Friday, September 29, 2006

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.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Will, you failed to mention the record of the Redbirds!

Will Howarth said...

Champ,

I'm sure that we were 12-0 both years, right?

Somewhere in my basement I think I have a photo of the Redbird team. Will try to find it and write a story about it.

You are a good guy to read the stories and write comments. Thanks!

Best to Jan,

Will