Elston High School - Elstonian Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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1938-1939 Wilhelmina Munson Jennette Murphy Palmer Myran Frank Neff James Nicholas A. J. Parsons Jane Russell R. O. Schaeffer Emma Schwabenland Frances Sobesta Ralph Sellers Goldie Shepherd L. W. Smith Mildred Smith Helen Southgate H. E. Ten Harkel Ola Paul Thorne Eva Toner R. B. Troyer Cecil Wickham Berne Wineman Page Nine

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OUR FACULTY M. L. Knapp, Principal Cornelia Anderson Mildred Dahlberg Emily Davidson Mabel Engstrom Ollie Gardner Andrew Gill Ethel Elizabeth Greene James Griffin Frances Halter Merrill Hamilton John Hancock Grace Hart George lrgang Orlando Johnson Florence Kelly Elizabeth Lee Harry Long Mellie Luck Bernice Mann Sheldon Maxey Frances McConkey Delbert Miller Page Eight

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The Class of '39 ON that bright cold Monday morning of January 20, 1936, we came to Senior High, an eager throng of Freshman-Twos, occasionally lost, misdirected sometimes, marvelling at the painting in our study hall, adjusting ourselves to new classes, new situations, new teachers, and new friends. We chose as officers Betty Ann Sprague, president; Earl Miller, vice-president; and Arthur Santow, secretary-treasurer. We were not engaged in many activities for a while—most of that year was spent in studying. When our sophomore year arrived. Bill Weidner was elected president, Jim Fogle, vice-president, and Betty Peat, secretary-treasurer. Under their direction we welcomed the incoming Freshmen at a ghostly party in the study hall and gym. Epitaphs original and extraordinary were read from the tombstones of the freshman officers; Satan himself made his appearance, and a glowing skeleton shook hands with the guests in the cafeteria. Then came our junior year. Bill Weidner was reelected president, while Sam Bohlim and Beverly Frenzel assumed offices of vice-president and secretary-treasurer respectively. Under the direction of Miss Shepherd we presented a highly successful play Growing Pains with Elaine Heise and Roger Johnson heading the cast. Never shall we forget the evening of May 20, 1938. Beneath a Southern moon, past wisteria-draped lattices, we danced at the Junior Prom. Southern colonels had been created at the Banquet; a black-faced Chain Gang entertained us, and a miniature Southern mansion on the stage completed the scene, as we sang “Weep No More, My Seniors, to the departing guests. The Big Apple was another memorable feature of the evening. In September 1938 we elected Mrs. Mann and Mr. Neff faculty sponsors. Jeanette Mitchell became president (one of the few girls to hold that office), Bernard Komasinski, vice-president, and John Dale, secretary-treasurer. Soon after the school year was under way, the Elstonian staff was chosen and began their work on the 1939 year book. Because of an economic recession, great difficulty was encountered in financing that endeavor, but determined efforts achieved success at last. On April 28 under the direction of Miss Davidson we presented the play New Fires.” Clad in gray caps and gowns, in long lines we march to graduation on May 24. two hundred and twenty-nine seniors, one of the largest classes to join the alumini of M. C. H. S. Pag? Ten