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

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1956 volume:

Memory Lane Published by GRADUATES OF 1956 WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH BEND, INDIANA The Staff Co-editors: Donna Steenbeke and Mary Lou Williams Copy editor: Florence Jaworski Sports editor: James Weaver Circulation Manager: Darlene DeMeulenaere Advertising Manager: Mattislau Plonski Committee on the Class Will: Audrey Steinbrunner, Christine Lukavich, Sylvia Jozwiak, Lanita Tucker, Lorena Waggoner Committee on Activities: Barbara Teeter, Thomas Fritz, Virginia Kolesiak, Arthur Kush, Alice Koszyk Subscription Solicitors: A. Abraham, P. Bentkowski, A. Bogunia, B. Buza, D. Chmiel, P. Egyhazi, R. Ellis, P. Ferency, C. Hegedus, E. Hoffman, F. Jaworski, V. Kolesiak, D. Kovach, S. Lewandowski, C. Lukavich, P. Malone, C. Mitchell, G. Nowicki, J. Paprocki, C. Pinter, M. Piotrowski, M. Poznanski, P. Sinka, N. Smith, J. Starr, D. Steenbeke, B. Teeter, L. Tucker, L. Waggoner Typists: Florence Jaworski, Sylvia Jozwiak, Shirley Bucher Cover Design: Roxanne Ellis Dedication SSKSSS The Class of 1956 dedicates this issue of Memory Lane To those who have helped us achieve our goal — Our parents, teachers, and friends. June, 1956 . . . NOW we have come to the end of our carefree school-day road: classes, clubs, sports; fun, feuds; exams, reports, report cards! NOW, instead of looking forward to these happy times, we can only look back . . . AS WE DO, as we travel down MEMORY LANE, we see . . . RALPH PIENIAZKIEWICZ Class President; Student Council 1. 3, 4(V.P.); Hi-Y 1, 2, 3. 4 (Pres.); Jun- ior Prom Prince ; Football 1. 2. 3, 4 (Co-capt.); Basketball 1. 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1. 2, 3. 4; Junior Rotarian: What a Life ; Trial by Jury ; College Widow ; Paint Your Wagon . — Pee Wee CHRISTINE LUKAVICH Class Vice-President; Glee Club 1; Hatchet Staff 3, 4; What a Life ; Panda Club; Memory Lane Staff. — Chris ARLINE BOGUNIA Class Secretary; Panda Club; Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4; Cheerleader 1. 2, 3. 4; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; Trial by Jury ; Football Court 4; Pep Club; Memory Lane Staff; Senior Prom Queen. Fifty-six EDWARD JERZAK Class Treasurer; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 2. 3, 4; Baseball 1; Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4 (Capt.); Movie Operator 1. 2, 3, 4; The Man Who Came To Dinner. — Ed MARY LOU WILLIAMS Class Historian; Football Queen 4; Ushers ' Club 2, 3, 4; Memory Lane Co-editor. — Lou DONALD WESOLOWSKI Class Social Chairman; Hi-Y 4; Foot- ball 1, 2, 3, 4; Stage Crew 3. 4. — Don Fifty-six ARLENE ABRAHAM Ushers ' Club 2, 3, 4: Pep Club 4; Panda Club; Glee Club 3, 4; Senior Play Publicity Chairman. MABLE ALFORD G.A.A. 1, 4; Glee Club 1, 2. 4; Pan- da Club; Y-Teens 4; Latin Club 4. MICHAEL ANDRYSIAK Baseball 1, 2. — Mike LA VERNE ARMSTRONG College Widow ; Pilgrim ' s Prog- ress ; G.AA. 2, 4; Glee Club 1. 2, 3; North Central Chorus; Trial by Jury . TRUDY AUSSPRUNG Glee Club 1. 2. 3; Christmas Play. BETTY AUSTIN Y-Teens 1. 2, 3; Nurses ' Club 2. 3; Glee Club 1, 2. 3: G.A.A. 1, 2. 3; Trial by Jury . JAMES AUSTIN THOMAS BALUKIEWICZ ADRIAN BARGER Basketball 1; Track 2, 3, 4; Football Hi-Y 2. 3, 4; The Man Who Came Swimming 1; Track 1. 2, 3, 4; Foot- 3. 4. to Dinner . — Tom ball 2. 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3. Fifty-six THEODORE BARTZ Ushers ' Club 1; Movie Operators ' Club 1. 2, 3, 4. — Ted ELMER BEKE PATRICIA BENTKOWSKI Baseball 3, 4; Movie Operators ' Club Glee Club 1. 2, 3; Panda Club; 2, 3, 4; The Man Who Came to Memory Lane Staff. — Paf Dinner ; Ushers ' Club 1. MARY BERGERSON Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Nativity ; Eve- ning of Music ; North Central Chor- us; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; Panda Club. GAYLE BODNAR Y-Teens 2, 3; Panda Club; Pep Club 4; Glee Club 2. 3, 4; What a Life . MARY ANN BONEK Panda Club; Glee Club 1. 2. 3, 4; Pep Club; North Central Chorus. Fifty-six WILLA MAE BRAYLARK Panda Club; Glee Club 1. 2, 3. 4; Trial by Jury ; Pilgrim ' s Prog- ress ; College Widow ; I Hear America Singing ; Nativity ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; North Central Chorus. SHIRLEY BUCHER Y-Teens 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2; Daily Hatchet 2; Ticket Chairman Junior Play; Make-up Committee, Senior Play; Memory Lane Staff; Pep Club. BARBARA BUZA Library Club 2, 3; Y-Teens 2, 3, 4; G.A.A. 1; Memory Lane Staff. — Barb Fifty-six WILLIAM CAROTHERS Hi-Y; Football. MAXINE CARTER Glee Club 1, 2, 4; College Widow . DOROTHY CHMIEL Glee Club 1. 2, 3. 4; Trial by Jury ; North Central Chorus; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; What a Life . — Dollie DONALD CIESIOLKA Hi-Y 4; The Man Who Came to Dinner . — Don CAROLYN CIUPINSKI Y-Teens 1, 2; Glee Club 1. 2, 3, 4; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; Panda Club; What a Life . MARJORIE COLEMAN Chorus 1. 2, 3; Glee Club 4. Fifty-six VIRGINIA CZAJKOWSKI Glee Club 1; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Band 3; Student Council 3. 4; Y-Teens 1; Pep Club 4. — Virg CHRISTINE CZARNECKI Glee Club 1. 2. 3; Panda Club; Y- Teens 4; Hatchet 2, 3, 4; Nurses ' Club 1, 2, 3. 4: Trial by Jury ; College Widow ; Nativity . — Chris BARBARA DARGIEWICZ Glee Club 1, 2. 3. 4; Pep Club 3. 4; Panda Club 4; Hatchet 1, 2. DARLENE DE MEULENAERE Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Nativity ; Mem- ory Lane Circulation Manager. — Eenie RICHARD DRZEWIECKI Football 1. 2, 3, 4. — Dick JOAN DUDIK — o WALTER EGIERSKI Track 1. 2, 3, 4. — Walt PHYLLIS EGYHAZI Library Club; Panda Club; Glee Club; Cheerleader 2, 3. — Phil ROXANA ELLIS Glee Club 1. 2, 3; College Widow ; Nativity ; Trial by Jury ; What a Life ; Junior and Senior Prom Court; Panda Club; Senior Cabinet; Hatchet 4; Pep Club 4; Memory Lane Staff. — Roxy Fifty-six PATRICIA FERENCY Panda Club; Y-Teens 2, 3. 4; Pep Club 3, 4; Hatchet Staff 3. 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; The Man Who Came to Dinner . — Pat DAVID FINCH The Man Who Came to Dinner. ' CAROL FISH Band 1, 2, 3. 4; F.T.A. 2, 3, 4; Spring Festival ; What a Life . THOMAS FRITZ Football 1 (St. Joe); Track 2, 3 Swimming 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; F.T.A. 3. 4 The Man Who Came to Dinner Memory Lane Staff. — Tom GILBERT FUJAWA Basketball 1. 2, 3. 4; Football 1, 2, 3. 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1. — Fuji MARY ANN GANSER Y-Teens 1, F.T.A. 2; Cheering 2, 3; Student Council 1. 2, 3. 4; What a Life . JACOB GOUR — Jake JANE GROCHOWSKI Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Panda Club; Ush- ers ' Club 2, 3, 4; Nurses ' Club 3; Y-Teens 2, 3; Hatchet Staff 1, 2. 3; Memory Lane Staff. — ]anie MARGARET GRONTKOWSKI Cheerleader 1; Glee Club 1. 2, 3; Panda Club 4; Pep Club 4; Ushers ' Club 3, 4; Trial by Jury . — Margie Fifty-six STEVE GRUN Class Valedictorian; Swimming 2, 3, 4 (Co-capt.); National Honor Society 3, 4; What a Life . MADALINE GRUNERT Ushers ' Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2. 3, 4; College Widow ; Evening of Music ; Hatchet Staff 3, 4 (Story Editor); Tribune Reporter 3; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Panda Club; Student Coun- cil 4; Pep Club. BARBARA HAGEY Nurses ' Club 1, 2. 3, 4 (Pres.); Pep Club 3, 4; Hatchet Staff 2. 3; Panda Club; Glee Club 1, 2. 3; Football Court 4; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner . Fifty-six Y-Teens 2. 3; Glee Club 1. 2, 3; Panda Club; What a Life ; Pep Club 4; Hatchet 1. Hi-Y 2. 3. 4; Baseball 1, 2. 3, 4; Swimming 2, 3, 4; Football 1; Bas- ketball 1; The Man Who Came to Dinner . — Ted JACK HAWLEY Swimming 3, 4; The Man Who Came to Dinner . ELAINE HOFFMAN Panda Club; Historian 1; Glee Club 1. 2; Pep Club. — E ROBERT HUDAK Ushers ' Club 1; Football Manager 2. 3, 4; Basketball Manager 2, 3; Basketball Statistician 4. RICHARD JANIAK Fifty-six FLORENCE JAWORSKI Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Pilgrim ' s Prog- ress ; I Hear America Singing ; Amahl and the Night Visitors ; North Central Chorus; Paint Your Wagon ; Y-Teens 3, 4; Make-up Chairman. Junior and Senior Plays; Panda Club; National Honor Society 3. 4; Pep Club 4; Memory Lane Copy Editor. — Flo SYLVIA JOZWIAK Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Pilgrim ' s Prog- ress ; North Central Chorus; Make- up Chairman. Junior and Senior Play; Y-Teens 3, 4; I Hear America Singing ; Panda Club; Pep Club; Memory Lane Staff, JOAN KAZMIERCZAK Pep Club; Panda Club; Glee Club 3, 4; Amahl and the Night Visitor ; I Hear America Singing . MARLENE KACZMAREK Pep Club 3, 4; Ushers ' Club 3. 4; Glee Club 1. 2; Panda Club: Hatchet Staff 3; The Man Who Came to Dinner . GERALDINE KARNAFEL Band 1, 2. 3; Glee Club 3. 4; Stu- dent Council 1. 2, 3 (Treas.), 4 (Pres.); F.T.A. 2, 3 (V. P.). 4 (Pres.); Class Historian 2; National Honor Society 3, 4; Girl ' s State 3; North Central Chorus; Nativity . — Gerry VIRGINIA KOLESIAK Panda Club; Ushers ' Club 3. 4; Nurses ' Club 1, 2; Pep Club 4; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Hatchet 1. 2; Stu- dent Council 1, 2; Senior Cabinet; Glee Club 1, 2. 3; Memory Lane Staff; Senior Prom Court. — Virg Fifty-six THADDEUS KOLODZIEJ Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Hi-Y 3. 4. — Ted JEANNETTE KOSCIUKIEWICZ Panda Club; Pep Club. ALICE KOSZYK Panda Club; Glee Club 1. 2, 3, Pep Club; Memory Lane Staff. Fifty-six THERESA KOTOLINSKI Y-Teens 3, 4; Panda Club; Junior Achievement 3 (Pres.); Glee Club 1, 2. DENNIS KOVACH FfWNK KRAKOWSKI Basketball 1; Baseball 2; Hi-Y 2, 3. 4; Hatchet 3, 4 (Sports Editor); The Man Who Came to Dinner . DONNA KRYSZCZUK Glee Club 1. 2, 3. THOMAS KULWICKI H. R. Treasurer 3. — Tom - ARTHUR KUSH Hi-Y 4; Football 2, 3, 4; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Din- ner . — Arf Fifty-six DOROTHY LANDMAN Ushers ' Club 2, 3, 4; Panda Club; Pep Club 4; Student Council 1; Glee Club 4; What a Life ; Football Court 4; Hatchet 4. — Dot EUGENE LECHTANSKI SYLVIA LEWANDOWSKI Class President 3; Football 1, 2. 