Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1946 volume:

THE 19 4 6 REFLECTOR PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS OF GRIFFITH HIGH SCHOOL GRIFFITH, INDIANA ROLL OF HONOR s ' . DEDICATED TO THE FOLLOWINC MEMBERS OF CRIFF(TH HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAVE ENTERED THE ARMED FORCES OF OUR COUNTRY DEDICATION We hereby dedicate this annual to ’ those members and graduates of Griffith High School who served in World War II. ■AW f.iftA, GRIFFITH SCHOOL In this, the 1946 Reflector of Griffith High School, the annual staff, representing the senior class, has attempted to picture our school, its teachers, students and their activities. ( 3 ) SCHOOL ANNUAL A memento of school days ' golden hour, Keeping memory as fresh as dew, School day reflections resound from each leaf, Echoing forever anew. Picturing clearly the friends through the years, The activities of each class; Recalling to mind a fast fading thought, Concerning a laddie or lass. The rooms where wisdom seemed always to roam, The halls where new friendships grew old, The trophy case showing the victory cups, Each one worth its weight in pure gold. Renewing visions of faculty true, To duties throughout the school term; The favorite ones, so dear to the young, Whose methods were gentle, yet firm. Memories of school days enrich the years, As we journey the paths of life, Keeping hands touching across the long miles, Though wandering far in the strife. Mrs. Weldon (Eula) Turner THIS IS THE WAY WE GO TO SCHOOL Just Posing. Chemistry Class. Watch Your Fingers. Geometrical Wizards. ( 6 ) Business Training. What ' s Cookin ' ? Any Bonds Today? No Man Shortage Here! ( 7 ) Bookstore Line. Panther Press on Sale. Baton Twirlers What Would We Do Without Them? Come and Get It! Dining Room Band Practice. Milk Sale. Is There Room for Me? Between Class Stampede. ( 8 ) Are You Listening? Play Ball Gathered for Convo. What a Face! Attention! The Tip-off. Hep to the Jive! Tense Moment. Donna Ooms, Queen of the Lettermen ' s Club. Is He Serious? Homeward Bound. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Isn ' t it fun? Story Hour, a service of the Library Club. ELEMENTARY FACULTY STANDING: Miss Lorraine Lankford, Mrs. Blanche Strauche, Mr. Elmer Dunbar, Principal; Miss Elsie Wadsworth, Mrs. Helen Rist. _ , SEATED: Mrs. Bernice Walker, Mrs. Linda Owen, Mrs. Margaret Oldham, Mrs. Bonnie Franklin, Mrs. Carolyn Gerhart, Mrs. Edith Parsons. Our Kindergarte n Junior Red Cross Officers. SCHOOL BOARD Seated: Arthur W. Go vert, President; Ralph J. Dixon, Treas- urer; John E. Baker, Superint- endent. Standing: Clarence R. Davis, Attorney; William O. Rist, Sec- retary. Mr. John E. Baker, Superintendent of Schools. Mr. J. Lee Owens, High School Principal. ( 12 ) Miss Martha Nash Girls Counsellor Miss Phyllis Medsker, Clerk to High School Principal and Mrs. Georgia Hendrickson, Secretary to Superintendent. OFFICE ASSISTANTS First Row (top): Miriam Penning, Lorraine Schmidt, Dorothy Greenwell, Dolores Govert. Second Row: Mary Jo Conn, Jeannine Lowery, Dick Moore, Mona Kerr, Evelyn Boeger. Third Row: Rose Marie Ram- berg, Margie Spitz, Lois Kuiper, Shirley Bonnem. ( 13 ) HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY STANDING: Mr. Dewey Bennett, Mr. Elmer Dunbar, Miss Dorothy Moelhmcin, Mr. Arth r Singleton, Mr. Richard Lcne, Miss Mary Dhonau, Mr. Carl Sanders, Miss Allie Englebright, Mr, Carl Yates, Mrs. Eulala Cook, Mr. C. L. Wilson, Mr. Fred Ritenour. SEATED: Mrs. Dorothy Blum, Miss Mabel Meeks, Miss Martha Nash Mr. Lee Owens, Mr. John Bc-ker, Miss Jane Henry. Miss Helen Wright, Mrs. Lula Faulkenburg. Baker, John E. Superintendent A. B. DePauw University (English) M. A. University of Minnesota Owens, J. Lee Principal of the High School B. S. Ball State Teachers College (Coaching) M. S. Purdue University Nash. Martha E. Girl ' s Counseler B. S. Ball State Teachers College (Commerce) M. A. Ball State Moelhman, Dorothy Marie Library and Latin A. B. Siena Heights College Meeks, Mabel E. Vocal Music A. B. Central Normal College Cook, Eulala Home Economics B. S. Indiana State Teachers College M. S. University of Chicago Wright, Helen G. Business Education A. B. Central Normal College M.S. Northwestern Nniversity Henry, Jane Spanish, English A. B. Butler University Singleton. A. J. Band Director B. P. S. M. Indiana University Dunbar, Elmer Elementary Principal, Arithmetic B. S. Central Normal College Ritenour, Fred C. Industrial Arts B. S. Purdue University M. S. Butler University Wilson. C. L. English A. B. Central Normal College Bennett. Dewey Science A. B. Sterling College B. S. Kansas State College M. A. University of Wyoming Yates, Carl W. Social Studies, Football, Baseball B. S. St. Louis University Englebright. Allie Physical Education B. S. Purdue University Lane. Richard K. Physical Education, Social Studies B. S. Purdue Uuiversity Sanders. Carl L. Physical Education, Basketball B. S. Central Normal College Indiana University Faulkenburg, Lula Davis Mathematics A. B. Ball State Teachers College M. S. Indiana University University of Chicago Dhonau. Mary Kathryn English, Social Studies B. S. Indiana University Blum. Dorothy E. English B. S. Indiana University ( 14 ) c L A S S E S SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Standing: Don Hill, President; Geneva Yates, Secretary; Vance Brown, Vice President; Baird Hutchins, Treasurer. Seated: Mr. C. L. Wilson and Miss Helen Wright, Sponsors. Griffith High School should be proud of its Class of 1946. Not only because of its size should it be so but also because this class is the first to graduate under the North Central Association. This Senior Class of ours has 81 mem- bers — the largest in the history of Griffith High School. We owe much to the able Sponsors