The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-15
Grade School Vacations Begin
as Classes End I'm Field DAYS

Ungrodt; base ball throw, Donald
Feber.
The NTH grade girls won the
following: standing broad jump,
Flora Briar; wheelbarrow race.
Shirley White and Alice Smidkey;
50 yard dash, Patricia Nicely: 25
yard dash, Patricia Nicely; obstacle
race. Patricia Nicely; running broaG
jump, Patricia Nicely: three legged
race, Flora Briar and Patricia Nee
ly; hop-step-jump, Alice Midkiff;
running high jump, Flora Briar;
base ball throw, Barbara Banks.
Assisting the fifth grade were Katn.
leen Sears and Audrey Jacobson.
Sixth grade girls participated in
and won first place In the follow
ing: standing broad jump, Dolores
Helzerman; wheelbarrow race,
Patty Riddeway and Ola James; so
yard dash, Nancy Weinemann; rs
yard dash, Earnstine Powers; OBJ
stacle race, Dolores Helzerman;
running broad jump, Nancy Weld
man; three legged race, Dolores
Helzerman and Nancy Wallace;
hop-step-jump. Dolores Helzerman;
base ball throw, Nancy Wallace.
The following sixth grade boys
won these contests. standing broad
jump, Bill Larkins; wheelbarrow
race. Billy Wolf and Richard
White; so yard dash, Joseph Rich
ardson; 25 yard dash, Wendell John
son; obstacle race, William Lur-
kins; running broad jump, Leon
Briskorn; three legged race, Daniel
Glen and Wendell Johnson; hop
step-jump, Elton Foster; base ball
throw, Leon Briskorn.
The fifth and sixth grades play.
ed a softball game, sixth grade
winning, 16 to II. Assisting the
sixth grade were Betty Lou Fehren.
baker and Patsy McCauley.
Prospect School
All classes participated in Field
Day at Prospect School, there be-
ing a large variety OF sports.
Kindergarten first place winners
were: running race, Robert Ro-
chelle; skipping race, Everett Shell
ton; hopping race, Donal Burns.
Group games were then played.
The following games were partici-
pated in by the first grade, first
place TO the child mentioned: boys
race, Robert Johnson; girls race,
Carole VanGieson; girls relay,
Carole Van Gieson, Rosemary Otto,
Mary Gray, and Juanita Perry,
made up a team tor un against the
following boys team: Robert John
son, Gene Doering, Stewart Nor.
lander, and Gene Richards.
The boys had a throwing contest, |
Howard Freese won first place.
First TO come in in the wheebarrow
race was Charles Heas and Johnny
Simpson. Winner OF the girls skip
ping race was Vera Lanclose. The |
second grade winner Of the running
race was William Jean Clark. The |
following second grade boy won
the running race, Harold Wilson. |
The wheelbarrow race was won by !
the following boys and girls, first, |
Harold Wilson and Donald Padget. |
William Clark won the standing
jumping contest for the girls.
The entire group joined in to
play a number Of games. The
third and fourth grades enjoyed a
baseball game the following boys
and girls participating; third grade,
catcher, Marvin Chapman; pitcher,
Robert Hesson; first base, Ross
Branim; second base, Robert Per-
ry; third base, Alvin shelton; first
short stop, Robert Former; second
short stop. Robert Tackman; first
fielder, Keith Hanlon; second field
er, Gordon Waldenmyer; third field
er. Jerry Boyd; fourth fielder, Lar
ry Stinedurf, fifth fielder, Bert Ellis
worth; sixth fielder. Doyle Dunn.
Fourth grade pupils played the fol-
lowing positions: catcher. Joseph
Seidl; pitcher. Roger Hammond;
first base, Robert Campbell; second