Ogallala High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Ogallala, NE)

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Hack ro”' l«-ft 1« rl ht—Coach Francis Wilcox. livnn Brogan. K l Sehlmllcr. Boh Sheldon, rrnnn Klo hman. Juek KconoincM . Kil Hopken Floyd Applagnir. l.yh Kook l»on Shlvolv, l»nlo ('hlngrcn, Sindon Traln r. Front row loft to right—Thoitmx Kildare. Kenneth Krvln. Milford Krajo ki, Kinumid Klein, Warren Felt, Oscar i’liilllps. John Frnncll, Glen Gelsc-rt. ® © © TRACK The 1930 track season opened the third week in March and the 30 aspirants were greeted by u cold north wind for the first two weeks of practice. Only five lettermen returned from last year’s squad —Lyle Kook. Ed Hopken, Ed Schindler. Don Shively and Vernon Fleshman. The first meet was a triangular meet held at Oshkosh, April 7. Those schools participating were Ogallala, Chappell, and Oshkosh. The day was cold and windy and the distances, heights, and times were not so good. Kook won the high jump, pole vault and discus; placed second in the lmiud Jump, and shot put, and third in the javelin. Schindler won both the mile and the 880 yard run. Other boys who earned- points were Shively. Fleshman. Ilopkcn and Kildare. The )mints totaled as follows: Oshkosh 69, Ogallala 49. and Clmppell 20. The Indian tracksters then journeyed to Im- perial on April 14. to attend the annual meet. Other schools hiking part were Grant. Wauneta, Imperial, and Holyoke, Colorado. Rook was high point man with 18 points. Ogallala won the meet with 88% points. Holyoke was second with 34. Fleshman won both dashes, running the 100 in 10.5. Schindler won the mile in 5.06 and Hopken placed in both hurdle runs. Shively grabbed a third in the 440 yard dash. Rook won the pole vault and high jumn. placed second In the shot and broad jump, and third in the discus. The boys will enter the Sidney Invitational Meet, April 20, Kearney Invitational. April 28. Conference Meet. May 5, and the State Meet. May 12. Nine Ogallala tracksters journeyed to Sidney. April 20. to defend their 1938 championship. Al- though they failed to win the meet, the boys did well, garnering 25% points to place second to Oshkosh with 37. Rook was high point man of the meet with 14 points. He won the shot put with a heave of 40 3%”. tied for first in the high Jump and pole vault, and placed second in the broad jump. Flesh- man placed second in the loo yd. dash. Shively ran a nice race to place fourth in the 440 yd. dash. Kd Schindler continued his winning and led the milers home in 5.09. Twenty-Five

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Front row loft to rlRht—-Edwin Hopken. George Thorp », Floyd Applegate, l.ylc Rook. Don Shively. Raymond Dlttmar. Hack row loft lo right- Asrlatant Couch AOntn I'.rochl. Italic Allen, «lien Zlcffiilingon. Wayne Antrim. Joy Knnckatodt, Wayne Cline. Coach Franci» Wilcox. © © © BASKETBALL With only three let termen back, the Indians started the season right by trouncing the Suther- land Reds, 3 lo 6. Next the Indians Journeyed to North Platte, returning with long faces after a defeat of 20 to 32. Not being able to rally sufficient- ly, the Indians lost to .lulesburg 23 to 30, a llltlo later. The Grant boys were shoved aside to the tune of 21 to 9. This gave the Indians better spirit and wo saw Lodgepolo on ihe small end of the score the following week. We again saw victory at the ex- pense of the Kimball team, the score being 30 to 21. Atter 4 hard fighting quarters, the Oshkosh hoys slipped In a baskot during the last minute of play, and beat the Indians 33 to 34. Most of the boys found the hoop in the Imperial game and rang up 51 points to their opponent's 19. A strong Paxton team turned the local boys back 41 to IS. The Indians again received a defeat, this time from the Chappell team. The score wax 12 to 37. The Indians picked up their stride again and beat Sutherland 47 to 14. Paxton again boat us on our home floor »1 to 17. Imperial was again turned back by our boys to the tune of 40 to 21. The Ogallala Indians Jumped astride their ponies and declared war against Alliance only to be defeated 26 to 15. The lust game of the season was a good one for the Indians, as they beat Grant 31 to 16. The Indians climbed to third pluce In the Dis- trict South Platte Valley Tournament, only to Ik? defeated in their first game at the District Tourna- ment at Ix xington. The Indians won S out of their 15 games, ring- ing up 412 points to their opponents' 367 points. The Nubbins won 7 out of their 12 games, ringing up 219 iKtints to their opponents' 1S5 points. After giving four years of excellent basketball to O. H. S., Babe Allen was chosen honorary captain. The Indians will only lose one varsity player this year, so the coming year should seo the Indians at the top of the list of hoop tossers.” Twenty-Four

