one felt as if he were a part of the plot hiptself. The general feeling toward the program as a whole concerned its fine production and realistic acting and costuming. Miss Wells re marked that she felt the program had proved Shakespearean plays to be for their true purpose of acting and not merely for reading ma- terial. Tin Ware Knives Kutsche’S Glassware Chimes First National Bank Frank Bracy Tells of Trip Frank Bracy. an eighth grader who recently returned from a trip to Mexico with his parents, spoke to Mrs. Oberlin’s third and fifth hour geography classes. He told the students of the places of interest he visited on the trip. His description of a bull fight, Mexican money and menu� were of special interest. He itUo showed many souvenirs he brought back. OPERETTA TO BE PRESENTED iContinued rrom page one) on boys' costumes. Staging is be- ing done by Judson Richardson and Robert White. The boys’ chorus includes. Sen- or8. Carleton Dornan. Sam Collx- zi, Wayne Pede. Jim Frazer. Ed- win Pitcher Douglas Smurr, Don Stewart. Tony Crawford and Wen- dell Ripley. The two sailors are Gerald Starr and Clifford Shults. YOUNG’S JEWELRY rilAltLOTTK NOME HANKY Schwegler’s Ice Cream and Luncheon Compliments of Cheney Funeral Home GORDON CHENEY - Phone 331 Quaker Nylon Hose 51 Gauge at $1.95 Quaker Nylons are really beautiful, clear as crystal and long wearing. Fred A. Richey Co. Germain Shell Service GAS OIL SEAT COVERS TIRES BATTERIES for tKc entire 114 S. COCHRAN ST. CHARLOTTE, MICH. Hobo Hop April 4 OK ANGI ] B ►Li LC1 K “THE CHARHIAN Cheerleader Hop Tonight VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1947 ISSUE 11 Y-Teens To Sponsor Second Dance Front row—B Nits� -. J. Wneaton. D. Scovill. I. Livingston. M. Pratt. L. A. Potter, M. Rochester, M. Mead. P. Shiels. M. L. Simon. P. Smallwood. B. Parker, M. L. Terwilliger. Back row—E. Shamp, A. Van Dorpe, B. Chamberlain. J. Yund. D. Michel. M. Smith. N. Fcx, M. Green. S. Hicks. V. Sloan, B. Rodeman. L. Boyer, J. Willard, J. David. C. Sutherland. Mrs. Fuller. Hobo Hop Coming Up Here is your chance to look like hoboes. The Y-Teens are sponsor- ing a dance April 4 at which time you can dress up in your oldest clothes. This dance is to he held in the big gym and the high school swing band will furnish all types of music. President Mary Mead appointed the following commit- tees: decoration. Charlotte Suther- land; clean up. Maxine Pratt; re- freshments. Mary Smith; tickets. Mary Lou Simon; intermission Barbara McGrath. Fourteen Students to Journey to Ann Arbor Fourteen students will journey to Ann Arbor April 18 to particpate in the state solo and ensemble con- test. These students are entering both solo and ensemble selections. John Steward will enter a saxo- phone solo, and also play in a saxo- phone quartet whose other mem- bers are Barbara McGrath. Carle- ton Dornan. and Sam Colizzi Mary Mead. Pat Griest. Charlotte Suther- land and Winfield Pardee will play in a clarinet quartet. Bass solos will be played by Wendell Ripley and Richard Uren; Rodney Wood will play a cornet solo; Jacquelyn Yund will enter a piano solo. The students will be judged in accordance to their own particular ability and skill, not in competition with another entry. Sam Colizzi. Barbara McGrath. John Steward. Mary Lou Terwilli- ger. Richard Uren. Jacquelyn Yund. Yvonne Hill, and Marian Cheney entered the state contest last year. Junior Camera Club Elects Permanent Officers for Year Permanent officers for the rest of the year have been elected for the junior high group in the Camera club. The officers are as follows: pres., Margaret Vance; vice pres.. Eunice Jones; secretary. Joyce Hughes; treasurer. Ralph Graham and the chairman of the member- ship committee is Huey Johnson. Dues for the junior high group are 10c per month and a cost of 25c for membership. Officers of the senior group will be elected at the next meeting. In the basement of the Hawthorne school, where the two groups meet, canning equipment has been dis- mantled and the rooms are being made more usable to work in. The two groups have been work- ing on the developing of films and will soon start taking posed pictur- es. Membership has been limited to twenty five members for both junior and senior groups. What’s Next? Cheerleader Hop—March 28 Last Lenten Service—March 31 Rank Assembly—April 3 Hobo Hop—April 4 Easter Vacation—April 5 thru 13 Orange and Black—April 17 Journalism Carnival—April 18 Posters Made By Art Class Alumni News Don Moore. '46. U. S. Navy, was home for the tournaments at Al- bion. Eld red Toutant coached during basketball season at Springport. Michigan. Grace Shaull is living in West Balm Beach. Florida, and is work- ing in a department store there. The seventh grade art class is now making posters for the Ameri- can I egion. The posters are of original design in water colors and crayolas. After the posters are finished, the class is going to do scents in chalk and bright colors. The charcoal sketches have l een ' finished and are mounted in Mrs. I Weymouth's office and in the hall. International Harvester Furnishes Entertainment Stage Show After Movies Featured Ventriloquist An International Harvester pro gram was sponsored by Maurice Wilson of the Charlotte Implement Company March 11 in the high school auditorium. Some very excellent talent was presented in the course of the stage program. Mr. Fred .Mahar. master of ceremonies, presented Connie Walker first who played the accor- dian and piano. Mr. Mahar told j about the Norris musical trio and Miss Walker as a musical team. On their four instruments, saxo- phone. clarinet, electric violin and piano, they have a repertoire of ap- proximately 2.500 pieces, and are memorizing new ones each day. Mr. Mahar and his dummy. Skin- ney Doogan. who have entertained many servicemen, presented a de- lightful ventriloquist act. All parts of the dummy showed lifelike movements in the act and he sang as well as talked. In their imita- tion of W. C. Fields. Skinney's nose lighted up with a little red light. In addition to the stage show a movie consisting of Hawaiian Tra- vel. a comedy and 4-H fair pictures was presented. Hans Langmaack was introduced to the audience as an outstanding 4-H member. Oriole Band to Lansing To Play for Music Contest On Monday A. M.. the band will play in a District Music contest at East Lansing. There are two school buses being used for trans- portation. Bands from A. B. and C schools are competing. The bands must earn a first or second rating to qualify for playing in the state contest which will be held April 18. The contest is being held be- fore the State and there are three judges to make the final decision. The Charlotte band is playing ‘Cotton Carnival’ . “Gypsy Prin- cess . and Mightier Than Circum- stance . M. Ells, D. Lowe Lead In F.F.A. Seed Sales From January through March 24 the Future Farmers of America have been selling seeds. To make the campaign more successful, competing teams were chosen. Sophomores proved to be winners over the junior-senior group. The total combined sales amounted to $375.40. Also an F.F.A. ring was to be the 0rize for the boy on each team who sold the most seeds. Maynard Ells sold $48.26 for the juniors and seniors and Douglas Lowe sold $73.13 for the sophomores. These boys will receive the awards. Hans Langmaack came in second for the junior-senior team with $41.82 and Charles Harag sold $60.23 for the sophomores. Players Give Fine Operetta March 18, at Eight O’clock Glee Club and Boys Give Fine Performance A large crowd attended the operetta, Riding Down the Sky . March 18. at 8 o’clock in the high school auditorium. Miss Elaine Meyer, head of the vocal department at the high school, did an admirable job of directing .he operetta. Joan Schwegler portrayed the part of the leading lady. Carmellta, who was the sweet, dignified but stubborn daughter of Che President of Santa Delmonica. Her fine act- ing ability was displayed as well as her lovely budding voice. Carinelita’s father. (John Ste- ward) showed a talent for acting and brought many laughs w’ith his dry sense of humor. Romance was supplied by the handsome young American aviator, Ben Baker, played by John Odell, whose dashing personality was evi- dent in his full baritone voice. Joshua, played by Winfield Par- dee. spiced the performance with his corn-fed jokes and language, and displayed an unusual young tenor voice. Bob Casler. as Francisco Bandino, was a fanatic revolutionary. His intense seriousness appealed to the audience as stark comedy. His performance gave certain proof of his acting ability. David Fullerton displayed the part of a comedian as a conspirator also, with an easy baritone voice. Geraldine Face. Pepita, gave a fine vocal and acting performance as the friend of Carmellta. A promising baritone voice was re- vealed in the person of Gordon Sparks as Sergeant Riley who is in love with Pepita. He made an es- pecially fine stage appearance. Fernando's wife. Maria, played by Martha Rochester. wras a domin- tContinued on page 4) Carnival Postponed Because of the sickness of many students and the bad weather con- ditions. the annual journalism carnival is to be postponed until April 18. Side shows, refreshment and novelty stands will open at 7:00 p. m. Club ’47, containing chorus girls, queens, comedy teams and many other enjoyable acts will slart promptly at 10:00. Cheerleaders Plan Dance Tonight at 8:30 the annual cheerleader hop will be held in the girls’ gym. Orioles will be the theme. Admission will he 15c per person and sandwiches and pop will be on sale. Much entertain- ment will be found In the half heur intermission. Committee chair- men will he as follows: tickets, Rita French; decorations. Mary Lou Terwilliger; refreshments. Lou Anne Potter: intermission, Joanne Willard. Page 2 ORANGE BLACK Si op When other students from different towns are discussing the schools they will have to compete against in sports and other activities, we want them to he eager to visit Charlotte. We are very proud of our school and town and hope that all outsiders want to come here. However, our school and town records cannot stay bright and clean if young people start to congregate on the streets and alleys in the •wee” hours of the morning. There are many causes of juvenile delin- quency. but one of the greatest is that many youths, after school hours, have a lot of free time, while their parents are away working at night. Restlessness and the urge to seek adventure are only natural among young people. Much of their pent-up energy has been given an outlet in the exciting but disastrous adventure of crime. At least one of the child’s parents should be home when the student returns from school The parent should know where his son or daughter is at all times. In school the Friday night dances take care of quite a few young people by giving them an enjoyable evening. We have not been too overloaded with ex- treme cases of juvenile delinquency here in Charlotte, but it happens in other towns and can easily happen here. Think it over, and remember you are your brother’s keeper so let’s keep the record of juvenile delinquency in this town. low. Where Does The Money Go ? ? ? So many of you wonder where money, made from the Journalism Carnival, goes? Well, if you do, maybe this article will help in answer- ing your question. Every year there are Ch rhian sales and al- most everyone buys one. They cost considerably more than the amount you are asked to pay. so when the carnival is sponsored it helps to meet the remaining cost. The carnival also helps in the publication cost of the Orange and Black. So when you buy those tickets, remember you are helping to pay the coat of your year- book, the Charhian. As Time Goes By 1865—Grandma had a lover Who had a timid heart. And when they sat together. They sat this...........far apart. 1919—Mother had a caller Who was bashful and shy And do you think he kissed her? ? He didn’t even try! 1945—Whenever daughter’s lieutenant calls. She greets him with a kiss. And when they sit together, Theysitupcloselikethi8. Suppose Ruth lives instead of Dies. Geraldine were a hand instead of a Face. Bonnie were a cat instead of a Fox. Mary Jane were blue instead of Green. Doreen were a mountain instead of a Hill. Jack were employed instead of Idle. Marian were a peach instead of a Lemmon. Jack were a boy instead of a Mann. Betty were a baker instead of a Miller. Margaret were dry instead of Moist. Meara were an artist instead of a Potter. Richard were a leaf Instead of a Root. George were a blanket instead of a Shaull. Agnes were a dollar instead of a Shilling. Pat were shell instead of Sinclair. Kenny were a fire instead of Sparks. Art were a moon instead of a Starr. Victor were slow instead of Swift. The Blow That Almost Killed Father—When Barbara Lou Jordan forgot to giggle. Hans L ngmaack spoke of something besides farming. Irene Clark wore overalls to school. Gerry Face struck a wrong note. Joan David got in an argument. Bob Casler spent ten cents for pleasure. Nancy Kerekes frowned. Mrs. Kiplinger couldn’t think of anything to say. Richard DeBie got kicked out of class for being noisy. Joan Schwegler refused to dance. Senior girls were not connected with an as- sembly. Clinton Friar didn’t see Clinton. Fred Diamond went with a girl. Rose Dunning grew taller. People Wonder Why They Get Fat It seems that the District Tournaments held here March 6. 7. 8. worked up quite an appetite among the spectators. With all the energectic motions and yelling that the crowd went through, they just couldn't resist those de- licious hot dogs and cool refreshing cokes that the band and senior class were selling. Over the three nights of the tournaments, one hun- dred-thirteen cases of Coca-cola, and eighty- five pounds of hot dogs were sold. The senior class sold ninety cases of pop and sixty pounds of hot dogs. Thursday and Saturday night, while the band sold twenty-three cases of pop and twenty-five pounds of hot dogs. Friday night. Do You Know? White. James Hull. Roberta Yund. Gaylord Taylor, James Ells, Edward Adams, Byron Colizzi, Annie Hollandsworth, Barbara Edwards. Noreene Roberts. Jeanette Sherman. Kenyon Gam. Douglas Easley. Joan Thornton, Paul Goodnoe. Bob Rulison, Carl Adams, Bill Yund. Jackie If the Song Fits, Sing It The Old Lamplighter—Janitors at C.H.S. Give Me a Little Kiss—Charlie Harag I’ll Be Seeing You—Joyce Wheaton. Why Does It Get So Late So Early?—Marlene Smith Somebody I oves Me—Carroll Dane. That Old Black Magic—Chemistry classes Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair—Mary Jean Krusell Tear It Down!—Battle cry of Mr. Stall’s 3rd hour study Auld Lang Syne—Seniors Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning— Tardy students Bits of Fiumor and Nonsense You can always tell a senior By the way he’s neatly dressed You can always tell a junior. By the way he swells his chest. You can always tell a freshmen, By his timid look and such. You can always tell a sophomore. But you cannot tell him much. A horrible thing Has come to pass. I woke up twice in problems class. ORANGE BLACK Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte Highj School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 STAFF Publisher .....................Karl Gearhart Managing Editor..................Rita French Editor-in-Chief .................Joan Easley Sports Editor ............... Maxine DlUiu Alumni Editor .................Sallie Hale Exchange Editor ...............Bethel Parker Business Manager..................Joe Holmes Circulation Manager .................Rosemary Beals Advertising Manager.....................Clela Gould Assistant ......................Donna Scovlll Reporters ............F. Bergman. R. Debler, R. Derby, F. Diamond. N. Kerekes. M. J. Krusell. I. Livingston. B. McGrath. J. Miller. L. A. Potter. M. Pratt, M. Roches- ter. J. Yund. 77it Wontlvn of Sprint Ah! Spring! Days to remind you of those lazy dazy days in the good old summer time The teachers are beginning to be on the alert, and all students know what that means. Spring is really bustin’ out all over. How can you tell? Well-Just look at those starry- eyed students flitting from class to class with that moon glow look. (Or could that be their ah-th showing?) Oh! Isn’t it wonderful! (Spring. I mean.) The flowers are budding-or at least they will be in another month, and three out of every four students at old C. H. S. are going around with a Co’hd ’id their eads.M If you are by any chance, wondering why all the students are beginning to beam lately, here's the answer! Spring vacation is coming up. It begins April 4. at 3:50 P. M. In knowing this, you also know why the scholars of Charlotte high, love spring so wrell. Stickeramaroos 1. Blond-junior boy-seen w-ith Richard Uren, Wendell Ripley-tall. 2. Senior boy-quiet-walks Clela to class- country. 3. Sophomore girl-cute-interested in Potter- ville-seen with Genevieve. 4. Sophomore boy-brother graduated-witty handsome. 