Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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My Aunt Hands The Most Remarkable Tools of Man By Shrrley Renaud One day I decrded to drop ln on my aunt and see how she was getting along as she had just had her left kldney re moved m an operatnon only a month before and I thought maybe I could gnve her a hand Come on nn she sald when I knocked I d1d so and much to my amazement there she sat In the mlddle of the kltchen floor wrth three of her gxrls aged two four and sxx playmg jacks H she greeted me I needed someone to help eat those three pres I baked thms mornlng For goodness sakes Auntle get off the floor you re llable to have a relapse' I exclaimed Oh frddlestncks she sald you people are trymg to make an old woman out of me and then she added wxth a wma rn my dlrectlon Okay gang games over run out and pl y before I knock your heads together' The gang Sklpp d out Auntle and I continued talkmg unt1l her sxx months old baoy Betty Jean started crymg Pardon me a mmute whxle I go get Number Four she sald and While Im gone why dont you sneak another p1ece of p1e In a short txme she was back baby m arms We contmued talklng only to be mterrupted agaxn th1s t1me by a wall ln the dnrectron of the backyard and a chxldrsh volce that crned Momma Mary Jo hxt me' Well h1t her back and shut up before I come out there my aunt answered wlth a twmkle 1n her eye And so nt went durmg the rest of my v1s1t She changed a three peanut butter sandwnches heated a bottle peeled pota toes answered the doorbell rescued Number Three from Num bers One and Two drred Number Threes tears changed a dxaper and t1ed a knot rn a broken shoelace All the whlle she kept talkmg to me and sm1l1ng I left her house wlth an mvrta tlon to come back Sunday for some chocolate cake to help her celebrate her forty flfth blrthdayl The Ommscuent By Margne Drexler There IS an 1nd1v1dual of my acquamtance who has a very complex personallty He would make a marvelous actor He can shed crocodlle tears at the sllghtest provocatnon he can portray agony such as the world has never seen when he stubs h1s toe he can pro duce an angellc smlle at a moment s notnce He would also be an admlrable gourmet He has tested every food known to man although he prefers bread and jelly He IS a wonderful athlete Hrs ma1n sports are marbles and k1te flylng H1s musxcal talent IS lmnted to VSl'llStllI1g but he lmproves every day He IS fun h1s OPIDIOYIJ the vsorlds greatest authornty on everythmg Here he comes now Would you llke me to lntroduce you to hmm? Meet my nme year old brother Mlke Page Twenty eeght By Tom Lucas Hands are very mterestmg p1eces of human tnssue and cartrlage They are used for many professlons and jobs A doc tor uses h1s hands to brmg life 1ntO the world and to keep lnfe m the world A potter shapes a drab dnscolored pnece of clay mto a sparklmg pnece of art A mach1n1st uses h1s hands to form the strength of our natnon tools to shape cars boats t1n cans and baby carts A mother fondles a baby and ex presses her love wlth these pneces of Godly art A father wrth out these could never have the fatherly companxonshlp wlth h1s son that he strnves for A lnttle boy wouldnt be able to wlpe his dlrty hands on a towel and a llttle glrl Couldn t sklp rope rock her doll or play house The hands do much to brmg peace happmess dxscontent mtellngence feellng and destruc tlon They have declded history mdrrectly for example Napoleon expressed some of h1s most expllcnt v1ews 1n h1s letters to Josephme Hands have def1n1te xmportance 1n shapmg our lives and futures My Gramps By Stanley Kammskx Of all my relat1ves I thmk my Grandfather was the most v1v1d He used to take me for walks through the park 1n the summertnme when I was small he used to tell me the myths and stones of old L1thuan1a where he was born and where he spent the happlest moments of h1s rxch l1fe He would smg me the beautnful folk songs the damos whnch tell of a peace ful happy llfe rn the flelds by the shores of the Baltlc and the Rlver Neumas but he wa a good Amerlcan through and through He was that happy med1um a person who combmes a lov1ng memory of the old world and a loyalty to the new Th1s February 16 1954 was celebrated by the L1thuan1an Amencans as the thlrty sxxth anmversary of Lxthuaman mde pendence and ln our famlly clrcle there was an a1r of cele bratron as the txme approached Poor Gramps' Everyone was seen wlth a smnle on has face but Gramps