Sheldon High School - Orab Yearbook (Sheldon, IA)

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Meeferen Bob Poffer Bob Helllger Sfudenf Manager Jlm Pofier Orab Baskeiball Coach Walf Olsen 'rurned oui' anofher champnonshlp baskefball feam fhss year They breezed fhrough fhe Counfy and Secflonal Tournamenfs and ended a close second ln 'rhe Lakes Conference A qulck glance af fhe records show fha? fhey won I6 vrcforles ouf of a rugged 22 game schedule The fraduhonal opening game wafh LeMars found fhe Orabs very cold and fhe opponenfs walked off wufh a 43 30 vlcfory Bofh DeKraan and Van Meeferen gof hof a week lafer and 'rhe Orabs won fheur fTrs'r Conference full' wnfh Esfhervulle 44 35 Sform Lake upsef fhe Orabs 32 24 buf fhe locals found swee'l' revenge fwo weeks lafer when fhey fool' fhe wind ouf of 'rhe Tornadoes fo fhe fune of 32 28 Sanborn and Splrlf Lake bofh fell beneafh fhe smoofh offense of fhe Orabs alfhough bofh games were falrly close 34 29 and 34 3I respechvely Spencer furfhered nfs repufaflon as fhe Orabs unx by de feaflng fhem lwxce durlng fhe season 34 30 on fhe 'hrsf encounfer and 3l SI on fhe second meehng Probably fhe mosf fhrullmg game of fhe season was played wnfh Cherokee when fhe Orabs overcame a I0 ponnf lead rn four mnnufeg fo send The ame nnfo overhme whnch ended In a 39 32 vlcfory for heldon The Subley Gen erals losf fwo baffles wufh fhe Orabs fhxs season drop :ng fhe fTrs+ engagemenf 42 26 and fhe second 49 42 lncndenfly Coach Olsen wnfh has eyes foward fhe fufure played every man on fhe bench durlng fhe 3rd and 4+h quarlers The Orabs chalked up vncforues each fume fhey mei' Emmefsburg also The scores were 36 26 and 38 26 Affer frouncmg Spnrnf Lake for fhe second hme 38 I7 fhe Orabs rourneved fo Leeds In hnoh hooes of vncfory buf If was one of fhose nsghfs and Leec won 47 39 If was one fwo fhree and Champlonsfrp af fhe Counfy Tournamenf This year The Orabs walloped Sanborn 40 I7 sfarlled Archer 47 39 and dlsappolnfed Paulllna 48 37 fo carry home fhe covefed gold cup They confrnued fhenr wlnnlng sfreak by beafsng Rock Rapids 52 46 and If seemed beyond realmfy when Chero kee defeafed fhem 46 36 fo smash any hopes of wlnnung 'rhe Conference Esfhervnlle gave fhe boys a scare durnng fhe lasi' Conference game by nosmg one povnf ahead nn fhe lasf 'ren seconds buf De Kraau saved our second place poslflon by fupplng In one lasf buckef before fhe fTnal horn blew The Orabs won un fhe Secfuonal Tourna menf and wenf on fo fhe fTrsf round In Dusfrncf We defeafed Paulluna 49 37 buf fauled IH fhe crucial game by losing fo Cherokee 48 38 fhus puffnng fhe 'hnvshmg foucnes fo a greaf season Walfer Olsen Coach FIFST Row Arvln Bomgaars Bll De Kran LeRoy Van Second Row Coach Wal? Olsen Jack Chase Loue Cardn Fred Knauer Davd Coles Lowell Roskam

