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

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Class Will continuedj alll. will our abilily lo leave lhe house every morning only al' 8:00 lo Joan Kazmierczek and Ari Kush, who fhink you have lo leave al 7:30. l. Sylvia Nowak, will my long hair fo any underclassmen who can'+ grow his . . . l. Ronald Mllawslll, will my abilify lo slay in class lo June Urbanski, who always seems lo be wandering around 'lhe halls . . . l, Marr Gflmll, will my spiril fo win and keep on winning lo any underclassmen who musl weigh l75 pounds . . . I, Ray BfQI'lClllk, will my nose 'io any under- classman who lhinks he is big enough lo carry il. I, Rena Van D0 Velde, will lo Ronnie Meisberg my fine abilily fo gel along wilh Mr. Hayes in malh classes . . . I, Jerry Sfailtovlslti, will my abilily lo slay oul' of lrouble in my four years of high school, lo any underclassman who wants if . . . We, Duane Hanyxewski. and Dan Van Lake. will our hound dogs lo Joe Kozakiewicz and Mike Mondovics, so lhey can gel some rabbils while 'lhese dogs are hunfing squirrels. I. Dan Dolnlall, will my enlhusiasm and willingness lo run lhe mile in lrack and cross counlry lo Ronald Andreiewski. Also, my abilily lo play my clarinel lo Roger Ross . . . I, Buddy Moore. will my abilify lo skip class Fiflh and sixlh hour fo any one who has a 'fasler car fhan John Byers . . . l, Dall Verheye, will my enormous ambifion lo learn 'fo Don Gray and Thomas An- drysiak. We, Virglnla Kusz and Elizabeth Forray. will our Iiflle 4 by 6 olilice and olher lovable assels lo Miss X or any deserving underclassman who lhinks being an ezlilor is a snap . . . I, Lorraine Mynsberge, will my prefly li++le piece of elaslic will-1 fhe pink ribbon lo anyone who needs il for a cerlain purpose . . . l, Rodney Brown. will my abilily 'lo go lo 'lwo schools al' once and slill skip classes wilhoul golfing caughf lo anyone who 'lhinks he can . . . We. Par Abraham and Joan Jacllowiall. will our baffered, lorn. bu? slill handsome piclure of Mr. X on our locker door lo Audrey Abraham and Janel Runnels, wilh fhe hope lhal lhey can pul if logelher and make if las+ for anofher year . . . l, Barbara I-lIkCVlCll, will my palience in bookkeeping class lo my sisler Chrisline Lukavich. l, Marlon Jagmln, will a cerlain abilify lo elude work unlil 'rhrown oul' ol lhe house lo any underclassman who wanls if . . . l, Dale Foto, will lhe scars and bruises you receive in foolball lo big. Johnny Chizar . . . l, Bob watavlsltl. will my abilily 'fo gel along wi'l'h 'lhe leachers 'lo Don Ogorek . . . I, Richard Graylck. will my abilily fo sneak our of machine shop everyday wilhoul gelling caughf fo Mike Mondovics . . . l, Cas Wesolell. will ihe privilege of gelfing Miss For'l'in's coffee fo Kovach . . . We, Margaret Hadary and Shirley Gwynn. will our oulslanding abilily fo laugh up and down and undernealh lhe scales and finish in our finkly horse laugh fo any freshie big enough lo carry lhe load. Finally, lo lhe class of l954. we leave our privileges, our unqueslionabls responsibililies, and our fun as seniors: and fo all fhe underclassmen, lo be cullivaled and increased, our happiness in lhese halls. We charge you all lo be good Panlhers. THE CLASS OF l953 Alex Bengo, presidenl' Gerald Slaikowski, secrelary ..... Class Honors - 1953 Maxine Mary Dhoore Award for Excellence in Scholarship Patricia Theodorofl D.A.R. Award 'For Excellence in American Hisfory Thomas Burzynski Sludebaker U.A.W. - C.I.O. Award for Excellence in Vocalional Educalion Cosimer Wesolek Joseph S. McCowan Memorial Award for Excellence in Social Sludies Thomas Burzynski Washinglon High School Cilizenship Awards Thomas Burzynskl Patricia Wells Soulh Bend Chapter, Nalional Olilice Managemenl Associalion Awards 'For Excellence in Business Educalion Ellzaberh Ferray Richard Hauguel

