Ellendale High School - Redbird / Microphone Yearbook (Ellendale, ND)

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ATHLETICS FOOTBALL TEAM - 1938 FOOTBALL Coach Ehlers called football practice early in the season and some forty odd men, including 1 Meachen, Sehmierer, Miles, Carpenter, Hamar, and Bowman, six letteimen reported. The squad, com- prised mostly of seniors, boasted plenty of speed and weight. The average weight of the backfield was 160 pounds, and the line was somewhat lighter, 159 pounds. Out of this material. Coach Ehlers moulded a winner, the co-champions of the Southeastern Conference. The fact that the Cardinals scored 92 points to its opponents 7 proved that the team was exceptional on defense and likewise was strong of- fensively. The Cards turned the tables on the favor- ite Oakes Tornadoes by a score of 12 to 7 and re- versed the Oakes saying, “Beat Ellendale! It ' s a habit ’ Edgerly 0 Aberdeen “Seconds” ......0 Oakes 7 La Mo ure 0 Milnor 0 Lisbon ...0 Ellendale .....24 Ellendale.. 19 Ellendale 12 Ellendale. 13 Ellendale 7 Ellendale 12 Ellendale tied with Enderlin in the conference race. This entitles E. H. S. to the honor of co- champs, and to the conference trophy for half time and it now resides in our trophy case. The Cardinals received excellent support through- out the season from the citizens of Ellendale. The team was backed constantly by such ardent fans as Don Crabtree, Ed Hamar, and Doc Miles, who with the support of the whole Community Club and busi- ness men raised money by means of donation to buy each letterman and the student manager gold foot- balls. Several films in action were taken by Doc Lvnde and after they were shown were greatly appreci- ated by the boys. The boys enjoyed two banquets, one given by the mothers, and the other by the Community Club. Football letters were awarded after the banquet given by the mothers. Lettermen were: Lowell Hamar, Jimmy Miles, Jimmy Meachen, Clifford Schmierier, Lawrence Sands, George Radtke, Leslie Bowman, Harold Collett, Harold Bergman, Evert Maunu, Karl Sands, Jay St. John, Edward Gorman, Donald Hagen, Vernon MacDonald, and Student Manager, Harold Ro we. Jimmy Miles was elected Honor Athlete for 1938, and was presented with a special trophy provided by Coach Ehlers and E. C. lngvalson. Lowell Hamar was elected Honorary Captain of the 1938 team. BASKETBALL Four lettermen, Jimmy Carpenter, Jimmy Miles, Clifford Sehmierer, and Jay St. John, and several other boys reported to the call for basketball. A fairly good team was expected but the schedule of games showed a very mediocre team. Hecla 29 Ellendale 14 Jamestown 53 Ellendale 17 Oakes 18 Ellendale 22 LaMoure 22 Ellendale.. 11 Lisbon 21 Ellendale. 19 Aberdeen “Juniors” . .....20 Ellendale .31 LaMoure 17 Ellendale 19 Enderlin 61 Ellendale 39 Oakes 30 Ellendale.. 35 LaMoure 18 Ellendale 28 Lisbon 28 Ellendale.. 20 Edgeley 18 Ellendale 28 Oakes 29 Ellendale 17 Aberdeen “Juniors”. .....16 Ellendale .28 St. Johns 32 Ellendale 21 The men to receive letters in basketball were: Jimmy Carpenter, Jimmy Miles, Clifford Sehmierer, Lowell Hamar, Harold Smith, George Radtke, and Jay St. John. PAGE 8 1939 Ellendale High School Annual - Coleman Museum 2017

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HI-Y CLUB Top Row — Tveit, Maunu, DuRand, Heine, Bowman, Hatcher, Clinton Hess, Smith. Second Row — Schmierer, Lees, Fleming, Rowe, McDonald, Collett, Lawrence Sand, Hamar. Third Row — Gorman, St. John, Merkel, Miles, Strand, Houghton, Radtke, E. C. Ingvalson (adviser). Bottom Row — Meachen, Schmitt, Merrill Hess, Karl Sand, Bollinger, MacDonald. Members Absent — Carpenter, Boyle and Christianson. Sllendale Mi- y Club The Hi-Y Club of Ellendale High School has been in existence for ten years. During these years the club has been built up through the good leadership of Superintendent Ingvalson and the cooperation of the members. The Hi-Y Club is in affiliation with the Young Men’s Christian Association. It is a club for boys of high school age. The Hi-Y Club has a constitu- tion governing all its phases. It has a purpose — “to create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community high standards of Christian charac- ter.” The Hi-Y has for its platform — clean speech, clean scholarship, clean