Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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SENIORS PRESENT + WHAT A LIFE On the night of November 11, 1949, at 8:00 p. m. the seniors of Merrillville High School presented the play “What a Life” by Clifford Goldsmith. The play centered about the life of Henry Upper left: I WANT TO REPORT THIS YOUNG MAN FOR THROWING INKWELLS. Upper right: WELI HERE WE ARE! Center left: THE ENTIRE CAST OF WHAT A LIFE.” Lower right: TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF ME! Below: YOUNG MAN. I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME YOUR MOTHER WAS ILL. Aldrich. His troubles provided many laughs for a large, appreciative audience. The success of the play was attributed to the fine direction of Mr. Weldy and Mr. Bough. SENIOR PLAY CAST Henry Aldrich ... Barbara Pearson Mr. Nelson Miss Shea Mr. Bradley George Bigelow .. Mr. Patterson Mrs. Aldrich Miss Wheeler Mr. Ferguson Mr. Vecchitto Bill Miss Eggleston ... Miss Pike Gertie Mary Miss Johnson Girl 1 Girl 2 Girl 3 Boy 1 Boy 2 Mike Price Barbara Kwasny Edward Black Betty Bowers John Snyder Eldon Powell Charles Hoeppner Shirley Essick .... Jo Anne Yaros Pat Sullivan Ed Wolff Ralph White Joyce Kelly ... Patty Laskosky Pearl Shrout . Dorothea Rendo .... Jerrie Johnson Sue Krieter Susan Cocherl .... Paula Pickford Dick Johnson Jack Sims 19

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THE MIRROR STAFF MERRILLVILLE ' S REFLECTION PROVES VERY GOOD Boy! I’d hate to be that reporter. You see, it’s this way, he didn’t get his news in on time and the Editor, Elaine Green, is bawling him out. That reporter could have been Ralph White, covering sports; Bob Chapman, making illustrations; or Bob Fieler and Larry Lahaie with their jokes. It was through the work of these and many other ambitious reporters, staff members, and the sponsorship of Mr. Weldy and Mr. Bough, gave a clear picture of life at our school. The Mirror of 1949-50 was published every three weeks’ period by the Senior Class with the faithful help of the reporters of the various clubs and classes. They did a good job of cov- ering all events, plus many other interesting features. MR. GILBERT WELDY AND MR. MAX BOUGH

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MARY ELMA BRYAN, EDITOR AND MR. FRANK PRUITT, SPONSOR JOHN SNYDER, BUSINESS MANAGER AND PATRICIA SHEARER, ASSISTANT EDITOR MESSAGE FROM w THE EDITOR Yearbooks started out as combination scrap books and photograph albums in which each student put the souvenirs of his school days. It soon became evident that this was an unsatis- factory way in which to keep a lasting record of the friends at school and the activities of the students. The students gradually turned the work of assembling material, taking pictures and recording events over to a smaller staff of people, having a number of books produced alike, rather than making each one by hand. Thus the first yearbook was published. In com- parison to the streamlined ones of today, these old annuals were clumsy and full of elaborate art work. As more groups of students are being trained each year in the planning and organi- zation of their annuals, the yearbooks now are being produced along the lines of business pub- lications. We of the Annual Staff have put a great deal of work and care into this book. We should like to take this opportunity to thank the fac- ulty, Mrs. Frazure, Mrs. Hayden and Charles Hoeppner, who devoted so much of his time to making this the best book possible. We hope that it will always bring back vivid memories of the happy y ears spent at Merrillville High. 20