3, Glee Club 1; Panda Club; Hatchet 4; Basketball 1. — Gene Reporter 3; Senior Cabinet. JOSEPH LISEK Ushers ' Club 1; Football Manager 2, 3. 4; Basketball Manager 2, 3. — oe EFTON LISK ERVIN LODYGA Basketball 1; Football 1. 2, 3; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Class Sec- retary 1, 3; Class Treasurer 2; Hi-Y 4; Memory Lane Staff. — Erv JOAN LUDWIKOWSKI Y-Teens 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Hatchet Staff 2; Class Historian 3; What a Life ; Panda Club; Pep Club; Mem- ory Lane Staff; Senior Prom Court. ERVIN MACHOWIAK Glee Club 1. 2, 3. PATRICK MALONE Hi-Y 1. 2. 3, 4 (Treas.); Baseball I, 2. 4; Memory Lane Staff. — Pat Fifty-six EUGENE MEERT — Gene ROBERT MELTON Band 1. 2, 3; track 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner . — Bob BEVERLY MESZAROS Pep Club 3, 4; Panda Club; Hatchet Staff 3; Ushers ' Club 3, 4; What a Life ; Glee Club 1. 2; Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4. — Bev RONALD MILEWSKI ROBERT MILLER VERA MILLER F.T.A. 3. 4; Class President 1; Foot- Basketball 2. 3. 4; Glee Club 1. 2. Band 1. 2; Glee Club 3. 4; Pil- ball 1. 2. 3. 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4; — Bob grim ' s Progress ; North Central Baseball 1. 2, 3, 4; What a Life ; Chorus. Senior Prom King. — Bonny Fifty-six CAROL MITCHELL RONALD MOSKWINSKI Hi-Y 2. 3. 4; The Man Who Came to Dinner . — flonnie ROBERT NAJDEK F.T.A. 3, 4. — Bob DELPHINE NOWAK Band 1; Chorus 2, 3, 4; Panda Club; Pep Club. GERALDINE NOWICKI Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Nurses ' Club 1, 2, 3; G.A.A. 2; College Widow ; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Panda Club (Sec); Junior Prom Court. — Gerry JACQUELINE OLDEN Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; What a Life . — Jacky Fifty-six THERESA OSBORN Glee Club 1, 2, 3. College Widow ; grom 1, 2, 3, 4. 4; Y-Teens 1, 4; Christmas Pro- JEANNINE PACZESNY Panda Club; Pep Club. JULIUS PAPCZYNSKI Hi-Y 2. 3, 4; Baseball 1. 2. 4; dent Council 2. — lulie Stu- JOSEPHINE PAPROCKI Glee Club 1, 2. 3, 4; Panda Club; Junior Prom Court; Cheerleader 3, 4; Memory Lane Staff. — Jo o WILLIAM PHILLIPS Football 2, 3, 4; The Man Who Came to Dinner . — Bill CHARLENE MARIE PINTER Panda Club; Y-Teens 1. 2, 3, 4; Hatchet 1; Band 1. 2. 3, 4; National Honor Society 3. 4; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; What a Life . Fifty-six MARCIA PIOTROWSKI Panda Club; Ushers Club 3, 4. MATTISLAU PLONSKI Class Salutatorian; Movie Operators 1.2.3,4; Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4 (Pres.); National Honor Society 3, 4; Boys ' State; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Amahl and the Night Visitors ; Pilgrim ' s Prog- ress ; College Widow ; Trial by Jury ; Junior Rotarian; Memory Lane Staff; Paint Your Wagon . — Maff SHERIDAN PONTO Y-Teens 2; Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4; What a Life ; College Widow ; Panda Club. — Sherry THOMAS POPE Glee Club 1, 2. 3, 4; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; North Central Chorus; Football 1, 2; Basketball 1. Tom MONA POZNANSKI Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; North Central Chorus; I Hear America Singing ; Amahl and the Night Visitors . — Posie ELIZABETH PRIKOSOVITS Y-Teens 1. 2. 3. 4; Panda Club. — Betty Fifty-six HP RAYMOND PRZYBYSZ The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Glee Club 1, 2. 3; Basketball Man- ager 2. 3. 4; Baseball 2. —flay NANCY ROGERS Glee Club 1, 2; Evening of Music ; Trial by Jury ; Student Council 2. ELIZABETH RUTKOWSKI Band 1. 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Panda Club; Pep Club; Band Medal. — Betty ANTHONY RYBICKI Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1: Base- ball 1. — Tony WILLIAM RYAN Hi-Y Club 4; Glee Club 1: Baseball 1. 2: Basketball 1; The Man Who Came to Dinner . — Bill CAROL SINKA Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4; Y-Teens 2. Fifty-six PAUL SINKA TERRENCE SKLODOSKI What a Life : Came to Dinner ketball 1. The Man Who Baseball 1, 2; Bas- Terry NANCY SMITH Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Memory Lane Staff. RONALD SOMMER Band 1, 2. — Ronny JACQUELYN STARR Panda Club (Pres.); Nurses ' Club 1. 2, 3. 4; Pep Club 3, 4; F.T.A. 4; Hatchet Reporter 2, 3; Y-Teens 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Memory Lane Stati. — Jackie DONNA STEENBEKE Student Council 1. 2, 3. 4 (Sec); Y-Teens 1. 2, 3, 4; G.A.A. 2; Nurses ' Club 1. 2. 3. 4 (Sec); National Honor Society 3, 4; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Junior Prom Court; Panda Club; Memory Lane Co-editor. — Donna Belle Fifty-six AUDREY STEINBRUNNER Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Secre- tary 2; Class Historian 3; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; Nativity . — Audy RONALD STEINER Football 3, 4; Track 3; The Man Who Came to Dinner . Ron JOHN STUCKEY Glee Club 1, 2. 3. 4; Trial by Jury ; North Central Chorus; Pil- grim ' s Progress ; Amahl and the Night Visitors ; Nativity ; Football 1, 3; Basketball 1. Fifty-six RAYMOND SZABO Student Council 4. — Ray PATRICIA SZCZECHOWSKI Panda Club; Pep Club 4; Band 2. 3. 4 (Pres.); Glee Club 1. — Pat RICHARD SZOKE Hi-Y 3. MARYANN SZYNSKI Panda Club; Yell Club 4; Glee Club 3. 4. JOSEPH TARR The Man Who Came to Dinner . — Joe I M BARBARA TEETER Nurses ' Club 1, 2. 3 (Treas.). 4 (Treas.); Girls Ushers ' Club 3, 4; College Widow ; Amahl and the Night Visitors ; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; Student Council 4; Hatchet 2. 4; National Honor Society 3, 4; Panda Club; What a Life ; I Hear America Singing ; Memory Lane Staff. — Barbo Fifty-six PATRICIA TINDALL Panda Club; Hatchet Staff 2, 3; Ushers ' Club 3. 4; Football Court 4; Prom Court 3; Tribune Reporter 3. — Pat ROBERT TINDALL Football 1, 3; Basketball 1. — Bob DONALD TOTH JOHN TOWLES LANITA TUCKER Y-Teens 2, 3, 4 (Vice- Pres.); The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Hatchet 3, 4; F.T.A. 4; F.N.A. 3, 4; National Honor Society 3, 4; Memory Lane Staff. — Nita LOUISE TURNER Glee Club 1. 2, 3. JERRY ULLERY Glee Club 1, 2. 3. 4; North Central Chorus 3, 4; College Widow ; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; What a Life . ROSEMARIE VAN ACKER WALTER VAN DE PUTTE Band 1. 2. Fifty-six LORENA WAGGONER Y-Teens 1, 2, 3. 4; What a Life The Man Who Came to Dinner Panda Club; Memory Lane Staff. — flenie ANNETTE WALESIEWICZ What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Panda Club; Glee Club 1; Y-Teens 3. 4. — Netta ROSELLA WALKER Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4; Trial by Jury ; Pilgrim ' s Progress ; G.A.A. 3, 4; Panda Club. — flosa Fifty-six LORRANE WARFIELD Chorus 4. FRANK WASIELEWSKI Football 1, 3, 4; Base- ball 1; What a Life ; The Mqn Who Came to Dinner . JAMES WEAVER F.T.A. 4; What a Life ; The Man Who Came to Dinner ; Na- tional Honor Society 3, 4; Junior Kiwanian; Memory Lane Sports Editor. — Jim MARY ANN WIEGER Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Y-Teens 2, 3, 4; Property Chairman, Junior and Sen- ior Plays; Evening of Music ; Col- lege Widow . DANIEL WILDER Basketball 1, 2. 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4. GLEN WISEMAN Glee Club I, 2. JOYCE WISNIEWSKI F.T.A.; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3. 4. BARBARA ZMYSLO Glee Club 1. 2; Y-Teens 1; Panda Club; Nativity . PHILLIP ZWICKL Fifty-six RALPH MAKOWSKI Hi-Y 4; Glee Club 1, 2. 3. 4: Foot- ball 2, 3; Pilgrim ' s Progress . CLARETHA JOHNSON Band 3, 4; Glee Club 1; Nurses ' Club 3. JOSEPH OSOWSKI Football 1, 2; Swimming 2, 4; Wrestling 3 (Central). — 7oe CEOLA JAMES Glee Club 1. 2, 3. REBECCA MURPHY Glee Club 1, 2. 3; Library Club 3, 4; Y-Teens 3; Nurses ' Club 2, 3. ■ -- ' v V •- The Washington High School Graduates ' Pledge MSSSSSS! I pledge myself To accept the duties and responsibilities imposed upon me as an American citizen: To use all the facilities which this free country has given me for continuing to grow in mind and spirit; To participate honorably in the civic life of our nation; Never to discriminate against any man because of his race, his creed, or his color and to oppose all who do so; To worship God as my conscience dictates; To honor and defend my country with my faith, my work, and my life; And to strive for the peace and welfare of all human kind. This I pledge to you, my parents, my teachers, my community, who have made it possible for me to enjoy the privileges of a land in which these ideals are upheld. I pledge it so that my generation and my posterity may keep marching Honor Graduates Lett Column: Elmer Beke, Patricia Bentkowski, Mary B rgerson. Arline Bogunia, Shirley Bucher. Chrisline Czarnecki, Darlene DeMeulen- aere, ' Florence Jaworski, Sylvia Jozwiak, ' Geraldine Karnaiel. Center: ' Steve Griin, Valedictorian; ' Mattislau Plonski, Salutatorian. ' Charlene Pinter, Mona Poznanski, ' Donna Steenbeke, ' NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY flighl Column: Theresa Kotolinski, Sylvia Lewandowski. Christine Lukavich, Audrey Steinbrunner, ' Lanita Tucker, ' Barbara Teeter, ' James Weaver. Qua, Play v % i ift J ■ ■f ■p ' What a Life 99 Our junior play was What a Life, a comedy of school life by Clifford Gold- smith. Matt Plonski played the male lead and Barbara Teeter and Virginia Kolesiak were double-cast in the female lead. The story deals with the misunderstood Henry Aldrich and his struggles to get money enough to take Barbara Pearson to a dance, to pass his history exam, to try to prove that he is not the petty thief who is loose in the school, and to keep from being expelled. The story finally in- volves many of the teachers; the principal, the school secretary, several students, and even a French detective get into the