Charlotte High School - Delphian Yearbook (Charlotte, MI)

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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?

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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.

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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-------