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Hath Creamer. Bonnie J nr Boyd, Don Thompson. Ed Holach- ••r. Helen Jonsen. Bette Martin, Roderick Ault. Betty Confer Mar- jorie Oaten. Maurlne Mitchell. Shirley Brown. Ml w Prichard. Mies Davis, Irene Poland, Thelma Rohwedder, Lcvonnw Brown Mul- venin Waters, Wnvne Hnnllng. Hernchel Amrlne. Thr.ron Thaden. Diana Gordon, Mary Larson, N-vn Fedde, A rill1 Johnson. Glen Oel«- ert. Jack Doherty Martin Keller, thi Blcknell Maxine Walker, Kathryn Ihrlg. Catherine Wlns- chln, Mable Kedde Jnoque Gels- ert, Joan Stone, Audrey Rtudior, Jean Bnrnlca. Standing left to right—'Betty Jane Dunwoody. Wanda Mao Downey, Lucille Donnhue Annn Me Andrews, Florence Graclk, Ber- nice Schwnslngor. Lillian Jannock. Huth Johnson. Lot «no Gaston. Helen Marie Glle, Miss Steven». Barhara Zlcgonhugcn. Seated left to right—La Von Croissant. Kaytc Honegger. ','ernn Ma« Woolsey, Luotla Harding. Marion Raleigh, Eleanor Roe, Margaret Holschcr. Ellen Ken- fleld. Frieda Hoffman. Maxlno Walker. Betty Jane Wheeler. I.Iln Plunkett. 4 flvwA. DRAMATIC CLUB The O. II. s. Dramatics Club was reorganized at the first of the year with the following officer»: Ruth Creamer, president; Kathryn Ihrlg, vice-presi- dent; Helen Jensen, secretary-treasurer; Jack Doherty, Rodeo reporter; and Misses Blcknell, Prichard, anti Davis, sponsors. About forty students were members; participa- ting in declamation or one-act plays. Throughout tlte year several programs were sponsored by the club. This year the most important was an Invita- tional Dramatic meet, Sutherland. Paxton, Brule, and Ogallaln competing. O. H. S. Dramatics were Judged the beat and the trophy, an engraved pine- quo. remained in our school. Several faculty members Instigated a new cyclorama for tlte stage, the work l eing done by Misses BickneJI. Prichard and Davis, and Messrs. Compton, Rector and West. At the local Dramatic Contest. Bonnie Joan Boyd was chosen to represent O. H. S. in humorous readings at the District Dramatic Contest, with her Original Skit. Marjorie Gates was Dramatic representative with 1 ho Dog Wolf. The one-act play cast. The Keefer Man,” consisted of Audrey Kasher, Marjorie Gates. Herschel Amrinc, Glen Geisert, and Martin Keller. Directed by Miss Davis, the Dramatic Dept., assisted by some musical talent, presented an In- teresting stage production the night of the Carnival. This year the personnel of llie Dramatics De- partment Increased about one-half over the pre- vious year, and some good talent was discovered for future use. HOME EC CLUB The Home Economics Club has as its purpose, the stimulation of greater interest in the art and science of home making. This year the club had 23 members. Miss Stevens sponsored the club and officers were: president, Luella Harding: vice-president, Lorcne Gaston; secretary-treasurer, Lillian Jnsnock; and Rodeo reporter. Lorene Gaston. At the annual Carnival the Home Eo girls sponsored two booths, both of which wore very successful. With the money from the Carnival and the money which home-made candy netted at basket- ball games, the department purchased two sets of silverware, a set of dishea, and added to the kitchen equipment. An added feature to this year's curric- ulum was a course In home care of the sick, con- ducted by the regional health unit. The most Inter- esting features of this course have been the dem- onstrations, which included a baby bath, and a bed bath, Twenty-Six