Charlotte High School - Delphian Yearbook (Charlotte, MI)

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The CHARHIAN ACTION SHOTS First Row: 1. Jr. Play cast and prop, people; 2. A stitch in time; 3. Pete, the sailor. Second Row: 1. Boy Scouts; 2. After the ball; 3. Ride ’em cowboy; 4. Ooophs. Third Row: 1. Noon; 2. Bob. you’re such a cute girl; 3. Harley; 4. Pie in your face; 5. You’ll learn. Fourth Row: 1. Hi, aang; 2. Hard at work; 3. Circus Cuties; 4. 1948 ( ? ? ) Model; 5. EEK! a ghost; 6. Smiling Sam; 7. Lovers. F.fth Row: 1. Rhythm section; 2. Not too hard, there; 3. Starvation Army. —20—

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The CHARH AN Football - llaskrtball Most Successful Basketball Team Takes 14 Of 17 Contests During Year for Charlotte. Joe Johnson bagged 7 for the Maroons. January 16. at Eaton Rapids, the Gobelites edged out the Grey- hounds. 33-30. Eaton Rapids led at half-time. 19-15. Charlotte gained the needed points to win by some alert playing by Duane Rosen- brook in the last quarter. Milford Mason led the local basketeers with 12 points. However. Bruce Hig- Take First Two Secure Conference Title By Winning All Ten League Tilts Another banner year was attain- ed by the basketball team. This year's aggregation won 14 out of 17 games. The skill and finesse of the hoonsters was nrov »d when the team I oat to Stale da . B Cham- Greyhound Kuard. popped In pl° ; P ’ y only two! 15 points for game honors %?1 ’». it a «iet i Charlotte nosed out Grand I ed- Mara hall provided stiff opposl , January 23. by the all... tlon in the season 'opening (tame. of two 'olnt8. y31.29. Th, hu the a.tuad soueaked hy the Red- thro hout the game, skins. 34 to 33 on the home court. but Rugg Santee banf!ed hnm(. a lJec.nlher 2. he score at half-time bucket from cIo8e range wllh only was tied up. 18 to 18. Then In the gecon(ig ,ef [0 ,ye the localy thl d Derlod the Orioles outscored ,h dec„lon Santee Mt for 12 the Redskins, 7-5 Marshall came markerg and Mike A.mstrong led! hack Strong m the inal per od and lbe Comet8 wlth „ ,nt8 made 10 points to the Gobelites 9. This made the score 34-33. in favor At home. January 30. the Orioles . ., .. . , .squeezed by Everett high school, of Charlotte. Leading the Orioles to , 32.29 charlotle led a, the close of victory were Milford Mason with 11 , oach quarter by 7.4, lg.9 at the ha|f points and Lavengood with 9 22.19, and thc ultimate score of On the local hardwood December The vikin , on a la8t 6, the Oobelmen trounced Hastings al,nute attack that fell just short 38-24. l ne Or.oles poured it on the „r beatln)! the home d M1UoI-d Saxons In the third period by scor- Mason and Bob Brown gcored 9 Ing lo points to Hastings 5. Char- |)0jnl8 each for Charlotte, while lone connected on twelve out o. | ,.aul winiami and Jlm Sprague led sixteen free throws, whi e the Sax-1 Bverett with g polnl8 apiece. oil live made good on only four out Racking up their highest score of eleven. Milford Mason and Clint of the gea8on 52 ,nt8 the 0rl. i-rlar each racked up 10 points to oleg whlpped Howell, at Howell. 52- lead the locals to their second 39 „„ Kel)ruary 6. charlotte led at straight win. | lhe hajf 23-14 and really poured Gain First Conference Win on the heat in the final canto, out- At Everett, on December 12. the j scoring the Highlanders. 20 to 12. home team gained their initial con- Bob Brown made 16 points for the ference win by subduing the Vi- Gobelmen and Harry Pierce once kings, 32-30. The Orioles led at the again led Howell with 13 tallies, end of the first quarter. 