Taft High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Movie Matter Appearing at theaters in the Chicago area, A Life of Her Own is an intense drama concerning the life of a highly suc' cessful model. This beautiful girl, played by Lana Turner, leaves her small town and comes to New York to break into the modeling held. Wit'h her natural poise, she is able to get good jobs and soon finds that she is much in demand. Her face becomes nationally famous. Then her troubles begin. The suicide of a modeling acquaintance who is out of a job gives Lana quite a jolt. Next she falls in love with a mar' ried man played by Ray Milland. Lana is determined to tell Ray's wife about them so that Ray can get a divorce. At this point she discovers that Ray'sxwife is a helpless cripple who loves 'him very much and has nothing else in the world to live for. It is up to Lana to decide whether to tell the wife and break up the marriage, or to quietly walk out of their lives. What decision did she make? It wouldn't be nice to spoil it for you, would it? Just be sure not to miss A Life of Her Own. l'I'RICTI.f,,5? v ,sf 1l4llPl If you're wondering why Dorothy Weed is walking around in a daze, it's because she is thinking of her one and only Cliff Coleman. Three cheers for Jerry Faber. He won a trophy at the Edgebrook Stables for horsemanship. Nice work, Jerry . . . Wha' hoppen to Char Frumkin and Joan Siddon's hair? Were they caught in a lawn mower?? . . . Since Ozzie Rasmussion left for college, we are wondering who is going to take up Marge Bellows' time. Hmm . . . Why is Pat ,Smyer looking forward to the Thanksgiv' ing holidays so much? Couldn't be 'cause a certain college fellow is coming home, could it? . . . Did Jerry Olson and Don Ernst have fun with their dates from St. Pat's? . . . Barb Norton is alumnus Ron Peterson's nurse. We can't blame the guy for not wanting to get well . . . Why ,does Sue Plein enjoy Mired Chorus, Latin, and lunch so much? Must be because she sees a certain fellow named Jim then . . . Caroline Johnson Hnally got her date-with Don Erickson. Joanne Bator had a ine time at the Taft dance last Friday. ,Seems the old torch is glow' ing for Rich Lizak again . . . ls Lee Stienbachner still that way about Bob Stanell and Kent Anderson? Poor Don Parker seems to be forgotten forever. FQ3Sl-475 . 'l' PROx..i'DS 0 i Sk- ijt-auf We heard from a reliable source that some freshies did not like this column in the last issue. Tsk! Tsk! Ronald Otto keeps looking over his shoulder at Dotty Jordan in his English class. Be careful, Ronald, that you don't dislocate your neck! Searles Laswell has his eye on a certain girl in his division, We wonder what has happened between Marilyn Gildemeister and Bill Hannon? The flame seems to be burning low. What's this about Lowell Shelton 'hav' ing a crush on a certain Diane H.? Who is the girl that stops outside the industrial art room talking to Warren Wolf? Who's the redhead that John Demes is talking to? Be careful, John, Karen Waltz and John Szady are really chummy. Joyce Jacobson and Pat Amlin are making quite a fuss over Bozo. Heard about two freshies named Margie Nugent and Alice Jorgensen both wanting to go with C. C. to a roller skating party! May the best girl win! FASHIONS YYYXQYXNX'YYYX'YX'YYYYXNYYYX'X' Corduroy really leads the fashion pa' rade this fall with that beautiful gold color right up there in front, Two of the cutest outfits we've seen lately are Janice Johnson's darling gold corduroy dress and Charlene Johnson's smart cor' duroy suit. Next we have Barbara Bates and Dolores Pareemboom in those match' ing rust brown corduroy suits and every' one that's seen Margie Van Gorp's light blue corduroy outfit agrees that it is one of the nicest suits out. Wool jersey is also very popular this fall. We particu' larly noticed Elaine .Schroeder's neutral tan jersey dress. Just perfect for school is Joan Deckert's mustard yellow wool jersey blouse with green, plaid cotton collar and cuffs. The blouse is worn with a dark green wool skirt. We've also seen a number of darling wool dresses, Carol Novak's for example. Barb 'Kreller's wool, black and white pin check dress with white collar and cuffs is wonderful for any occasion. Barb Pelton always manages to find the cutest blouses in the city and Joanne Urban has a beautiful tan cashmere sweater. Virg VanderMuellen's tailored cotton blouse with a light check running through it