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The Last ill and Testament of the Class of 1953 We, lhe members ol lhe Class ol I953 ol Washinglon High School, realizing lhal al Iasl our happy days wilhin lhese walls are drawing lo an end and recognizing lhal, individually and severally, we have numerous skills, lalenls, and possessions which will be useless in our nexl lile, do herewilh underlake lo dispose ol lhem lo lhose underclassmen for whom, we iudge, lhey are besl suiled. We urge each recipienl ol a gill lo cherish il well and use il kindly. We, Josephine Chrapliwy and Maureen Arnold, will nolhing lo nobody because everylhing we have we need . . . I. Ralph Wierzbinski, will my abilily in physics class lo Eugene Rysdorl, who seemed lo have none . . . We, Alex lenlio, Jim Pasman, and George Kovalcli, will our seals in I23 and our line relalions wilh Miss Marlindale, lo any underclassman. I, Dick Pusllai, will Joe Kosakiewicz, my loolball iersey No. l5, and hope he has beller luck lhan I did . . . I, Tom Traslkawski, of sound mind and body, will Sleve Zipper Rzepnicki my arl maslerpieces . . . I, Shirley Meslaras, will lo my sisler MiMi all my prayers lhal she may lind one, and only one, sleady boy friend. We. Joe Papczynslii and Eugene Krych, will our crib-boy iob io any lwo boys who lhink lhey can hold il as long as we have . . . We, Pal Kllrdys. Marline Fuessel. and Joan Leliarcxylr, will lhe excilemenl of our ou+side aclivilies lo Jim Krall, Bill Phillips, and Gilberl Sullivan, who, we are sure, can make lhe mosl ol any silualion . . . I, Frances Howell, will lo my sisler Mildred my abilily lo gel lo school on lime. I, Jaan Lach, will my hall chair lo my niece, Joio Paprocki . . . I, Bar- bara Carler, will Bill Howell lo Willa Gilkey and Sarah Miller . . . We, Nancy Paclkavlski and Gladys Badawski, will our abilily lo argue and slill gel along lor lwo years lo Red and Frasz , who can'l . . . I, Richard Hallgllel, will my abilily lo lake a song lo Buzzy , who plays slraighl music only. I, Lavada Schaield, will by abilily lo linish school wilhoul skipping lo any underclassman who lhinks he can do so . . . We, Rila Kania, Nancy Landllil. and Mary Miko, will our abilily lo comb our hair in I5 minules, lo Cookie , who usually needs an hour lo do il. I, Par Theadarai. will my abilily lo sludy lo my brolher, Dick, who will need il nexl year . . . I, Francis Haafh, will my l935 Plymoulh lo my brolher - if il will run lhal long . . . I, Kathleen Cavinder, will lo Lor- raine Madison, my abilily lo wrile my own excuses and nol gel caughl . . . I, Georgianna Klasinskl, will lo Lorella Korpal my abilily lo sfill know how lo drive aller laking Mr. Redling's course. I, Carl Lipinski, will my glasses lo Bob Lee Van, so he can see lhe bas- kel . . . I, Helen Schaield, will my abilily lo linish school wiihoul being in delenlion lo any underclassman . . . We, Rene Van Parys and Lewis Ericson. will our good looks and various remarkable lalenls lo lhose underclassman who are deserving ol lhem . . . I, Eleanor MCCIGIIE, will my locker lo my sis, and her live playmales. The number is 230: Keep il in peppy conglilion, Kiddies! I Richard Deguch, will my abilily lo knock down hurdles lo any under- classman who is willing lo break his fool . . . I, Mary Ann Lichkay, will lo my sisler, Dol, all my hopes lhal she doesn'l beal me lo lhe allar . . . I, Tom Bllrlynski, will my blush lo any underclassman who wanls il. I, Hazleen Yeung, will my abilily lo skip school lo Versena and Kalh- leen, who can use il if lhey wanl lo . . . I, Bah Lisenka, will lo Brb Nies- podziany a ring, so he can gel married . . . We, Jim Kish anal Richard Schultz will lo whoever wanls lhem our hall passes. I, Virginia Arelr, will my sell-conlrol lo Richard Pfekarsk' . . . I, Mary Lewis, will lo Louise Dobbs my abilily lo gel up al 7:30 anal slill gel 'io school on lime . . . I, Pal Boosi. will my abilily lo go sleady anzl siill be lhe biggesl llirl, lo Dolores Frasz, who seems lo gel caughl. I, Joyce Hines, will my abilily lo go sleady wilh one person lor lhree year: lo my brolher, Norman, who can'l seem lo slick wilh one girl for a week . . . I, Yolanda Koller, will my abilily lo pass all lhe courses in high school lo Rila Balukiewicz . . . We, Joan Lllczyk and Janel Zarob'nski, will our abilily lo gel away wilh lhings, lo lhe underclassman who clon'l know lhe lricks of Iile yel. We, Mary Jo Winkler and Esther Zywerr, will our happy mood in shorl- hand class lo any sad-sack who could use il . . . I, Camille Skubiszewski will all my rides home every Thursday lrom Sl. Casimir's dances lo Ann Tolh . . . I, Joan Rebics. will my neal locker lo Lucille Cr.well. Din'i' sland loo close when you open lhe door! I, Margie Plencner, will my abilily lo go sleady for lhrec years lo any underclassman who would like lo lry il . . . I, Dennis Zawierucha, will my lasl name lc Leonard Jones . . . We, Adele Orlechowtki and Rita Wroblew-