5. Tall junior boy-steady goin’-works at A. P.-nuff said. 6. Sophomore girl-seen with Gretta Pryor- quiet- blonde hair. 7. Commercial teacher-good natured-puts up with bookkeeping class-sense of humor-lives north of town. 8. Senior girl-Ray’s ring-Hastings? TaU- popular. 9. Short sophomore boy-older brothers, sis- ter graduated-quiet-witty. 10. Freshman girl-short-blonde hair-cute- seen with Annie. YOUNG HEART He gave those dried up flowers to her. A high school prom ago But he Like them Has been tossed into the wraste basket Of her fickle mind. THE WESTERN HERALD Father: Remember, son, a job well done need never be done again. Son: What about shoveling the snow? ”1 want post war reform , shouted the can- didate. I want housing reform. I want po- litical reform. I want.... Chloroform , suggested a listener. THE CRESTON ECHO ORANGE BLACK Page 3 All-Conference Cagers Chosen for 1946-’47 Mohre Places for Third Year; Mason on Second Team Selected for the first team in the Capitol Circuit Conference was Charlotte’s star player. Bob Mohre as forward along with the speedy Jack Schultheis from Howell. Bat- on Rapids star pivot man. Howard Ledergerber was selected as center. Darwin Barr. Mason’s ace play maker, was chosen as guard for one spot while Ed Sprague of Everett, Capitol Circuit Conference scoring champion, filled the other. This was Bob M oh re’s third utraight year to place on the All- Conference team. The second team is as follows: George Bennett, Howell and Tom Vandersteln. Grand Ledge, as for- wards: Carl Holbrook of Grand I edge center; Milford Mason of Charlotte, and Harold Ware of Ma- son. guards. Honorable mention was given Santee of Charlotte. Christensen and Titus of Everett: Wheeler of Mason. Cook of Howell. Armstrong from Grand Ledge and Kapff and Alleo of Eaton Rapids. Traci: Season Opens Another track season is almost at hand. Coach Gobel and the Iwys are hoping for a good season. There are a number of veteran trackmen on the team. Some of the events are as follows: Raymond Radee and David Adams (Continued on tmse 4� Adrian Five Upset Orioles Mohre, Santee, Mott, Dib- bie Were Main Scorers Of Evening Albion College was the scene of the semifinals of the regional basketball tournaments which saw Adrian of the Twin Valley League beat Charlotte 34 to 33 Thursday, March 13. At the beginning of the game both teams were hitting the hoops with Adrian always making the first basket and the Orioles coming back to within one point of tying it up. As the quarter came to ai. end. the Orioles were on the short end of a 9 to 10 score. The second quarter saw Adrian make 8 points to Charlotte’s 5. Mott. Adrian forward, was the main wheel in the lineup in this quarter. When the gun went off. Adrian led by the score of 18 to 13. In the third quarter both teams kept close together in point making. The Orioles rang up 6 points to the opponent's 7. Adrian led at the end 25 to 19. Charlotte opened up in the last quarter by racking up 14 points to Adrian's 9. With the score 32 to 27 in Adrian’s favor and witli about two minutes left in the quar- ter. Dick Derby shot a long one Germain Shell Service FIRESTONE SEAT COVERS - SPOTLIGHTS FLOOR MATS ALL CAR SERVICE from near the center of the floor making it 32 to 29. Then another basket was put in by Adrian. With approximately forty seconds left, Russ Santee put another through the hoops, making the score 34 to 31. Bob Mohre made one basket in the last twenty seconds to come up within one point of tying the score but the time ran out. When the final gun went off, Adrian was leading 34 to 33. Bob Mohre led Charlotte with 13 points with Santee following with 8. Mott, Adrian forward, and Dib- ble. center, were the main wheels in the Adrian lineup with the for- mer serving 15 points and the ter 10. lat- Starting lineup and Individual fcoring are as follows: Charlotte FG FT TP Mohre. RF 6 1 13 Mason. LF 2 3 7 Santee. C 4 0 8 Derby. RG 1 1 3 Friar. LG 2 2 Adrian Total 33 Mott. RF 7 1 15 Centis. LF 2 1 5 Dibble. C 5 10 Wellnow, RG 2 2 Gosmire. LG 2 2 Total 34 Charlotte High Alumnus Active in College Sports Former three sport star. Wayne Terwilliger. has during this second semester been on the basketball team at Western Michigan College, Kalamazoo. Last baseball season at Kalamazoo he played regular short stop on the team. Wayne played three seasons of football and basketball in high school. He also was a member of the baseball team. Coach Gobel describes him as being. One of the best athletes ever at Charlotte high . He says. Wayne was an outstanding passer, runner, and defense player in foot- ball and a fast and clever basket- ball team member . Wayne held half-back position in football and called signals for two years. During his sophomore year he played forward on the baskets ball team: for the two remaining years he was guard. Bandfield Gives Speech Jerry Bandfield. a former C. H. S. student, gave an interesting talk to the world history class about his experience in the South Pacific. STOP IN AT PETE’S Delicious Home Made Ice Cream A LIBERTY OF SWEETS Pete Colizzi, Prop. ICE CREAM • CANDY GROCERIES MAIN SWEET SHOP Bruno Spagnuolo Eaton County Savings Bank New Easter Styles Arriving Every Day MUNGER HARDWARE CO. 224 S. Cochran Avenue Phone 69 Charlotte, Michigan HARDWARE • APPLIANCES • PLUMBING • FARM EQUIPMENT SPORTING GOODS Page 4 ORANGE A BLACK OPERETTA STORY (Continued from page one� ant ruling woman with a sharp tongue aimed always at her hus- band. Don Jose, acted by David Adams, was the ancient, decrepit man whom Carmelita was destined to marry. | David came near to stealing some of the scenes with his humorous antics. Rosa, a duenna, gave a splendid j performance in a flirtatious scene wMth Don Jose. Rebecca Hurlbut possesses a beautiful voice with full volume. Gaylord Yund. gave evidence of • a nice speaking voice in his part as a serious, elderly business man from the U. S. The chorus was very well placed and knew the numbers remarkably well. Colorful costumes gave the atmosphere of Central America. Work well done was the reward of long hours and weeks of practic- ing. Mrs. Weymouth and Miss Mey- er did a splendid job of accompany- ing. This type of entertainment has long been absent from Charlotte highschool. The performance was accepted with great enthusiasm and would receive a hearty wel- come if a similar show would be presented again. TRACK STORY (Continued from page 3) run the 440. Bob Mohre is run- ning the half mile; Bruce Bryan. Eric Furu and Gerald Starr, the one mile; Douglas White, the hur- dles. Russell Santee and Milford Mason are the high jumpers, Ray- mond Radee and Douglas White are the broad jumpers, and Duane Rosenbrook. Bob Mohre and Ray- mond Radee are in the polevault. The track meet schedule has not as yet been completed but the first meet will be April 14. All Wool Jersey Tubing to make the popular SACK DRESSES, $2.95 yd. Brown, Kelly, Hyacinth, Rose, Royal and White They make cute frocks and takes only an hour to make one. Fred A. Richey Co. Talk on Unusual Hobby Favors MEA Meeting Presidential Lore, a unique hob- by of August Johansen, correspon- dent for the Battle Creek Enquirer News, was presented at a MEA. county teacher's meeting on Tues- day. March 11, at the Potterville school. Mr. Johansen, spoke on the hobby of gathering elusive materials con- cerning Presidents and other Wash- ington celebrities, especially of the past. Group singing then followed, led by Miss Alice Fletcher, music di- rector at Olivet school, and accom- panied by Mrs. Jewell Lockwood, music teacher at Potterville. The Ray Boughton orchestra furnished the music for square dancing, which was next on the program, and to conclude a very enjoyable evening the Potterville faculty served refreshments. Answers to Stickeramaroos 1. Devon Wiley 2. Ed Bobcik 3. Shirley Paton 4. Joey Tuckey 5. Pete Kardel 6. Dorothy Pratt 7. Mrs. Alleen Lipsey 8. Joan Easley 9. Ted Martin 10. Velma Clever Last Tuesday. March 25. the Rotary Club entertained the Bas- ketball boys. Tin Ware Knives Kutsche’S Glassware Chimes 4 II VIM OTTK IIOMK IIAIIIY S« hwegler N li 4� ( ream Kdward.H Saddle Oxford $5.95 to $7.45 New Spring Colors In Anklets too epqrds • 1 M' |or fKc entire 114 S. COCHRAN ST. CHARLOTTE, MICH. Girls’ Basketball Players Strive for Championship On March 10. Ethel Van Goeth- em’s basketball team and June Granstrom’s team engaged in the first battle of the evening in which VanGoethem led her battlers to victory, the score being 30-7. Betty Shoemaker was high point of the evening with a total of 15 points to her credit. The next game of the evening was between Mary Lou Terwilli- ger’s mighty team and Delores Wil- lard's dynamos. These two teams pitted swiftness and cleverness against each other in a race to vic- tory. Eighteen points made Maxine Pratt high pointer for Terwilllger's team while Delores Willard kept her team going with eight points. At the close of the game the score ended 26-14 In favor of Terwilll- ger. Mary I-ou Terwilliger's powerful junior and senior team have had an undefeated season. Grade I ost Won Delores Willard 9 3 1 June Granstrom 9 3 1 M. L. Terwilliger 11-12 0 4 Ethel VanGoethem 10 3 1 Pat Dean 10 2 2 flewoldl'l “New Things First” Sophomore Class Sells Sunflower Dish Cloths Mrs. George Dean has ordered twenty-five dollars worth of nun flower dish cloths for the sopho- more claas. This is the second order the clss has sold this year. They sell for 15 cents apiece, and may he pur chased from any sophomore. The class sold the first order of ten dollars worth and hope to sell more when their second order ar- rives. which will lie sometime next month. GIFTS for EASTER A complete line on display W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts SPRING SHOES ARRIVING DAILY New Casuals, New Loafers and Sport Shoes of all kinds HOSE In All Sizes SILK NYLON and RAYON ANKLE SOCKS In White and Colors FRED MURRAY % CO. Between the Banks So You Want Your Hair Clean? That’s Natural. So You Want Your Hair Pretty? That’s Natural. Then Come To Pauline’s. That’s Natural. PAULINE’S BEAUTY SALON Phone 1 300 GOOD FOOD JAY SANDWICH SHOP CHARLOTTE EARL J. LAVENGOOD MICH. Proprietor See Carnival Tomorrow Night VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE. MICHIGAN. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1947 Hi-Y Conference April 24 ISSUE 12 Annual Journalism Fair Tomorrow Night Back row. left to right: C. Tharp. H. Packard. H. Langmaack, M. Ells. J. Holmes. D. Hutchison, R. Dane. D. King. Middle row: D. Schultz, B. Bandffeld, C. Shults, D. Mulholland, M. Mason. P. Kardel. B. Lavengood. D. Fullerton. R. Debler, Mr. Paajanen. Front row: D. Adams. D. Huffman. B. Bryan, A. Foster. G. Sparks. B. Caster, I. Tharp, G. Stucky. Hi-Y Plays Host For Twin Valley Conference Chilean Commentator to Speak on Problems and Duties of Youth The Charlotte Hi-Y will be host to the Twin Valley Distirct Con- ference, consisting of twenty-five high schools, April 24. Mr. Baldwin, from Chile, South America, is going to speak on youth problems and responsibili- ties. A local speaker, who has not been chosen as yet. will speak also. From four to four-thirty there will be a registration, get acquaint- ed. songs and reports from Hi-Y’s. An address on World Youth Fund will be given at four-thirty. Pro- gram Service. Membership Forum, and district Council Meetings will be held. Dinner will be served at six-fifteen. Local Hi-Y boys will furnish the entertainment at the dinner. After dinner there will be a Song Fest and more entertain- ment. also a report on District Council meeting and other forums. Election of district officers will be held during the evening. The state's Hi-Y secretary. Mr. Clifford Drury, form Lansing, is expected to attend. Mr. Bruce Tallman. from Detroit, will conduct the candle light serv- ice and give the closing talk. Seniors Plan Trip At the senior class meeting Fri- day two possible trips were sug- gested Niagara Falls by train: Chicago, going by school bus to Muskegon and continuing to Chi- cago by boat. After discussion It was decided that the trip to Chi cago would be taken. Sightseeing trips will be arranged for groups of ten with a chaperone to each group. The class will stay over- night in a hotel. Tusend Tak for Pakken This letter is the first reply re- ceived from the CARE packages sent overseas shortly after Christ- mas. Mandal. March 16. 1947 To the pupils of Charlotte High School: A thousand thanks for the box which we received a few days ago. There were so many things con- tained in that box which we are as yet unable to buy here in Norway that it surely was a day of re- joicing for us. We shared the contents of the box with our son who is married and lives in Oslo where he is fininshing his educa- tion at the University. You may be interested in some of the things we have to contend with yet as a result of the war. Everything we buy is rationed. We can purchase meat once per week. Bread, butter, and milk are quite plentiful but still rationed. Clothing is gradually appearing in the stores again. Prices are high. This last winter has been the coldest winter we have had In 50 years which added to the hard- ships when the fuel supply is low. Again we wish to thank you for your kindness in sending us the box and also for all the things Americans have done helping us to help ourselves. Sincerely. Mrs. Ingrid Valvig. Miss Berit Bakken. Mary Jane Spagnuolo. 44. and Eugene Dionese were married in St. Mary’s Church at 10:00 o’clock Thursday. April 10. Mike Mathews, '44. and Mary Lou Hall were married Satur- day, April 12. Did Anyone Drive Mules? In room 305 the chairs were set in rows running parallel with the windows, and facing the bookcases. A group of girls entered and staged a boys’ basketball game. Lewis Kerekes walked up to butcher Roy Parish and pointed to and paid for. after much weighing on the scales, just the right amount of meat. Jud Richardson’s tooth-extraction method was foolproof, but the deadening agent administered by hypo brought about a highly enter- taining reflex action on the part of Devon Wiley. After carefully lathering cus- tomer Ed. Bohcik’8 face and sharp- ening the razor on the barber strop, Carroll Tharp, began his delicate operation. Who should drop by at this moment, but back- slapping Ex-GI Douglas Gam? Tue bleeding Ed. made a hurried exit, and Carroll, who never worries much anyway, shrugged his should- ers and let it pass. For the information of those who haven’t as yet perceived what was going on in Miss Wesche’s eleventh grade speech class be- fore vacation, here is the answer. While studying to improve their facial expressions and body co-ordi nation, members of the class per- formed pantomimes with the rest of the class acting as the audience and judges. Officers, Committee Elected By Senior Camera Club Camera club officers were elected by the senior group as follows: Wendell Ripley, president: Win- field Pardee, vice president: Joyce Miller, secretary: Ethel Van Goe- them. treasurer. Jim Frazier was appointed membership chairman, while Joe Tuckey and Dick McKay were appointed supply committee chairmen. At the next senior club meeting the members will take up the art of making pinup pictures under arti- ficial lights, with the girl members posing as models. Coming Up! Journalism Carnival—April 18 Ann Arbor-River Rouge Relays —April 19 Baseball—Ionia, there. April 21 Rotary Assembly—April 22 Track—East Lansing, here, April 22 Hi-Y District Conference— April 24 G.A.A. Assembly—April 24 Baseball—Mason, there. April 25 G.A.A. Dance— April 25 Hastings—Relays, there. April 26 Melvill Assembly—April 28 Eaton Rapids-Everett — Track. here, April 29 Bowser Assembly April 29 F. F. A. Banquet—April 30 Orange and Black—May 1 Club ’47 to be Main Event Of Evening Sideshows Open at 7:00 Variety of Attractions In Connessions Hurry! Hurry!, get your tickets right here for a spectacular, thrill- ing. and laughter-filled evening! This means just one thing in C. H. S.. the Journalism Carnival, Friday, April 18. Entrance to the halls of the carnival precincts will be guarded by super salesmen who are ready to give you a bargain price ticket to a show for only six cents, five for thirty cents. The midway is filled with bark- ers enticing people into such shows as “A Prairie Romance”, a Foot- lighteer production in charge of Jacquelyn Yund. Pushing through the crowd to the band room you find the novelty room with some- thing new in novelties. Elsie Shamp is in charge. Across the way is Rosemary Beals' fish pond with surprises for everyone. Candy, pop, popcorn, and even French fries are on sale on the mid- way and in the lobbies. It wouldn't be a carnival without them. Charging down the hall to the home economics room, you see Don- na Scovill presenting the latest in fashions at the Style Show”. The study hall is the setting for Maxine Pratt's all colored cast for the minstrel show. Doug Mulholland's ball throwing