we have had in all of our four years who have done their utmost to guide us in the best way possible. We appreciate their efforts even through at times they might not have thought we did. We ' ve had a lot of fun in our years at G.H.S. and we hope that the rest of the classes will be able to say as much. We will more than likly never forget our Junior-Senior Prom at Lincolnshire nor the scrumtious Junior Banquet at Tiebel ' s. Memories like that are hard to forget. In our class this year we have six boys, who were formerly in the Armed Forces, who have passed their General Education Development test and are now entitled to receive their diplomas with us. They are; Ted Hansen, Martime Service; Garrett Eriks, Army; George Evenson, Army; Paul Schaefer, Army; Charles Kissinger, Navy and Jim Dugger, Navy. So, with the best of luck and the hope of a bright and Cheery future to you all, we say good-bye to our happy years at good old Griffith School. ETHEL ADDINGTON Horace Mann, Girl ' s Club; Panther Press ESTEL AKINS Panther Press RICHARD ALLEN Panther Press WILLIAM ALLEN Lew Wallace, R.O.T.C., Rifle Team; Baseball, Reflector, Tower Room Mystery DONA BALLARD Forest Prince , G. A. A. EVELYN BOEGER Lena, Illinois, Band, G.A.A.; Red Cross, Girl ' s Club, Office Assistant MARVIN BOERSMA Football, Aviation Club, Letterman ' s, Track SHIRLEY BONNEM Evanston High, Pan Amer- ican Club; Panther Press, Office Assistant, Tower Room Mystery VANCE BROWN Band, Honor Society, Sen- ior Vice President, Grandma Gets Going, Aviation Club, Tower Room Mystery JAMES CLINE Aviation Club BETTY COLBY Glee Club, Hall Monitor, Stage Crew MARY JO CONN G.A.A., Band, Panther Press, Reflector, Office Assistant, Tower Room Mystery ( 17 ) RUBY CUTSINGER Girl ' s Club BEVERLY DEWITT Girl ' s Club KATHERINE DITTRICH Student Council, Reflector, Grandma Gets Going , G.A.A. Honor Society, Panther Press, Hall Monitor, Tower Room Mystery RONALD DIXON Forest Prince, Enchant- ed Isle, Grandma Gets Going Jerry of Jerico Road, Up in the Air, Aviation Club, Football, Lettermen ' s, Tower Room Mystery MARY ANN DOMSIC Enchanted Isle. Girl ' s Club MARVIN DUBOIS Morgan Park Military Academy R.O.T.C. Caval- ry; Avi ation Club CORNELIUS ERIKS Highland Christian School, Basketball, Base- ball. JOHN ERIKS Highland Christian School, Baseball. HARRY GILBERT Horace Mann, Electron Club, Victory Council, Re- flector, Student Council, Honor Society DOLORES GOVERT Sophomore Treasurer, G. A.A., Football Queen cf 194S, Press Club, Reflect- or, Office Assistant. DOROTHY GREENWELL Sophomore and Junior Secretary, Grandma Gets Going, Panther Press, G. A.A., Office Assistant, Press Club, Tower Room Mystery JAMES HALL Forest Prince, Enchant- ed Isle, Basketball Football. ( 18 ) HAROLD HARTWIG Grandma Gets Going, Track, Basketball, Letter- men ' s, Aviation Club, Tower Room Mystery HERBERT HEISLER Calumet High School, Chicago A.C.C.L., Cheer Leader, R.O.T.C.; Panther Press, Aviation Club Tower Room Mystery DONALD HILL Basketball Manager, Hon- or Society, Student Coun- cil, Golf, Lettermen ' s, Chair Squad Baseball, Re- flector, Senior President, Tower Room Mystery EVELYN HORINCHUK Forest Prince, Ench- anted Isle. Up in the Air, Red Cross, Jerry of Jerico Road Girl ' s Club ROBERT HUMERICKHOUSE Football Manager, Letter- men ' s, Baseball Manager BAIRD HUTCHINS Senior Treasurer, Reflect- or, Football, Baseball, Basketball, Lettermen ' s, Panther Press, Grandma Gets Going, Band, Tow- er Room Mystery DORIS JANSEN Student Council, Glee Club, Hall Monitor, G.A.A., Band Bill JANSEN Basketball, Football, Base- ball, Lettermen ' s JERRY JOHNSON Football, Band. Letter- men ' s, Grandma Gets Going BOB KRAHN Glee Club, Aviation Club SIDNEY KORZENIEWSKI LOIS KUIPER Grandma Gets Going, Office Assistant, Girl ' s Club, Football Queen att- endant. (IS) NICHOLAS LAICH Basketball. ISIDORE LOEPKER JOAN LOLKEMA Highland Christian School, Glee Club, Softball, Girl ' s Club CHARLES LONG Football, Student Council, Lettermen ' s, Track NORMA LUKMANN Horace Mann, Latin Club, G.A.A.; Office Assistant, Panther Press JAMES MATTINGLY Band LURA MCFARLAND RICHARD MCVEY Basketball, Lettermen ' s, Track, Band, Golf, Base- ball, Panther Press, Stud- ent Council, Tower Room Mystery” MERRILL MEAD Football, Honor Society, Lettermen ' s, Panther Press PHYILLIS MEZYDLO Office Asistant, Panther Press, Student Council ROBERT MILLER EVELYN MOORE Glee Club, Girl ' s Club ( 20 ) RICHARD MOORE Sophomore and Junior Vice President, Basketball, Golf, Football, Track, Let- termen ' s, Chair Squad, Re- flector, Prom King, Stud- ent Council WILLIAM PATTERSON Football Manager, Panther Press, Lettermen ' s, Band. MIRIAM PENNING Red Cross, Forest Prince Hall Monitor, Cheer Lead- er, Office Assistant, G.A. A., Football Queen Attend- ant, Tower Room Myst- ery ARTHUR PLANERT Basketball, Football, Pan- ther Press, Track, Letter- men ' s, Sophomore Pres. Golf, Student Council, Glee Club NEDRA QUEEN Forest Prince, G.A. A. Enchanted Isle MARY REYNOLDS G.A.A., Band SHIRLEY ROSENAU Forest Prince, Ench- anted Isle, Up in the Air, G.A. A., Red Cross, Grandma Gets Going, Prom Queen, Honor Soc- iety, Panther Press, Re- flector,, Tower Room My- stery PAT RUBLE Forest Prince, Panther Press, Band, Honor Soc- iety, Hall Monitor, Baton Twirler, G.A. A., Tower Room Mystery JOHN SCHAEFER Football, Lettermen ' s, Junior President, Student Council, Panther Press LORRAINE SCHMIDT Grandma Gets Going , Football Queen attentant. Band, Tower Room My- stery , Glee Club, G.A. A. Prom Chairman, Panther Press, Office Assistant HELEN SCHUSTER Forest Prince, Ench- anted Isle, Up in the Air, G.A. A., Grandma Gets Going, Panther Press, Honor Society, Tower Room Mystery HELEN SCHWEITZER G.A.A., Band ( 21 ) VIRGINIA SEWELL Horace Mann, Girl ' s Club; Glee Club, Panther