Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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Highly Trained Troops Leading military minds of the regiment were Lois Shank, Annabel Romig, Bob Hendrichs, Bob Spayd, and Ann Lewis, who have fought a hard fight for their leadership, but who welcome anyone willing to challenge them. To keep morale sky-high, the class had a hay-ride: but when no hay wagons flew into view, it was quickly changed into a barn party with square dancing, the Virginia reel, and hot dogs as the main features. Reveille buglers and other martial musicians from junior class ranks were Ed Gerhard, Bob Hendrichs, Herbert Hickok, Keith Robinson, and Don Stork: all were among the most able and victorious veterans of the band. Highly specialized abilities were shown by several members of this illustrious company. Barbara Barnett's fingers skillfully manipulate the ivories, Tom Stenger and Don Santel build model airplanes, and Bruce Epstein and Gene Hughes are noted for their homeroom noises: while guardhouse lawyers Alan Horton and Dick Candor find that barracks are an excellent place for extemporaneous debating. Girls of S-13 miss their makeshift mirror in S-6. The whole homeroom gave out with gasps when Mary Walker strolled in with a huge con- traption on her broken nose. Other goings-on included: last-second glances at chemistry books. Gingie Piausch's trying to keep the WAACS quiet and soliciting for Girls' League funds at the same time, and Virginia Cooper's urging her Willys to the door of the barracks, with five to fifteen Oak- woodites usually bursting out like bombshells. After five years of rigorous training and hard drill the toughened Eleventh Regiment is ready for mental and physical warfare of any sort with which they might be confronted in their senior year. l 4' QD FIFTH ROW: Markley, Campbell, S. Kemp, W. Mendenhall, Riedmiller, Kanouse, Pool, Stout, Finley, Dlssinger, J. Pratt, Barnett, McCally, S. Sims. FOURTH ROW: G. Brown, Johnson, T. Bishop, M. Walker, Renner, Hostetter, H. Smith, J. Newell, V. Rausch, Bettcher, Mayforth. THIRD ROW: Blackburn, Fuller, Atchley, Kuhlman, Janet Sauer, Kirkpatrick. M. Lewis. SECOND ROW: M. Brown, P. Burke, L. Breidenbach, Booe, Freudenberger, M. Seasholes, M. Williams, Cooper, Jill Tate, A. Lewis, Mlnturn, M. Martin. FIRST ROW: Romig, Shank, Grote, D. Smith, Shuey, J. Canby, Bogart. Kent, Rich, Howland, J. Young, Garrison. 27 55' milieux,

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The Eleventh Regiment .... 7 'N Rf U lst, I 1.7 THIRD ROVV: D. Candor. D. Rnhlfs, Horton, J. Parker, Hendrichs, R. Spayd. L. Russell, Bill James, Fralcy, Webber. K. I' tt D Claggett SECOND RO Beust Fichenberger Wr r St ecklein Nicholas F stein Kearns Wallick Stork ra . . f . S , W: . . . . , ane, . o , .px , , ' , .' , U. Miller, W. Atwell, Andrews. FIRST ROW: McBride, I. Shroyer, VanPatten, R. Jones, G. Stnycos, li. Graaf, E. Gerhard. Highly-trained Eleventh Hegimentals blitz- krieged through their next-to-last year, overcom- ing and surmounting scholastic and athletic obstructions, and now they are ready to assume the important task of being seniors. As C. O.'s, the class commissioned Lanier Russell, president: Dorothy Bettcher, vice-presi- dent: Annabel Romig, secretary: and Neal Web- ber, treasurer. This big four helped to see that the official duties of the class progressed smooth- ly. The captains of the regiment, sometimes called homeroom advisers, are Mr. McClellan, our newly acquired mathematical mind: Captain Brown, quite an authority on history as well as a school politician: Mrs. Parker, who believes in keeping her homeroom decorated: and Miss Baker, who, we think, can out-translate anyone else in these parts in Latin. In football, the Eleventh Regiment boasted a pony backfieldf' composed of Bruce Epstein, Rufie Iones, Turk Hughes, and Ed Graef, who 26 did an excellent job of relief after the first string had retired. Our mighty eleventh regiment grid- ders were Gene Hughes, Turk Hughes, Bill Iames, Lance Russell, and Bob Spayd. Eleventh Regiment trainees Gene Hughes, Bill Iames, Bufie Iones, Turk Hughes, Bob Hendrichs, and Ed Graef went all-out for basketball, form- ing the entire reserve team: while on the lighter side there was much intramural activity, carried on by Fraley's Freaks, Stoeck's Wrecks, All Stars, and Shroyer's Destroyers. Many Eleventh Regiment femmes found hockey fine physical training, for on any day Audrey Benner, Mary Louise Walker, Nancy Howland, Dodie Shank, and Mary and Ann Lewis could be seen flying down the field and attacking the ball in V formation. Public oratory technicians Bob Spayd. Louise Pool, Barbara Barnett, Ed Graef, and Lanier Rus- sell gained both acclaim and N. F. L. points by brilliant performances and steady hard work.

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The Tenth Regiment .... f s 1 ? THIRD ROW: G. I-lou'k, Bimm, Perry, Potter, Reemelin, Kiltredge, G. Floridis, Dan Olch, Filsinger, F. Crotty, Keckler, ' t' S' k R Wh't S Rhlf B Ha ' Rut Ri kett Sleeth H. Waring, C. Thomas. SECOND ROW: Sonnansme, in s, . le, . o s, . rris, o song, c s, , Dohse, R. Sides. FIRST ROW: W. Pohl, T. Wilson, Knee, Issleib, A. Gelep, Stahl, Anderson, H. Fricke, Hook, Larson, G. Patterson. With a grim determination the Tenth Regi- ment marched to the scholastic and athletic front to make a good showing, even under heavy fire. Faced with new obstacles such as ancient history, plane geometry, Latin II, and French II, the going was tough: but for most recruits it provided the incentive for success. Heading the class in the front ranks are Charles Thomas, president: Pauline Kuhl, vice- president: lack Ricketts, secretary: and Patty Spry, treasurer. The commissioned leaders of the com- panies are Mr. Crum, who is noted for the scientific gadgets which he bestows upon his barracks: Mr. Dougherty, whose division of edu- cation is threatened by priorities: Miss Shepler. excellent in taking attendance as she was former- ly the secretary of the school: and Mrs. Russell, who really believes that a stitch in time saves nine. The public speaking department is proud of the Tenth Regiment with its contribution of An- 28 drene Moore, Dick Larson, Patricia Trace, Ellen Light, Anne Seasholes, and Virginia Trick. Those Weren't P. T. boats in a skirmish in the gym after school: they were only the boys' intramural basketball battles. Among the teams were Tate's Taters, and Olch's Oysters: the latter was captained by junior mess sergeant Dan Olch. Starring in football were Iohn Hutchins and Larry Nelson, both of whom saw much action at the front. Other trainees out for football were Thomas Anderson, George Floridis, Howard Fricke, Gus Hallum, Albert lssleib, Bob White. Malcom Stahl, and Sheldon Rohlfs, all of whom showed the pugilistic potentialities needed to be- come Oakwood's best blockbusters next year when football season rolls around. Top students, admired by their companions in arms for that certain something called brains. are Harriet Snow, lane Wilder, Ellen Light, Anne Seasholes, and Gordon Sinks.