show is a sight for all out side the gym door. As long as you are in the old building w’hy not see “Gear- hart’s Bruisers” for some fine box- ing in the gym. A glimpse of your past, present, and future can be found in Mrs. Weymouth’s office where Mary Jean Krusell and her troupe preside. Pictures of “that certain person” can be found too at the picture stand on the first floor in the old building, with Mary Ann Lewis, salesman. A surprise is in store for you. so cruise down to the boys' locker room: it is a new show never before witnessed in C. H. S. Elwood Clark says it will be worth your money. And now another surprise! Two more new side shows on the second floor of the new building. Stop at room 210 and see Adam’s Baby contest, with all of its babyhood glamour. “Ring a duck” says Ed. Bobcik, who is in charge of the other new side show in Mr. Straw’s room. Oh yes, while you are on second floor buy some candy of Phyllis Pifer. Well, at last you’ve made the rounds. Oops, you can’t forget fCnntlnu a on uaxe four) Page 2 ORANGE BLACK ORANGE BLACK Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High£j School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 A SS� ’ STAFF Publisher .....................Karl Gearhart Managing Editor..................Rita Frencn Editor-In-Chief .........................Joan Easley Sports Editor..........................Maxine Dillin Alumni Editor....................Sallie Hale Exchange Editor.................Bethel Parker Business Manager..................Joe Holmes Circulation Manager..................Rosemary Beals Advertising Manager.....................Clela Gould Assistant ..............................Donna Scovill Class Adviser........................Winifred Wells Reporters ............F. Bergman, R. Debler, R. Derby. F. Diamond, N. Kerekes, M. J. Krusell. I. Livingston. B. McGrath, J Miller. L. A. Potter, M. Pratt, M. Roches- ter, J. Yund. Hou) They Spent Easter Vacation When the teachers were asked how they spent Easter vacation. Mrs. Kiplinger stated. “I spent my vacation going to different func- tions relating to Lenten services.” Miss Taffee’s plans were devastated so she stayed home. Miss Smith was sick all week; there- fore she was unable to go anywhere. Mrs. Iauch spent her vacation cleaning house, sew- ing and eating maple syrup. Mr. Huston stated. ' I stayed home and read . Mrs. Ober- lin stayed home and sewed for her daughter. Mr. Ledden went home. Mr. Powell spent bis vacation in Kentucky; Miss Wesche hers in Kanakee. Iillinois. Miss Wells took an exten- sive trip.—to Vermontville. As spring vacation came a little early this year most of the teachers' plans were dis- turbed. is it I trill If Here 3 It should be here but who would know It. Yes. spring is what we're talking about. Looking around the halls, it seems as if it's still winter. Girls are still wearing shirts and sweaters. Boys are wearing their overalls as usual. Of course overalls are worn the year round. Maybe a few girls have been rushing the .-eason as they were practicing for the carni- val in shorts a few nights ago. This year full skirts seem to be the style lor young ladies. Low neck lines are being replaced by round or sweetheart necklines. Many boys have been seen lately wearing T-shirts and overalls or dungarees for their spring outfits. It's cool anyway. In all. styles are not changing much. Soon the girls will have out their slick spring dresses and the boys will be wearing their new suits. Wool skirts and sweaters will be packed away in moth-balls until next winter. Coats will be hung in the closet and mittens packed away. Winter is gone unless another snow storm appears in the middle of April. Exchange GREEN LITTLE CHEMIST A green little chemist On a green spring day Mixed some pretty green chemical In a green little way. The green little grasses Now tenderly w’ave On the green little chemist’s Green little grave. From the Southern Star. THE SKUNK The skunk's a thrifty animal A true-blue Scottish gent He never spends a nickel And never wastes a scent. Ah! To itv An Athlete Have you often wondered how much time an athlete spends In practice on the things he has to do to get in shape? Well, he really goes through a lot. About the first thing an athlete does is to l ave to practice. He spends around two hours after school everyday of the school week prac- ticing in the sport in which he participates. The day before a meet or game, he has to be in bed by a certain time and eat things that do not hinder his ability. Wonder where these girls get their sweaters? Must be from some athletes around school who have won letters in sports. Maybe they let him do what he wants to do the night before a contest. It seems as if the girl would get along one night without his seeing her. Some of the things they have to do without are not being able to attend a dance the night before a game. W'hen the Journalism carni- val come3 up some of the fellows will not be able to participate, because of a track meet coming up the next day. Some of them would like to box in the carnival but are unable to as it might keep them from doing their best. Maybe you think it is very easy to be an athlete. That’s your opinion, but you would find out afterwards how hard it is to be a good one. What Is Your Favorite Song? Jeannette Papoi— You Won’t Be Satisfied. Shirley Gordon— Symphony.” Peggy Skelley— Missouri Waltz. Phyllis Schroeder— I’m a Big Girl Now. Bonnie Webb— Full Moon and Empty Arms. Bob Joppie—“I’ll Buy That Dream. Dick McKay— Sioux City Sue. Sue Hale— I Can’t Begin to Tell You. Karl Gearhart I’m Always Chasing Rain- bows. Clifford Sliults— Honey.” Curriculum Changes Made for Next Year There have been some curriculum changes made, so that next year the students will be very fortunate because some new. inter «■sting. and educational courses will be offered. English 10 will consist of both composition and World Literature instead of American. Courses in speech and journalism will be offered as electives for eleventh and twelfth grade stu- dents. Physical fitness which has been required for all eleventh and twelfth grade boys, will be offered as an elective for tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. Physical education which is required for ninth grade girls, will be of- fered also as an elective for tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. The course in agriculture will start in the ninth grade. There will be therefore a four-1 year agricultural course of- fered. General science will be offered for students taking a general course, although this cannot be counted as a science for college entrance. For students who like music even if they cannot play an instrument, a course will be offered so that they may learn to appreciate music. Art will also be offered as an elective for the students in the upper three grades of senior high. Motor mechanics is another pos- siblity for boys wrho like to work with motors, whether they are airplane or car minded. Twelfth grade boys and girls may choose Home and Family Living, the purpose of which is to help them understand budgeting, finances and home problems. A little smile goes a long, long way while a frow'n may darken the brightest day. Grades of D” and C” with study could become A and “B’ LOST: One test paper graded A”. Warn- ed for Sentimental Reasons. Something Netu Steak dinners in New Zealand for $ .15. Donna Scovill’s and John Sattazahn’s allied !orces. Bev Chamberlain's new aqua sweater. Sparks in Gertrude’s eyes. C. H. S.’s latest explosion in the chemistry lab. Re Rae Norlander with nitric acid. Companionship of Phyllis Smallwood and Curry Garvin. Telephone strike with Martha Patterson. Bethel Parker, Shirley Gordon and Joan Easley picketing for the cause. Don Furu’s refusal to associate with girls! John Steward’s shoe tumbling down the school stairway. Shirley Gordon coasting on the first floor lobby. Spring Cleaning Spring is the time of year when housewives get out their broom and scrubbing brush and begin cleaning. This time of year farmers find time to fit their tools for tilling the soil. Robins do away with last year’s nest and be- gin to build anew. Even the animals come out of their hiding places feeling the fragrance of spring. Lockers half full of papers and trash that could easily be thrown away, show the sad neglect of careless students in spring. Papers littering the halls show no respect to tho janitor. Everyone! Show co-operation to the school by doing the same as the housewife, larmer and animals, by disposing of the papers that aren't wanted. Make the school look neat end one to be proud of in this period of spring cleaning. The Big Date 6:58 the telephone rings (this was before the strike) and Christie rushes to the phone; she answers; and it's Terrence asking for a date. Of course she says yes. Christie rushes to the closet, looks over her clothes, chooses a dress, hangs it back, takes another from I he hanger, holds it up critically, turns it around, nods her head, then starts for the stairs. Next the ironing board, the iron, a quick pressing job. Back to her room she goes. Personal adornment next, lipstick, pow- der to take the shine from her nose. She looks over the situation, grabs a pair of hose, finds a run. snatches them off. Better success follows. Then the bell rings. One hurried glance in the mirror to check on details. She dashes down the stairs, stopping for a breath and a glance in the hall mirror. Several stray hairs are given a push and a pull; a twist of the body settles her clothes. Nonchalantly Christie walks to the door. I just threw on any old rag , she lied. Your Favorite Magazine Saturday Evening Post—Pete's. Good Housekeeping—Senior girls’ lockers. Count:y Gentleman—Roy Weaver. The American Girl—Mary Lou Parr. Looney Tunes—Swing band. Time—3:48 p. m. Liberty—Noon hour. Look—Show cases on first floor. Holiday—The two days school was closed. We Know Them By... Clara Mauney .... Friendliness Marion Wood .... Cuteness Dolores Stanke.......................Hair Donna Aid........................Tinyness Gerry Face..........................Voice Barbara Ix u Jordan - - Laugh Mary Anne Lewis • Quietness Joe Holmes.......................Tallness Laura Clifford Talkativeness Ruth Morris.......................Shyness ORANGE BLACK Jenior Basketeers End Successful Year’s Service Members of '47 Playing Squad Make Plans for Future Five hoys have played their last jaskethall game for Charlotte high. BOB MOHRE is a four letter- nan. Boh was also high point nan and captain of the squad. His position was guard and forward. 4e was born in Charlotte. January 8. 1928. He has gone to school n Charlotte all his life. Bob wants !0 go to college hut where he is not sure. DICK DERBY, a three letterman, played guard and did a sw-ell job f it. Dick was horn in Lansing. September 21. 1929. He has gone to school in Charlotte for all twelve years. After graduation he trill go to Alma college. DONALD JOHANSEN played forward and is a two letter man. His job was well completed. He was horn in Brooklyn. New York. June 16, 1928. He came to Char- lotte in his eighth year of school. What he will do after graduating lie does not know. ••BERT” FOSTER played center � nd is a two letterman. He has attended Charlotte schools all twelve years. He was born in Ann Arbor. June 5. 1929. Next year he plans to go to Albion college. DOUG WHITE is also a two letterman. He held the position of guard. He always accepted the responsibility given him. Doug was born in Lansing; then he moved to Charlotte and has been here for three years. As yet. when he graduates, he has no future plans. G.A.A. Members to Give Assembly April 24 The Girl’s Athletic Association will put on an assembly April 24. New talent has been dug up. The program will consist of tap danc- ing. a reading, solos, skits given by different groups. This is the first time the G.A.A. has given an assembly in many rears. 3)44. Smith Qobel “I think I’ve got appendicitis . My wrist feels funny. Do you think it’s broken? Have you got a band-aid? I skinned my knee”. These are a few' of the many typical remarks heard in Miss Smith's office during the course of the year. Since the beginning of school, over three cans of band-aids have passed from the hands of Doc Smith to students with cuts, scratches and bruises. The supply of iodine, merthiolate, cotton, gauze, and adhesive tape has also greatly diminished. in most cases the treatment needed merely consists of apply- ing antiseptics and bandages. How- ever. there are generally one or two bad sprains during the course of the year. Quite frequently stu- dents report to “Doc Smith with serious cuts received from falling on the iron mats placed in front of the doors in the new buliding. Now let us visit Doctor Gobel’s office and re-enact a true scene of a number of years ago. As we enter the room we see Coach bend- ing over a very serious case. He has just finished applying a coat of collodian to the w’ound. Sud- denly the patient pitches forward, unconscious. The patient? One of the school’s star players. The injury? A slight scratch. Doctor Gobel handles large numbers of first-aid cases. Sprains, especially ankle, wrist, and finger sprains, are the most common types. Abrasions, such as floor burns and cinder burns, obtained in basketball and track, are also frequent. Let us witness another scene. It’s the last quarter of the big game. The local team has the ball; it is passed. Suddenly there is a mad jumble of cleats, helmets, and bodies; the players rise to their feet. But wait—here are two players who are still on the ground. Doc” Gobel grabs his black bag! and rushes across the field. One of the players got his face in the way of someone’s cleat. The other player received a dislocated shoul- Baseball Practice Now Underway for Season With the weather in their favor, the baseball squad under the coach- ing of Dallas Stall has had three days of practice at the softball field in Bennett Park. Positions for the first game with Ionia at their home field are un- decided for the Charlotte boys. There are only two days of prac- tice remaining before this game April 21. April 25 is the date set for the second game. The battle will be fought with Mason, there. The boys have had a few in- ings of play each night of practice, but their main achievement has been in bunting. Muma Attends Parley The fifty-seventh annual meeting of the North Central Association of Secondary Schools, held from March 24 through 28 at Chicago, was attended by Principal Clark Muma during March 26 through the 28. der. The players are patched up and the game continues. Some of the injuries at sporting events prove to be more serious than these. One of the worst is an injury to the knees, especially if the cartilage is torn. A concus- sion received by a baseball player, who was hit in the head by the ball, is the very worst accident re- ported by Coach. The player was in bed for three months. Many of the boys rush to Mr. Gobel with the least little scratch or cut, while others have to be chased all over the building before he can get them. All in all. ‘•Doctors Smith and Gobel are pretty busy. First National Bank IIAItMlTTK IIOMi: IIAIItV S4 hwegler N In rrenm 7 rack Team Journeys To Meet at Ann Arbor On April 19 the eighth annual River Rouge Invitational relay will be held at Ann Arbor. There will be 850 athletes from 67 schools to take part in this event. Twenty- nine class B schools are compet- ing in this indoor track meet. Fifteen boys from here will par- ticipate in this track meet. This is the first time the local track team has entered this contest. Medals and ribbons will be given to the individual winners and tro- phies will be given to the schools winning the relay events. More speed, more speed, is the slogan of the first year typing class as they work to gain a typing speed of forty words per minute. A contest has been started be- tween the classes and the winner will receive a prize. The rules are that a ten minute speed test is to be taken under the supervision of the teacher. All errors are cor- rectly found and marked. So far George Bruce with 38 words heads the list, but Shirley Bruce with 36 is gaining on him. “New Things First” is the rule in our exciting styles for the high school girls. •IEII Hours ICE CREAM . CANDY GROCERIES MAIN SWEET SHOP Bruno Spagnuolo YOUNG’S JEWELRY COMPLIMENTS OF Behrens Rowe Prescription Druggists Porter's Market ☆ ☆ MEAT - GROCERIES FRESH FRUITS VEGETABLES and GOLD STAMPS Furniture Get your home furniture and save at VITALE and SONS TRADING POST USE YOUR CREDIT Page 3 Typing Class Has Contest Ground Beef Sandwiches 15c Murl and Irene’s MHiralli-IU Foe ( o. GUARANTEED _ 11111X11 Page 4 ORANGE BLACK Back row: B. Bryan, L. A. Potter, J. Holmes, I. Livingston, M ss Wells, R. Derby, F. Diamond, S. Hale, G. Sparks. Front row: S. Snoke. M. Rochester. B. McGrath. J. Yund, D. M'chel, R. Huffman. New Charhian Cover Now in Preparation Staff Sets Dead Line for Material April 25 Having worked now for several months, the Charhian staff is still busy getting material ready to be sent to the printer before the deadline April 25. Responsible for the reading material are co-edi- tors, Jacquelyn Yund and Barbara McGrath; class editor, Martha Rochester; feature editor, Dolores Michel; and sports editor, Richard Huffman. Photo manager, Fred- rick Diamond is seeing to it that all pictures are printed on the class pages and also that there are two pages of snapshots. Joe Holmes, business manager, is finding it a little difficut keep- ing books straight and making them balance, but is succeeding. Typists Irene Livingston and Dick Derby type all material handed in. The journalism carnival, which is an annual project of the senior class and the journalism class to Come in and see our new Sport Shop. Something new has been added. Also Cameras Supplies ☆ ☆ ☆ AL BILL 222 S. Main Tour of Wilcox-Gay Plant Made By Shorthand Class Miss Dora Holmes’ second year shorthand class toured through some of I he offices in the Wilcox- Gay corporation. Mr. Fred Gary showed the class some of the varied office equip- ment and demonstrated how each one operated. Among these ma- chines were the addressograph, e'.ectromatic typewriter. make money which applies on the price of the Charhians, is in the hands of Sallie Hale and Gordon Sparks. The new and unusual cover is now in preparation. Tin Ware Knives Kutsche’S Glassware Chimes NEW QUADRIGA PRINTS 80 square, best print made only...............49c New Rayon Sheers, in fancy prints, 42-in. wide, and yard... .