act. Romance buds and blooms, the real villian is unmasked, and Henry finally gets his girl. James Lewinski directed the play, which was presented in the spring of 1955. Our Junior Play The Man Who f Came to Dinner Our senior play was The Man Who Came to Dinner. the three-act comedy by Kauf- man and Hart. James Weaver and Donna Steenbeke had the leads. The play is about a well-known radio actor, Sheridan Whiteside, who comes to dinner at the Stanley residence and. be- cause he breaks his hip on ice on the steps, stays for six weeks. He takes over the household and runs it to suit his iancy, regardless oi the rights of his hosts. Dur- ing his stay his efforts to kill the romance between his invaluable secretary and a local newspaperman resul ' s in a com- plicated plot which involves everyone from a slightly abnormal maiden aunt to a glamourous actress. Defeated in his villainy and watched by a score of harassed people he starts to leave, only to fall again on the same step. William Madden directed the play, which was presented in November, 1955. Our Senior Play The Washington-Riley Round-Up takes place every fall before the Washington-F.iley game. The high point of the affair is the announce- ment of the name of the Queen, who is chosen by class vote from a group of candidates nomi- nated by the home rooms. The group makes up the Queen ' s Court. Mary Lou Williams was the giil chosen by the class of 1956. Barbara Hagey, Pat Tindall. Dor- o ' .hy Landman, and Arline Bcgunia made her court. Riley seniors also select a Queen. In the evening at the game, the two gueens, with their court, exchange bouguets in an impressive ceremony. The Round-Up is sponsored by the Washington and Riley Student Councils. The Washington-Riley Round-Up Co-captains Pieniazkiewicz and Walker crown Queen Mary Lou at the afternoon ceremony at Walker Field before a large crowd of Washington and Riley stu- dents who have come in parades from their schools. The Junior-Senior Prom is the big social event in the junior year. It is the first prom of high school days and it is the occasion for electing the prince and princess of our class who, with the senior king and queen, will lead the Grand March. They are crowned the night of the dance. The class of 1956 chose Ralph Pieniazkiewicz as prince and Charlene Willoughby as princess. At the prom our junior class president, Ronald Milewski, crowned them and their court, and they then led the junior class members in the grand march. The Junior-Senior Prom The members of the Court at the Junior Prom were Pat Tindall, Geraldine Nowicki, Roxanne Ellis, Donna Steenbeke and Jo- sephine Paprocki (the lat- ter missing from the photo- graph). Front: Grontkowski, Lud- wikowski, Steenbeke, Gro- chowski, Kolesiak, Ponto, Starr. Second.- Murphy Walker. Zmyslo, Teeter. Nowicki, Walesiewicz, Lewandowski. Third: Mes- zaros, Rutkowski, Nowak, Synski. Prikosovits. Pap- rocki. Fourth: Szczechow- ski, Lukavich. Tindall, Tucker, Landman. Pinter, Piotrowski, Paczesny. The Panda Club is a school service club consisting of senior girls. The officers this year were Jackie Starr, president; Gerry Nowicki, secre- tary; and Marcia Piotrowski. treasurer. The Club ' s new sponsor is Miss Tyler. The Panda Club has sponsored such projects as selling programs at the football games, a clothing drive, the Pep Club, and the Red Cross gift boxes. PANDA CLUB Front: Alford, Joziak. Fer ency, Bonek, Ganser, Dar giewicz. Second: Ellis, Grunert, Bergerson, Egy hazi, Hagey, Bogunia Abraham. Third: Kazmier czak, Hegedus. Bodnar Jaworski, Kaczmarek, Ciu pinski. Fourth: Kryszcziuk Braylark, Chmiel, Czar necki Hoffman, Kotolinski Koszak. The Memory Lane staff and its committee are the students in charge of publishing the year- book. This includes such duties as supervising underclassmen pictures, taking subscriptions, getting patrons, and a million and one others. The staff mem- bers in this picture are Matt Plonski, Advertising Manager; Mary Lou Williams and Donna Steenbeke, Co-Editors; and James Weaver, Sports Editor. Here we see Darlene DeMeulenaere, our Circula- tion Manager, checking subscription lists and Flor- ence Jaworski, the Copy Editor, checking underclass- men names. Election Day The election of class officers is a yearly event at Washington. It is run by the senior American Gov- ernment Classes. The elections are conducted like city elections, complete with politics, campaign slo- gans, election board officials, and voting machines. Here we see two election officials, Virginia Kolesiak and Virginia Czajkowski, checking a voter prior to his casting his vote. Pat Malone, the official door watch- er, is checking the number of voters that may enter the voting room at one time, while Mr. Robinson, our American Government teacher, is instructing the students. On the walls you can see some typical campaign posters which are seen all over the school during election week. This year Tom Fritz was the senior in complete charge, with Mr. Robinson ' s help, of the elections. Here, we see one of his apointed officials. Matt Plonski, controlling the voting machine as Clarence Austin and Betty Austin wait their turn. The History of the Class of 1956 Four years have passed and we are no longer high school students. The time in life has come when we must go on our own. but first let me reminisce about our four years of high school with you. Remember entering this enormous building as freshmen? It seemed as though everyone was watching us to see if we would make a mistake. As freshmen we didn ' t do anything really historical , but we experienced some comical situations. For in- stance, remember looking for the elevator we were told would be here? And what about the girl who spent two days in a sophomore home room? And the one who got into an all-male trade math class? To conclude our year as green freshmen, remember the class party that included musical chairs and balloon games? This was a circus — and also childish, now that we look back. In our sophomore year we faced some changes. Home rooms really got mixed up. One-twenty-three, that had had Miss Martin- dale as freshmen, now had Mr. Lewinski. One-twenty-one really was upset, not only- with a new teacher, but a new room. Mr. Pilarski, sponsor of that group, became our attendance officer and left the group as orphans. Miss Fortin, a kind and sympathetic teacher, took it and gave it a home in one-nineteen. Our class officers were chosen with more consideration this year as we had become more acquainted. Chosen by our class were Gene Lechtanski, president; Matt Plonski, vice-president; James Brown, secretary; Ervin Lodyga, treasurer; and Geraldine Karnafel, historian. As the year progressed, our football team kept us in sus- pense. From game to game and victory to victory we watched it climb closer and closer to a state championship. Came the conference play-off and it downed East Chicago Washington to end an undefeated season and gain the undisputed title. How proud everyone was of them! Two of our class were on the team . Ron Milewski brought us a share in the starring victory in the championship game along with Charles Walker. Both boys played defense. The College Widow , an operetta given by the Glee Club, was quite a production. From our class Ralph Pieniazkiewicz and Matt Plonski had parts. As we leave these memories of our sophomore year, the odor of paint still lingers in our nostrils because that spring our school received a new dress. Walking over paint cans, under ladders, and stumbling over canvas wasn ' t very pleasant. There were times when we wondered if we weren ' t in O ' Brien ' s paint factory instead of Washington High School. When the agony was over, the classrooms shone in fresh lively colors. Time flew by and it was fall of our junior year. What an exciting year for most all of us. In the spring, we gave our junior play, What a Life. It was our first experience and all of us had stage fright. A few of us had Hollywood fever, though, and they pulled us through a hilarious comedy. The leading parts were performed by Matt Plonski as Henry Aldrich and Barbara Teeter and Virginia Kolesiak as Barbara Pearson, his best girl. Our Class Rings! All of us remember the big day when measurements were taken. And after they were taken, it seemed that the day would never come when we would get the rings. The exciting day finally was here and we all rushed to Brennans for those adorable symbols of our approaching senior state. The last big event during our junior year was the Junior- Senior Prom. The climax of the night was the crowning of Char- lene Willoughby as Princess and Ralph Pieniazkiewicz as Prince, and the Grand March — of happy girls in gay gowns with their proud dates. Fall of ' 55 — at last we had become seniors! It had taken four years of work, play, happiness and sadness, but all of us finally made it. The best years of our lives are almost over — only one left. Our first big social event was the Washington-Riley Round- up, the day before the Washington-Riley game. Reigning as our Queen was Mary Lou Williams and on her court were Arline Bogunia, Barbara Hagey, Dorothy Landman, and Pat Tindall. The Queen was crowned at the pep rally by the football captains, Ralph Pieniazkiewicz and Charles Walker. Between halves at the game, she exchanged greetings and bouquets with the Riley Queen. Now that all of us had become a little better at acting, we put on as our senior play, The Man Who Came to Dinner . Playing the leads were James Weaver as Sheridan Whiteside and Donna Steenbeke as Maggie Cutler. The play was directed by Mr. Madden, our new dramatics teacher. After a spirited campa ign which led to a runoff election, Ralph Pieniazkiewicz was chosen our president. Other officers selected were Christine Lukavich, vice-president; Arline Bogunia, secretary; Ed Jerzak, treasurer; Don Wesolowski, social chair- man; and Mary Lou Williams, historian. This has been a busy