Lockport Township High School - Lock Yearbook (Lockport, IL)

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Miss Mildred H. Krusa Sponsor - :sfzase5'zgurf's . 1 1 ' - ,sa, M , U, :K ,, ., .,,. 1 s mv? sw q,,,,q4 we as ' K' 3 .ie , -, I ' . 'P 1 'ss' ' Miss Marilyn R. Richards Literary Assistant LOCK STAFF - Top: James Raue and Chairman Robert Shoop, student photographers, receive pointers from James M. Stephenson, former Lock sponsor and present yearbook photographer. Middle: Posing for the photographer are John Bachmann, Sharon Boyer, Kath- leen Broderick, and Ivan Lindgren, literary staff mem- bers. Pen XVipers William Richards, Rita Fracaro, Dorothy Kure, and Lorena Hosbach prove their titles a reality. Getting ready to spin the next platter are members of the social staif: John Ed. Meurer, Chair- man Claritta Rutkiewicz, Nancy Spangler, and Shirley Strong. Bottom: Co-editors Anne Brankey, and Carolyn XVinkler, and Business Manager Barbara Cronholm ex- amine former Locks. Barbara Zuelke, art chairman, Carolyn Walther, and Jeannine Price admire a finished av so .fiere Ariulfs .imhl

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Q my DED1cA'r1oN . gs 0...... ...... COMPLETING his twenty-hfth year at Lockport Township High School, Super- intendent james M. Smith has established an enviable record characterized by efficiency and prudence. Since becoming superintendent, Mr. Smith has promoted vast improvements in our school, such as the organization of the National Honor Society, the National Athletic Scholarship Society, the Timer, the Lock, the Athletic Board of Control, and the development of an excellent modern curriculum which has placed Lockport Town- ship High School among the outstanding high schools in the state. The curriculum insures the best possible education for all students, not only for those who atrend college but also for those who seek employment. The enrollment has increased from 229 in 1925, to 622 in 1950. The larger part of the present building, including the gymnasium, was added in 1950, and the swimming pool was completed in 1941. Our superintendent is a past president of the Northeastern Division of the Illinois Education Association, and of the Will County Superintendents' and Principals, Association. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Illinois Associa- tion for the Crippled, and the first vice-president of the Will County Tuberculosis Association. Having been so active in Illinois education, Mr. Smith has received the honor of being included in Whos Who in American Education, Who's Who in the Central Statesj' and Who's Who in Illinois. Recently he was appointed to the Lewis College Board of Advisors, and to the Silver Cross Hospital Board of Trustees. Surely, for this unique record, Mr. Smith has earned from us the heartiest of congratulations on his Silver Anniversary. To him we proudly dedicate this, the twenty- Hfth edition of the Lock. - Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition . . . 1925-1950

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THE LOCK Through the Years Lock Staffs Develop Individual Skills . As this year progressed, we, the members of the Lock staff, learned to develop our skills in the compiling of our yearbook, the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition, just as previous staffs did in their editions. It is only through experience that one fully appreciates the efforts entailed in the editing of an annual. The Lock was begun by the Class of 1925- 1926. The first eleven annuals were sponsored by Miss Elsie H. Bucher, the next nine by james M. Stephenson, who is now the yearbook photog- rapher, and the last four by the present sponsor, Miss Mildred H. Krusa. Much progress has been made in succeeding issues in the past twenty-five years. Lockport High's first annual was a paper- backed book of seventy-two literary and pictorial pages, and twenty-three pages of advertisements and witticisms. It was financed mainly by proceeds from the senior play, by showing movies in the auditorium, by advertisements, and by yearbook subscriptions. Its staff included sixteen seniors, a junior, a sophomore, and a freshman, with Cora Ernst CWinstonD as editor-in-chief, assisted by Elda Trask and August Lund. Florence Seaborg CLundJ was the business manager. This year's annual was financed mainly by subscriptions, school dances, proceeds from a product. David Briick, Evelyn Pesavento, Signa Met- tille, Norma Willielmi, and Circulation Chairman Richard Eichhorn are ready to promote sales. Mary coke machine, and by an allotment set aside by our Board of Education to eliminate book advertis- ing. Anne Brankey and Carolyn Winkler were co-editors of our staff of twenty-nine members, which included twenty-four seniors, four juniors, and one sophomore. Barbara Cronholm and Miss Marilyn R. Richards served as business manager and literary assistant, respectively. For the past several years, the Lock has won national honors in yearbook contests. Included have been two Medalists and one All Ameri- can, the highest honors available. We take great pride in presenting this Silver Anniversary Edition in which we have por- trayed the progress of our school during the past quarter century, and recorded the life and activities of the Lockport Township High School student. To the following people, who aided us by lending us pictures, we wish to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation: Mr. and Mrs. August Lund, Miss Willa Collett, Miss Elda Trask, Mrs. Elizabeth Troxell, Martin W. Taylor, Miss Margaret C. Shepherd, Superintendent james M. Smith, Clinton O. Bismarck, William H. Sterling, and Lester L. Lindberg. We also thank our spon- sors, Harrington Studio, the Pontiac Engraving and Electrotype Company, the S. K. Smith Cover Company, and The Ogren Press for their coopera- tion and interest in this publication. Ann Viskocil, Marjorie Kesser, Chairman Marie Pleski, and Roberta Martin, copywriters, playfully copy by pen instead of by typewriter during a lull.