Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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Amusement Carnival atmosphere ushers in weekends F ive minutes remain, Johnny hands in his U.S. History exam. Three min- utes left in sixth hour and John- ny has his coat on and car keys in hand. As the bell sounds, Johnny enthusiastically heads for the door, gets in his car and races toward home to begin the weekend. For every student the week- end holds a variety of things to do. While some students were involved with extra-curricular school activities, others held part-time jobs or just used the weekends as a time to relax. Although a lot of practicing goes on during the week, clubs and sporting events did take place on the weekends. For ex- ample, Speech and Debate Team members frequently awoke at such early hours as 4 a.m. to travel on a bus for a whole Saturday filled with speech competition, meanwhile the Girls ' Basketball team was on the gym floor competing with their opponents. “Although the speech meets were sometimes very early in the morning, they were still a lot of fun,” commented junior Susie Oberlander, secretary of the Speech Team. Aside from school events, some students also held part- time jobs. “Sometimes I worked every day of the weekend, but it EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, freshman Larry Hemingway gives up some of his weekend to sell newspapers to the crowds coming out of 1 1 a.m. mass at St. Thomas More Church. was good to have the extra money,” stated junior Irene Fabisiak. Other students were involved with jobs like teaching Sunday School at local synagogues and churches. INCLUDED IN JUNIOR Ron Pasko ' s part-time job at Ribordy ' s is moving loads of boxes from the storage rooms, to the shelves during weekend hours. “I really love working with the little kids and it’s a change act- ing as a teacher on Sundays while being a student during the week,” said junior Ellyn Lem, who taught at Congregation Beth Israel. Religious participation also included students being a part of church music groups or being ushers at Sunday morning ser- vices. “It doesn’t take up any of my time, and mass is more interest- ing when I ' m participating in it,” commented senior Steve Pfis- ter, usher at St. Thomas More Church. Babysitting is another way that students spent their week- ends and possibly earned some extra money. “I usually babysit because I can use the extra money. I also love being with children, so to me it’s not really a job,” ex- plained junior Helenka Zeman. After a whole week of school work, weekends did provide many students with a time to re- lax. “On Sundays, I liked to sit around eating while watching a good football or basketball game on TV,” explained junior Bob Rigg. While students’ activities varied on the weekends, most students’ weekends ended in a similar way, with the finishing of last minute homework and get- ting up early Monday morning for another humdrum week of monotony in wait of the next weekend or vacation. Weekends 19

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HOLIDAY GAMES ARE one of the many items taught to Sunday School children. One day of junior Ellyn Lem ' s weekend is devoted to the children at Congrega- tion Beth Israel. EXTRA TIME ON a weekend is an op- portune time for senior Lisa Glowacki to finish her Christmas shopping. IN ORDER TO perfect their singing, the Youth Choir meets for practice for the 9:30 a.m. mass at St. Thomas More Church. Alumnus Janet Tobin and junior Mike Sperenza, play t he guitar, while freshman Jill Samels sings with the rest of the choir.

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Take 4 Students to make debut on silver screen E choes of lights, cam- era, action! resounded throughout the gym as another day of filming swung into action. For the many actors and ac- tresses who were involved with the movie production of Four Friends”, written by Mr. Steve Tessich, filming was only a frag- ment of the time and work that was actually spent on each scene. A large amount of the filming occurred at East Chicago Roosevelt High School, where Mr. Tessich graduated in the early sixties. The school fit the time setting and the character of the film, which deals with the love story of two people within the framework of four friends. It all began with tryouts for the movie, held at the beginning of July. Students from Munster learned about tryouts from an announcement made during summer school, as well as from sophomore Karen Kuklinski whose father, Mr. Gene Kuk- linski, is the Principal of East Chicago Roosevelt High School. “I heard about the tryouts and thought that it would be something interesting to do,” commented junior Dawn Small- man, an extra in the movie. Tryouts included filling out questionnaires and then learn- ing dance steps. According to senior Heidi Langendorff, there were a lot of people try- ing out who had dancing exper- ience, so I was very glad that I made it.” After all the parts were se- lected, the actual work began. As senior Mark Luberda ex- 20 Four Friends plained, “a typical day of filming was one with early mornings, late nights and a lot of sitting around.” “I didn’t mind the sitting around since there were so many things going on, it was sometimes just as much fun to watch,” Mark added. An average day of filming in- cluded arriving at the gym by 5:30 a.m. at East Chicago Roosevelt High School. By 9 a.m., all extras had gone through the ritual of a change of wardrobe and hair-do and were ready to be called on at the shooting location. After spend- ing all day doing a scene over and over again, an average day would end at 7 p.m. Amidst all the work, there was still some time for fun. Ev- eryone including the director and producer were helpful and fun, Dawn stated. They would always find time to talk to us and they even played softball with all of the extras.” Now that the fun and games of practicing and filming of Four Friends” is over, the ex- tras will now wait until the fall for the final product on the screen. I am curious to see which parts of the scenes will actually be used and to see myself on the screen,” Mark stated. For ex- ample, while we spent over one day filming a sock hop scene, it could end up being only five or ten minutes.” Heidi is also curious for the results. But, as she concluded, from my observations, work, and knowledge of the actors, I think that the movie will turn out very well.” Anticipation of the final pro- duction has senior Jack Kraw- cyk, a movie extra, looking even farther ahead into the future. Not previously planning to pur- sue a career involving acting, Jack commented that he would certainly not rule out the possi- bility. “The experience of work- ing on a real movie set was in- valuable, giving me an idea of how dedicated one must really be to succeed in acting.” GIVEN SPARE TIME between her scenes, sophomore Karen Costa car- ries on a friendly conversation with fea- ture stand-in David Gooder. WITH A LONG day of filming ahead of them, cameramen, extras, and observ- ers wait outside East Chicago Roose- velt High School where a great deal of filming took place. The school was cho- sen for its appropriate character and appearance. I