American Institute of Laundering - Annual Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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,H..,,....-r.---,.-, 1942 A PLANT PRODUCTION COURSE Front Row fleft to rightl: Lauren Taylor. Lee Longstreet. James P. McCarthy, Abe Lapides. Nicholas Marlin, William E. Drewes, Gerald Boslow. .laclc R. Engel, Warren E. Fitch, Howard E. Hastedt. Second Row: lrving G. Garcelon, lVlanager,'Engineering Department: John Slattery, Albion R. Fogg, Kenneth Khuans, Russell Gundrum. Bernard Bronlc, John Haverinen, William Singleton, .laclc R. Henclcels, Anson VV. Bowden, Cecil l'l. Lanham, Director of School of Laundry Management. Third 'Row: William Edwards, Eugene Lyons, Jr., John M. Nahigian, Stanley S. Wolf, Edwin VV. Mayer, Jr., Robert Joehnlc, C. Leroy Griffin. lVlartin Jacobs, VRobert P. Hammond Bach Row: Eugene R. Jacobsen, Jr.. William A. Shirley, Charles Jacob, Max Arthur Hansen. George S. Yonlcers, Wallace C. MacLean, A. Harold Tomlinson, Robert S. Adelman. luxe. Robert Stuart by this time had the City of Joliet well organized and running smoothly. Abe Lapides after a great deal of coaxing, did a tap danceg while Jerry Boslow, with no coaxing at all, furthered our education with Tango Lesson Number Seven. Howard Hastedt opened our eyes with a few unique interpretations of his famous Eccentric Dance . A grand time was had by all and it was just what the doctor ordered. The Class, much refreshed, settled down for the final dash to a well deserved and untroubled night's sleep. After a great deal of effort, Eddie Mayer, managed to pull the entire third floor of the Y through the course with flying colors. Bob joehnk spent ten dollars dating a girl because she promised to type his thesis for him, and then discovered that she cou1dn't type. fP.S.j He got his money's worth. About this time Rusty Jacobs, The Pickup, Pepup, with a Perkup Kid, introduced us to the mysteries of No Doze tablets which were used and appreciated by a few. The race with time was close but the class Hnished on schedule. We thus wrote inish to the course and began our Christmas vacations bear' ing the haggard, half dead appearance which is charf acteristic of all A.I.L. Production Courses. Page Seven

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textiles and washroom course 1 '24 1: 4 :Z 4 7' 11 5 A I gi A 2? P ts H., 5 i if '12 if ii 5 s f L 9 i 2 1 4, J I FX .... O sooner had our Christmas vacation experif ences rolled off our tongues, when Art An' derson started 1942 off with a bang. With the help of his two side kicks, Carlyle and Lee, we ran smack dab into Chemistry, Washroom Procedures and Textiles. We were happy though to have eight new students join our group of wits and half wits. That quite subtle fellow from Seattle, Washington, remarked: ls this really.Washroom? It sounds like ...i to me. Only a week had passed when Tex Shirley's edf ucational program went into effect--via phonograph records and transcriptions. The boys from Marion Street asked the entire class to their house one night, so that we might beneit from theiexperiences of Mrs, Lapidesf' After the well known records there were games for all. Bingo for the meek and mild- poker and dice for the brave and foolish. Rusty'i Jacobs displayed his mastery over the Alabama Marbles that night, just ask the boys who wanted to be brave. Our Sudsmen basketball team came into prom' inence this term, as they captured the Wednesday night league at the Y -commonly known as Pur' ity Hall . Maybe our team didn't have such a good eye for that hoop, but we can say one thing for them -their attendance was perfect. One night in par' ticular, only four men from our team showed up but luckily enough the opposing team only had three men show up. Results: we won on another forfeit. Eddie Mayer, our Athletic Director, deserves the credit of running the team although he had quite a time trying to see the players on the side line with out his foureyes. The following members of the class constituted the team: Warren U, B. Fitch, Brent High Pokets Farber, Abe Lapides, Mold Liebowitz, Bob Joehnk, Jake Jacobsen, Irish Ja' cobs, Bill Drewes, and Leroy Grif Griffin, ably as' sisted by Hjumpen Jive-Short Boulevard Long' street, our cheerleader. The SZ Ranch, having changed management, was the site for our class party. After a very fine dinner we had a Strictly Speaking southern speech from our VicefPresident Eugene 'LHeuy Long Lyons directed toward the love affairs of our Secretary' Treasurer Jack Henckels. Lee Longstreet's date, Nicky , took over from there. It can be assured that everyone enjoyed her talents. Andy Bowden and his laboratory partner, Tex Shirley, while trying to titrate a sample of alkali, ran into some difficulty one day. Some Rum Dum doc' tored their caustic soda with quite a large dose of acetic acid. Too bad boys, that's one day you didn't manage to finish first. A We were- very sorry that Jack Henckels missed part of this course, but a serious throat ailment, that California type, stuck with him. Hard to shake off, but in spite of his weakened condition was able to Hnish the course. , Page Eight