Enid High School - Quill Yearbook (Enid, OK)

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'v ,I up row, fl. tri 115 H. L. Critrs. BVHCL' hltmlluy. Bill lX loxlcy, liloytl Sluii'lq'. loc lXloi'ris, Ronnie' Vxlcclcl, lack Xxiclch. Nlclvin SL'lN1'2lCl. U mm mtv, Ll. tu nj Inuit-x Guiiinimi. rl-L'l'l'f' liigrzim, Gzirv lfostcr, Cfliurlus llistt-i'. Itiliiim' Yuslniirg. Dori W1-ltltiii, Iohii Pcllww. poiiitx ht-hiiul tluriiig tht- uiitirt- wcmitl hull. lfiiitl elm-w up to il -lil--ill tir with OIllY two miiiutt-5 itnininiiig iii tht- gnniu. hut :lit- ltvclsltiiis pi'ovt'tl tum much for tht- Plziilis- nxt-ii iii tht, clmiiig iiicznit-iitx ul' tht- gzxnic. Lcoii Curr. scoring 15 points. p:'m'cnl :lit biggt-tt tlircut of rlitt cvuiiiiig tu tht- Plaiim- nicii iii lx-ating tht- Cciittul Cimliiiuls nf Olillllllllllll Citi' sl--lfi. Tlu- Czikliliulm iiwri' ciicc niziiizigctl to tic tht- mcors. hut thcy closed the tlchcit to n tlniigcioixs two paints with tznlx' tliruc minutes to go. Cuiisitluzttl tht l'LLll'gl1L'SY glillll' of tht' ytnr. tht- gurus with Noininii meant twist' :ls ninth to tcxim Captain luck Xxiclrh. for lic not only was tht' tcili sccvrci' rf tltc galil? with 13 points. hut also haul tltt- honor auizl plczifiizm- of crowning this yciiik lmsltutluull 1 raw, Ql, tu ixl liilh' I-miicif, Gm-tltiii bnialow. lioiiulcl Lzillcwtu. Dum NIllI1fgLIl1L'I'X'. Inhii x:L11'lC1', lchii Pclluw. Iurrx Gtztriiiiimit. lim Ruini. Illllll f i tempts. Thtf loss lt-fr liiiitl with Q1 3,2 culi- fcu-iiu' l'L'CUl'll. Dcspitr ll slow start in thcir L'OI1liL'l'L'IlCC tilt with Ncirtlicaist. rlit- PllllIl5IllL'I1 won t-usilv ovvr tht- Vikings, Ni-50, Thu Viltingx ticclithc scum fOlll' timcs, hut ai ,555 nvt'i'zigt' from tht- liclcl. conihiiiul with 21 ,667 frw throw pci'ct'1itaigc. put lfiiitl on tht top will uf NKUVU. Thu largcst ci-mul of tht- tuur. 2,200 prrsom. saiw thc Plninsnicii slip punt thu bhnwncc XVulvt-5. 5735, hx' virtue of an ctfcctivc lint-niitiutc lircczc hi' liliicl. Always hut all tht' b2lClilD021l'tlS. Rormit' XXX-tlttl mink I5 points to lcaul Enitls scoring attack. In anurlu-it close coiifcix-uct' lzzittlc. Brucr Klucllcv. playing his ht-st game of tht yt-nr. i cjllilllillitll on Patgr 92 io rom 1'oLz', fl. to rj Ictiw' Butts. Clcmi Cowsur, Gail Crziwfortl. Bob Duiialus. lohli Dump, Rminic lltgur. lim Cxiliicll. .., Li S' l .ff-I-.F ..., l il 'ff .tx r1:h4,ll1Ll1 or