Press. ALFRED SIKORA Football, Letterman ' s GENE SMITH Basketball, Letterman ' s, Football, Baseball, Track, Chair Squad, Glee Club, Freshman Vice President. DICK SPITZ Student Council, Football, Letterman ' s, Grandma Gets Going , Junior Treas- urer, Chair Squad, Glee Club. MARGIE SPITZ Enchanted Isle, Up in the Air, Grandma Gets Going, Cheer Leader, Panther Press, Football Queen Attendant, Office Assistant, G. A. A., Tower Room Mystery. DON SWINGLER Basketball, Letterman ' s Baseball, Football, Chair Squad, Freshman Treas- urer. JOANNE TURLEY Student Council, Girl ' s Club, Band, Freshman Secretary. CASEY VAN TIL Highland Christian School, Baseball, Band. MILDRED WALTER Boswell High School, Booster Club, Baseball, 4-H Club, Operetta, Glee Club, Band, Orchestra, Girl ' s Club. TOM WELCH Football, Basketball, Letterman ' s, Chair Squad. GENEVA YATES Grandma Gets Going, Band, Panther Press, Sen- ior Secretary, Tower Room Mystery HELEN YOTHMENT Grandma Gets Going, G. A. A.. Panther Press, Football Queen Attendant. Tower Room Mystery . ( 22 ) SENIOR CLASS WILL LAST WILL AND TESTEMENT of the CLASS of 46 In leaving this will, we, the Seniors of 1946, sin- cerely hope that it will be accepted in good humor. I, Ethel Addington, do hereby will my ability to go steady to Mary Ann Mitchell. 1, Estel Akins, do hereby will my athletic ability to Pat Woods. I, Richard Allen, do hereby will my quietness to Jim Parsons. I, William Allen, do hereby will my intramural bask- etball ability to Big Jase Dittrich. 1, Ray Augenstine, do hereby will my seat in Gover- nment to anyone who has a strong enough const- itution to withstand the thumb-tacks which are con- stantly protruding from it. I, Dona Ballard, do hereby will my ability to go after men to Betty Cullison. I, Evelyn Boeger, do hereby will my ability to get along with all the teachers to Bob Long. 1, Marvin Boersma. do hereby will my powerful build to Fox Walters. 1. Shirley Bonnem, do hereby will my weight to Alice Conn. I, Vance Brown, do hereby will my position as president of the Wicker Park Spotter ' s Club to Ervy Christenson. 1, James Cline, do hereby will my last dying interest in Charlotte Miller to James Cline. 1, Betty Colby, do hereby will my job at the Ken Ridge Drug Store to anyone who can keep an eye on the juvinile delinquents. I, Mary Jo Conn, do hereby will my quietness to Arlene Jansen I, Ruby Cutsinger, do hereby will my love for the Navy to Pat Blackaby. I, Beverly DeWitt, do hereby will my diamond ring to Helen Wolotka. I, Katherine Dittrich, do hereby will my way with bashful football captains to Pat Sena. 1, Ronald Dixon, do hereby will my swoony croonin to Biff Postema. 1, Mary Ann Domsic. do hereby will my ability to match colors to freshman girls. 1, Cornelius Eriks, do hereby will my ability to run the machines in the shop to Bill Bannon. 1, John Eriks, do hereby will my interest in chem- istry experiments to anyone who wants a good reason to stay out of school. 1, Harry Gilbert, do hereby will my ability to write love notes in class to Brad Horvath. 1, Dolores Govert, do hereby will my ability to keep from flirting with all the boys to Beverly Barth. I, Dorothy Greenwell. do hereby will my ability to get along with Bill Johnson to Shirley Yates. I, Marjorie Grimmer, do hereby will my secret of how to go after a man and get him to pop the question to nobody. I, James Hall, do hereby will my height and my long black hair to Zeke Cox. I, Harold Hartwig. do hereby will my track ability to Tom O ' Rourke. I, Herb Heisler. do hereby will my super-powerful glasses to anyone who might need them to re- feree basketball games. I, Don Hill, do hereby will my wavy hair to Jerry Thompson and my place in the Yogi column to June Gaffney. I, Evelyn Horinchuk. do hereby will my ability to carry a tune to Mary Ann Galik. I, Bob Humerickhouse, do hereby will my six years of perfect attendence to Audry Peters. 1, Bill Jansen, do hereby will my rugged cave-man build to Ervin Swede Nelson. I, Jerry Johnson, do hereby will my winning per- sonality to Bill Jelleff. 1, Bob Krahn. do hereby will my ability in math- ematics to Arnold Spilly. I, Sidney Korzeniewski, do hereby will my long last name to Glenn Hill. (23J 1, Nick Laich, do hereby will my golfing ability to Ray Benjamin. I, Isidore Leopker. do hereby will my way with women to Lester Govert. I, Charles Long, do hereby will my ability to go with out of town women to Zeke Cox. 1, Norma Lukman, do hereby will my ability to keep quiet in Physics class to the Junior boys. I, Angeline Manigrasso. do hereby will my shortness to Pauleen Homer. I, James Mattingly, do hereby will my choice be- tween joining the Navy and going to school to Dean McDonald. I, Lura McFarland do hereby will my quietness to Jeanine Lowery. 1, Richard McVey, do hereby will my height to Dickie Walker and my seat at the Govert resid- ence to Brad Horvath I, Merrill Mec.d, do hereby will my ability to stay away from girls to any of next year ' s promising athletes. I, Phyllis Mezydlo. do hereby will my ability to get good grades to Dick Sury. I, Robert Miller, do hereby will my ability to argue in Modern Problems Class and get away with it to Edwin Massa. I, Evelyn Moore, do hereby will my seat on the school bus, which is always taken any way, to Gloria Donahue. I, Richard Moore, do hereby will my place on the Football team to Buck Wills and my girl to Jim Trost. I, William Patterson, do hereby will my ability to stay in Band to Denis Ribordy. 1, Miriam Penning, do hereby will my cheerleading ability to lmogene Brown. I, Arthur Planert, do hereby will my bottle of Champay with Bill Kinzie each night at Ada ' s to Dolly Mattingly. I, Nedra Queen, do hereby will my place as chap- erone to my sister around school to Leland Chalfant. I, Mary Reynolds, do hereby will my athletic ability to Shirley Paulus. 