Georgetown High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Georgetown, IL)

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Thf. Georgetown Hi-Times 1929-1930 Basketball Squad Puts For k Strongest Effort to 4ie End Good Prospects for Next Year as No Men Are Lost from At the beginning of the basketball season only four letter men from last year reported. These four men were Morris. Sawicki Snook and Henry. These men were later lost to the team from various reasons. Prom the start things didn’t look well for Georgetown but the remaining members of the squad s h o w e d a dauntless courage throughout the whole season. It is true that Georgetown lost a number of games but they also won a few from teams that had a high percentage. The squad consisted mostly of underclassmen and most of them will be back next year. Georgetown was eliminated from the county tournament by Ridge-farm in their first game. In the district tournament, Georgetown took a 1 to 0 game from Homer. They lost the second game to Westville by a score of 21 to 9. The boys who made up the basketball squad have gained a lot of valuable experience and from this alone Georgetown should have a winning basketball team in 1930 and 1931. Games in which Georgetown did especially good work were the Gatlin, Hoopeston and Westville games at home a n d the Sidell game there. Georgetown conducted the South Vermilion County P r e 1 i m i nary Tour n anient thus giving the new gym a work out and allowing Georgetown fans an opportunity to see some of the best teams in the county play. Because of a ragged season in which the eight semesters rule, eligibility rules, training rules and various other obstacles way-la i d different members of the basketball squad, 1930 Team the number of men receiving G’s” in basketball this year was very small. Of the six G” men two are sophomores, three first semester juniors and one a second semester junior. Besides the boys who were awarded ‘'G’s”, others doing nice work were Russell Byerley junior; Felix Gonsowsky, freshman; Raymond Campbell, junior, and Kenneth Clark, freshman. With the advantage of two years of practice in a gym with a ceiling high enough to allow good form in basket shooting these boys should show the community some nice play next year. COACH’S ESTIMATE OF “G” MEN Perry Baldwin: Cool, calm and collected; will make quite a basketball player when and if he grows up. Santo Pakadiso: Basketball is a family trait. Gets letters from the girls who like to see him dribble. Clarence Stasavjch : A hard lighting guard. Has always played thirty-two minutes in every game. Some people play two and loaf the other thirty. Emory : Preven ted from reaching his best form by sickness. A promising player who should be among the best next year. William Parke: A boy who likes the game and plays it hard. He writes poetry on the side. Bernard Thompson : Developed into a good guard during the year. Plays good ball except at butchering time. BASKETBALL SCHEDUEE 1929-1930 Dec. 13—East Lynn—There......11-17 Dec. 17—Fairmount—There......10-22 Jan. 3—Catiin—There ..........13-22 Jan. A—Paris—Here ............. 5-18 Jan. 10—Allerton—Here .......18- 9 Jan. 17—Scotland (Sec.)—Here....17- 5 Jan. 18—Sidell—Here ..........18- 9 Jan. 22—County Tournament Ridgefarm............. 8- 9 Feb. 5—Westville—There ........ 7-32 Feb. 7—Rossville—There....... 8-22 Feb. 11—Catiin—Here .........17-19 Feb. 1-1—Sidell Tournament. Itidianola .... .....11- 8 Westville ........... 5-22 Feb. 21—Hoopeston—Here.........11-19 Feb. 21—Scotland—There.......11-14 Feb. 22—Allerton—There .......11- 3 Feb. 25—Fairmount—Here.......15-10 Feb. 28—Sidell—There...........20-19 Mar. 3—Westville—Here ........10-13 Mar. 5-6-7—District Tournament Homer........1-0 Westville...10-21 THE 1930 BASKETBALL TEAM FIRST ROW: Felix Gonsowsky. William Parke, Clarence Stasavich, Perry Baldwin. Wavnc Emory. SECOND ROW: Santo Paradiso, Bernard Thompson. Raymond Campbell. Mr. Swceley, Ken- neth Clark, Russell Byerley. Page Twenty