athletics, clean living, con- tagious Christian character. Our club uses as its own “A Boy’s Prayer” by Wm. DeWitt Hyde — “Give me clean hands, clean words, and clean thoughts. Save me from habits that harm; teach me to work as hard and play as fair in thv sight as if the whole world saw; forgive me when I am unkind and help me to forgive these who are unkind to me. Keep me ready to help others at some cost to myself ; send me chances to do some good every day and so grow more like Christ.” At the first meeting of the new school year, held on September 23, 1938, the members voted to con- tinue the club and new officers were elected: Harold Smith, president; Clifford Schmierer, vice president; James Meachen, secretary -treasurer ; and Harold Rowe, sergeant-at-arms. At the meeting held September 30, 1938, candi- dates Arthur Schmitt, Ralph Merkel, Charles Hatcher, Karl Sand, Douglas Houghton, Merrill Hess, and Evert Maunu were voted in as new members. Throughout the first semester the discussions were taken up by leaders and enlarged upon by the mem- bers. A meeting was planned to be held with the Aberdeen Hi-Y Club. Shortly before the semester closed another election was held with Lloyd Strand, Clinton Hess, Oliver Tveit and Charles Boyle being voted in. In January, 1939, the new officers were elected — President, James Miles; vice president, George Radtke; secretary-treasurer, Ernest Lees; and ser- geant-at-arms, Vernon MacDonald. In this semester, a ping-pong tourney was played with Rolla DuRand coming out as champion on March 8, the final games being played at a party held after an induction ceremony. On March 13 a meeting was held with Aberdeen’s club in their Y. M. C. A. building. The meeting started with a swim in the Y pool, after which came supper and a meeting with talks and discussion. In a local meeting on March 2, 1939, plans were discussed for attending the international conference at Winnepeg, Manitoba, on April 7. Because of the cost of transportation, no members attended this meeting. However, this brings to mind the interna- tional convention held at Fargo last year which sev- eral of our members attended. All in all, I believe the Ellendale Hi-Y Club has had a very successful year. We have had good, cheerful times as well as serious, thoughtful mo- ments. We are happy to have our picture in this year’s Microphone, and are thankful to the Senior class for giving us this opportunity. PAGE 7 1939 Ellendale High School Annual - Coleman Museum 2017

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TRACK Because the season has not advanced far, as yet, it is impossible to prophesy any winners. Only two lettermen , Jimmy Meachen and Jimmy Miles, are returning. The track meets that the Ellendale track team may participate in are as follows: Aberdeen Relays- — April 28. N. I. Track and Field Meet — May 6. Conference Meet and Junior Relays at Ellen- dale — May 11. Valley City Kiwanis Meet — May 13. Jamestown District Meet — May 20. Grand Forks, State MeeL — May 27. OUR SENIOR ATHLETES Jimmy Miles — In basketball Jimmy is one of the most elusive centers in the conference. He dribbles with speed and finds openings of which he quickly takes advantage. He is an expert on going up after rebounds and plays a very good floor game. In football Jimmy ' s superior ability as an open field runner coupled with his likeable football per- sonality earned for him the choice of “Honor Ath- lete, for the 1938 season. He is equally good at sending or receiving passes and his kicking game is good. In track he is a star performer. The hurdles anti the high jump are his main events. Jimmy Carpenter — In basketball he has the drive that makes him a hard man to guard. He has a good pass that makes for excellent team work. On account of his aggressiveness he is always a threat on a fast break. In football he is a man who can fight and does a nice job of it. His blocking and tackling have been outstanding. He hits the line hard and is never stopped until he is down. He is a constant worry to the opposing man. Jimmy Meachen — In football he has been the dependable blocking back for three years and has received three letters. You never heard of him carrying the ball much, but he is much more valu- able elsewhere. When he pulls out to