Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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SMi. FRESHMEN First Row: Clarice Anspaugh, Everett Arthur, Bob August, Margaret Baker, Norma Baker, Helen Barber, Kathryn Baxter, Gloa Bleeke, Roy Bleeke. Second Row: Leo Borne. Bill Bromer, Barney Brooks. Norbert Cable. Marilyn Carroll, Anna Lou Chilcote, Robert Christen, Delores Clark, Lou Anna Clark. Third Row: Tom Colter. Richard Cramer, Hettie Davenport, Bill Downs, Mable Death, Don Eicher, Roberta Eicher, Troy Fennig, Wayne Fisher. Fourth Row: Helen Frank. Arthur Franz, Christie Franz. Juanita Fruchte, Margaret Fruchte, Lenore Fuelling. Richard Gehrig, Keith Gilpin. Rosamond Graham. Fifth Row: Betty Hahnert. Joan Hamma, Billy Hawkins, Joan Hitchcock, Maxine Hodle, Leona Holle, Bill Hov ell, Freck Hower, Virginia Hutker. Sixth Row: Eloise Jackson. Vernon Johnson, Jimmy King. Patricia Kitson. Roger Knapp. Anita Koenemann, Mary Jo Kx-ick, David Lang- ston. On September 3, 1941, one hundred and four freshmen entered the portals of Decatur Junior- Senior High School. They started the year off by electing Mr. Adams as their sponsor; and from the student body, they elected Tom Lutes as president; Ruth Yost, vice president; Joan Hamma, secretary; Leona Holle, treasurer. TwenXy-zxx ROCK A ' Freshman honor roll members were Deloris Clark, Jean Strahm, Charleen Schackley, Kathleen McConnell, Joan Hamma, Tom Colter, Bill Bromer, Ronald Stucky, Everett Arthur, Patricia Kitson, Marjory Linn, Vera Steury, Jane Maddox, Rosa- mond Graham, Edna Mae Schultz, and Leona Holle. The football players were Don Williams, Bill

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tiHLlyP SOPHO MORES Fi rst Row: Selma Koeneman, Ava Nelle Kraft. Jerry Leitz, Beatrice Light, Max Ellen Liniger, Marjorie McAlhaney, Kenneth McConnell, Manfred Melchi. Second Row: Wendell Miller. Paul Moore. Bob Mutschler. Alice Owens, Phylli.s Owens. Junior Pickford. Frances Pollock, Robert Raye. Third Row: Dean Reber. Floyd Reed, Francile Reidenbach, Robert Rappert, Alvin Rickord, Betty Roop, Laverne Roth, Patricia Schnepp. Fourth Row: Kathleen Shackley, Jack Shady, Alice Sheets, Jean Slusher. John Spahr. Donald Springer, Lillian Stolp. LiUian Terrell. Fifth Row: Melvin Thieine, Regina Thieme. Robert Welker, Edward Walters, June Ward, Betty Weber. Marjorie Weldy. Norma Werling. THEIR SECOND YEAR also well represented by sophomores. The big three left over from last year ' s baseball squad were Floyd Reed, Jim Cochran, and Jim Eich- horn. Rookies trying out for the team were Alvin Rickord, Bob Ray, Jack Garner, Bud Crider, Laverne Roth, Jack Shady, and Brice Breiner. The outstanding performance of Kenny McConnell on the tennis team could not be overlooked. Bob Mutschler and George Alton also showed promise as coming stars. The girls, besides being good rooters for dear old D. H. S. and trying to keep their figures trim, went out for sports in a big way. The members and stars of the basketball teams were Dorothy Hammond, Francile Reidenbach, Mary Bollinger, Betty Gallogly, Phyllis Owens, Barlsara Kohls, Irene Brooks, Helen Hazelwood, and Doris Adler. On the fifteenth of May the juniors staged that exclusive, formal affair, the Junior-Senior Re- ception. Sixteen boys and girls were chosen to serve for this gala affair. The boys chosen were Floyd Reed, Kenneth McConnell, Bob Mutschler, Alvin Rickord, Jim Cochran, John Spahr, Jerry Leitz, and Jack Shady. The girls chosen were Irene Brooks, Patricia Rose Edwards, Helen Hazel- wood, Barbara Kohls, Dorothy Hammond, Belva Burke, Beatrice Light, and Max Ellen Liniger. The sophomores also took part in the various social activities of the school; such as. Pep Champs, Howling Hosts, Boys ' and Girls ' Band, Home Ec. Club, and Color Wheel Club. So the year was now ended for the high-flying sophomores, and they began looking forward for new fields to conquer the following year as juniors. Twenty-five

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FRESHMEN First Row: Amelia Lekas. Donald Liechty, Lowell Lincoln, MarjorieLinn. Tom Lutz, Jane Maddox. Bill Marbaugh, Bonnie Melchi, Colleen Miller. Second Row: Ruth Joan Miller, Lois Mitchell, Mary Moore, Paul Morgan, Morris McClure, Kathleen McConnell, Cletus McManama, Ruth Myers, Helen Owens. Third Row: Charles Peterson, Mary Pollock, Betty Jean Roop, Donnabelle Roop, Joyce Roop, Junior Ross, Ralph Ross, Clarice Sauer, Mable Schaffer. Fourth Row: Marcia Schnepp, Juanita Schnepp. Melvin Scheuler, Edna Mae Schultz, Charleen Shackley, Dick Sheets, Mary Smith, Louis Smith, Ollle Smith. Fifth Row: Roger Staley, Russell Stanley, Lenora Stauffer, Viola Steele. Vera Steury, Jean Strahm. Ronald Stucky, Lester Thieme, Earl Venis. Sixth Row: Phyllis Venis. Gerald Vian, Don Williams, Lucille Wolfe, Irvin Worthman, Ruth Yost, Frank Young. Marbaugh, Roy Blakey, Bill Bromer, and Barney Brooks. In basketball there were Bill Bromer, Donn Eichorn, Tom Colter, Barney Brooks, and Roger Staley. The girls were also interested in sports and those who went out for basketball were Ruth Yost, BYE BABY! Clarice Sauer, Patricia Kitson, Kathleen McCon- nell, Bonnie Melchi, Eloise Jackson, Betty Hahnert, Helen Frank, Juanita Fruchte, Roberta Eicher, Mable Death, and Norma Baker. The other activities the freshmen took part in were the high school band. Home Ec. Club, Pep Champs, and Howling Hosts, Twenty-seven