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1929-1930 Tub Georgetown Hi-Times Latin Club F. L. H. Club Something new ? Y our high school, the Lati LOIS EMORY President of thc Latin Club is a deep secret and lettei can be told. s for the present students in Club is new. The studious second year Latin students thought this would be a good plan since the last club of this kind had been abandoned a few years ago. After calling a meeting of all the Latin students officers were elected. Lois Emory was named consul, John Haworth, praetor, Joseph Henry, quaestor, and Helen Morgan, aedile. If you ask the name of the club, you will find that s 1. X. are all the uninitiated Girls’ Club Onabelle Moody, as president, and Miss Garver. as adviser, have been successful in reorganizing the Girls’ club this year with an increased membership. This club is open to all the girls in high school. Its purpose is to get the girls together to form a social circle. Besides being entertaining, the club performed deeds of charity at Christmas time by giving baskets of food and necessities to the needy of the community. One of the outstanding social events of the club this year was the “Mother’s 'I'ea.” This tea has become a source of interest and delight to which the members look forward eagerly. 'Phe club was fortunate in having as a speaker, in ex-graduate—Mrs. Marine Seymour of Danville. She spoke on “Mothers and Daughters.” Some of the faculty also gave short talks. The officers this year were president, Onabelle Moody; vice - president, Winnifred Bind; secretary. Alma Spicer, and treasurer. Ives Ward. ONABELLE MOODY President of the Girls Club F. L. H.! These three letters represent the peppy side of G. II. S. during the basketball season. For six years this club has been called upon when the team needed pep from the sidelines. At the beginning of the year the old spirit dwindled away somewhat, but made its appearance again during the last part of the season. When the tournament came around to the “Old Home Town” this year, the club appeared on the bleachers arrayed in brand new outfits. The club still retained the sweat shirts for their uniform, although they were adorned with larger and more outstanding letters than last year. Purple tarns with white trimmings were also added to the girls’ uniforms. MARK MILLER President of the F. L. H. Club With Mr. Burch as sponsor and Mark Miller as president, the club continued this year with the following members: Mark Miller John Haworth Joe Mahoney Homer Morris Ivan Williams Joseph Henry Dick Morris Bob Haworth Paul Galyen Kenneth Crum William Moore Raymond Campbell Howard Emory Steve Chantos, Donald Haney Clarence Stasavich Donald Grubb Bob Warren Leo Savage Caradine Neubert Jimmie Radomski June Hoth Garnet Holstine Ives Ward Edith Haworth Mildred Wells Mildred Alabaugh Frania Xier Onabelle Moody Virginia Mackey Virginia Edmonds Lois Emory Alma Spicer Olive Snook Martha Driskell Jean Almy Winnifred Burd Helen May Helen Morgan Mildred Frazier Emily Lou Haney Mr. Sweeley read in a magazine advertisement, “For one dollar we will tell you how to save your light bills.” He sent the dollar. In two days came the answer. It said, “Paste them in a scrapbook.” Paye Nineteen

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1929-1930 The Georgetown Hi-Times Seniors Win as Interclass Champions SENIOR TEAM WINNERS OF 1930 CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP Robert Warren, Ivan Williams, Lyle Erickson, Walter Veliki , Dwight Lambert, Dwight Reid, Kenneth Crum. By defeating the junior boys with a score of 15-8, the senior boys won the 1930 interclass basketball tournament. The juniors had been undefeated up to this time. Since a joint girls’ and boys’ tournament was instituted by Mr. Sweeley in 1925, these games have been very popular. At that time one cup was purchased for the boys and another for the girls on which the name of the class winning each year is engraved. The winning teams also receive numerals. The interest shown in these games is really remarkable as a large crowd always attends. It is true that the crowd is mostly students but this adds to the attraction. Everyone always enjoyed the games this year and had a good time in the bargain. It was found last year that the gate proceeds of the class games were more than they needed to be. The receipts arc used to buy “G’s” and numerals, but it was found that more was taken in than was required for this, so the admission this year was cut in half. The games were always hard-fought and enthusiasm ran high. The main idea for promoting the games is to give the boys experience and to look for new material. The seniors had a brilliant team this year. There was Reid at center, who was a second Stretch Murphy and Williams, who could give McCracken of Indiana a nice run for his money. Warren would share honors with Harper of Illinois; Crum would make Mills of Illinois sit up and take notice while Erickson has no one to rival him. Queen of Basketball Elected Helen Niziolldewicz was elected first queen of basketball at Georgetown by the fans attending the regular home games. At the end of the season the vote was as follows: Helen Niziolkiewicz, senior 327; Ives Ward, freshman 259; Katherine Becker, sophomore 188; and Virginia Mackey, junior 163. Officers of Class Teams SENIORS Boys—Ivan Williams, captain. Girls—Ruby Ramsey, captain, Raymond Campbell, manager. JUNIORS Boys—Raymond Campbell, captain; Donald Haney, manager. Girls—Virginia Mackey, captain; Donald Haney, manager. SOPHOMORES Boys—Joe Andruski, captain; Arthur Gorman, manager. Girls—Virginia Edmonds, captain; Santo Paradiso, manager. FRESHMEN Boys—Verlin Carney, captain. Girls—Lena Vettorel, captain; Raymond Campbell, manager. Faculty Defeat Business Men As a finale to the class basketball games, it has become the custom at Georgetown to stage a game between the faculty men and the business men of the town. This is somewhat of a farce in that comedy costumes are generally in vogue and the rewarding of the player most valuable to his team is never taken very seriously but this year during the game the players really meant business. The score at the close was 11-8 in favor of the faculty. Ellsworth and Wood starred for the business men and Burch and Sweeley for the faculty. It was at this game that the “G’s” and numerals were presented as well as the loving cup to the Basketball Queen. A record-breaking crowd attended and enthusiasm ran high. WEATHER FORECAST Fair—Lehusanna Paradiso Gloomy—Miss Frye Dark—“Bob” Keadnour Cloudy—Bernice Houghton Sunshiny—Marvin Moore Class Standings at End of Tournament CLASS WON LOST. PERCENTAGE Seniors 3 0 1.000 luniors 2 1 .500 Freshmen 1 2 .333 Sophomores .. .. 0 3 .000 Page Twenty-one