$1.39 New Plaid Taffetas and Fine Check Rayons, at........$1.79 and $1.95 Fred A. Richey Co. Germain Shell Service FIRESTONE SEAT COVERS - SPOTLIGHTS FLOOR MATS ALL CAR SERVICE Sadie Hawkins Dance Annual Dogpatch Event Who will be crowned as Daisy Mae and L11’ Abner at the Sadie Hawkins dance, which will be held April 25 from 8:30-11:30 sponsored by the G.A.A.? Girls choose your man. This Is your opportunity to pick the one you want. Committees for this dance are, sandwiches. Leota Pfeifer, chair- man. Elsie Shamp. Joan Bandfield. Bernita Martin. Phyllis Baum; cjke. June Grandstrom and Pat Dean: decorations. Annie Colizzi, chairman, Barbara Lou Jordan, Dolores Willard; tickets. Norma Fcx. chairman. Jacquelyn Yund. Maiilyn Shiels; advertising. Pat Griest, chairman, Betty Shoe- maker. Shirley Bruce, and Bonnie Webb; set-up and clean-up. Anno Dempsey, chairman, Jeanette Rob- erts. Helen Smith: intermission, Maxine Dillin. Costumes in Dogpatch style will be in order. Admission for this dance will be 15c single, 25c per couple. Judges choosing Daisy Mae and Lil’ Abner are Miss Winifred Wells. Miss Dora Holmes, Miss Margery Smith and Mr. Clark Muma. There will be many features of the evening including a Dogpatch Scramble . Intermission will in- clude very good entertainment. Ray Mohre, '45. who plays on the Panama baseball team, played against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Martin (nee Venice Parr) have a daughter. Both were 46 grads. Compliments of Cheney Funeral Home GORDON CHENEY - Phone 331 CARNIVAL (Continued from iMige oii«j about the circus in the Ag. room un- der the direction of that clown of all clowns. Wendell Ripley. Oh a little warning. Cops are on duty and laws are going to be enforced. So watch out. It’s 9:45, you’ve seen just about everything. Besides the main show starts in exactly fifteen minutnn Here is your chance to see a real floor show. Yep! it’s Club 47 right here in C. H. S. Gordon Sparks will be master o’ ceremonies. John Steward will play a saxaphone solo, while Irene Liv- ingston and Jordon Sparks take care of all vocal solos with the swing hand accompanist. Lou Anne Potter, Dolores Michel. Mary Mead. Ethel VanGoethem. Mary Lou Terwilliger. Joanne Wil- lard, Bob Bandfield, Charlotte Sutherland. Phyllis Smallwood, and Melody Hussey are topnotch dan- cers. Bob Debler and Albert Fos- ter are a fine comedy team. Queens forming the court are Patricia Shiels. eleventh! Beverly Greenshields. tenth; Donna Walker, ninth; Janice Root, eighth; and Marilyn Hetherington. seventh. The final event will be the crowning of Nancy Kerekes, as Miss Charlotte. 1947, by Supt. Jay Dykhouse. What more could you ask? See you at the carnival and make it a big one. Complete Home Outfitters STORE '(PxickaSvcLb t PRESENTING SHOES To keep your head in the clouds—You’ll be walking on air . . . with both feet firmly on the ground . . . when you’re wearing our sport shoes. A variety of styles in enduring leathers that will take a lot of wear. NYLON - SILK and RAYON HOSIERY FRED MURRAY CO. Edward� SiiririD� Oxford� $5.95 to $7.45 New Spring Colors In Anklets too Honor Dance Tomorrow Night ORANGE BLACK “THE CHARHIAN Band Bounce May 9 VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1947 ISSUE 13 Group Prepares for Olivet, Holland Tulip Festival Sixth Row: T. Crawford, E. VanGoethem, W. Ripley, P. Bostwick. J. Papoi, P. Schrader, R. Uren, B. Green- shields, D. Stewart. Fifth Row: Director Powell, M. LeVan, C. Sutherland, K. Nevins, G. Pryor, L. French, B. Nichols, P. Griest, S. Harmon, J. Higby, P. Ward, R. Gram, J. Willard, J. Steward. Fourth Row: R. Dunning. B. Shoemaker, J. Cornelius, W. Pardee. J. Faust, M. Mead, J. Gearhart. B. White. Third Row: E. Mead, J. Wheaton, J. Roberts, B. Fox, J. Leach. R. Wood, B. McGrath, M. L. Terwilliger. M. Moore. M. Vance, R. French. Second Row: D. Fullerton, J. Yund, M. Hussey, H. Clements, A. Starr, J. Holmes, J. Lavengood, J. Ball, C. Leach, R. Norlander, W. Clements, C. Schaefer. First Row: R. Claflin, J. Wilson, L. Sumerix, W. Pede, A. Fisher, I. Fetterman. Band Bounce To Be May 9 Concert To Be Dedicated To National Music Week Senior band, cadet band, and guest arlists will make possible the eleventh annual Hand Bounce Fri- day. May 9. in the high school audi- torium at 8:00 P. M. This program will be dedicated to National Music Week which is May 4-10. The lands are under the direction of Robert K. Powell. The following program has been selected: Cadet Band Festival March....Forest L. Buchtal Cllffe Overture.......Max Thomas College Boy March Harold Bennett Featuring Twirlers Energy Oveiture.....Harold Bennett Concord March .....Harold Bennett Senior Band March Heroic .........G. E. Holmes Southern Cross Overture ...Paul Yo- der Mexican Hat Dance (Original Fantasy).........David Bennett On the Range (Selections of West- ern Melodies)....Carl Frangkiser Harlem By Night ....David Bennett Intermission Concerto (Allegro. Andante, Fin- ale) Eunice Noordyke, Cornet Solist Janis Pa llock. Accom- panist Yankee Sky Rider (Featuring Twirlers) Cavalry of The Steppes (Sympho- nic Poem for Band) Knipper- Mohaupt Etude in Boogie for Piano and Band.......Harold L. Walters Charles Schaefer. Solist Bom hast o March......O. R. Farrer During intermission a free-will offering will he taken to help pay expenses for some of the hand mem- bers who attend the National Mu- sic Camp at Interlochen this sum- mer and to send the band to the Holland Tulip Festival May 17. Thirty-two Rural Students To Enter CHS Next Year Rural Student’s day which is held every year for the purpose of enroll- ing and acquainting the eighth grade rural students, will be held May 9. Approximately thirty-two students will probably enter the ninth grade next year from Renton. Carmel. Chester and Eaton townships. From 8:00 to about 10:30. Mr. Mutna and one or two other teachers will enroll these students. During the rest of the morning moml ers of the student council will show these boys and girls around the building. Roger Smith and Bob Debler will have a recreation program arranged for the noon hour. A preview of the band bounce will l e given as an assembly in the afternoon with the rural students as guests. Band to Travel to Olivet For Annual Band Festival On May 6. the Charlotte hand will journey to Olivet to attend the fourteenth annual band festival in the McKay gymnasium. From 11:00 A. M. to 1:00 P. M. there will be sectional rehearsals. At 2:00 P. M. the massed hands will rehearse wLh Mr. William D. Revelli, conductor of hands at the University of Michigan, as guest conductor. The program will begin at 8:0� ) P. M. with the massed bands play- ing. “March Hosts of Freedom by Karl King. Panis Angelicus. by Franck. Overture Romantic by Buchtel. On Parade” by Goldman, a’so, an arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner by Yoder. The Charlotte hand will play The Gypsy Princess by Paul Yoder. The school buses will be used as means of transportation. Powell Attends Meeting April 9-12 Mr. Powell attended the North Central Music Educator’s Conference at Indianapolis. Band directors from ten states were pre- sent. The theme of the conference was Music Resources for Better Human Relations'.' Many orchestras, choirs, glee clubs, and other musical organiza- tions presented programs. Some of the lectures and discussions were Folk Music as a Factor in Better Understanding Between People in Our Area. Band Problems and Techniques. Music in the Program of the General Student. and The- ory and Composition in the High School.” P. T. A. Organized To organize a junior high P. T. A., the parents and teachers met April 16. in the junior high build- ing. Mrs. Dale Baum acted for the nominating committee. Mrs. Frank- lin Sassman was elected president; Mr. James Ledden. teacher vice- president; Mrs. C. A. Snyder, par- ent vice president; secretary. Mrs. Charles Starkweather; and treasu- rer, Mrs. Charles Schaefer. It was decided that the meetings would be held in the evening so fathers could attend. No definite evening has been set. Joan Davids, Bob Brown Crowned at Annual Dance At the annual Sadie Hawkins danc?, April 25. Bob Brown was crowned by Mr. Muma as Lil’ Ab- ner and Joan Davids as Daisy Mae. Delores Michel and Bob Bandfield stood by as Ma and Pa Yokum. During intermission Clyde Nic- hols played Hamp's Boogie and Irene Livingston sang Bless You accompanied by Charles Srhaefer. Highlight of the evening was the Dogpatch Scramble. All the boys were asked to form in a group in the center of the floor and the girls picked out their partners for the next two dances. Carnival Big Success A record breaking crowd amend- ed the Journalism Carnival April 18. This group not only crammed all side shows, but also filled the high school auditorium to capacity for the main show'. Receipts reached an all time high of $684.25. Over five-hundred dollars Honor Students to Be Guests of Student Council Tomorrow' night from eight un- til eleven o'clock the honor stu- dents of CHS will be guests at the Honor Dance. Other students may attend for 25c. This year the student's scholas- tic average is being taken instead of each six weeks' average. They must have an A or B average in all of their subjects. Ron Buckner and his orchestra from Battle Creek will play and an intermission has been planned. Punch will be served during the intermission. This is to be a dress up dance, but not a formal. Nomination Speeches Given Before Students One hour of suspense has been put aside for the nomination speeches which take place on May 6. Students of all grades are to decide during this hour w'hom they want for mayor and secretary. Prepared speeches will be given during this hour by different stu- dents to help those who aren’t acquainted with the candidates. The candidates will also give speeches. On May 7. all junior and senior high students will cast in their votes for mayor and secretary. Ronald Brown sent some news papers from Chino, such as the Peiping Chronical and the North China Marine, which were brought to the juornalism class. will be cleared for the Charhian and Orange and Black use. Page 2 ORANGE BLACK ORANGE BLACK Published Bi-Weekly by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High (| School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 STAFF Publisher Rita French Managing Editor Lou Anne Potter Editor-in-Chief Nancy Kerekes Sports Editor Maxine Pratt Alumni News Mary Jean Krusell Exchange Editor Robert Debler Business Manager Joe Holmes Circulation Manager Martha Rochester Advertising Manager Donna Scovil! Assistant Fred Diamond Reporters. Rosemary Beals. Floral Bergman. Richard Derby. Maxine Dillin. Joan Easley, Karl Gearhart. Clela Gould. Sallie Hale, Irene Livingston, Barbara McGrath, Bethel Parker, Joyce Miller. The Most Worthy 1 want Jim for Mayor! I think Pat would make a wonderful secretary! Sounds familar doesn’t it? There is an undercurrent of ex- citement throughout the high school as to who will be next year’s mayor and secretary. Everyone has heard something like this. “Well, I want Sallie for secretary, because she let me borrow her yellow sweater, she’s so nice! or, Dick would make a swell mayor. He always can get the car when we want to go some place. Of course you want your friends to have noteworthy positions in high school, but. don’t judge them Just by one or two things. Judge them as to their ability as leaders, their per-! sonality. scholarship, cooperation, actions and friendliness. If you pick the girl and the boy that best fulfill these qualifications, then you will have a fine worthy mayor and secretary to lead your school in the year to come. A Urund Old Oante Spring is here and that means baseball to high school boys w'ho want to play the national game of the United States. Baseball is a sport that furnishes both pleasure and clean sportsmanship to American boys. Throughout the country in almost every high school, baseball is played. Baseball, as well as other sports, helps American youth to learn to co-operate. Take Charlotte, for instance. The boys prac- tice every night from 4:00 to 6:00 or 6:30. It is hard work, but this work builds up their bodies into healthy young manhood. Thousands of people watch baseball games in every park of the nation. They watch and approve this game and hope their sons can keep it going. For the first time in their high school experi- ence, the present student body, will be able to play or enjoy watching this all-American game. It deserves the same hearty support as did football and basketball. Exchange I’ll take a girl who doesn't smoke. Who doesn’t laugh at a shady joke. I’ll take a girl who’s hard to get, Who hadn't kissed every man she's met! Where will I take her? That’s no mystery! Up to the museum of natural history. Petoskey Hi-Light She w'as only a gardener’s daughter, but you didn’t have to tell her w'here to plant her tulips. (If you don’t get it, you’re too young to un- derstand.) Petoskey Hi-Light In a Freshman’s Eyes A senior stood on the railroad track. The train was coming fast. Carnival Time Rolls By Once again the journalism carnival is a suc- cess. thanks to the fine work done by Sallie Hale and Gordon Sparks in their direction of the main show, and the people who took art in the side-shows. main shows and concessions. Be Ye Kind One to Another Once there was a green young blade. A-springing by Rob Hall. He loved the sun, He loved the air. But growing most of all. A special thanks goes to Miss Wells for the part she did in supervising the main show and all the sideshows, and to Miss Del Favero and Mr. Powell for their help in the main show. Ideal High School Boy Ears Like Bob Bandfleld Feet Like Albert Foster Hair Like Arms Like Glenn Gearhart Brains Like Reputation Like Don Johansen Manners Like Energy Like Nose Like Curry Garvin Freddie Brown Dick Johnson Appetite Like Dick Derby I lussified Adrl 7 Wanted—One school sweater w'ith six or eight more stripes—Bob Mohre. Wanted—Alxmt a dozen boxes of potato chips for one of Bev Chamberlain's parties. For Rent—The mumps—see Don Johansen. Wanted—A tonic tor losing weight.. If you have any suggestions, please notify Dick Derby. Wanted—More cute couples like Shirley Hicks and Marlyn Brough. Lost—All kinds of sleep, by the seniors won- dering about the senior trip. Wanted—More blue-jeans-size 24. On locating any please notify Joyce Miller. Wanted—More goodlooking boys like Bob Brown. Found—Hans’ F. F. A. pin by Ix u Anne. Wanted—Certain boys to leave certain out of town cars alone, after dark. Wanted—A tall, good looking blonde with blue eyes. If found please call 1021 and ask for George. Lost—One McGrath heart to Albert Foster. Wanted—More cute figures like Peggy Skel- ley's. Weal her He par! Fair and Warmer—Lou Anne Potter and Hans Langmaack Little change in temperature—Joanne Willard and Bob Mohre Hot and sultry—Beverly Roath and Dick Johnson Temperature rising—Phyllis Smallwood and Curry Garvin Storm clouds gathering—Beverly Greenshields and Earl Roiter Continued warm—Midge Thompson and Eric Furu High winds—Joyce Miller and Gaylord Yund Undecided—Ethel VanGoethem and John Steward llelien I 'm. You OoMorre H A fine job. the old shack used for Bcenery in the minstrel show, drawn by Bev Green- shields. Delores Willard. Joan David. Dorothy Moore. Marilyn Shiels. Shirley Parr. Have you noticed Sadie