Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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SENIORS Heading class activities this year was Robert Kutak, Help- ing him were Majette Erickson, vice-president, Darlene Sherrill, secretary, and Peggy Pinkstaff, treasurer. When the class had Trouble with details in their numerous activities, the first person to hear of them was Mrs. Byers. Mr. Seddelmeyer helped her in the task of being class sponsor. Tom Lunsford was elected to lead the student government. Mel Ein served as vice-president, Audrey Perry, as recorder. The association could not function without an efficient cabinet. Executing their duties well were John Harrigan, secretary of social activities, Tom Skrentny, secretary of student discipline, Emily McGuire, secretary of public safety, Mary Grant, secretary of Red Cross, and Alice Boyd, secretary of publications. Tom Skrentny and Steve Markovich were the Seniors who sent out court notices, while Richard Sandler, Ella Mae Cuprak, and Polly Parke served in the senate. House repre- sentatives were Allegree, Barcus, Conrad, Davis, Guy, Hanes, Laskowski, Matthews, McClendon, Nelson, and Wittmer. Helping inaugurate the new social room with its many facilities were G. Adams, M. Armstrong, Jean Coughlin, Joan Coughlin, Gevirtz, Harrigan, Jens, Korba, Powers, Trappe, and Wright. Burnett, Bush, Cole, Gevirtz, Groff, Kutak, Perdew, P. Smith, Stickler, and Tinkham proved their literary talents by compiling this year's Dunes. Parallel to the Dunes is the Herald with seniors Bill Graham, Evelyn Pierce, Gloria Simpson, Dave Koval, Peggy Pinkstaff, Charlotte Simmons, and Joan Mirazalli on the staff. Gevirtz, Perry, and P. Smith worked at all the games to transfer their pep and zip to the crowd. Hammond can be very proud of the excellent record set by Grant, Kutak, Laskowski, Peterson, Skrentny, Thompson, and Wagner as they participated in speech meets through- out the state. The pigskin was pushed around by Alley, Benson, Brumley, T. Etter, Ferree, Funston, Hoffman, D. Jones, Kokinda, Lietzan, Mahns, Richter, Schaeffer, Vicari, Yarovsky, and Blankenburg, manager. Winter wouldn't be complete without round ball. Our team wouldn't have been complete without J. Adams, Dubs, Granack, Richter, Powers, Scherer, and Tinkham. Bakalar, DePaoli, T. Etter, and Fox helped the swimming team win manner honors. As Rookies warmed up for the Cubs, Brooks, Davis, Hughes, Kokinda, and Scherer warmed up for the H. H. S. baseball team. Ben Hogan has to be careful when G. Brown, Granack, J. Homolla, Messman, and Tsatsos take to the greens to wield their golf clubs. J. Adams, Berta, Black, Covault, Davis, Fitzgerald, Glass, Krejci, Menning, Richards, Solan, Tinkham, Wagner, and Ziehl, proved their ability to run cross country while those participating in track were John Adams, Keith Ben- son, Bob Berta, Fred Bleck, Mel Ein, Jerry Fitzgerald, Vtfil- bur Hofman, Emil Krejci, Bob McDonald, Dick Mehler, Edgar Menning, John Richards, Dick Solan, Dick Tinkham, Dom Vicari, Clark Wagner, Don Ziehl. Beckman was man- ager. Page 75 Although many boys participated in sports, the girls were not to be outdone. Burnett, Campbell, Carroll, Flitar, Geib, Gevirtz, Gidney, Gifford, Haag, Herakovich, Kalbac, Orr, Starks, Stephan, Thompson, Wilson, Wittmer, and Ziller took part in the various intra-mural sports offered for girls. Running the machines for visual aids were Blankenburg, Gifford, Hancock, Krontz, Miofsky, Stahley, and Tobin. lf you felt weak or had a temperature, assistant nurses, Baganz, N. Campbell, Frank, Marsh, Warner, and Voris would have been glad to give you that cherished admit home. The class boasts many connected with the vocal depart- ment. ln the choral club were Alexander, Artim, Bubono- vich, Cave, DeBarge, Gidney, Krizman, and Wenner. Erickson and Sarantos were in the girls' chorus. Adams, Abney, Armstrong, Briesacker, Cleary, Cole, Conrad, Darrah, Hanes, Hetrick, Houseworth, Kalbac, Lunsford, Lynch, Matthews, Moore, Miofsky, Nagel, A. Perry, Petty, Reese, Reinert, Stickler, Tanner, and E. Voris participated in the choir. Musicians in the senior band were Barry, Bishop, Brun- field, Davis, Echt, Laskowski, McCartney, Parker, Reed, Snyder, and Vezcan. Miller, Walker and Shimkus played in the orchestra. Perhaps Cullen, Mehler, Martin, Sandler, Sherrill or Youngjohn will some day be winning oscars for their act- ing ability. They certainly were great in the fall play. Those in the senior play were Pat Smith, Betty Kalbac, Tom Lunsford, Ella Mae Cuprak, Charles Echt, Carolyn Starks, Fred De Paoli, Eddie Gabovitch, Bob Bartos, and Earl Hilton. The senior class can be very proud of its members. But as classes go there are always some who are outstanding. Majette Erickson and Tom Lunsford won the D.A.R. awards. Ron Wagonblast certainly deserved the Bausch and science award which is now his. . Valedictorian of the class was Majette Erickson. Clark Wag- ner was not far behind and became salutatorian. The National Honor Society included the following seniors: Richard Abney, Arnold Abrahamson, John Adams, Alice Artim, Jean Barnett, Shirley Barnett, Rita Bily, Robert Bock, Alice Boyd, David Brooks, Lucille Brumfield, Marilyn Bur- nett, Doris Bush, Doris Carroll, Robert Church, Lois Cleary, Ella Mae Cuprak, Donald Davidson, Katherine Duro, Lillian Dzuik, Charles Echt, Melvin Ein, Maejette Erickson, Mari- anne Flitar, Joan Foster, Herbert Franson, Carolyn Fred- ericks, Ed Gabovitch, Carol Geib, Joyce Gevirtz, Jean Gra- gido, William Graham, Mary K, Grant, Nelda Gruener, Joan Guy, John Hancock, Earl Helton, Carole Herhold, Thelma Hestermann, Rosemarie Houseworth, Bonita Jens, Kenneth Johnson, Donald Jones, Emil Krejci, Robert Kutak, Tom Lunsford, Steve Markovich, James Martin, Emily McGuire, Edgar Menning, Rita Miller, Norman Mills, William Mi- ofsky, Betty Nelson, Hannah Orr, John Parker, William Perdew, Audrey Perry, Jack Peterson, Leonard Peterson, Peggy Pinkstaff, Audrey Rahn, Patricia Reinert, Mary D. Rhodes, Carol Rife, Joyce Salos, Gene Seifken, Darlene Sherrill, Barbara Simanson, Earl Simmons, Tom Skrentny, James Spencer, Helen Stickler, Hugh Stommel, Monette Thompson, Richard Tinkham, lrene Trappe, Ronald Wag- onblast, Clark Wagner, Marjorie Woolard, James Yarovsky, Patricia Youngjohn.

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Sr. Class officers Left to right: Kufak, Pinksfaff, Sherrill, Erickson Senior Sponsors Mrs. Beyers, Mr. Seddlerneyer Wagner, salufatorian, Erickson, valedictorian D A R winners ' Lunsford, Erickson Page 74 i

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