Froebel High School - Steel Dust Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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October 13, 1944 STEEL DUST JOURNAL Page ? ELLEN EDUCES THAT . . . John Baranko has a Shaefer fountain pen which he values very highly, and often brags about. Mary Libassi has been wearing “pigtails” frequently to school. Janies McGee is “full of conceit” since he is on the front line of the foot- ball squad. Mrs. Jones and Miss Southwick were absent from school because of colds. Colds are catching people early this year. Beaux are very handy to have around (to wear in your hair). Mr. Knesek has been sacrificing hi 3:15 “free hour” to help Mrs. Welsh set up the printing press so The Steel Dust Journal can be produced. Olga Belkow wears a gold identifica- tion bracelet which she got for her birth- day. On the back it says “from Ida.” Angeline Rameriz dreams of “frog- skins” since she is temporary business manager of The Steel Dust Journal. A debate class has been organized in Froebel. The Froebel cheering section at foot- ball games is very small. Miss Beall has introduced a riew game, called speedball, to the girls’ gym classes. Dorothy Marasky and Dorothy Ki- fela wore skirts and sweaters just alike recently. Mary Zeheralis has blue eyes. Dimitrois may be “Greek” to you, but to Jim Thomas, it’s his name. Miss Gohdcs can’t get her second year typing class to follow’ directions. Ann Suglove is hall guard in front of the auditorium the seventh hour. When football tickets are being sold, it only takes two minutes to get a line of fifty people, but when it comes to subscriptions, it’s a different story. Mr. McAllister has some clock- watchers in his 12:15 economics class. They are the ones who have one o’clock lunch. Veronica Zimmerman wore a dress with seven buttons on it. Mr. Cusmano postponed the test in bookkeeping instead of giving it on Monday. Pop’s on ice. But, we can’t find Mom! Report cards are out this week. Viola Schmitt visited the journalism class, and also attended the F. B. C. meeting, and talked about the WAVES. She sang three lovely songs for the mem- bers of the F. B. C. Gloria Gonan: “They all laughed when I sat down at the piano—someone had removed the bench!” FROEBEL’S BAND What’s w’rong with the Froebel Band ? Why don’t they march to our football games like the bands from the other schools? Those are the questions that the students in Froebel School are asking. Hearing „those questions, we sent one of our reporters to interview Mr. Resur, the school’s maestro. After asking him several questions, he an- swered that there has been somewhat of a difficulty—a majority of the members did not have band at the concert hour. Therefore, last W’eek, Mrs. Fezko c! ar.ged as many programs as possible. Now the other big problem is to get a substitute, Mr. Teeter, to take Mr. Brilla’s place. A new formation is all planned, and the only thing for the band to do is to practice until they are perfect. New members on the band are: Rudy Alabach, Steve Badylak, Theo- dore Berbas, Mike Kowaliw’ich, Irene Slovenka, George Servin, Martin Reyis, Anthony Pampalone, Frank Miccoles, George Kozaitis and Augustine Leone. Others who have helped keep up the fame of Froebel from the preceding years are: Seymour Abrams, Saverio Amatuli, David Ballerino, James Blat- sion's. Irene Bollog, Bill Chalos, Louis Chukney. Betty Cidulka, Jimmy Cou- gias. Herbert Cox, George Daicoff, Ray- mond Dian, Edw'in Gajewski. Jimmy Kotevich, Rose Kotlaroff, Bill Mamel- son, Babe Massa, Francis Medved, Manual Nova, Gasperine Pampalone, Peter Petroff, Steve Pipas, Gus Poulos, .Albe t Roscoe, Dean Thomas, Cather- ine Vaselog, Joan Gadbury, Nick Ma- gurean, Charles Odar, Dan Pavlop. Phil Peterzak, Arsinia Sanchez, Joan Ward. Helen Markovich, Ivt Yates, Fanny Blasioris, Joe Casko, Gloria Kir- la, Chris Zeheralis, Bernard Ruza, Ru- ben Hernandez, Philip Kanales, Alex Marco, Mervin Trinosky, Jack Stevens and Albert Tich. • Be sure to save all your copies of STEEL DUST JOURNAL for binding at the end of the year. ELECTION OUTCOME After two weeks of hesitation the Alpha G. A. A. members elected the following girls to office: Betty Ci- dulka, social chairman; Fanny Blat- sioris, handball; Vicky Kyros, bowling, and Joan Miccolis, badminton and deck tennis. Handball now is in session. Here’s wishing the newly elected chairmen luck with their new ventures! CO ED BIG SUCCESS The lights were low and the music was slow when the Alpha G. A. A. Co- Ed started this season. Some of the stu- dents wanted Co-Ed to start the first week of school. Imagine! Gosh! We didn’t even have any records or lights, so