Washington High School - Memory Lane Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Erwin Wroblewski Frieda Zalas Doris Bennett Alfrieda Kurczewski Mary Ann Czakany Rupert Biddle Francis De Buysser Joyce Woodard Edmund Magiero John Plonski Robert Robertson Norbert Rzepnicki

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In 1945, the restoration to life of the HATCHET. CEven then as sophomores, Going On Seventeen and two casts presented it on March 13 and History of the Class of 1948 Now that the end is near, we begin to feel the loss in our hearts: of our good times, our noon mixers, our classes, our studies, our teachers, our proms, our whole school life. As we look back farther and farther, we find it wasn't so bad after all. ln fact, why not say it: We loved it! As we look back we remember especially such things as these: we had Emily Schultz, Nancy Scheu, Frieda Kurczewski, Frances Boyer, and Dick Snyder hard at work on it. Indeed the sophomores are to be chietiy credited with its restorationl . . . On November 3. the Northern Indiana Instrumental and Vocal Music Clinic, with Lucy Wlodarek, Evelyn Leopold, Ed Magiera, Marshall Phillips, and Everett Austin taking part . . . The grand turnout of sophomores to participate in school activities: twelve in football, fourteen in basketball, twenty in band, and seventeen in glee club. Monopolizing, weren't we? We remember that fall the HATCHET awarded Big Red Apples to Frances Boyer and Pat Wozniak for selling the most advertisingy that Nancy Scheu and Kathleen Jacobsen started their great careers as cheerleaders. That April, on the 23 and 24, came the operetta The Gondoliers, in which Evelyn Leopold played the part of Casilda, daughter of the Duchess of Plaza-Toro, and Bob Robertson, Everett Austin, and Dick Benninghoff took the parts of Venetian gondoliers. During the same month, Frances Boyer, Louise Nowak, Mary Ann Bencsics, Ed Magiera, Dolores Van Wynsberghe, and Frank Vander Hagen enioyed the Band Clinic at Adams. They still recall it easily. Also in that April our green track team broke LakeviIle's broad iump record, Ted Piechocki leaping 19 feet, 6M inches to do it. And the Girls' Ushers Club selected nine of us as members: Doris Bennitt, Shirley Houk, Louise Nowak, Arlene Phillips, Emily Schultz, Rosalie Szabo, Johanna Weiss, Lucy Wlodarek, and Gloria Wroblewski. In May the Student Council selected one of our number to serve as president for the coming year. Adeline Ciesiolka was the soph so honored. In that same month, Washington held its first Honors Day Assembly, to honor those students who had distinguished themselves either as students or as citizens. Twenty-one of our number were on the honor roll for scholarship, Dolores Van Wynsberghe was awarded the Berg Medal for outstanding work in the bandy William Hauguel, Dolores Lewandowski, Louise Nowak, and Nancy Scheu received Latin Awards. Numerous members were recognized for their service as members of the HATCHET Staff. In the evening of Honors Day, Frieda Kurczewski and Leonard Mixtccki reigned as Madame Star and Mr. Moon at the sophomore spring dance, called none other than the Blue Sky Jive. Did we have fun? I'lI say we did! On September 26, as iuniors, we chose our class officers. Chet Dlugosz was elected president, Dick Snyder, vice-president, Ray Ewald, secretary, Lorraine Cham- berlain, treasurer, and William Hauguel, historian. ln October the iunior cabinet was selected. The members were Phil Kulczak, Sherry Arpasi, Loretta Zmudzinski, Doiores Lewandowski, and Nancy Scheu. That fall the presidency of the Boys' Glee Club fell to Richard Benninghoff. In November the Class of 1946 presented to the school, at a Memorial Service, a tablet bearing the names of the Boys of Washington who had died in the war. On December 20, occurred the annual Christmas play, with many members of the class and the full glee club in the cast. That December saw Loretta Zmudzinski make her debut in the world. On February 6 it was announced that our class would be given of presenting a funior play, the first iunior class to do so. The play cheerleading the privilege selected was 14. Members were Marie Miller and Doreen Sokol CElsaJ7 Ray Skarbek and Marion Pilarski fBuddyJp Emily Schultz and Adeline Ciesiolka fMrs. Carhartlp Frieda Kurczewski and Margaret Staszewski CFIorenceJp George Tschida and Ray Ewold lCraigJ, Erwin Wierzbinski and Richard Miller CTomJp Gus Kohler fShrimpieDp Fred Polonka and John Sinka lPauIlp Pot Dudeck and Theresa Deguc Uoanlg Lorraine Chamberlain and Nancy Scheu lLillumsJ5 William Hauguel lMr. Carhartlg Betty Janicki, Janet Bartkowiak, Johanna Weiss, Rosmarie Bykowski, Loretta Zmudzinski, and Rosalie Szabo lHelen, Doris, and Agnesl. The play was a distinct success. Following it, members of the cast, the stage crew and the ushers enjoyed a dance in the gym. In April the Graduation Ring Committee was chosen. Members were Chet Dlugosz, Dick Snyder, Loretta Zmudzinski, and Nancy Scheu. Orders were taken in May and the rings were waiting for us when we came back to school in September. In May a spring musicale was presented by the glee clubs instead of an operetta. The theme was Better Human Relationships Through Music. Many of our class participated. On May 8, the class entertained the seniors at a tea dance in the library. Miss Palmer assisted us with the refreshments. On May 16 came the Second Annual Honors Day. Many members of the class