year for all the officers. Our football team was on the ball again this year with Coach Wegner in there, fighting, too. We tied for first place in the NIHSC but lost the right to play the play-off game when the coin was flipped. Three of our boys were selected for the All- Conference Team. They were Halfback Ron Milewski, Tackle Don Wesolowski, and End Ed Jerzak. Ron Milewski was also chosen the Most Valuable Player. Our basketball team came out of the Holiday Tourney with the crown for the third time and ended a successful season with an overall record of 13 wins and 10 losses. Coach Holley was a faithful coach who played every game hard with the boys, from his seat on the bench. Eight of our class were members of the team: Ed Jerzak, center; Ron Milewski, guard; Dan Wilder, guard; Gene Meert, guard; Adrian Barger, forward; Ralph Pie- niazkiewicz, guard; Gil Fujawa, forward; and Bob Miller, forward. In April it was announced that Steve Griln was Valedictorian and Matt Plonski our Salutatorian. The last social event for us was the Junior-Senior prom on May 18. We chose Arlene Bogunia as our Queen and Ron Milewski as our King. Stardust and Roses filled the Knights of Columbus Hall as couples danced their last dance as Washington High School students. Now we are all looking forward to the sound of Pomp and Circumstance and our march down the aisle in cap and gown. The years have gone by so fast we hardly have had a chance to forget we are freshmen and to remember we are graduating seniors. Class day is here. To most of us it will be a touching and sad experience and we shall probably shed a few tears as we leave the auditorium for the last time. Graduation will soon be over and each of us, gone his sep- arate way. There is one thing we all will have in common, though, and that is our Memory Lane. FAMILIAR FACES . . . Pat. guarding the election-room doo r . . . Jeanette, about to lose a finger . . . making sure those gowns fit . . . taking your life in your hands . . . you ' ll never find it in that locker, Chris . . . Who ' s got a headache now? ... the inseparables — loan and Terry . . . what would we do without our curtain puller? . . . I thought this was a man ' s world . . . Donna, wasting more wood in woodshop. FAMILIAR FACES . . . Our stage crew. Dot and Dave, hard at work . . . assembly attention ... a Panda Club meeting . . . our jacket winners: Ron, Ed and Jack . . . Bill, measuring that line ... the west corridor traffic jam . . . our class wits: Flo and Art . . . this is work? . . . our office secretaries: Jerry and Barb. SCENES FROM . . . Top — the principal ' s office in What a Life a Life . . . the three kings from Amahl and the Night Visitors in The Man Who Came to Dinner . . Middle — the famous fight scene from What Bottom — in the living room of the Stanley ' s SCENES FROM . . . Top — Jake ' s palace in Paint Your Wagon . . . Middle — the Washington fire brigade from The Still Alarm . . . Romeo Gene with his harem irom A Girl in Every Port . . . Boffom — pep assemblies , . . a scene from Trudy ' s and a tea time intermission in a football game, The Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1956 WE. THE CLASS OF 1956, being of sound mind and tully aware of (he significance of our acts, do declare lo all men that this is our last will and testament. Having ior twelve long years used our abilities to their fullest extent, we do granf lo our suc- cessors the unwanted and unneeded leftovers. Specilically ■ ■ ■ I, ARLENE ABRAHAM, will my ability to go steady with one guy during my high school years to my sister Maureen, who loves them all . . . I, MARYANN SZYNSKI. will to my freshman sister the ability to finish high school ... I, WILLIAM RYAN, will to Mel Friend my ability to stay alive through four years of high school ... I, JOE TARR, will my seat in Auto Mechanics at Cen- tral to my cousin Alex Tarr. I, PHYLLIS EGYHAZI, will my day-dreaming to anyone who wants to keep up with it ... I, SYLVIA LEWANDOWSKI, will my souped-up Hot Rod to my parents ... I, CLARETHA JOHNSON, will to Yvonne Stewart and Wilma Jean Jenkins my ability to roam the halls (if they can.) ... I, WILLA MAE BRAYLARK, will my ability to participate in almost every Glee Club activity for four years, to Janice Alford and Ernestine Hodges, who seem to be having trouble ... I. BILL CAROTHERS. will my ability not to annoy the girls to John Howell. We. PAT SZCZECHOWSKI and DELPHINE NOWAK. will to Gerry Szczechowski, our ability in Refresher Math. (We goofed) . . . We. MARY ANN BONEK and GERRY NOWICKI. will our aching feet from the St. Al ' s dances to anyone who thinks he can take them. ... I, ALICE KOSZYK. will my ability not to miss a day of high school to anyone who thinks he can make it. We. CAROLYN CIUPINSKI and JO JO PAPROCKI. will our red hair and tempers to anybody who thinks he can control them as well as we have ... I. MARY LOU WILLIAMS, will my ability to make a record cabinet in Woodshop without lifting a finger to any underclassman that has the experience I had ... I. LOUISE TURNER, of strong mind and weak body, with school the cause of both, will to Beatrice Spears and Yvonne Stewart my ability to struggle through this year of 1956 and the first six months of 1957. I. ARTHUR JOHN STANISLAUS IGNATIOUS FRANCIS JOSEPH KUSH ESQ., beina of sound mind(!) and able body (?) will my famous black cowboy hat, my most treasured possession through four years of hiqh school, to any underclassmen who can wear it with the same dianity, honor, and pride, which I did ... I. FLOR- ENCE JAWORSKI, will my ability to milk cows, to fish in the creek, and to live in Crumstown, and also all the good times I had at Crumstown Hall, to my cousin, Angie, who will enjoy it as much as I have. We, TOM BALUKIEWICZ and FRANK KRAKOWSKI. will our back seats in Mr. Hallaron ' s home room to anyone who can survive four years without gettinq first degree burns ... I, TED BARTZ, will to my brother my ability to pass four years of high school without studying ... I. ELMER BEKE. will my ability not to miss a day of hiqh school to any underclassman who wants it . . . I. SHIRLEY BUCHER, will my home room on the second floor for four years to anyone who wants to develop strong leg muscles. 1. VIRGINIA CZAJKOWSKI, will my three-year guidance office job to anyone who is ready, willing, and able to try to straighten out ih foul students that come in there between semesters ... I. CHRISTINE CZARNECKI, will my ability to get along with all the teachers and to resist being truant to all the underclassmen. I, PAT FERENCY, will my ability to get along with the male un- derclassmen to any upperclassman who thinks he can take over the job . . . I, DAVID FINCH, will my car to my cousin to use whenever needed, if he fills the tank and checks the oil . . . I, STEVE GRUN, grant my position as a diver on the swimming team to any mentally unbalanced individual who is willing to risk breaking his neck for the cause of this institution. I, ROBERT HUDAK, leave to the next statistician my ability to get along with Coach Holley ... I, CEOLA JAMES, unselfishly reqret that I have nothing to will to anyone because I have nothing. ... I, ED JERZAK. will my football, basketball, and track shoes to anyone who thinks his feet are big enough to fill them ... I. NANCY ROGERS, will to any underclassman that wants it, my ability to ride to Central for one semester in Glen Wiseman ' s open convertible in third gear all the way. I. MAXINE CARTER, will to Barbara Williams. Karin Philp, and Ruthie Wright my ability to go steady for one year and a half. and not have as many heart-aches as I ' ve had (P.S. Always keep a spare) ... I, RALPH MAKOWSKI. will my ability to make up for lost credits and still have fun to any underclassman who thinks he can ... I. DAN WILDER, will to any underclassman my ability to fly over the polevault without any wings for four years ... I, MARJORIE COLEMAN, will to D. A. my brilliancy and the girl of his desire. I, ELIZABETH RUTKOWSKI, will to any underclassman my abilitv not to have a seat in home room for three years ... I. CAROL SINKA, will to Arlene J. my ability to work in Art class and leave the boys alone ... I. PAUL SINKA, beinq of sound mind and weak body, do hereby will nothing to nobody, because I have nothing anyone would want. We. CAROL HEGEDUS. BETTY PRIKOSIVITS. and GAYLE BOD- NAR. will our friendship to any underclassmen who thinks thev can stand it as long as we have ... I, RON MILEWSKI, will my all and everything to any underclassman who thinks he can do what I did with it ... I. GERALDINE KARNAFEL, will my ability lo get along with the teachers to some underclassman who thinks he can ' t ... I, DENNIS KOVACH, will to my sister, Judy, and Carol King my ability to survive American Government. I. JOHN STUCKEY, will to my cousin Jo and my brother ' s girl- friend, Jackie, my ability to sina the wrong notes and still aet an A in Glee Club ... I, GILBERT FUJAWA. will my ability to qet along and around to some underclassman who thinks he can ' t. ... I, JAKE GOUR, will my ability to get all three lunch hours to my girl, Toni Zmudzinski. I. DON TOTH. will my ability to desiqn cars to any underclass- man who can afford to buy one ... I. JOHN TOWLES, will my Dair of dice to anv underclassman who won ' t qet caught . . . We, NANCY SMITH and DARLENE DE MEUIENAERE, will our old shamatas to Mr. Robinson to clean up with after we ' re qone. ... I. MARLENE MTCHALSKI. will my ability to aet out of Miss Halnon ' s homeroom for band every mornina when there isn ' t anv tr, sw band member . . . WE. TERRY SKLODOSK1 and JOAN I.UDWIKOWSKI, will the two last seats in Civics class to any ccple who would like to learn as much as we did. I. JANE GROCHOWSKI. will my ability to finish high school in three and a half years to Yak-Yak, who ' s been tryinq for several years now . . . We, MARY ANN GANSER and BARBARA HA GEY, will our Panther costume to Kathv