Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS “A LUCKY BREAK” Things begin to brighten up around Hotel Mullet in Matasquam with the arrival of John Bruce (Rol Swonguer), a local boy who has made good. While he is enjoying his visit, Abner Ketcham (John Wisener) breaks the news that Petroleum Amalgamated, in which he thinks John Bruce is heavily involved, has gone to smash. John does not deny the report and he accepts a job as assistant manager in Hotel Mullet. This plan is run by Martha Mullet (Carmen Shaw) and Nora Mullet, her daughter (Betty Botkin) for whom Mrs. Mullett has a career planned. Among the guests at the Hotel are Mrs. Barrett (Mildred Rinehart) and her daughter, Claudia (Betty Sheets), who is in love with Tommy Lansing (Richard Hiner). John Bruce (in reality a millionaire) works at his humble job until Charles Martin, his business manager (Leonard Perkins) A LUCKY BREAK—TOP ROW—H. Gibson. A. Bowsher. Miss Zeigler. R. Koch. J. Wisener SECOND ROW—M. Rinehart. M. Youngs. P. Metzger. R. Hiner. shows him a paper in which is the news that Petroleum Amalgamated has made a wonderful recovery. Mr. Bruce is then able to help Tommy Lansing with a $10,000 contract for a job on the basis of which he elopes with Claudia. Mrs. Barrett is very much disappointed and annoyed and, as the curtain goes down, John Bruce and Nora Mullett are in each other’s arms. Others taking part in the play are Kathryn Wentz in the role of Elmine Ludine Smith; Herbert Fessler as Benny Ketcham: Mary Jane Youngs and Lulu Mae Terwilliger as the French dancing teachers, Jura and Charlotte Charente; Bella Mac Watt (Annabel Bowsher), Alchiba Spinster (Pauline Metzger), and Alphecca Spinster (Ruth Koch), as guests at the hotel; and Harold Gibson as the busman. THIRD ROW—H. Fessler. L. Terwilliger. K. Wentz. B. Sheets. FOURTH ROW—L. Perkins. B. Botkin. C. Shaw, R. Swonguer. THIRTEENTH CHAIR—TOP ROW—C. Koch. C. Graham. F. Hamilton. E. Stroebel SECOND ROW—H. Fessler. L. Terwilliger. K. Woif. Miss THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR Zeigler, E. Abe. M. Smith. R. Swonguer THIRD ROW—L. Perkins. D. Diegel. E. Garretson. L. Youngs. C. Shaw. C. Loew. . Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Crosby (Lee Haman and Carmen Shaw) entertain a group of friends at a dinner at their home at which the engagement ot Will Crosby, (Roland Swonguer) and Miss Helen O’Neill, (Laura Alice Youngs) is announced. Congratulations are extended by everyone except Edward Wales (Fenton Hamilton) who explains that he will make known the reason the next day. Wales engages a spiritualist, Madam Rosalie La Grange, I Emily Garretson) to conduct a seance after the dinner during the conduction of which he is stabbed and killed. Tim Donohue (Edward. Stro-bel) arrives and conducts an investigation in which he openly accuses Miss O’Neill. Through divine help and good acting, Madame La Grange reveals the identity of the real murderer, Philip Mason, (Cornelius Loew) by means of another trance. We then discover that Madame La Grange is Helen O’Neill’s mother w'r.o sent the girl away to school at an early age. Other members of the cast included Lula Mae Terwilliger, Mary Eastwood; Helen and Bradish Trent, Crosby’s daughter and son-in-law, Eleanor Jane Abe and Charles Graham; Howard Standish (Leonard Perkins), Elizabeth Er-skine, (Mary Ruth Smith): Grace Standish (Kathleen Woolf), dinner guests; Marie, (Donna Diegel); Sergeant Dunn, (Herbert Fessler); Doolan, (Carl Koch).

