Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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Row One: Thomas Ahr, Herman Andress, Bettyp Anspari h, Robert Arnold, Jay Barnett, Helen Baughman, Carl Beehler, Jim Beery, Nancy Bell, Norbert Bleeke. N- ' ' vf Row Two: Robert Boknecht, Joan Bowman, Phyllis Bowman, Helene Bristol, Kathleen Butler, Phyllis Chronister, Edward Deitsch, Betty Dixon, Colleen Edgell. Kathryn Edwards. Row Three: Dora Fairchild, William Freeby, Herbert Fruchte, Lawrence Gallogly, Thomas Gamer, Junior Hakey, Carolyn Hammond, Lyman Hann, Jack Harker, Frances Harrod. Row Four: Donald Harvey. Ruth Hess, Florence Hitchcock, Marcella Hoffman, Ruth Holthouse, Jean Hutker, Donna Ja- berg, Jean Johnson. Mary Ellen Johnson. Dorothy Kohler. SOPHOMORE During the summer of 1944 we lost the name of Freshman Greenies, and on September 5, we be- came dignified sophomores although the upper classmen did not seem to think that the name dignified suited us too well. The class at this time had eighty-three members, thirty-two boys and fifty-one girls. This is five fewer than were enrolled in our freshman class. Tom Sharp, Don Harvey, and Dorothy Kohler are the new ones that joined our class this year. As soon as possible the first class meeting was held and the following officers were elected: Bill Lichtenstiger, president; Don Harvey, vice presi- dent; Ralph Sauer, secretary; and Nancy Bell, treasurer. Mr. Alger was chosen as our class spon- sor for the third consecutive year. Every Tuesday after a six-weeks period we all trudged down to his room to receive our report cards. As usual many were disappointed; others were very happy upon finding at least two A ' s and two B ' s on their cards which placed their name on the honor roll. Those attaining this honor were Dorothy Kohler, Wilma Merriman, Jeaninne Nelson, Eileen Thieme, Donna Jaberg, Bill Freeby, Monte Marbaugh, and Tom Ahr. When it came to sports, our class was well repre- sented. Herman Andress, Tom Ahr, Bob Boknecht, Carl Beehler, Don Harvey, Harold Nash, Stanley McBride, Gene Moser, and Bill Freeby were the boys who went out for football. Twenty-six

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Rciv One: Don Light, Frank Lundin. Ann Maddox. Merritt Marbach. Don Marbaugh. Row Two: Dwight Marsha ' l, Imogene McFarland. Jo Ann McMillen, Jo Ann Metzger, Verena Moore. Row Three: Marjcrie Moser, Dwight Myers, Jr., Gene Myers, Sliirley, Myers, Patricia Richards. Row Four: Leigh Nelson, Max Ogg, James Pollock, Geraldine Ray, Jack Rayer. jiP pi JARGON age the affairs of the Canteen. Our musically inclined people played an active part in the Glee Club and band activities. We all did our best in the field of sports. Several of our boys went out for football this year. They were Don Brunnegraff, Paul Bucher, Paul Hammond, Jerry Ketchum, Carey Knittle, Don Light, Gene Meyers, Leigh Nelson, Jim Pollock, Bill Shook, Philip Thomas, and Don Wolfe. On the basketball floor we were represented by Lawren Arnold, Warren Arnold, Ted Hill, Jerry Ketchum, Leigh Nel- son, Max Ogg, and Fred Steiner. Ted Hill and Fred Steiner made the first team. Now we turn to baseball. Our heroes of the diamond were Lawren Arnold, Warren Arnold, Karl Kolter, Max Ogg, Richard Saylors. Fred Steiner, and Bill Whittridge. The boys worked hard in their commando classes and you can bet they ' ll be in top shape when Qncle Sam calls on them. Our lady commandos did their part too. They stuck to their callisthenics until they were regular veterans. Intramural basketball was relished particu- larly, and many of the girls dis- played a great deal of skill in the game. In conclusion we are proud to announce that seventy-five of us participated regularly in the purchase of war bends and stamps. We were glad that we were able to help keep our Min- ute-Man Flag flying over cur school which proves that our school and our class has what it takes!! Roro Five: Mary Lou Robinson, Betty Roeder, Barbara Roop. Richard Say- lors, Irvin Schmidt. Row Six: Marilyn Schultz, Jim Shack- ley, Bill Shook, Kathryn Slusher, Fred Steiner. Row Seven: Lavon Strickler, Melvin Taylor, Phyllis Teeters, Raymond Thieme, Wilbert Thieme. Row Eight: Philip Thomas, Melvin Werling, Bill Whittridge, Don Wolfe, Onalee Zimmerman.

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Row One: Phyllis Ladd, Helen Landriim, Mary Leitz, Martha Lenhart, Norman Leonardson. Phyllis Liby, Bill Lichtenstiger, Monte Marbach, Stanley McBride, Phyllis McClure. Row Two: Betty McGill, Wilma Merriman, Robert Metzger, Marcella Miller, Joan Mitchell, Erma Morrison, Gene Moser, Rosaleen Myers, Harold Nash, Jeannine Nelson. Row Three: Donald Pickford, David Pollock, Helen Railing, Virginia Rash, Kathryn Reef, Robert Roop, Ralph Sauer, Ralph Schnitz, Tom Sharp. Martha Sheets. Row Four: Dale Smitley, Anna Steury, Catherine Sudduth, Eileen Thieme, Betty Walters, Charles Ward, Joyce Ward, Ruth Werling, Alma Williams. SASS Congratulations to Carl Beehler, who was the only sophomore to make the first team in basket- ball. Others who did a good job on the second team were Tom Ahr, Herman Andress, Don Harvey, Harold Nash, and Stanley McBride. The girls, not to be outdone by the boys, also went in for sports. They did many muscle-tiring exercises under the supervision of Miss Pumphrey, but they helped keep figures trim. Nearly every Friday night a girls ' basketball game was scheduled, but the sophomores were defeated by every class except the Freshman. Hoping to learn the arts of cooking and sewing, some of the girls enrolled in the Home Economics Club. Many boys were loyal supporters of the Howling Hosts, while the girls belonged to the Pep Champs. Eleven members of our class enjoyed the activ- ities of the band under the supervision of Mr. Selle- meyer. These were Harold Nash, who played the cornet; Tom Sharp and Colleen Edgell, the trom- bone; Dale Smitley and Mary Leitz, the baritone; Helen Baughman, the bass clarinet; Jean Hutker, the tenor saxophone; Kathryn Ann Edwards, the drum; and Anna Marie Steury, Dorothy Kohler, and Donna Jaberg, the clarinet. In looking over the past two years we feel that we have done our best, and we are looking for- ward to being Juniors next year in the halls of D. H. S. Twenty-seven