Enid High School - Quill Yearbook (Enid, OK)

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20 A 4 ,-,sg , A,:.' :A 1 1 i Qi if , Q? Ag . N 1 gl?! .e ZQH 5 gf 1 T-A gf jf 5 3' ' 2. QQI, 5 r fill Sl if ,Q 'f : . Y 'ff 'jx Y: A I W I ? .M-Q. 12: ..,, . .,fres-..,.v- i 5 F or the Young Crowd O THE PLAINSMAN GRID TEAM fcontinued from page I8j Then the Enid High team suffered its worst blow of the season when it lost Dob- byn. After the Classen game, Sophomore Dobbyn, one of the greatest prospects ever to enter Enid High School, moved with his parents to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Plainsman coaches had to revise their back- field once more. The absence of Bill Campbell from the Plainsman lineup during this part of the sea- son was also a damaging blow to the team. Campbell played the first several games be- fore an old hip injury began to bother him once more, and he was forced to miss several games during this stretch of the campaign. He returned to the lineup for the last three games of the year. The Enid boys bounced back from their Classen defeat by romping over the Black- well Maroons 26 to 0 the following week. After a slow start, the entire Plainsman team ran wild and made a good showing before a large Lettermen's Day crowd. The Enid offense clicked very nicely, but the line held the spotlight by fighting the Maroons to a standstill the entire game. During the half-time intermission of the Enid-Blackwell tilt, Frank Davies, one of the popular Plainsman co-captains, crowned Miss joyce Nicholson, Football Queen of 1944. Attendants to the queen were Misses Nancy Frantz and jerry Bass. Enid's victory over Blackwell was not only decisive but was also costly. Bob Everitt, the Plainsmen's rapidly-improving regular Right End, suffered a back injury which kept him out the remainder of the season. This was also a bad blow to the Plainsman basketball team as Everitt was one of the few returning cage lettermen. The following week the Plainsmen played host to the Tulsa Central Braves in their last home game of the season. The Enid High eleven held their own pretty well in the first half, but the mighty Braves showed their vaunted power in the second half to win 19-0. One of the high-lights of this game was the Plainsmen's goal-line stand near the end of the first half. The Tulsa crew had been going great and had gained a first down on the Enid one-yard line, but the Plainsmen tightened up and held them to a standstill for four downs. However, Back Stanley Gwinn came back to lead Tulsa to victory in the second half. On Thanksgiving Day the Kingmen trav- eled to Perry to close their season with a heart-breaking 14-7 setback by the big Maroon eleven. The Plainsmen were out in front 7 to 6 at the half and held the upper hand until Elmer Hicks was injured late in the second quarter. Hicks had been gaining consistently for Enid, and his loss slowed the Plainsman offense considerably. The Maroons came back in the second half to score another touchdown and a safety to clinch the victory. The Plainsman line, steadied by the great play of Max Druen, Bob Eddy, Melvin Leierer, and Winston Shipley, made another sparkling goal-line stand in this game. This was one of the roughest tilts Enid played in all season, several boys from each team being Ti-ug Quni. lvl.-XUAZINIE helped from the Held with injuries. Sparking the Perry team was mighty Bob Cutsinger. So ended another Enid High School grid season. Although their record was not up to par, the 1944 Plainsman team and coaches did not, and should not, offer any excuses for their season. Every team they went up against had more age and experience, and most of them had a weight advantage. As usual Enid was playing the top teams in the state, and six of their opponents were rated among the top ten teams in Oklahoma at the time the Plainsmen played them. With the season ended, the Plainsmen were honored by the annual football banquet held in the Youngblood Hotel by the junior Chamber of Commerce. At the banquet the winners of individual honors were announced. Charley Paine, hard-working Back, was awarded the trophy for being the Nfost Valu- able Player on the team. Paine was the first junior ever to receive this award. Guard Frank Davies shared Most-Valuable Player honors with Paine and will have his name placed on the honor blanket in the office of the new high school. Other honors went to Max Druen, Outstanding Linemang Elmer Hicks, Outstanding Back and Best Kickerg Winston Shipley, Best Blocking Linemang Charley Paine, Best Blocking Backq Pete Mullikin, Best Tacklerg and Bob Hirst, Best Team Man. The lettermen for the season were an- nounced at the banquet. Those who earned their letters were: Dale Wilmoth and jack Lenard, Senior Endsg Bob Eddy, Senior Tackle: Frank Davies and Winston Miller, Senior Guardsg Pete