Hawkins on the study hall blackboard? Thanks, Bev Green shields. Albert Foster placed in the upper 20% of 1292 people in the Pepsi-Cola contest, which 286 schools in Michigan entered. The Camera club is progressing very rapidly, thanks to Mr. Ledden. Many interesting pictures have been drawn by the seventh grade art class. Congratulations to Mr. Powell for the Bwlng- band. the first one in quite a few years. The train got off the railroad track. And let the senior pass. Nearby lounged another blade. A-idling by Rob Hall. He loved the scene, He loved the green. But ladies most of all. Strolling went the second blade, A-wolfing down the walk. He saw a skirt, He saw the flirt, And way w’as cleared to stalk. Rooted firm in soil deep What would the first blade do? He felt the press. He felt the bruise, And lover’s weight of shoe. Moral: Those young blades who love ladies should allow disinterested young blades u life of pleasure, too. Or: Keep off the grass! Albion Pleiad If It Fit You. Thun if v Pet Peeves about girls Dave Adams Smoking Doug Mulholland Sloppy Clothes Dick McKay Dan Brown Clinton Friar Conceitedness Dick Johnson........Hair done up, rag uround it. Cliff Shults...................Two girls arguing Pet Peeves about boys Barbara McKeag....................Tight pants. Leota Pfeifer.......Boys ride by, when raining, toot horn, just wave. Barbara Lou Jordan...........Dirty fingernails Joan Hall.........................Bad manners Pat Shiels.................Staring or whistling Mrs. Lipsey...............Drinking and smoking Virginia Royston..........................Smartness Jean Griffin....Steadies flirting with other girls. Joan Cornelius.............................Meanness ArTs The Thin if Radio sets roar out with the latest blare boo- gie and the hep-cats begin to beat out the mod- ern romantic rhythm with a sympathetic hoof: although many of them were l orn to love such renditions, they rarely think of the original artistic composition of these present day so- called arrangements.” Where Spike Jones. Liebestraum. originated a Jive jamboree will never know; but in its present conditions of musical insanity, it sure sends them. A group of students may wonder through an art museum and see a series of grotesque figures gone crazy in a modern art display. Il puts a little color in that ancient geometry you've been slaving over the past semester. However, does the student have faint recollect- ion of Mona Ivisa and ponder about who that guy Raphael was? The real psychology of the artistic manner is this. Music and painting began wray back in the early ages with a few color bearing plants and two or three musical strings of vibrating grasses. Someone put them to use. Art spread Its wings to various fields of knowledge and created emotional history through the ages by furnishing environment to great men. Different people appreciate different tones of music or different colors. It is the emotions of the person which determine the reaction. A truly artistic person is one who can fit his art moods to others, yet keep his personal mood for his best friends to comprehend and enjoy. If he were a real musician, he could write for all walks of life; or an outstanding artist, paint in all fields of color. But art can not be confined to just these two types. There are arts in every person from a great scientist to a con- versationalist because you see, the art’s the thing. ORANGE BLACK Page 3 Seniors Win Track Meet After Two Years’ Loss An interclass meet, again opened up (he season of track, at 4:00 o'clock April 15. Results av an follows: 120 high hurdles—1st. White; 2nd. Foster; 3rd. C. Mohre; 4th. Dornan. Time 16.3 100 yd dash Radix . Ells. Der- by. C. Mohre. Time 10.7 1 mile—Starr, E. Furu, Platt. Wilson. Time 5' 7.5 440 dash—Kadee. Adams, Ells. C. Mohre. Time 56.3 200 low hurdles - White, Dornan, Huffman. Santee. Time 25.7 220 yd. dash—Ells. C. Mohre and Radee tie. Derby. Time 26” 880 yd. run —Bryan. D. Furu. Johansen. E. Furu. Time 2.20 Relay—Seniors, Juniors. Fresh- men. Sophomores. Pole vault—B. Mohre. Rosen- brook. Radee and Sparks tie. 9 6” Shot put—Derby. Mason and Ra- dee tie. Santee. 38’3Vfc High Jump— B. Mohre. Huffman. White and Santee tie. 5' Final results. Seniors, 69; Juniors. 36; Sophomores. 7 Vi: Freshman. 8Vfe. Douglas White tied his record of last year with 16.3 . Raymond Radee broke his 440 run by reduc- ing the time from 56.7 of last year to 56.3 . Bob Mohre lowered his pole vault record from 1C6 last year. 9’6 this year. G.A.A. BOARD Back Row: J. Roberts, N. Fox. B. Shoemaker, Miss Smith, adviser; front row: M. Dillin, N. Parish, M. Pratt, B. Granstrom. Not pictured are: P. Dean, M. Smith, L. Pfeifer, S. Bruce. Softball Teams Underway At a meeting recently the G. A. A. girls planned to organize a soft- ball team. Captains were chosen as follows: ninth grade. Annie Colizzi and Vel- ma Thuma; tenth grade, Betty Shoemaker and Marilyn Smith. Captains for the other grades will be chosen in the near future. The teams plan to play once a week if the weather permits. Anyone in- terested can see Maxine Pratt or Miss Smith. — For New Hair Styles come to PAULINE’S BEAUTY SALON ★ ★ ★ Get a New Spring Hair Do for the Junior and Senior Prom Germain Shell Service FIRESTONE SEAT COVERS - SPOTLIGHTS FLOOR MATS ALL CAR SERVICE Oriole First Season Game Shattered by Mason 3-1 In the first game of the season. Charlotte baseball team was defeat- ed by a score of 3 to 1 at Mason Friday afternoon. April 25. Lineup for the game was as fol- lows: Charlotte A.B. R. H. E. Bob Mohre p 3 1 0 0 Art Blaine If 2 0 0 0 Bob Brown lb 3 0 0 1 Dan Brown c 3 0 0 0 Karl Gearhart ss 3 0 1 0 Charles Mathews cf 3 0 1 0 Ray Dan.- 21) 3 0 1 2 Clinton Friar 3b 3 0 1 0 Sam Spagnuolo rf 2 Substitutions 0 0 0 Roger Smith If 1 0 0 0 Rodney Wood hatted for Spagnuolo 7 inning 1 0 0 0 Mason A.B R. H. E. Larvis ss 2 1 0 1 Strause 2b 1 1 0 0 Wheller lb 3 1 0 0 Beecher c 1 0 0 0 Pifert If 3 0 1 0 Snydtr 3b 3 0 0 0 Corbin p 2 0 0 0 Curtis cf 2 0 0 0 Mills rf 3 Substitutions Culham 0 0 0 batted for Curtis 1 0 0 0 Score by innings Totals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H. E. Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 4 3 Mason 0 0 1 0 2 0 x 3 1 1 Orioles Place Fourth in Annual Hastings Relay On Saturday. April 26. (he seventh annual Hastings Relays were run with class B and C schools attend- ing. The first four plat ings in the class B competition were Alma, first; Kalamazoo State high, sec- ond; Hastings, third and Char- lotte. fourth. The Charlotte results were as follows: 120 high hurdles. Doug White. 2nd; shot put. Dick Derby 3rd. sprint medley. Radee. White, C. Mohre and B. Mohre, 1st., dis- tance medley. Charlotte 3rd, pole vault. B. Mohre. 1st. Rosenbrook tied for 4th place with Kendall (Howell) and Allerding (Hastings). Rosey beat Bob Mohre for the first time in three years in the pole vault last week. Is Mason's love affair affecting his high jumping? He can hardly jump off the ground. Baseball Squad To Meet Howell Coach Dallas Stall’s Oriole nine will journey to Howell, Friday. May 2, for the second conference game of the season. This game is bound to be tough as Howell has been playing baseball the past years, while Charlotte is starting its first season in four years. VISIT VAUGHN’S FINE NEW STORE ★ ★ ★ A complete line of clothing for the entire family ★ ★ ★ Charlotte, Mich. Where Quality Costs Less GRADUATION and PROM TIME IS NEAR It’s time to think of footwear for your social activities, Frivolous Sandals, in Patent, Red and White, Fancy Pumps and Sling Back Styles. Downright smartness in Flat Heels and Wedges. LET US SHOW THEM TO YOU FRED MURRAY CO. MUNGER HARDWARE CO. 224 S. Cochran Avenue Phone 69 Charlotte, Michigan HARDWARE • APPLIANCES • PLUMBING • FARM EQUIPMENT SPORTING GOODS Page 4 ORANGE BLACK Band Members Present At State Music Contest Steward, Wood, Schrader Win Second Ratings Twelve members of the Oriole band were present at the state solo and ensemble contest held at the University of Michigan on April 18. The soloists who entered were John Steward and Rodney Wood, who received second ratings. Twlrl- ers. Phyllis Schrader and Jeanette Papoi entered the twirling exhibi- tion. Phyllis received a second rating and Jeanette a third. Two ensembles were entered, a saxophone quartet, composed o Barbara McGrath. John Steward. Sam Colizzi. and Carleton Dorn an. which received a third rating: and a clarinet quartet, consisting of Mary Mead. Pat Grlest. Charlotte Sutherland, and Winfield Pardee. Jacquelyn Yund entered the piano solo division. Students who received first or second division ratings will be awarded medals. This is the second year that this school has been represented at such a contest. Mr. Pow’ell slates. Next year I hope to see many more stu- dents entered in this event. Hastings Coming Up On May 6 the track team will journey to Hastings for a dual meet. Coach Gobel states, Hast- ings has a good track team and it Hi-Y District Conference Journeyed Here April 25 Registration and getting acquaint- ed started the Hi-Y Twin Valley District convention Thursday. Following this, at a short business meeting, brief reports by officers of various Hi-Y clubs were given. Mr. Baldwin of Chile. South America, talked about the San Diego high school students. The shy behavior of the boys and girls toward each other was noted be- cause they do not have co-educa- tional high schools. The group divided into two sections for general business discussion about raising money for the World Youth Fund to build up the YMCA in other countries. Dinner was served at the Masonic Temple. Election of officers fol- lowed. For entertainment the saxophone quartet played two numbers ac- companied by Mr. Powell; high school girl’s sextette sang two numbers accompanied by Miss Meyer; group singing was led by Clifford Drury of Lansing. Mrs. Audrey Sexmith, pianist. Speaker for the evening was Mr. Gerald Clark of the speech depart- ment of Michigan State College. Mr. Tallman of Detroit gave a talk on qualities of good Hi-Y mem- bers. A candle-light service closed the meeting. will be a tough meet. Much rival- ry is to be expected. Miss Fujiki Speaks to World Literature Class Vermontville Teacher Tells of Experience During War Mrs. Kiplinger's world literature class was entertained by Miss Yas- uko Fujiki, commercial teacher at Vermontville. Wednesday. April 16. Miss Fujiki gave a general sum- mary of her life before the war and quite a detailed account of her ex- periences during the war. She lived with her family on the west coast, and when the war started, all Japanese who lived near the coast were put in internment camps. The Fujiki family was stationed at the Santa Anita race track. Miss Fujiki. to give an ex- ample of how much space they had to live in. said if five army cots were set up they would have to walk over them. There were mess halls and other such conveniences. She said the American people made it as comfortable as possible for them. After she finished her account the students asked questions. Ra- chel Viele and I ouise Townsend ; iccoinpained Miss Fujiki. Eaton County Savings Bank I Geography Classes Finish Semester Projects Mrs. Oberlln's seventh grade geography classes have just finish ed a semester project. The students had their choice of anything they have studied during the year. Some made maps of the United States, showing the geographical regions of farming; others mm, cliff dwellings. Several other sinn lar ideas were carried out. Besides these projects. Mrs. Obet lin asked each student to choose a city somewhere in the United States, excluding Michigan, that they would like to visit someday. They are to look up everythin they can find of interest on the city and give a report to the rest of the class on it. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Nisse (nee Betty LeVanway), '45. have a baby girl. I II AIK LOTT : iiomi; iiaiiiy In ( ream fleAAjO-ld'l “New Things First Tin Ware Knives KutscheS Glassware Chimes .Me(fralli-lh loe Co. PETE COLIZZFS Try our good Hot Fudge and our Delicious Malteds Homemade Ice Cream and Home Made Candy NYLON HOSIERY Three Good Lines all Full Fashioned Admiration 45 Gauge $1.59 Clear Spun 48 Gauge $1.69 Quaker 51 Gauge at $1.95 Buy Your Nylons at Fred A. Richey Co. ICE CREAM - CANDY GROCERIES MAIN SWEET SHOP Bruno Spagnuolo MOTHERS DAY and Commencement Gifts Buy Now on Our Lay-Away Plan W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts AUTOMOBILE GENERATOR VOLTAGE REGULATOR - SHOCK ABSORBER LABORATORY SERVICE SEE BRACY’S GULF SERVICE PROMPT AND DEPENDABLE GOOD FOOD JAY SANDWICH SHOP CHARLOTTE MICH. EARL J. LAVENGOOD Proprietor Another School Year Is Ending ORANGE B LACK Good Luck In Exams “THE CHARHIAN VOLUME 21 CHARLOTTE. MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1947 ISSUE 14 Governing Body Ends Sucessful Year Back Row—Mr. Muma. Bob Johnson, Edward Ells. Robt. Kinfl. Roy Weaver. Mayor Albert Foster, Clifford Shults. Roger Smith. Bob Brown, Her- bert Packard, Glenn Gearhart. Front Row—Marguerite Green, Joyce Caswell, Joan David, Sec'y Mabel Robins, Rita French, Eunice Jones, Mrs. Weymouth. Holland Tulip Festival Sat. Oriole Band To Lose Eleven Members at End of Big Year Saturday May 17, the Charlotte high school band will participate in the annual Tulip Festival at Holland. Michigan. Each participating band is al- lowed ten minutes in which to do a show on the field. The Charlotte band will form a horse shoe and play “The Old Grey Mare”, a bicy- cle and play Bicycle Built for Two , a train engine and play I’ve Been Working on the railroad.” an auto- mobile and play In my Merry Olds- mobile, and a three motor plane and play, the Army Air Corps.” The massed bands will form on one side of the field and play The Star Spangled Banner Hosts of Freedom, National Emblem. and Come .Ye Thankful People”, under the direction of several guest conductors. On June 3 the Oriole bands will Journey to Saginaw with the Knights Templar in two busses, leaving at 11:00 a. m. This group will be dinner guests of the local commandery in Saginaw and will return to Charlotte in the evening. During the past school year the high school Oriole band as a whole has made seventeen public appear- ences in the high school, around Charlotte and in several other cities. There have been aproximat- ly sixty two members entering band activities throughout the year. This year eleven seniors will leave the band from various sec- tions. The main events of the year have been appearances at home football and basketball games, two joint concerts, the Olivet Festival, in which over 580 band members and over 50 twirlers participated, and the Eleventh Annual Band Bounce with its guest artist. MSC Students Visit Farms Nineteen agricultural students from Michigan State college and Dr. Deyoe, Assistant Professor of Education at M. S. C., and the in- structor made a field tour of three farms May 1. The three farms visited included Jim Grier’s. Douglas Gam’s and Maynard Ells’. This field tour was taken to find out just how farming was done around this vicinity. Dana to Deliver Speech Seventy-three seniors will receive diplomas from the hands of Ber- nard Schrader, president of the l oard of education, on Thursday evening June 12. Dr. Malcolm Boyd Dana, presi- dent of Olivet college, will deliver the commencement address. Processional and recessional mu- sic will lx furnished by the band, under the direction of Mr. Robert Powell. Handicraft Girl’s Play A Big Success Just before the Prom was the play Mi 8. Taylor’s handicraft girls put on April 25. This comedy in one act was a howling success. The time of the play was the present, and the place in a f.aternity hmse The cast was made up of ten characters which were: Betty Blake—Janice Root: Sally Sayre— Margaret Vance; Eleanor Sayre Lane—Joyce Hughes; Susan—Janie Higby; Louise Everett—Ixmise Berg; Elsie Wilder—Donna Ham- bleton; Margaret Ward—Jo Anne Reiner; Amy Boyd—Sharron Far- rier; Marie McMillan—Patsy Pries- man; Jane Jones—Barbara Brown. Hans Kardel gave the flag salute and Charles Schaefer played two solos on the piano. “Blue Skies” Theme of Annual Junior-Senior Prom On May 29. the annual junior- senior prom w’ill be held. At the Masonic Temple the juniors and seniors will hold their banquet be- ginning at 6:45. At 9:00 through 12:00 the 1947 seniors along with the juniors will go to high school for the big dance. The theme this year is Blue Skies.” Hawaiian scenery will decorate the new gym. Music will be under the direction of Rudy Vogelreuter and his eleven piece band from Marshall. Miss Taffee, Mrs. Iauch Peggy Skelley, Clifford Shults. Shirley Parr. Dorothy Moore, and Charlotte Sutherland are in charge of all committees. Senior Assembly May 29 A class day assembly will lx given by the seniors May 27. There will be a giftatory: also the class pro- phecy will be read. As yet the material sent for has- not arrived, but plans will be started