Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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local attention problems with the Kennedy name, too. His book, “The Death of a President,” made headlines when Bobby and Mrs. Jacqueline Ken- nedy, the slain President’s wife, ob- jected to parts of the book even though they had commissioned it. President Kennedy’s death still carried an aura of mystery. Books challenged the Warren Commis- sion. New Orleans district attorney James Garrison produced arrests and -witnesses to support his con- tentions that conspirators, includ- ing Lee Harvey Oswald, plotted the assassination. In Dallas the imprisoned Jack Ruby, Oswald’s assassin, died of cancer. Death of three astronauts — Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee — in a routine Apollo moon- shot ground test lead to an inves- tigation of the space program. November elections brightened Republican hopes as the party elected Michigan governor George Romney, California governor Ron- ald Reagan, Illinois senator Char- les Percy, Oregon senator Mark Hatfield and Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, first Negro senator since Reconstruction days. Congress had its problems. The House refused to seat Harlem con- gressman Adam Clayton Pow ' ell be- cause of his misusing government funds. The Senate censured Connec- ticutt’s Thomas Dodd on a similar charge. Former Senate aide Bobby Baker went to jail for misconduct. On the international scene, Red China seemed in the throes of rev- olution as Chairman Mao Tse Tung and his militant Red Guards tried to purge anti-Maoists. But of all the situations concern- ing HHS and the world, Viet Nam was most worrisome. This was the year of peace feelers, stepped up bombing, the Manila summit con- ference and elections in the South. Custodian re installs one of the doorknobs that disappeared one weekend. 1

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Stories of pranks, elections, war captivate History’s sweep caught HHS students and left them with mem- ories of everything from doorknobs and alarm clocks to Viet Nam. In September teachers reported to school one Monday and found knobless doors. Faculty and cus- todian sleuths discovered the more than 100 knobs in the girls’ pool and in a cold air chute. Shortly thereafter a prankster plot resulted in a surprise locker inspection by teachers seeking alarm clocks set for 10 a.m. Nature provided the deepest im- pression, though, when an end-of- January storm dumped about 30 inches of snow on the area. It stranded millions and brought ur- ban activity to a standstill. Ham- mond schools closed six days. Sportsmen noted a Purdue win in the Rose Bowl, Baltimore Orioles’ ccnquest of the World Series, NFL’s Green Bay Parckers’ victory over AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs in pro football’s first superbowl. Evansville North won the Indi- ana high school basketball champ- ionship. UCLA won the national college championship with help from 7 ' ls Lew Alcindor. Movie-goers hailed “A Man for All Seasons” as the Academy Award’s designation as best movie. Its star, Paul Scofield, won an Oscar for best actor. Elizabeth Taylor won actress honors for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” At times it seemed as if Presi- dent Johnson was playing “Who’s Afraid of Bobby Kennedy?” as polls showed the New York senator outdrawing LBJ in popularity. Author William Manchester had Hammond s normally flat terrain sprouts mountains as snow snarls streets, stops schools. 10

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Adult associations help in school activities Part of HHS’ greatness came from adult organizations such as band parents, Parent Teachers As- sociation and Adult Booster Club. Band parents helped the band to raise money for its activities. One of its money raising projects was the fun fair Jan. 14. Officers included Mr. Walter Brown, Mr. Clarence Tapper, Mrs. Charles Creasbaum, Mrs. Delbert Purkey, Mrs. Harriet Kowalski, Mrs. Grace Maksay and Mrs. Ruby Dodge. PTA sponsored Back-to-School Night and College-Career Night. Meetings covered such topics as alternatives for the building, race relations, accreditation and student images and problems. Adult Booster Club sponsored seasonal sports banquets to honor athletes. A student dance April 14 helped to finance the banquets. Mr Robert Nicholson explains the boy’s physical education program to parents at Back to School Night Great Swami Salami (Mr. Ned Staley) foretells junior Sue Terry’s future in the speech arts booth at the annual fun fair sponsored by the band parents PTA recording secretary Mrs Benjamin J Petska and second vice president Ned Staley await president Howard R Stover, first vice president Robert P Hetrick, corre- sponding secretary Mrs. Carl Wilkenson and treasurer Walter Golgart Jr. to join them at executive board meeting. 72