Lyons Township High School - Tabulae Yearbook (La Grange, IL)

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ANN 0'DONNELL - Likeable Ann, our G.A.A. president, likes to watch sports and is also quite a basketball pro herself. Popu' lar music and knitting are high among the interests of this ver' satile senior. Future: undecided. G.A.A. 2, 3, 4. EDYTHE OKE- Bde has a wide variety of interests includ' ing swimming, attending con' certs, and traveling. Her pet peeve is self'centered people and in the future she will serve in a very unsellish occupation-nuts mg. WALTER OLSON-Wally's main interest is musicg he plays the trombone and for the past two summers has attended Foster Music Camp in Kentucky. He also finds time for sciences and crossfcountry. Future includes college, probably Northwestern. Biology Club 'lg Latin Club 'lg Cross'Country. CHARLES OTTO - Chuck could always be seen at the Cor' ral and with the boys. Cars were the chief interest of this jolly fellow. ' MARGOT PALESE- Red. who moved here in her fresh- man year after attending Parker High School, made many friends at LT. This livelysenior liked art and ceramics. JC is next. Spanish Club 45 A.A.K. 2, 3, 4. DORIS PANTKE--Listening to the raido is a favorite pastime with Doris. Sloppy girls held no place among her friends. Fu' ture holds work in an oflice. German Club 'lg G.A.A. RONALD PARSONS-Ron was interested in cars as well as his school activities. This hard worker and friendly senior will be missed next year. PATRICIA PARZYCH-Pat is interested in bowling, listen- ing to records, and dancing, She came here in her sophomore year from Nazareth. Plans for the future include shorthand and typing. RICHARD PAULSON- Rich's main interests are sports and being with the boys. This amiable guy was a four year let' terman in basketball. Pauls will be remembered for his sin- cere personality and many friends. Basketball l, 2, 3, 4g Football 1, 2. LUCILLE PAVICH-During Lou's senior year she attend- ed school half a day and worked the other half, which still didn't keep her from her favorite past- time, listening to Hillbilly songs. Favorite school subjects include shorthand and typing. Latin Club 2. ELAINE PENDEXTER- Our loss will be Sweet Briar's gain next year, where this energetic senior will go to college. Elaine was smart, along with always be' ing full of pep and fun. O.E.O. 1: Home Ec Club 2, 3, 43 Latin Club Z: Vv'riters Club 35 Tri'HifYg Tab Staff 45 Spanish Club 4. LELAND PERSON-The track team and hunting were Eagle's main interests: however, he played the piano well in his sparc time. This senior will attend Illinois next year. Track 'l, 3, 4g Cross Country 1, 'lg Football 3g Baseball 1. Although one of the smallest classes in recent history, our Christmas broke all previous records. card sales

