Klamath Union High School - El Rodeo Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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Front row. left to ri lil: Ilex Yoiimk. Jim t'omlrey. Jim t’ox. AMo Rellotti. Wilbur Weleh. Mark row: Jim Hooehl. Don Hix«ers. .Manager l)»-nn FitZK ral l. Coach Wayne Scott. Ralph Foster. The Pelican’s ’42-13 basketball season turned out to he as successful as the football season. Coach Glenn Scott lead them on to the top of the ladder of success to he state basketball champions for the first time in the history of the Pelicans. They were very well trained for their first game of the season with Weed. California. The score was Pelicans 52, Weed 2 1. The Big Bills’’ won their next two games with Grants Pass in Pelican Court, first game Pelicans 42, Grants Pass 36; second game Pelicans 34. Grants Pass 25. Their fourth game was played with Albany and it was the first game of the season that the Pelicans lost. Albany 32, Pelicans 26. When the Pelicans played the next two games with Redmond they were hack on the winning side again, first game Klamath IS. Redmond 17; second game Klamath 41), Redmond 12. and they stayed on that side when they played Lake-view 58-37. Then they went off to Grants Pass to win again 32-28. But their luck changed with Medford, the score being Medford 43. Pelicans 37. Then they fell back to winning again and won both games with Ashland 30-29 and 35-27. Then the K. I . 11. S. “Big Bills” kept up a long winning spell and won the last seven games before the state tournament. The first two of these games were played with Bend, first game Klamath 50. Bend 29; second game Klamath 56. (('ontinned on page 26)

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Front row. left t«» riftht: Jim Peak. axulMtanl « oarh: Rollin Tutor. Wayne Yanrey. Ralph Foster. Arnolil Selby. Robert Kwlnjr. Floyd Hunsaker. Pouk (’lement. Pick t'ndn. Don .Mast. Frank Ramsey, coaeh. Secoml row: Henry Schortifen. Angelo Glovannlnl. Louis Bickers. Marvin Watson. Neil Alayfiebl. Wilbur Welch. Ralph Mundlin. Rex Young. James Conroy. Don Robin. Third row: Al Cline. Keith Coddinjrton. Richard Vaillancour. Gordon McKay; Bud Peterstelner. Alfred Barker. Fred Foulton. Dick Pope. Dale Casebier. 131 wyn Silva. Fourth row. Phil Itlohm. Vern Yank. Richard Prairie. Pat Patxke. Vern Zimmerman. Italo Ferroni. Joe Miller. Fred Whitney. Jack Brown, Dean Fitzjrernhl. Fifth row: Bernard Vaillancour and Jim Keenan, manngorx The year 1942 brought the most successful gridiron season to k. I’. II. S. ever known before. Under the tutelage of their new head coach. Frank Itainsev. the Pelicans success fully climbed the ladder to he state champions for the first time in K. I’. II. S. football history. To start the hall rolling fourteen lettermen returned for the '12 gridiron season. S with almost all experienced players on the team, although they were outweighed in both the line and baekfield. the Pelicans downed the Grant Generals 15-0 for their first game of the year. In the next game, fighting the Redding Wolves, the Pelicans won again, score 27-7. Even though the K. I . H. S. gridsters were held back strongly in the first quarter of the game, they gave the Eureka eleven their second defeat. Klamath 26. Eureka 6! Making the first victory for the southern conference, the heavy, hard-charging K. I . II. S. grid team smothered the Ashland Grizzlies 20-0 for the fourth straight victory of the season. For the last twenty years the Medford Black Tornado has tossed the Pelicans around as though they had them in a hypnotic spell. But not the Pelicans of ’42. Oh no! They broke that jinx and chalked up the score of 32-0. Beating the Medford Black Tornado at last put a bit more confidence in the squad and when the Eugene Axemen came marching on to battle with the Pelicans the Klamath eleven raised the triumphant score of 34-6. On came the Grants Pass Cavemen and once again the Pelicans tasted the sweet fruits of victory with a score of 31-0, and won the Southern Oregon title and a tighter claim to the state football title. Fighting for the most one-sided score of the season, the Pelicans again felt victory over the Bend Lava Bears with a score of 40-0 on Armistice I)av, and gloriously held the first claim to the state title. This was the eighth straight victory of the season. And it was the last victory also, for when they played the extra schedule game with the powerful Vancouver Trappers they made a bid for northwest honors, but they were turned hack. Turned back by a score ot 20-6 after a week of midwinter weather that prevented outdoor practice. Even though they did lose that last game with the I rappers, it was the only defeat of the year and Coaeh Frank Ramsey had lead them in the most successful gridiron season in the history of the K. I . H. S. Pelicans.

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X THK YKAK Senior Glass History nintcen hundred thirty-nine into the portals of Klamath Union | high school stepped a new crop of freshmen. These were the future hope of K. U. II. S. This class of freshmen amounted to tin mere total of 325. Imagine .‘125 rooks all in one hunch! For a few years all would be serene from these freshmen, but just give them time. Their senior year would he the year to take all the glory. In their first year of school this class of rooks took things rather slowly for a while hut gradually worked their way to tin top of the list headed pep. Many of the freshmen hoys participated in athletics, which is the main foundation and function of Klamath union and several were on the football team of that year. In the year of '40 when the 1 1 Rodeo came out they were given this to go by: Keep up the way that you started out and you will make a name and a place for yourselves.” Now let’s take a look at the rooks who are now sophomores. This year the class gave out with more pep and enthusiasm than perhaps any other class in tin school. Now this class of last year’s rookies were really going places and doing things. The members of this class were active in the assembly committee, the social committee, honor society, musical department and all the various clubs throughout the school. Several members of the class were on tin- football squad of that year. They included Hill Christensen. Allen Cline and Neil Mayfield. Others were still playing on the Wildcat team to go into tin Pelican squad at some future date. Jim Bocchi was the only member of the class of ’43 who was playing on the Pelican basketball team when the team took third place in the state tournament. The junior Pelicans, however, consisted of many boys from this class who would be next year’s main string. All in all. the sophomore class of this year had important members in almost every branch of student activity. As juniors in the year 42 they performed the traditional Junior class amateur show and with the money that they received from this they gave the Junior-Senior prom which was a huge success. This Junior class will In remembered for their industry and interest in cooperating fully with the entire student body in all of its undertakings. Also as in previous years, starting when they first entered high school, they were included in the many busy activities which come with school life. On the Pelican football squad for that year we find that it included seventeen of the boys from the Junior class. Members of the Junior class included on the team were Phil Hlohm. Hol Brown, manager; Dick C'ada. Bill Christiansen. Allen Cline. Keith Coddington. Ralph Foster. Floyd Hunsaker. Jimmie Keenan, manager: Don Mast. Neil Mayfield, Arnold Selby. Roland Tutor, Bernard Vaillaneour. Richard Vaillancour and Marvin Watson. These players returned to make greater triumphs in their senior year than had ever happened during their school life. Taking the lead for the Juniors on the Pelican basketball squad of 12 were Jim Bocchi. Jim Cox. Fee Hunter. Ralph Foster and Aldo Bellotti. Not much has been said in this brief history of the class of ’43 about the girls, but you can be assured that they were as active as the boys of this class. Let’s look quickly as to just what they -were doing while the boys were winning numerous victories on the football turf and basketball court. We find the girls active in all of the various clubs and class throughout the school. The music department, the journalism department, and the commercial department were filled with the