Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Honor students gain awards for greatness VALEDICTORIAN Charlotte Redden SALUTATORIAN Warren Hoemann. Award winning students accented Hammond High’s greatness. Honor students excelled in everything from homemaking to inventing. Bill Myers, Jim Agler and Steve Baxter composed HHS team in national mathematics competition. They placed second in state com- petition with Bill ranking sixth and Jim ranking 21st. Rita Lambros won first prize and Eunice Burns second prize in a peace essay contest sponsored by Hammond Central Lions Club. Dale Alger received bronze medal for his entry, “Black Torn Paper Portrait,” in the regional science- art fair April 8 and 9. Most valuable basketball player award went to Rod Ford, w r ho had fourth spot on Indiana all-star team. John Philip Sousa award for band musicianship went to first cornet player Molly Burton. Dan Shulruff s self sustaining pacemaker won first at regional sci- ence-art fair went to international fair in San Francisco in May. NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS Dara Spivack. Gary Sauder 13

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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

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Peggy Tuck placed third in Daughters of American Revolution state contest. Honor students . . . GIRLS STATE— BOTTOM ROW Pam Lewis Dara Spivack Peggy Tuck delegates SECOND ROW: Lynn Goldstein Kathy Winebrenner, Jutta Grendel. alternates. NFL sweepstakes trophy winners include John Lambros. Marta Pearson, Sally Bola. John Seddelmeyer. Lambros and Seddelmeycr also placed fourth in state debate and Marta and Sally fourth in state speech. Simeon Tauber, outstanding senior jour- nalist. Eli Cohen. Bausch Lomb science award winner. 14