Meert and Rose Ann Hoffman. Alwavs wear it proudly! ... I. TONY RYBICKI. will to my brother Norbert, better luck with Mr. Pilarski that I had. I. ROSE WALKER, will my ability to maintain a record of only three days absence during my four years of hiqh school to Betty Fox and Lois Berry ... We, REBECCA MURPHY and VERA MIL- LER, will to Beatrice Davis our comb, lipstick, and Dowder. She doesn ' t have any of her own ... I. JACK JOHNSON, will to Dolores mv lonely heart . . . We. BARBARA DARGIEWICZ. MAR- LENE KACZMAREK. and BEVERLY MESZAROS. will our ability to stav the best of friends to those who believe three is a crowd . I, CHRISTINE LUKAVICH, will my ability not to qo steady dur- inq my four years at Washinqton to any underclassman who thinks it ' s easy ... I, BARBARA BUZA, will to Barbara Reb c:; mv Add-i-ater for her bookkeeping assignments ... I, BARBARA TEETER, will to all the underclassmen, the fun that I have had in high school without failing to stay on the Honor Roll. I, MARY ANN W IEGER, will my faithful eraser that has lasted for two years to Georgia Bella who miqht need it in American Gov- ernment . . . We, WALTER VAN DE PUTTE, PAT MALONE, and FRANK WASIELEWSKI, being of sound mind, will to any up- standing junior our ability to pass trig, thinking a triangle was a The Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1956 musical instrument ... I. AUDREY STEINBRUNNER. will to my brother LeRoy, my ability to have fun in high school and still get sensible grades. We. BARBARA ZMYSLO and MARCIA PIOTROWSKI, will our habit of lunch-hour ' phoning our guys to anyone who thinks she can get along without eating ... I, CAROLE FISH, will my green hair to Jo Ann Hartwick, who never has any results with the dye ... I, JOE OSOWSKI, will to any underclassman my ability to get along with Mr. McNamara . . . We. BOB MELTON and TED KOLODZIEJ, will our ability not to go steady through our high school career to Frank Glon and Ray Wiskotoni. I, THOMAS POPE, will to Curtis Simmons, my ability to get to school on time, because he surely needs it ... I, TRUDY AUSS- PRUNG, will my accent to any interested Panther who would want it ... I, JACK HAWLEY, will my waterwings to any fresh- man who wants them. I, BOB MILLER, will to John Williams, my jump shot and pole- vaulting ability, which he needs badly ... I, RAY SZABO. will my bashfulness with girls to anyone who wants it ... I, PAT TINDALL, will my nickname Sophie to any underclassman who can endure it for four years as I have ... I. JEANNINE PACZES- NY, will to my sister, Carol, my ability not to go steady through all four years of high school ... I, ' MATT PLONSKI, will my brain to Mr. Covert ' s advanced biology class, so they can find out what makes me the way I am. We, DICK DRZEWIECKI and RALPH PIENIAZKIEWICZ, will our art of getting along with the girls, to Dick Strozewski and Don Bejma. Good Luck, Boys! ... I, RON MOSKWINSKI, will to any- one who thinks he can do it, my ability to skip fourth hour class and not get caught ... I, DONNA KRYSZCZUK, will my penalty seat in Mr. Robinson ' s class to any junior who tries his best to get it. I. ROBERT NAJDEK, will to anyone who wants it, my ability to get the back seat in all my classes ... I, TERRY HINES, will to any underclassman, my ability to get up at six o ' clock in the morning for swimming for four years ... I. ROXANNE ELLIS, will my ability to be good friends for four years with my steady ' s sister, Madaline Grunert, to — who needs it? We. CAROL MITCHELL and MARY BERGERSON, will our ability to fight with our men and still get along with them to any under- classman who thinks she can. It ' s easy, once you learn how . . . I, MABLE ALFORD. will my ability to get a B from Mr. Robin- son, to my brother, who seems to be having a hard time . . . We, LORENA WAGGONER and DONNA STEENBEKE, will our daily treks across the railroads tracks to school, to anyone who feels like marching in the mud, wading in the snow, and dodging the trains as we have had to. I, THOMAS FRITZ, bestow on any junior who wants it, my seat in American Government, and mav the subject enlighten him as much as it confused me ... I, SHERRY PONTO, will the cute red streaks in mv hair to some one who wants to dye hers ... I, WALT EGIERSKI, will my chair in 202, which is always filled with paint and plaster, to anyone who wants it. J, LANITA TUCKER, will to Jackie Pica my ability to get good grades in Spanish without studying ... I. THERESA OSBORN, will to my sister, Sophia, all my Civics papers. May she get some good out of them . . . We, GENE LECHTANSKI, TOM KUL- WICKI, and MIKE ANDRYSIAK, will our qood looks to anyone who needs them ... I, MADALINE GRUNERT, will my position as story editor for the Hatchet, to Sharon Marosz, and hope that she enjoys every minute of it as I did . . . I. DOROTHY LAND- MAN, will my ability to climb the stairs ten times a day for four years, to any underclassman who is strong enough to do so. I, LORRAINE WARFIELD, will my sewing ability to Ruby Walker and Janice Alford. and to other underclassmen who can ' t sew. ... I, PHILIP ZWICKLE, will my nutcracker to anybody who can crack nuts with it ... I, JOAN KAZMIERCZAK, will to my brother. John, everything that I have learned from my parents, teachers, and friends. I, MARGE GRONTKOWSKI, will my height to any underclassman who thinks he is big enough to carry it . . . We, DON WESO- LOWSKI and BOB TINDALL, will our extra credits to Frank Glon, who needs them ... I. DOROTHY CHMIEL. will my ability to argue and still get along with Jerry Olejniczak, to any brave un- derclassman ... I. DONALD CIESIOLKA, will my old Studebaker to the school for a Driver ' s Training car. I. ERVIN MACHOWIAK, will my long noon hour (third period plus lunch hour) to Kathleen Wesolowski, so she can have more time to eat ... I, JACKIE OLDEN, being of strong mind and weak legs, will my ability to climb the stairs to my locker seven times a day for four years to my sister, who will be a freshman. ... I, BETTY AUSTIN, will to my cousin, Clarence Austin, my ability to get along with Shirley Phillips ... I. MONA POZNAN- SKI, will my good grades to my sister, Bonnie, who really needs them ... I. RONNIE SOMMERS, will my ability to get through one semester of shop with two projects, to anyone who wants it. I. JACKIE STARR, will my good friendship with Ralph P. to Carol King, who seems to want it badly ... I. LAVERNE ARMSTRONG, will to Betty Fox, Lois Berry, and Thelma Gammage the luck to get engaged and stay true. You think you can do it? . . . I. ADRIAN BARGER, will my ability to go steady for four years with one girl to anyone who desires it. I, SYLVIA JOZWIAK, will my ability to live in the country and travel ten miles to school each morning to anyone who cra ves country life ... We. VIRGINIA KOLESIAK and ELAINE HOFF- MAN, will our ability to be the best of friends for four years to any pair who think they can be friends that long ... I, THERESA KOTOLINSKI, will my shorthand notes to any junior who thinks he can read them ... I, CHARLENE PINTER, will my courage to stay in band for four solid years to anyone who wants it . . . I, ANNETTE WALESIEWICZ, will my stool in home room to any- one who can find it. I, RAY PRZYBYSZ, will my ability to get along with Coach Holley to the next manager ... I, CHARLES WALKER, will my football jersey No. six, to Otis Smith in hope that he will fill it as well as I did ... I. JAMES WEAVER, will my locker on the second floor to any underclassman who needs the exercise as bad as I do. I. GLEN WISEMAN, will to Frank Glon my ability to write ex- cuses without being caught ... I, JOYCE WISNIEWSKI. will my ability to change the color of my hair every year to any girl who thinks she can accept the glares and ribbing from the teachers. ... I, BILL PHILIPS, will my ability to Hot Rod around school for four years without getting caught, to anyone who thinks they can do it. In closing, we the seniors of 1956 will what is left of our collective talents, our privileges, and our responsibilities to the future classes of Washington High School in the hope that they will us3 them to the best of their ability as we have tried to do. Signed this thirty-first day of May. of the year 1956, for the class — RALPH PIENIAZKIEWICZ, President ARLINE BOGUNIA, Secretary Awards D. A. R. Award for Excellence in United States History PRESENTED BY SCHUYLER COLFAX CHAPTER D. A. R. Donna Marie Steenbeke Maxine Mary Dhoore Memorial Scholarship Award PRESENTED BY WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1940 Steve Grun Excellence in Vocational Education FRESENTED BY STUDEBAKER LOCAL NO. S — U. A. W. • C. I. O. Joseph Casimer Lisek Joseph S. McCowan Social Studies Memorial Award PRESENTED BY WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1945 Elmer Henry Beke Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award PRESENTED BY BAUSCH AND LOMB COMPANY Steve Grun Washington High School Citizenship Awards PRESENTED BY WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL Donna Marie Steenbeke Mattislau Marion Plonski Excellence in Business Education PRESENTED BY SOUTH BEND CHAPTER NATIONAL OFFICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Charlene Marie Pinter Award for Excellence in Art PRESENTED BY HOOSIER ARTS PATRONS ASSOCIATION Dorothy Mary Chmiel Award for Excellence in Instrumental Music PRESENTED BY MRS. HARRY E. BERG Patricia Ann Szczechowski Washington High School Monogiam Sweater Award FOR EXCELLENCE IN BAND Elizabeth Ann Rutkowski Award for Excellence in Vocal Music PRESENTED BY MRS. HARRY E. BERG Mattislau Marion Plonski Washington High School Monogram Sweater Awaid FOR EXCELLENCE IN GLEE CLUB Mona Lee Poznanski Ousi lecutni •lit 9 v Ik FRONT: Chadwick, Sinkiewicz, Barger, WolH, Wackowiak, Frasz, Smith, Woodard, Howell, Colacz. SECOND: Jennings, Greszkowiak. Easton. Kajzer, Towles, Barren, Hodosi, Wiltrout, Rybicki, Lech- tanski, Tomkiewicz, Griffin, Kush, Thompson, Andrysiak, Austin, Walker. THIRD: