John R Mott High School - Mir Or Yearbook (Postville, IA)

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l Gunderson, R. M. Meyer, McNally, L. Brown C7255 zlfmclg fu. The Cheerleaders are cliosen by the high school assembly. ln the fall, Shirley McNally and Rose Marie Meyer held try-outs for two new cheer- leaders before the assembly. After each of the girls had led the assembly in one yell, elections were held and ,Lorraine Brown and Bette Gunder- son were elected as the other two cheerleaders. x Their routines were always peppy this year and helped the boys to put forth their best effort. They introduced several new and different yells and at one of the pep meetings they introduced a new dish-mop redheaded cheerleader. She l?l created quite a riot. p ..,...f5z'... The organization of high school girls, known as The Tumblers, but preferred to be called the Pir-ettes, consists of girls who 'enjoy this type of work. Lorraine Brown was the leader and Jean Douglass the manager of the group. The objective of these girls was to create in- terest in gym work. This was accomplished com- pletely here, and in schools surrounding Postville. They gave several exhibitions at games, twice at Waukon, and at the Sectional Tournament. Their peak performance was at the Physical Education Demonstration in March, when they gave a full tumbling demonstration entitled RoIIicking Rag- gedy Anns. Memories of their flashy entrance in those out- fits lcreated by themselvesl and their clever tum- bling acts will linger a long time in the minds of their many fans. For their fine work tumbling letters were presented. . FIRST ROW: R. Green, Douglass, E. Winters, Turner, Gunderson. SECOND ROW: Sanders, Enyart, J Hangartner, Gordanier, L. Brown, R. M. Meyer, Appel. ' s

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FIRST ROW: L. Meyer, Marston, Koenig, Palmer, Severn. SECOND ROW: Broinard, C. Schultz, G. Livingood, A. Schultz, L. Christofferson. QMEQKK Forty boys tried out for the baseball team this season. Due to late rains the practicing began later than usual this year. I' The Pirates started out their baseball season on the wrong foot with a loss to Monona. The Bulldogs won a 3-0 victory behind Schmidt, theirace hurler who allowed only one hit. Koenig pitched good ball for Postville but the team couldn't push any runs across the plate. l Another defeat came at the hands of a West Union nine. Cloy Schultz took the task of pitch- ing, but errors cost the Pirates the game by a count of l0-6. ln their first home game, the Pirates defeated a veteran Lansing team by a score of 5 to l. Get- ting only two hits and those of the infield variety, the local boys took advantage of the walks and wild pitches to score. Our runs came in the first, third, and fifth innings. Their run came in the sixth inning. The Pirates took anotherwin, evening the count, with West Union. Earl Koenig was on the mound for the locals, allowing seven scattered hits, none of them being for extra bases. Postville scored six runs in the first inning on four walks, a double by Art Schultz,- and ay fielder's choice. ln the third inning Dwight Marston's home run, a walk by Art Schultz, Bill Palmerfs single and a double by Koenig produced three runs. The last run was scored in the fifth inning. Marston singled, went to second on an error, and scored when Gilbert Livingood hit a single into left field. West Union scored in the fifth and twice in the seventh. The Pirates lost to Monona 8 to 7. Errors cost the home team the game. Monona also had its share of errors but they weren't as fatal as Post- ville's. Monona had 8 runs, ll hits and no errors, while Postville had 7 runs, 5 hits and 4 errors. The Pirates lost their return game with Lansing 8 to 5. Koenig worked for Postville, allowing 8 hits. Only two of their runs were earned, errors accounting for the remainder. Postville scored in the second, fourth, and fifth on extra base hits by Leo Meyer, Clay Schultz, and Leo Christofferson. Meyer led the Pirate hitting by getting three for them. . Behind the four-hit pitching of Lefty Koenig, the Pirates edged onto a victory over Marquette, 3-2, to gain a place in the semi-finals of the Sec- tional' Baseball Tournament. Marquette scored their runs in the first inning on two errors, a walk, and a hit. The Pirates scored two in the fourth on an infield hit by Martsan and an error. ln the sixth Postville scored the needed run to win. Next the Pirates downed a determined Lansing nine, 3-2. Leo Meyer went the game for Postville at the mound and kept things well under control.. ln the finals the Pirates faced Monona. There was no score until the fifth inning when Monona put over a run. They scored two more later to win 3-0. To finish the season, the Pirates invited a Wau- kon team over only to trim them l4-0. It was a sort of revenge for previous defeats in other sports. It was also the left-handed Koenig's sec- ond shut-out of the year. Letters were awarded to the following members of the team for baseball at the end of the season: Earl Koenig, Leo Meyer, Bill Palmer, Eugene Se- vern, Cloy Schultz, Gilbert Livingood, Leo Christ- offerson, Rodney Anderson, Dwight Marston, and Art Schultz. Leo Meyer was elected captain of the baseball team at a meeting of the baseball boys.

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FIRST ROW: Peterson, D. Meyer, L. Meyer, Medberry,'Plaht. SECOND ROW: D. Harris, Hath, Turner, Livingood, Koenig, Marston. THIRD ROW: Palmer, Brainard, Hughes, C. Schultz, Severn, L. Christ- offerson. .lieth-:fr The Letter Club is one of the leading organiza- tions of this school. lt consists only of students who have won at least one major letter in a sport, or a student manager's letter for a sport. To obtain a letter a student must meet certain requirements established by the coach, such as time, attitude, and other favorable points, one of which is elegibility by scholastic standards set up by the Iowa High School 'Athletic Association. At their first meeting they elected these officers: president, Gene Medberry, vice president, Luther Suckow, secretary-treasurer, Leo Meyer. The high spot of the Letter Club is the sponsor- ing of the annual Letter Club Hop, the biggest all-school party of the year. For thisleach class picks out their class queen and then the whole high school votes among these four. Those as queen of their class this year were: Seniors, Ellen Svendsen, Juniors, Marjorie Bareisp.Sophomores, Virginia Brown, Freshmen, Mary Sanders. The president of the Letter Club crowned Virginia Brown queen and presented her with a corsage of red rosebuds at the Hop. The other entertain- ment for the Hop always proves-to be rather unusual and very entertaining. This year was no exception. For an orchestra Benny Gamble and his Gamblers proved very successful. The Gamblers were all members of the Letter Club. A group of dancers 'lThe Wacky Sacs of Waki- ki-ki provided untold mirth, especially their dash- ing young leader. This party is always held in the new gym. This year, for the first time, the Letter Club sponsored a picnic which they hope will become an annual affair. In showing appreciation for the help they received selling concessions at the sec-H tional basketball tournament the club invited 'all who helped in any way to be their guests at a picnic held at the golf course. At this picnic they furnished all the cokes, peanuts, hot dogs, etc. one could eat. During the latter part of the afternoon new members were initiated into the Letter Club. Needless to say, all had a grand time. To complete the year, the Letter Club bought Coach Blackman a farewellpresent, a beautiful upholstered occasional chair, and hopes he will get enough rest in it to mke up for all the hard work he did with the Postville boys. 5