was s1ck rn bed and and was told he shouldn t go to hear the speakers and see the dancers of the celebratxon Gramps had been 1n bed for a few days wxth a cold and was over the worst of lt by the Sunday of the celebratxon As we were about to leave he came out of h1s bedroom dressed m h1s grey su1t pullmg at h1s st1ff wh1te collar and h1s t1e He looked very handsome and h1s graylsh wh1te haxr and moustache matched h1s surt perfectly We stared Why you shouldn t be gomg out the way you feel we told hnm H1s feelmgs seemed hurt If th1s kllls me Ill know I dled not flat on my back but remembermg and celebratmg vuth the people of my fatherland Im gomg It was more than gratrfymg to sec the tears streammg down h1s smnlxng face as he stood and sang wlth the large gathermg the National Anthem of L1thuan1a Lletuva Tevyne musu CL1thuan1a our fatherlandj From Lletuyos Hy mnas Vmco Kudlrkos , , - . , - , - . . 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Humorous Bus Lecturer By John Vapensky nm Cappas ns a rather small and squat but jovnal man Hns double chnn and round mndsectnon gnve hnm a chubby ap pearance Oddly enough he bears a remarkable facnal resem bnance to the SOVl6t Unnon s head man Malenkov When ques tnoned about thns resemblance Jnm sand Yeah but Im from Brooklyn nm ns a lecturer on a sxghtseenng bus nn New York Cnty On a recent trnp through New York made by a large group of students from the Hammond hngh schools Jnm and Bnll the bus drnver gunded forty three of us through the cnty Of all the students and busses that toured the cnty I had to pnck .1 bus wnth a comednan as the lecturer 1ms humor had all of us laughnng throughout the trnp In a Jackne Gleason manner Jnm told jokes trncked us and acted out many of hns jokes A shnnnng example of hns humor was the tnme when he told B111 to be sure to hnt hns quota of pedestrnans for the day At one rea lnght he saw a -nan about to cross nn front of the bus and shouted to Bnll Easy now Bnll' Just a lnttle closer Bnll' A lnttle more to the rnght now' There you got hnm-Oh you mnssed hnm' At other ponnts along the tour jnm would exclanm unck look to the rnght' We would all swnvel our necks around to the rnght and he would say m a boynsh vonce There s a bunld nng Isn t nt mee? Moments later he would shout Qunck look up' And after everybody looked up he would qunp Theres the sky Isn t nt pretty? nms humor had me laughnng so much when I watched hns aCtn0nS that I mnssed several places we were told to look at When we passed a manhole and loose manhole cover wnth steam comnng out of nt Jnm qunckly qunpped Look Bnll our house ns on fnre Thns was a tnmely joke because he had just fnnnshed tellnng us about the crowded lnvnng condntnons nn New York Nearnng Chnnatown whnle drnvnng through a slum area the bus was stopped at a red lnght Here Jnm showed that he had two sldes as he pulled a mean joke on a poor old man m glared at us wnth hns bng black eyes flashed hns shnny whnte teeth and as he combed hn long black hanr he shoved open the bus door I wondered what he was up to now I soon found out as Jnm stepped down nnto the street The shabbnlv Jressed unshaven old man was pncknng dead flowers from a garbage can Wnth a pntnful expressnon on hns baby face m stared brnght eyed at the old man and asked nn a gnrlnsh vonce Are those flowers for me' Then he added Oh thank you thank you kmd man We fanled to see any humor nn thls joke and the majornty of us groaned The ragged old man saw no humor enther and pand no attentnon to us as he nonchalantly walked away wrth hns new possessnon the dead flowers nm acted qunckly and cleverly to cover up and to regann t e student s respect He ransed hns hands nn bandleader fashnon 311 l C Bn fain dnrected our groan nn musncal unnson so that nt sounded Ohhhhhhhhhhh Agann hns humor had made hnm a hnt the nncndent was forgotten Later nn the day we all got soaknng wet from the heavy whnch covered New York Cnty all Saturday afternoon were soaked durnng our ferry boat rnde to and from Bed loe s Island where the Statue of Lnberty ns located When we left the boat on reachmg shore we dashed through a heavy downpour to get back to our busses When all forty three students xt ere :ngann seated on the bus Jnm came nn wearnng hns khakn green unnform and he too was drenched to the sknn Here the thnrty flve gnrls all wanted to go back to the hotel rlther than wnsnt the Empnre State Bunldnng The gnrls polled the students and gave Jnm the re sults jnm stood