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

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A more recent picture of Mr. Fay Trammel during his years at Hobart. Retirees 29

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Retirees The most important tool of the classroom is the teacher. This year we had to lose four of these special people. Miss Ruth Halladay, who retired last year, taught at Hobart for 25 years. Before com- ing to Hobart, she taught in a little town called Sweetser for 3 years, South Whitley for 2 years, and spent 4 years working in Nigeria. After she returned from Europe, she went to the University of Wisconsin to gain her masters degree. Miss Halladay came to Hobart from North Manchester, Indiana. She attended the Uni- versity of Wisconsin where she earned her VA in music with a minor in English. After teaching music for a few years, Miss Halla- day learned she enjoyed teaching English more. She then taught such subjects as Brit- ish literature, novel, world literature, senior composition, junior through freshman Eng- lish, speech, and drama through the years. Miss Halladay enjoys knowing students are interested in learning, both in Nigeria and the United States. Most students will also be surprised to know that Miss Halladay first intended to be a music teacher. Teaching in Nigeria, Miss Halladay lived in a little town 10 miles outside of Russia. She especially enjoyed touring the countryside and meeting the refugees fleeing from the Communist country. Even though this ex- perience benefitted her, she says living there in the rubble and ruins before the wall was built was very scary. After an operation to correct her eye- sight, Miss Halladay plans to pick up on reading where she left off. She also wants to work on her piano skills, garden, sew, and keep in contact with all of her friends far away through letters. Mr. Fay Trammel decided to retire after 32 years of service to education. Before working for the Hobart school system, he taught in Indianapolis for three years and Diver High School for three years. Mr. Trammel taught social studies sub- jects of all kinds, mostly government and economics. He also coached such sports as golf and basketball. In his free time Mr. Trammel plans to travel and visit many golf courses in the area. Mrs. Ruth Ann Deal, a health and safety and home economics teacher for 26 years also turned in her resignation. Mrs. Deal taught such subjects as health and safety, sex education, interpersonal relationships, and child development. Another English teacher, Mrs. Barbara Somers, has not retired but is on disability leave. During her free time, Mrs. Somers is spending time with her daughter who is back from college. Although Mr. Joe Mrak only taught print shop and then metal shop at HHS for sever- al years, he spent many years in the Gary school system. Yesterday Yesterday was filled with small delights baubles, trinkets, toys to pleasure me for my love brought me tinkling beads of glass And tiny bells which whispered in my ears. Bits of fur to nuzzle and caress My love gave birds with merry notes And perfume mists to tingle at my nose And rings and poems and many many things. Today is filled with half-cold memories No playthings for my fingertips The bead strings were too weak to hold Broken glass makes sorry souvenirs The fragile bells cannot be coaxed to ring How dull and musty bits of fur can grow Unhappy birds must surely fly away Amber scents which once were so discrete Grow stale. And rings and poems and many many things. Barbara Somers 28 Retirees

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Communications UN mu j Yearbook Newspaper Staff: Front Row: D. Redmon, J. Fraser, P. Shafer, S. Gregor, K. Fattore, K. Rogula. Back Row: J. Jackson, M. Logan, B. Franko, D. Zakutansky, J. Remaley, P. Boyter, S. Webb, J. Lazart, T. Wilson, J. Dillion The 1986 yearbook staff was reduced to only six members and the 1985-86 newspa- per staff had only four members. The one department the two staffs were abundant in was photographers with four. Thi s was the first year the yearbook and newspaper classes were combined into one class period; also the class period was only 50 minutes. This lack of time to spend with the two staffs individually cut down production a great deed. Also between the two staffs, only two members were on the yearbook or newspa- per staff previously. The yearbook and newspaper class visited Purdue University Calumet for the Northern Indiana Journal- ism Seminar. The Ho-Hi Life came out every three weeks throughout the school year. When the radio and TV teacher, Mr. Tony Rose, was promoted to assistant principal, Mr. Dave Barancyk took over as the instruc- tor. The transition took place Feb. 10. Mr. Barancyk taught the same class at the Gary Career Center for one and a half years. The class went on a field trip to a television station in the early part of the year. Students made newscasts, game shows, and a video of Hobart High School. Also each morning Mr. Barancyk sent some students to HHS to video tape students and faculty to show on the screen in the new lobby at lunch. An- nouncements and other important messages were put on the screen daily and run throughout the entire day. The radio and TV class had two cameras, a switcher, a charac- ter generator, and two portable VCRs. The freshman students were allowed to take speech for the first time. Miss Mu- maugh’s theatre class went to see the musi- cal “CATS May 1. Color video was added to speech and advanced speech classes. Stu- dents were taped giving their speeches so they could see themselves giving their speeches and learn their weaknesses. Pro- jects, debates, and dances occurred through- out the year in speech, advanced speech, and theatre. Not Pictured: Dave Barancyk Cynthia Lambeth Shirley Mumaugh Tony Rose 30 Communications