Mullikin, Bob Hirst, and Bill Campbell, Senior Backs, Charley Brown and Bob Everitt, junior Ends: 1Vlelvin Leierer and Max Druen, junior Tacklesg Dick Hun- ter and Eldon Turner, junior Guards, Win- ston Shipley, junior Centerg Charley Paine, Dick Davis, Elmer Hicks, Bob Hillerv, and Tom lVIcClurg, junior Backsg and Benijayne, Sophomore End. Bob Gregory and jim Mer- cer, Seniors, and johnny Boyles, junior, Plainsman Managers, all lettered. Mlicli praise was handed the Plainsman coaching staff for their excellent job in handling the team. Coaches King, Holt, and Byrom all received a war bond from the junior Chamber of Commerce in recognition of their fine job in 1944. Although the eight Senior lertermen were a tower of strength to the 1944 club, their absence will not be crippling to the 1945 team. With 13 battle-tested veterans return- ing next year the Plainsmen are looking forward to a brilliant season, The Plainsmen will be out to avenge their losses of the past season, and they should be in good shape to do it. VVhi1e the Plainsmen will have back a group of boys who saw a lot of action last season, most of their opponents who ran over them in 1944 will have almost com- pletely new teams of inexperienced boys. IF the Plainsman offense clicks as it should in 1945, somebody better look out because the Enid boys are going to be on the re-bound. A lot of aid is expected to be provided to the '45 Plainsman squad by the BU team. The Bees worked hard and learned a lot this past season under the tutoring of Dale fContinued on page 66j

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72 Tini Qu 1l,1A TVLAGAZINIE TL 8 ' ' vu egconeffes Congratulations, Seniors! Wm have earned the honor of being a Senior, and now comes the big test . . . that of being tl useful fl mericmz citizen. 'k Remember . . lt Pays to Shop al' PENNEY'S in THE BUSIFST BLOCK in THE BUSIEST CITY in THE BUSIEST SECTION of NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA Over 1,600 Stores in the U.S.A. 0 Penney's celebrate their 27th year in Enid this year . . . 1945 106-8 West Randolph, Enid, Okla. Dfzum and Eagle Gofzps By MAURENE MCNEILL The Drum and Bugle Corps was started in 1937 by Orville Books with the underlying theme of giving those girls especially inter- ested in music a chance to further their in- terests. Witlt the aid of his brother, Carl, and 1Vlom and Pop Books he soon had a Hrst-class group of girls. They had a short, successful journey to the top and luckily enough-they still hold that position. Carl and Orville left for the Army in 1941 and since then the girls have had several direc- tors. The girls are now being directed by Professor Nlilburn E. Carey, a very promin- ent musician. He has the girls in excellent shape, and the girls appreciate having such an outstanding director. He has had charge of them since August 1943. The Legionettes are sponsored by the American Legion Post of Enid. They furnish the girls with instruments and uniforms and see that they are in tip-top shape at all appearances. The Legion sends the girls on various tripsAthe one looked-forward-to-the most being the State Legion Convention. The girls played three memorial services this year in honor of Orville Books, who was killed in action in Erance on September 2, 1944. This was esoecially a great loss to the ,xxxxxxxuxilxxxxxxxxxxxnxsxxxxxx girls as they had always looked forward with eager anxiety to the day when Carl and Orville would be home permanently and could again have charge of the Corps. The Drum Corps has within itself a well- built discipline order. This consists of Presi- dent, Betty Lou Clark, Vice-President, Nlarv Ellen lvlathers, Secretary and Treasurer, 1V1aurene 1VlcNeill, Reporter, Sammve Dodds, Librarian, Glenda Cameron, Druni Captain. Nlartha Dillon, Drum Lieutenants, lcefeene Hall and 1V1ary Lou Olsen, Bugle Captain, 1V1argaret Ery, Bugle Lieutenants, Freddie 1V1organ and Phyllis Mtttlgett, Bass Drum Captain, Arlene Smith, and Flag Captain, hflerlene Willianls. Doing a very excellent job of Drum Nlajoring this year was Earlene Wc'eks who will turn over the position to Ma1'y Ellen Ivlathers. The Corps consists of high school girls, but each year after Tri-State Freshmen mem- bers are taken in to fill up the gaps left by the graduating Seniors. Each year the Corps loses some Senior girls. This year only five of the girls are leaving them. Those graduating from the Corps are Betty Lou Clark, Glenda Cameron, Margaret Ery, Matlrene McNeill, and Earlene Wt'eks. sxsxxxxsxxxxxxxxxxuxxxxxuxunw I I I I I I I I I I : To All Students, E I I I I I I Q CONGRATULATIONS! E I I I I I I I 5 if E I I I I I , I 5 Next Time Travel g I I E E E - ' I ,, , 1 C , e E 2 a 2 SN 2 I f' Q g ,,,, ,Li i fe- ' ' I I I I Phone 810 I I I I I I I I I ' : Inxuxxxxxxxxxtsnxxxxxsxuxxnxsx xxxxxxxxxxxxuxxxxxxxxnxxxxxsx