Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

 - Class of 1955

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SENIOR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, John Adersperger, do hereby will and bequeath my ability, which is long lost, to my neighbor and good friend, Janet Jones. I, Jim Ahrens, do hereby will and bequeath my curly hair to Danny Johnsen. I, Ronald Austgen, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to sleep in economics to anyone who doesn ' t get enough sleep. I, Nancy Backs, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get along with Miss Beanblossom to Pat Roberts and Diane Pierce. I, Roy Bailey, do hereby will and bequeath, to anyone who wants it, my ability to make life long enemies. I, Roy Bakken, do hereby will and bequeath, to all junior boys and athletes, my ability to resist attacks from effervescent females. I, Edmund Bannon, do h ereby will and bequeath my nickname, TIGER , to any junior boy who thinks he can live up to the name. I, Frank Barnett, do hereby will and bequeath my cross country ability to Jarrard Ashmore. I, Ernest Bartholomew, do hereby will and bequeath my tremendous running stride and fantastic finishing kick in cross country to Jarrard Ashmore. I, Emerson Benbow, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get out of the Loop and into Griffith in 35 minutes to Tom Dugger. I, Bill Bennett, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to mess up in basketball to John Parker. I, Iris Black, do hereby will and bequeath my long hair to Carol Backs. Take good care of it! I, Kenneth Bodnar, do hereby will and bequeath my first traffic ticket to Jerry Lynn Dewell. I, Judy Branch, do hereby will and bequeath all the trials and tribulations of tha Annual and the senior year to Janet Moats. I, Barbara Brill, do hereby will and bequeath my un- interesting psychology book to Mr. Sobieralski. I, Bob Brown, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get a D- in economics to Phil Larson. I, Carol Campbell, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to stay in class for at least a week to my broth- er, Maurice. I, Barbara Casey, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get along with Mr. Beck and grade his eco- nomics test papers to anyone who wants it. I, Darla Cones, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get into trouble to my sister, Diana. I, Phyllis Cook, do hereby will and bequeath my wiggly eyebrow to Beverly Seat. I, Ronnie Cox, do hereby will and bequeath my curly hair and my ability to always be broke to Tom Dugger. I, Richard Crowel, do hereby will and bequeath my pinball machine playing ability to Jerry Kenealy. I, Geza Cseri, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to speak French to Floyd Pederson. I, David Dale, do hereby will and bequeath my skill as G. H. S. Drum Major to anyone tall and stupid- - Blaine Warner. I, Robert Dallman, do hereby will and bequeath the fun and all the luck the class of 55” has had to the class of 56. I, Betty Dertow, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to keep my mouth shut in Mr. Stanczak ' s class to any- one who can do it. I, Jack Dobyns, do hereby will and bequeath my ath- letic abilities to any poor boy in need of such. I, Dennis Dolak, do hereby will and bequeath my edu- cated toe to Herman Genter. I, Norma Eastwood, do hereby will and bequeath my power to control my temper to Carol Puent. I, Darlene Edwards, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in the Nook to Tom Crowel. I Lorraine Faulkner, do hereby will and bequeath my favorite English teacher to all future sophomores. I, Larry Fitzsimmons, do hereby will and bequeath all , my art and craft abilities to Carolyn Reel. ' I, Frederick Foss, do hereby will and bequeath my a- bility to get along with Mr. Evrard to any incoming biology or chemistry student. I, Phyllis Francis, do hereby will and bequeath my graceful swing while marching to Luwanda Carman. I, Charles Franklin, do hereby will and bequeath my football jersey to Jerry Elliot. I, Joan Fritz, do hereby will and bequeath my place in Miss Bonney ' s Glee Club class to Judy Stockwill. I, Homer Gatlin, do hereby will and bequeath my skill of driving with one arm to Bill Wells. I, James Gatlin, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to study and try to pass a bookkeeping test to Beth Smeltzer. I, Marilynn Gebert, do hereby will and bequeath my fun at G. H. S. to my brother, Bob. I, Matt Gorsich, do hereby will and bequeath my fasci- nating night eye to anyone who thinks he can control it. I, Janet Govert, do hereby will and bequeath my height