Edison High School - Edisonian Yearbook (Lake Station, IN)

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Mr. Baliff. sponsor; Richard Majewski, vice-president; Betty Coulter, president; Dorothy Muraco, secre- tary; Jerome Johnson, treasurer; Mrs. Crisman, sponsor. JUNIOR CLASS After two years of attendance in high school, a junior usually considers himself an estab- lished citizen of the school community. According to tradition, the class members elected their officers at the beginning of the school year with Betty Coulter as president — the only class in school having a girl fill the highest office in the class — with Richard Ma- jewski assisting as vice-president. Dorothy Muraco and Jerome Johnson were chosen as officials in charge of the minutes and monetary matters respectively. Mrs. Crisman and Mr. Baliff served as guides to the Class of ’51. A steering committee consisting of Ronald Hat- field as chairman, with Julia Shakula, Winifred Jackson, Ida Melton, Ralph Larson, and Maurice Porlier as assistants was appointed to assist in executing the numerous affairs of the class. The biggest problem of the junior class was how to finance the annual Junior-Senior Prom. The steering committee as well as the officers, sponsors, and class members spent many hours planning various means to raise sufficient funds for the prom and still have a satisfactory balance reserved to help defray the expenses of their senior trip. The annual junior class play was given be- fore a capacity crowd, which greatly enjoyed the three-act domestic comedy entitled “Polish- ing Papa,” on November 4, 1949. Although the play netted the class a tidy sum of money, it could not possibly clear a profit which was sufficient to pay the entire expenses of the prom ; consequently, the class had to devise other schemes that would help to increase the amount of money to be credited to its account. Each junior anxiously awaited the day when the sparkling symbols of his seniority would arrive. When the class rings arrived on November 29, each junior managed to wave his hand in an extraordinary fashion in order to show his prize possession. 14 The Edisonian of 1950

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SOPHOMORE CLASS (Continued) and capable of managing any school activity that they might have the privilege to sponsor. With each year’s attendance in high school, a student’s interest in social groups and or- ganizations continues to grow, which can be proved by the number of sophomores joining the various clubs and organizations in Edison. After a full semester’s work and the first semester final examination was passed, the sophomores were ready for an equally active second semester. The members of the class gave their second dance following the Portage- Edison game on February 3. The class was quite proud of being able to sponsor the most profitable dance in Edison during the school year. As the month of May rolled around at last, it was time to take the test that would finally decide the fate of a few of the members of the class; however, the majority of the members won the title of juniors for the school year of 1950-51. At the close of the school year, the sophomores passed the half-way mark in striving for that high school diploma and were proud to be ranked as upper classmen in Edison High School. Top roiv — David Capron, Ralph Kietzman, George Jacobs, William Metz, Donald Blagg, Ray Rich, Norman Ellis, Richard Jones, Robert O’Connor, Carl Thorne, James Palmer, James Fritts, Gene King, Thomas Murray. Fourth row — Robert Jarosak, Donald Brimmer, Edwin Fronczak, Perry Pappas, Edward Daily, Arthur Kupke, William Boyden, Charles Haas, Daniel Orleck, Eric Scharf, Robert McDaniel, Everett Ford. Third row — Patricia Schlcff, Mary Ann Patterson, Dolores Leiper, Betty Thompson, Phyllis Mattingly, Janet McBride, Lois Haburjak, Alyce Forney, Mary Kirk, Blanche Lawson, Georgia George, Eleanore Miller, Imogene Owens, Connie Rush. Second row — Regina Jones, Beverly Leathurby, Sylvia Van Cleef, Nancy O’Rourke, Carolyn Olzyniak, Joan Rizzo, Bonnie Rogers, Roberta Clemens, Anna Grusak, Anita Cardenas, Delores Molnar, Thelma Mitchell, Mary Husarik, Pauline Ronk. Front roiv — Barbara Prott, Greta Duncan, Patsy Eberhardt, Rosemary Venturella, Dolores Pomaranski, Anna Mae Clark, Helen Baker, Shirley Ennis. The Edisonian of 1950 13

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JUNIOR CLASS The first of their activities for a good time as well as raising funds was a dance given after the Wirt basketball game on November 16. Another money-making project was the raffling of two Easter hams on April 5. Their next activity of the year was the annual Pre- Prom Dance which was given on May 12. On the eventful night of May 23, all juniors and seniors with their guests and faculty mem- bers had the privilege of attending the annual Junior-Senior Prom which was held at the Marquette Park Pavilion. The theme of the prom was “There’s No Tomorrow.” Members of the junior and senior classes who attended the prom enjoyed the music of Reynold Young (Continued ) and his orchestra. Especially significant to the girls were the white and pink prom programs which were very colorful. According to the opinion of many students in high school, the junior year is the most im- portant year while others think the senior year is, being the last year and filled with final ac- tivities. At any rate the juniors proved just how enthusiastic they were about their third year of school by the success and pleasure they obtained from all of their activities. When the report cards were passed out on May 25, most of the juniors became the proud possessors of the title, seniors. Top row — James Wilkins, Thomas Nolan, Joseph Nagy. John Oscar, Frank Jakich, Maurice Porlier, Robert Burnham, Robert Claussen, Paul Leathurby, Frank Pittman, Donald Kirk, Donar Teske. Third row — Kenneth Webb, Walter Kosinski, Carl Eyrich, Ralph Larson, Frank Arndt, Ronald Hatfield, Randall Riley, James McBride, Robert Munro, Howard Shaver, Sidney Hoskins. Second rozv — Lois Gledich, Emma Pedroza, Joyce Wilson, Evelyn Grishka, Julia Shaukula, Peggy Whittaker, Ida Melton, Patricia Vizena, Clara Weber, Winifred Jackson, Mardi Lee Palmateer, Darlene Homolla. Front rozv — Essie Neal, Carol Athan, Muriel Hamilton, Lillian Zack, Janet Hutson, Marian Dreyovich, Joy Blake, Anita McPhee, Jacqueline Salen. 1 5 The Edisonian of 1950