Lafayette High School - Oak Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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L Q Slaybaugh I llamrook ' tar MAY 15, 1937. I Included in the record number out for track practice were five lettermen, Eddie Slaybaugh, jesse Hughes, Roy Miller, William Woodyard, and Louis Simpson. Early on the morning of April 9, after several weeks of vigorous training, the Shamrocks set out for Trenton. Though the team placed fifth, Eddie Slaybaugh had taken individual scoring honors with nine points. A week later Eddie led his team mates to second place in the Liberty meet with a score of 15 points. The next day he again stood out when he scored all of Lafayette's points for fifth place in the Chillicothe meet. April 23 at Maryville the team took third place. Here Slaybaugh led the scorers with 16M points. April 30 Lafayette lost a dual meet to William Chrisman High in spite of Slaybaugh's 24 points. Then on May 8 came the state meet at Columbia. St. joseph Central won and the Shamrocks placed eleventh. Louis Simpson and Eddie Slaybaugh scored all the points. Eddie placed on the all-state track team as a result. The final event of the year was the annual city track meet on May 15. Central, with quite a few veterans, won the meet, Benton was second, and Lafayette came in third. Several records were broken. Page Sixteen

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0 On that warm, sunny-whoa, a mistake-on that hot, summer- ish spring day, the entire school system gathered in a city-wide Parent-Teacher Association picnic at Lake Contrary. There was fun for everyone when all the concessions were opened to the students at a reduced price. Line form to the right, please, Lafay- ette girls. It seemed that one could ride forever and still not exhaust that meager supply of nickels and pennies. To get through the crowds one needed a snow plough. Bill Wineingar used his cheer leader's megaphone to induce guests to come to his show. Nadine Teaford made her second visit to the ticket window while Thelma Miller and Gen Aberle surveyed the scene for further excitement. There was not a dull moment in the whole day. Maybe the Lafayette group flower rightj was planning a wild rush to town to grab a bite and brush up before returning for more fun. The evening's entertainment provided for a swing to the music of True Davis and his band in the lake pavilion. It was 'to this soft music that the students and patrons of the school ended ickel Buy 'I'hrill At the Lake their day of perfect fun. 'J4 yf' ILLAL fA f Lf J f'ff '1'I'4 '!i MAY 14, 1937- 4, 1,5314 f.a,,nvf.14-if -f'-1 Zin A' 'YJ' 3,4 ,K-, 'fnaqzof I f PM ,,,i M tlthll Q Eff' QV Off 'J' ff Wi - W . 0jUf,J,,?

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nge Seventeen I Straining Muscles should be the title of the study in energy on the opposite page. Dutch Thompson is the only Lafayette runner you can see at a glance, but if you look closely, you i-an see Bill Taft. This was the start of the mile run. O Louie Simpson, a Shamrock dash man. had to stretch his legs in the 100-yard dash to get a third place and two points for Lafayette. Q Coach Campbell was giving Roy Miller and Jesse Hughes the low-down on a certain race, but they didn't seem to mind, if Roy's grin means any- thing, Roy is the only returning letterman this year. Q The photographer at the Benton meet caught a picture of speeding Eddie Slaybaugh in his record-break- ing hurdle race. Eddie had just knocked over a hurdle, but that didn't stop him from setting a new 14,9 set-ond mark. I Again the photographer caught Eddie breaking a record, this time in the discus event. Eddie sailed the metal disk 120 feet. Q This time it was the 220, and Louie came through with a win to beat the city's fastest men. MAY 15, 1937