also caught our eye. As for accessories, heavy gold pendants on thick gold chains are becoming quite popular Taft Tribune 7 and Carol Hager's little bug hanging from her accordion pleated scarf is pretty as well as unique. And how about that platinum nail polish that Dolores Debs has been sportin' lately? We think it looks pretty sharp. Coats also make the fashion head' lines with Dot Anderson's smart green corduroy raincoat and' Bev Anderson's green shortie with leopard'skin lining leading the way. Now we'll leave you with this closing thought. Have you noticed how many of our smartest girls wear neat skirts and blouses, or maybe a simple suit or dress to our Friday night dances? No fuss or frills for our most popular gals. Building Improvements During our summer recess, improve' ments and additions have materially beau' tified the school surroundings. The newly laid walk at the nort'h'west cor' ner of the building and the weed cut' ter, a present of the June '50 class, have both helped to improve the landscaping. Gleaming on the first day of school, the corridors were soon marked and scuffed by the invading students. Sixteen new table tops have added much needed color to the lunchroom. The football players can be seen sporting their new helmets, as the fairer sex admire. Glaziers have been busy replacing broken windows, damaged during the summer months. The students have been asked for their complete cooperation in caring for the property of the school. Gan 0-uf ' MARILYN SOLBERG winking at a boy? MARILYN GLAWE not winking at a boy? WALT KwAs1cRocH quiet? RENE VALLEE without a steady? QP. S. It happenedj RON BRUZAN in a new car? AL ZELLER real shy? SHIRLEY McKEE with a Taft boy friend? RON MANGOLD with a girl friend? DoN CHASSEE teacher's pet? RONNIE PLOETZ 5 ft. 2 in.? GABBY HAYES 120 pounds? JERRY JARVIS with black hair? FRESHIES with old notebooks? DAVE PETERSON without a sun tan? JOAN MOQUIN failing a course? LOUIE TULGA holding hands with a girl? fAny girl, at that.J DoTT1E JOHNSON without a sandwich in her hand? fPoor Bob Moers is starving to death-it's his lunchj.

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6 Taft Tribune Give the Kids a Break! With this reminder, Traffic Police Chief Michael J. Ahern called attention to the special eifort the Chicago Police department is making during October to arouse Chicagoans to the need for special care on our streets. With children again in school, drivers must be extra careful. Throughout every school day all of us must see that the children are as safe as possible walking or playing, Chief Ahern said. And when I say all of us, that's just what I mean. The safety of our children is a job for the whole community-parents, the police, school ofhcials, teachers, and every club or organization that numbers motorists, parents or young people among its members. Our department has learned from our accident records t'hat last year in Chi' cago, traffic accidents claimed the lives of 29 youngsters of grade school age and 12 in the high school age bracket, the chief pointed out. And, he added, in addition to the 41 killed, 5,017 Chi' cago youngsters were injured. With 600,000 boys and girls back in school, it is tragic to view the prospect of about 40 of these youths losing their lives and over suffering injury in accidents between now and next September, t'he chief said. Yet, that toll probably will be reached unless all of us become more concerned about preventing accidents, and share the responsiility for accident prevention. Back to school safety pointers Chief Ahern listed are: QU Motorists, give the kids a break by using special caution in residential areas, school zones, and wherever you see them. In short, regard every child as a caution sign when you are driving. KZJ Parents, see that your children know the safest route to school-and that they know 'how to behave safely in traf' fic. And set them a good example. Surf: an n 1,2592 Elite if Un i-E .Seniors What is this we hear about twelve Taft girls invading the stores and street' cars along Jefferson Park and Portage Park last Monday night? The racket!!! And all for the sake of yellow sweat shirts. Oh! Those Kasey Kittens. Autograph seekers from Schurz sure are haunting our Taft cheerleaders. Seems they are pretty popular with those boys. We're wondering why Phyllis gets so confused when the name Bob is mentioned? There really are two, at that. Kujfel Iris