erect hns head more or less drooped dovnn ward to the rnght and looknng up and down the aisle at us shouted Oh you re all wet' Hns humor hadn t left hnm We dnd stop at the worlds tallest bunldnng but only to pnck up tnckets so that we mnght be able to vnsnt there later on our own tnme Most of us dnd get to go back that nnght whnch was a free nnght for all the students nm gestured wnth hns hands and crossed them over hx heart as he pretended to weep when we got out of the bus and sand goodbye to hnm at the hotel As I was one of the last students off the bus I shook hands and Qdld goodbye to jnm one of the most mterestnng men that I have ever had the good fortune to meet Oddly enough he told me that he acts that way on all hns lecture tours Dave By Merrnll Hubbell The day was cool for the usual end of July weather but Dave felt hot and stncky as he bent over the staggernng pnle of papers and books that covered hns desk In spnte of the long sunny days of the summer Daves usually golden brown sknn was stnll wmter pale Thns summer hns unruly sandy colored hanr had not been bleached almost Whlte by the sun Hns fingers strong and smooth had not grown rough and calloused from the customary summer chores and actnvntnes The muscles of hns shoulders and arms dndn t have the achnng but satnsfynng feelnng that comes from harvestnng the summer s crop or row nng across the lake to meet some frnends and see a movle nn th tnny county town Dave mnssed the long busy summer days spent on hns grandmother and grandfathers farm For all the summers he could remember he had left hns own home nn the steamnng cnty to stay nn the comfortable nnformalnty of the farm Dave seemed perfectly surtcd to the lnfe of a hard worknng farmer Ever snnce he had spent the fnrst vacatnons on the farm every one had thought that someday he would carry on after hns grandfather As he grew older Dave came to look more and more lnke hns grandfather Now at nnneteen he stood snx feet two nnches and he had already acqunred the slnght stoop of a man who had worked long hours at back breaklng jobs Work nng nn the fnelds under the blaznng sun had made crnnkles at the corners of hns eyes where he had squnnted to protect them from the glare For snx years Dave had worn large horn rnmmed glasses that gave hnm a scholarly appearance whnch seemed out of place wnth hns athletnc bunld He had acqunred the habnt of looknng qunzzncally over the top of hns glasses when anyone was trynng to dnscuss a sernous matter wnth hnm Dave could never resnst pullnng d vnlnsh trncks often and when people least expected them An excellent barometer of hns devnlnshness was the expressnon of hns mouth and eyes Hns mouth had a way of grnnnnng at only one corner gnvnng hnm a decenvnngly nnnocent look But hns eyes betrayed the real lack of nnnocence They sparked and shone nn the delnghted antncnpatnon of some devnlment whnle hns mouth turned up nn that lopsnded grnn at the snght of hns handnwork But Dave was not all fun and knddnng That summer he surprnsed everyone by announcnng that he was gomg to study to be a doctor He gave up hns summer vacatnon nn the coun try to stay rn the cnty and begnn hns studynng Although hn famnly had been a lnttle surprnsed and dnsapponnted at fnrst thev soon were proud of the snncernty wnth whnch Dave attacked hns new goal The ummer on the farm that he loved so much was lost but now Dave was vsell on hns way to reach nng the goal that would make hns lnfe complete Page Twenty seven a 1 li Q ll ' l ' a 9 - - . , . . 7 J , - . . . 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Mardl Gras By Max Anderson Hurry hurry hurry Step right up folks and see the greatest show on earth So went the 1953 Hammond High Mardi Gras vshich packed tht schools halls with thousands of jubilant carnival goers Bigger better and more colorful than ever before the mam event chmaxed an entire meek of furious preparatnon and promo non including a parxde hrough Hammonds mam business district The big top of the midway was the audltorium where the Hammond High Association staged a talent show pitting the four classes against one another The freshman portion of the program featured acrobat Margot Kr1eger and Mary Lou Kutak and Katle Crumpacker pantomime artnsts The sopho more class was ably represented by vocalist Mary Janet Kaska and guitarist Del Kacher while the juniors boasted a program starring vocalist Mary Zudock and pianist Carol Anderson The sole senior entry was dancer