Kozakiewicz. Vaughn, Williams, Milewski, Pieniazkiewicz, Johnson, DeVoss. Dabros, Jozwiak, Miller, Grezkiewicz. FOURTH: Antkowiak, Armstrong, Fujawa, Kazmierzak, Glon, Makowski. Brooks, Wells, Steiner, Wawrzyniak, Phillips, Echols. Drzewiecki, Jerzak, Barger, Ross, Wesolowski, Buchanan, Wasielewski, Plencner, Bejma, Lott, Delinski, Young, Reed, McClure, Strozewski. Washington 41 Washington 27 Washington 20 Washington 13 Washington 25 St. Joseph Riley 13 Elkhart 7 Central 7 La Porte 14 Washington 32 — Michigan City Washington 7 — Adams 14 Washington 7 — Fort Wayne North Side 19 Washington 25 — Mishawaka 7 PANTHER FOOTBALL Opening Game . . . St. Joseph Indians fall be- fere our Pan ' .hers. Washing on 40 — Hammond Noll 59 ' Washington 75 — Hammond Clark 47 • Washington 59 — St. Ice 42 Washington 51 — Auburn 73 •Washington 79 — Niles 47 Washington 70 — Fort Wayne (North) 78 ' Was ' iingion T5 — Tiley 63 Was ' iington 80 — Wh:ting 74 Washington 53 — Elkhart 65 Wa? ' iing ' on 67 — Mishawaka -54 ' Washing on 75 — Washington Clay 51 Washing on 57 — Goshen 81 Washington 71 — Central -...75 ' Washington 62 — Benton Ha bor 59 Washing:on 59 — Adams 64 Washington 67 — Tolleston (Gary) 72 Washington 63 — Michigan City 67 Washinglon 70 — LaPorte 74 DAMS HOLID ' Y INVITATION. L TOURNEY ' Washington 44 — Adams 40 Washing on 85 — Riby 64 IHS A TOURNEY •Washington 63 — North Liberty 40 •Washington 69 — St. Joseph 48 •Washington 80 — Mishawaka 74 Washington 64 — Central 66 WON 13 — LOST 11 PANTHER BASKETBALL The Panthers ' 1955-56 basketball squad may not have been Washington ' s best, (that may have been the ' 54- ' 55 squad with an 18-2 win-lose record) but a squad that won a third holiday-tourney title and stayed in the fight to the final gun of the sectional tourney can not be labeled less than GOOD. Included in the squad was Coach Holley ' s best scorer, Jerzak with .404 (topping Hill of the ' 54- ' 55 season who had .400) and his second best man at the foul-line, Milewski with .667 (topped by Fox of the ' 54- ' 5S season with .746). The peak of the season undoubtedly was that final game lost to Central by a 66-84 score. FRONT: Easton, Przybysz, Meert. SECOND: Milewski, Miller, Wilder, Pieniazkiewicz. THIRD: Zalewski, Jerzak, Brooks, Fujawa, Williams. Graduating Lettermen TOP: James Austin, track, football; Elmer Beke, baseball; Adrian Barger, football, track; Richard Dizawiecki, football. SECOND: Walter Egierski, track; Gilbert Fujawa, football, track, basketball; Steve Griin, swimming; Jack Hawley, swimming. THIRD: Terry Hines, swim- ming, baseball: Robert Hudak, football manager; Edward Jerzak, football, basketball, track; Jack Johnson, track, football. FOURTH: David Kozakiewicz, football; Arthur Kush, football; Eugene Lechtanski, football. Senior Monogram Men qFrr Nn S T Lisek football manager; Gene Meert. basketball; Ronald Milewski, football, basketball, baseball: Rorj-rt Viller, basketball, t ik 11 ' US Pa P C2 y nski ' baseball; Bill Phillips, football; Ralph Pieniazkiewicz, football, basketball, baseball; Ray.Tioiwl Przybysz, bas- ketball manager. THIRD: Ronald Steiner, football; John Towles, football: Charles Walker, football; Frank Wnsie ' owsid. tontball. FOURTH: uonald Wesolowski, football; Dan Wilder, basketball, track. 3 1 9 if • 3 ?4v - FRONT: Slaby, Papczynski, Greskowiak, B. Williams, Kajzer, Bejma. SECOND: Jozwiak, Milewski. Strozewski. Meert. D. Williams, Pieniazkiewicz, Buchanan. Beke, Hines, Jankowski. BASEBALL The ' St Season The ' 56 baseball squad opened its season with only three lettermen, Milewski. Strozewski. and Pieniazkiewicz. among its fifteen members. After the first few games, Coach Lawecki described the propects for a winning season as only fair. We have good pitching and good defense, but we aren ' t hitting, he said. The team misses Murderers ' Row — John Solmos, Dick Dering, and Stanley Jackowiak, a trio who, hiring in that order on the ' 55 team, were, ac cording to their coach, the best he had ever coached. Although the team lost a good pitcher in Bob Rogers, ' 55, who pitched a no- hitter against Riley last year, it still has Rich Strozewski, whom Coach Lawecki couples with Joe Papczynski, ' 52, as my best. If the prospects are only fair for this year, they are definitely good for the ' 57 and ' 58. The ' 56 Bee team has the spirit and quality of winners. When its members join the twelve returning ' 56 varsity players who are getting experi- ence this season, a really tough team should develop. Washington 8 (Forfeited by Washingto n Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington — Central 2 Washington — Ineligible player) — St. Joseph 2 — Adams (rained out) Riley 5 — Michigan City (St. Mary) 1 — Mishawaka 11 — Michigan City 1 — LaPorte 6 — St. Joseph 1 — Calumet Twp 5 — Elkhart — Central Adams — Riley — St. Joseph — Mishawaka — Michigan City Niles - New Carlisle — LaPorte FRONT: Howell, Jim Johnson. Plonka, Kolacz, Michalski, Townsend, Phillips, White, Wozniak. SECOND: Carothers, Taylor, Wlodarek, Smith, Ellis, Egierski, Dials, Thomas, Abraham. THIRD: S. Austin, Lockard, Jerzak, Wawrzyniak, Echols, Brooks, Fujawa, Thompson. Lott, lack Johnson, J. Austin, Barger, Antkowiak, Wilder, Jachimiak. C. Austin. The ' 55-56 Season DUAL MEETS Washington 83 2 3 — Washington-Clay 25 V3 Washington 74 — Goshen 35 Washington 89 — Niles 20 Washington 41 — Central 68 Washington 66 — Riley 43 Washington 47 - Mishawaka - 62 Washington — Adams Washington - Michigan City PJace Washington-LaPorte-Mishawaka 2 (tie) Washington in Goshen Relays .....5 (of 13) Washington in Conference Trials 4 (of 10) Washington in Conference Meet 8 (tie, of 19) Washington in State Sectional Meet Washington in State Regional Meet- Washington in State Meet Washington in City Meet- - TRACK Mr. Pilarski ' s track squad opened its ' 58 season with seven lelteimen in a squad of thirty-eight hopefuls, all of them conscious of the fact that they were competing in the sea- SDn following Washington ' s best track year: 1955. The 1955 season saw the Panthers finish third after South Bend Central and Michigan City in the sectional tourney in a meet in which only five points saparated first and third places. It also saw a Panther, Clyde Austin, become state title-holder in the 440-yard dash. By the end of the Goshen Relays the ' 56 squad knew it had a chance to take the Best Year Yet title away from ' 55. Its fifth place and thirty-six points in the Relays was a- best-ever performance for a Panther squad. In the Relays, Wilder and Barger finished one-two in the pole- vault. Bee Baseball FRONT: Olczak. Vargo, Aritchlow, Radford, Sailer, Budney, Andrysiak. SECOND: Kowalczyk, Wituski, Sinkiewicz, G. Brevard, Garcia, Tarr, Wasikowski, Horvath. THIRD: Short, Buchanan, Jaworski, Zaleski, Barren, J. Brevard, Dolniak. BEES • Bee Basketball FRONT: Sinkiewicz, Delinski, Barren. SECOND: Zalewski, Buchanan, Milewski, Williams, Freshmen Basketball FRONT: Short, Harris, Witucki, Phillips. SECOND: Harvey, Taylor, Hadrick, Wasikowski. 66 FROSH freshmen Football FRONT: Tarr, Paczkowski, Fujawa, Dean, Smith, Walker, Johnson. SECOND: Kruszewski. Jaworski. Gray, Hadrick, Wozniak, Wolfe, Molnar, Abraham. THIRD: Holmes, Phillips, Brown, Wasikowski. Harris. Jenkins, Milewski, Taylor. s w I M M I N G FRONT: Thomas, Wozniak, Wine. SECOND: Grontkowski. Hines, Griin, Halley, Lewis, Bonds. THIRD: McClure, Paczkowski. Miller, Thompson. Makowski, Coach Zuckowski. DUAL MEETS Washington 21 — Howe 59 Washington 26 Muncie Burris 40 Washington 9 — Culver M. A 66 Washington 25 — Whiting 41 Washington 23 — Riley 52 Washington 23 — Horace Mann 47 Washington 33 — Adams 44 Washington 40 — LaPorte 36 Rank Washington 40 Washington 30 Froebel 34 Central 47 Washington Hammond Riley — Whiting 3 Washington — ■ Lew Wallace — Riley - - Horace Mann 4 Washington in City Championship Meet 4 Washington in Conference Meet 8 Washington in State Meet 15 THE ' 55 and ' 56 S E A S o N . . . THE FINISH u J rt Hatchet Reporters FRONT: Ellis, Harmon, Waggoner, Sailer, Dobecki. SECOND: Hoppe, Ahlgrim, Flowers. Wells. Bucher. Prange. THIRD: Marosz, Szczechowski. Tucker. Pomush, Sparazynski, Winkiewicz. THE HATCHET STAFF The Hatchet has been a pari of Washington since the days when it was a junior high school and some of our parents were pupils in it. At the present, its sponsor is Mr. Richard Guin; in the past the paper has been under the care of Miss Martindale, now retired: Mr. McNamara, now our principal; and Miss Murphy. This four-page paper is edited and published by members of a volunteer staff from an office which is a back corner of Mr. Guin ' s English classroom. Publication is every second Friday. The issue is delivered during home room period. Home room period on that day is said to be .he quietest any class knows during the week! Every nose is in a paper! The members of the staff pictured here are Loiet- ta NalcpinsH, Picture Editor; Christine Czarnecki. Circulation Manager; Madaline Grunert, Story Editor; Pat Grabarek. News Editor; Bob Busi- kicwicz. Advertising Manager; and Frank Kra- kowski, Sports Editor. FRONT: Pap, Saftiuk, Kovach. Ahlgrim. SECOND: Lockard, Jegier, Whitmeyer, Sailer. Marks, Friend. THIRD: Dobecki, Makowski, Cebrat, Rozanski, Skubiszewski, Szostakowski, Kaniewski, Owens. FOURTH: Sparazynski, Sigety, Zyto, King, Grabarek, Ganus, Pomush. THE LATIN CLUB The Latin Club is a fairly new club at Washington. Mr. Miller, the club sponsor, organized it two years ago, and it is now growing last, having thirty-one members. The purpose of the Latin Club is to acguaint Latin students with those interesting facts and details about Rome and Ancient Roman life which they are not likely to have time to learn about in class. The officers are ludy Kovach, president; Carol King, vice-president; Susie Skubiszewski, secretary; Beverly Ganus, treasurer. Meetings are held once a month. At the most interesting