Hobart Senior High School - Memories Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

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HO-H! LIFE Page Five P. T. A. GROUPS WELCOME TEACHERS “Ten-shun!” comes a crisp, snap- py order, and instantly any band member within earshot snaps into position. Drills are the order of the day now, for the band is getting ready to march. Each rank cap- tain tries to be just a bit better than the next. In a recent election the follow- ing officers were selected for the band ' president, Rita Hughes; vice- president, Donald McCathern; ef- ficiency manager, Bill Montville; assistant efficiency manager, Jim Grinn ; secretary-treasurer, R u l li Baiitz; librarians, Robert Bahtz, Jean Szawczyk, Almo Swedo, Jean Collins, and Robert Vinzant; equip- ment managers, Nick Holzmer, Jack Howey, and Frank Papke; sponsor, Jeanne Greenlee; and student con- ductor, Robert Baile. Rank captains are Jean Collins, Frank Papke, Robert Baile, James Gi inn Horace Titus, Robert Bahtz, Donald McCathern, Bill Anderson, Bill Montville, ' Charles Hamilton, ar.d Bob Vinzant. .. .. At Ho-Ri ' s next home football came the band will demonstrate several marching formations on the field. Compliments of Henderson Ice Cream Phone 93 Hobart Hobart Service Station Texaco Products MAIN ST. at the BRIDGE HOBART, INDIANA Honoring teachers of the Hobart public schools, the Central and Mundell Parent-Teachers Associa- tion entertained in the recreation room of the High School at 8 o’clock j Thursday night, September 25. The meeting was opened by Mrs. Edward Hahn, president of Central i P. T: A., who introduced Mrs. W. E. Frazee,, president of Mundell P. T. A., and Mr. J. Watkins, president of West Hobart P. T. A. Mr. Garver introduced the new High School principal, Mr. ' Kendall, who in turn introduced the teach- ers of Central School, and the oth- er principals presented their teachers. Next Mr. Ebbs, musical director, with six members of the band, played fifteen selections for a musi- cal quiz. Miss McKenna and Mr. Kastnei- conducted several radio I quiz programs. After the meeting was closed by 1 the president, the parents welcomed the new and old teachers. A lunch ! consisting of ice cream, moulded ! in the form of a rose, and cake was I served b” the committee to about 18J teachers and parents. HOBART HAS KINDERGARTEN — September 8 . marked the begin- ning of. the first kindergarten in the j history of Hobart schools. There l are two groups of thirty children each enrolled in the kindergarten i under Miss Gretchen Yackee, whom , | the children call jus t “Teacher.” 1 Pupils are five and six years of ; .ge, and their classes are being held at present in the basement of the Methodist church. The younger children go to school from 9 until 11:15 a. m., and the older ones from 1 until 3:15 p. m. during the week. Painting and coloring, music, and dramatics occupy the children s time, with cooperation as on im- portant aim. Movable • tables and cha rs are used in the room, and the children place their wraps and i elongings in a special cloak room. The wall is adorned with pictures made by the children themselves. Miss Yackee reports that so far the children have been quite enthus- iastic about their ‘‘school days. Diamonds Watches MARTIN BINDER JEWELER Elgin Waltham Parker Watches 216 Main St. We Specialize In Quick Lunches -Eat- Have Time To Spare At Noon. Dyche Drug. Co. The Srore On The Corner. New students in the Hobart Jun- ior High School include Gloria Ait- ken, 7A, entered from Emerson, Gary; John Alley, 7B, Tipton, Ind.; Lou Jean Alley, 8B, Tipton; Pat- ricia Barrett, 8B, Central Junior High, Valparaiso; Mary Billeaux, 8B, Le Moyne, Chicago; Larry Buckreus, 8B, Lew Wallace, Gary; Bobby Carves, 8B, Palestine, Ind.; William Cortes, 8B, Horace Mann, Gary; Eugene Crum, 7B, Culver; Dolores Enslen, 7A, Lew Wallace, Gary; Doris Enslen, 7 A, Lew Wal- lace, Gary; Roger Etchison, 7B, Le- compton, Kansas; Dick Glaver, 8B, Clinton, Ind.; Donald Hamann, 8B, Wheeler, Ind.; Cecil Hayes, 8B, Em- erson High School, Gary; Irene Hendrick, 8B, Wilson Junior High School, Appleton, Wis.; Donald Hess, 7B, San Pierre, Ind.; Marilyn Johnson, 7B, Milroy High School, Milroy, Minn.; Patricia Kates, 8B, Tolleston, Gary; Kathryn Kleine, 8B, Zorn Lutheran School, Birm- ingham, Ala.: Johnnie Levitt, 8B, Clay City, 111.; Katheryn Mark- ward, 8B, Lafayette School, Ham- mond; Ilene Moreira, 8A, Froebel, Gary; Ralph Papke, 8B, Beveridge; Florie Schmidt, 7 A, Belvidere, 111.; Shirley Jean Shaw, 7B, Merrillville High School; Bob Spangler, 7B, Emerson, Gary; Glen Swanson, 8B, Guthrie Center, la.; Ray Thomas, 7B, New Chicago; LaVerne Veres, 8B, New Chicago; Mary Watson, 8B, New Chicago; and Max Watson, 7B, New Chicago. Coaches Kurth and Moore are getting their future gridiron hope- fuls off to an early start, for all gym classes now are playing touch football. As the afternoon announcements came around, Mr. Golden proceed- ed to read as follows: “Students should not climb over barbed wire fence.” He had no sooner finished reading than one of his students called his attention to a very time- the window: four students,were go- ly incident which he viewed from I ing over the barbed wire fence. GIRLS’ CLUB PLANS GET UNDERWAY Girls’ Club members held their first meeting of the year Tuesday, | September 23, in Room 212. After their regular club business, they discussed the confectionary, which has been opened in the girls ' locker room. The Girls’ Club is to be in i charge of this for one month, after which the other school clubs will take over for their turns. The I profits made are to be divided 1 smon« all clubs.