immediately upon arrival. MSC Student Teaches Ninth Grade Home Ec. Mrs. Powell Finishes Term In Student Teaching May 2, Mrs. Robert Powell, a stu- dent teacher from Michigan State college returned to the college after spending five weeks supervising the fifth hour Home Ec. girls. Mrs. Powell is a senior and her graduation will take place in June. This past five weeks was her last term in student teaching, in which a student goes into a community to live and teach for six weeks. Because she is married and has a little boy of three, and because her husband is also in college, she was unable to leave her family so the college chose Charlotte for her teaching because it was close enough for her to drive back and forth. She could teach only five weeks be- cause CHS had spring vacation. Mrs. Powell will teach in Laings- burg. Michigan next year. Baccalaureate June 8 Walking down the aisle of the Charlotte high school auditorium Sunday. June 8. will be the senior class of 1947 attending the annual Baccalaureate service at 8:00 p. m. Reverend William Beckett will deliver the sermon with other ministers assisting in the services. Musical background will be the girl’s glee club singing several selec- tions. Miss Elaine Meyer and Mrs. Leora Weymouth, in a piano duo. will play processional and reces- sional. Bible Class Has Speaker The Reverend Mr. McLachlan gave a talk to the Bible class on April 30. These talks have been very beneficial, dwelling on the BJble in general. May 9. the Rev- erend Mr. Howard Johnson de- livered the next message. New Officers Elected May 6 Changes in Old Constitution Introduced by Council Voting for the first time in twenty-one years for a constitution, the student body went to the polls on May 6. Richard Hutchison and Joanne Willard were elected to officiate next year. Charlotte’s junior high and senior high student council was organized in 1926 when the council sponsored the beginning of the Orange and Black. A new constitution has not been made since then. This year the student body was asked to vote for one and yes and no blanks ap- peared on the ballots. Some of the suggested changes in- cluded: powers of the councilmen, duties of the officers, reports to the student body, presentation of amendments, and changes in the by-laws. The powers of the council have been partially restricted and it is not so omnipotent as before. A definite provision has been cre- ated in regard to council activity reports in English and govern- ment classes. Amendments will not be passed now without a majority vote of the student body. Among the by-laws changed is the law con- cerning the assembly committee by w'hich all members of this com- mittee shall take charge of at least two assemblies. By these changes the present council has made a definite attempt to place the new one well on its way to a prosperous year. In the electon returns Hutch ison and Mason ranked very close which proves they were very justly nominated. Votes for secretary were quite decisive on Joanne Willard and the constitution was adopted almost unanimously. The campaign assembly was run some what differently this year. Instead of an impromptu speech making affair the representatives of each class spoke. This is more efficient and does not waste val- uable school time. Calendar May 17—Band at Holland May 17—Regional Track Meet. Hastings May 23—Grand Ledge, baseball, here May 24—State Track May 27—Senior Assembly May 27—Capitol Circuit Meet, Albion May 29—Junior-Senior Prom May 29—How'ell. baseball .here May 30—Decoration Day June 3—Grand Ledge, baseball, there June 3—Band. Saginaw June 4— Charhians out June 5. 6—Senior Exams June 8—Baccalaureate June 9, 10. 11—Senior Trip June 10. 11---Exams June 12—Commencement June 13—School Closes Page 2 ORANGE BLACK ORANGE BLACK mbSisb Published Bi-Weekly -y by the Journalism Class of Charlotte High j School Circulation 685 Subscription Rates $.75 4SS« STAFF Publisher Managing Editor Editor-In-Chief Sports Editor Alumni News Exchange Editor Business Manager Circulation Manager Advertising Manager Assistant Rita French Lou Anne Potter Nancy Kerekes Maxine Pratt Mary Jean Krusell Robert Debler Joe Holmes Martha Rochester Donna Scovill Fred Diamond Reporters, Rosemary Beals. Floral Bergman, Richard Derby. Maxine Dillin, Joan Easley, Karl Gearhart, Clela Gould, Sallie Hale. Irene Livingston, Barbara McGrath, Bethel Parker, Joyce Miller. What Graduation Means What does the word graduation bring to your mind? Caps and gowns? Gifts? Strains of Pomp and Circumstance ? Farewells to class- mates? These are thoughts which have come to be traditionally associated with graduation. How- ever. by calling the ceremony commencement , a deeper meaning can be seen. The word com- mence means to begin and that is exactly what the seniors will be doing. Many of them will attend college; some will seek employ- ment; others will marry, but they will all be starting on the road to future goals. When the seniors receive their diplomas each will feel a little sad and perhaps a tear or two will be seen, as they realize they are saying goodby to four years of memories and happy associations, but this is not really a farewell, but only the passing of one of the many mile- stones along their road to future success and happiness. Dairy of a Charlotte Student F—lirted all the time. L—eft books in locker. U—sed other people’s supplies. N—apped in class. K—icked out of English. E—verlasting talking. D—idn't pay attention. Southern Star Tune In On ’Em Juvenile Jory—Student Council Represent-: atives Hour of Charm—Band Bounce Quiz Kids—All A students Manhattan Merry-Go-Round—Senior Trip Take It or Leave It”—(Shall We?) Senior diplomas Blondie and Dagwood —Donna Walker and Ken Sparks Maisie —Mary Lou Terwilliger Joan Davis —Sally Hale Headline Edition —Orange and Black “Lux Radio Theater”—Tuesday Night Dra- matics Club “A Date With Judy —Friday Night Dances Vincent Lopez”—Charles Schaefer “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts”—Home talent Assemblies “Heart’s Desires —Dates to the Prom Information Please —Exam Time (Need we say more) Meet the Press —Charhian Staff’s Duty It Pays to be Ignorant —(Not on June 10 and 11 “Truth or Consequences”—(Six weeks tests) Leave It to the Girls —8th Grade Assembly Mayor Of The Town —Dick Hutchison Eddie Bracken —Dick Huffman Twenty Questions —Bluffing Students Dance Orchestra —School Orchestra Big Town —When the Seniors arrive in Chicago! f£.v « iff The Last Lap The last lap—only four more weeks to go.— Will you make it?—Or will you won’t? The only way to make sure is to be prepared when the little blue books are handed to you! Exams are fun when you know’ all the answers, just like putting a puzzle together when you know where all the pieces fit. But the only way to accomplish this is to keep in the game from start until finish. If you lost out at first, grab hold of yourself and hang on tight the rest of the way. Only those that give up without a struggle are the ones that fail at the finish line. Thanks For Everything Election for mayor and secretary have come and gone but we still have a mayor and sec- retary who will soon be gone, but not for- gotten. They are, however, still setting a fine example for the officials to follow them. The students wish to express their appreci- ation of Mayor Albert Foster and Secretary Mabel Robins, who have made this year of ’46 and '47, a year in which they could say. a job well done. Preview of The Lost Weekend When asked what they were going to do on the senior trip, these replies were made; Curry Garvin—(He rolled his eyes) Ed Bobcik—Have fun Elwood Clark—Enjoy myself Don Furu—Be good??? Bruce Bryan—(Censored) Bethel Parker—Flirt Bob Debler—Everything but sleep Shirley Gordon—Take things cool Hans Langmaack—Have a good time Doug Muholland—Go night clubbing Freshman—Daddy, may I go out? I’ll be home at nine. Sophomore—Dad. may I go out? I’ll be home early. Junior—Good night, dad. I'm going. Senior—See you later, pop; I’ll bring the milk in. The Mirror Good boys love their sisters. So good I have grown That I love other boys’ sisters Better than my own. The Mirror PEDESTRIAN’S PRAYER Now I leap to cross the street. I pray the Lord to speed my feet Should I be hit before I cross 1 pray I will be an easy loss. The Creston Echo Helpful Hints on Etiquette Never permit your knife and fork to strike your plate. (Put them in your pockets when j not in use) Never grasp a spoon as though it were a , golf stick or an umbrella. (Use it like a tennis racquette) Never skim the soup or any liquid off your spoon by scraping the bottom of the spoon over , the edge of the cup. (Crawl under the spoon and lick it off) Never permit the point of your fork to enter your mouth first. (Start with the handle) Never allow your spoon to remain in your cup or glass. (Do you want to put your eye out?) Never permit your elbows to rest on the table. (You’ll be more comfortable with your feet there) Never touch a potato with your knife. (Hold it on your fork and eat it like an ice cream cone) Up and Down the Corridors Been a mighty long time since we’ve got to- gether to talk things over, but now is as good a time as any. so here goes........... It seems the freshmen girls get their date appeal out of town . . . none other than Eaton Rapids. If you see Dick Johnson going around in a daze just give him a shove in the right dlrec tion; the reason 'for his condition is Beverly Roath. As I wander along second floor I see George Bruce sending wistful glances at Frances Gould. Looks like Ruth Morris has drifted out of his life. Jerry Clark is reconverted to a wolf-man since Dorothy Willis is no longer his date interest. All the seniors are in a dither over the trip Their battle cry . . . Chicago, here we come!” How many students have noticed the fine geography exhibit Mrs. Oberlin’s class has across the hall from Miss Del Favero’s room? A lot of hard work was put into this project. Harriet Mayhew received a scholarship from the University of Michigan. Mary Lou Terwilliger has turned her atten- tions on that sophomore ‘‘Romeo , Bob Brown. Bev Greenshields is also in this triangle. There goes a horrible crash . . . was it Rae Norlander in chemistry class or Wendell Ripley and his limousine? Some snappy shots have been snapped at Camera Club. Have you seen the one of Sam Colizzi with all the trimmings? Sailing, sailing around in the trophy case . . . its the tiny glass ship that was made at the assembly April 29. Stop and look at it across from Mr. Muma’s office. When sobbing over the last five weeks of school, save your sorrows in the tear vial, also made at the April 29 assembly. Tlmes-a-goin’ and I gotta make the dead- line so I’ll sign off for this issue. DUSTY Flicker Flashbacks Cross My Heart”..........................Joan Easley Mighty McGurk .......................Charles Schaefer Leave Her to Heaven ...........Honor Students Kiss and Tell ...................Joan Ball ’Till the End of Time ......Steadies at C.H.S. Her Sister’s Secret .....................Sue Hale Boom Town ...................Eaton Rapids The Egg and 1 ..................Miss Taffee Trail Street ...................Main Street Nobody Lives Forever .....Failing Students Three Wise Fools” ............Gaylord Yund, Earl ltoiter, Bob Brown Life With Blondie” ...........Shirley Bursley The Bowery Boys ..Albert Foster. Bob Debler It's a Wonderful Life”..........Senior Trip ’ Bedlam ........Maxine Pratt. Maxine Dillin A Stolen Life ....Chemistry Class Third Hour Now Is Forever ......................Seniors Spook Busters ..............Freshman Class Spell Bound .....................Pat Shiels Whistle Stop .......................Durbin’s Blue Skies .........................Baseball Boys Night and Day” .........................Chuck Mathews ‘ Tall in the Saddle ..Mary Lou Terwilliger It Happened in Brooklyn ......Don Johansen The Outlaw ............Gayland Williamson The Razor’s Edge .. .Their First Shave (Boys) Kitty” ....................Barbara McKeag To Each His Own .............Tony Crawford Our Hearts Were Young and Gay ...................Sophomore Girls The Locket .....................Clela Gould Angel and the Badman .....................Pat Griest, Wendal Wright Till the Clouds Roll By ......Charhian Staff Dark Mirror ....................Furu Twins The Beast With Five Fingere ..........The Wolves of C.H.S. Ladies’ Man ..............Doug Mulholland Wife—This is our tenth wedding anniversary Shall we go home and kill a chicken? Hen-pecked husband Why kill a chicken? He didn’t have anything to do with it. ORANGE BLACK Page 3 Know Your Sophomore? This dark lialred lass with the flashing smile works at Mae's. In her spare time you Bee her with Pat Dean. Barbara Lou Jordan and Joan Bnndfleld. When It comes to eating, ice cream is tops. ‘If This Isn't Love” is her favorite song. Some know her as Blackie”. She is none other than Marion Lemmon. When asked what his favorite food was, this sophomore fellow immediately answered, Strawberry short cake.” He is out for track. Beverly Roath Is his only heart interest. He enjoys swimming in his 3pare time. To Each His Own” is tops on the hit parade ior him. If you haven’t guessed before, you know now that this is Dick Johnson. Stardust is her favorite song. She enjoys sports of all kinds as a pastime. Her heart interest is In Detroit; his name is Lenny. Chop suey and chili rank high as food goes. One last tip. she is a flag bearer in the band. You guessed it . . . Beverly Greenshields. One of the Kroger Gang,” says fried chick- en is tops on his menu and movies for enter- tainment. If you haven’t guessed it yet, his name is Finley. He is better known as Dan Dickinson. When this sophomore boy was stopped in the hall on the way to baseball practice, he said his favorite food was steak. Linda is his favorite In the music world. You may see him at Duck Lake during his summer vacation He has no steady girl, but likes them all. His favorite pastime is fishing. You see him around with Earl Koiter, Bob Brown and Gay- land Williamson. If you haven't guessed yet . . . his name is Gaylord Yund. This dark haired sophomore girl is seen working at the Morris ten cent store. She likes to sing and gets the giggles often. She likes Bible study and history; but she prefers science of all the subjects she has had in school. Shirley and Gloria are usually some- where around and Jerry is always right on � he beam when ever you see her. You guessed it. it’s Eilene Tanner. A certain tall, blond, blue-eyed sophomore boy passes his time away stuffing birds. His favorite food is cherry pie and his favorite song is Stardust.” He is often seen with George Bruce and Gaylord Yund. Oh yes, he has no heart interest at Charlotte high, but he may have some out of town. Give up? Earl Koiter. IwUVMM Who?? 1. Freshman lad . . . witty . . . seen on bus No. 1 . . . curly brown hair . . . brothers in junior class. 2. Blond hair . . . sophomore . . . seen with Bev. Greenshields . . . loves horseback riding . . . new here this year. 3. Tall sophomore boy . . . dark . . . hand- some . . . works at Miller-Jones . . . boxed in Golden Gloves. 4. Cute junior boy . . . from the country . . . rides No. 3 bus . . . dark curly hair . . . seen with Louie 5. Senior girl . . . blond hair . seen with Donna and Maxine . . . works in library sixth hour 6. Tall . . . dark haired senior boy . dimples . . . out for track . . . seen with Cousin Dale . 