Union Center High School - Reflector Yearbook (Wells County, IN)

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SPORTS RUUND UP The year of 1946 1947 brought with it Mr Egly as our new coach, taking the place of Mr Boyd who coached the preceding three years, Betty Hartleroad as our cheer leader, following Norma Fisher and Marllyn Pence's two year leadership, and probably Pete Carey as our wlnner o the foul shoot ing contest The fallsoftball season this year was short, wlth the team playln a total of six games We won two and lost four Osslan defeated Union twlce, also Lancaster defeated Union twice, and Unlon defeated Rockcreek twlce The team consisted of 15 players Florian Flum, catcher, Kenneth Herndon, pitcher, Pete Carey, first, Guy Shutt, short stop Red Smlth, rlght field, Max Walton, center field, Herb Best, left fleld, and the subs were Ronald Fisher, Bill Weikel, Bob Ertel, and Nell Hoopingarner The basketball season started w1th a sweet, but hard victory over Ossian, 52 50 The next two games we lost to Chester, 41 18, and Lancaster, 50 22 Our fourth game was a victory over our old friends from Lafayette, 56 55, and another victory over Jackson followed, score 58 25 The fellows ran into tough luck the following week and were defeated by West Union, 51 Our scores ran close in the next two games which were victories over Liberty, 40 56, and Huntlngton Twp 59 56 Our boys were stlll playing good ball, but Rockcreek managed to defeat us, 54 50 Our last game before the County Tourney was postponed because dfthe ice storm jamming our electricity The tourney,Jan 10 11, gave us those leaping Panthers from Petrol eum who defeated us, 55 57 Our next four games were rather gloomy, as our boys were defeated by Roanoke,45 25, Petroleum, 50 25, Lafayette, 26 21, and Ossian,4U 16 Even this didn't back down the boys' moral With a few changes in playexs, our boys met their old victors from Rockcreek and gained the victory this time, 62 40 The Badgers came back to defeat West Unlon the second game, 55 27 Our second tilt with Lancaster ended with a score of 47 15, Lancas ter's favor The final was with a new rival, Monmouth, and it ended ln a 47 to 26 defeat This year the team wDl lose threecf their players who are senlors Bob Kumfer, guard, Florian Flum, forward, and Herb Best, center Bob played three years on second, one year on first Florian played 5 years on second, 1 year on first Herb played 2 years on second, 2 years on first. Guy Shutt, a junion is our other guard, with 1 year on second, and is f1n1sh1ng his sa: ond year on first Pete Carey,our high scoring sophomore forward, has played 1 year on second, one year on flrst, and it looks as if he wlll continue to play on first Our subs lnclude Bill Weikel, a junior, who plays in some of the games as a forward Max Walton, sophomore, has been playlng as a regular in our last games Ronald Fisher, sophomore, is playing as a regular now Ed Bushee, junior,is regular on second team, subs on first Don Caley, a sooho more, is also a regular on second team and sub on first Union was defeated their first game ofthe Sectional Tourney by the Rockcreek Dodgers Rockcreek lead all through the game whlch ended with a final victory of 24 54 for the Dodgers A - ' a A - c K., o . T 0 1 . i 1 0 . V, 0 CD 9 C 0 o Q X . I o 0 l o 0 s A' ' I u 0 ' Q . 0 ' o - . un 0 - . - . 1' - 50. . . ni - . - . ' 0 A ' Q o ' I ' o - o - o - o .-, Q . 1 . 1- . 4 - 0 - - . 0 O ' o . 1 . o a A ' 0 -'V ' , 0 i . - n u , - - - . . 0 - ' u 0 o X ' 0 - 9 - O o - - 0 4 . , .

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OUR PAST Yes, here it is, 1947, and we as seniors have at last attained our goal But it wasn't mere fate which destined us to be the l947 seniors, it has required much effort and patience So, in retrospect, we will pic ture our steady progress up the ladder to our final goal graduation Remember, back in September, 1935, when mother combed those curls Cusually bangsl, and shined that new pair of shoes, gave you your 'readin', 'ritin', and 'r1thmetic, and kissing you gently on the cheek, sent you to school for your first big day? Being a little shy at first, but soon catching on to the new rou tine, twenty nine first graders were greeted by our fine teacher, Miss Mar tin My, wasn't that a bunch! Only seven of the twenty nine beginning stu dents, however, have remained throughout the entire twelve years They are Erma Lou Bozell, Richard Bumgarner, Eldon Clark, Florian Flum, MarceD1e Kep linger, Robert Kumfer, and Marilyn Pence After Christmas, the Gayot twins Mildred and Marcella, blew in from Rookcreek, making things much more cummi cated for our class As we began our second year, a new face appears Why she has two black pigtails, tied with red ribbons! Yes, it was Mary Lu Burger, from New Bhven Phonics was stressed by Miss Martin that year to impress upon our minds the correct pronunciation of words Maxine Carl, a little blue eyed blonde from Ossian, began her first round at Union soon afterChristmas, too horseshoe seemed to be our delight, and Miss Thomas Know Mrs Fetterhoff found it easy to keep her pupils entertained during recess Girls seemed to be gaining the stronghold by out numbering the boys as two more lassies arrived from laynedele Norma Fisher and Wilodene Dennis joined us the lat ter part of the year Before we realized it, we had been promoted to the fourth grade a different room and a new teacher, Miss Eulala Martin Know Mrs Mclean! Autograph books seemed to be popular that year, so we were kept busy think ing up new verses Upon entering our room the following year, we hear a definitely masculine voice, and find that for the first time in our school life we are confronted with a man for our teacher, namely, Mr Corll Maxine Carl, seeming a little restless this year, decided to continue her education in Markle Say, what was that streak of red which iusf flashed past me? Oh, it's a new boy, is it? Sure enough, a red headed boy appeared on the scene from Fort Wayne His enrollment card gives his name as Clarence Smith, but he's just plain 'Red' to most of us This was our sixth big year, with Mr Corll still our competent guide Mr Wall decides to try his hand with our class the following year, so we journey across the hall to the only remaining room downstairs for our seventh grade This year, Joan Sickafus Joins us from Election Grade School in Adams County, and, 'Well, look over there, isn't tmn:Ma:1ne Carl againt' This time she plans to stay at Union and complete her high school work with her former classmates A l O 7 9 Oh! There goes the bell--run and get the horseshoes out! Playing , -