meeting of the year. Miss Elizabeth Noble of Riley High School, desciibed the Riley Latin Club program of activities. Initiation Here Judy Kovach, in a Roman toga, conducis the initiation ceremony for new msmbers, while Carol King, Wilma Jean Jenkins, and Susie Skubiszewski look on. GLEE CLUB SOPRANOS . . . FRONT: Early. Phillips. Flowers. Kania. SECOND: Karnaiel, Jaworski. Jozwiak, Bergerson. THIRD: Davis, Grabarek, Chmiel, Zmudzinski. TENORS . . . FRONT: Plonski, Alford, Dials, Davis. SECOND: Miller, Kolodziej. Bohannon, GLEE CLUB ALTOS . . . FRONT: Hoppe, Prange, Poznanski. SECOND: Nalepinski, Wells, Szczechowski. THIRD: Miller, Teeter, Nowicki, Bogdanowicz. BASSES ... FRONT: Ingle, Grzeskowiak, Pope, Stuckey. SECOND: Echols, Vaughn, Ullery, Pieniazkiewicz. FRONT: Barnes, Steenbeke, Hoffman, Johnson, Karnafel, Kovach, Hoppe, Weis. SECOND: Bohannon, Ganser, Teeter, Rozanski, Teeter, Buell, Kolacz. THIRD: Grunert, Czajkowski, Winkiewicz, Kasznia, Petrowski, Klodzinski. FOURTH: Szabo, Baumgartner, Sparazynski, Wells, Lodyga, Witucki, Evans. S«S Washington High Student Council The Student Council is the student government body at Washington, It con- sists of a group of officers and one representative elected by each home room in the fall. Officers for the next year are elected each spring by the council from its current membership. Those selected as officers become automatically members of the next council without vote of the home rooms, which then select new home room representatives. This year the council had thirty-five mem- bers. Mr. Stamm is the sponsor. The club annually sponsors the Washington-Riley Round-Up. Other activities sponsored this year were a Pep Rally Dance, a Letterman ' s Dance, a Career- Day Program, the Christmas Seal Sale, and a Respect-for-Christmas project. The Career-Day Program on May 15 gave all the students an opportunity to learn about the careers that interest them from people who are actually fol- lowing them. The Respect-for-Christmas project was a poster contest which intended to emphasize the religious character of Christmas and to lead students to treat the season seriously instead of hilariously. The winning poster was designed by Dorothy Chmiel, senior, for Home Room 123. Gerry Karnafel is conducting one of the usual meetings held in the school cafeter period. They are discussing the plans for the spring dance. ia during a class Council in Action The STUDENT COUNCIL is the student government body at Washington. It consists of representatives, from each home room, elected by the students. The Student Council of this year consisted of thirty-five members, with Mr. Stamm as the sponsor. Such projects as the Washington-Riley Round-Up and Career Day are always conducted by this hard-working or- ganization. This year, besides those projects, they have spon- sored (wo big dances, the Pep Rally Dance and the Letter- men ' s Dance. They also sponsored the Christmas Seal drive and a Respect for Christmas project. The Student Council offi- cers of 1956 discussing their next meeling: Gerald- ine Karanafel, president; Ralph Pieniazkiewicz. vice- president; Donna Steen- beke, secretary; Susan Wells, treasurer. Here we see Mr. Norman directing our band in a practice session. This has been Mr. Norman ' s first year at Washington, where he has done a very fine job developing the fifty band members into a fine organization. In the picture are also seniors Charlene Pinter, clarinet (left), and Mar- lene Michalski, drummer (standing). The Washington Band had four senior members. In the percussion section are Pat Szczechcwski (extreme left) and Carole Fish (extreme right), nolher senior. Claretha Johnson (left), plays clarinet. THE BAND Our seven baton twirlers are present in this group. In front is our lead batonist, Sandy Ka- niewski. In the second row are Georgia Bella and Rose Fenimore. The last row consists of Gloria Bella. Anne De Baets, Rose Slaby, and Jo Ann Hartwick. S m o  D o O z o O D 8 3 o O H f 3 M PI o its sa W .- t- £• OS a cr • 1 K W M P | - 13 _ Q o E. CB D 5 a o tr ! a 90 2. 3 P §■ o Q 9 ?rs • o. a S o 9- ? Q Sag 1 M 3 Iks o s 3 5 Q 3 ft 1 P ? Q Z K 5 ' O P (ft °l • a o pi Z o 5 o en v Is- 3 r- a a 50 08 £ 3 -■B 3 3 ° z ' S- a = 3 a ° Q — . wi ' o o t-8 K-gg- r - •-, o at ' 9.   3 3 o !§ s jr 3 a • ?• S. a 3 5. Q gl g- 3 P S DO Q F = Sf  OS a Q. 3 3 9 Q 3 2.2 n BO O ' Z o Q 3 a ■a 5 ' (8  TJ Q 00 3 O M s a 3 ■ 3o 3?i a 3: n tr a 3 tr FRONT: Nowacki, Szostakowski. Steenbeke, Hagey, Kovach, Haas. SECOND: Kasznia, Osborn. Wroblewski, Ganus, Teeter. THIRD: Pomush. Kulpanowski, Broadway, Alford, Segety, Tucker. Future Nurses The Future Nurses ' Club is an organization ior girls interested in learning about careers in the field of medicine. This is a nalion-wide group. Every year the members from the St. Joseph county region take a field trip to some modical center. F.N. A. Officers Here we S3e the club offi- cers with their sponsor: standing, Farbara Teeter, treasurer: Mrs. Britton, sponsor; Jackie Starr, vice- p-es ' .d ' -n ' ; Burba a Hag3y. president sitting. Donna S;eenbol:e, S3cretary. FRONT: Kamafel, Plonski. SECOND: Fritz. Hagey. Baestle, Csik, King, Zakrowski, Weaver. THIRD: Przybysz, Winkowski, Kimble, Ganser, Bella, Nijak. FOURTH: Milewski. Pica, Wells, Ganus, Wisniewski, Fish, Evans. Future Teachers The Future Teacher ' s of America is a club that consists of students who are interested in teach- ing as a profession. The president of the F.T.A. this year has been Gsraldine Kamafel. Senior members of this club may be cadet teacheis. These cadet teachers assist teachers in their classes. Future Teacher In Action Bob Najdek conducting one of Mr. Covert ' s biol- ogy classes. FRONT: Hoppe, Grochowski. SECOND: Williams, Grunerl. Meszaros, Grontkowski, Abraham. Teeter, Kaczmarek. THIRD: Landman, Ramenda, Jewson, Nalepinski, King, Cwidak. FOURTH: Tindall, Mitchell, Marosz, Bogdanowicz, Petrowski, Kania, Szczechowski. USHERS ' CLUB FRONT: Bovey, Wells. Meuleman. SECOND: Bell, Ewald, Brown, Popielski. THIRD: Nowicki, Podemski, Ross, McCoy, Makowski. FRONT: Papczynski, Pieniazkiewicz, Meerl, Malone. SECOND: Krakowski, Ciesiolka, Moskwinski, Dials, Kolacz. THIRD: Hines, Jones, Wiskotoni, Fritz, Mr. Klaybor. HI-Y CLUB FRONT: Popielski, Slaby, Kolodziej, Plencner. SECOND: Kush, Lodyga, Zielinski, Friend. THIRD: Sinka, Wesolowski, Makowski, Young. SENIORS . . . FRONT: Steenbeke, Ferency, Buza, Waggoner, Jozwiak. SECOND: Walker, Walesiewicz. Jaworski, Czarnecki. THIRD: Tucker, Pinter, Kotolinski, Osborn, Wieger. Y-TEENS 1UNIORS . . . FRONT: Kovach, Williamson, Haas. SECOND: Miller, Flowers, Wollman, Hoppe. THIRD: Gapinski, Milliken. Pap, King, Bella, Filchak. FOURTH: Chojnacki, Baumgartner, Phillips, Ganus. Wozniak, Jewsan, Wells, SOPHOMORES . . . FRONT: Farkas, Berry, DeBaets, Underly. SECOND: Winkowski, Winkiewicz. Meszegeto. THIRD: Tobolski, Pica, Hines, Rebics, Nagy, Broadway. Y-TEENS FRESHMEN ... FRONT: Slaby, Szostakowski, Bourn, King, Johnson, Horvath. SECOND: Ross, Wentland, Cormeny, Hans, Cebrat, Vercolio. THIRD: Swilo, Osborn, Wegenka, Howe, Krakowski, Chavis. FOURTH: Willoughby, Odiorne, Bella, Glass, Spychalski, Nemeth, Abraham. FRONT: Mr. Hallaron, Wells, Murray. Paszli, Steffey. Popielski. SECOND: Lekarczyk. DeVoss. Bell. Chadwick. Fleishaker. Green. THIRD: Plonski, DeCocq, Beke, Barlz, Mills. Jerzak. Wasikowski. OPERATORS ' CLUB The Operators ' Club is a group of boys who give up their free periods to run movies for other classes. Mr. Hallaron is the sponsor of this club, consisting of twenty members. Senior Members To the left we see the senior members grouped around one of the movie projectors. They are Ed Jerzak. Matt Plonski, Elmer Beke. and Ted Bartz. They have been operators for four years. • iirrrmrr — r ■ n i i niiiiiiiiiBiillMmiiMnririiinrtiniiiii-n FRONT: Miller. Underly, Jovanich. Burnham. Milliken, Dials. SECOND: Bovy. Buczolich, Winkiewicz, Nalepinski, Alford. THIRD: Tetzloff, Popielski, Rymarz, Ponto, Ranstead. McCoy. LIBRARY CLUB The Library Club is a school service club, sponsored by Miss Hunsberger, (he school librarian. Its main duties are to assist her with the maintenance, checking out. and filing cf books. Judy Burnham is the club ' s president. Seniors at Work Here we see two senior mem- bers, Rebecca Murphy and Phyl- lis Egyhazi, hard at work dur- ing one of the periods they give up to work in the library. BASKETBALL . . . LEFT TO RIGHT: Arline Bogunia, Barbara Cencelewski, Josephine Paprocki, Pat Grabarek. Arlene Janczak, Judy Milliken. OUR CHEERLEADERS FOOTBALL . . . ■ m I ucceM ti, 1957 flow i Alford Audenaert Austin Baumgartner Bejma Bella Bergman flow 2 Bethel Bloom Bobelenyi Bognar Bogdanowicz Botka Bovy Row 3 Brooks Buchanan Boczolich Bucher Carroll Chlebowski Chojnacki flow 4 Cholasinski Cwidak Davis, B. Davis, S. DeCocq DeGraeve DeVoss Row 5 Dials Dozier Drader Duszynski Dyer Edwards, D. Edwards, N. flow 6 Ellis Evans Ferency Filchak Flatoff Fleishaker Flowers flow 7 Forsey Ganus Gapinski Gondocs Gray Grant Green Row 8 Griffin Grontkowski Haas Harper Hoppe, M. Hoppe, S. Horvath, B. 1957 K io fs Junior Officers President — Susan Wells Vice-President — Marilyn Haas Secretary — Carol King Treasurer — Frank Glon Historian — Shirley Williamson Home Room Teachers Erwin Wegner, Head Sponsor Clare Holley Robert Brady Irene Duggan Francis Jones Louise Hunsberger flow J Horvath, M. Jachimiak Janiak Jenkins flow 2 Jennings Jewson Johnson Jones, B. flow 3 Jones, J. Jozwiak, S. Jozwiak, T. Jovanich How 4 Kania Karpinski Kasznia Kazmierczak flow 7 Krinq Lockard Lisk Lodygo flow a Long Luc Lukaszewski Lula 1957 X % % C Row 1 Lyczynski Maeyens Makowski. Makowski. Marosz Matuszak McClure flow 2 McCoy McWilliams Merencsics Merrill Mezzei Miller, ML. Miller, M. flow 3 Milliken Molenda Morrison Nalepinski Najdek Nawrocki Niver flow 4 Nowicki Pocza Pap Petrowski Plencner, D. Plencner, R. Phillips, S. flow 5 Phillips, S. Pietraszewski