Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Sluniora Third Row Kenneth Walter, Rita Franz, Frank Willy, Maxine Webb, Frank Thomas, Marjorie Maihofer. Second Row Thelma Greek, Shirley Stockwell, Kenneth Jones, Kenneth Homeier, Erma Phillips, Carol Smith. First Row Marjorie Townsley, Roland Piske, Charlotte Smith, Douglas Benoit, Frances Alexander. 1 A ‘ rS. g p (mt F 1 Third Row Richard Lentz, Bill Adank, Robert Metcalf, Richard Henderson, Glenn Herstine. Second Row Faye Ellen Yaros, Marjorie Reed, Joyce Hockett, Eauna Beneake, Nancy Kleinschmidt. First Row Vice Pres. — Richard Clark, Sec.- Treas. — Marian Lennertz, Pres. — Jack Ayers, Reporter — Eleanor Fossey. Third Row Paul Franko, Esther Katrenics, Wilma Beck, Glenna Lauer, Cecilia Krieter, Ray Smith. Second Row Harry Yaros, Mildred Nelson, Cor- rine Hoppe, Dorothy Keilman, Lyle Thomas. First Row Joe Franko, Virginia Christoff, Donna Mae Bush, Evelyn Maihofer, Andrew Sokol. Seventeen

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1939, we, the Marines, started our career of being first in the air, on the land, and on the sea. We chose as our leaders Lieutenant Colonel Joe Hoth, Major Gordon White, Captain Betty Welches, and First Lieutenant Ruth Downs. Mr. McAllister was our advisor. After being first in many undertakings, we called a halt to the activities of the year. In our second year Colonel Bob Groom, Lieutenant Colonel Gordon White, Major Lillian Brewer, Captain Doris Stowers, and First Lieutenant Betty Welches led the march toward our goal. This year, too, we were first in many things, and when the year ended we were that much closer to our objective, thanks to the wonderful advice given us by Miss Wood and Mr. Kester. In our junior year, with Miss Wood and Miss Hill as advisors, and Brigadier General Joe Both, Colonel Bob Groom, Lieutenant Colonel Bill Morrill, Major Betty Welches, and Captain Doris Stowers to lead us, we won some of our greatest victories. Besides several parties, we had a Junior dance, a Junior play and a Junior prom to our credit. In this, our senior year, we chose Major General Nolan Dennington, Briga- dier General Kathleen Beck, Colonel Lucille Wesley, Lieutenant Colonel Julia Smith, and Major Ruth Downs to lead us, but after we had started on the way, Major General Dennington resigned his post, and Gordon White was assigned to the position. When we had almost completed half our undertaking. Major Ruth Downs resigned, and Mary Ellen Howerton was given that post. Miss Hill and Miss Tatman were our sponsors. We retained the same flower and motto that had led our class onward from the first year. The flower is the American Beauty Rose; the motto, “The higher the climb, the clearer the view.” Our colors are blue and white, The Marines are always first on land and sea ; so it seems no more than right that the Senior class should have been the first fourth grade class to move to the upstairs of the grade building. We were also the first sixth grade class to move to the high school building. Now it is no more than natural that the class should be the first senior class to graduate from the new addition to the school. In the class tournament, the Seniors defeated the Juniors, thus winning the pennant and proving once again that the Marines are always first in things they undertake. With a sleigh ride party, a Victory dance, a prom, which the Juniors so graciously gave us, a Senior play, an activity program, and an annual to our credit, we, the seniors, weigh anchor and pass through the port of M. H. S. to the sea beyond. Just as the Marines have landed, so they are taking off to allow the Army, the Navy, and the comparatively new Coast Guard to assume their responsibilities. Each will seek his own goal ; each will choose his own star as a guide. Sixteen

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JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1940, we, the Navy, started our campaign through the great Battlefield of High School, where a great war had to be won. Our campaign started with seventy-two members and had Glen Herstine as our captain. Commander Jack Ayers, Lieutenant Commander Marion Lennertz, and Lieutenant Paul Franko assisted him in leading the campaign. As advisors to the captain, Mr. McAllister and Miss Meyer very ably helped the campaign on its slow march to victory. Our special division of the Navy chose the chrysanthemum as the flower we wished to represent us, and as a motto we chose “Dux Vitae Ratio.” With several minor successes, we brought the first year of our campaign to a close. In the second year of our campaign, we were led by Rear Admiral Jack Gable, and his assistants. Captain Dick Henderson, Commander Nancy Klein- schmidt, and Lieutenant Commander Eauna Beneake. As advisors to Rear Admiral Gable, we had Mrs. Collins and Mr. Prokl. Our division chose blue and gray as its colors, and with the permission of the commander-in-chief, we bought special Navy sweaters of those colors. We wore these in all encounters on the battlefield, and with a few more minor successes to our credit, we ended the second year of our campaign. This year, our third, we see victory just beyond, and with our able leaders we are sure the battle will soon be over. Vice-Admiral Jack Ayers, Rear Admiral Richard Clark, Captain Marian Lennertz, and Commander Eleanor Fossey helped us to overcome the many impediments which stood in our way. Mr. Irvin, as advisor, has helped us to win some major victories ; namely, the Junior Play, “Miss Jimmy ; our Junior Dance; and the Junior-Senior Prom in honor of the Marines. In the victory of “Miss Jimmy,” our class was directed toward our goal by Miss Tatman, who so nobly devoted her time to helping us win a major encounter. Now, with a few major and many minor victories to our credit, we are looking forward to the time when our victories will all be major ones. Eighteen