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MUSICAL ACTIVITIES One of the most outstanding representations of Blume High was the band. It was seen and heard at all home games—both football and basketball. They paraded several times through the business district and on the football field, proudly bearing and wearing the school colors, red and white, under the leadership of their colorful and gallant drum major, the late Lee Haman. Their stirring music encouraged the teams to play with unflinching hearts. The student body cooperated with the band in showing the team that it was pulling for them. On March 21 at the try-outs for the Eisteddfod, several soloists competed to see which member would represent our school at Ada and New Bremen, March 31 and April 21, respectively. The representatives chosen for Ada were Bill Martin, cornet; Bill Bibler, clarinet. Those chosen for New Bremen were Leonard Line, cornet and alto horn solos: Mary Neidemire, saxophone; Bill Bibler, clarinet; Junior Musser, trombone: Junior Musser, Roland Morris, Leonard Line, and Bill Martin, brass quartet; John Smallwood, Howard Krapf, Bill Bibler, and Jim Shaw, clarinet quartet. The whole band competed in a difficult overture number “The Wedding Ring.” Under the able leadership of Prof. O. E. Steiner the band was considerably enlarged and improved. Several grade school boys were added to the ranks in order for them to gain experience and knowledge. And so, after such a successful year, we are justified in saying. “Hats off to the Band!” TOP ROW—F. Wisener. L. Koch. E. Koch. H. Distelrath. J. Smallwood SECOND ROW—R. Ewing. Mr. Steiner. P. Stech. J. Shaw. A. Hamilton. J. Case. R. Morris. B. Bibler. B. Stine-baugh. J. Musser THIRD ROW—M. J. Taylor. R. Koch. M. Neidemire. R. Herrmann. B. Martin. L. Line. F. Fisher FOURTH ROW—B. Bubp. R. Neidemire. B. Clark. J. Miller. B. Parish. B. Jarvis FIFTH ROW—H. Krapf. G. H. Dickas. J. Heffner. E. Boogher, D. Jones. J. Howell. D. Howell. K. Frische BAND ORCHESTRA TOP ROW—H. Fessler. C. Loew. P. Stech. F. Wisener. Mr. Steiner, R. Ewing. B. Stinebaugh. R. Morris. J. Smallwood Ever since the organization of the orchestra, it has been an influential activity of school life. This year, under the excellent direction of Mr. Steiner, the orchestra improved remarkably. Several new members were added to the ranks to take the place of vacancies caused by a few members who had graduated. The orchestra is an excellent organization for the music-minded instrumentalists of the school. The practice of popular and worth-while compositions proved beneficial and entertaining to all the members. It really is an art for an orchestra or band to get to the point where they watch the director so much that they all play simultaneously. Practice and indulgence must be used to try to gain this art. Each Monday at the seventh period the SECOND ROW-E. Abe. M. Smith. E. Smith. R. Koch. M. Neidemire, B. Martin. L. Line. J. Musser THIRD ROW—C. Underwood, R. Herrmann. B. Clark. J. Shaw, B. Bibler, H. Krapf, J. Case. E. Koch strains of some number could be heard. Several brief concerts were given before the curtain at school plays and between acts and at other musical programs. Several members made appearances. Four students from the string section, namely, Lena Ruth Vossler, Ruth Herrmann, Ruth Koch, and Cornelius Loew, played a selection at the Band Concert at New Bremen on April 21. The number was “Largo” from the New World Symphony wth the popular strain of “Going Home.” And now we, who have been under the guidance of Mr. Steiner, wish to express our gratitude for the valuable teachings and entertainment derived from his directorship. We thank you, Mr. Steiner.