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HO-HI LIFE Page Four Continued from page 3 Spending their summers in aca- demic pursuits were Miss Winn at Indiana University, Miss Friedrich at Purdue University, Mr. Morland at the University of Kentucky, and Miss Fraling at home in Kokomo, where she devoted her time to a re- search study and correspondence course. Acting as handicraft instructor, Miss Haspel spent the summer at a Girl Reserves’ Camp at McCor- mick’s Creek State Park. Miss An- derson visited in Detroit, Michigan, and at the University of Michigan. She went also to the Niagara Falls. The many physical changes and repairs undergone by the Hobart I ublic schools kept Mr. Pound busy throughout the summer. Mr. Mar- tin, too, hammered and pounded a great deal in order to convert the wood shop into a general shop. Miss Horne held a secretarial position in Danville, Illinois. x After a two weeks’ trip to Michi- gan, Mr. Kurth worked as a painter for the remainder of the summer. Mr. Bell worked in the steel mills most of the summer but managed to crowd in some visits with rela- tives in Paoli and in Bluffton, Ind- iana. Mr. Golden did carpentry work during part of the summer and enjoyed some fishing and hunt- in” on the Tippecanoe. Tommy Moore spent most of the summer in the Robert Long Hospi- tal in Indianapolis, where he was under treatment following an op- eration. Mr. Kendall served as a r creational director in Valparaiso. Summer school instruction in the Hobart High School kept Mr. Yun- ker busy. Mr. Miller visited in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and in Illinois. Miss McKenna turned housekeep- er during the summer, for she spent her vacation at home keeping house for her father. Miss Risk sperH her Biggest Little Food Shop in Hobart GRIEGER ' S 303 West Third St. Your Satisfaction Is Our Joy Joy Cleaners 1 COME IN! Students and Teachers . Get a Shine at CECIL’S SHOE SHINE SHACK MEET ME IN THE SWEET SHOP Ho-Hi’s new Sweet Shop, located in the girls’ locker room, combines the previous coca-cola, candy, and “frostie” sales into one department. Sales began Monday under the aus- pices of members of the Girls’ Club, who will be in charge for the first month. Each club will share in the pro- fits received from the commissary by operating it for a certain allotted time. In the department are two candy machines and a “coke” machine. The Shop will sell ice-cream bars, potato chips, milk, cheese snacks, cookies, and various other items. Members of the Girls’ Club will sell candy and other foodstuffs at the home football games, and the profits will go into the Sweet Shop fund. The committee from the Girls’ Club in charge of the shop ai’e Dor- othy Oakley, chairman, Elsie Mat- ovich, Jean Fiester, Nora Laurie, Helen Walters, and Thelma Mero- dias. The building trades boys con- structed a large counter that has been placed in the Shop in order that all selling activities of the var- ious school organizations may be centralized. vacation at a Girl Scouts’ camp,’ and Miss Holman divided her time between a correspondence course and a trip through the South. Mr. Kastner is a man after our own hearts. . . he enjoyed a long rest all summer! Indiana Construction Material Co. Inc. GEDRGE W. BOND Builder Play Safe Order Your Coal NOW! Summer Prices Pocahontas Mine Run — $8.50 ton Pocahontas Small Nut -- 8.50 ton Pocahontas Egg 8.50 ton Pocahontas Lump 9.75 ton Red Comet - low ash — 9.00 ton Shearer Son Phone 5 All Beauty Services Rendered Flagler’s Phone 348-J (Continued from page 1) The Roosevelt Building has a new addition, constructed for the pur- pose of providing storage and lock- er space for physical education stu- dents and for athletic equipment. A complete set of building blocks has been purchased for the kinder- garten children. Racks for parking bicycles have been moved from the back of the Central Building to the west side of the building, and under a new parking arrangement teachers will park their cars in back of the build- ing. Students will be permitted to park their cars anywhere on the east side of the building with the exception of the first two spaces, which spaces will be reserved for Mr. Garver and Mr. Kendall’s cars. The playground fence, part of which has been erected, eventually will surround the entire playground and football field. The fence is made of six-foot woven wire with three strands of barbed wire at the top. The Station That Gives Complete Service A1 Verplank Center Main For Distinctive Beauty Service come to Maureen ' s Phone 580-J SAVE HERE Hobart Federal Savings and Loan Association Compliments of Neal and Marie Hobart Flower Shop Phone 140