1, Shirley Rosenau, do hereby will my interest in the Army to Elderene Smith. I, Patricia Ruble, do hereby will by ability to hold my man to Shirley Yates. I, John Schaefer, do hereby will my place at the Penning residence to the first two-year old boy who falls for Karen. I, Lorraine Schmidt, do hereby will my job in the Office to any Junior girl. I, Helen Schuster, do hereby will my red hair to Alice Cartwright. I, Helen Schweitzer, do hereby will my ability to work with hair to Jerry Thompson. I, Virginia Sewell, do hereby will my dark hair to Lorris Eriks. I, Alfred Sikora, do hereby will my ability to go after girls as soon as football season is over to Buck Wills. I, June Smith, do hereby will my slenderness to Barbara Stahoviak. I, Gene Smith, do hereby will my all cround athletic ability to John Dilts. 1, Dick Spitz, do hereby will m so .se of humor, roudiness, and good clean jokes to Bob Dunbar. I, Margie Spitz, do hereby will my beautiful singing voice to Alice Cartwright. I, Don Swingler, do hereby will my baseball ability to no one for I ' ll need it when I play for the Cubs. I, Joanne Turley, do hereby will my ability to keep and be faithful to one m an to Joan Hilbrich. I, Tom Welch, do hereby will my seat at the U.N.O. to Flash Dutton. I, Geneva Yates, do hereby will my sweet dis- position and cool temper to Marion Yoder. 1, Helen Yothment, do hereby will my cheerleading to Marilyn Myers. SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY by Geneva Yales As I look into the future Each Senior I can see. I may be wrong and I may be right. But here’s how it looks to me. Katie Dittrich is teaching Which Schuster thinks O. K., Rosenau is dress designing, In a new and modern way. Turley is happily married, Greenwell is on the stage, Welch is in a circus, Training lions in a cage. Margie Spitz is singing In Tommy Dorsey ' s band, And Ronald Dixon, the Crooner, Is known throughout the land. Schaefer is running the railroad With Swingler, his chief engineer, Hartwig is a doctor fine, So throw away your fear. Bill Allen is a banker. Which he thinks is really neat. Boeger works in a candy kitchen Making candy really sweet. Gene Smith has settled down And is a very proud father of twins Patterson is a golfer And ail the cups he wins. Laich is an excellent mechanic, Bcnnem stili secretary to Nash. Hall is a very tall tracksman And is winning every dash. Sewell and Cedric are married And are happy as can be. Hutchins works on the Benny show Saying L. S. M. F. T. Big Mac is playing basketball For good old Notre Dame. While Govert sits at home each nite And reads about his fame. Kuiper and Lolkema are stenographers And mighty good ones too. While Dona and Ethel sing hillbilly tunes On the well known station P. U. Grimmer has found her one and only And she’s very happy too. Ruble is teaching baton twirling At the University of Purdue. Boersma is running a department store Long takes care of the finance. Lukman and Mezdlo are partners Teaching little children how to dance. McFarland ' s a physical ed. teacher De Witt is writing poems. Van Till is working for F. H. A. Building the modern homes. June and Betty are reporters They ' re stores are brought in fast. Gilbert is a stage play director With a great supporting cast. Augenstine is a photographer His work is done with class. Brown is a scientest, And Loepker is blowing glass. Evelyn Moore is a housewife. Hiesler is playing ball And Angeline Manigrasso Has grown to be very tall. Queen is a Manicurist, Reynolds is a model at Fields Mattingly is a foreman At the well known Inland Steel. Yates, Yothment, Jansen and Penning Aren ' t seen in any old joint They ' re doing a swell job at the Academy at West Point Horinchuck is singing in opera Johnson is reading meters Hill is a fine dective Capturing crooks and little cheaters. Robert Miller is a soda jerk And is an expert at mixing cokes Dick Spitz is a traveling saleman Like the ones you read in jokes. Richard Moore is cutting hair He has been for quite a while, Planert is a lawyer Serving each client with a smile. Schmidt and Conn are off to college And so is Merrill Mead. John Eriks is a jocky And is always in the lead. Schweitzer is a hair dresser. Cutsinger is typing for Wright, Krahn is a pilot And is late on every flight. Humerickhouse is a truck driver Cornelius Eriks is too, Dick Allen works on reducing ads Which they say shouldn ' t happen to you. Akins is in the cleaning business, Korzenieswki is a tailor Walter can ' t make up her mind Between her soldier and her sailor. Jansen is coaching basketball His team has gone to state, Sikora coaches a football team That is considered really great. Jim Cline is a great wrestler He is both strong and stout And Mary Ann Domsic is sewing A very fine seamstress no doubt That my friends is what 1 saw. To which you may not agree. But whatever they do in the future May they do it prosperously. ( 24 ) JUNIOR OFFICERS Sponsors: Mr. Carl Sanders and Miss Jane Henry. Officers Betty Vestal, Treasurer; Marion Yoder, Secretary; Ervy Christenson, Vice President; Warren Cox, President. The Junior class consists of seventy nine students who through the three years of high school have been guided into numerous acheivements by competitent advisors such as our Junior sponsors Miss Henry and Mr. Sanders. The Juniors have done much for the good of their class and the entire community by sel- ling magizine subscriptions, taking charge of concessions at both football and basketball games, and selling Panther and G pins to the boosters of G.H.S. Other successful activities include a Halloween dance and a Junior-Senior Prom held at Dance Land in honor of the Senior class. After three years of war-time restrictions the