Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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Vern Ogden, Coach McLaughlin, John Miller, Cletus Wingert, Donnie Gunderson. Kenneth Fertig Note: lt rained-or Snowed-the day the pictures were to be taken and the track squad was driven indoors. Hence the piano. The boys don't run to music. At the Maple Valley Conference Relay at Holstein on May l, a squad of fifteen Trojans capped six first, five second, four third, and two fifth places for a total of 78M points, just l4 points short of Holstein's first place total of 92. No records were broken because of a short downpour of rain just before the preliminaries. An all-out performance by every participant gave an indication of good team balance for meets to come, DICK SWANSON KENNETH FERTIG DICK SWANSON DANNY HANSEN JOHN REX DANNY HANSEN PAGE FIFTY-ONE

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Back row: Jim Brower, Manager, Kenneth Fertig, Cletus Wingert, Richard Taylor, Jerry Rey- nolds, Gene Gunderson, Donnie Gunderson. Second row: Dick Swanson, Joe Kipp, John Rex, LaVern Haradon, Vern Ogden, Danny Hansen. Front row: John Miller, Jack Nuetzman, Howard Einspahr. lllllill It was fifty days after the last basketball game that the Odebolt thinclads were able to skip over the cinders in competition. Bad weather forced postponement and eventual cancellation of the annual Holstein Relays which was the first scheduled meet, April l3. We did not enter the Pocahontas Relays, scheduled the following week, because on that date most of the boys went either in the State Speech Contest at Oskaloosa or to the F.F.A. Convention at Sioux City. The Holstein Relays new date was April 24, which was the date set for the Trojans to run at Sac City in the Good Indian Relays. We withdrew from the Good Indian Relays, and foul weather forced a final cancella- tion ,of the Holstein Relays. On April 27, a warm, southerly, gulf breeze brought mild temperatures to lowa and at last made conditions favorable for a meet. A squad of fifteen, only six of whom were veterans, gave a good account of themselves in the first meet of the year, the Alta Relays. Kenney Fertig ran the half-mile at a record clip, but had to settle for second place a stride behind Rapp from Aurelia who broke Ken's record of two yieagslago. The old record-2:14.35 the new record- Danny Hansen also was headed for a record in the 440 yard dash, but faded the last,thirty yards t0 PAGT FIFTY finish just behind Brownmiller of Aurelia who broke the old record of 56.2 by .3 of a second to establish a new record of 55.9. Vern Ogden had a new record all sewed up in the broad jump, besting the old mark by 6 inches, but a leap of l9 feet lO inches by an opponent made Vern's jump of l9 feet l inch second best. Dick Swanson won his heat in both the low and high hurdles, but his steps were off because of lack of practice and the other heats took honors in those events. Don Gunderson threw the discus llO feet 4 inches which was second only to the record smashing toss of l30 feet. John Rex anchored the 880 yard relay team, the 440 yard relay team, and won his heat in the 220 yard dash for a big afternoon. When the points were totaled for the afternoon, Aurelia led the field with 66 points, Pocahontas was second with 47 points, Holstein, third, 34 points, Prim- gahr, fourth, 33 l!3 points, and Odebolt, fifth, 22 l!3 points. At the time this account is being written-May l -it appears probable that the strength of the track squad will come from those fellows and events mention- ed above, with much help coming from Cletus Wingert, Dale Richardson, Lowell Brower, Gene Gunderson, and Howard Einspahr.

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IIIEIIIIII III III IIIIII II IIUEII SOLOS AND SMALL GROUPS Trombone-Gordon Friday ll State All-Stare gubo-lqgnlpetf Ferhg If Contest Contest Ornet ,Ge Ong? Onqwq Grinnell C0rneT BlIl TGCIQUIST April April Baritone-Euphonium-Jean Olson ll l3'l4 27-28 Baritone-Euphonium-Jim Meyer ll - - - Piano-Nancy Rector ll gijjfinglfgggrggzjollilibondgmf I Baritone-voice-Wally Duffy ll Trombone-John Witt I I Woodwlnd Quartet H Bassoon-Janet Ogden I I Brass Quartet H Marimba-Nadine Noyd I I Bros? Sextet H Treble Medium-Janet Sonksen I I BQYS, Quartet H Tensy-Gordon Friday I I Girls Sextette H re e High-Helen Reuber I I ' Woodwind Quintet I LARGE GROUPS Trombone Quartet l I Sfflfe Cofifesf Trumpet Quartet I ll Envy Laurens-'MOV 5 Trumpet Trio I I Bond Drum Ensemble I ii M'X?d Chofus I Clarinet Trio I I BQYS, Glee Club Mixed Quartet I GIYIS Glee I I Clarinetiymor Ella Y H U Note: National Music Contests have been discon- . Y ' Ourtgren tinued. The all-state contest at Grinnell was judged on Oboeishlrley Elnspohf ll the basis formerly used in national contests. We started out our music season with the performance of the marching band at every football game. The band made several different formations with appropriate music and also did some dance steps. These dances were done while we furnished our own music. We made one out-of- town trip to Sac City where we shared the half-time festivities with the Sac City Band. The band was very ably lead by drum major, Janet Ogden. The Majorettes were Darlene Paul, Shirley Schomer, Emily Bergman, Carol Her- rig, Junith Gunderson, Nancy Scott. The band traveled to Ida Grove to participate in the Marching Band Contest linked with Popcorn Day. We received a superior rating and a trophy acknowledging this rating. Concert Band season was started after football and we first had to prepare for the annual Christmas concert. The pep band, a group from the concert band, played at every home basketball game. Contest work was well underway before the basketball season was finished. We had seventeen pupils who worked on solos, and eleven small ensembles. The band played Symphony in E Flat by Saint Saens for contest. The spring concert included a trumpet quartet, a trombone novelty and solos by Charles,Mandernach and Kenneth Fertig. Our contest pieces were also performed at this concert. The band boosters purchased eleven new uniforms, an oboe and three tuba stands this year. They also secured a popcorn popper which they will continue to reap a profit on throughout the years. The Glee Clubs and Chorus started their season's work by participat- ing in the annual Christmas concert. The chorus was the largest this year PAGE FIFTY TWO