Georgetown High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Georgetown, IL)

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T1I K G KORCKTOW N III-TI M ES 1029-1030 Georgetown Wins First in 1929 County Meet and Turns May Fete Into C irrns ABOVE—Sawicki winning first in county. BELOW AH set for the half-mile. Georgetown Successful in Track and Field Events Quite a successful season was enjoyed last year by the track and field men of the Sweelcy crew and their supporters, and it is expected that even greater honors will be the result of this year's work. Material was abundant and it was no stroke of fate that Georgetown copped the county title in the 1929 events. The fine work of the boys was the result of ability, well developed by good coaching and training. Two records fell before the Sweeley men in this meet, Elliott winning in the shot-put and Grubb in the half-mile run. Circus! Circus! Right at Georgetown high school. This was what the 1929 May Fete proved to be. Animals such as the zebra, elephant, donkey, and giraffe were imported from the forests in the south. The wild man from Borneo, at the same time was sent to entertain at Georgetown, although after close investigation he was found to be Larry. We were honored by having the strongest man in the world with us—no one but Ted Elliot. Lebusan 11a Paradiso presided as queen over all this gayety and to maintain the idea and prettiness of the fet . girls dressed in various costumes, stepped to snappy music. Newspaper comics form the theme for the 1930 May rete over which Alma Spicer will preside as queen. Because of their fine showing in this meet, much was expected of the boys in the district preliminaries of t h e state meet, h eld i 11 Georgetown. The result was not disappointing, as Sawicki, Grubb, and Henry went to the state finals in the quarter-mile run, half-mile run, and broad jump, respectively. Grubb was acclaimed third best in Illinois high schools. likis, Morgan, and Sawicki. The men on last year’s squad were: Grubb, Henry, Sawicki, Stark, Morgan, Sprouls, Velikis, Andruski, Maskcl, Elliot, Snook and Galycn. The ones lost to the team this year are Grubb, Morgan, Stark, Galyen, Velikis and Snook. There should be several new athletes from the freshman and sophomore classes. Lebusanna Paradiso Chosen Queen of 1929 May Day Circus In the Millikiu Relay Meet, held at Decatur, Georgetown proved successful by winning third place in the one-mile relay. Those on the team from Georgetown consisted of Grubb, Ve- HEl.OW Maypole, Japanese tiirls. Paye Twenty two AMOVE- The Wild Man. May Queen. The Stronu Man.

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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

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1920-1930 Thk Georgetown Hi-Times Sophomore Class Wins Basketball Tournament by Close Score Five Seniors, Three Juniors, and One Freshman Made Up Picked Team; Much Interest Shown in Soccer. SOPHOMORE CHAMPIONS AND ALL-STAR TEAM FIRST ROW: Emily Lou Haney. Helen Morgan, Iniogene Byerley, Virginia Esmonds, Captain; Jean Cun- ningham. Dorthenc Hunch. Helen Girriauskas. SECONI ROW: Garnet Holstinc, Clara Zielinski, I.ois Emory, Virginia Mackey, Ruby Ramsey, Captain; Miss Carver, Helen Niziolkiewicz, K lith Haworth. Mildred Frazier, Irene Lyons. “Hip-Hip-Hooray—We're the girls of today.” There are no long skirts, no long sleeves and no full plaited bloomers to handicap the scores of our games. We can dribble and pass in soccer, pivot anti pass in basketball, serve and return in volley ball and tennis, and sprint, jump, ot cast weights with grace and skill far better than our athletic sisters of by-gone days. This feeling of freedom anti enthusiasm bred by girls’ athletics has been especially noticeable in the girls’, physical training work at Georgetown high school this year. Under the enthusiastic direction of Miss Carver more time has been given to all the various girls’ sports and more benefit has been derived from them than in former years. Soccer is the popular sport for the Georgetown girls in the fall. Every enthusiastic girl came out this year and enjoyed the game. In all, about fifty girls reported for the sport. Due to the fact that the school has but one field, many girls were forced to enjoy the hour from the side line, l.ater the girls used the boys’ field and proceeded with two games at the same time. The upper class girls heard of the joys and pleasures of the eighth hour girls and came out for ninth hour. The public became interested and asked for a demonstration game which was played on Thanksgiving day preliminary to the annual Westville-Gcorgctown football meet. That cold windy day was representative of many of the soccer tussles. It. also, typified the girl athlete. Eight upper class girls, eight sophomores and eight freshmen were chosen to play this game. These girls were chosen for their ability to play the game, hold their places, dribble, kick the ball and for their sportsmanship and eligibility. From these twenty-four girls, eleven “G” girls were chosen by a committee. The “G” girls were as follows: Jean Cunningham, halfback, was capable of blocking passes and returning the ball to her forward line above the opposing team’s head. “She surely had the kick.” Bertha Jones, Elizabeth Warner and Lois Almy played on the sophomore forward line, showing excellent team work, passing and dribbling down to the goal area and succeeding in making a goal. They bad skill in keeping the position of the ball. If it hadn’t been for the clever jumping and the catching of the ball by Lena Vcttorel, goal keeper, the freshmen would have suffered many and bigger defeats. Alma Warren and Rothecn Lyle played in the backfiebl for the freshmen. Both did commendable work for their team. Rothecn had a “kick,” too. Eleanor Black, the center forward, possessed vim in passing the ball to her neighboring forward, Josephine Com-morata to dribble it down the field for a goal. Josephine could dribble around her opposing team well. Edith Haworth was another one of those fullbacks that could return the ball with a high kick. Lois Emory protected her team by keeping the ball from coming into their territory. Sportsmanship was at its height in Georgetown high school during the soccer season. The girls played the game for their development and held winning as a small item. As soon as Turkey day was history, basketball was the vogue. This was being anticipated for some time as the annual class tourney is an event not to be forgotten in Georgetown. Basketball interest among the girls this year was keen. Every girl came out for practice with high hopes of attaining (Continued on page 24) Pai e Twenty-three