we got B-U-S-Y. We were going simply crazy, shopping downtown, get- ting the gym ready and telling all the Alpha G. A. A.’s about coming to Co- F.d. Then came the night Co-Ed was to start. The committee got there at 6:30 and had the cloakroom and the gym ready. At 7 on the dot we started the Victrola. Students began to pour in, or should we say, the girls began to pour in. Finally, by 7130, some boys came, and by 8 we had 107 persons present. Many freshmen came (who said they were green?) and asked us to teach them to dance. Boy! Are they fast learners! Then came 9 o’clock, and it seemed as if Co-Ed had just begun. The lights were out and everyone left. Co-Ed is an Alpha G. A. A. project and w'as started several years ago. The main purpose of Co-Ed is to get the boys and girls to dancing together and keep them off the streets. It has been sug- gested to us that we have refreshments at Co-Ed. So w’e are going to try to have them for the next Co-Ed, which probably will be next Tuesday. We also intend to have mixers and Grand Marches at Co-Ed. We don’t know- how it will turn out, but we hope for the best. And we also hope that all Alpha G. A. A.’s will come to Co-Ed from now- on? . . . OK? STELLA DEMOS, Co-Ed Chairman. THE BETA G. A. A. The Beta G. A. A. now is in readi- ness for its social and athletic activities. Many ideas soon will materialize. The n'embers are eager to make this year a bang-up year for success. We wish to achieve much and with the full co-oper- ation of everyone our goal should be easily reached. Freshman girls arc urged to hurry and earn their required 100 points to be eligible for admittance into the Beta G. A. A. This fall there are various sports in w’hich one may participate, such as handball, paddle tennis, horseshoe and tennis. Surely some of these sports should- fit your individual likes. As yet there aren’t many Freshmen participat- ing in these sports. What is the matter, Freshmen? We want you in our organ- ization ; in fact, every girl in high eshool should be a member of the G. A. A. Come o.., T.whmen, and all you other girls who are ont in the Beta G. A. A.

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Ptxge 6 STEEL DUST JOURNAL October 13, 1944 JOKES Colonel Stoopnagle’s Daffynitions Brief steak: What you get at the butch- er’s these days. Brigadear: A female officer of the mili- tary. Cashualty: Dead broke. Idollartry: Excessive attachment to dough. Bargument: Discussion with one foot on the brass rail. Scoff spring: A child who doesn't think that his parents are so hot. Madsltipman: A sailor who doesn't get shore leave. Czargeant: A three-striped despot of the Army. Sprinster: Cltastc but chased. Correspurndent: She won’t answer your letters. 1 owe a great deal to that lady. “Your mother?” No, my landlady.” “My brother takes up French, Span- ish, Scotch, English, Swedish, Hebrew, and Italian. My word! Where does he study? “Study? He don’t study. He runs an elevator.” “What’s the matter?” “Why, I sold an article on ‘Fresh Milk’ and the editor condensed it. One teacher was so boring in her classes that two empty seats got up and walked out. A closet is a place where a girl keeps most of her clothes when she is dressed up. PO: “Chief, there is an applicant here who said he used to make his liv ing by sticking his right arm into a lion’s mouth.” OPO: “Interesting. What's his name ?” PO: “Lefty.” Use Lumbo Soap. Doesn’t lather, doesn't bubble, doesn’t clean. Its just company in the tub. Josephine’s JMom: “Josephine, ain’t that soldier never goin’ home?” Josephine: “He says he’s in the com- mandos. Mom, and he’s gotta wait ’till dawn.” £OYS” Boys are what girls marry! Boys have two hands, two feet, and sometimes two girls, but never more than one dollar or one idea. Like paper books, they are all made of the same material; the only difference is some are better disguised than others. Generally speaking, they may be di- vided into three classes: husbands, bach- elors, and widowers. A bachelor is a negligible mass of obstinacy entirely sur- rounded by suspicion. Husbands are three types: prizes, surprises, and conso- lation prizes. Making a husband out of a man is one of the highest forms of plastic sur- gerv known to civilization. It requires science, sculpture, common sense, faith. hope, and charity . . . mostly charity. If you flatter a man, you frighten him to death. If you don’t, you bore him to death. If you permit him to make love to you. he gets tired of you: and if you don’t, he gets tired of you, any way. If you wear gay colors, rouge and a startling hat, he hesitates to take you out, if you wear a little brown beret arid a tailor-made