Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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A VACATION IN MILWAUKEE Bs Elsxe Lutz Have you es tr VlSlEEd Mllwauk e cxtv of beauty and excitement? Mnlvn aukee home of busv harbors where glgantxc steamers bustle to and fro brmgmg products from many lands home of large nndustrxes meat packmg food products metal products maehmery leather chemxcals and tcxtlles home of the Mxlwaukee Braves the prxde and joy of Wlsconsm and last but not least home of Schlltz the beer that made Mllwaukec famous I had my fnrst glimpse of thus crty at the rnpe old ge of twelve You see I went to vxsxt my aunt and uncle durmg a summer vaca tnon I left for the trun statlon at seven oclock nn the mornmg I had had a terrnble tlme gcttxng up so early and I had almost declded to stay home ln bed The weather didnt help to encourage me Desplte what the weatherman had reported the weather was mlserable Buckets of ram seemed to be pourmg from all dnrectxon Smcc. Im not one of those people who hke to sung nn the ram I wasn t very happy about the sntuatnon Each drop of ram seemed to laugh at people who had to leave thexr mee warm houses Every once m 1 whlle the whole sky would rumble as lf nt were gomg to break and fall down to earth m mlllxons of pxeces The world seemed very peaceful ex cept for th pattcr of the ramdrops and an occasnonal flash of brlllnant llghtnmg Well bel1eve xt or not I fmally reached the tram statxon I got aboard the tram and sat down 1n a seat next to a wmdow I wasn t very much thrxlled about thus trlp ln fact I would rather have been home ln bed dreammg about some wonderful adventure and forgettmg about the weather and other unpleasant matters Dnsregard ng the fact that I had just eaten breakfast I got a Candy bar out of my purse and began to mbble 1t whlle I read a comxc book Thxs wasn t very much fun smce the chocolate on the candy bar had melted and dndnt taste very good and the comnc book whnch was about Donald Duck and hns romantnc expernences wnth Dansy was very bormg I trxed to look out the wmdow m order to see the beautlful scenery whnch had been advertlsed on the travel folder but the wmdow was a'l blurry from the ram It seemed as lf we had been rldmg hours and hours and as lf the train had lapped up mlles and mrles of land Then fmally the conductor called out Next stop Mllwaukee' I got off the tram and looked around I dldnt see anybody I knew I began mentally to make a l1st of th1ngs I could do 1f my aunt and uncle dndn t come I could get a job I could call home and tell my parents what had happened I could and then I found them They took me to thenr home m the suburbs of Milwaukee I drd all sorts of thlngs whlle I was there but the thmg I liked best of all was to go swnmmmg nn the waters of nearby Lake M1ch1gan One day when we went swxmmmg we were surprnsed to fmd the streets and the beach completely vacated It looked as xf the world had been deserted To fmd 1 beach whlch IS not occupxed by a smgle person ns very d1ff1cult to do especlally on a hot summer day Usually you can t even fmd a blg enough spot on whlch to lay your blanket We felt very lucky to have m1les and m1les of sandy beach for ourselves On our way home we notnced a lady who was slttxng on her porch shadmg herself from the scorchxng heat of the afternoon sun and lazxly glldmg 1n a porch swung As we passed her porch she sat up and stared at us as lf we were the fxrst human bemgs she had ever seen It wasnt untnl we arrnved home that we le1rncd why the town was so qunet and peaceful There was a pollo epidemic and everyone mcludmg us was supposed to be quarantmed I had to be exammed and gn en special permxssnon to go home I had a very wonderful vacatxon but lxke most good thmgs lt had to come to an end sometxme I thanked my host and hostess an I got aboard a tram for home I arrnvcd back home agam m Indllna m tnme to eat supper And naturally nt was rammg' Cnty and Country By Ann Wagner Compared to the qunet and peaceful atmosphere of the country the blg Clty ns the DOISICSC place on earth to lue Many hours before the average cxty busmessman turns off hls alarm the farmer and h1s famlly hate