Ogallala High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Ogallala, NE)

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Ray Martin Left Tackle Kenneth Ditto Right Tackle Ray Harter Left End jack Manion Right Guard Emanuel Klein Left Guard Milford Krajewski Right Tackle Jim Dunwoody Right Guard Bob Pounds Full Back Wayne Cline Left Half Jim Bush Left Half To Be or Not To Be-All Americans The 1940 football season led by Coach “Fritz Wilcox and assisted by Coach Amman brought forty-five of the school's finest physical speci- mens out for the gridiron workout. Of this entire number, eighteen boys were lettermen They were Glenn Peterson, jim Dunwoody. Eman - uel Klein, jack Manion. Kenneth Ditto. Ray Martin. Milford Krajewski. Ray Harter. Melvin Senzig, Bill Lynes, Russell jackson. Wayne Cline. Kenneth Fleshman, Don Thompson, joe Thalken. Bob Pounds. Bob Stephenson, and jimmy Bush. With two weeks practice and training in suir. the Ogallala Indians went to julesburg for their first tussle for gridiron laurels. Finding the oppo- sition a bit weak, the boys trounced them to the tune of 27 to 0. The following week the squad met Chappell on the home field but found them 'too tough’. When the fray ended, the score Left to right, back row: Don Thompson, Jim Bush, R«y Mar- tin. Wayne Cline. Dale Canton- wine, Melvin Senxig, Buzz Thal- ken. Glenn Petersen, Jack Man- ion, Riley Burnt, and Duane Irvin. Left to right, middle row: Coach Francis E. Wilcox, Boh Stephenson, Joe Thalken, Eman- uel Klein. Jim Dunwoody. Bill Lynes. Bob She'don, Milford Krajewski. Kenneth Ditto, and Assistant Coach Ernest Amman. Loft to right, front row: Student trainer Dale Chingrcn. Ralph Collin . Dwight Harvey. Dick Mnhoud, Danny Saunders, Melvin Knlkowski. Harold Sibnl, Maynard Senzig, LeRoy Van Clove, Paul Case, Clarence Hunke. and Student trainer. La Verne VandoVoorde.

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YOU MAKE THE TOUCHDOWN. WE LL MAKE THE NOISE A touchdown, a touchdown, a touch- down. boys! You make the touchdown; we'll make the noise!”—This was not only one of the O. H. S. Pep Club's fav- orite yells, but signified what the main duty of the Pep Club is—to cheer the boys on to victory. Win or lose, the girls were always right there encourag- ing the boys to do their best. To increase the treasury the girls sold candy at all football and basketball games. A new feature of the Pep Club this year was the drill team. The team was outstanding in its flashlight drills at the night games. Officers chosen early in the year were. Cathleen Mueller, president; Lor- ene Gaston, secretary-treasurer; Mar- garet Mary Thalken, drill captain. FIRST CURTAIN—YOU’RE ON Fostering an interest, promoting stu- dent ability, and providing entertainment are the aims of this group. The value of this group in developing self-confidence, poise, and acting ability will be determined in later years if one or many of this group attains any success which may in part be due to training he received at O. H. S. under the direction of Mr. Richardson. When a student first joins the club, he is given the rating of Papoose. If he works for the betterment of the club, and his own acting ability, he is given the rank of Indian. With continued hard work in either plays, readings, as student director, or as stage manager, he finally achieves the highest rank—that of an Attatrouper. For the play On Vengeance Height , the Attatroupers were given a superior rating at North Platte, at the District Declamatory Contest. March 28. Bonnie Jean Boyd was acclaimed best actress of the district. Cheerleaders: Phyllis Hay- ford. Mary Alice Thalken. Marian Raleifth, Patricia Thal- kcn. 1st row: M. Stephenson. J. Inley. B. Pi liter. P. Welsh. K. HoneKRor. G. Bromley, H. Peterson, M. L. O'Connell, A. Cunningham, A. Wcist, L. Elmshauser. 2nd row: Miss Fry. A. Erick- son. C. Mueller. A. Froet. E. Mueller, M. Gclsert, H. D. Turley. J. Walker. B. Hnn - mier, M. Geisert, L. H. Reed. 3d row: J. Rnsdnl. M. Gets- ert. P. Peters. A. G riser t, E. Thalken. I . D. Peterson. P. Hoke. L. A. Eiker, M. Roe. I . Stansberry, J. Hillyer, M. M. Tha'kon. 4th row: E. McCroden, E. Gardiner, K. Ihriit, L. Hard- intr. L. Gaston. R. M. Har- ney. A. Welch. A. Girmann. B. L. Smith, D. Manion. rr rsnnn Standintt: K. Ihriit, L. Reed. Mr. Richardson. V. Woolsey. B. Condy. H. Majiee. A. Jop- peson. D. Chinttron. M. Roe. L. Eiker. P. Welsh. A. Erick son, G. Bromley. H. Peterson. Seated: M. Nielson. R. M. Harney, P. Peters, M. Geisert, H. Gavcnman, D. Thompson, B. J. Boyd, J. Manion, M. Combs. E. McCroden. and G. Geisert

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Don Thompson Quarter Back Joe Thalken Bill Lynes Full Back Right End Russell Jackson Left End Kenneth Fleshman Right Halfback Melvin Ssnzig Right End Bob Stephenson Right Half Bob Sheldon Left Guard Glenn Petersen Center was 19 to 2. Ogallala holding the short end of the score. With one win and one loss, the boys began to dig down and get to work for one of the hardest duals of the season,—the Sidney game. They came home with another victory that night; 13 to 12. Two touchdowns by Bob Stephenson and an end run for the extra point by joe Thalken accounted for our triumph. The next battle scheduled was with Imperial. Despite the tried efforts of the boys, the score ended at 6 to 0; Imperial being the victor. The Friday night a week later brought thrills to football fans of this community when Brady played the boys on the home field. Each team went their various ways after the game, some- what gratified having shared laurels in a 6 to 6 tie score. Kimball shut out the Indians with a 13 to 0 tally, but suffered heavily when they scored with such unusual difficulty. The following Friday the team was forced to succumb to the superior forces of Wauneta’s team in a tilt ending with a score of 7 to 0. The Indians showed superiority on the gridiron, but were uable to convert repeated yardage gains into touchdowns. The next dual was with an o'd rival. Grant. Both teams showed exceptional qualities on the field but neither gained any advantage over the other. When the stop watch ticked the final play, the score stood tied at 6 to 6. This was the first time the laurels were ever shared by these two teams. In the season’s final tilt, the Indians were again forced to bow to superior forces, this game being the annual Turkey Day classic. When the referee closed the last scrimmage of the season for the boys, the score board showed a 21 to 13 victory for Oshkosh. The Indian’s fine blocker and tackier. Jim Dunwoody. was chosen honorary captain of the 1940 Football Eleven.