Clay Township High School - Geronimo Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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Tirst School Mouse in Clay Zownskip This school was built in 1842 one- half miles east of Wawpecong. It was constructed of hewn logs, with a clap-board roof and puncheon floor. The building was equipped with an old-fashioned box stove and split benches without backs on which the children were compelled to sit all day and study their lessons from books resting on their laps. Kid Hack Used in 1922 Pictured at right is one of the hacks used during the first year of school at Clay. It was driven by Sherman Kendall. E »:SKS£ i.., 1930 ZransportatioH Left to right: Forest Glassburn, George LeMaster, George Sonafrank, Sherman Kendall, Alva Buckalew, Fress Bowland, John Christner, Charles Bowland, Elmer Warfelt, and Charles Hostetler.

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Tirst Mall Qame County Zoumey Winners CLAY TOWNSHIP WINS Saturday, Oct. 29, 1922 A basketball game was staged in the gym of the Clay township consolidated school building Friday night, the contestants being the high school teams of Bunker Hill and Clay township. For this game, which is the first ever played by the Clay township high school, members of the team having been practicing for several weeks, and they gave a good account of themselves in the Friday night game, winning from the old and tried Bunker Hill team by a score of 27 to 21. The game which did not have a dull moment in it was witnessed by a large crowd of people and everybody went away mightily pleased, es- pecially the patrons of the school and others who were there to root for the home boys. Sectional Winners 1962 Clay 62— Peru 51 1961 Peru 108— Akron 50 1960 Bunker Hill 64— Clay 54 1959 Converse 81— Pefu55 1958 Peru 60 — Akron 56 (overtime) 1957 Peru 65— Fulton 45 1956 Akron 64— Peru 56 1955 Peru 60— Converse 47 1954 Peru 41— Converse 37 1953 Peru 84— Bunker Hill 55 1952 Peru 63— Macy 36 1951 Peru 77— Macy 36 1950 Converse 46— Peru 40 1949 Peru 40— Bunker Hill 32 1948 Peru 62— Gilead 33 1947 Peru 42— Bunker Hill 16 1945 Peru 65— Clay 28 1944 Converse 46— Bunker Hill 22 1943 Peru 22— Converse 18 1942 Peru 54— Clay 26 1941 Peru 37 — Converse 35 1940 Amboy 27 — Converse 25 (overtime) 1939 Peru 27— Clay 24 (overtime) 1938 Peru 42— Clay 19 1937 Peru 29— Bunker Hill 24 1936 Peru 44— Clay 42 1935 Peru 30— Clay 28 1934 Peru 50— CKIli 21 1933 Peru 39— Bunker Hill 18 1932 Peru 48— Butler 17 1931 Peru 34— Clay 27 1930 Peru 25— Hay 24 1929 Peru 56— ClTy 23 1928 Peru 27— Mexico 7 1927 Peru 31— Deedsville 19 1926 Deedsville 44— Clay 32 1925 Clay 31— Converse 19 1924 Bunker Hill 23— Clay 18 1961 Bunker Hill 64— Gilead 55 1960 Clay 76— Bunker Hill 72 1959 Converse 65— Chili 54 1958 Converse 61— Bunker Hill 35 1957 Clay 42— Bunker Hill 31 1956 Bunker Hill 52— Clay 43 1955 Converse 56— Clay 47 1954 Chili 47— Converse 37 1953 Bunker Hill 55— Converse 45 1952 Bunker Hill 57— Converse 52 1951 Clay 57— Macy 51 1950 Mexico 49— Gilead 37 1949 Clay 34— Bunker Hill 32 1948 Converse 45— Bunker Hill 22 1947 Converse 34— Clay 33 1946 Clay 46— Chili 30 1945 Bunker Hill 40— Gilead 25 1944 Converse 45— Bunker Hill 29 1943 Bunker Hill 33— Clay 19 1942 Converse 42— Amboy 26 1941 Bunker Hill 33— Converse 25 1940 Clay 26— Amboy 25 1939 Bunker Hill 32— Chili 23 1938 Peru B 30— Bunker Hill 29 1937 Bunker Hill 40— Clay 22 1936 Clay 27— Bunker Hill 25 1935 Bunker Hill 27— Clay 22 1934 Butler 21— Bunker Hill 18 1933 Mexico 39— Chili 34 1932 Peru B 30— Converse 12 1931 Converse 37— Mexico 21 1930 Clay 32— Peru B 16 1929 Bunker Hill 16— Amboy 15 1928 Peru B 28— Bunker Hill 12 1927 Bunker Hill 25— Deedsville 18 1926 Amboy 27— Deedsville 22 1925 Bunker Hill 20— Converse 16 1924 Peru B 16— Deedsville 15 1923 Amboy 28— Deedsville 26 1922 Amboy 30— Converse 21 COACHES AT CLAY John Bart Conn 1922-1923 Carl Jenkins 1923-1925, during illness Wendell Lamb assisted. Albert Flaw 1925-1927 Edward Lippold 1927-1957 Ben Bowles 1957-1958 Jerry McCracken 1958-1959 Dale Kelly 1959-1960 Ben Bowles 1960-1963 80