suit, he takes you out and stares all evening at a woman in gay colors, rouge and a startling hat! If you are the clinging vine type, he doubts whether you have a brain. If you are a modern, advanced, intelligent girl, he doubts whether you have a heart. If you are silly, he longs for a bright mate. If you are brilliant and intellec- tual. he longs for a play mate. A boy is just a worm in the dust. He comes along, wiggles around for a while, and finally some chicken gets him. (Do the boys have an answer to this one!) So. A girl is a maid, A maid is a servant. A servant is a serf, A serf is a vassal. A vessel is a yacht, Yachts are expensive things! What do you think girls.are? After a sailor had followed two girls for sev eral blocks, one of them turned to h:fi and ''aid: You stop following us. or else—” “Or else what?” asked the sailor. , “Or else get another sailor.” replied the girl. “There they arc, sir. now what? Priority on Sugar? (This romantic tale was formulated in the mind of one of the students as she peered into the candy case at our Froe- bel Drugs.) Baby Ruth and Big Yiuik walked the City Blocks in a Blizzard to buy a Milk Shake. His Tootsie Roll, a blond little ll'liiz. was really a Malteser. She was Smooth Sailing along and suddenly spied Jolly Jack. “Oh. Henry!” exclaimed Baby Rath, “here comes my Dream Man.” He knows eveyrthing from 1 to l.” Big Yank was getting furious— “That Snicker is nothing but a Butter Vinner—the old Fluff. I’ll teach the big Ham—taking away my Big Bonus. Come here and take your Honest Square. Big Yank gave Jolly Jack a Mi'ky Whip but Big Yank got a few bW- k Wbikers and was knocked into Mars. This almost put him on the Milky Way. Jolly Jack gave Big Yank his Ration Bar and took Baby Ruth by the arm and said, “Let’s take the Charleston Chew- Chew and go to the Log Cabin for an Honest Square meal.” Really, they had fun! You should have seen them do the Tango. Baby Ruth had a Denver Sandwich and a Seven-Up. “I am Affectionately Yours. Tootsie Roll.” exclaimed Baby Ruth. She Snicker-ed, “Don’t make a Mound- urn out of a mole hill—what would my husband, Clark, say to this? Angie Elmas: “If I marry you, Rudy, will you let me keep my job at the office? Rudy Alaback: “Will I let you? Dearest, I am depending on it!” Artemis: “Hev. looking for a man? Stella: “Yes. Artemis: “Do you want me to dig you up a few?” Stella: “No: I want a live one.” Nurse: “Deep breathing, you under- stand, destroys microbes.” A. Terek: “But nurse, how can I force them to breathe deeply?” ATTENTION!! ATTENTION!! WHAT’S THIS WE HEAR ABOUT A “BOW-WEEK” ' COMING TO FROEBEL???

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 Pagr 8 Hello Khaki, hello Blue, Hello Marines, and Seabees, too. Just a line from us to say. Send some service news our way. —Angie and Ann. Alter completing her WAVE (root training at Hunter College. New York, and a four weeks' course in nursing at Bethseda, Maryland, Viola Schmitt, HA 2 C. came home for a seven-day leave. She has been in the singing platoon and has done quite a lot of solo work at Bethseda. While at Hunter College. Viola met four other alumni of Froebcl who were also receiving WAVE train- ing. They were Amelia Real, Mary Garcia, Mrs. Ed Barney, the former Helen Feczko, and Dalcne Gladdis. The next stop for Hospital Apprentice Schmitt will be Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she expects to con- tinue with her singing and also gain nursing experience. Pfc. Nick Kostas is now in the Southwest Pacific with the 8ist Engi- neering Division. Corp. Tom Apostol has added a new star to his Southwest Pacific cam- paign ribbon. It is for his participation in the New Guinea campaign, where he has been stationed with the Air Trans- port Command. Tom has made trips to Port Moresby, Buna, Saidor and Fen- schafen by plane. Tom has been in the Army for two years and has received a good conduct medal. Jimmy Thomas has been accepted in the Army Air Corps Enlisted Reserve for air combat crew training. Jimmy was accepted by the Chicago Board of CAP. Weaing the Distinguished Flying Cross and the air medal with five oak leaf clustrs, Staff Sergeant Jack Matau. tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator, is home on furlough. Jack has seen action over the Plocsti oil fields, Bucharest, Buda- pest. Vienna, Sofia, Regensburg, over the French invasion coast, and over Ber- lin. He has been in the Army two years and has been on 50 missoins. He flew on three misisons on D-Day. After his furlough, Jack will be sent to a redistri- bution center at Miami, Florida. Pvt. Alfonso Navarro is stationed at Camp Stewart, Georgia, where he is faking