Junior- Senior banquet with plenty of fried chicken was another high light in our activity program. To the Seniors we say farewell and wish you much success in your life work. We assure you that we will attempt to carry on the best traditions of G. H. S. COLUMN 1 Lawrence Batiistini John Clack Calvin Donohue Marilyn Fisher Pauleen Homer Howard Koedyker COLUMN 2 Eugene Britton Loretta Coffman Robert Dunbar Beatrice Flores Bradley Horvath Alberta Koepke COLUMN 3 Juanita Brock Jack Coffman Virginia Dutton Roy Govert William Jelleff Margie Kudrock COLUMN 4 Garnet Conner Warren Cox Betty Ellis Frances Green Frances Johnson Valerie Long COLUMN 5 Alice Cartwright John Dilts Robert Elman Altamae Hartwig William Johnsen Jeannine Lowery COLUMN 6 Norman Chizmar Norma Doan Mary Farmer Glenn Hill Mona Kerr Edwin Massa ( 26 ) COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 Vivian Mandernach Virginia Marlin Ervin Nelson Clifford Postema Richard Sury Charles Von See Charles Norton Betty Ross Betty Thomas Robert Wahl Helen Wolotka COLUMN 3 Dale Medsker Norma Oman Carol Ross Steve Tokar Robert Walker Shirley Yates COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 Shirley McFarland Dorothy Meyers Donna Ooms Jeanne Schafer James Trost Rita Welch June Young James Parsons Patricia Sena Harold VanProoyen Don Wills Wallace Zigterman Betty Nasby June Porter Jacqueline Summers Betty Vestal Charles Wirth ( 27 ) SOPHOMORES FIRST ROW (top): Charles Cullins, Werner Doellstedt, Russell Bannister, Patricia Blackaby, Gloria Donohue, Anna Baker, Betty Grugel, Harold Eriks, Gerald Elzinga, Lester Govert, Rudy Flores John Blee, Jack Dittrich. SECOND ROW: Ronald Glover, Bill Bannon, Frank Dutton, Richard Belush, Merle Colby, Bob Bothwell, Bob Grgen, Clyde Gearhart, Leland Chalfant. THIRD ROW: Betty Ann Coffman, Alice Conn, Janet Dye, Nancy Blanchard, Martha Gates, Miss Margaret Doub, Dellarae Barkey, Delores Drabold, Norma Crow, Jcann Dilling, Sally DeWitt. FOURTH ROW: Marvin DeVries, James Beaty, Barbara Cunningham, Lois Govert, Janice Burns, Joan Grosner, Mary Du Bois, June Gaffney, Carl Benjamin, Danny Branch. FIRST ROW (top): Kenneth Newcomber, Donald Legler, Betty Kornmann, Shirley Paulus Shirley Patterson, Betty Mattingly, Mr. Carl Yates, Charlotte Miller, Mary Ann Mitchell, Tom O ' Rourke, Claude Hochstetler, Paul Hartz, Bob Long. SECOND ROW: Edmund Huke, Hank Leistikow, Kenneth Krahn, J. D. Moore, Carl Konopasek, Charles Kinzie, Albert Kane, George Barnett, Dick Hclt, J. C. McDonald, Jack Lind. THIRD ROW: Dolores Kalina, Barbara Potts, Joretta Hemphill, Susan Postema, Doris Milam, Dolores Nowakowski, Oma Kelley, Glyn Ellen Jarrell, Lorraine Kcedyker, Marilyn Myers, Shirley Planert. FOURTH ROW: Eugene Kuiper, Charles Huff, Joan Hilbrich, Jean Hilbrich, Dolly Mattingly, Jean Jacobus, Lora Milligan, Arlene Jansen, Neal Hall, Carl Mengeling. ( 28 ) FIRST ROW (top): Albert Smith, J. T. Windell, Weldon Schmidt, William Wilson, Joyce Walter, Jean Robuck, Roland Ruble, Dale Smeltzer, George Rogers, Kenneth Zigterman, Glenn Rutledge, Gene Simpson SECOND ROW: George Swank, Don Roberts, Bob Ross, Melvin Schneider, Ronald Strachan, Arnold Siltanen, George Schneider, Pat Woods, Gene Slaney, James Stanton, Pat Smith. THIRD ROW: Carroll Saxe, Elderene Smith, Pat Tuley, Opal Snyder, Doloris Sommers, Miss Mabel Meeks, Barabara Stahoviak, Zoe Ann Vestal, Norma Queen, Geraldine Stammis, FOURTH ROW Dick Walker, Jeanene Reinboldt, Georgine Schuster, Rose Marie Ramberg, Genevieve Rentfro, Ruth Spitz, Betty White, Warren Weyhe. LEADERS IN SOPHOMORE ACTIVITIES FIRST ROW (top): Lester Govert, Jack Lind, Merle Colby, J. T. Windell, Bob Long. SECOND ROW: Elderene Smith, Joann Dilling, Barbara Cunningham, Shirley Planert. THIRD ROW: Dolores Kalina, Jean Jacobus, Barbara Stahoviak. ( 29 ) FIRST ROW (top): Wayne Siltenan, Billy Weaver, Richard Simon, Arnold Spilly Jerry Thompson, Walter Ullrich, James Watt, John Tokar, Ronald Woodcox, David Stevenson. SECOND ROW: Sue Taylor, Nancy Sexton, Eleancre Sanders, Mr. Dewey Bennett, Irma Smith, Jean Swingler, Geraldine Woitasek, Therese Sweeney. THIRD ROW: Alice Schweitzer, Willie Young, Earnest Walters, Anna Mae Youthment, Jimmy Smeltzer, Marline Techenor, Nellie Ross, James Williams. FIRST ROW: A1 Maski, David Huff, Harold Harder, Lucille Kellar, Willetta Matias, Rae Homer, Rayme Lazar, Ronald Kolb, William Kesler, Melvin Kcski. SECOND ROW: Robert Huizenga, Dennis O ' Keefe, Richard Miller, Clyde Paul, Thomas Patterson, Kenneth Konopasek, Max Hall, Richard Osborn, Richard Lukacs, Wilber Hartwig. THIRD ROW: Joanne Merko, Patricia Mattingly. Betty Mandernach, Pearl Oldert, Mr. Fred Ritenour, Carolyn Johnson, Leila Hart, Dolores Post. FOURTH ROW: Joan Hillman, Joann Kelley, Barbara Hutchins, Norma Owens, Darlene Jacobus, Marietta Kuiper, Lois Lange. ( 30 ) FIRST ROW (top): Bob Ceimer, Leo Govert, Charles Adams, Ray Benjamin, Vera DeBruler, Iris Gatlin, Herbert DeBruler, Donald Clemens, Bill Berry, Gene Brading. SECOND ROW: Richard Bream, Carl Gcvert, Peter Domsic, Gene Baker, Jim Brown, Charles Davis, Rex Bennett, Bob Chaffee, Richard Bridegroom. THIRD ROW: Mary Galik, Loris Eriks, Imogene Brown, Beverly Barth, Mr. Arthur Singleton, Lorraine Cechovic, lulia Gall. Dolores Dixon, Donna Fox. FOURTH ROW: Betty Augenstine, Betty Cullison, Delores Gatlin, Phyllis Copsy, Collette Grimmer, Jackie Dean, Barbara Dodson. LEADERS IN FRESHMAN ACTIVITIES FIRST ROW (top): Charles Davis. Richard Osborn. Charles Adams, Raymo Lazar, Ronald Kolb. SECOND ROW: Imogene Brown, Lois Lange, Barbara Dodson, Irma Smith, THIRD ROW: Delores Wilson, Norma Owens, Vera DeBruler, Carolyn Johnson. ( 31 ) SEVENTH GRADE FIRST ROW (top): Melvin McFarland, Vincent Grogg, Lorraine Johnson, Dan Burgess, Bill Good. Darlene Moffett, Carmen Young, Walter