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graduates of Clay Zwp. High School CLASS OF 1924 Allen Childers Ralph Childers Mildred Cunningham John Ellars Edith Frey Wanita Myers Georgia Powell Cleta Shrock Roy Zook CLASS OF 1925 Eva Bargerhuff Raymond Christner Omer Conn Vera Jenkins Ralph Myers Everett Shively June Sims Beatrice Slabaugh Iva Sommers Dora Tumblin Harry Wolf CLASS OF 1926 Dorothy Armstrong Hal Billhimer Marie Boone Mildred Childers Agness Fewell Lulu Heinnickel Marvin Hershberger Orvin Hershberger Allen Kling Helen Kling Omer Lippold Irene- Odell Charles Sharp Margaret Sharp Raymond Shively Herrell Waters Vera Worl CLASS OF 1927 Mark Agness Mildred Christner Paul Davis Vera Dunlap Ralph Feller Beulah Jenkins Leonard Johnson Viola Johnson Mildred Kling Alva Lesher Rosa Shrader Elzie Shrock Vera Slabaugh Ervin Sommers Hannah Lee Whitezel CLASS OF 1928 Josephine Bradley Paul Childers Beulah Comerford Alice Ellare Ethel Glassburn Ortha Humbarger Russell Jenkins Hasket Malott Gladys Rody Goldie Shilling Evelyn Shrock Marie Sims Lowell Stepler Bertha Strebin Charlotte Waters Marjorie Waters Dorothy Whitted Glenn Wolf Lucille Worl CLASS OF 1929 Herman Agness Thurman Agness Catherine Athey Noel Bailey Verlin Boone Elsie Dearing Melvin Foust Pauline Graham Mildred Hostetler Roy Humbarger Verlin Kling Paul LeMaster Charlotte Myers Herbert Osborne Eldo Powell George Reminger Edith Rody Cecil Sharp Violet Shively Truman Slabaugh Charles Stepler Mildred Tumblin John Wilson CLASS OF 1930 Glen Bucher Carl Glassburn Paul Huston Edna Irvin Ralph Jenkins Orville Mast Edward McKinley Elsie Miller Ethel Miller Dorothy Reed Clifford Shively Laurel Shrock Walden Whitezel Weldon Worl CLASS OF 1931 Margaret Armstrong Vera Boone Earl Bucher John Christner Chester Davis Claude Dearing Raymond Dunn Robert Dunn Forrest Foust LeMoine Glassburn Nelson Glassburn Dorothy Graft Robert Graham Marjorie Hedrick Ruth Hershberger Irene Hostetler Madge Jenkins Ilene Miller Chester Osborne Velma Powell Esther Shively Roger Shively Dorothea Shrock Leo Stodgell Harold Wolf CLASS OF 1932 Beulah Agness Genevieve Bargerhuff Weldon Boone Marjorie Christner Ennid Cunningham Byford Dye Marie Ellars Earl Fewell Richard Foust Charles Glassburn Owen Graft Leona Keim Kathleen Kling Martha Kling Dorothea Overman Ervin Powell Helen Russell Dorothy Shively Sidney Sims Ernest Sommers Margaret Stitt Clara Strebin Verlin Strebin Kathryn Warfelt Earl Wolf CLASS OF 1933 Earl Boone Helen Boone Meredith Bowland Clifford Buckalew Richard Childers Irene Clem Miriam Condo Miriam Dunlap Daisy Glassburn Harold Glassburn Leo Herrell Woodrow Holler Emerson Hostetler Geraldine Hostetler Katie Keim Kelton Kunkle Emerson Larrison Violet Lesh Lela Miller Marjorie Osborne Blanch Powell Dallas Riley Earl Shrock Lloyd Shrock Alice Warfelt Max Waters Lawrence Willson Carl Yoars CLASS OF 1934 Geneva Agness Wilma Buckalew Ernestine Childers Vivian Clemens Virginia Dye Lloyd Finch Rex Fultz Mable Glassburn John Harts Rosemary Hawkins Paul Haynes Harold Hedrick Wilma Jenkins Jeanette Kling Raymond Klise Bob McConnell Evelyn Miller Marjorie Nichols Freida Prather Rozella Rhinebarger Raymond Sharp Alma Springer John Wolf CLASS OF 1935 Ruthanna Agness Ervin Bargerhuff Maurice Bargerhuff Robert Bargerhuff John Bucher Vivian Clem Mildred Condo Maxine Fewell Richard Finch Junior Gerhart Orville Graham Charles Hammond Velma Jenkins Harold Kane Elsie Keim Verlin Klise Gerald Layton Paul Lewis Gwenivere Mishler Byron Overman Alice Phelps Elmo Riley Joseph Sheridan Herbert Shively Lola Slabaugh Maxine Wright CLASS OF 1936 Margaret Ahlfeld Gene Bargerhuff Martha Boone Bernice Christner Maxine Condo Howard Dragstrem Ada Fox Carl Fox Max Gilbreath Mildred Harts Merle Hostetler Ralph Osborne Robert Rhinebarger Virginia Shrock Conrad Siktberg Leota Sutton Beecher Waters Claude Wolf Maurice Younce Robert Zehring Rosella Zerbe CLASS OF 1937 Robert Aldridge Juanita Betts Galen Clem Leslie Durr Everett Fewell Mary Finch Keith Foust Gwendolyn Glassburn Madge Hahn Richard Harts Kelton Jenkins Margaret Johnson Vera Klise Roselyn LeMaster Wilma LeMaster Robert McKinley Gladys Miller Betty Mishler Alma Phelps Maxine Phelps Chester Powell Lois Prather Lloyd Springer Paul Strebin Nortel Troyer Willadene Warfelt Ralph Willson Earl Yoars 82