La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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A few members of our class now in service and pictured here are Roy Thayer, Bob Rhoda, Jock Grace, Clarence Moore, Casmir Brenda, Ronald Ogle, James Esbjorn, Rudy Saliwonchik, Fred Slinkord, James Kimmel.

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 a ciAAma ted What the war really means has been forcibly brought home to students of L. P. H. S. and especially to the Seniors when they have said goodbye to their classmates who have left to enlist in some branch of the armed forces. Their patriotism is commem- orated by the service flag, familiar now to all high school students. We should particularly like to honor those students whose names or pictures appear here, for they were members of the class of '44. We hove known them from first grade on and grown up with them. We appreciate whot they are doing and La Porte High School will be behind them until that glorious day of victory. May the good GREMLINS watch over them until that day and from that day on, forever. r These Gremlins ore good Gremlins who watch over oil our cljssmotes in uniform.

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ADMINISTRATION Under the capable and conscientious leadership of the Board of Education consisting of Ben Rees, Elwood D. Hawn, Dr. G. O Larson and Paul F. Boston, the school sys- tem of La Porte has become one of the finest in the state. A new but welcome personality here is Mr. Boston, cur new Superintendent of Schools. We have known him only o few months, but his friendly manner and warm in- terest have made him well-liked by all. A man who has more trouble with the GREMLINS than any one else is our principal, John M. French. He must reprimand us as well as guide and help us. Although we do not always agree with him, his fair judgment, kind understanding, and willingness to help a student, make him a man we all respect and lik'e. We should like especially to thank the hard working office force for their patience and cooperation in every- thing from giving us detention slips to selling books. The staff includes Mrs. Leona Collins, Mrs. Jean Hilgendorf, Mrs. Genevieve Serwatka, Mrs. Frances Burden and Miss Josephine Pate. Our school nurse, Mrs. Anna Bright has done a marvellous job in keeping La Porte High School healthy. She has assisted in giving physical exams, given lectures and even treated our cuts and bruises. To one other individual we owe our thanks; for even though we may be led astray by the bad GREMLINS, our able attendance officer, Mrs. Sadie Marnes, always brings us back. Paul F. Boston John M. French