Downey, Harold Moseley, Donald Eastwood. SECOND ROW: Juanita Chaffee, Doris Gatlin, Madelon Graves, William Schuster, Albin Johnson, Ronald Stack, Larry Lemmel, Bruce Hart, Ross Simonton, Betty Francis, Gene Bannister. THIRD ROW: Carol Konopasek, Jean Windell, Musetta Gatlin, Jill Turner, Evelyn Young, Georgia Mae Clark, Luella Brown, Frances Lang, Dolly Jean Kistler, Richard Beck. FOURTH ROW: Betty Seitzinger, Laurellen Porter, Phyllis Williams, Burton Montgomery, Darrel Medsker, Richard Dunber, Bill Harges, Frances Bernard, Patty Ann Jelleff. JUNIOR HIGH EIGHTH GRADE FIRST ROW (top): Jean Von See, George Schuster, George Stewart, Charles Ruble, LaVell Stanger, Fred Cross, Bob Nasby, Don Taylor, Jack Thompson. John Burgess, Marvin Owens Marilyn Ribordy. SECOND ROW: Dean Werth, Buddy Hentschel, Bob Grugel. Don Foster. Bill Currier, Douglas Hill, Dick Stephan, Bob Potts, Bob Osborn, Robert Meyer, Miss Moelhmcn. THIRD ROW: Virginia Norris, Carol Ann Dunn, Nina Belle Doan, Dorothy Milam, Eva Keen, Juanita Eastwood, Joyce Lang, Alice Barnett, Lois Gates. FOURTH ROW: Peggy Young, Janet Hart, Peggy Vestal, Nila Pleasant, Gloria Kesler, Mary Blanchard, Doris Lee Kelleher, Arlene Koedyker. A G T I y i T I E . STUDENT GOVERNMENT Dick McVey, President of the Student Council giving information to a fellow student. This service was one of the major projects of our Student Legialative Council. STUDENT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FIRST ROW (top): Roland Ruble, Bob Long, Jim Trost, Warren Cox. Charles Adams. Bill Currier, Larry Lemmel. SECOND ROW: Charles Long, Harry Gilbert, Don Hill, Mr. Lee Owens, Dick McVey, Kenneth Konopasek, Jack Lind. THIRD ROW: Lorraine Johnson, Joann Dilling, Irma Smith, Barbara Dodson, Joanne Turley, Doris Jansen, Nina Belle Doan . ( 34 ) STUDENT SERVICE SAFETY PATROL FIRST ROW (top): Robert Meyer Rich- ard Beck Mr. Richard Lane, John Bur- gess, Ross Simonton. SECOND ROW: Darrel Medsker. Dick Dunbar, George Schuster, Gene Ban- nister, Larry Lemmel. THIRD ROW: Bill Schuster. Dan Burg- ess, Burton Montgomery Marvin Owens, Bill Hcrges. 4 CLUBS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FIRST ROW (top): Charles Norton, Ervy Christenson, Don Hill, Vance Brown, Merrill Mead, Harry Gilbert. SECOND ROW: Betty Johnson, Dolores Kalina, Barbara Cunningham, Shirley Planert, Barbara Stahoviak, Jean Jacobus. THIRD ROW: Betty Nasby. Betty Ellis, Mrs. Lula Faulkenburg, Marilyn Fisher, Joann Dilling FOURTH ROW: Patty Ruble, Helen Schuster, Shirley Rosenau, Katie Dittrich, Pat Nelson. FIRST ROW (top): Dick Moore, Harold Hartwig, Calvin Donohue, Merle Colby, Dick McVey, Bill Jansen, Bob Elman. Bob Walker, Merrill Mead, Dick Spitz. SECOND ROW: Don Wills, Baird Hutchins, Jerry Johnson, Mr. Carl Yates, Garnet Conner, Roy Govert, Ronald Dixon, Norman Chizmar, Steve Tokar. THIRD ROW: Don Hill, Bob Humerickhouse, Charles Long, Jim Parsons, Bill Jchnsen, Jim Trost, Brad Horvath, Denis Ribordy, Fred Sikora. FOURTH ROW: Lawrence Battistini, John Schaefer, Art Planert, Gene Smith, Don Swingler. Marvin Boersma, Tom Welch. ( 36 ) FIRST ROW (top): Alice Conn, Marilyn Myers, Mary Ann Mitchell, Jean Hilbrich, Joan Hilbrich, Willeta Matias, Rae Homer, Imogene Brown, Lcis Lange, Marietta Kuiper, Dolores Dixon, Leila Hart, Norma Owens. SECOND ROW: Charlotte Miller, Delores Gatlin, Joanne Merko, Patsy Mattingly, Eleanore Sanders, Joan Hillman, Barbara Dodson, Jackie Dean, Collette Grimmer, Betty Mandernach, Donna Fox, Lorraine Cechovic. THIRD ROW: Pauleen Homer, Dorothy Meyers, Helen Wolotka, Beatrice Flores, Miss Allie Englebright, Jeanne Schafer, Betty Vestal, Julia Gall, Rita Welch. FOURTH ROW: Marion Yoder, Alberta Koepke, Donna Ooms, Shirley Yates, Betty Cullison, Dolores Govert, Dorothy Greenwell, Doris Jansen, Helen Yothment. FIRST ROW (top): Joann Kelley, Shirley Planert, fanet Dye, Arlene Jansen, Pat Tuley, Lois Govert, Jeanene Reinboldt, Georgine Schuster, Anna Baker, Anne Mae Yothment, Barbara Hutchins, Jean Swingler, Lucille Kellar, Geraldine Wojtasek, Norma Queen, Nedra Queen. SECOND ROW: Betty Mattingly, Elderene Smith, Janice Burns, Betty Ann Coffman, Lorraine Koedyker, Glyn Ellen Jarrell, Barbara Cunningham, June Gaffney, Delores Drabold, Shirley Paulus, Shirley Patterson, Nancy Sexton, Betty Augustine. THIRD ROW: Irma Smith, Dolly Mattingly, Barbara Stahoviak, Zoe Ann Vestal, Rose Marie Ram- berg, Genevieve Renford, Oma Kelley, Barbara Potts, Opal Snyder, Sue Taylor, Catherine Westerwelle. FOURTH ROW: Beverly Barth, Mona Kerr, Patty Sena, Jeannine Lowery, Altamae Hariwig, Katie Dittrich, Miriam Penning, Mary Jo Conn. Lorraine Schmidt, Margie Spitz. ( 37 ) SENIOR GIRL ' S CLUB FIRST ROW (top): Lois Kuiper, Evelyn Horinchuk, June Porter, Valerie Long, Shirley McFarlana. Shirley Patterson, Lora Milligan, Susan Postema, Betty Mattingly, Jeanene Reinboldt, Georgine Schuster, Jean Robuck, Dolores Nowakowski, Joyce Walter, Anna Baker, Geraldine Stammis, Patricia Blackaby, Betty Johnson, Vivian Mandernach, Opal Snyder. SECOND ROW: Joanne Turley, Ruby Cutsinger, Evelyn Moore, Betty Coffman, Janice Burns, Elderene Smith, Lorraine Koedyker, Glyn Ellen Jarrel, Barbara Cunningham, Delores Drabold, Norma Crow, Shirley Paulus, Gloria Donohue, Betty Grugel, Betty Kornmann, Dolores Kalina. Zoe Ann Vestal, Miss Martha Nash; Sponsor, Oma Kelley, Barbara Potts, Genevieve Rentfro, THIRD ROW: Mildred Walter, Doris Milam, Joretta Hemphill, Nancy Blanchard, Barbara Stahoviak, Sally DeWitt, Joann Dilling, Evelyn Boeger. FOURTH ROW: Beverly DeWitt, Joan Lolkema, Mary Ann Domsic, Dolly Mattingly, Ruth Spitz, Rose Marie Ramberg. Martha Gates, Dellarae Barkey, Alice Cartwright, Juanita Brock, Carol Ross, Jean Jacobus, Audrey Peters. JUNIORS GIRL ' S CLUB FIRST ROW (top): Delores Dixon, Nina Belle Doan, Jean