David Doepel:  

rade science than I did in 9th grade Biology -- my one year that I was sick for picture day (sixth grade), and that's the ONE year they went w/ color class photos! -- being the only "David" for seven years, then in 7th grade, along come David Schrank and David Lewinski -- at a track-and-field day at MLHS in 5th grade, I remember Mr. Boerger asking who was on the 50-yard relay team. When someone mentioned my name, I could see Mr. Boerger's disappointment. That hurt and surprised me, 'cause I thought I was the class super-jock (always competing w/ John Lemberger) -- the Trinity/Freistadt BB tourney in '71; we made it to the championship, but got the second place trophy. I remember Mr. Michels, at halftime, yelling at me to stop guarding guys at the top-of-the-key. They were passing the ball behind me, and their player was making jumpers from the free-throw line. So I've always blamed myself for CM not winning that tourney -- speaking of sports, it was great when the CM men won a softball championship trophy in 1971. My dad was the second-oldest on the team (38 years old) and the starting SS. The men all got individual trophies; I have dad's (Mr. Boerger played CF, Mr. Goll LF, Mr. Michels was catcher. Mr. Boerger had a yellow and a fuschia aluminum bats, the first metal bats we had ever seen)-- I remember all those great Christmas Eve productions, and still have a lot of the scripts (I also have the first issue of the school newspaper, Tiger Tales). Mr. Michels would drill the groups to stand, turn, sit, etc. at precisely the right moment. If we goofed up in practice "BOOM" he'd slam a hymnal down on a pew and tell us to do it again! As the first Kindergarten class at CM (fall 1964) we had a that south classroom in the main bldg (Miss Salzwedel, soon to be Mrs. Schultz, as our teacher). First grade w/ Miss Bender (and half of the 2nd graders, who were split up between the 1st and 3rd grade classrooms), then 2nd grade under the gym w/ Mrs. Andersen from Denmark. Third grade, back in the northwest classroom, w/ Mrs. Ziolecki. Fourth grade and Mrs. Woldt was new to CM. Fifth grade and Mr. Boerger. Then downstairs to 6th and 7th, Mr. Michels and Mr. Bergt, respectively. Finally, Eighth grade, and we get Mr. Boerger again! That 1964 Kindergarten class had 10 boys and 10 girls, and nine years later there were five of the original girls and five of us original boys.