9-4. Then Assured of Title the score was all tied up at the with the final 8Core 35 to 30. lhe completion of the second period. Oriole» captured their eighth 14 14. and the third stanza. j straight conference win from Huwever. a Iasi minute spurt pav- 0rand Ledge, here. Feburary 10. ed the way to victory. Friar This triumph assured Charlotte of took scoring honors for Charlotte | the Caplto, C,rcuit championship. wiUi 9 points, and Christenson fori . lilford Mason counted 16 points the Vikings with 11. tor the victors while Don Harley The team then tripped Howell.' pushed in 11 points for the Comets. I9'27» on the home floor: Jhe With Clint Friar and Milford Ma- half the score was tied. 15-15. The j son each scoring 12 points, the third quarter score was 24-24. Once; Orioles sped past Mason, there, again a last period drive carried February 13, 38-32. Charlotte held the Orioles to victory by a final the jead during the whole contest, score of 29-27. Bruce Lavengood leading at the half 22-15. hooped 10 points for the winners | on Feburary 20, here, against Back Row—Left to Right: Manager Jack Scott, Roger Reed. Jim Samann, Bill Crittenden, Joe Papranec. Jim Lavengood. Loui» Langford. Rodney Wood. Coach Dallas Stall. Second Row—Bob Peterson, Clint Friar. Bob Brown, Dan Brown, Darwin Barnard, Jim Gammage, Bruce Lavengood. Jon Briggs. First Row—Earl Roiter, Roger Smith, Dan Dickinson. Gaylord Yund. Leland Williamson. Jim Guernsey. mowed down Eaton Rapids to the RaoPkA|l Nin » Starts tune of 47-14. The Orioles led at Da eDaI1 1Nme tarts the half. 24-6. with the Greyhounds Out Season With Bang not even recording a field goal at ------ that stage in the game. Milford Squad Whales Hastings. 12 to 6, Mason led the Gobel men with 12 points. The game took place on Then Drubs Eaton Rapids, 16-1 while Harry Pierce led the High landers with 7 points. Lose Game ! Eaton Rapids, the Gobelites con- , quered the Greyhounds 36-32. This win gave the Orioles an undefeat- Following the Christmas holi- ed conference slate. Charlotte led days, on January 6. the squad after the first 16 minutes of play, journeyed to Marshall and drop- 18-14. At the end of the third ped their first contest of the sea- quarter the score was 29-18 in favor son. 49-38. Charlotte trailed by five of the locals. Bruce Lavengood points. 25-20. at the intermission, paced the Orioles with 10 points, Thc Redskins then put on a sus-j while Paul Hamman scored 11 tained drive to down the Orioles points for the Greyhounds, by eleven points. Bruce Lavengood , The Hastings Saxons handed the the St. Joseph team in the Region als held at Kalamazoo. March 11. St. Joe took the decision by the March 4 Two days later March 6 0n ApriI 13 al Ha8tlng8 the th,- Oriole! settled an account with ,,a8 ha 8!'uad opaned it8 C Pa‘ „ . .. . . .. with an impressive 12-b win. Bob Hastings by thrashing the Saxons D j . A . , Brown. Earl Roiter, and Dan 43-22. This victory gave the Orioles . .. . . . , .. Brown each collected two safeties the District championship. Milford . • !