Von See, Peggy Young, Leila Hart. Delores Gatlin, Darlene Jacobus, Carolyn Johnson, Iris Gatlin, Vera DeBruler, Donna Fox, Phyllis Handy, Lois Gates. SECOND ROW: Juanita Chaffee, Peggy Vestal, Janet Hart, Doris Lee Kelleher, Mary Blanchard, Marilyn Ribordy, Arlene Koedyker, Betty Francis, Madelon Graves, Lorraine Johnson, Carmen Young, Dolly Jean Kistler, Luella Brown. THIRD ROW: Carol Konopasek, Musetta Gatlin, Dorothy Milam, Doris Gatlin, Georgia Clark, Jean Windell, Miss Martha Nash, Evelyn Young, Jill Turner, Phyllis Williams, Carol Ann Dunn, Alice Barnett. FOURTH ROW: Joyce Lang, Virginia Norris, Patty Jelleff, Darlene Moffett, Nila Pleasant, Laurellen Porter, Betty Seitzinger, Frances Lang, Frances Bernard, Gloria Kesler. ( 38 ) JUNIOR RED CROSS FIRST ROW (top): Neal Bannister, Marvin Owens, Larry Lemmel, Eddie Grogg, Carolyn Handy. SECOND ROW: Musetta Gatlin, Jane Ann Beck, Mrs. Blanche Strauche, Miss Dorothy Moehlman, Sara Blanchard, Nila Pleasant. Neal Vander Wort, Bob Rist, Ronald Cox, Billy Grimm, John Williams, Dale Clark. LIBRARY CLUB STANDING: Gloria Kesler, Iris Gatlin, Alice Cartwright, Frances Greene, Eva Keen, Juanita Eastwood, Jean Von See, Dorothy Milam, Nina Belle Doan, Marilyn Ribordy, Nancy Sexton, Nila Pleasant, Eleanore Sanders. SEATED: Doris Lee Kelleher, Vera DeBruler, Betty Ellis, Miss Dorothy Moehlman, Peggy Young, Sue Taylor. ( 39 ) REFLECTOR STAFF REFLECTOR STAFF STANDING: Mona Kerr, Don Hill, Miss Martha Nash, Mr. C. L. Wilson, Miss Helen Wright, Jim Parsons, Bill Allen, Harry Gilbert. SEATED: Katie Dittrich, Mary Jo Conn, Shirley Rosenau, Dick Moore, Vance Brown, Baird Hutchins, Dolores Govert. At the beginning of the year when the Seniors decided they wanted an annual, very few of us realized what a big job it would be. After things got rolling we began to see what a task we had undertaken. Many were the times that we wished that we had never heard the word Annual before, but we stuck with our work. Now that it ' s all over and we have had a chance to lock at the year book, we ' re glad that we did tackle the job and well — we ' re rather proud of the 1946 Reflector. Thanks a iot, students and sponsors, for your wonderful cooperation in making this book possible. We sincerely hope you like it. Sponsor Miss Martha Nash Activity Editors Vance Brown Mr. C. L. iVilson Don Hill Miss Helen Wright Illustrators Mary Jo Conn Editor-in-Chief .......... ....... Harry Gilbert Shirley Rosenau Assistant Editors _ Katie Dittrich Snapshot Editors Bill Allen Baird Hutchins Dolores Govert Junior Editors - Mona Kerr Snapshot Photographers George Rogers Jim Parsons Ervy Christenson Sports Editors ’ Dick Moore Baird Hutchins ( 40 ) PANTHER PRESS PANTHER PRESS The firsi issue of the Fanther Press was put on sale on December 20, 1945. Since then it has served as the mouth piece of Griffith High School. Every two weeks it has brought all the current news and happenings to the attention of its readers. The people that have made it possible are pictured above and the regular staff consists of the following people: EDITORIAL STAFF Social Editors Lorraine Schmidt Sponsor C. L. Wilson Alice Conn Editors , Helen Schuster Lester Govert Joke Editors Helen Yothment Carroll Saxe Sports Editor Dick McVey Feature Editor Dorothy Greenwell Sports Reporters Geneva Yates Music Editor Bill Patterson Janet Dye Fashion Editors Margie Spitz PRODUCTION STAFF Jean Hilbrich Art Richard Allen Charles Kinzie Proof Readers Shirley Rosenau Shirley Bonnem Mimeograph Estel Akins Yogi Editor ?? Mary Jo Conn BUSINESS STAFF Lorraine Schmidt Herbert Heisler Business Managers Art Planert Ronald Strachan Typists Katie Dittrich Helen Yothment Exchange-Circulation John Schaefer Elderene Smith ( 41 ) SCHOOL BROADCAST Mr. Yates interviewing Miriam Penning during the broadcast. Dick McVey telling Mr. Yates about dif- ferent activities in school and out. Joretta Hemphill and Ronald Dixon singing their duet at the broadcast. Miss Mabel Meeks is accompanying them at the piano. ( 42 ) THURSDAY NIGHT CAST Sealed: Vance Brown, Patty Ruble, Lorraine Schmidt, Margie Spitz, Shirley Rosenau, Ronald Dixon. STANDING: Mr. C. L. Wilson, Director: Miriam Penning, Bill Allen, Shirley Bonnem, Dick McVey, Dolores Govert, Student Director; Harold Hartwig, Geneva Yates, Katie Dittrich. T H E T O W E R R O O M M Y kD T E R Y FRIDAY NIGHT CAST— Seated: Don Hill. Patty Ruble, Helen Yothment, Dorothy Green- well, Mary lo Conn, Mr. C. L. Wilson, Director. Standing: Bill Allen. Miriam Penning, Helen Schuster, Dick McVey, Baird Hutchins, Herbert Heisler, Geneva Yates, Doris Jansen, Student Director; Katie Dittrich. ( 43 ) CALLENDAR OF ACTIVITIES September 5 First day of school 26 Father and Son Athletic Banquet Ham, what ami October 15 Explosion in Chemistry Class Those injured were certainly good sports. 20 Halloween Dance All the witches were there 25-26 Teachers Association Vacation so soon? ! November 3 Letterman ' s Dance Every one in his Sunday best 9 Girls Club Dance Featuring Panther Swingsters 11 Armistice Day Otto Schatt was here 26 Football Banquet Yum Yum 28-30 Thanksgiving Vacation Turkey and Pie December 7 Winter Band Concert That Music! 20 First issue of school paper Good work staff. 20 Donkey Basketball Game Hee Haw 21 G. A. A. Christmas Dance Mistletoe (smack) 21 Christmas Vacation Good Old Santa January 17 Semester Exams Now I know I should have studied. 23 Broadcast G. H. S. Takes the Air 24 Science Convo Robert T. Edgar talked 29 Hearing Test I say Son February 6 Glee Club Operatta Those Little dancers! ! ! 