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36 -N ms Hr 'Wie Homecomung ueen and AHendan+s Mary Cuddy Collelrle Brady Donna Jean Bryson 5-MA Homecoming When :fs pnfch dark ou+ If adds fo fhe afmosphere of fhe snake dance and as we hurrled up fo fhe fronf of fhe school all we could see were faunf mysferuous fng ures movnng abouf Voices rang ouf and now and 'fhen a sfray nofe came forfh from one of fhe band msfrumenfs We arrrved lusl' ln fume and wnfh a hffle pushing and shovung we crowded Info fhe lsne lusf as nf lunged for ward The band led fhe snalce dance fo Nmfh Sfreef and down fo fhe four corners My fee? ached by fhns +rme and my arms were lump buf we found enough energy fo sung fhe Loyalfy Song and cheer for The 'ream before we sfarfed for fhe park Three cheers fo fhe freshmen for such a fTne bon fxre The blaze from fhe fire nearly reached fhe free fops and we sang and cheerd as fhe fTre dued None of fhe good old SHS school spnrnf dned wnfh If fhough for everyone enfered mfo fhe swing ar-d excrfe menf of Hobo Day A+ 2 30 everyone assembled for fhe grand parade whrch Included cosfumed sfudenfs class floafs and fhe band I+ was a bug success The G A A won fTrs+ prlze for an excepfuonally good floaf Jusl' before fhe game fhe frumpefs played fhe fan fare and The queen and her affendanfs were driven around fhe field and before fhe grandsfand rn a new blue converflble driven b Don Englrsh Each gvrl was presenledl wufh a corsage and Jim Wul son S Club presndenf crowned Colleffe Brady fhe I947 S H S Homecoming Queen The queen and her af 'rendanfs Donna Bryson and Mary Cuddy were fhen seafed rn +he fhrones before fhe curandsfand cl Q' 'sll ' ff l Q xy 2 l

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FIrsT Row RIchard Blumeyer George Hubbard JIm Teeslmk Bud STIenTIes KenneTh BlaIr Second Row Roger MIller Roger Van Beek Owen Saupe Mnke DaIley Bob Brady Dale Merrnll ThIrd Row STudenT Manager JIm PoTTer Vernon Hoek sTra Rodney MIller Rodney De VrIes Leland HeIlIger Andrew ZylsTra Larry Coomes Coach Clarence MarTIn Reserve BaskeTbaII The PonIes under The able gUIdBnC9 oT Coach C MarTIn had an excepTIonally good season ThIs year wInnIng IO ouT oT I6 games They dropped The open Ing game wITh LeMars 24 29 buT They came back quIckIy To deTeaT EsThervIlle 29 I9 a week laTer STorm Lake gave Them Theur worsT Trouncmg of The season when They meT and beaT Them 30 I2 buT ThIs wound healed quIclcly when They meT The Tornadoes Two weeks laTer To WIN by a close 27 26 They wenT on To sTop SpIrIT Lake 4l 34 buT a large rangy Spencer quInTeT handed Them a 33 24 deTeaT The Tollowmg week The Cherokee lndIans bowed To The POHIGS TwIce durIng The season when They losT 28 I7 on The TTrsT encounTer and 2I I8 aT a reTurn engagemenT IT was TIT Tor TaT wITh SIbley The Generals nosrng Through To wIn TheIr home game 38 36 and The Pomes TakIng The second game 38 27 EmmeTsburg SpIrIT Lake Rock RGpIdS and EsThervIlle all Tell under The gallopIng hoofs oT The pomes durIng The lasT halT oT The season and Spencer delIvered a one poInT deTeaT To conclude The 46 47 season Many players ThaT dId excepTIonaIly well Tor The Pomes were swITched over To The TTrsT Team durmg The season These noTables IncludIng Dolly Roskam and Arvm Bom gaars sparked The Pony aTTack beTore beIng shITTed and when They leTT TeeslInk STeInlTes Hubbard and Blavr dId a good 'ob of TIllIng TheIr shoes These players consIsTenT poInT wInners ThroughouT The season, wIll prob ably see a loT oT acTIon wITh The TIrsT sTrIng nexT year Clarence MarTIn Coach -' I I , I . I I I I I . 1 I . I I I I I I - ' - . I . I - I I - , ' . ' I I I I ' I . ' I - I - . . I - ' - I I . . . . . I ' . I - - ' ' I , I