• ..l , , ,l v. „„ ,o ,„iu for Charlotte. Bob Smith led the Mason, with 12 tallies, and Bruce K . , , ,»k o Saxons with three hits. Darwin Lavengood. with 9 points, led the Barnard and Bruea i «veneood did • battling birds to victory. amara ana uruce i engooa am The Orioles then landed with 1 ,he twirIinK for the home team- JL -with the latter getting credit for the decision. The Orioles journeyed to Eaton ., . , . i ». Rapids for their second contest on 1 fh L hT APri! 19- The game resulted in a h ?h..1 w nt i fJ a fn I V, ifjl 16-1 Victory for the locals. Darwin ic i- o, |h. nh vnLwi i in l arnard an l Bob Brown pitched time 18-1 i. St. Joseph exploded in , .. ... ,, , L ..J Q for Charlotte, with Barnard the the third quarter to take a com- . . . r» »» „ , manding lead, only to have the “‘ ‘ R huHer Dan Brown made Orioles put on another march In n h‘‘8 „Gay °rd 'u.nd 3- I,aa DJ,'k; the last canto that fell Just one Clin' friar • and Karl bucket short of tying the score. Kn„t, .,c Clint Friar led Charlotte with 12 hLnH rh ,AP ” |76’ «th? points while Milford Mason bank- s ' 1A Uolo. n . loss of the season. 3-1. Mike Arm- ed in 10. Rod Halstead made IS gtron Grand Ledge. and Darwln points, and Oast 12. for St. Joseph. Barnard charlotte, were the oppos- --------------------------- ing pitchers. Roger Smith bagged Second Five Win Twelve ' tociu sufferer second Coach Dallas Stall’s second team consecutive setback. April 30. to dropped only two games out of Howell. 6-1. there. The Highlanders grabbed a four run lead in the wheeled In 17 points which was the high individual game scoring mark for the season. Clare Ditto, lanky Redskin forward, piled up a total of 16 points. After dropping the Marshall con- test. the team came back to bump off Mason. 36-2S. on the home court, January 9. The Orioles led at the half. 19-7. and at the three quarter mark, 29-21. Russ Santee and Mil- ford Mason each collected 10 points Orioles their second setback of the season, on Feburary 27, by a score of 33-31, at Hastings. Joe Hubert led the Saxons with 13 points while Bob Brown and Bruce Lavengood netted 6 points each for Charlotte. Hastings held the lead through almost all of the game. The Orioles put on another last minute out- burst. but the splurge fell short. Next came the tournaments. In the District play, here, Charlotte fourteen. Players who participated in most ! nrst stanza, and led through the of the games were Jim Gammage. rest of the game. Lavengood. Barn- Bill McKeag. Kenny Sparks, Dan ard. and B. Brown tossed for the Brown, and Hans Kardel. Compos-1 Orioles, with Lavengood the los- ing the rest of the team were Dar- er. Dan Dickinson and Bob Brown rell Hicks. Lloyd Braithwaite. Dale 1 each secured two hits apiece. Rolfe. Jim Lavengood. Vance Ham- Mason nosed out the Orioles, ilton, Carleton Dornan. Jerry Clark, i May 4. there, by a score of 6-5 in 8 Leland Williamson, and Jim Tay- j innings. Bob Brown and Darwin lor. I Barnard wheeled for Charlotte, Barnard suffering the loss. Dan Score| Brown collected three hits and Clint Friar two to spearhead the Oriole hitting attack. The season record follows: Opposition Charlotte Score Marshall Here 24-26 Hastings Here 21-32 Everett There 35-29 Howell Here 26-25 Marshall There 20-18 Mason Here 36-10 Eaton Rapids There 31-17 Grand Ledge There 40-26 Everett Here 2S-27 Howell There 35-31 Grand Ledge Here 33-23 Mason There 46-25 Eaton Rapids Here 41-23 Hastings There 36-24 Totals 452336 a h red Toutant's B foot- Charlotte 13. Springport 0; Char- — 9—

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The CHARHIAN ACTION SHOTS First Row: 1. ••Gertie”; 2. Everybody yell; 3. Mr . Morey. Second Row: 1. Happy school days; 2. Library; 3. Serious lads and lasses. Third Row: 1. Blackface Geo.; 2. My, Don. what a Qirlish figure!; 3. What is it? 4. Going skating. Clara?: 5. Too strong for you. Jud? Fourth Row: 1. Future Homemakers; 2. Smile pretty; 3. Wind blown. Fifth Row: 1. More speed: 2. Shoot; 3. Mr. Bengson; 4. Right at home. Bob? 5. All together now. —21—