awakened to the con fndent crow of thexr rooster The hustle and bustle of the Clty begms just before mne as busmessmen rush to work bells clang loundls horns honk xmpatxently policemen wh1stle frantlcally and traffnc assumes a loud and monotonous roar Meanwhile IU the country the cows moo contentedly durmg mxlkmg hours as the small dog barks furlously at the nevulx made scarecrow Meals m the countrv are ecstatnc thelr ex qulslte aromas drlftmg gently to the hnred hands at work m the fneld While meager lunches nn the cxtx are bolted hurnedls The busmessman abruptly stops work as the courthouse clock boxsterouslv peals the hour The farmer sometimes works far mto the exemng lf the haung must bc done Cxtx xnhabxtants chmb vteanls mto bed after a bonstcrous game of cards and usual mghtcap country mhabxtants tumble mto bed after song and praver At last comes the txme of peace for all the un dxsturbed eternal peace of rest P The Buckingham Memorlal Fountaln Of partxcular loxelmess nn the Ch1cago area the Buckmg ham Niemornal Fountam IS located m a beautnfullw landscaped area m Grant Park Fngures of bronze scahorses majestncally playing surround a central flgure In the evemng rambow colored hghts plav oter the fountain and enhance xts beauty Page Twenty hve I N ,V 2, . 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That's Hammond By Nancy Mason Yes nt was the n1ght before my bng day 1n Hammond The momentous decnsxon had come You know Id thought qulte a bxt about thxs but I just couldnt belleve tomorrow Id do lt' Oh no doubt youre wondermg who I am Gosh I cer tamly dld mean to tell you before th1s Why Im Lanx ust an ordmary Amerlcan who thoroughly enjoys hfe and l1v1ng to the Nth degree My story unfolds on a rather warm day rn September To be exact the date was gee an lmportant date as th1s was and I can t even remember the day Oh yes It was the tenth As I was saymg before I had a lapse of memory there I was' All mghr I had trxed to sleep 1n the hotel but all was 1n vam Tram after tram kept gomg by tootmg and puffmg till I thought Id go mad But then that s Ham mond' By 7 30 am on that memorable day the whole town was begmmng to smell llke well lmagme the worst thmg you ve ever smelled that was It that s Hammond I trled to surround myself vuth syy ect smellmg shavxng lotxon The result mx I soon began to wonder whether xt was I that smelled so bad or just my surroundmgs I soon began to pray What oh what would Ella thxnk lf I vyalked ln on the bnggest day of my hfe smellmg l1ke a garbage dlsposal un1t9 My mlnd soon began to race wrldly It was already 8 00 oclock Just thmk I saxd to myself two more hours of bemg free' Lanx get a hold of yourself old boy th1s xs what you wanted Then hke a volce out of nowhere came Oh IS rt really? Darn that consclence nt stlll bothers me luke that even to thus day As I reahzed lt yy as 8 15 the worst of all happened Its a custom nn England vxhere I hved for many years to put your shoes outslde the door The next mormng upon awakemng you would f1nd them standmg rn the preclse place youd left them but all shmed lookmg hke new To my horror when I looked for them that mormng I reallzed someone had stolen them Gone my twenty dollar shoes gone' I then gathered such a custom was not m yogue 1n Hammond Iuckxly enough I had brought an extra panr vuth me The only trouble was that they had holes m the bottom Oh vs ell I sald Ill b standmg on them so nobody mll ever know the truth By thns tlme t was 8 30 I must get dressed I thought As I fmnshed dresslng I became ayx re of the fact that I had Page Twenty four tled my shoes together I can laugh now but at the tnme xt seemed lxke a tragedy You see I dldnt reallze th1s untll I started to walk and fell flat on my face By now I had broken out 1n a cold sweat Where oh where were my cuff l1nks9 Oh no I had left them m Chncago So after much thought I used paper clnps By 9 30 I was almost too nervous to stand Only one half hour left I decnded I had better leave I fmally dragged myself to my car As I slammed the door I pamfully reahzed I had made an error' You see my fmgers were stnll 1n the door' After speedmg to the hosprtal and recenvmg three stltches 1n my