to Gerry Scherer. I, Tom Govert, do hereby will and bequeath my run- ning ability in cross country to the one and only John Speed Parker. I, A1 Green, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to sit on the bench, without getting splinters, to Howard Mack. I, Raymond Green, do hereby will and bequeath my false teeth to Gerald Elliott. I, Carleen Greene, do hereby will and bequeath my job at the Nook to Sandra Summers. I, John Greger, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to collect black eyes to Bernard Cechovic. I, Bill Grimm, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to do my assignments 5 minutes before they are due to Pat Doeing. I, Mary Lou Griscom, do hereby will and bequeath my fun at G. H. S. to my sisters, Genny and Betty. I, Adria Ann Gullickson, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get along with Mr. Beck to my sister, Iris Rae. I, Richard Harbrecht, do hereby will and bequeath my miserable cornet playing ability to Larry Meier. I, Jack Harder, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ties in sports to my brother, John. I, Don Hautsch.do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to get poison ivy in cross country to any freshman who wants to start from scratch. I, Mary Ann Hilbrich, do hereby will and bequeath my flirtatious ability to Adrianne Barouet. I, Norman Holmes, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get along with Mr. Evrard, in chemistry, to some unfortunate soul. I, Gracielee James, do hereby will and bequeath my ability not to smoke to the junior girls. I, Jo Allyn Janzig, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in psychology to anyone who can look Mr. Sobier- alski straight in the eye without laughing. I, Mary Ann Jasek, do hereby will and bequeath all the secrets I found in G. H. S. to Gerry Scherer. I, Dean Jenkins, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to be rough, tough, and hard to bluff, and still stay out of trouble to David Kingen. I, Gerald Kellams, do hereby will and bequeath my great grades, and my good luck in school to my brother, James. I, John Kellerman, do hereby will and bequeath the honor of becoming a senior to Dick Hopp. I, Ronnie Koedyker, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to drive safely and keep within the law to Darwin Koedyker. I, George Richard LaNoue, do hereby will and bequeath my class A caddy pin to Bill Martz. We, Mary Francis Lantrip and Rita Mann, do hereby will and bequeath our driving ability to anyone who can keep the car on the right side of the road.

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BRILL is a great psychologist dealing mostly with small kids; REDER is a TV comedian; her jokes flip people ' s lids. WAGMAN has a couple of kids that really keep her hopping; WAGGONER ' S in the same situation; and for baby clothes she ' s shopping. GEBERT has her own troubles worrying about her riches; FRITZ ' S trouble is telling five kids There ain ' t such things as witches. C. ORBAN is a woman hermit living far up in the hills ; MANN has her own large troubles over how to meet her bills. GULLICKSON is a female architect designing modern skyscrapers; PITT has yet to calm down and stop her nightly capers. STOCKWILL is a millionaire hording all her money; While PENNY is a bee farmer and is raising gobs of honey. COX is a caveman at dear old Wabash; SCOFIELD is a speculator hoping for a crash. ZIMMERMAN ' S an actress, star of the silver screen; While Eddie Fisher ' s been replaced by the voice of AL GREEN. TIGNOR ' S a lady wiestler, the roughest in the ring; JENKINS found a birdfood to make flamingoes sing. AUSTGEN, the electrician, has patented his new fuse; GRIMM is in Tahiti, selling cars slightly used. SWEENEY runs a pool hall, of national fame; GREGER ' S a fighting Irishman playing for Notre Dame. THONE builds airplanes for supersonic speed; GRISCOM is an author that critics pay great heed. MUSSATT ' S the heroine of her species-the first woman president; BENBOW has made millions, selling his father ' s Pepso- dent. GOVERT is a card shark playing with five aces; DOLAK leads the White Sox with fifty stolen bases. BARNETT is a bookie, winning every bet; BRANCF1 is the editor of the Hong Kong Gazette. SUROVIAK runs a pizza shop; there is no competition; MARKWALDER runs a race track and keeps in condition. LA NOUE is coaching football at Slippery Rock State Teachers; N. WELLS got married to a rising young preacher. FRANKLIN owns an Italian farm with the first spaghetti trees; VEROSIK is teaching their fourteen kids the A ' s, the B ' s, and C’s. HOMER GATLIN is down at old Purdue, a Boilermaker