lead the inter- ference, there is a clear path all the way. His other specialty is in track. He has won two letters, so far, by gathering points in the broad jump and dashes. Clifford Schmierer — Clifford had to live up to the reputation established by his brothers and that is just what he has done. He has proved a valuable aid in covering end runs and punts on the gridiron, and if there is a high scoring opponent on the court, Cliff is the man that usually holds him down. Cliff has played end in football for three years. In track he runs the 440-yard dash and the half-mile and is expected to go places this year. Lowell Hamar — Lowell has received three letter ' s in football at the tackle position. He did not take part in basketball actively until his junior year. His services have meant a great deal to the football team, and he was elected Honorary Captain in his senior year. The tackle position requires a rugged man that will fight all the way to victory. Every championship team needs a good pair of tackles to lead the way and Lowell has filled the role in the advance of the Cards. Lawrence Sands — Lawrence has played football all through his high school career, but failed to get his well-earned letter until his last year. The last year he has done excellent work as a regular at the tackle post. As was mentioned before, every championship team needs a pair of rugged tackles. Trolley teamed with Lowed to form the two bul- warks of the line. Leslie Bowman — Leslie is a three-year letterman in football, shitting from ' guard to center, wherever he was needed. He is a basketball enthusiast and has done good work in track. A center on a football team can make the backs look very bad or very classy. This is Les’ motto: “Not too high, not too low, Not too fast, not too slow. Evert Maunu — Evert has earned his first letter in football after working three years very faith- fully to better himself. He has done great work in track and we have great expectations for him this year. It is very true that a team is no better than its reserves. Evert has played an important role of strengthening his position and the team every mo- ment he was in the line-up, which was often. George Radtke — George, hailing from out south of town, played regular at guard in football during his senior year and also earned his initial letter in basketball. He has led the interference from his position of running guard and has literally mowed them down. Harold Collett — Harold earned his first ietter in football this year by playing a consistent game at guard position. He has also done much to take care of the weights in track. Harold plays tirelessly and dependably, and his teammates find him very easy to play with. It takes eleven men to make a team, and Harold has bravely held up his share of the work. Harold Bergman — Although Harold was not a regular in football or basketball, he deserves honor- able mention, for it is fellows like Harold who really build up the team. He has that certain quality that makes him stick to the job. A quitter never wins; a winner never quits. Harold Smith — Harold, after a year’s experience at Drayton, North Dakota, has done valiant duty at guard and forward this year in basketball. Because of a knee injury obtained in six-man football at Drayton, Harold was unable to take part very active- ly in local play until the latter part of the season. Rolla DuRand — Although Rolla has not taken part in athletics, he was an excellent Student Man- ager, for which he got a letter. Pete was also elected cheer leader. Harold Rowe — Harold was all for football, play- ing end in his sophomore and junior year. This year, however, he was ineligible because of too many biithdays, but served in the capacity of Stu- dent Manager and received a letter and gold football for his services. The senior boys wish to express their gratitude to the man who rightfully deserves more praise than we can ever expect to give him, Mr. 0. K. Ehlers, our coach. Because of his intelligence and sports- manship on the field, we have prospered, and we plan to carry his teachings out into life. To the boys who will carry the Cardinal banner in years to come, we extend our sincere wish of constant success. PAGE 9 1939 Ellendale High School Annual - Coleman Museum 2017