Liberty Township High School - Moraine Yearbook (Chesterton, IN)

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A Year Of Change In 1966 Mr. Harold A. Esserman, Liberty Township trustee, supervised the completion of a half-million dollar high school addition. Ear- lier he had overseen the construction of a quar- ter-million dollar third addition to the elemen- tary school. In 1959 he employed thirty-six people for the school system, twenty -four of them teachers. By 1966 the number was sixty- two, thirty-seven of them teachers. Students, administrators and faculty were sorry to see Mr. Esserman complete his eight year term of office in 1966, for he had been not only a com- petent manager, but an interested and gracious friend. In 1966 Liberty ' s principals began the task of preparing an evaluation of the entire school program with the objective of meeting accreditation requirements of the North Cen- tral Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Liberty already held a first class commission granted by the Indiana Department of Public Instruction. Mr. Siege smund, with the assistance of Mr. Harmon, continued to guide and improve the academic program, supervise high school faculty and finances, and administer an increasingly complicated extra-curricular program with a sure hand. ROY J. HARMON, Assistant Principal Oakland City College, B. S. Indiana State University, M. A. HARLAN A. SIEGESMUND, Principal Indiana State University, B. S. Indiana University, M. S. Valparaiso and Purdue Universities University of Wisconsin

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1966 This was a time of expansion. Mid- west Steel put its rolling mill into oper - ation, and Bethlehem Steel ' s three - billion dollar Burn ' s Harbor Plant be- gan to rise from the lake shore dunes. New industry brought with it new resi- dents for Liberty Township. It was the first year that the new building was in full use from the begin- ning of the school year. In September, 1964, the basketball team started the season practicing half-court in the old gym, competing for space with the li- brary. A year later, the Lions per- formed before capacity crowds in the new gymnasium, and the library was expanded by five hundred books. A new heating system was installed in the old building. A new quarter -mile track was added to the sports facilities. John Stockwell Barb Dillingham Editors Contents ACADEMICS 6 ACTIVITIES 26 CLASSES 46 SPORTS 66 ADVERTISING 96 Liberty Township High School

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The Need For COOKS, left to right: Carry Pope, Lois Oman, Rozella Johnson, Mickey Small, Hannahbelle Cole, Clarice Feece, Cecelia Stewart, Martha Adams. CUSTODIANS, left to right: Norman Keammerer, James Branham, James Brewer. BUS DRIVERS: BELOW, STANDING, left to right: Elmer Siewert, Wallace Hanrahan, EarlHanrahan, Norman Keammerer, Roy Rhoda, Fred Esserman. KNEELING: William Kibble, Mort Fitch, Edward Esserman. 4