East Leyden High School - Eagle Yearbook (Franklin Park, IL)

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EUGENE ANDERSON— Gene ... blond captain of Band....potatoes and chicken hit the spot....a whiz at math...N.H.S. ROBERT ANDERSON— Swede .. .lour year football man...basketball ....golf.... L Club...N.H.S... college bound. AGNES ANGELOFF— Angie .....our tennis team's dynamo....basket ball.,..G.A.A......had a lot of fun...looks ahead to graduation IU2CINA BANTI Reggie ...a dark haired gal who goes for Jolson. Orchesis member...likes French fried shrimp.......3teno work. BARBARA BEERS— Babs .......can this gal dance...L.G.L...Band., likes bookkeeping...wants to be a secretary. LOIS BETZ— Lo ...would like to fly...prefers her men tall and blond...likes sports...plans to be an office worker. DENIS B1EL1CK—Machine-Shop and model airplanes....baseball man ..brown hair and brown eyes.... will be a soldier of the U.S.A. GERTRUDE B1RCKH0LZ— Butch-.... short, plus brown hair...piano player....G.A.A...English is a favorite...plans on college.

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Freshmen Year: There we were like a tribe of wild Indians whooping it up at our reservation Leyden. We took time from our play to elect our chiefs: Wayne Phillips, president; Chuch Graber, vice-president; Marianne Thyfalt, secretary; and Bob Schutt, treasurer. When the coal shortage came, we couldn't have our class party. The chiefs vowed revenge I Sophomore Year: When we came back to Leyden we were no longer Indians. We had ad- vanced— miners now. Sophomore means wise fool and that's what we were. Instead of using our brains to mine knowledge, we panned fool's gold—fun. The big parties we held at the Leyden mine were our sophomore class party, where our husky men danced to ta-ra ra-boom-te-ay; and then we had a gay Christmas party. In the meantime the boys from JV tunnel tied for the first place in the conference. Then we elected the roughest, toughest and swellest leaders. They were: Chuck Graber, president; George Parizek, vice-president Dorothy Michels, secretary; and Joyce Streich, treasurer. Junior Year: We've now settled down to the ways of Leyden Town. We were more re- served, so we wanted everyone to think. It was a busy year for us. For town officials, we chose: Bob Walker, president; Andy Turner, vice-president; Peggy Grady, secretary; and Judy Young, treasurer. First of all we sponsored the Turnabout with the theme of Autumn Hues. We held it in the gym town hall. We were on our way to saving money for the Prom. Juke box jumps were held in the town cafe. Then we gave our big performance, the Junior Play. A portrayal of average teen-agers, its name was Growing Pains. It came—our first prom. It was held at the Medinah Country Club. Senior Year: Not being content with the quiet of a town, we decided to push onward into a new and different kind of world. We were going to pioneer. Before we started on our journey, we chose the leaders to ride in the head Conestoga Wagon. They were: Mort Schierhom, president; Bob Schutt, vice-president; June Lind, secretary; and Glenn Stein, treasurer. They led us to a place called Dodge Field. There we held a victorius football game—our men against a wagon train from Glenbard. As tradition has it, we had a bonfire the night before the game. We chose our own beauty queen and her lovely court. After a busy week-end, we pushed on. We stopped along the way at Christmas to have a party. It was in the Leyden cafe. Again we went on. This time when we stopped, it was for an old fashioned Hard Time party, featuring the chorus line of '49. We halted the train for the play Dear Ruth. Our last and final fling on the Leyden road was our Prom, held at Butterfield Country Club. Then graduation and the parting of the ways. Now the train is split up—each one moving on in his own direction, pioneering—but in a different way.

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EDWARD BLAKE— Ed ...radio plus speech took up his spare time ..drama..plans to be a salesman or spend some time in the Navy, RONALD BLANCHETTE — One good-looking baseball player..likes study halls best...plans to be drafted. ELMER BOELDT — Star clarinet player...Band...likes the wide opai spaces....plans to go to college and to be a success. ROSE MARIE BOVERO— Rosie ..future phys. ed. teacher..G.A.A.. Orchesis..Band...Annual...liked her Junior year. LILA BOYD — Long brown hair., greenish-blue eyes..chorus member...S.P.Q.R. ..N.H.S...Annual. plans a career. SHIRLEY BREMER — Dutch ....Pan American gal....home management plus ambition—future housewife ...had a lot of fun at Leyden. JOAN BROADKORB— Joannie .peppy dark haired gal...interested in sports...Tri-Hi-Y member..makes most all of us laugh. BARBARA BUCHHOLZ — Bibs ......a loyal member of the chorus... Bing Crosby fan...Tri-Hi-Y..... Annual staff...wants to drive, college.