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REDSKINS WITH THE PIGSKIN The Redskins, although they lost seven games, won two, and only tied one, held great interest for local fans. The locals’ games were all very close and five of the seven games were lost in the last minute of play. This alone tells us why it was that the Blume High Pigskin Chasers gave the champions, Bluff ton, the best game of their entire league schedule, and were defeated in the last seven seconds of the game. The Redskins opened their season against Columbus Grove and showed possibilities of having one of Blume High School’s best football teams. They defeated their opponents by a score of 6 to 0. The following week saw them through an early season test that proved more satisfactory than was expected. The Redskins were defeated by a lone touchdown. The Bellefontaine boys outweighed them by about thirty-five pounds per man. The next game was at Bryan. This Bryan aggregation had held the strong Toledo Woodward team to a scoreless tie the preceding week. The Redskins fumbled on Bryan’s goal line and, on their fourth attempt at the strong forward wall of the Wapak boys, Bryan just nosed the pigskin over the chalk line for a pointer. The following week saw the Redskins in their first Conference game of the season on the local grounds with the Bluffton Pirates as their playmates. It was an evenly played game until the final six seconds when one of the Pirates completed a pass and ran forty yards for the only score. Van Wert was next met on the gridiron. A great crowd witnessed the game, which was held at Harmon Field. Fresh from their victory over St. Marys, the Van Wert Cougars entered the game as a huge favorite. This game proved to be the best the Redskins played all year. Although they were defeated by a score of 18 to 32, they completely swamped their opponents in first downs, and yardage gained from scrimmage. Next game was second game played away from home during the season. For the first time the local boys were really out-played as they went down to defeat by a 26 to 0 score. The following Conference game was played at home when Wapak met the boys from Ada in a contest which Blume High lost by a 6 to 0 score. Captain Chesbrough’s boys made eleven first downs to Ada's four. They were defeated by both Kenton and St. Marys by the same score of 19 to 0. The Redskins played their final game of the season at Shawnee in a sea of snow, ice, water, and plenty of mud. The battle ended in a score of 0 to 0. Bus Chesbrough was elected captain of the Redskins and proved to be very efficient. He played quarterback and has held this position for four years. He was also chosen quarterback on one of the All-Conference teams. Coach Hamm rates Chesbrough as the best high school quarterback with whom he has ever had the privilege of working. Other Seniors who played their last year are Glenn Bowman, tackle; he was plenty big and tough and always got his share of the tackles; Glenn was chosen as All-Conference guard in his Junior year. John Churchill, guard, was a three letter man. Jim Singleton, knowm as “Bone Crusher” Singleton, played end. Graham and Bailey were new faces in the Redskin backfield and both were plenty hard to bring down. Ruck and Jack Chesbrough were new members in the Redskin line-up, and they both earned letters. Jack was chosen as honorable mention for the All-Conference team. This is his last year, as well as Ruck’s. The Junior class was blessed with football letter men this year as there were six of them who received letters. Nelson, Woolf and Strobel were back field men and proved to be great defensive men as well as good ball carriers. Tieben, Cornell and Jacobs were the other Juniors who played on the line for the Redskins. The Freshmen class set a record this year, having three letter men. These were: Bibler, Dieringer and E. Cornell. Clyde Ste-men was the only Sophomore who succeeded in winning a letter. Clyde came to our school from Del-phos wrhere he also played football. TOP ROW—Coach Hamm. R. Hemmert. J. Chesbrough. V. Feil. E. Tieben. F. Jacobs. C. Kistner. J. Bailey. C. Graham. L. Ruck. G. Bowman. J. Singleton. B. Kohler THIRD ROW—J. Deal. C. Phillips. T. Cornell, E. Stroe-bel. R. Lusk. W. Carter. B. Dieringer. C. Gibbs, J Sintz SECOND ROW—C. Steman. H. Nelson. D. Woolf. Chesbrough, W. Elsass, E. Cornell. H. Bailey W. 6—Columbus Grove 0 W. 0—Bellefontaine ... 6 W. 0—Bryan .........7 W. 0—Bluffton ......7 W. 6—Van Wert ......0 W. 0—Delphos ......19 W. 0—Ada ...........6 W. 0—Kenton .......19 W. 0—St. Marys ....19 W. 0—Shawnee .......0