Podemski Ponto Popielski Porter Poznanski flow 6 Prange Rakowski Ramenda Ranslead Reid Ross Rymarz flow 7 Scott Simmons Skibinski Skubiszewski Slaby Slisz Soos flow 8 Steffey Stewart Strozewski Stuckey Switalski Szczechowski, D. Szczechowski, G. L_ 1957 flow 1 Szymanski. C. Szymanski, M. Synski Tafelski Tobias True Trzaskovski flow 2 Turcznski VanScoyk Vaughn Vogel Wacunas Wallace Wells, D. flow 3 Wells, S. Wesolowski Williams. D. Williams, I. Wiskotoni Wisniewski Woltman flow 4 Wozniak Wright Wroblewski Wucsina Young Zielinski Zmudzinski 1958 flow J Abraham Ahlgrim Alford Andrysiak, Andrysiak, Antkowiak Arelt Row 2 Armstrong Austin Bacsa Banasiewicz Barger Barren Bates Row 3 Beeny Bejma Benson Berry Bethel Beck Blanchard Row 4 Bognar Bonds Borkowski Breveard, G. Breveard, J. Broadway Brooks Row 5 Buchanan Budney Bukowski Burnham Buszkiewicz Chadwick Chamberlain Row 6 Chism Cole Corbridge Csik Dabros DeBaets Davis Row 7 DeForest Delinski Dials Dobecki Drajus Duffin Dylewski Row 8 Early Easton Echols Ewald Ellis Engle Farkas 1958 . ' 9 of k ff Sophomore Officers President — Pat Grabarek Vice-President — Arlene Janczak Secretary — Barbara Cencelewski Treasurer — Robert Barren Row i Flatoff Fox Frasz Friend Row 2 Gapinski Genchoft Ginter Gish Row 3 Golichowski Grabarek Green. J. Green Grzeskiewicz Home Room Teachers Row 6 Hobar Hobart Hodosi Francis Ernst, Head Sponsor Howell Richard Guin lagnecki John Hayes Marguerite Murphy Allegra Tyler Margaret Walsh Row 7 Janczak Janiak Jankowski Janowczyk, MA. Janowczyk, M. Row 8 Jaronek lastrzebski Jerzakowski Johnson Jones 1958 flow 1 Jozwiak Ka jzer Klemczewski Kblodziej Konter Kowalczik Kozakiewicz flow 2 K ojniewski Krol Kubasik Kucharski Laszlo Leier Lupa flow 3 Lesinski Linner Lodyga Lott Lubelski Lucas Maciejewski Row 4 Manis Martin McCoy Meert Meller Meszegeto Miller, G. Row 5 Miller. R. Martin Mossman. C. Mossman, J. Murray Nagy Nelson Row 6 Neely Nivins Nielson, A. Nielson, D. Nijak Olivet Owens flow 7 Paczesny Phillips Philp Piatkowski Pica Pomush Pritchett flow 8 Rebics Remington Richardson, Richardson, Rozanski Ross Ruszkowski 1958 Bow 4 Williams, J. Williams, R. Starr Sowala Switalski Tafelski Thompson, L. Thompson, T. Tobolski Tomkiewicz Row 6 Winkiewicz Winkowski Tomkiewicz Trzaskowski Underly Vargo Row 7 Witucki WolH Wroblewski Vaszari Verselder Wachowiak Wands Row 8 Young Zarobinski Zyto Walker White, V. White, W. Williams, B. 1959 Row 1 P braham, J. Abraham, S. hlgrim PVoxA. F. l ' ord. J. lkine Allen Row 2 mbler flrelt Baetsle Baldema Bartz Bell Bella Row 3 Biebryck Bohannon Bonek Borlik Boulanger Bourn Bradburn flow 4 Bradford Braylark Brooks, S. Brooks, M. Brown, B. Brown, J. Bryant flow 5 Bucher Buell Burnham Cebral Chavis Chichester Chonody flow 6 Chrapliwy Chrzan Clayton Coats Coddens Cormeny Crist Row 7 Critchlow Crowell Cunegin Dalich Dean, F. Dean, G. Dean, S. flow 8 DeGraeve Dent Diseavage Dolniak Dozier Dyjak Easton 1959 J flow 1 Edwards Endres Eppenger Esters flow 2 Fields Filchak Finch Fisher Row 3 Franklin Fujawa Home Room Frilot Gadacz Teachers Stanley Klaybor William Covert Louise Pagin Row 4 Ganus Gesman Ruth Palmer Glass Hubert Miller Golichowski E. N. Robinson R. C. Stilson Sebastian Nowicki Joseph Lawecki flow 5 Grayczyk Gray Grzeskiewicz Gunn flow 6 Hadwick Haluda Hankin Freshman Officers Hans President — Andre Bohannan Vice-President Ronald Soos Secretary — Tom Fujawa flow 7 Treasurer — Ronald Jaworski Harris Harvey Hathaway Hauguel, L. Historian — Linda Chavis flow 8 Hauguel, Leo Hines Hodges Hoffman 1959 flow 1 Hojara Hojnacki Holbert Holland Holmes Horvath. B. Horvath, E. flow 2 Howe Howse Hubbard Ingle Jaworski Jeffries, M. Jeffries, R. Row 3 Jegier Jenczewski, D. Jenczewski. L. J3nkins, L. Jenkins, S. Joachim Johns Row 4 Johnson, L. Johnson, J. Johnson, K. Kane Kaniewski Kajzer Kenna flow 5 Kimble King, M. King, S. Kirk Klodzinski Kaczmarek Kowalczyk Row 6 Krakowski Kraft Kubisiak Kurdys Kruk Kruszewski Kulpanowski flow 7 Lane Latosinski Lekarczyk Lentych Lesniewicz Levy Lewandowski, Row 8 Lewandowski, Skiver Luc Makowski Lukaszewski Malone Marks M. 1959 1959 Row 1 Poppy Ross. A. Ross, D. Rutkowski Rybicki Saftiuk Sailor flow 2 Salwin Scott Sciba Scroggs Segety Short Silva Row 3 Skwiat Smith, H. Smith, R. Soderberg Soos Sparazynski Spears Row 4 Spychalski Slaby Stoffelen Stypczynski Sullivan, I. Sullivan. A. Swartz flow 5 Swilo Swizek Szostakowski Szulczyk Szynski Tarr Taylor flow 6 Teeter Tessely Thomas Thompson Tow Trzaskowski Turczynski flow 7 Turner Turner VanLaere Vargo Vega Vercolio VerHagen Row 8 Wands Walker. R. Walker, W. Wasikowski Wegenka Wells, M. Wells, R. 1959 Bow I 8 Wentland, J. A Wentland, K. ■ B Whittaker V. ,_ p Widner W 1 Wieczorek . , fc Wilder V ' m Wiley MA mB? ..- Hi Row 2 ■IhhV Williams mI Willoughby p fc Wilson t t  F Witmeyer T 5 C Wituski, C. c - ■■4T Wiluski, J. I ' ' jfi- y Wituski, M. r ar jr Row 3 Wlodarek Wolfe Wozniak, M. Wozniak, P. Wozniak, T. Wright Zalewski Lett, ' 59 Officers: Bo- hannan (president), Olejniczak, Chavis, Soos, Fujawa, Jawor- ski. Pc • • • itrons A. B. Z. BUFFET RESTAURANT 1533 West Sample Street CHAPIN T. V. RADIO STORE 842 South Chapin Street ACME SCHOOL OF DIE DESIGN ENGINEERING 129 West Colfax Avenue ALEX BARBER SHOP 814 Vz South Walnut Street CHATTER BOX 2001 Prairie Avenue CIULA ' S STANDARD SERVICE APPLIANCES 3105 West Sample Street ALEX SERVICE STATION 746 South Walnut Street ANDREWS MACHINE COMPANY, Inc. 277 Greenwich Street New York, New York COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY South Bend, Indiana COMER ' S GROCERY 1517 West Liston Stieet DAN ' S SHELL SERVICE 1501 West Sample Street AVENUE FLORAL GIFT SHOP 1501 West Western Avenue DEAN MILK COMPANY i 5421 West Edison Road ' BADOWSKI ' S CHAPIN BAKE SHOP 720 South Chapin Street JOSEPH DE BAETS, SR. 1249 West Washington Street BEANS SPORT SHOP 1502 Western Avenue RICHARD W. DEKA 849 South Chapin Street BELLEVILLE PHARMACY 3801 Western Avenue DICK ' S GENERAL STORE Crumstown, Indiana BELLEVILLE SUPERMARKET 5302 West Sample Street EDDIE ' S DINING ROOM 602 V2 South Walnut Street BEN ' S SONOCO SERVICE Corner of Sample Prairie ERV HANK ' S SELF SERVICE 2337 Prairie Avenue BERINGER ' S GROCERY STORE ' , Crumstown, Indiana ESTHER ' S BEAUTY SHOPPE 721 Grant Street BIMSCO, INC. ! 1212 Walnut Street FITTERLING TRANSFER CO., INC. 2222 West Sample Street PETER P. BOGNAR AGENCY : 242 South Chapin Street FLOWERLAND FLORISTS Western Avenue at Walnut Street BRENNAN JEWELRY STORE FRANK ' S STORE, INC. ' , 109 East Jefferson Street 401 South Michigan Street LOUIE ' S TUXEDO RENTALS L. G. FRITH, M.D. 222 V2 Laurel Street 521 West Washington Street • Patrons sj a s ss a MR. AND MRS. JACK GAPSKI 1120 West Napier Street GREEN ' S, INC. 223 South Michigan Street GRUBER ' S SELF SERVICE 1847 Prairie Avenue HANS-RINTZSCH LUGGAGE 138 North Michigan Street HOLLOW AY HOUSE CAFETERIA 106 North Michigan Street HORVATH FOOD SHOP 3501 West Sample Street HOUSE OF BEAUTY 525 South Wellington Street INDIANA FLORAL GIFT SHOP 737 West Indiana Avenue JONES BOBO MARKET 147 South Wellington Street MR. AND MRS. RAY KACZMAREK 2019 Prast Boulevard EDDIE AND GENE KALAMAJA 1148 Western Avenue MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM KANIEWSKI 1341 West Sample Street L. A. KOLUPA, INC. 401 Chapin Street KUBERSKI FOOD STORE 620 South Meade Street STANLEY AND HELEN KUSH 618 Pulaski Street DOMINICK KUS 1502 Vz West Dunham Street MR. AND MRS. ERNEST LASKOWSKI 1510 South Arnold Street DR. JOSEPH E. LASKOWSKI 1222 Western Avenue C. E. LEE COMPANY 225 South Main Street MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH LEVANDOSKI 2110 Western Avenue MRS. LOTTIE LEWINSKI 209 South Walnut Street MARTELL RADIO APPLIANCE, INC. 2637 West Sample Street MATERNOWSKI MARKET 745 Walnut Street Mcdonald studio 116 West Colfax Avenue MEISZBERG ' S GROCERY 1774 Prairie Avenue MESSENGER PRESS 301 South Chapin Street MR. AND MRS. FRANK MICHOR 626 East Broadway MICINSKI PHARMACY 1136 West Western Avenue FLOYD H. MILLIKEN 5830 Western Avenue MITCHELLING DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, INC. 2923 Mishawaka Avenue MODERN CUT RATE 805 South Chapin Street MODERN HOME SUPPLY 1144 Western Avenue MR. AND MRS. JERRY MURRAY 911 Lancaster Drive STANLEY J. MUSZYNSKI, AGENCY 2124 Western Avenue I Patrons SSSSi NAGY SERVICE STATION 1601 West Indiana Avenue NATIONAL MILK COMPANY 921 South Louise Street MRS. PEARL NOWAK 1029 Sample Street MICHAEL NYIKOS 1302 West Washington Street PARK ' N ' SHOP SUPER MARKET Corner Edison and Mayilower Roads PAT ' N ' PATTY SHOP 3608 Western Avenue AL S. PEJZA 1302 West Ford Street PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO., INC. South Bend, Indiana MR. AND MRS. ALEX PIETRZAK Crumstown, Indiana POLISH ARMY VETERANS HALLER POST 125 1143V2 Western Avenue S S QUALITY CLEANERS 1402 Western Avenue ST. JOSEPH COUNTY FARM BUREAU R. R. 2, Box 123 LOUIS J. SANDOCK, M.D. 428 Sherland Building SAMPLE CAFE 1037 West Sample Street 7-UP BOTTLING COMPANY 1239 South Bend Avenue EDWARD S. SHELLEY, M.D. 207 South Taylor Street SHIPPERS DISPATCH, INC. 1216 West Sample Street SHORTY ' S SERVICE STATION Five Points FRANK SLABY, BUILDER 5525 West Western Avenue SONNEBORN ' S SPORT SHOP 121 West Colfax Avenue TED ' S FOOD MARKET 1632 West Indiana Avenue TED ' S FOOD MARKET 2024 Western Avenue TIMES THEATRE 1125 Western Avenue DR. JOSEPH A. TOTH 1005 West Indiana Avenue MR. AND MRS. MARTIN TOTH 1639 South Magnolia Street TRUDY ' S DRIVE IN 3905 West Western Avenue THE VAN HORNE COMPANY 114 West Washington Street VAN ' S STANDARD SERVICE 3501 Western Avenue VERCOLIO ' S GRILL 501 Arnold Street WARSAW CUT RATE 801 South Walnut WEISE CATERING SERVICE 1702-06 Oliver at Prairie Dubail WEST SIDE SPORT SHOP 746 West Sample at Chapin MR. MRS. EDWIN A. WINKOWSKI 706 South Kaley Street WOLTMAN BROTHERS 803 Chapin Street WOODKA ' S GROCERY AND MEATS 824 Chapin Street - - -  • a — ■ ■A AAA A A ■ i: