Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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STANLEY SEM0KA1TIS Industrial Arts Indiana State Teachers College, B.S. Western Michigan College of Education ALEANA THOMAS Home Economics Indiana State Teachers College, B.S. RICHARD STUART Agriculture Purdue University School of Agriculture, B.S., M.S. FLORENCE WHEELER English and Spanish University of Chicago, Ph.B., M.A. VELVEN WOOLDRIDGE Industrial Arts Southern Illinois University, B.S. Indiana University Purdue University JOYCE WORKMAN English and Journalism Indiana State Teachers College, B.S. 11

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FRANK MELTZER Instrumental Music Canterbury College, B.S. Ball State Teachers College FRANK PRUITT Mathematics and Science Indiana University, B.A., M.A. University of Illinois University of Louisville University of Missouri JEROULD REINHART Music Indiana University, B.M.E. CLYDE MOTTS Science Manchester College, B.A. Ball State Teachers College, M.A. Indiana University WILMA RACOSKY Home Economics • Indiana State Teachers College, B.S. RALPH REISEN Librarian Indiana State Teachers College, Indiana University University of Chicago 10

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Barbara Bilous The first tragedy to befall our class occurred on a bleak March night in 1952. It was the death of a beloved classmate, Barbara Jean Bilous. It is true that Baroara had been critically ill for three months from the incurable disease, dropsy, but her death still came as a terrible shock to her friends. Barbara was a lively girl with many ambitions. Despite her illness, she still made valiant plans for the future, but her future was to be very short. It was not to bring to reality her dreams; only hospital beds, medicine .... However, there were bright spots during her illness--visits, flowers, letters, cards from classmates, friends, and relatives. Although Barbara is not walking through our halls anymore, she is still present in the hearts of all of us whom she has left behind. 7 t ' Tft n iitUK Yvonne Aubuchon As the final strains of the Commencement Pro¬ cessional echo through the gymnasium this year, the memory of Yvonne Aubuchon is in the heart of every senior. Yvonne died of polio during her junior year, after lying motionless in an iron lung and bed for more than a year. But there still remains memories: the memory of an energetic girl playing basketball; the memory of a girl cheering madly at football games; the memory of a good sport who never turned down a dare; and finally, the memory of a fine classmate. Yes, Yvonne was an all-round, fun-loving Ameri¬ can teen-ager. Those of us who knew her will never forget her, and those of us who never met her have missed know¬ ing a swell girl. 12