7. Junior girl . . . flirts . . wears glasses . . . seen with Joanne and Lou Anne. 8. Freshman girl . . . crush on Carl . . sister in Junior class . . . chews gum. PJBIIIM saJOl-HI S jodUUAUdX noq Xjbjv i usXjfl � Dn.iH 9 uoisWni. n auoJi xasB urn it3no.iu uX|.iBi ; g J9UIK a� Xof z «IM qoa i I School Office Workers When interviewed. Miss Gertrude Heinze revealed the fact that she has lived at her present residence ail her life. She attended a rural school for eight years, after which he attended the Charlotte high school from which she was graduated in 1945. At present she is employed by the high school as secre- I tary to the principal. She plans to work for; a while yet and wants to go to college and take a rural teacher’s course. Miss Heinze has been a very active member of 4-H clubs. She started in club work when she was eight. She has taken the various kinds of club work; sewing, nine years: dairy, nine years; canning, six; garden, four. She plans to join for at least two more years. She has been leader of a club one year. She was selected to go to Chicago to the National 4-H Club Congress, for one week. This was an award for outstanding work, and was paid for by the DuPont Company. Mrs. Anna Morey, came to work in Charlotte schools as secretary to Jay Dykhouse. Superin- tendent, in 1935. Her work consists of making out woiking permits, under the supervision of Mr. Dykhouse, keeping up the board books, and various other things. In a larger organi- zation, she would be known as bookkeeper and personal secretary. Without these two members of the clerical staff most of the students and teachers would be lost. They are always willing to help everyone, and Charlotte students and teachers all extend their since appreciation of their cheerfulness and patience the many times they are called on for assistance. RECORDING IS FUN -v - J Miss Wesche’s fourth hour oral English class borrowed a recordio from Wilcox-Gay Corpora- tion, and the students made records of their voices, for the purpose of studying and improv- ing their voice quality and ability in oral reading. The class has been reading paragraphs as- signed to them, and have been having a rather hilarious time at some of the students’ own expense. For instance, a girl reading her paragraph, gets a few words turned around, stops reading, and giggles. The giggles are recorded along with Miss Wesche’s voice tell- ing her to proceed with the reading. Miss Wesche knows too that mistakes can be made, because she was making a recording of her own voice, when she discovered she had ruined a record, and her exclamation Oh! Oh! I’ve ruined a record is played over and over on the record. How various letters are sounded, and that m’s and n’s are nasal are only a few of the many things students have learned in the last few weeks. If anyone wants to know to what degree m’s and n’s are nasalized, see Duane Schultz. The Voice of the Blue Jeans By Shirley Paton At least I can rest for the night. Janice has worn me every day this week and I look a terrible fright. Here I hang all crumpled and worn beside these lovely feminine dresses. I should think she would pick on them awhile and let me rest. I’m so tired, and just look at the big hole in my leg caused by a nail, and the coke spilled all the way down the front of me. It wil be weeks before I shall be washed again. I can almost stand up alone now, I’m so stiff and soiled. Why doesn’t she remove the lipstick, compact, and comb from my sides? They make me look all the more frightful. Oh, how I wish I were back on that counter where it was nice and restful. I get so tired when I'm worn by these school girls. Janie should be ashamed of herself. So many people give me such condemning glances and shake their heads. I overheard one lady say, It’s a disgrace to see girls wear such things.” I could have cried when she said that. There are very few people who think me cute . I really do come in handy at times though. I’m durable and nice for those who work on farms and in factories because they need me. I don’t mind being worn then because that's where I really belong and know I am needed. They can wipe their hands on me any time and it won’t bother me a bit. I know I’ll be clean every Monday and can always look for- ward to a vacation now and then too. I feel so silly when Janie puts me on and wears me to class. She always goes into a noisy building afterwards and sits with a crowd. Sometimes boys come up and hit me hard and occasionally there is another girl who sits on me and pokes her long fingernails into my legs. The other day I had ashes in my cuffs where Janie’s boy-friend put them for a Joke. Well, I didn’t think it was so funny. My legs get so tired being rolled up all day. When they are finally rolled down everything from gum wrappers to dirt falls out. Why can’t girls be girls instead of boys? I was loaned to another girl last week, and I liked her. She wore me only on Saturday while she mowed the lawn. Then she took me off and donned a dress. Monday morning I was washed and pressed and taken back to my owner. I didn’t want to go back either because I knew 1 would soon be back to my old shape again and never have any rest. Goodness, here it is Saturday morning and one of my most hateful days. She will grab me first and pull me on like an old sack. I’ll have a busy day tomorrow too. Can you imagine my being worn on Sunday? After church Janie takes off her nice suit, and boom! I'm on again for a full day. You can see the future looks none too bright for me. Summer Summaries Varied activities have been planned by the teachers for the summer months. Many of them will attend summer school. Miss Wesche will attend school at U. of M. and Mr. Powell and Mr. Blight will attend M.S.C. Mr. Powell also hopes to get in a week or so of fishing before he begins summer band rehearsals. Other teachers will be traveling during va- cation. Mrs. Iauch is planning a trip with her family through Nova Scotia. Quebec, and other parts of Canada. Mrs. Weymouth ex- pects to visit her son in Texas sometime this summer. Some of the teachers will spend their vaca- tions at home. If the weather warms up suf- ficiently. Miss Wells will be found working in her garden. Mrs. Lipsey plans to spend most of the summer at home on the farm. A number of the teachers have no immediate plans for the summer, but expect to travel, work, or relax at home. A freshie Is green on the surface; A soph Is polished a bit; A junior is there if there’s fun in the air; But a senior is simply it. R. Myers: This neckties is a present from a little girl in Italy last year. B. Parker: Genoa? Russell: No, I flirted with her. Angry father—Why were you kissing my daughter in the dark last night? Dubious Danny—Now. that I have seen her in the daylight, 1 sorta wonder that myself. Page 4 ORANGE A BLACK Howell Plays Host To Batting Birds Oriole Diamond Diggers Triple Play Trick Playing their third game of the season on the Highlander's home field, the Oriole baseball team was batted down with a score six to ten. Getting off to a fine start, the first two innings were uneventful as to runs but a tricky triple play was managed in the first inning by Mohre, Gearhart and B. Brown. Mohre was pitching and the second man for Howell hit a grounder re- ceived by Mohre which was passed to Gearhart on second forcing the man on that base. Following these plays. Gearhart threw to B. Brown on first, forcing the second runner to try for another base. No runs were made until the third inning when Charlotte's batters scored three digs to home plate and the Highlanders made only one run. How-ever. in the fifth inning the Highlanders put wings on the base- ball and their feet sending eight men home before the inning was over. In the sixth inning Gearhart tal- lied up one more point for the now- losing team. Cook scored a run for Howell in this inning, which made their final total of ten. Mohre and B. Brown came home again for the Orioles in the seventh and last in- ning with two more points. Brown succeeded in making a three bagger in this game as he had in others. COMPLIMENTS OF Behrens Rowe Prescription Druggists Oriole Feathers •Razzy Radee broke his records in the 440 from 54 seconds to 53 then at the Hastings dual track meet he ran it in 53.7, and broke that record again at the Albion I in- vitation May 10. by running it In 53.5. Doug White came within a tenth of a second of breaking the record in the high hurdles. Bob Mohre broke the school pole- vault record of 11‘7%. then at the Albion invitational did 11'6”. What happened to Dave Fuller- ton's collar bone? Inquire of Clin- ton Friar. NEW STUDENTS ENTER Robert Peterson, of Pattengill Junior High. Lansing, and Joe Fuentes. of San Antonia. Texas, are new- transfer students to the ninth grade. Beginning line up and score was as follows: P R H E Mohre P 2 2 B. Brown IB 1 2 1 D. Brow-n C 1 Johansen LF 1 Gearhart SS 1 Friar 3B Dickinson CF Mathews RF 1 1 Roiter 2B 1 1 How-ell P R H E Cook RF 1 1 Keesler 2B 2 2 Myers LF 2 2 Bennett CF 2 Schultheis 3B 1 1 Brigham SS 1 Ward C 1 Fellows IB Nixon P 2 Dick Beechler. '45. was home on leave. First National Bank Furniture niAnLOTTi: Get your home furniture IIO 11 DAIIIY and save at VITALE and SONS S« hwegl«� r N TRADING POST In' I'rnim USE YOUR CREDIT — Orioles Defeated By Mason 3 to I Friday afternoon May 9. Mason defeated (’harlotte by a score of 3 to 1 on Charlotte’s home diamond. Lineup for the game was as follows: Charlotte AB R H E D. Johansen C. F. 3 0 1 0 B. Mohre P. 3 0 0 0 B. Brow-n IB 3 1 1 1 D. Brown C 2 0 1 0 C. Friar 3B 2 0 0 0 C. Mathews L. F. 3 0 0 1 K. Gearhart SS 3 0 0 0 R. Dane R. F. 2 0 0 0 E. Roiter 2B Substitutions 2 0 0 0 Dickinson 1 0 0 0 Mead 1 0 0 0 Total 25 1 3 2 Mason AB R H E Lavis SS 4 1 1 0 Pifert L. F. 2 0 0 0 Wheeler IBP 3 0 0 0 Beecher C 2 0 0 0 Snyder 3B 3 0 0 1 Corbin P IB 2 2 1 0 Strause 2B 3 0 0 0 Mills R. F. 3 0 3 1 Curtis C. F. Substitution 3 0 0 0 Jennings 1 0 0 0 Totals 26 3 5 2 Bob Mohre pitcher for Charlotte struck out twelve and walked three. Corbin of Mason struck out twelve, and w-alked one. Wheeler also a Mason pitcher struck out two. Final scores by innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R. H E. Charlotte 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 Mason 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 2 Anything to Be Expected Wednesday May 21. Charlotte will play host to Grand Ledge here. This is the first encounter with Grand Ledge and anything can be expected. May 2. Charlotte will meet How-ell here, then on June 3. Charlotte will play Grand Ledge again, there. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Royston have a son. Eugene graduated in '44, and his wife, Florence White, in '43. Saxons Defeat Oriole Thinclads 63Vi to 45 Vz White Scoring Ace Charlotte journeyed to Hastings Tuesday. May 6. to compete in a dual track meet. The final score read 63% points for Hastings and 45% points for the Oriole thinc-liuix Hastings proved too much for the Orioles by capturing first in the 100 yd. dash. 1 mile run. 220 yd dash the 880 yd. run. and tied for first in the polevault and high Jump, as w-ell as capturing both relays Charlotte took first place in the 120 yard high hurdles. 440 yard dash. 200 yard low- hurdles, the shotput. and the broad Jump. Charlotte tied for first in the polevault and the high jump. Doug White was the point getter for the Orioles, piling up 15 points for individual scoring honors. Summary is as follows: 120 yd. high hurdles-White (C) first-B. Branch (H) 2nd.-Christen sen (H) 3rd. Time 15.7 100 yd. da8h-R. Branch (Hi 1st.- Feldpausch (H) 2nd.-Ells (C) 3rd.- Time 10.3 1 mile run-Cunningham (H) 1st.- Starr (C) 2nd. E. Furu (C) 3rd.- Time 4'59.3 440 yd. dash-Radee (C) 1st.-Will (H) 2nd.-C. Mohre (C) 3rd.- Time 53.8 200 yd. low hurdles-White (C) 1st .-Thomas (H) 2nd.-Dornan (C) 3rd-24 220 yd. dash-B. Branch (H) 1st. R. Branch (H) 2nd-El Is (C) 3rd- Time 22.7 880 yd. run-R. Hammond (H) 1st- Bryan (Cl 2nd-Brown (H) 3rd-Time 2'11.7 Relays-Hast ings: Polevault-Mohre (C) Christensen (H) tied for lst-Radee (C) 3rd- Height-10’8” Shotput Derby (C) lst-Kendall (H) 2nd-Santee (C) 3rd-41’8%” High Jump-B. Branch (H) Hubert (H) tie lst-Santee (C) Spagnuolo (C) tie 2nd-Height 5’3” Broad Jump-While (C) 1st-Spag- nuolo (C) 2nd-Hastings 3rd-18’10” Sprint Medley-Won by Hastings. 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The Orioles were limited to only three safeties by Neustefter. Ionia pitcher, while the Bulldogs were collecting nine hits off Lavengood Lineup for the game was as follows: Charlotte A.B. R. H. E. Dickinson. RF 3 0 0 0 Mohre, LF 2 1 0 0 Brown, B.. IB 3 1 1 1 Brown. D.. C 2 0 1 1 Gearhart. SS 3 0 0 0 Friar. 3B 3 0 1 0 Dane. CF 2 0 0 1 Roiter, 2B 2 0 0 0 Lavengood. P 2 0 0 0 Totals 22 2 3 3 Ionia A.B. R. H. E. VanVleck. 2B 4 1 0 1 Neustefter, P 3 3 2 2 Munn, IB 4 2 0 0 Roab, SS 4 2 3 2 Spencer, C 4 0 1 0 Christianson. 3B 4 2 1 0 Gemund, RF 4 0 1 0 Peterson, LF 4 0 0 I Harden. CF 3 0 1 1 Totals 34 10 9 6 Score by innings 12 3 4 5 6 ; r r. h. E. Charlotte 0002000 2 3 6 Ionia 101053x 10 9 6 A second acknowledgement of a receipt of a C. A. R. E. package has been received from Santo Spag- nuolo. Italy. Seniors Happy But Sad In interviewing the senior ath- letes and asking them how they feel about graduation and leaving their high school athletic careers, here is what they say: Dave Adams: “Graduation is fine but. oh to play football again.' Bob Bandfield: “I'm glad I'm out of school, but I wish I could play four more years of football.” Bruce Bryan: “I hate leaving and want to come back again next year.” Art Blaine: I like sports, but I'm glad to get out of school.” Elwood Clark: Wish I had four more years of football.” Dick Derby: “Only to be a freshman and start all over again.” Mickey” Ells: Graduating is okay, but I wish I had four more years of track.” “Bert” Foster: “I’m glad I’m leav- ing.” Don Furu: “Glad I'm graduating, but I wish 1 could be around next year for sports. Karl Gearhart: I wish I were a sophomore or junior, because base- ball is just getting started.” Dick Huffman: I don't mind grad- uating this year, but I wish I could play football some more.” Don Johansen: “All I wish is that I could have four more years.” Bob Mohre: “I’d only like to be back for another four years and get 16 more letters.” Gordon Sparks: “Graduating may be a main goal, but I still wish I could start from the beginning again.” Doug White: ‘Tam all through.” Alumni John Loucks. ‘46. has his dis- charge. Don Hice. ‘46. is attending clerk- ing school in Germany. Yvonne Thuma. '47. and Gil Som- ers. student at Western Michigan college, were married Saturday. May 10. at the Methodist church. Hilding Krusell. '46. is home from his trip to Antarctica. COMPLIMENTS OF Cheney Funeral Home A. C. CHENEY and GORDON C. CHENEY Phone 331 Mt. Pleasant Meet Attended by Orioles On May 3 the track team journeyed to Mt. Pleasant for a meet. Charlotte was competing with sixteen other class B schools. The Orioles won the sprint medley with Maynard Ells and Doug White running 220 yards and Carroll Mohre and Raymond Radee running 440 yards. Taking fourth place was the re- sult of the two mile relay made up of Bruce Bryan. Dick Marshall. Don Furu and Bob Mohre. Doug White took first place in the high hurdles. Tying for first place in the pole vault were Bob Mohre and Mc- Gowan from Fremont. Duane Ros- enbrook tied for fourth place. Third place in the broad jump was taken with Doug White show- the way. The Orioles did not place in the other events of the meet. Coach Gobel stated that the meet was composed mostly of relays. C.H.S. May Qualify For State Track Meet To qualify in the State track meet, which will be held May 24 at Michigan State College, the team has to qualify in one of the first three places at the Regional meet, which will be held May 17, at Hast- ings. The first three men that place in both track and field events will compete at M. S. C. Last year Charlotte placed first in the class B track events at the state meet, but this year the split between baseball and track has hampered the team, and prospects do not look too bright for defend- ing Charlotte's state championship. QUAKER NYLONS Our finest 5 I Gauge Nylon Hose They are really beautiful $1.95 pair Fred A. Richey Co. ■j'or the entire jomilij 114 S. COCHRAN ST. CHARLOTTE. MICH. Try Our Hot Fudge Delicious Malted Milk Main Sweet Shop BRUNO SPAGNUOLO Corner of Main and Lawrence Avenue Charlotte Hi to Attend Track Meet at Albion Albion College will play host to the annual Capitol Circuit Confer- ence track meet. May 27. The six schools represented are. Mason. Grand I edge. Everett. How- ell. Eaton Rapids, and Charlotte. Charlotte has won this meet nine times out of the last ten years. Ma- son won it in 1942. Coach Gobel states that Howell and Eaton Rapids will furnish the toughest competition. We shall have to be In top notch condition to repeat this year.” he remarked. Coach stated that the battle between Charlotte and Eaton Rapids will be the closest in years. Coach Gobel will depend on Doug White in the high and low hurdles, and the broad jump. Boh Mohre in the pole vault, Razzy Radee in the 440. Ells in the 220. Starr in the mile run. Bruce Bryan in the 880 yard run and Dick Derby in the shot. Russ Santee will perform in the high jump. Sam Spagnuolo. Duane Rosen- brook and Milford Mason will be competing in the high jump, pole- vault and broad jump. Thinclads to Defend Title Charlotte’s thinclad team will journey to Hastings. May 17. to de- fend its Regional track title. Schools competing in the meet be- sides Charlotte will be Battle Creek. Lakeview. Coopersville. Eaton Rap- ids. Grand Ledge. Godwin Heights. Hastings. Lowell. and Marshall. Although Charlotte is defending state champion. Hastings will be slightly favored in this meet. Hurdles and dash preliminaries will start at 10:00 A. M. The after- noon finals will start at 1:30. Page 6 ORANGE BLACK Seniors Plan Chicago Trip Three Days of Travel, Sightseeing and Amusements Planned Plans for the annual senior trip have now been completed. The class of ’47 will journey to Chicago from June 9. to June 11. via Muske- gon and Milwaukee. The participants will leave Char- lotte in school buses at 4:30 A. M., Monday. June 9 to arrive in Mus- kegon and leave on the SS Mil- waukee Clipper at 9:00 A. M. On reaching Milwaukee it is planned the group will lunch and then leave ! by train at 4:00 P. M. for their