Wellington High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Wellington, KS)

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A , Yea, team! Fight! Fight! -Rousing cheers, vigorous new yells and bits of unauthorized rhythms came from the cheering Crusaders who showed a peppy spirit during both the football and basketball seasons. Led by two veterans of last year, Minnie Wood and Joyce Ann Fredrickson, the student body elected Bruce Green, Raymond Wolford, and Gerald Clark to give the yells a masculine touch. The guys and gals worked out some formations and came forth with classy cheering. In there helping were the Senior High Girls pep club in their flashy red and white uniforms whose long awaited em- blems finally arrived too lat-e for football season. Officers for the year were Phyllis Palmer Gaddie, presidentg and Dorothy Mercer, vice president. Bertha Sorrows and Ramona Brown led group demonstrations at the games. The pep fairly bubbled at the Turkey Day football game, and the crowd went wild dur- ing the basketball battle with Newton. Remember the football team's rendition of chorus girls in the pep assembly before the Thanksgiving day game? With plenty of pep while mindful of the good sportsmanship code, the Crusaders have been really behind the boys in their marches to victory. Hey, Gang, Hey PV FAYE GUANN I 15 1- fi .L ' 1 i m .1 J' 2.1 X K, gg. . I' .r

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Q iSquad , Buck Rowf-Coach Hall, Mahannah, Harris, Fried- man, Kersting, Holdaway, Carter, Carson. Coach Suran: Middle Rowe-'Manager Gaspcr, W. Arnspigcr, Cru- zen: Sanncr, Wilson, Wright, Templeton, Quinhtimxyilson, G. Rogers: Sealed-'-Hff Rogers, Mansfield, Wnllace,' Shields. Lupton, Hamilton, Barrett, Waugh, Kamp, and Arnspligcr. of the game but bowed 53 to 37, and the cham- pionship was ours. All-Valley honors went to Jer- ry Waugh and Harold Rogers while second team honors went to Wallace and Lupton. The Beacon rated Wallce on its first team. Q One Week later the champs met the determin- ed,Vikings in a hard game in the regionals, but the score ended 43 to 39. The next night they met a weakened Ark City who downed North, Then came the test in the semifinals against Junction City, the non-conference team that had Won from the boys in an overtime. Jerry Waugh, handicap- ped by a knee injury, led a jittery five on to the floor, but with Rogers' and his caging of 40 points, the boys won 45 to 40. Meanwhile ElDorado whip- ped Hutch in an overtime, and was the next to play Wellington. Waugh spent all day in the hos- pital, and come what may, it completely demoral- ized the team, who Went down to defeat 35 to 29 in the biggest upset in the state. As a gift, the business men sent the boys to see the state finals for their good record during the year. t. . f nf 2, , - f' 'P' --. nf v Second Team by MARX' HEUZEL The Crusaders may plan for a strong team next year if the UB boys continue their good work when they become the first team. Hard work and much practice helped them win six out of their ten games. They were coached by Artie Hall. Wellington won over South Haven 35 to 10, and lost to East 13 to 17. This was followed by twoone-point losses to North 23 to 22 and to Win- field 2-6 to 25. They beat Ark City 36 to 14 but lost again to East 19 to 9. They ended thq season with four wins, Winfield 24 to 18, North 29 to 17, Milton 3.7 to 22, and Ark City 20 to 18,, Junior High by MARY HEUZEL The Junior high team played only four gam- es and lost three of them. Ken Davidson, Buddy Burris, and Eddie Howell were the main sparks. Ark City won both games and the boys divided with Winfield. Boys playing Were, standing: Black, Scates, Smith, Davidson, Tibbs, Goodrum, Cisneros. Seated: McEachern, Cartmill, Waugh, Wilson, Burris, Williams, Aywan. I f I' -29- 'L-r

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QK do , J' 'Z' N , The Reign of we 'Xa -- L X. if Queen Jo w U by Joyce DAVIDSON s' VJ xii f aw D l 'jx' Y. lf, ,Ek i .J Y N 3 4- X J J Q J x 'e I 'ff' a glorious day, that November 23, Thanksgiving day' e exact. The sun shone brightly, with just the right Qpi ss in the air for a football game. Would it end in ti for second place or could the Crusaders hold the mighty ulldogs? Thousands came out to see. The half ended by 19 to 0 in the Crusaders favorg the drums started rolling, for the queen was ready to make her long awaited appearance. Who would it be? The football boys had nominated five fair Crusaderettes and had then taken a secret vote for the queen of the day. From the north came the sound of a bugle and a black convertible came slowlv along the west bleachers. In it were the five, one was standing with the sunshine turning her hair to a crown of gold. Bethel Jo Adair, the queen of 1944. Slowly she and her attendants Colleen Newkirk, Ramona Brown, Joan Schwinn and Mary Sue Saunders rode arounc' the track as the crowd cheered. Stopping near the throne Oll the fifty yard line, the girls met four band attendants and Arch Wallace who escorted the ladies to their places of honor. Blushingly, he crowned the queen and bestowed upon her the best Wishes of the football warriors while the bandsmen with him presented her attendants with lovely mums. So inspired were the Ark City fans that they cried out as they saw the queen, VVhere is Waugh? and as their fight -V ing Bulldogs came back on the field, they rose with mighty fury in an attempt to down the Crusaders. But Queen Jo reigned well and the game ended with a 19 to 15 score. .29-