Jefferson Township High School - Criterion Yearbook (New Paris, OH)

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. m. G.A.A. NEWS The purpose of the Girls' Athletic Association is to create an interest in sports among girls. The first meeting of the G.A.A. Club was held on October 14, 1948, and the following officers were elected: t President ....... . . . June Keller Vice-President ....... Lola Harshman Secretary ....... . . . Joan Melody Treasurer ...... . . . Donna Lou Brown News Reporter ....... Joan Williams Meetings of the club were held twice monthly. Several of our meetings were held during the evening, while others were during school hours. A Backwards Party was given on November 8. Everyone was to wear some sort of costume backwards, to sit on their chairs backwards, to eat with the left hand instead of the right, and to eat dessert before the rest of the lunch, A prize was awarded to Missa Thatcher for the best dressed. Everyone had an enjoyable time, It was decided to have as our sport events during 1948-'49, Volleyball and Basketball. Captains and assistant captains were chosen for each sport. They we re as follows: Volleyball: Captain .............. Peggy Melody Assistant Captain. . . . .Lola Harshman Basketball: Captain. . ............ Joan Melody Assistant Captain ..... Donna Lou Brown On December 20, the G.A.A. group went Christmas caroling. All of the girls carried lighted candles to make a more impressive scene. Afterwards refresh- ments were served at the home of Jacqueline Reid, On January 17, a short meeting was held. We decided that a goal of 100 points was to be reached by each girl by the end of the school term in order to get a let- ter reward. During this year we had some very enjoyable times at several activities, some of them were alsjfollowsg a sled party was held on February 213 March 21, a St, Patrick's Day Dance was sponsoredg April 4, Play Day was held for our club and another school and last of all a party was held on May 6. We wish to thank our sponsor, Mrs. Tracy, for her leadership in sponsoring our club. We also would like to extend our wishes for those of next year and years to come a successful and prosperous club. 62'

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BASEBALL 1948-1 949 The Hornets started the 1948 season off with a tie game with Lewisburg, then playing Camden, Jackson, Lewisburg, and Monroe. The pitching this season was mostly on the shoulders of Senior, Charles Andy, who compiled a two win and two losses record. The hitting was carried on mostly by Nelson, Diggs, and Petry, with respective averages of .555, .357, .Z95. Players having a perfect fielding records were Andy, Copenhefer, and Steele. NAME Andy Buchanan Burden Copenhefer Diggs Ford Huddle Juday Jurgens Nelson Petry Murray Steele D. Arnett J. Arnett Kessler Mansfield TOTA LS PLAYER Andy Steele Bu rde n SEASON'S GAMES Jefferson 5 Lewisburg 5 Jefferson 3 Camden 4 Jefferson 5 Jackson 3 Jefferson 8 Lewisburg 6 - Jefferson l Monroe 9 Non-Tournament T ourna me nt T ourname nt T ourname nt T ou rname nt HORNET'S BASEBALL FIGURES 1948 cs AB RH ZB 313 HR sow13A PO AEFA 5 l4 2 2 o do o 9 I .143 .o H 5 Uloo 4 9 1 3 1 o o 9 1 .333 2 557 2 o 1 o o o o o 2 .ooo o ooo 5 12 1 1 o o o 10 2 .os4 2 1.000 5 14 4 5 2 o o 5 1 .357 9 941 1 3 o 1 o o o o o .333 5 857 5 18 1 2 o o o. 9 o .111 2 533 3 s 1 3 1 1 o o 1 .375 2 667 1 o o o o o o o o .ooo o ooo 4 11 3 5 1 o o 2 2 .555 3 5oo 5 17 3 5 1 o o 5 1 .295 2o 953 1 o o o o o o 1 o .ooo o ooo 5 14 3 1 o o o 3 3 .071 5 ooo 1 o o o o o o o o .ooo o ooo 1 o o o o o o o o .ooo o ooo 3 5 o o o o o 1 o .ooo 1 ooo 2 o o o o o o o o .ooo o ooo 5 55 20 Z9 5 1 9 o 55 17 .156 53 529 .PITCHING RECORD G IP H w so R w 1. 4 25 32 13 49 26 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 o o 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 61

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