his basic training. Alfonso is in the anti-aircraft division and has become interested in target practice. “Mongo” likes the Army a lot, but he has’only one complaint, every time he gets a pass it either rains or he is put on K. P. She isn’t a WAC. She isn’t a WAVE. But she is a WOW!! STEFL DUST JOURNAL SERVICE NEWS Tom Ristoif, S 2 C, writes from somewhere in the Admiralty Islands. Tommy is in the construction battalion, and he works long hours at hard physi- cal labor. When he is through building in the Admiralties, Tom expects to move on. Tom says that the islands are made up of heat and mud. Thanks for the pictures you sent, Tom, because we all enjoyed them. Albert Jocius, S i C, is in the Ha- seems most of the Seabees spend their seems most of the Seabbees spend their time constructing quonset huts. “They are houses made of tin and are shaped half round so that flying debris from bombs will glance off.” A1 has been enjoying his stay in the islands and says that Honolulu is a fairy land. Pfc. Manuel Santos of the Marine Air Group, somewhere in the Southwest Pacific, tells us some news we thought we’d pass on. Ernest Kish now is quali- fied as a paratrooper. Steve Bacevar was home on furlough recently, and is stationed in Newport, Arkansas. Man- uel has been out of the country for quite a while, but seems to be doing all right'for himself in the South Pacific. “1 like the shy, demure girls,” ob- served a sailor; “you know . . . the kind you have to whistle at twice!” Pfc. Manuel Saetas has been serving in France since June. His letters de- scribe the natives of France as being very happy. Manuel and some of his soldier friends had an interesting French meal which consisted of eggs, roast pork, wine, cider, and bread with jam. The following day. the French woman in- vited them back and they had roast chicken. The American soldiers repaid the hfamiiv by giving them American cigarettes, for which the French were very grateful. Gal: “Fresh! Who told you you could kiss me?” Cadet: “Oh, all my friends.” Pvt. Victor Popa is located at Fort George Meade, Maryland, a replace- ment center. Vic has traveled exten- sively, having been at camps in Iowa, Montana, California and Maryland. Vic recently met Walter Chelovich, who was last heard from at' Indiana Univer- sity. He tells us that his old pal, Harry Thanos, has left for the Pacific theater. From various sources we have learned that Bruno Cortina, Ed Ticzku- nas„ Tony Zaragosa and Eugene Rod- riques are in France. ■ October 13. 1944 Pfc. Edward Barney is serving with the Ordnance Depot Company now in Hawaii. Ed says, “Hawaii would be all right in peace time, but now it j doesn’t seem like much because there aren’t very mayn Americans, but as for J scenic beauty, it’s really wonderful; es- 1 pecially those Hawaiian nights, they j sure bring back memories.” Ed had his ' basic training at Camp Forrest, Tennes- i see, and was married there in May. Ed was sent overseas in June. Pvt. Senen Lopez now has a new address: 3rd Airdrome Squadron, APO , 321, c o Postmaster, San Francisco. Calif. Senen has served in New Guinea for 20 months. He says he’s run out of news to tell. Pvt. John Huerta of the paratroop ers is at Fort Bennign, Georgia. John hopes to qualify as a “jumper” but the training is long and rigid. Let’s hope that John doesn’t forget to pull the rip- cord ! George Sarich, SC 3 C, and Robert Dumay, S ic, recently completed an- othe rtrip, but did not have time for a visit to Gary. STORY OF THE MORON'S GHOST He is lonesome because he never goes around with any body. His favorite magazine is the Satur- day Evening Ghost. His favorite smoke is Old Ghouls. His favorite occupation is making rimless glasses with invisible lenses. His favorite reading material is be- tween the lines of the unwritten law. His favorite food is Ghost Toasties, evaporated milk and doughnut holes. His favorite cosmetic is vanishing cream. He is the little man who wasn’t there! WHY TEACHERS GET GRAY The following incident is only one of many which should show you why teach- ers get gray early and often. Mary Smith (name fictitious for ob- vious reasons) was absent from her Eng- lish classes for three days. On returning to school, Mary gave a note, supposedly written by her mother, to her teacher, Miss Southwick. The note was full of apologies for Mary’s absence, and stated that Mary had had a temperature of 130 degrees. But ! ! ! Mary slipped up. The nurse, Mrs. McCroskey, tells us that at a temperature of 106 degrees, one should be dead. Now do you see why teachers get gray? ??????? SERVICEMEN!!! NOTIFY US OF ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS