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

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Officers Charles Krupchak, president; Barbara Smith, vice-president; Bruce Swift, secretary ; Gary Ganz, treasurer. Sopl lomore Cl ass As the long summer vacation crept slowly by, the eager and anxious members of the Class of ’53 could hardly wait until the first day of their sophomore year began. Finally, it came — Sponsors Mr. Vorwald, Mrs. Brown, Mr. Snedeker. ah ! yes — that long awaited day, September 5. Having one year of experience, the sophomores felt quite self-confident and ready to participate in more school activities. Getting under way to a very quick start, the ambitious members of the class selected for their president, Charles Krupchak, who — much to their dismay — withdrew from school at the beginning of the second semester and left the position to be filled by Barbara Smith, having been elected as vice-president at the be- ginning of the year. Bruce Swift and Gary Ganz were chosen as secretary and treasurer respectively. To represent the class in the law enforcing body, the Student Council, Cynthia Morrison and Marty Faitak were chosen. Next for consideration was the selecting of their dance dates. Of the two dances allotted them, they chose December 8 and March 30. 20 The 1951 Edisonian

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7o roiv Roland Moore, Robert Jaroscak, Donald Brimmer, Edward Daily, William Met? Roland Greg- ory, Edveard Shud.ck Eric Scharf, Charles Wilkins, Gene King, Norman Ellis David Capron g Thnmac M row— Richard Jones Robert O’Connor Ray Rich, James Fritts, Daniel Orlich, Mike Haburjak Ralph KRtzman EdW ‘ n Fr0nCzak ’ Perry Pap,)as ' Robert Dayberry, Everett Ford, Donald Blagg, Charles Haas, CeVv! Orfi °R le n t, 0re Gc 2, r K ' f George. Blanche Lawson, Barbara Prott, Pauline Ronk, Connie Rush, Mary Ttus-mik S laver ’ Shirley Ennis, Delores Molnar, Imogene Owens, Sylvia Van Cleef, Nancy O’Rourke. rrV J n ' ! Rizz Janet McBride, Betty T ruett, Patsy Eberhardt, Delores Smith, Patsy Schleff, Anna May Clark Dolores I omaranski, Bonnie Rogers, Beverly Lcathurby, Rosemary Venturella R a w r °5i T Car0 r ? ,z £ liak Ro rta Clemens Anna Grusak, Anita Cardenas, Thelma Mitchell. Helen Baker, Regina Jones, Greta Duncan, Alyce Forney, Lois Haburjak. JUNIOR CLASS At the close of the Christmas convocation, exciting cheers of glee burst forth from the juniors when they learned of the arrival of their class rings, which were their insignia of upper classmen. On March 16, the juniors sponsored a Skru- Kall Game, which was a new fad of playing basketball on crash cycles. The game started with the hard fighting junior boys battling the senior boys who were in the lead at the end of the third quarter 30-26 ; but the fourth quarter consisted of spills and thrills as sixteen junior girls made plenty of landings on the floor from the cycles. The evening ended with a huge success and the East Gary Fire Department playing the Eagles Lodge in the second game. Getting in line their quota of school dances, the juniors sponsored the annual Pre-Prom Dance in the gymnasium on May 1 1 . Finally the big event of the year arrived, the date was May 22, the place was the Mar- quette Park Pavilion, and the well-known title the Junior- Senior Prom. Bill Funkey and his orchestra furnished the music, the theme was Roses,” and the pavilion was decorated accordingly. Now, at last, the juniors were very happy and proud to have reached the highest possible class-ranking in high school — seniors ! The 1951 Edisonian 19

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Top row — Dennis Anderson, Roy Claussen, George Moy, Ernest Schulze, Jack Sandlin, Thomas Szway- kowski, Robert Shoemaker, Ronald Park, Robert Vizena, Blaze Kozak, Donald Kuzma, Marty Faitak, Oral Peek. I lord row — William O Kelly, Dale Hodges, Roger Bottila, Robert Lazzaroni, Paul Henry, Richard Vizena, Richard Williams, Carl Zubeck, Nicholas Kolosci, Nancy Quinlan, Cynthia Morrison, Joan Watts, Beverly Bottila, Donna Bogden. Second row— Norma Smith, Yvonne Petruzelli, Marjorie Mize, Carol Watts, Lois Cotter, Mary Ann Tucker, Carolyn Salen, Florence Smith, Dolores Rearick, Patsy Munro, Mary Scheuer, Betty Scott. Trout roiv — Sherry Niehaus, Mary Ann Torrez, Geraldine Demo, Suzanne Anderson, Charlyne Van Cleef, Jean St. Meyers, Joan Mills, Ruth Burchardt, Lois Heck. SOPHOMORE CLASS Having originated a new dance called the “Lollipop Dance” that met with grand success during their freshman year, they followed suit again this year with the same type of dance — as this new attraction brought forth such a tremendous profit during their first year. The purpose of the dance was to collect extra funds by requiring everyone to have a lollipop in order to be admitted to the dance without hav- ing to pay a five-cent fine. Everyone who at- tended the dance came clad in jeans and had a grand time while dancing and enjoying lollipops. The sophomores did quite well in the annual inter-class tournament this year. The girls came in second by losing to the senior girls, and the sophomore boys won tbeir consolation game. On March 30, the second dance was called a “Hillbilly Hop.” The distinguishing character- istics were long, sloppy shirts and braided pig tails tied with different colored ribbons. This was quite an unusual sight to see. The gym was decorated in a hillbilly fashion, and all attending the dance had a splendid time by changing from the sophisticated routine to the unsophisticated. As the second year of high school came to a close, the sophomores were ready to advance to their third year — juniors. The 1951 Edisonian 21