Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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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

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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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§ upliouuirra First Row Maymie Gernenz, Elwood Erickson, Jack Fowler, Ralph Ford, Bernard Thomas, Leslie Homeier, June Titley. Second Row Catherine Willy, Jean Demmon, Pres. — Kenneth Catlow, Muriel Smith, Mary McKnight. Third Row Hazel Robinson, Sec. — John Sabo, Joe Chentnik, Ruth Welches, Jimmie Scott, Billy Metcalf. First Row Reporter — James Stephens, Leona Burris, Kenneth Hollingshead, James Goodwin, George O’Dea, Helen Mikulich, Charles Ready. Second Row Roy Watts, Ralph Kleinsorge, Joan Johnson, Charlotte Clark, Joanne Ouweneel, Ralph Doffin, Peter Hecimovich. Third Row Robert Schlobohm, James Hall, Betty Lou Rees, Dametra Davison, Jack Springer, John Kisela. First Row Bill Kendera, Gloria Benoit, George Mekola, Treas. — Marjorie Meyer, Cecil Slowers, Katherine Herr. Second Row Willard Schafer, Tom Collins, Earl Mager, Bill Sargent, Margaret Cooper, Patsy Kelly, Louise Price. Third Row Vice Pres. — Ed Shipley, William Fossey, Ed Lahaie, Jean Ann Tignor, Frances Tieman, Marie Roy Nineteen