Warren Haake

Warren Haake sent in this picture from 1951, the year Bobby Thompson hit his famous homer. The teacher was Mrs. Bernice King, and she was enough of a baseball fan to let her class listen to that game. (To see a larger view of faces and names, click on the picture)

Warren and I played ball on the Mack Stephenson Redbirds, a Pony League team in Washington Park in 1953-55. Other team members were Mike Stephenson, Ron Wilson, Gary Oline, Bill Downing, Champ Davis, John Vass, Bob Hamende, and Lee Leonard. (If I left anyone out, please comment below.)

Warren was at SHS with our class but graduated in 1959. He's now in the class directory, e-mail address and all, and he plans to attend the 50th reunion. He and his wife, Gwendolyn Nagle, live in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Warren is a retired insurance adjuster and Gwen is a professor of theatre at Western Michigan University.