Lowell High School - Lowellian Yearbook (Lowell, IN)

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The FFA, Future Farmers of America, is one of the largest and most effective clubs in school. Medals and other awards are presented to boys doing top work in judging or other contests in agriculture. Mr. James E. Little has done a lot for the ag boys by planning trips and encouraging the members to enter more contests. The boys have attended the Purdue Cattle Feeders Con¬ vention, International Livestock Show, Poultry School, and Dairy Day. They have also taken trips to the Union Stock Yards and Swift and Company to study livestock marketing. A trip was planned to tour the Standard Oil Company in Whiting and Maizo Products Company in north Hammond. Many of the Lowell FFA boys rate highly in the dairy, livestock, grain, and poultry contests in the county which take place every year. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA Top Row: Bob Black; Charles Solomon; Gerald Patz; Melvin Melcher; Tom Ross; James Davis; Frank Fon- tanyi; Don Huseman; Tom Clark; Orland Voight. Second Row: Jerry Skeen; Orville Corns; William Poer; Russell Vicari; Bob Pierce; Ron Peterson; John Sch rum; Alvin Keith; Dick Strickland; Arnold Patz; Neal Wilson; Edwin Corns; Don»Tilton. Bottom Row: Jim Dewitt; Clayton Grossman; Calvin Musch (vice-president); Jack Bales (president); Mr. James E. Little (sponsor); Glen Keeney (secretary); Bill Viers (treasurer); Rex Miller; Edwin Tucker. 26

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Top Row: CarmenCox; Anita Hay¬ den; Jack Genge; Gene Hines; Car¬ ter Holth; Verna Miller; Mary Lou Stenger; Roger Parks; Frank Fon- tanyi; Don FairchiId; Vernon Wiet- brook; Jerome Jackson. Second Row: Catherine Bales; Dorothy Stark; Roger Corning; Janette Woods; Karen Mitsch; Pat Collins; Donna Mager (secretary- treasurer); Janet Albertson; Ar¬ thur lliff; Barbara Hodges (presi¬ dent); Joyce Hodges; Herbert Crisp. Seated: Phyl lis Stenger; Jean Dod¬ ge; Jeanette Hayden (vice-presi¬ dent) . ART CLUB This year the Art Club did many things to raise money for the club and also to develop their ability in projects, which they made. They made various kinds of posters for different clubs, societies, restaurants, dances and other activ¬ ities outside of school. They charged a small fee for the posters. They worked on projects made with clay, some with leather and also did some crafting. This took lots of work and accuracy. They gained experience in the various tech¬ niques of expression. Some of these were made of oil, water color, poster paint, pastels, charcoal, block printing, stenciling and also lettering. They worked slowly on these projects to make them neat and attractive. Mr. Frank Braun tried to give advanced problems to advanced art students who already had one or two years of art work. He then gave a sufficient amount of craft problems to illustrate that art principles are also used there. Learning the rules and designs of crafting are very important to any student working on a crafting project. The Art Club had a Christmas Party and had an initiation party, and also planned a trip to the Art Institute. They also made drawings of scenery and hu¬ man interest and displayed them in the art room, also exhibiting some in the Library. They went on outdoor excursions throughout the year, to sketch out¬ door scenes. Top Row: Mrs. Gladys Hethering- ton (sponsor); ArthurCollins; Jer¬ ome Jackson; Stanley McGehee; William Hurr; Tom Burgess; Pat Sharkey; Tom Ross; Ed Kormendy; Ernest Fredregill; Bob Reed; Max McRoberts; Jim Schrum. Back Row (seated): Betty True- blood; LaDonna Bobbitt; Janet McCammack; Joyce Hodges; Glor¬ ia Burgess; Dolores Childress; Kay Roy; Amy Lou Miller; Mary Fuller; Joan Howkinson; Audrey Pattee; Mary Lou Standish. Front Row: Betty Jo Wilson (sec¬ retary-treasurer); Carl Nelson (vi¬ ce-president) ; Kathy McCarty (president) . SUNSHINE CLUB This club, started in ‘44, is under the able supervision of Mrs. Gladys Heth- erington. Their activities for the year include selling Christmas and greeting cards. Also this club purchased a popcorn machine and makes use of it by sell¬ ing popcorn at all the games. Flowers and cards are sent by this club to persons absent from school who are ill. Members are elected in their Freshman year, a girl and a boy from everyhome room. They remain in the Sunshine Club for four years. There are approximate¬ ly 32 members. This club sponsored a dance after the Merrillville basketball game and had the Get-Acquainted party this year. The representatives to Student Government were: Fern Hutton and Tom Bur¬ gess. They also had a “Mad Plaid Party,” climaxing a year of work, pleasure, and the safisfaction of making other lives happy, too. 25

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Top Row (standing) : Ronnie Woodke; Dick Strickland; Reid Hayden; John Kirkus; Tom Bur¬ gess; Norman Love; Stan McGe- hee; Don Tilton; Mr. Michael Milakovic, (sponsor) . Second Row (seated): Pat Shar¬ key; Jack Nomanson; Bob Black; Norbert Jung; Jim Rust; Carl Nelson; Martin Adam; John Bruce. Third Row (seated): Dean Toney; Dick Robertson; Lonnie Wilson; George Sharp; Leon Clinton; Kenny Johnson. L CLUB “Building men through athletics” is one of the aims of the L” Club. Or¬ ganized in 1931, this club consists of boys who have earned a major letter in any sport in Lowell High School. It proposes o deeper interest in, and a more wholesome respect toward athletics. The “L” Club Creed stands for respon sibility, efficiency, determination, dependability, execution, valor, initiative, loyalty, and sportsmanship which this year ' s members hove certainly done a wonderful job towards promoting. The club, during the year, awards trophies for the outstanding athlete and best defensive man in football who were John Bruce and Robert Black, respec¬ tively. Trophies were awarded in basketball, also. Top Row: Henry Matury; Kather¬ ine Doty; Brad Hinton; Dale Jackson; Reid Hayden; Don Mid- kiff; Donna Donnelly; David Searle; Jo Alma Westphal; Don¬ ald Long. Bottom Row: Bruce Webber; Ruth Westphal (secretary-treasurer); Marilyn Brownell (vice-presi¬ dent); Ronald Woodke (presi¬ dent); Joan Bixeman; Robert Amidei; Mary Ann Bobola. PRESS CLUB The main function of the Press Club is to interest students in the field of journalism. Their one achievement every year is the Honor Blanket which the Press Club purchases and awards to the most outstanding senior girl and boy. Throughout the year this is their goal for making money. To represent the club in the House of Representatives were Donna Donnelly Don Midkiff. The Press Club rated high among the student body when they came out with the selling of Union and Confederate hats. They sold them during the noon hour in the main hall. It was quite a contest at L. H. S. to see who rated the most — the North or South. They traveled to Chicago and toured the Lakeside Press and the Tribune Building, by the careful planning of their co-operative leaders. The surprise that the Press Club came out with was the selling of L. H. S. Booster pins during the sectionals. This year the Press Club was very active and will continue to be active in future years.