hand plus a txcket for speedmg I had seven mmutes to go Oh I just knew Id 1ever make 1t ust then xt happened In front of me the gates went down Oh no Lanx th1s just couldnt happen to you I saxd But then that same httle unknown volce sa1 Oh couldn t nt? Now my whol body began to txngle Nme frfty my watch sard As I began to tell my self my watch was pro bably ten mmutes off If always was a l1ttle fast anyway a sly httle voxce sald u1t kxddmg yourself Lanx YOU are gomg to be late' Good grnef I exclaxmed at ten after ten Im late You undoubtedly wonder by th1s trme why th1s day was so lmportant to me Well you see xt was my weddmg day and I was late But I guess that s Hammond' Smokestacks bear w1tness to the labor of the furnaces from whxch IS born a vntal substance steel for homes steel make l1fe more full for us Glowmg br1ght sky 1n the mght power and beauty Phoio by Inland Steel I y . V! . . , . . . . ' 'W r l V 1 , ' 3 3 I ' 3 3 ' ' 3 . , . . , A . , I I J Q! ' . ' 3 33 ' 3 7 3 . - - u . 1' 9 , , ,, VV . . - . . . . , . V - . V . . V . . . ,, . . . V 1 Q 9 9 ' 33 U . A ,, - u 9 9: 9 7 ' I - 9 s I -1 -T 3 V . V . . V Q . . , ' 9 . . . . , . 3 , . , . 9 . , - . . . , , . . - , 1 J - J' . . n . for industry-steel for America-steel for the world-steel to ...ah...ah... , ' ' ' - , . . , .... 3 I ' - I 3 . . , , ' 9 ' j : . ., , ' 9 , - . , . V. V - . . . V V . V . ' . . , Y 3 , . 9 zz - 19 ' .ze l ' 3 3 . V . . ' 3 3 ,, - - N - - L' 9 . ,, . V . . . ' 3 . . , , . . , . . V . 3 3 V . . . ' 3 . . . . , 3 I 7 I I ' 3 ' 3 . , 7 7- ,, . V . V . . . , , ' . Y. l 7 7 ' if V 37 I ' Y! 3 I1 . . , , c - V- l V59 ' ' i : . , . 9 'fi

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My Father and Education A Good Frrend By Ed Vennon I have been extremely fortunate rn my young lrfe to meet and talk wrth many people rn the freld of educatron If I were to choose one person however who has motrvated my desrre for hrgher educatron that person would be my father Dad never had a chance to go to college He was workmg even whrle attendrng hrgh school Mv grandfather dred when Dad was fourteen Srnce Dad was the oldest of three brothers he went to work to help the famrly Because he was wrllrng to grve up hrs own chances my uncles recerved therr educa tronal opportunrtres All through my lrfe ever smce I have been old enough to understand Dad and Mom have urged and even rnsrsted that I attend college Dad has often told me how a college de gr e would mean so much to hrs advancement rn hrs work Through hard work and experrence he has achreved all the practrcal understandrng he needs rn the freld of engrneerrng He has told me that all he needs rs the theory to back hrs practrcal experrence Theory on a subject can only be grven rn college Dad has the same general appearrnce as mo t mrddle aged men He has a baldrng forehead a growrng expanse around the warst and a few gray harrs at the temples After a hard day crrcles appear beneath hrs eyes and a frown encompasses hrs brow Dad rs prrmarrly a famrly man He enjoys an evenrng out but he gets just as much pleasure out of relaxrng at home Dad enjoys home cookrng a great deal but he often relreves Mom of her krtchen chores wrth a dmner and show rn Chrcago People have told me that upon meetrng Dad they are struck wrth hrs neatness hrs wrllrngness to undertake a task and the uthorrty wrth whrch he speaks about hrs job Dad enjoys workmg around the home Hrs abrlrty at car pentry was shown when he burlt my room onto our present home Dad used to be an archrtect and strll draws a lrttle rn hrs spare trme Wrth all hrs background people wonder why Dad strll appears to be searchrng for somethmg I thmk that lack of the opportunrty to go to college explarns a lot The one goal that Dad has never reached rs a college degree It alone has eluded hrm True hes not a mrllronarre but who rs' Dad can earn a comfortable lrvrng for hrs famrly He provrdes us wrth all the necessrtres and many of the comforts of lrfe The only desrre my father has left rs the chance to go to a unrversrty Dad has never trred to make rt seem that a college sheep skrn would smooth all the bumps He marntarns that everyone should grve of hrs best