de- stination, Chicago, where accomo- dations have been arranged at the Hotel Harrison. Activities for the evening include a choice of a tour of “Chicago by Night.” dancing at the Aragon or the “Chicago Theatre.” The following day. will be oc- cupied with other attractions of the Windy City. Among them, the Field Museum of Natural History. Museum of Science and Industry, general tour of Chicago or its re- tail district. Shedd Aquarium or Adler Planetarium. At 7:00 p. m. a dinner at the ho- tel will be provided and financed by the senior class. The class will leave Chicago from Union station at 9:20 p. m. arriving in Milwaukee to leave at 11:55 via Clipper for Muskegon. Planning to reach Muskegon on the return trip at 7:00. June 11. the seniors will complete their journey at noon. The class hopes for an interest- ing and memorable trip. GEOGRAPHY OF A GIRLS LIFE Cape of Good Hope—Age 14 Health Department Gives Test of Students’ Eyes In order to find cases of defec- tive eyes in the sixth grade. Miss Earhart from the Charlotte Health Department directed an eye test- ing program April 17-18 at the high school. Several cases of poor eye sight in the seventh and eighth grades were taken care of. All children needing immediate attention will l e referred to an eye doctor. There were two machines test- ing the eyes, the telebinacular which took approximately three ing the eyes, the telebinocular which took seven minutes to test the eyes. Next fall all grade school chil- dren in Charlotte will have their eyes tested. History Class Has Speaker The world history class have scrap books, gadgets, paintings, and papers to tell the unfolding events of various periods of time. Mr. Len McLaughlin from New Zealand gave an informal discuss- ion, to both world history classes. He talked about his own people, and how progressive they are edu- cationally and industrially. Mr. Len McLaughlin’s mother is Scotch and his father is a native of New Zeeland. Footlighteers Meet During the Footlighters meeting of April 30. much business was con- ducted. A nominating committee consisting of Joanne Willard. Char- lotte Sutherland. Rae Norlandcr. and Mary Lou Terwilliger was ap- pointed by President Gearhart to suggest possible officers for next year. The club discussed the pos- sibility of pins and also plays that could be presented. Glee Club Receive Pins Cape Flattery—Age 16 Cape Look Out—Age 18 Cape Fear—Age 25 Cape Farewell—Age 40 During a class period the Glee Club girls received their club pins. Each girl purchased her own. Five hundred merits were the require- ments for a pin. GOOD FOOD JAY SANDWICH SHOP CHARLOTTE EARL J. LAVENGOOD MICH. Proprietor Library Club Varies Activities Upper Left: June Parsons. Lola Boyer, Betty Rodeman. Mrs. lauch, Clela Gould. Barbara Boyd, Beverly Chamberlain. Upper Right: Mary Ann Lewis. Phyllis Ward. Mary Barnaby, Marilyn Roberts. Lower Left: Lorraine Crittenden. Betty White, Doris McClure. Irene Livingston. Lower Right: Gretta Pryor, Agnes Shilling. Rebecca Hurlbut. Barbara Nisse, Rose Dunning, Lillian Smrchek. School Purchases New Files for Library One service of the high school library is making recent, reference material available to the students for use in preparing projects and themes for their various classes. Much material, many clipings, pic- tures, booklets, etc, have been gathered. Because of the war shortage, two files that were pre- viously ordered, did not arrive un- til a few weeks ago. Two more are expected, making four new ones to add to the one that the library has had. These will take care of the material that needs to be filed. These files are known as Informa- tion pamphlet and picture files. They are purchased from the Michi- gan School Service. Seventh Grade Art Exhibit Pictures have now been mounted and posted on the board in Mrs. Wildern’8 room. Sketches of clouds and drawings of sunsets are the subject of the pictures. Ideas were taken from other paintings, then the students studied their own drawings. Mrs. Wildern stated that all of the students did a very good job on their projects. gevidd'l “New Things First” F.F.A. To Plant Com Extensive plans are being made by the F. F. A. to plant hybrid corn in a twelve acre field for Orval Krebs, local farmer, as a chapter project. The local boys who plant will receive money for their efforts upon the harvest of the crop. This money will be used in the chapter for necessary equipment and education- al trips. The expense is accepted on a share basis between the farmer and the chapter as he pays for half the seed and fertilizer and the F. F. A. accepts the remainder of the charges. Eversharps which are on sale by the F. F. A. seem to be selling successfully. They are black with Charlotte High School” engraved on them. May Attend Interlochen Rodney Wood. Winfield Pardee. Jimmy Lavengood. Jean I each. and Jeanette Roberts have sent in ap- plications to attend National Music Camp at Interlochen. Michigan for a two week period this summer. As yet they have not heard whether or not they have been accepted. The hand will pay part of their expens- es. YOUNG’S JEWELRY ALLEN’S MARKET ★ ★ ★ Quality Home-Killed Meats it it it Phone 424 ORANGE . BLACK Page 7 Coach Stall Reports Many Experiences Dalian Stall came to Charlotte In the fall of 46 to teach and coach. He chose the Job of coaching be- cause he liked to work with boys. He has been a coach for six years. Mr. Stall was In the Navy for two years. His job was to train re- cruits. He also spent sometime on a D. C. Destroyer escort. His most successful season as coach was In ’41-'42 when his team captured the football, basketball and baseball championship. One of his exciting moments was when the Charlotte second team basket- ball boys went through the season without a defeat. Another one he tells is when he played for Cold- water on the basket hall team. It was the last game of the season and they were tied for first place with Albion whom they were to play. The game had to go into two over- time periods, but they won the game by one point. Mr. Stall says that if you like athletics you should like the job as coach. He says. “In coaching you have to spend a lot of time for little Look in Room 305 In the front of Miss Wesche’s room on third floor, two Chinese pictures may be seen hanging on the wall above the blackl oard. One picture represents morning ’ and the other evening . They are both of the same scenery except one was drawn as the sun was rising and the other when the sun was setting. The pictures were painted on the glass which if broken will destroy the pictures. Miss Wesche’s brother who lives in China sent these pictures. F.F.A. Stage Banquet At the F.F.A. banquet. April 30. Luke Kelly gave an outstanding talk on the history of the F.F.A. in Michigan. Hans Kardel and members of the school board were present. All the parents of the l� oys that belong to the F.F.A. were also invited. Charlotte was second to receive the charter from the state organ- ization. Ypsilanti come In first but | does not belong anymore, so this i leaves Charlotte first. Snyder Home From Tour Tom Snyder, a seventh grader, has recently returned from a six weeks, motor trip to California. This trip included such points of interest as Grand Canyon. Zion National Park, Yosemite National Park, Boise Canyon and Salt Lake. While on route to California the Snyders passed through Michigan, Indiana. Illinois. Missouri, Kansas. Texas. New Mexico and Arizona. On the return trip they passed through Nevada, Wyoming, Nebras- kan and Iowa. Camera Club Participates In Many Various Activities Tuesday. May 13. Mrs. Frances Wildern discussed composition and lighting view from the art point of view. There is considerable carry over of basic principles into the fields of photography of these im- portant aspects of picture making. The following Tuesday, if weather permits, a picnic is planned by the junior and senior members of the Camera Club. Because of the shortage of at- tendance of the last meeting, Mr. Ledden, started a discussion on nature study. Eight Teachers Not Returning The end of the 1946-47 school year marks the end of schoolteaching here for eight of Charlotte high school's teachers. Miss Margery Smith and Miss Kathryn Taffee would like to go to California, but they haven't made any definite plans yet. Miss Kath- ryn Wesche plans to continue her teaching career in Idaho Falls. Ida- ho. Miss Elaine Meyer is also con- tinuing her work in Milwaukee. Wisconsin. The remaining teach- ers. Mr. Boris Paajanen and Miss May Ellen Del Favero, haven’t made definite plans as yet. Mrs. Mattie Kurtz will teach junior high in I apeer. This will enable her to live at her home six miles away. Tin Ware Knives Kutsche’S Glassware Chimes First iriili ihv Newest ami Smartest S|� l illj£ Styles Charlotte • ‘Where Quality Costs Less Teachers Plan Potluck On May 21, the teacher’s club will hold a potluck supper. The place of the supper will be the park, if the weather permits. The general committee consists of Coach Gobel. Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Idle. Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Smallwood, and Miss Wells. Oh! What a Day! Charhians! Charhians! Wed- nesday. June 4 is the big day. Advisory groups will be held the sixth hour and the year books will be given out. Any payment due must be made before the Charhian can be taken. Bring your dollar and your receipt! Week End Sport Results Western State Broncos took two in a row from State last week end. In Saturday's match Terwilliger playing second made 2 of Kalama- zoo’s 12 hits to win 4 to 1 despite the unusual total of 12 Broncos were left on bases. Charlotte finished third in the Al- bion college invitational high school track meet held Saturday. Ypsi- lanti wras first with 40Vfe: Trenton 34Vfe and Charlotte 28 V4. Eaton Rapids, the only other Eaton coun- ty school to compete, finished 12th nosing out Hillsdale in last place with 4 Vi points. Bob Mohre of Charlotte high school set one of the Class B records when he bested his own mark of last year by clearing 11 feet 6 inches in the pole vault. Doug White was second in the broad jump. 120 yard high hurdles. 440 and 220 yard low hurdles (won by Hindefelter of Eaton Rapids); Radee tied the 440 yard dash for first place With Walker of Hillsdale. Eaton County Savings Bank Y-Teens to Give Tea; Also Attend Conference For the first time the Y-Teens are sponsoring a tea for their mothers. It is to be held May 21. The committees are, program, Joan Davids; kitchen committes, Mary Lou Simon and Margaret Mc- Namara; invitations, Mary Mead and Mary Ann Lewis. The Y-Teens are invited to at- tend a fifth annual YMCA-YWCA Youth Conference Boy Dates Girl , to be held at the YMCA on May 22 from 3:45 to 9:00 p. m. Mrs. Evelyn Miller Da vail will be the speaker. The girls are to in- vite the boys from the Hi-Y and other boys’ clubs to attend this conference. Scouts to Hold Field Day All the Boy Scout troops, in the Eaton county district will take part in a field day demonstration to be held at the football field May 23. starting at 8:00. Demonstration in silent signals, fire building, tent pitching, scout pace, and first aid will be presented. The scouts will camp out all night also. Field executive Guy Nash will be in charge. Mrs. Lipsey 111 Mrs. Alleen Lipsey. commercial teacher, is home in bed with rheu- matic fever. She will be out of school for some time. Congratulations and Best Wishes for the future to the Seniors of Charlotte Braithwaite Salon Congratulations, Class of '41! ★ ★ ★ MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT Durbin’s Rexall Drug Store Page 8 ORANGE BLACK Life Would Be Bliss Without This— You can’t please all the people all of the time, but you can please some of the people some of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but—anyway, if you are guilty of any of the following, you can be sure you are displeasing some of the people, for these are popular pet peeves: People who ask you questions and don’t listen to the reply. • Girls who constantly carry a big comb (and only a comb) with them at all times. • • People who play with their chew- ing gum. • • People who are always asking for a “bite.” • • • People who are constantly late for appointments. • • • People who bellow loud enough to be heard three blocks away when you’re sitting right next to them. • • Friends who pass you up in an empty car. • Worn-out phrases like “You know it’’ and “lovely.” • • Students who loiter in the center of the halls. Dramatic Club Elects Last night Footlighteers election resulted as follow's: president. Rich- ard King: vice president. (Jerald Clark: secretary. Charlotte Suther- land: treasurer, Mary Lou Terwil- liger. Marilyn Smith was appoint- ed program chairman, and Georgia Caffes, membership chairman. The library was a study hall? Apple Waffle For variety in flavor and texture, finely chopped apples may be add- ed to a standard w'affle batter. Add In the proportion of two cups of ap- ples to each two cups of flour. Honor Students Guests at Student Council Dance One hundred forty-nine honor students, plus many others, danced to the strains of Roy Buckner’s or- chestra at the dance sponsored by the student council on May 2. Favors of crepe paper corsages and boutonnieres were presented to the honor students. Representa- tives of the various school organi- zations wore ribbons imprinted with the word guest. Decorations were in the theme of school days with an open book show- ing schoolwork on the w’alls. The ceiling was covered with red and white crepe paper streamers, which were attached to a balloon filled net. During intermission, punch was served and a grand march was led by Albert Foster and Barbara Mc- Grath. Semester Exams Held June 5, 6 and 10, 11 Exams are here again for the stu- dents of Charlotte high school. The students must remain in class rooms during examinations until the end of the period. Those students who do not have any exams scheduled at times when other students do must remain outside of the building or report to the library if they wish to study. No students are allowed in the halls during examinations. The seniors will take their exams June 6 and 6. Other students will take theirs June 10 and 11. This is the schedule for examina- tions: 1st hour.... 10:20 2nd hour... 10:30 to 12:00 3rd hour.. 2:45 4th hour... June 11 10:20 5‘.h hour.... 10:30 to 12:00 6th hour.. 1:15 to 2:45 FOR COMMENCEMENT Choose Gifts From Our Complete Stocks Use Our Lay Away Plan W. E. WRIGHT Jewelry Gifts Remember When? Bob Mohre was a one letter man? Dick Fast was going steady with Marlene Smith? There was a tennis team? Lots of students turned out for baseball games? Joanne Willard didn’t wear bangs? Study hall was used for a study hall? Girls didn't know the value of peroxide? Barbara Lou Jordon had long hair? Gordon Sparks and Sally Hale weren’t going steady? Johnny O’Dell sang Accentuate the Positive in world history class? Students didn’t chew bubble gum? There was a yo-yo fad? Gaylord Williamson's car was in running order? When the dignified seniors were frightened freshmen? The “Orange and Black” was a magazine with a bright orange cover? Shoes had the toes and heels in? Doug White was girl shy? Blue jeans were worn by girls only? To Each His Own was number one on the hit parade? Mr. McCall was superintendent of schools? Lloyd Brathwaite didn’t have a butch? Don and Eric Furu were cheer- leaders? First hour classes were called second hour ones? Delinquents They’ve titled us “Delinquents” We are those awful kids Who lack respect and manners And live on Evil's ridge. Does youth today deserve this name? Is every youth a cad? Must we sit back and take this blow Are we so very bad? I say we're not I say we have good qualities in- side But many of our talents Have never been applied. If we’re to prove our worthiness For names not rough and tough” If we would prove we’re not so bad Then we must strut our stuff. Choir Sings for Club A group of glee club members sang at the Congregators club in the Congregational church on April 14. and on April 22 the girls' glee club sang three selections for the Child Study club convention held at the Methodist church at two P. M. They sang Lullaby by Cyril Scott. A Brown Bird Singing by Wood and A Song Is Sw'ect by Sans- Souci. Mary Sanders, ’46. was home from college last week end and plans on attending college during the sum- mer. CALLING ALL GRADUATES BOTH YOUNG MISSES and LADS WE HAVE A LARGE SELECTION OF FOOTWEAR TO SHOW YOU, SUITABLE FOR ALL GRADUATION FESTIVITIES. FINE STRUTWEAR HOISERY IN NYLONS, SILK and RAYON 10% DISCOUNT ON ALL MERCHANDISE FRED MURRAY § CO. Ground Beef Sandwiches 15c Murl and Irene’s For New Hair Styles come to PAULINE’S BEAUTY SALON ★ ★ ★ Get a New Spring Hair Do for the Junior and Senior Prom Eaton Parts and Accessories AL and BILL CHARLOTTE 222 S. MAIN APPUANCES - SPORTING GOODS - AUTO HOME SUPPLIES B. F. GOODRICH TIRES and BATTERIES