August, 1967 - We were listening to "All You Need is Love" by the Beatles and hoping the Beatles were right as we got ready to start our senior year. 

For many of us, our back to school shopping meant going to downtown Springfield to shop at Wren's, Sears, Penney's (not J.C. Penney, as it's called today) and maybe the Boston Store. In 1971, the Upper Valley Mall would open and downtown Springfield would start it's decline.

For entertainment during the summer of 1967, we had three downtown movie theaters in Springfield (Regent, State and the Majestic), four drive-in theaters (Melody, New Moon, Stardust and Park Layne) plus theaters in Fairborn and Urbana. The Showboat Drive-In had yet to open.

Whether we were buying gas or groceries, we may have shopped at businesses that gave S&H Green stamps. As summer was ending, we would be paying 39 cents a pound for hamburger, 88 cents for a GALLON of ice cream, 14 cents for a loaf of bread (white bread, of course), and Pepsi Cola in 16 ounce returnable glass bottles were 59 cents for an eight pack.

We might have spent $5.99 for our personal transistor AM radio so that we could listen to WING in Dayton. Besides the Beatles' "All You Need is Love", we were also listening to Scott McKenzie "San Francisco - (Flowers in Your Hair)", Tom Jones "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" and Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made to Love Her".

Football practice started on August 18th in what would be Coach Stan Ely's last year at Tecumseh. According to the New Carlisle Sun "Coaches Ely and (Roger) McLean will have ten senior letter winners returning for the 1967 campaign. The Arrows compiled a record of five wins and four losses in 1966 and are expected to improve on that record ... This is Ely's fourth season as head coach at Tecumseh and he is anxious to nail down the title this year and feels that if the team members have the desire to win, they have the ability."

The New Carlisle Sun reported that "80 band members, six majorettes, one drum major, seven counselors and band master Alan Fetheroff took part in the annual one week encampment" at Camp Evergreen, near Sydney.  The largest band ever to be assembled at Tecumseh spent twelve hours a day practicing drills and numbers to be used in half-time shows for the upcoming football season.

October, 1967 - The football team kicked off October with a 26-16 win over Northeastern, spoiling their homecoming.  As Bill Achbach reported "A reworked offense, hard hitting defense and from the spectator's point of view, something new in the way of spirit and drive pushed the Arrows to their first victory of the 1967 campaign."   The following week the football team won again, 16-12 over Covington.   For the third game in October, Tecumseh hosted unbeaten Shawnee.  The Arrows came out on the losing end, dropping their record to 2-5 after the 20-6 loss to Shawnee.  The Arrows won the final game in October, beating Graham 8-6 in a defensive struggle.  Dan Fiely set a school record for carrying the ball 37 times on his way to gaining 180 years for the game.

In local news, the New Carlisle-Bethel Board of Education increased the starting teacher's salary to $5,700 for a teacher with a bachelor's degree, with a maximum of $8,379 after 15 years.  New teachers with a Master's degree would start at $6,384 with a maximum of $9,177. 

In other local news, plans were announced for the constuction of an auditorium, gym and classrooms to Tecumseh, in addition to constuction projects at several elementary schools and junior high schools.

On October 12th, Nancy Fleck's "Tecumseh School News" column ran for the first time in the New Carlisle Sun.  In recapping the first few weeks of school, she mentioned the Student Council's main project  (Mr. Preston, advisor) was sponsoring the Homecoming festivities.  The Junior Council on World Affairs (JCOWA, Mr. Craycarft advisor) planned to celebrate United Nations Week beginning October 23.  The girls field hockey team lost to Wayne, 2-0.  The National Honor Society made plans to sponsor College Night on November 14.  The Literary Club (Mrs. Pinar advisor) had a combination "Write-in" pot luck at George Rogers Clark Park.

In October, "The Letter" by The Boxtops was the number 1 song until "To Sir With Love" by Lulu replaced it as the top song .  We were also listening to "Never My Love" by The Association and "How Can I Be Sure" by The Young Rascals. 

On October 12, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2 in the seventh game to win the 1967 World Series.  Highlights included Bob Gibson pitching three complete-game victories, while Lou Brock led all hitters, batting .414 with 12 hits and seven stolen bases.

November, 1967 - The football team ended their season with three wins and six losses, as they lost the final game 32-0 to Northwestern.   It was the final game for the 12 seniors on the team: Keith Woodard, Doug Bahun, Joe Dieker, Dave Ray, Dave Collins, Dave Hild, Bill Donnan, Dan Ward, Larry Hinkle, Rick Rogers, Dan Fiely and Bob Christmas.  

At the football banquet on November 16th, the New Carlisle Sun reported that Bill Donnan won the most valuable player award and "handsome Dan Fiely" was awarded the most improved player award.  Doug Bahun was named honorary captain.  The Sun also reported that Bill Achbach who handled the program was "becoming an accomplished M.C."

The cross country team was recognized at an assembly in November.  Jim Adeylotte received a third year award.  Joe Renner and Clark Powell received second year awards.

The basketball Arrows opened their season on November 24, hosting Vandalia-Butler.   The team coached by Doug Chaffins included five seniors, Keith Woodard, Bill Brown, Ron Maynard, Rick Rogers and Orva Detrick.  The Arrows lost to Vandalia in the opener, 56 to 52. 

In club news, the National Honor Society hosted the sixth annual College Night, which was attended by over 400 parents and students.   The Future Teachers elected their officers for the year; Tim King, President, Helen Wells, Vice President, Bonnie Rucker, Secretary and Kalyn Kulakowski, Treasurer.   The Future Nurses club elected their officers: Diane Roberts, President; Illona Liposkey, Vice President, Vicki Harrison, Secretary and Bonnie Hackathorne, Treasurer.

AND yearbooks and graduation announcements went on sale and Dan Fiely was on the Honor Roll!  Other highlights for the month included the Tecumseh faculty playing the Harlem Astronauts in basketball and the Sadie Hawkins dance. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:  The "Remember When" series draws much of its content from articles in the New Carlisle Sun written in 1967-68 by Bill Achbach, Jim Carman, Jim LeMaster and Nancy Fleck.   
     We gratefully knowledge and owe a huge THANK YOU to David Suther (THS Class of 1972) who had read, copied and compiled the articles as part of his research for the Tecumseh Sports Hall of Fame.  Thanks David for sharing your research and collections with us! 

Do You REMEMBER in 1968?
January
A California doctor performs the first heart transplant in the United States.
 
February
Madison Square Garden III closes and Madison Square Garden IV opens (New York, NY).

March
LIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix the "most spectacular guitarist in the world."

April
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act.

May
Paul McCartney and John Lennon promote Apple Records on "The Tonight Show."

June
Iwo Jima and the Monin Islands are returned to Japan by the U.S.

July
James Earl Ray pleads not guilty to murdering Martin Luther King.

August
NY Yankee outfielder Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings and beats the Tigers 6-5.

September
A baby is born on the Golden Gate Bridge.

October
The first live telecast is sent torm a manned.

November
John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on the cover of the "2 Virgins" album.

December
In baseball, the pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10".