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28 was .7 'Till ,, F Mi, ' ,wr 'Ti ,iw World-over . .. Wherever You Go . . . There's Failing Drill George E. Failing Co. eff Division of lldfsiirzgfycuse Air Brake Company Home Office, ENID, OKLAHOMA 73rzzncfJes Los Angeles - New York - London Houston - Edmonton - Casper - Midland Hattiesburg - Calgary gaslzeflaall Tun Qoitt MAGAZINE S2 ofze 0 'za agnyh. DICK GODSCHALK AND DICK MCKNIGHT Playing in a conference in which a great percentage of the games was decided almost wholly on the strength of a home court advantage, the 1953-54 Enid Plainsmen basketball team wound up their Mid-State conference season in fourth place. However, the first three teams in the con- ference all tied for first place, and the Plainsmen were only knocked out of the race after their defeat by Shawnee in the final IV1id-State conference game. Sporting one of the finest defensive quin- tets in recent years Enid wound up their Mid-State record with an impressive 8-4 record. Getting the season off to a fiying start, the Plainsmen traveled to Vlfoodward where they trounced the Boomers 59-39 in a game which saw Ronnie Weriel and Bruce Medley as high scorers with 18 and 16 points respectively. From Woorlwai':l, the Plainsmen went directly to the Borger, Texas, Invitational Tournament. In the opening encounter with Lubbock, Ronnie Weclel, with 17 points. sparked Enid to an easy 52-45 win. How- ever, the next night told a different story as the Borger Bulldogs blasted Enid 48-38. With only three minutes remaining in the game Ioe IV1orris bucketed two free throws, to bring the Plainsrnen within three points of the Bulldogs, but the attack faltered, and as the final gun sounded, the scoreboard showed Lubbock with a decisive ten point lead. The Plainsmen carried home their second place trophy and began readying themselves for a non-conference game with Ponca City the next week. With a home-court advantage for the first time in the season Enid overpowered the VVildcats 56-43. Enid's top scorer, Bill Moxley, with his 16 tallies, led the Plains- menys .440 Held goal percentage. Clearing the bench for the first of many times during the season, Coach Paul Gey- maun even had B teamers in his lineup in the second bout with the WOOKlWilI'l1 Boomers. Enid completely routed the Boomers 79-38, with Iack Welch taking the scoring honors with 15 points. Evidence of a hard-fought battle was shown by the 65 fouls committed by the two teams. 36 against Enid and 23 against Vkfoodward. The lirst defeat of regular season play was handed the Plainsmen the following week by the Blackwell Nfaroons at Black- well. Cold from the field all during the game, Enid scored only 14 of 62 field goal attempts to be edged out by thc M31'OOHS 46-40. However, in a return match the following week at convention hall, the records told a cenipletely dilierent story as Enid romped by the IVlaroons 53-40. High scorer for Einid was lack Wfelch with 22 points fol- lowed by 13lackwe1l's Ernie Walcllei' with 11. Wliile- most EHS students we1'e enjoying their 16-day Christmas vacation, Coach Geymann and his wards were working over- time at the high school gym in preparation for the Hrst Enid Invitational Tournament, held December Z9 and 30, at Convention Hall. ln the first evening's play, a cold Enid aggregation, matched with E1 Reno, man- aged to edge out the Indians 36-27. Enid's lack Wfelch and El Renois Bill Bruce tied for top scoring honors with 12 points apiece. The next evening saw the Plainsmen bat- tling Classen, who had defeated Ponca City the previous night 38-34. The Enid team. playing a much faster and more aggressive brand of ball than the evening before, out- lasted the Comets 61-52. Along with Floyd Skarky and Bruce IVIed1ey, who took scoring honors with 17 points apiece, hustling lack VVe1ch was seen all over the court. spark- plugging the P1ainsmen's offensive drive. Thus Enid High was victorious in their Hrst invitational tournament, followed by Classen, El Reno and Ponca City in rhat order. Starting the new year ofI right, the Plainsmen downed the Alva Goldbugs 54-49, Ianuary 5 in the First game of 1954. In this game lack Welcli scored a tre- mendous 30 points, only six shy of the all- time record for Enid High School set by lim Hurd in 1952. In a closely fought battle all the way through, the Plainsmen were only one point ahead at the half, and the Coldbugs again narrowed the score to a dangerous two-point deficit at the beginning of rhe fourth quarter. Ability at the free throw line was the deciding factor of the game with Enid scoring I4 of 20 and Alva 7 of 17. Playing at Northeast the same week, the Plainsmen, cold at first, nevertheless im- proved enough before the game was over to clear the bench and run away from the Vikings 56-36. High scorer of the game was Northeases Lancager with I6 points, followed by Enid's Welcli with 14, Bal'11ed by the tremendous reach of Capitol Hill's giant 6-foot 10-inch center, Hubert Reed, the Plainsmcn dropped their first encounter with the Hillmen 47-42, which also was the Hrst loss of the Plainsmen for the 53- 54 Mid-State campaign. Reed scored a damaging I4 points before fouling out early in the fourth quarter, although Enid's Bruce Nfedley was the gan1e's high scorer with 16 points, Ranging only one or two

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ORGANIZATIONS OF ldmnhmzmm by BARBARA Roos Physics Club Tap rmu: Godschalk Qrrcaxj, McKnight, Flaming, Hinson, Dykes, Ciltner Qprcsj Third row: Goodwin, Mansfield, Medley fpres.j, Simpson. Lcgarc, Crandall, Gasaway. Sefnna' row: Poslick, Martin, Kecling, Poe, Mongold, Wilson. Bottom ww: O'Neill, Gooclpasturc, Rathbun, Scale, Oberlcndcr, Geis. Bible Club Top mum' XValker, Bull, Quigglc, Wehling, Perry, Key, Cole. Third raw: Nrhring, Panrsch, Trckcll, Avery, Criescl, Hrunc, Brogdon. Srmnrl' row: Hemphill, Wucrfllsin, Maupin, jackson, Pnrkvr, T. Holden fv. prcxj linzznm mw: Drcnnan, Blakey, Klingman Qtrcasj, Park, Simp- son, Dicnur, Ludwig, journalism Club Top ww: Hsadlcc, XVilson, Hurd, Edwards, Dixon, Neilson, Klingman, Fozirlb mw: Day, Hciscrman, Gilmer, Champlin, Ichlicka, Foster, Marshall, Pyle. Tbinl raw: Bouchard, McCoy, Taft, Earnusr, Ellis, Roos, Franks. Suomi' row: Rlldkin, Hart, Slxicrs, Lindsay, Garhcr, Park. lfnlmm row: Blakey, McKnight, Cromwell fs:-cj, Codschalk qv. prcxj, Milcx fprrsj, Gammon ftreasj, Hinson. Thespiaos Top row: Rcmpel, Nicholson, Austin, Mood, Chambers, Pyle. D. Hemphill, R. Meyers. I-onrtb rc-w: L, Harmon, Palecck, P. Sharp, Williamson, Bob- hitt, Clark, Luhr, D. Smith, K. Dailey. Tbird row: N, Thompson, Barris, McCaleb, C. Woods, Kirron, P. Bonrl, Klingman, Cashion. Second row: Fisher, Dage, Hicks, Hayes, Brogdon, Callas, Siler. Bntmm row: Crowley ftrcasj, Marshall fv. pres.j, Park lsr. rcpj, M, Andrcws rep.j, Killian, Pinkston fprusj, Phillips fscoj