Mayville Central High School - Pacemaker Yearbook (Mayville, NY)

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VARSITY BASEBALL , VARSITY BASEBALL Front row Qleft to rightjz George Nick Arnold, Gerald Jerry Haskin, Robert Swede Johnson, Frederick Freddie Brace. Back row: George W. Meyers, coach, Robert Red Crowell, James Jimmy Erhard, Richard Dick Mead, Norman Tony Morton, Paul f'Spot Webb, William Bill Cross, Emmett Smiley Franklin, Ronald Ronnie Miller, Richard Bones Bartlett, manager, Robert P, Dye, supervising principal. The 1940-41 baseball team experienced its most successful season in some years, hanging up seven victories against three losses, but in league competition won five times and lost once. They finished first in League One to take the championship of that division. Bill Cross, Bob Johnson, Tony Morton and Fred Brace pitched, while Emmett Franklin and Jim Erhard were on the receiving end. Tony also played first base, Ronnie Miller, second, Dick Mead, third, and Spot Webb, shortstop. Outfielders were Red Crowell, Bob Johnson, Gerald Haskin, Jim Erhard and George Arnold. Tony Morton headed the list in batting averages with Spot Webb and Bill Cross close seconds. The game scores were: Opponents Mayville Sherman 1 3 Bemus Point 14 9 Celoron 9 3 Bemus Point 9 8 Brocton 0 4 Sherman 7 10 Celoron 1 13 Chautauqua 3 7 Chautauqua 2 8 Brocton 6 7

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VARSITY BASKETBALL VARSITY BASKETBALL Front row lleft to rightlz George W. Meyers, coach: Robert P. Dye, principal: William Bill Vross, Norman Tony Morton, Paul Spot Webb, Ronald Butch Morton, Richard Bones Bartlett, managerg Emmett Smiley Franklin. Back row: Leroy Shindy Shindledecker, Richard Dick Mead, Gordon Ketch Shearer, Robert Swede Johnson. The 1940-41 basketball season started out with a victory over our well-known rival, Chautauqua. As a result of the teamwork and co-oper- ation of the squad we emerged victorious in nine other games. Out of a total of fourteen games, only' four were lost to the opponents. The number of points scored by this team throughout the season were 411, against all opponents' scores of 321. High scorer for the team was Robert Mount, who registered 107 points. Norman Morton was next highest with a total of 104 points. Paul Webb and Robert Mount were co-captains of the team, with Richard Bartlett as the team's able manager. Scores for the season in the order of games played were: Opponents Mayville Chautauqua 23 24 Bemus Point 24 35 Lakewood 11 30 Sherman 37 31 Celoron 20 34 Falconer 30 23 Frewsburg 14 30 Clymer 24 32 Chautauqua 39 21 Lakewood 29 27 Sherman 20 25 Celoron 18 25 Clymer 26 34 Frewsburg 14 40

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1941 THE PACEMAKER Gan ao-ii imagine . . . Vincent Rothwell six feet tall? Phyllis Cook flunking a test? Evelyn Ames with a dress below her knees? Walter Acker a Republican? Bones coming to school early? Merton with a new Buick conver- tible? Clair making Mrs. Rider happy? Ardis Morton coming to school two full days in a row? Nadine with big feet? Marmie with her hair out of place? James Weise making a noise? Gerald Haskin broke? Millie missing a day of school? Gordon hating baked beans? Arnella with short hair? Ibby with her own class ring? George Smith as Tiny Tim? Dorothy Carlson not wan-ting some- thing to eat? Spot without his hair combed? Eva without dimples? Marian hating the boys? Rae weighing 200 pounds? June Krotzer with a bass voice? Boots Morse chasing after a girl? Raymond Stebbins playing foot- ball? Ethel Long a brunette? BARTLETT'S FAMOUS QUOTATIONS FOR SENIORS Bill Dearing: Has sighed to many, though he loves but one.-Lord Bymn. James Weise: Anything for a quiet life. -Thomas Dekker. Virginia Barber: Why don't the men pro- pose, Mama?-Thomas Bayly. Nadine Henderson: Laugh and be well.- Matthew Green. Dot Carlson: We must live to eat, and eat to live.-Henry Fielding. Eva Stoeltzing: Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.-Thomas Ravenscropt. Marian Brace: Her dear five-hundred friends.-VVilliam Cowper. Ella Laird: My heart is true as steel.- Shakespeare. . Clydell Howe: What's o'clock?-Shakes- peare. Len Dudley: Whistle and she'll come to you.-Beaumont and Fletcher. Rae Bixby: She's as thin as a lath. -Charles Dickens. Dot Biekert: Young in limbs: in judgment, old.-Shakespeare. Millie Van Volkenburg: She watches him as a cat watches a mouse.-Jonathan Swift. June Krotzer: I am always merry when I hear sweet music.-Shakespeare. Arnella Gould: A good heart's worth gold. -Shakespeare. Dot Scofield: Her stature is tall: I hate a dumpy woman.-Lord Byron. Gordon Shearer: Woe to him who reads but one book.-George Herbert. Leda Benson: Never say more than is nec- essary.-Sheridan. Marmie Crandall: Love me, love my dog.- John Heywood. Evelyn Ames: As merry as the day is long. -Shakespeare. Guida Marty: The gentleman is not in your books.-Shakespeare. Ardis Morton: A penny for your thoughts. -Jonathan Swift. Phyllis Cook: A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long.-Thomas Middleton. Raymond Morse: Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.-Shakes- peare. Dick Bartlett: Better late than never.- John Heywood. Raymond Stebbins: He is the very pine- apple of politeness.-Sheridan. Merton Galloway: I love her for herself alone.-Shakespeare. Vincent Rothwell: Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.-Beaumont and Fletcher. William Quilliam: I was determined to know beans.-Henry Thoreau. Ethel Long: Red as the rose is she.-Sam- uel Coleridge. Neil Francis: Dispense with trifles.- Shakespeare.