end; And ROSS, now married, sits at home with stockings she must mend. HARBRECHT plays a trumpet in his own hot dance band; While BENNETT is a poor truck driver who hauls big loads of sand. FRED FOSS has stopped all flirting; for that his wife is glad; And when DERTOW models a new style dress, it becomes a fad. O ' ROURKE is teaching spelling to the children of grade three; ROY BAILEY is a famous mortician and is busy as a bee. BOB DALLMAN is very wealthy and owns great tracts of land; DAVID DALE is down at old I. U. ; he ' s drum major of the band. VAN DER VORT married a millionaire and now has lots of money; And CROWEL still writes those letters that start out Hiya Honey.” STARASTU is a beautician and works on people ' s faces; ROY BAKKEN invented an electric car that wins in all drag races. HAUTSCH ' S artistic talents have won him fortune and fame; And BANNON ' S Electric Fix-it Shop puts all others to shame. ZELENCIK and SCHMIDT own a beauty salon for help- ing red hair hags; JAMES is a thriving tobacco farmer producing Sano Fags. Our class now has a doctor ' s wife; her name is DARLEEN LILLY; While TOMMY SMITH ' S a comedian and is always acting silly. GORSICH and HILBRICH are married now and have children around galore; With political graft you ' ll never find ERNIE BARTHOLO- MEW poor. COOK is always staying home washing dirty dishes; While MORGAN is out to win the bread by digging lots of ditches. SURY is a famous detective now and carries a great big gun; He 11 make JIM GATLIN sorry for the things that he has done. PARKER ' S down in Africa making out just like the savages; While Big BILL ORBAN owns a farm and raises fields of cabbages. The Future ' s Annals now we close With our best wish for you. And if our judgments go astray Blame Ryckman, Hautsch, and La Noue 28



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I, Darlene Lilly, do hereby will and bequeath my a- biiity to get along with Mr. Murphy to my sister, Jeannine. I, Don Markwalder, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to drive a car to Danny Boltz. I, Renee Mattingly, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to go steady seven different times to Betty Mohoi. I, Mary Ann McGee, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play football to my brother, Joe. I, Pat McKeown, do hereby will and bequeath my a- bility to laugh at Mr. Sohn ' s JOKES to all present and future band members. 1, Norman Moore, do hereby will and bequeath all of my sincerity and appreciation to Mr. Ready for his help in my 4 years at G. H. S. I, Don Morgan, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to come in 2nd-to-last in cross country to anyone who can beat John Parker. I, Walter Mose, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to get straight A ' s in shop to Jim Dye. I, Richard Munier, do hereby will and bequeath all my inability to get along with certain people. I, Marilynn Murray, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get along with sophomore boys to any junior girl who wants it. I, Mary Ann Mussatt, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to go steady with the same boy, for two years, to Sandy Jens and Jo Ann Thiel. I, Jean Myers, do hereby will and bequeath my cane to Mr. Murphy to catch freshmen when they try to sneak off. I, Sheila Novotny, do herebv will and bequeath my ability to do the fox-trot on roller skates to Catherine Johnstone. I, Pati Nyquist, do hereby will and bequeath my height and my natural blonde hair to Sonja Drexel. I, Helen O ' Neal, do hereby will and bequeath my height to Carol Oman and my ability to get A ' s in bookkeeping to Sandy Mitchell. I, Carol Orban, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to become a member of the Hot Rod Association to Suellen Doane. I, William Orban, do hereby will and bequeath my artistic talents to Mary Spitz and all my gripes to Mr. R. V. Wilson. I, Kay O ' Rourke, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to speak French to Sue Miller. I, Walter Parker, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to make love to other fellows ' girls to John Dawson. I, Gladys Penny, do hereby will and bequeath my a- bility to pass government and e c ono m ic s to Judy Stockwill. I, Bob Pfister, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in government, surrounded by nine girls, to TomRedar. I, Dwight A. Phillips, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to make new friends to Tiny Britton. I, Marty Pisut, do hereby will and bequeath my hitting ability in baseball to Jack Ledbetter. I, Joann Pitt, do hereby will and bequeath my short hair cut to Barbara