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What is truly
amazing about the class of 1949 is not just its great athletic teams or
The Cardinal Marching Band but the fact that 1949
classmates, over the many years, still come together displaying a
Cardinal loyalty and a camaraderie that is unmatched |
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Sports
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CHS HALL OF FAME
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following 1949
classmates were elected the CHS Hall of Fame:
Carl
Lewis - Max McConnell - Marv Rosenberg - Don Smith - Eugene
Sowles |
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The 1949 Cardinal
Basketball Team were Twin-Valley Conference Champions, District,
Regional Champs and finally, State
Champions! |
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1st Row
- Left to Right: Coach Eby, Eugene Fry., Jim Rhodes, Max McConnell,
LeRoy Cox, Rex Corless, Eugene Sowles, Coach Livermore. Top Row
- Left to Right: Bob Simmons, Lawrence Porter, Fred Weeks, Bernard
Hoogenboom, Marvin Rosenberg, Tom Engle, Harry Cooper, Coach Grigg.
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The starting Five
were Co-Captains and Seniors LeRoy Cox and Eugene Sowles, juniors Rex
Corless, Gene Fry and Jim Rhodes - alternating with Rhodes
at forward was Senior Max McConnell. Off the bench and getting
playing time were Seniors Harry Cooper, Tom Engle, Larry Porter, Marv
Rosenberg, and Fred Weeks. Juniors Bernard Hoogenboom and Bob
Simmons. Coaches: Head Coach Floyd Eby and Assistant Coaches
Bert Grigg and Bob Livermore. This is the team that brought CHS
the first State Championship in its history. Their record was 21
wins and 2 losses. LeRoy Cox and junior Rex Corless were named to
the All-Conference Team, while Eugene Sowles was placed on the second
team and junior Gene Fry honorable mention. |
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Football
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The 1949
Football Team were Co-Champions of the Twin-Valley Conference with
6 wins and 2 losses.
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1st
Row - Left to Right: Simmons, McConnell, Smith, Weage,
Weeks, Odren, Rosenberg, Cox, Trumbull. 2nd Row - Left
to Right: Coach Eby, Coach Grigg, Fredericks, Yope,
Lewis, Corless, Fry, McDonald, Sowles, Clark, Coach
Livermore. 3rd Row - Left to Right: Porter,
Dennis, Rhodes, Burtch, Engle, Hoogenboom, Drayton,
Cooper, McCurley, Ayers.
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Eighteen
Seniors played on the Varsity: LeRoy Cox, Max McConnell, Don
Smith, Marv Rosenberg, Keith Weage, John Odren, Fred Weeks, Eugene
Sowles, Carl Lewis, Ken McDonald, Harry Cooper, Tom Engle, Clyde
"Tim" Trumbull, John Burtch, Lawrence Porter, Sylvester
"Fred" Frederick, Kenwood Drayton, John Yope. Coaches: Head Coach
Floyd Eby and Assistant Coach Bob Livermore. Senior
Reserves: Bud Harvey, Rich Hill & Lee Pfost. Seniors
Don Smith, LeRoy Cox, John Odren and Carl Lewis were named to the
Twin-Valley All-Conference Team. Max McConnell was named to
the second team and Eugene Sowles and Marv Rosenberg were
honorable mention. Don Smith was named to the Michigan
All-State Team.
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The 1949
Baseball Team were Co-Champions of the Twin-Valley Conference with
5 wins and 3 losses. |
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1st
Row - Left to Right: Rhodes, Simmons, Rosenberg,
Woods, Rubley, Maxson, Cooper, Sowles, Lewis. 2nd
Row - Left to Right: Coach Livermore, Jackson,
Cochrane, Lyman, Porter, J. Yope, Yope, Fry, Corless,
Manager Pfost. 3rd Row - Left to Right: Ford,
Munion, Secord, Corless, Worton, Keller, Treacher,
Corless, Coach Houston. |
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seniors were on the Conference Co-Champion Baseball
team. Catcher Marvin Rosenberg, 1st Baseman Jack
Woods, 3rd Baseman Gene Sowles, Catcher Carl Lewis,
Outfielders Lawrence Porter and John Yope. |
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Golf - Track -
Tennis - Cheerleaders
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Left to
Right: Joyce Stout, Joan Donkin, Joyce Schlubatis, Diane
Hammond, Margaret Thomas & Jane Smith.
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Seniors participated on these sports teams. Of these, Eugene
Sowles won the State half mile track meet. Our Cheerleaders
deserve special mention because they were there through thick and
thin in every single game. Our lone senior Cheerleader was
Joan Donkin. She was ably assisted by juniors Joyce Stout,
Joyce Schlubatis, Jane Smith and sophomores Diane Hammond and
Margaret Thomas. |
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Cardinal Marching Band had a very active year sparkling the
halftime events at the football games, and participating in
several community and state events including the County Fair
parade, the St. Joe County Fair, Halloween Parade, Annual
Christmas Parade, the parade of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Memorial Day Parade and the judged events of The Tulip
Festival in Holland and the Michigan Marching Festival at
Benton Harbor where the 1949 Cardinal Marching Band won a Division
1
in both events. In addition the Concert Band won a
Division 2 in the annual Southwestern Michigan Band and
Orchestra Festival in Kalamazoo. There were 16 seniors
in the band: Ardith Betts, Dorothy Borden, Joyce Carls,
Ronald Corey, Nancy Fair, Barbara Gist, Glyn Dee Havens,
Richard Hill, Charles Huntley, Patti Kaser, Imogene
Mahaffey, Bob Pearce, Marjorie Raymond, Bob Rubley, Conrad
Semmelroth, and Betty Stephenson. Richard Hill
was the Drum Major. The following seniors participated
in the Regional and State Solo Contests: Ron Corey, Conrad
Semmelroth, Joyce Carls, Charles Huntley, Glyn Dee Havens,
and Richard Hill. In addition, Ron Corey and Rich Hill
were selected to the Michigan All-State Band. Our Band
Director was Harland Bond. |
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course, many seniors participated in extracurricular events
such as - The
Student Commission; Yearbook Staff; Cardinal Chatter; Mirror
Newspaper; Senior Play; Y-Teens; Hi-Y; Future Farmers of
America; Athletic Police; Ushers; Dancing Class; Chef Class;
Senior Trip; Debate Team; Democracy Contest; Spring
Oratorical Contest; The Bow Tie Club; The "C"
Club; The Girls' Athletic Association; and The Senior High
Chorus. |
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