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SUE MURRAY-Cute Sue came to LT in her sophomore year and since then has made many friends. Dramatically in- clined, her activities include the Junior Class Play and Dramatics Club. Future: College. junior Class Play: Representa- tive Assembly: Dramatics Club 3, 4: G.A.A. 4: Spanish Club 3. RICHARD MYERS - Dick, who came to us in his senior year from Alhambra, Califor- nia, was very interested in chem- istry and math, and also sang in the choir. ARNOLD MYSLIVECEK - Happy-go-lucky Arnold liked to go hunting or fishing and cn- joyed the out-of-doors in gen- eral. Future will probably in- clude JC. RICHARD NEICE-Easy-going Dick has a special interest in cars. Having served on the Lion Staff for two years, he has de- veloped a phobia for inch- happy journalism students . Fu- ture includes college. Stamp Club 1, 2, 3: Hi-Y 2, 3, 4: Spanish Club 2, 3: Rifle Club 3, 4: Lion Staff 3, 4: Fi- Kem. ROBERT NEMEC- Bob, who spent his spare time working in a gas station, plans either to go to ,IC or serve an apprenticeship for the machinist trade. THOMAS NESBITT-When not playing basketball, Nez concentrated on his hobby- girls. His easy-going disposition was always welcome. Likeable Tom plans to travel in the fu- ture. Basketball 1, Z, 3, 4. A RUTH NEUZIL- One of our Home EC Clubbers, Ruth plans to go to comptometry school and then enter the field of book- keeping. Travel was a special interest of this senior. Home Ee Club. EVA NEUMANN - Blondie came to LT from Steinmetz in Chicago. Her favorite subject here was business machines and in the future she'd like to work in an oflice or as a telephone operator. Home Ec Club 1: Biology Club 2. WILLIAM NEWMAN - Like- able Bill, who plans to be a ma- chinist, enjoyed working on mot- ors. His pet peeve was juniors , favorite school subject-study hall. MARY LU NORTON-Av tractive Mary Lu has had many a lead in LT's musical produc- tions. Her hobby is making her own clothes from her own pat- terns. Future: nursing after at- tending the University of Michi- gan. Tri-Hi-Y 'l, 3, 4: G.A.A. 2, 31 Home Ec Club 4: Cheerleading 1: Choir 3, 4. THELMA NUTTLE-Theh ma's favorite school subject was psychology, but her pet peeve was homework. In the future she'd like to live in Indiana. A popular music enthusiast, her favorite song is Goodnight, Irene . RICHARD O'CONNOR- One of our jokers, Dick was athletically inclined as is shown by his four years of football and two of baseball. Rick also served as veep of Hi-Y. Future: University of Colorado. ' Football 1, 2, 3, 4: Wrestling 2: Baseball 3, 4g Hi-Y 3, 4. Will we ever forget our clss party our junior year called the Creeping Cai-pidula 'P

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KARL PFIZENMAIER- Fritz's main interest at LT was football, along with photogra' phy, German Club, and his car. This good-natured senior plans to attend a photography school in the future. Football 1, 2, 3, 45 Camera Club 1, 2, 3, 4g German Club 35 Rifle Club. IOAN PLAGEMANN-Ioan was very interested and talented in playing the accordian. Her favorite subject at LT was short' hand. After graduation Joan plans to attend the Moody Bible Institute. O.E.O. 1, 2, 3, 43 Home Ec Club 2. ROBERT POLANEK-Bob at- tended RB through his sophof more year before he entered our class. He is one of those who like machine shop better than any other school subject. Fu' ture: undecided. ROBERT POLK-Bob has plans for an interesting future, for he wants to attend the University of Chicago and then become an atomic physicist. Besides study' ing hard, this quiet senior found time to play in the band. Radio Club: Camera Club 13 Mu Tau. BETTY POORE- Betty was busy with school activities in' cluding dramatics and G.A.A. until this year, when she had a job. Her main interests included athletics, sewing, and dramatics. Dramatics Club lg G.A.A. 3. JAMES POPULORUM- Pop was known as being an all'round good guy, and he really made many friends. Northwestern Uni- versity and engineering are in his plans for the future. FifKem 3, 45 Spanish Club, Cross Country 1, 23 Track 25 Hi' Y 3g Debate lg Tab Staff 4. BETTY POWELL- Betty was nicknamed Irma by her friends here at LT. In the future this friendly senior hopes to join some branch ofthe armed forces. G.A.A. Z, 35 Dramatics Club 3. DIANE PRAPPAS-Diane was very interested in journalistic work, and she was on the Lion Staff for two years. We will long remember Diane for hcr good sense of humor. Lion Staff 3. 45 G.A.A. 1, 2, 33 Mu Tau lg Latin Club 23 A.A.K. 23 Biology Club 2. GAYNELL PROVO-Gaynell's plans for the future include at' tending business school. Her special interests are ilowerfgrow' ing and ice skating, but she was also active in home economics for four years. Home Ec Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Biol' ogy Club 2. REIN RAIA-Rein has made many friends since he came here in the last year from Augsburg, Germany. He is one of those lucky boys who have their own cars. Rein wants to go on to a technical school next year. WILLIAM RANDLE-Easy' going Bill said that his favorite subject this year was stagecraft. In his spare time he liked out' door sports, such as hunting. DORIS RANKIN--Doris plans to pursue a secretarial career in the near future. Athletics, in- cluding bowling and horseback riding, occupied much of this senior's time. G.A.A. 3. By February, '51, LT fwith the seniors' help, of course, had broken its first semester trophy record.