16 G. A. A. Formal Dance Hubba Hubba 21-23 Sectional Tourney Well, we almost won. March 14-15 Senior Class Play Some are still shaking 23 Little 4 Hop One-zy Two-zy 27 Admitted To North Central Association of Secondary Schools Great day 29 Honor Society Playlet Miss Personality Plus April 11 Letterman ' s Banquet Meat galore 13 Band Contest More Medals 19-21 Spring Vacation Welcome Sweet Springtime 26 Band concert Our Band is Okay 27 Junior Senior Banquet Pass the Turns May 10 Junior Senior Prom Those formals !!! 15 Honor Day Just call me Proud 23 Final Exams Did you pass ? 26 Baccaluareale Everyone on good behavior 27 Commencement Not the end but just a start 28 School Out Whoopee (44) M U s I c CHORUS FIRST ROW (top): Gloria Donohue, Juanita Brock, Loris Eriks, Clifford Postema, George Swank, Frank Dutton, Cath- enine Westerwelle, Opal Snyder. SECOND ROW: Beverly Barth, Betty Mattingly, Susan Postema Evelyn Horinchuk, Shirley Paulus, Shirley Patterson, Doris Milam, Joretta Hemphill. THIRD ROW: Dolores Dixon, Joann Kelley, Rae Homer, Joanne Merko, Miss Mabel Meeks, Imogene Brown, Lois Lange, Irma Smith, Nancy Blanchard. FOURTH ROW: Carol Ross, Ronald Dixon, Lora Milligan, Oma Kelly, Carolyn Johnson, Doloris Sommers, Barbara Potts. PANTHER SWINGSTES LEFT TO RIGHT: Bob Wahl, Dick McVey, Jim Stanton. Jerry Johnson, Mr. Arthur Singleton, Bill Patterson, Vance Brown, Ronald Glover. ( 46 ) OPERETTA THE CAST OF JERRY OF JERICHO ROAD FIRST ROW (top): Juanita Brock, Doris Milam, Susan Postema, Dean Werth, Evelyn Horinchuk, Dick Stephan, Joretta Hemphill, Barbara Potts. SECOND ROW: George Barnett, Bill Johnsen, Ronald Dixon, George Swank, Frank Dutton, Clifford Postema. GHOST SCENE IN THE OPERETTA ( 47 ) SENIOR BAND FIRST ROW Glenn Ruttledge, Denis Ribordy, Betty Johnson, Jim Mattingly, Ray Augenstine, June Gaffney, Dellarae Barkey, Vance Brown, Betty Nasby. SECOND ROW: Vivian Mandernach, Betty Ellis, Bill Patterson, Jerry Johnson, Doris Jansen, Ronald Glover, Alice Cart- right, Alice Conn, Lorraine Schmidt, Geneva Yates. THIRD ROW: Baird Hutchins, Bob Yeates, Kenneth Newcomer, Tom O ' Rourke, Warren Weyhe, Dick McVey. STANDING: Carl Govert, Jim Stanton, Richard Simons, Mr. Singleton, Director. JUNIOR BAND FIRST ROW: Vera DeBruler, Douglas Hill, Imogene Brown, Maxine Massa, Dick Dunbar, Marilyn Ribordy, Barbara Foust, Marvin Owens, Thomas Hentschel, Richard Braam. SECOND ROW: Beverly Barth, Marietta Kuiper, Bob Meyer, Madelon Graves, Lorraine Johnson, George Schuster, Carolyn Johnson, Nina Belle Doan, Vincent Grogg, Richard Beck, Gene Baker. THIRD ROW: Jack Taylor, Bill Currier, Rae Homer. STANDING: Fred Cross, Ronald Stack, Mr. Singleton, Director. BAND s p o R T S FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Opponents GHH OPP Sept. 7 J Lowell I 19 12 Sept. 14 i Valparaiso 6 0 Sept. 21 [Thorton Fractional 6 13 Sept. 29 JBlue Island 0 34 Oct. 5 J Roosevelt (Gary) 8 1 7 Oct. 12 | Hobart 12 7 Oct. 19 iWm. A. Wirt 7 8 Oct. 24 j Crown Point 12 1 7 Nov. 2 ICentral Catholic (South Bend) 19 0 Won -6 Lost -3 Tied -0 VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM FIRST ROW (top): Don Wills, Fred Sikora, Dick Moore, Gene Smith, Dick Spitz, Jerry Thompson, Baird Hutchins, Coach Carl Yates, Merle Colby, Norman Chizmar, Bill Jansen, Brad Horvath. SECOND ROW: John Clark, Jerry Johnson, Roy Govert, Bill Johnsen, Denis Ribordy, Lawrence Battistini. THIRD ROW: Jim Trost, John Schaefer, Don Swingler, Marvin Boersma. ( 51 ) VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM Hutc i i P JUL i JoKnie 1 tBuck ( 52 ) ■ lummyiiH .uumutun Mr. Carl Sanders presenting the Lake-Porter Conference Foot ball Trophy to Coach Carl Yates and Co-Captains Fred Sikora and Baird Hutchins at the Football Banquet. The team ready to Dig in” at the Football Banquet. B FOOTBALL TEAM FIRST ROW (top): Tom Patterson, Herbert DeBruler, Rayme Lazar, Coach Carl Sanders, Richard Osborn, Bob Boih- well, Albert Kane. SECOND ROW: J. T. Windell, Charles Davis, Dean McDonald, Charles Huff, Jack Lind, Arnold Siltanen, Bob Green, Richard Belush. THIRD ROW: Russell Bannister, Charles Kinzie, George Barnett, Frank Dutton, Albert Smith, Bill Berry. ( 54 ) BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponets GHS i° pp Date Opponets ghsiopp Nov. 141 Tettt 36|11 Jan. lj Elkhart (H. Tour.) 36 48 Nov. 28| East Gary 40|24 Jan. 4| Wm. A. Wirt 40 42 Nov. 30 1 Merrillville 34|22 Jan. 9| Dyer 51|28 Dec. 8 Thorton Fractional 29|4l Jan. 1 1 Crown Point 37 29 Dec. 14 Wheeler 57|23 Jan. 18| Lowell 49150 Dec. 15 Crown Point 43 31 Jan. 25 East Gary 55 25 Dec. 19 Hobart 60,36 Jan. 30 Lowell 45 48 Dec. 281 Dyer (Xmas Tour.) 57 23 Feb. 1| Portage 44|29 Dec. 29 Crown Point { )48 36 Feb. 8 Hobart 34 30 Dec. 29 Lowell ( ) 48,39 Feb. 15 Edison Gary 51 40 Jan. 1 Hammond H. ( ) 41 49 Won 15 Lost 6 VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM STANDING: Baird Hutchins, Don Wills. Dick McVey, Coach Carl Sanders. Bill Jansen, Calvin Donohue. KNEELING: Gene Smith, Don Swingler, Dick Moore, Arthur Planert. VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM LEFT to RIGHT (top): Coach Carl Sanders, Dick McVey, Gene Smith, Baird Hutchins LEFT to RIGHT (bottom): Bill Jansen, Dick Moore, Art Planert, Don Swingler. BASKETBALL RESERVE TEAM STANDING: Brad Horvath, Merle Colby, Lawrence Battistini, Jim Trost, I. C. McDonald. KNEELING: Jim Parsons, J. T. Windell, Gene Simpson, Bob Long, Roy Govert. BASKETBALL B TEAM STANDING: Kcnk Leistikcw, Bill Bcnnon, Leland Chalfant, Tom O ' Rourke, Bob Bothwell, Jack Lind. KNEELING: Arnold Siltanen, Claude Hochstetler, Carl Konopasek. Gene Slaney, Kenneth Newcom ber. © FRESHMEN BASKETBALL TEAM STANDING: Jim Brown, Tom Patterson, Jerry Thompson, Charles Adams, Coach Richard Lane, Richard Bridegroom, Herbert DeBruler, Rayme Lazar, Richard Osborn. KNEELING: Dennis O ' Keefe, Bill Berry, Wilbur Hartwig, Kenneth Konopasek, Wayne Siltanen, William Young. ( 57 ) SPONSORS CHAS. MAY SERVICE STATION 145 Broad, Griffith H. H. 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