Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Members of the Boys' Rifle Team are CBack rowl Steve Lichten- berg, George Ping, Fred Johnson, CFront rowl Steve Edwards, and Dave Husted. Steve Edwards is captain of this ROTC unit which has competed in rifle matches all over the state. Supplementary groups and teams, organized with the Battle Group, work in coniunction with R.O.T.C. affairs. Each morning, each afternoon, and at every game, and assembly, the R.O.T.C. Color Guard has its work cut out. The guard is always prompt to raise or lower the flag, no matter what the weather. Two fairly small groups, but hard-working, skillful ones, are the Rifle Team and the Girls' Rifle Team. The boys' team is commanded by Mai. Steve Ed- wards. Edwards and Paul Davis were members of a five-man team that won a match at Culver Military Academy this past summer. The boys learn to fire in standing, kneeling, and prone positions. Miss Dorotha Kirk is the sponsor of the ten mem- ber Girls' Rifle Team. The girls are instructed by MfSgt. Waldemar Mathews on the R.O.T.C. Rifle Range. The R.O.T.C. Drill Team marches at the Federal Inspection, at some basketball games, and in pa- rades. The team practices handling their rifles for many hours. Unique in- Indianapolis and Marion County is the Girls' Drill Team, forty-four members strong. Nearly two hundred girls tryout for the team. MfSgt. Mat- hews, the sponsor Mrs. Helen Sharp, and Linda Whiteman, team commander, judge the girls on their appearance and marching abilities. The girls march in parades, at games, and at the Spring Federal Inspection. Members of the Girls' Rifle Team are CBack rowl Carol Holmes, Lana Coughlen, treasurer, Margaret Harville, Pat Watson, tFront rowl Linda Sayre, president, Barbara Shurts, vice president. Miss Dorotha Kirk is faculty sponsor of the team. Girls' Drill Team Captain Linda Whiteman Cwith capel boards the bus with other team members leaving to march in a down- town parade. The team also marches at Federal Inspection.

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GIRLS' DRILL TEAM - iFounh rowl Cooney, Leggett, P. Col- SOD, Ryan, J. Collins, Hendrixson, Sullivan, Kibbe, Adams, lins, Fahrbach, J. Sanders, Gentry, Price, Sault, Heifhecker, Buckley, Stone, Copeland- iFirSf fowl Willeford, Lamb, Mucha, Beach. CThird rowl Sams, Spittler, Johnson, Probst, R. Sanders, D0l'mCll'l, C0I'blf1, Captain Whiteman, l-Yl'lCl'l, Leach, Fl'9Cl'l, Hooker, Harlan, Price, Taylor, Lagenaur. CSecond rowj Simp- Beckman. Linda Whiteman creates all the team's routines. D ' ll d 'fl t k f ' ' BOYS' DRILL TEAM - CThird rowln Pvt. McCleish, Cpl. Jett, Pfc. Hemmings, SfSgt. R. Marsee. fFirst rowl Sgt. Merriman, Sfc. Ehlers, Sgt. Frantz, Pfc. Runciman, Pvt. Horn. CSeconcl Cpl. Schiavarelli, Pvt. S. Marsee, Sgt. Williams, Sfc. Goines. f0Wl Drill Teflm Commander, Mfsgl- Castor, CPl- F05l9l', Several times they march at the home basketball games. 26

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