at all trmes Dad only argues that a degree supports hard work makmg advancement come qurcker Part of Dads educatronal rnterest stems from the fact that he has done a great deal of offrcratmg rn athletrc con tests He became acquarnted wrth many men rn the educa tronal rnstrtutrons rn Ohro and Indrana He realrzed that these people ould help hrs son Upon realrzrng that I would soon be ready for college Dad became actrvt as an athletrc scout for a promrnent mrd western unrversrty Hrs many frrends rn the athletrc depart ment have repard Dad by ardrng my entrance to thrs unrver srt I know that the one goal that my Dad farled to reach rn hrs lrfetrme wrll become real for hrm when I recerye my college degree I haye no doubt that Ill make rt Im not sure of the freld but Ill make rt Dads too wonderful a person to let down My father may not be the most hrghly educated man rn the world but hrs respect for educatron gots deeper than that of any body I haye eyer known Page T enty srx By Karen Schuler ueen our dog had just krlled a long fat strrped garter snake I rnched away as she shook rt agarn to make sure rt was dead As I looked at the snake from that drstance Paul rushed forward prcked up the dead body and ran towards me as he held ch snake rn front of hrm Som how I beat hrm rnto the house and managed to lock the door before he threw the snake at me That rnc dent took place ten years ago In these ten years I have watched Paul change from that prankrsh chrld to the young man he now rs At the age of eleven Paul played many trrcks on hrs frrends lrke chasmg people wrth snakes Berng of a currous nature one day I asked Johnny hrs close buddy why he per srsted rn playrng wrth Paul johnnys reply was srmple Oh hes a lot of fun Well I asked hrm rf he drdn t get sore at Paul for play rng all those trrcks Very serrously ohnny retorted Those trrcks never hurt anyone Paul wouldn t do that Besrdes rts fun to watch hrm thmk up all that stuff I wrsh I were that clever Shocked as I was to hear all of that thought come from johnny I trred very aard to see rt the way ohnny saw rt Its true that Paul got some hearty laughter from hrs frrends That must have been why ohnny thought that he was fun It rs also true that Paul never rntentronally hurt anyone Oh he caused a few brursed elbows and knees on some frrends when he would run hrs brcycle rnto therrs accrdentally but he be came very srlent for perhaps two hours after the rncrdent He would stare rnto space and not even the farntest srgn of emotron would appear rf somethmg unusual happened Once he told me that he used to thrnk about the many ways rn whrch he could have prevented the accrdent He sard that he would see the scene over and over agarn rn hrs mmd durrng these srlences Now Paul rs twenty one years old Instead of lookmg lrke looks well proportroned for hrs age as hrs mother has sard Hrs characterrstrc brtten down frngernarls wrth no moons on them and hrs large shrny forehead are strll a part of hrm Neatness has also stayed these ten years the only change berng that now he keeps hrs shoes mstead of hrs brcycle polrshed and hrs face mstead of hrs dog clean He has lost all the prankrshness that was eyer rn hrm He strll enjoys good laughs and at trmes good trrcks but the trrcks that he pulls make the recerver of the trrck laugh also Paul also laughs heartrly usrng the same thrustrng out of hands that he used to use to show hrs joy He has not lost any of hrs cleyerness whrch used to be used rn playrng trrcks He now uses cleverness when puttrng words together and for thrs reason he can be just about any type of lrkable or drs lrkable person dependrng upon the srtu atron The srtuatron though docs not alter some of hrs old habrts as perhaps rt should Hrs legs and feet are sprawled out when ever possrble He forgets about respec able table manners some trmes and when he does remember the redness slowly creeps way up to hrs forehead He rs not bothered by these trry ral matters as he puts rt He once sard As long as Im happy and am not hurtrng anyone else rn berng so I am contented Iltryen IS the brggtst cloud rn the sky Xlden ILL C rtts ' . . 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