Hajok certainly smiles a lot in English -I Period 7. Why is it that she likes that class so much????? Lucky! lucky! Mary Codell. She is on a vacation in Michigan now. Or is she lucky, at that? Then we have some of our Taft boys trying on roller skates-getting ready for the opening of the new roller rink on Harlem Avenue. Everybody is invited. Come one, come all! In case you're in' terested, it's at 4510 Harlem Avenue and called the Hub Roller Rink. Ronnie ,Smith certainly had a swell time at Marilyn Smytlfs party for the winners of the election. By the way, where was he? You understand, he came at the beginning-disappeared at the middle-and returned at t'he end . , . Joe Weiss and Carold Boldt seemed to be the most popular couple at the party . . . Paul Lauschlqe and P. H. really wanted their names in the senior col' umn, so here they are, kids. Although no Seniors have difficulty in recognizing each other, we have Pete Glass and Gerry Squire in the going steady bracket. Miss Heart Visits Park What's the reason for Roberta Tracy attracting so much attention in the park? A weekend P. J. party at Babe Yele's house really brought some tired gals to school Monday morning. Among the sleepy'heads were Carol Novak, Jean Rutter, Dorothy Johnson, Shirley Paddi, Gail Martin, Nancy Jensen, and Gerry Squire. Shorty McGovern made a grand entrance at 11:00 the next morning. More fun. Don Grauel seems to have his months mixed up. He's been seen wearing his dusty cream colored shoes to school. Re' member this is October and it's time to get your Little Abnersn out. Carrol Duty really had a swell time at Champaign last week'end. That frat dance and the lllinois'lowa game were great fun. Paulette Pearson was sooo happy when Corky came home for the week'end. Alumnus Gets Grant Hilliard Wachowski, a June '43 grad, was recently awarded a research fellow' ship by the Radio Corporation of Amer' ica. Hilliard, who is a graduate engi' neering student, was one of 16 students from eight states who received these grants from R,C.A. These grants range from 51,600 to S2,700. Wachowski will do theoretical research on microwaves and antennas at Northwestern Univer' sity. V I Unaor A 4 .,, - I N T Els-QI' 011 Senior girls had better start taking les' sons from the juniors. It seems the 4A boys threw a hay ride and more juniors were asked than seniors. Speaking of that hay ride, Ann Kent has been walk' ing around on a cloud ever since. Then we have Nancy Jensen pulling a fast one on Dave, but how could she know that he was waiting on her front porch that night. Ron Smits took a long, long ride to Elgin, did you have a nice time, Leona? Earl Carlson seems to have made a hit with t'he senior girls. They all want to sit near him 7th--wonder why? By the way, what have these junior boys got that makes all the senior girls go gaga? We have Ruth Yelk going with Lincoln Gif' ford, Carole Novak making eyes at Dick Hess, and Diane Hupke walking down the halls with Norm E. We hear that Sybil Baginski's new 'heart throb is Mike Wijas. In the going steady department we have: Sally Scotten and Dick Sears, Lorraine Olson and Don Christiansen, Carol Olson and Dick Hathaway: Bobbie Louthan and Bob Meyer: Jim Sweeney and Pat Collins, and John Johnson with Marilyn Trippon. Diane Phillips must be a very popular girl. It seems she can't keep all her dates straight. Speak' ing of dates, John Osko appears to be on Shirley's list for a certain party. Marie Colasuono wants to see her name in the junior column, so here it is, Marie. Bye now, kiddies. If you've got anything that should be known please drop it into either locker 1116 or 2102. See you all in the next issue. Rink Makes Debut Definitely a dazzling addition to the young fry's source of recreation is the new, modern roller skating rink on Har' lem Ave. It is one of the largest in the middle west and covers half an acre of skating surface. Parking cost and wor' ries will be at a minimum because there is no charge for parking and' the lot is large enough to accommodate everyone's hot rod or family limousine. The rink will be open every week day and Sunday from 7:30 until 11:30, and from 7:30 until 12:00 on Saturdays. There will also be Sunday and Saturday matinees. By special consent of the man' agement blue jeans may be worn at the Saturday matinee only. Music will be supplied by Leon Berry at the giant pipe organ and everyone will be assured of a pleasant time.

