Montello High School - Granite Hilltopper Yearbook (Montello, WI)

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Lett to Riqht. Robert Tonn. Charles Goodnature. Max Metcall. Gordon Daniels. Leslie Hull. Coach Frank. Melvin Bornick. Harley Janisch. Douglas Wheaton. Eugene Blodgett. Myron Schwartz. Claude Herrick. Willus Mittlesteadt feosXASUj, Gel out and run around the gym thirty times, was Coach Frank's first order to his twenty-two aspiring leather-slingers. And that was but a starter, for close upon the heels of the road work came bag punching, rope skipping, and plenty of other toughening up exercises designed to prepare a young mug for the punishment of a three-round slug-fest. After the eliminations, the pug-uglies who remained to meet Mauston, West- field, and Poynette were: Blodgett, O'Connor, Burlingame, V. Metcall. M. Met- calf, C. Metcalf. Robinson, Mittlesteadt, Daniels, and Wheaton. This being the first year that Montello has participated in Inter-scholastic boxing, some of the boys took lessons in the art of self-defense from the exper- ienced veterans of opposing teams. However, boxing must have been a good thing, since it was a main topic of conversation in the pre-spring-fever days. 28

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 btevmatic GluJi After two years' existence, the Dramatic Club has become one of the most popular and ambitious of the Hilltop organizations. Under the supervision of Miss Wohlfert. this club really went to town. The first semester's work consisted of studying a background for stage appearance. Pantomimes, dialogues, and simple scenes were carefully worked out, with only a few minutes' intermission to prepare a pep assembly for the Port Edward's game. What student will ever forget Prof. Ribbentropp's Kindergarten, which is illustrated above! The climax of the year's work was the play-a-week series —five one-act plays given in five consecutive weeks before the student body. These plays were produced by student di- rectors. and, from the gusto with which the players went about rehearsing and emoting their various parts, they thoroughly enjoyed the drama. Who could forget Gladys Foley, the tom- boy daughter roller-skating across the stage in Orchids for Marie —Agnes Nickolai as she did her Greta Garbo act in Everyboy's Doing It —Mary Block as the tragic Maurya, which she played so well in Riders to the Sea —Marvel Guerke as the housecleaner in They Clean the Attic —or Betty Ann Cartwright as the lazy restauranteur in Teapot on the Rocks ? From every standpoint the Dramatic Club was a wide-awake organization. President: CHARLOTTE HARRING Vice President: JACK ROBINSON Secretary- Treasurer: AGNES PUFAHL First Row Lett: Alden Eichsteadt. Marcella Mlodsik. Marge Metcall. Marvel Guerke. Constance Connolly Second Row Lei I: Blodwyn Grahn, Myron Schwarts. Agnes Puiahl. Betty Ann Cartwright. Arler Scmmerleldt. Florence Bell. Third Row Lett: Charlotte Marring. Arvilla Eichsteadt. Violetmae Westphal. Rosalie Hints, Burt John. Front Row Mary Block, Gloria Beland. Jimmy Murray. Irma Eichsteadt. Arlowayne Blada. Standing: Marian Zierke. Milton Schwarts. Sitting: Jack Robinson. 27

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RoAJ etkcM, With only three letter-men returning from the 1939 40, squad. Coach Frank's first Hilltop team did not rank high in the won-lost column. However, due to their never-dying spirit, their opponents were never sure of victory until the last whistle had blown. Red letter dates on the team's calendar mark their victory over the conference champions —Adams-Friendship, and the glorious over-time win from their arch-rivals—Westfield. The season was terminated at the Green Lake Tournament, where the Hilltoppers and their man ager. Russell Wegner, copped the silver third-place medals. Jack Robinson, captain of the Blue and Golds, was honored by being chosen guard on the all-tournament team. Four Senior players, Dan Cotter, John Draeger, Bob French, and Jack Robinson, will be missed next year, but a championship Freshman team comes up to make the outlook bright for 1941-42. 1940-41 SCHEDULE Montello 15 Opponent 18 Pardeeville - 17 14 Cambria 23 26 25 34 Cambria - ... 20 23 Pardeeville 14 18 Plainfield 12 22 Port Edwards 16 30 Adams - Friendship - 17 13 Westfield . 26 25 Montello Opponent Wautoma 23 26 Plainfield 18 23 Port Edwards 23 25 Adams • Friendship 16 27 Westfield 18 41 Endeavor 28 8 Wautoma 25 34 Markesan 35 n 17 28 Green Lake — 20 12 Montollo's Total 408 Opponent's Total 458 First Row: Coach Frank, Dan Cotter. lack Robinson. Robert French. Milton Schwartz. Second Row: John Draeger. Henry McTrusty. Douglas Ritchie. Hillard Esselman