Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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SOI’HO MORES First Row: Elva Mae Jackson, Raymond Johnson, Ger¬ ald Kimuie, joan Krick, Max Leonardson, Don Liby, Rich¬ ard Lichtenstiger, Erma Lillich, Ardella Miller, Peggy McAlhaney. I [ °econd Row: Robert McClenahan, Phyllis McFarland, Douglas Neidigh, Cal Peterson, Mary Reed, Paul Rickord, Donald Roeder, Arlene Roop, Alice Roth, Betty Sautters. Third Row: Lewis Sehnepp, Raymond Schwartz, Max Shady, Milo Stalter, Norman Stemr.v, Virginia Venis. Dale v on Gunten, Betty Werst, Isabelle White, Roy Wolfe, Kathryn Yager. Mr. Mumma ' s Room 6th Period” Other fields of sports were baseball and foot¬ ball. The Babe Ruths and Dizzy Deans of to¬ morrow were found in such players as Lewis Sehnepp, Herman Hammond, and Murvel And¬ rews. In football such names as Herman Ham¬ mond, Charles Arnold, Donald Grote, and Ray¬ mond Johnson on the first team and Merlin Feas- el, Cal Peterson, and Paul Rickord on the second team struck as much terror to Decatur’s oppon¬ ents as Orson Welles did to his listening audience. After a few more years of training, we hope to see the girls and boys as seniors in the highest rankings. We feel confident they will. Aside from regular studies many of our sophomores participated in the inspiring organi¬ zations of this school; namely, the Pep Champs, Howling Hosts, Home Economics Club, and the Girls’, Boys’, and High Scnool Bands. One big event of the year, the Junior-Senior Reception, came on May 16. The juniors, al¬ though in charge of the reception, choose sopho¬ mores to do the serving. Those chosen to serve this year were Lois Baughman, Joan Cowens, Dorothy Gerber, Joan Krick, Alice Roth, Betty Sautters, Kathryn Yager, Janice Feasel, Charles Arnold, Jack Graham, Rex Heare, Dale Von Gun- ten, Norman Steury, Murvel Andrews, Richard Abbott, and Max Leonardson. As the year’s activities came to a close, the sophomores by diligent effort had set a pattern of lofty ideals and achievements which will en¬ courage their successors on to newer and greater heights of fame and glory. Proud of their physical and educational ability displayed as sophomores, the class could hardly wait until September when they would attempt to climb the next rung in the ladder of education. Twenty-Seven

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m SOPHOMORES First Row: Richard Abbott, Edwin Ahr, Mervel And¬ rews, Charles Arnold, Bernice Barber, Lois Baughman, Richard Beery, Betty Beyer, Eileen Bleeke, Edwin Boknecht. Second Row: Betty Lou Brewster, Erna Bultemeier, Harriet “Christen, Joan Co wens, Frances Daniels, Gladys Having outgrown the nickname “Freshie” in the limited time of just exactly nine months, those same humble individuals now began to look down upon the freshman class just as they were looked down upon by the other members of D. H. S. After the novelty of the first days of anoth¬ er school year had worn off, the sophomores assembled to elect officers and a class sponsor. When the votes were counted, it was found that Mr. Mumma was elected to be guardian of this ever-progressing flock of sixty-three members for his fourth consecutive year. Charles Arnold, Paul Rickord, Robert McClenahan, and Alice Roth were elected president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively. The guiding light for some members of this class was the class motto, “We shall be what we make ourselves.” Those fortunate enough to Death, Kenneth Debolt, Janice Feasel, Merlin Feasel, Grace Flaugh. Third Row: Carl Fuelling, Wanda Garner, Dorothy Gerber, Jack Graham, Donald Grote, Herman Hammond, Howard ITaugk, Rex Heare, Mary Helen Helm, Florence Hoffman. All Sopho mores Meet In get their names on the honor roll were Richard Abbott, Bernice Barber, Lois Baughman, Joan Cowens, Grace Flaugh, Jack Graham, and Gerald Kimble. A group of girls, anxious about their trim fig¬ ures, went about the matter by getting the neces¬ sary exercises in the gymnasium. This group was composed of Harriet Christen, Ardella Mill¬ er, Alice Roth, Janice Feasel, Isabel White, Elva Mae Jackson, Joan Krick, Peggy McAlhaney, and Marjorie Gass. The boys had a wider field of opportunity than did the girls. In the field of basketball, one person was fortunate enough to make the first team, and he could really put on the steam. He was Murvel Andrews, better known as “Whitey” to some. Others who will be taking the seniors’ places in winning were those on the second team. They were Dale Von Gunten and Donald Grote. Twenty-Six

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FRESHMEN First Row: Doris Adler, Donald Affolder, George Al¬ ton, Evelyn Andrews, Leroy Bailey, Gene Basset, Mary Bollinger, Brice Breiner. Second Row: Pauline Brintzenhofe, Irene Brooks, Na¬ omi Brown, Jim Brunnegraff, Leona Bultemeier, Belva Burke, Jean Carter, James ' Cochran. Third Row: Bud Crider, James Diffendorfer, Florine Drake, Lois Eady, Juanita E7dgell, Pat Edwards, James Eichhorn, Bernadetta Eley. Fourth Row: Billy Joe Pea.sel, Gene Foreman, Howard Foreman, Anola Friedt, Betty Gallogly, Jack Garner, Vern- ell Habegger, Beverly Hakes, Paris Hakes. Fifth Row: Richard Hakey, Dorotny Ramniond, Ed¬ ward Hammond, Keith Hammond, Paul Hawkins, Helen Hazelwood, Betty Hill, Ivan Howard, Vada Howe. “Freshmen May Rest Assured They On September 3, 1940, eighty-two freshmen entered the halls of the Junior-Senior High School to carry on with their burdens as an important class. These freshmen, excited and proud to know that they were now members of the high school, met one afternoon under the guidance of Mr. Brown and organized. As sponsor they elected Mr. Adams, who, they thought, could best cope with problems and ideals like their own. The offi¬ cers elected w ere as follows: Bob Mutschler, presi¬ dent; Jerry Leitz, vice-president; Irene Brooks, secretary; Doris Adler, treasurer. The freshmen worked very diligently to dis¬ play their talents and abilities. In the first place they had a few master-minds who upheld the class in scholastic ability by having their names appear on the honor roll at least once during the year. They were Pauline Brintzenhofe, Irene Brooks, Naomi Brown, Juanita Edgell, Patsy Ed¬ wards, Dorothy Hammond, Betty Hill, Lillian Koeneman, Barbara Kohls, Manfred Melchi, Ken¬ neth McConnell, Alice Owens, Phyllis Owens, Bet¬ ty Roop, John Spahr, and Edward Walters. Aside from their scholastic standing, the freshmen lads and lassies also took up sports pret¬ ty seriously; it gave them an opportunity to dis¬ play their abilities. Under the careful guidance of Mr. Ives, the following freshmen boys proved their worth as basketball players: LeRoy Bailey, Brice Breiner, Jack Garner, Paris Hakes, Keith Hammond, Paul Hawkins, Jerry Leitz, Alvin Rickord, and John T w e nty -E igh t