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8 Taft Tribune Indians Scalp Eagles 35-0 Taft fell before a mighty Lane eleven last Saturday. The unscoredeon Indians, led by an allfstate candidate for guard, Max Ponder, trounced' the Eagles 35 to O. Ponder himself kicked all ive extra points after touchdowns by love, Amend, Spaperi, Gittebert, Hogan. Size' and LANE .... ..... 7 7 7 14 35 TAFT .... ..... 0 0 0 O O Eagles Pluck Wildcats Coast to 15-2 Victory Viewing from the Lake View stands, your writer proudly witnessed the most inspiring spirit and anxiety shown at a football game since the '48 section champs fought their way to the quarter' finals with Austin at Soldiers' Field. The Eagle attack was sparked by the spectacular running, of John Osko and passing of Doug Wanegar. The Hnal score, Taft 15, Lake View 2, although not as impressive as the Eagle power indicated, may be a preview of the final standings. After a slow moving, hard fought Hrst half during which Taft was outplayed, the Eagles came clawing back, showing a complete revival. The halfftime score, Taft 6, Lake View 2, was produced by a 20 yard aerial from Wanegar to Osko and a Wildcat safety scored when Des Rochers was tackled behind his goal on a run around end. The other scoring was a 5 yard' plunge by Wanegar after Osko had returned a punt 40 yards on a brilliant run which brought spectators to their feet. The final two points were scored when the hard charging Eagle line smothered the Wildcat fullback be' hind his goal. Another Eagle score was nullified by an offfside penalty against Taft. The play was a screenfo pass to Osko behind strong interference which covered 50 yards over all. Lake View's Wildcats had previously whipped Sullivan 2610 and were rated highly to upset Taft. Homer Heads Hi-Y Installation was held for the Taft HifY on Sunday, October 1, with members' parents viewing the ceremony. New oflif cers were presented with their duties and members were ollicially installed. The oflicers of the club are: Homer Rudolph, presidentg Jim Hibarger, vicefpresidentg Chuck Falkenthal, secretaryg and jack Lanning, treasurer. The club's roster inf cludes: Ronald Bentsen, Paul Felgenf hauer, Jim Ostberg, jim Davis, Paul Lauschke, Howard Anderson, Ted Wil- liams, Bob Kopke, Tom Darville, Jerry QGabbyl Hayes, Walt Kwasigroch, Joe Weiss, Ted Voss, Don Simonsen, Bill Kammer, Wally Shaw, Roger Nelson, Rex Styzens, Tom Ohomen, and Neil Ander- son. Movies or a guest speaker are a promif nent part of the program following each business meeting. The agenda will conf sist of a movie and a talk by an army officer at the next meeting. Plans for November include a trip via a chartered bus to Stateville for all Hi'Y members. Q-v-v-v-v-v-v-.-.-.f.-.-.-.-v-v-.-v-.-v-.Af-.-.-.-.-v-,fvvvvs STARS IN Yllllll EYES Skating Stars Ken Henry is the most popular, but who is Taft's other international skating star? Swim Stars Walter Wolf was t'he backstroke champ, but who was the freestyle man backing him up in the relays? Hint: He was also a top man on the golf team. Leroy Bazany was also a swim star- and an instrumentalist, but what instruf ments? Bowling Stars Ken Rogner took high single last sea- son with a 263, but whom did he take this honor from? Baseball Stars George fSufeeJ Maier stays in the news at Illinois, but where did catcher Ron ,Sienkiewicz go? Larry Landerholm, star second sacker, played basketball, too, but w'hat position? Bruce Benson, a star at shortstop, turned down a major league ball club so he could play for Wheaton, but which club? Football Stars Taft lost this year's opener to Flint, Mich., but whom did they drop last sea' son's Hrst game to? Answers in Column 3 Tri-I-Ii-Y Cup to Taft Taft's TrifHifY has begun the new se' mester with a bang. On Friday, Septemf ber 16, at the Irving Park Methodist Church, a worship service was held for the new members. At this time the club was awarded the efficiency trophy for the third time in its history. This trophy is given by the Irving Park YMCA to which ever of the six TrifHifY clubs afhliated with the Y have earned the most points for activities and meet- ings held during t'he preceding semester. Taft will be allowed to keep and display this trophy until next February, when it will again be awarded to the club that has earned the most points. The 53 Junior and Senior girls meet at the Irving Park YMCA on the first and third Tuesdays of each month for a business meeting, and on the second and fourth Tuesdays for committee meetings. The first big event on their schedule is a Mothers' and Daughters' Tea to be held at the Y on October 17. Date Night, the dance sponsored each semester by the club and which both members and nonfmembers look forward to, will be held on November ll. Bids may be purchased for the regular price of 32.25 and will be available from Octo' ber 11 through October 23. They may be bought at Taft by contacting any Tri- HifY member. These bids are in great demand and only 200 will be sold. If you would like to attend Date Night be sure to obtain yours early. ,itggwfz f ' tlppv' g5 l my The boys' locker room is a parade of color with most unusual wunderwear be- ing sported by many of those great big beautiful males. We have leopard and zebra skins, flowered beauties and ferned masterpieces . . . In the third period swim class we have the selected few who would rather write than get wet . . . More madness from the same class in' volves Bruce Geisert and Homer Rudolph who are trying in vain to swim 40 yards under water fbest bubble blowers Taft ever hadj . . . Hank Kallimanes sings romantic songs while dreaming of Ioyce in period' 2 gym . . . Gene the invincf ible QGene Iohnstonj who thought his football team couldn't get along without him learned a lesson. Even AllfStars are expendable. uaspunuiy-Hcqloocr saaquejx-Heqaseg Pmo-IIHQSSHH anpind-ueqaseg LZZ - BPMLIS IV -Builmog uoipiooay gg xeg-Luymg Jarieuions turf-uiymg .raqosrd 931023-Bugaeqg Zgnb 01 stafusuy