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(Continued from page 1) As physical education instructor. Miss Donna Belle Risk has assumed the position formerly held by Miss Friedrich. She is a graduate of Ball State Teachers’ College and has been counsellor for the past four summers in the Girl Scouts’ Camp at Flint, Michigan. Miss Risk’s home is in Muncie, Indiana. The resignation of Edgar P. Wil- liams left a social studies opening which has been filled by Geneal Prather, formerly a member of the faculty of the high school at Bur- lington, Indiana. Mr. Prather holds the A. B. degree from Indiana Uni- versity, and he will receive the M. A. degree from that institution in October. He is married, and his family has moved to Hobart for residence. John Morland, social studies and science teacher, replaces Clarence VanderKolk. He is a Valparaiso University graduate and has the M. A. degree from the University of Kentucky. Merle Blue will teach English and social studies. His home is in Marion, Indiana. He will receive the M. A. degree from Indiana Uni- versity in October. Mr. Blue has taught in Spencer, Indiana. Miss Gretchen Yackee has been transferred to the new kindergar- ten addition. Her position was fill- ed by Miss Marian Webster, a grad- uate from Ball State Teachers’ Col- lege with the B. S. degree. She has taught at Spartanburg, Indiana, and in Randolph County. Miss Mildred Carter replaces Miss Ethel Breshears in the Roose- velt Building. She has a B. S. de- gree from Indiana State Teachers’ College. Miss Jane Greene’s vacancy at Mundell School has been filled by Miss Evelyn Rogers of Warrens- burg, Missouri. She holds a B. S. degree from Central Missouri State Teachers’ College, and she has taught in Lebanon, Missouri. Al’s Restaurant MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT AL’S New Fall Sweaters FOR Boys Girls WM. STOMMEL CO. 3rd Stieet Hobart J-I A. L. A. JUNIORS TO ELECT OFFICERS At a meeting Tuesday afternoon, September 23, the nominating com- mittee named its choice of officers to lead the Juniors of the American Legion Auxiliary for the coming year. In three weeks the election will be held. Many and varied plans for the year’s activities were discussed. It was decided that having a choral group would add interest to the work of the auxiliary. If a drill master can be obtained, the girls hope also to have a drill team and to have appropriate uni- forms. Any girl eligible to belong to this group is invited to attend the next meeting, which will be held Tues- day evening, October 14, at 7 o’clock at the Legion Hall, according to an announcement from Mrs. A. Blake- man, chairman of junior activities. FOOTBALL Football’s the game. Some play it for glory, While others for fame; But whether you play for glory or fame, Always keep football A clean, sporting game. By Jack Stiles Well Dressed Students Buy Their Clothes at GLENN’S TOGGERY and CLEANERS Bowl for Your Health | Hobart Bowling Alley — ■ « — Congratulations On Your Ho -Hi Life. May It Be More Successful Than Ever. Rogers News Depot 336 Main St ragtHSix Compliments of Thompson ' s Beauty and Barber Shop Eversharp Pen and Pencil Sets Advertised over Take It or Leave It’’ Odell-Smith Jewelers 347 Main St. Art Theater Tues. Wed. Accent on Love and Sweetheart of The Campus Thurs. Fri. Ginger Rogers in Tom, Dick Harry and I ' m Still Alive Saturday People Vs. Dr. Kildare and Dance Hall Sun. Mon. i Betty Grab e in j Moon over Miami Dell F. Beach Jewelry Gift Shop 526 Third St. For Complete Service See LOWELL BILL Lowell ' s Conoco Service