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Class History ln fhe fall of I949, Washingfon High School opened ifs green curfains fo a four-acf play wifh a group of ffmid freshmen as Ihe casf. We experienced our firsf high school gafhering lafe in fhe fall af fhe affer-school ge+-acquainfed parfy. When spring came, six freshmen parficipafed in fhe musical, The Mikado . They were Ca- mille Skubiszewski, Maureen Arnold, Shirley Gwynn, Marline Fuessel, Virginia Kusz, and Danny Van Lake. As fhe end of fhe year arrived wifh Class Day, Paf Abraham was given fhe D. A. R. Cifizenship award. For our second acf we chose Pai Abraham as our presidenf. ln fhe early winfer we advanced fo fhe adul+ sfage and our affer- school parfies now became nighf dances. Paf Theodoroff broughf honor fo our sophomore class when she parficipafed in a radio pro- gram panel Soufh Bend Junior Town Meefing of fhe Air . Maureen Arnold was fhe B squad cheerleader. This was fhe year fhaf 'ihe yellow buses sfarfed appearing around Washingfon. In fhem came our new classmafes from fhe counfry and from Woodrow Wilson. Now an infermission and fhe fhird acf will begin. Our junior year and we are really ge'Hing up fhere. The officers for fhaf year were Dale Fozo, presidenfg Virginia Kusz, vice-presi- denf: Gerald Sfajkowski, secrefaryg Paf Wells, freasurerg and Rene Van Parys, class hisforian. Wi-H1 fhe junior year came a surge of aci- ing. There were sixfeen ouf of our class who fook parf in fhe Rose of Algeria , Ralph Wierzbinski, Mary Lewis, and Richard Deguch, having leads. Wifh 'rhe junior year came 'fhe junior play, Almosf Eighfeen . The leads were faken by Nancy Paczkowski, Georgianna Klosinski, Richard Schulfz, Jim Pasman, Alex Benko, and Leonard Kanczuzewski. Then came fhaf evenfful nighl' in May and our firsf Prom. This was fhe firsf combined Junior-Senior Prom af Washingfon. Among fhose chosen on fhe courf from our class were Joan Lach, Nancy Paczkowski, and Barbara Tobolski. A+ fhe close of fhe year, Paf Wells was chosen fo be Sfudenf Council Presidenf for our Senior year. Drawing 'l'he curfain on our childhood, we opened for fhe lasf acf, our immorfal senior year. This was our year of accomplishmenf, and as our leaders in sporfs, we chose Dale Fozo, and Maff Griffin as co-capfains in foofball: George Kovafch as capfain of fhe baskef- bail feamg Tom Burzynski as capfain of fhe swimming ieam, and Alex Benko capfain of fhe baseball feam. Leading various clubs were George Heynessens as presidenf of fhe Engineers Club: Carl Lipinski, Hi-Y, Gladys Badowski, Panda Ciubg Dan Dolniak, Band: Joan Lekarczyk, Ushers' Club: and Gab Anderf, chief operafor for fhe Screen Club. Represenfing Washing- fon as Junior Rofarians and Kiwanis men were Tom Burzynski, Alex Benko, Bob Lechfanski, Leonard Jurgonski, Ralph Wierzbinski, and George Kovafch. Paf Abraham was given fhe honor of being fhe Panfhers' queen for fhe Washingfon-Riley roundup. Her courf included .loan Jackowiak, Virginia Arelf, Margie Hadary, Rifa Wroblewski, Shirley Meszaros, Nancy Paczkowski, and Georgianna Klosinski. Taking leads in our senior producfion Clemenfine were Joan Lach, Nancy Paczkowski, Paf Theodoroff, Ray Branchfk, Richa'd Schulfz, and Bob Lechfanski. There were many seniors in fhe Glee Club and band producfion, An Evening of Music . Elizabefh Forray and Shirley Rzeszewski were chosen fo head fhe producfion of our yearbook Memory Lane . Our Hafchef Ediior for fha year was Virginia Kusz. This year our school paper 'iook a sfep forward and became a daily paper under fhe leadership of Shirley Rzeszewski and Virginia Kusz. Our officers for fhe year had been George Kovafch, presidenf firsf semesferg Alex Benko, presidenf second semesferg Gerald Sfaj- kowski, secrefaryg Dale Fozo, freasurerg Rene Van Parys, hisforian. Lasf was fhe announcemenf of our scholasfic leaders. Valedic- forian was Paf Theodoroff. Salufaforian was Elizabefh Forray. So wifh fhis final acf, we have closed fhe curfains on a drama never again fo be relived by fhe class of l953. We cannof fake an encore as Fafher Time as shown us fhaf we cannof go back, buf musf keep on, always bringing honor fo our names. So we promise 'lo you, underclassmen and faculfy, fhaf fhe spirii' of Washingfon High School will remain in our hearfs in all fhe years of our fufure. We shall sfrive fo proceed Ever Onward.