Oakfield High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Oakfield, WI)

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H, omecominj Nineteen Forty-Eight marked our third annual Homecoming. The festivities were started Thursday night, October 28, with a pep rally up at school, hotdogs and pop were served. Speeches were given by Coach Kirchen and Mr. Droegkamp. The annual parade was staged the next morning. It was truly in line with the best traditions of Oakfield. Each grade, class and club in school was represented with a float, of course our fine band led the parade. In the afternoon the ''Oaks'' and ''Bells'' battled to a 12-12 tie before a fine homecoming crowd. The game was marked by hard play on both sides. Former Football Greats'' was the Theme of the Homecoming Hop in the evening. A huge throng danced to the Music of A1 Berger and his orchestra. The highlights of the evening came with the crowning of Naomi Heimerl and Darold Collien as Queen and King. This year the Queen picked the King and it worked out fine. The Royal Couple reigned in true style. Qtliletic Givalds The following awards were earned by students during the year. Football: 'Robert Collien, Darold Collien, Art Culver, David Parduhn, Clair Zimmerman, Dean Case, 'Gerald Geisthardt, Albert Vincent, Gordon, Kaufman, and Foster Wagenknecht. Basketball: 'Robert Collien, Darold Collien, Albert Vincent, Gordon Kaufman, Dean Case, Foster Wagenknecht, Arland Reetz, James Rhode, 'Gerald Geisthardt. Awards for the Athletic Managers go to Harvey Bergman and Edward Galleske. 'Gold Footballs and Basketballs being awarded for four year participation. Cheerleader Awards: Major Awards: 'Donna Dethardt, 'Joan Culver, Joyce Michaels, and Naomi Heimerl. Minor Awards: Patricia Bloohm, and Jeanne Bird. 'Gold Megaphones being awarded for four years participation. —16—

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N. Heimerl, J. Michaels, D. Dethardt, J. Culver. The customary election of cheerleaders was held in time for the first football game. As only one group, consisting of Donna Dethardt, Joan Culver, Naomi Heimerl and Joyce Michaels, tried out they were automatically elected. Of this group Donna, Joan and Naomi were cheerleaders last year. Thanks to this group the enthusiasm and pep of our school rose to great heights during the year. It didn t matter if the team was winning or losing this little group was there to lead the cheers to keep the team going. This is the last year for Donna and Joan, who have been cheerleaders for four years, which will leave the ranks open to newcomers next year. The cheerleaders of this year can be assured that the school feels that they did their part in keeping up the pep of Oakfield High School.

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Basketball Team BACK ROW: J. Rhode, R. Collien, G. Geisthardt, A. Reetz, F. Wagenknecht, Mr. Kirchen. , , . FIRST ROW: D. Case, G. Kaufman, D. Parduhn, A. Vincent. The 1948-49 basketball season was more or less a failure as our experienced team did not start to jell until late in the season. The season was opened with four straight non-conference victories. Kewaskum defeated the Oaks in their first conference game and the play of the Oaks started on the down grade as they lost four straight conference games. Oakfield started to get back in form as they notched their first conference victory in five starts against Campbellsport. From then on the play of the Oaks started to improve and they ended up the season wrth a 5-5 record in conference play. The record for the season was 12-5 as we won seven non-conference tilts without a loss. Both of the tournament games were lost. The first game to Kewaskum and the consolation game to Campbellsport. Robert Collien was placed on the All-Conference first team and Gordon Kaufman on the second team. Foster Wagenknecht was elected honorary captain for the season.