DeVries. I, Mary Catherine Reder, do hereby will and bequeath my long hair to Judy Coil. I, Adrienne Roehrick, do hereby will and bequeath my freckles to Betty Wickstrom. I, Marilynn Ross, do hereby will and bequeath my a- b’ility to go steady with just one boy at a time to my sister, Nancy. I, David Ryckman, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to blast on the baritone to David Young. I, Joyce Sabina, do hereby will and bequeath my a- b ' ility to refrain from talking in Mrs. Pease ' s classes to anyone having enough will power not to do so. I, Mike Sabo, do hereby will and bequeath my crew hair cut to Tom Pisut. I Betsy Schauss, do hereby will and bequeath the fun I have had in G. H. S. to Gale McLain and my sister, Ginny. I, Sandy Schmidt, do hereby will and bequeath my a- bility to last for 3 years of cheerleading to any am- bitious Junior Varsity Cheerleader. I, Robert Schumann, do hereby will and bequeath my shop foremanship to Dick Hopp. I, Ronald Scofield, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to make out with freshmen to Dean Meyers. I, Nancy Shaddick, do hereby will and bequeath my daily orange drink at the Nook to George Bowman. I, Helen Siegel, do hereby will and bequeath the a- bility to have fun and not get homework done to Kennie Ruwald. I, Norman Smith, do hereby will and bequeath my a- b’ility of getting along with anyone who is willing to get along with me to Ray Williams. I, Eileen Starastu, do hereby will and bequeath my athletic abilities to Jo Ann Swienconek. I, Rochelle Stockwill, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to daydream to anyone who can keep from do- ing it. I, Toni Stross, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to put off things to Mr. Stanczak, who suggested it. I, Pat Suroviak, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to keep unbleached hair to Sonja. I, Daniel Sury, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to play football to Dennis Spickard. I, Jo Ann Sutherin, do hereby will and bequeath my a- b ' ility of getting along with Dick Nyquist to Jeanette Turnquist. I, Bill Sweeney, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to get escorted from Mr. Bunce ' s history classes to the most deserving person I know of - Judy Barnett. I, Joe Szurgot, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to be the first one down to the Nook to save a booth to Betty Mohoi. I, Pat Tennant, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty of washing and decorating the football shirts on Homecoming to Gerry Scherer. I, Tom Thone, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to keep Mr. Sobieralski in a good mood by laughing at his jokes to anyone taking psychology next year. I, Carol Tignor, do hereby will and bequeath my a- bility to read Mary Ann Hilbrich ' s shorthand in public speaking class to anyone who thinks he can get away with it. I, Gene Troxell, do hereby will and bequeath my Cap- tain Video Ray Gun to Tiny Britton. I, Darlene Turnquist, do hereby will and bequeath all my abilities to anyone who can find them. I, Carol Ann VanDerVort, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to dance around bonfires to the new cheer- leaders. I, Pete Van Horssen, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to do nothing, and get caught at everything, to Tiny Britton. I, Liz Verosik, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to have new clothes every day to Barbara Christian, who, I hope, will be voted Best Dressed Senior next year. I, Marilyn Villars, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get A ' s in English to my brother, Gene. I, Richard Vories, do hereby will and bequeath my a- bility to get along with Sonja to little Mort. I, Christiana Waggoner, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to die laughing in Mr. Bunces ' s selling class to Veonda Andrisko and Elaine Ford. I, Shirley Wagman, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get good grades in physical education to Janet Welsh. I, Ruth Walker, do hereby will and bequeath my abili- ty to prepare fancy dishes to Janice Blubaugh We, Nancy Wells and Mary Kay Zelencik do hereby will and bequeath any good that any one ’can find in us to all the underclass girls. I, Rita Wells, do hereby will and bequeath my ability and love for all sports to my sister, Judy. I, Alma Wood, do hereby will and’bequeath my abili- ty to get by with doing as little work as possible to anyone who is foolish enough to take it. I, Judy Zimmerman, do hereby will and bequeath all the fun I have had in high school to my sister, Gail

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