Dorothy Soja After leaving the audltorlum carnival goers could round ut. the evening with food and fun perhaps stopping at the H1 Y s soda pop stand the Spanish Clubs candy booth or tht Affie Tapple shop sponsored by the Y Teens For the brave there was the Speech Arts Clubs spools house for the fmned there was the H Mens Aquatic Ex position and for the energ tic dancing in the clfeterla spon sored by the choir The Calumet Herald s Kozy Kove the first Mardi Gras concesslon sponsored by the paper m years was so jammed that two extra performances were scheduled and mobs were turned away The popular Kove offered a troplcal atmosphere south sea refreshments hula dan ers and a host of other talented performers Other popular attractlons were the JCL s Cake Walk the Expanded Arts Clubs gift booth ffree sketches of the customers were drawnj the German Clubs coffee shop and the plant booth sponsored by the members of the Plant Club During the evening one could keep in touch with his friends via tel grams which were delivered by the members of the Pre nursm club The Hammond Magic Club By Paul Barton The work of the Hammond Magic Club is one example of what teen agers can do constructively Our group of SIX boys ranging from sixteen to eighteen years of age entertain for orphanages charity groups and other worthwhile causes Dur mg club meetings new shows are planned crxticnsms are ex changed and a discussion on magic in general 15 given Each member has a varying degree of interest in magic Some hop to be professionals others lust want an interesting hobby All are magicians constantly trung to improve themselves and their acts Whenex er possxbl a professional is invited to our meetings This club not only illustrates what teen age bovs can do to better themselves but also what they can do to help others Etiquette By Dan Barrett In society there are certain rules and regulations that one must follow to make his way of hfe more pleasant Imagine what this scene would be like if all of the ladies and girls were shoving and elbowmg their way to the table Visualize several girls trying to fill their punch glasses at once Imagine the mess and confusion which would result At Hammond High we learn how to get along with other people We learn how to conduct ourselves at an occasion such as the one in the picture above Basic rules of etiquette are taught to us in classes Opportunity is given us to practice and exercise what we have learned at teas banquets and formal dances Etiquette which can either open the door of success or violently slam it in our face IS a daily thing It is not some th1ng which 15 to be placed in the top dresser drawer to be item for all occasions Election Day at Hammond Hugh By Dan Barrett Th sun was brightly shining The a1r was warm and humid It was a balmy beaut1ful spring day The blrds were chirpmg and whistlmg Spring had come to Hammond While spring had come to Hammond election day had come to Hammond High It was the day of the primary All of the whistling was not done by the blrds Many of the candidates went about whistling and hummmg gay little tunes Many candidates faces were beaming as brightly as the sun Each felt that he was the candidate that was gomg to be nominated for the finals At two oclock the sky grew blacker The clouds began to pile up The sun was blotted out The birds headed for their nests There was an ominous feeling in tht air The sky con tlnued to darken Meanwhll the candidates gay smiles turned to looks of grave concern The worries began to pile up Now was the crucial hour By tht end of school the sky was black It began to hghten and thunder Then the sky hurled down buckets of water The beautlful shining day was gone and m its place had come an ugly dark thunderstorm Inside during the twenty minutes after school the candidates anxiously awaited the moment the officials would annouce results The smiling happy faces were gone The cheerful hummmg had ceased Silence and fear had taken their place Then as the results were read the thunderstorm ended Some spots of the sky once agam emerged a beautiful blue Other spots remained however black and forgotten until the next morning So also was the case in school Six of twenty two hopefuls became the shnnmg whistling students that they had been before school The other sixteen vsent out disappointed and forgotten until the next morning Page Twenty nme v v ' y a , Y . 2 . , , , , Y K t. , . . 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