North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Senior Section THE LEGEND Page 19 Mainly About Seniors r Evelyn Victor Eulalie Elmer Margaret Burris Ruth Bower Bobay Bolman Blume Bolman Bonham Bertram Robert Van Don Joseph Ralph Velma Monroe Bruns Byrer Brudi Briggs Campbell Brendel Brosius Evelyn Bower should have been a boy because of her athletic prowess in all kinds of sports. She received a blocked N for her playing in basket- ball, volleyball, baseball, and tennis. Evelyn belonged to the G. A. A., Quill Club, Northerner, of which she was sports editor, and the Legend, of which she was the feature editor. She was a member of the four-year honor roll and the National Honor Society. Victor Bobay-Ever since his doll and kiddie car days, Victor has been tickling the ivories for a hobby. Eulalie Bolman is unusual inasmuch as she is an extremely hard worker, not for herself only, but .to help others accomplish things. She belongs to the Booster Club, Garden Club, Polar-Y and the Geography Council. Among the awards which she had re- ceived are those in publications work and typing, and she has had honor- able mention twice in National Quill and Scroll contests. She has been proofreader, reporter, make-up edi- tor, and copy editor on the North- erner, and typist and copy editor for the Legend. Quill and Scroll claims her. Elmer Blume, better known about school as Tug , will always be remembered as the hero who made the hole-in- one in the last fifteen seconds of an overtime sectional championship bas- ketball game with South Side. With the pleasing personality which he has, he was elected vice-president junior class, president, senior class, secre- tary-treasurer, Lettermen's Club, a member of the National Athletic Scholarship Society, National Honor Society, and was named All-State Forward on the state basketball team. The Student Players' Club, Student Council, Senior Play, football, var- sity basketball, and track claim him. Margaret Bolman-As Roxy says, An- other good staff member gone. Mar- garet has been publisher of the Northerner and is a member of the Quill and Scroll. She is a whiz at baseball, and won her winged N be- cause of her interest in athletics in general. Some of her other activities include G. A. A., Booster Club. president Garden Club. Quill Club, Student Council, Polar-Y, National Honor Society, copy editor, Legend, Vod-Vil, four-year honor roll. Burris Bonham-This dark-haired boy entered North Side from Central High. Ruth Bertram, quiet and demure is she. Ruth has held the position of vice- president of the Garden Club. Robert Bruns, Bobbie to us, has such a charming wave that we wonder who sets it. Van Byrer-Even though Van's time was taken up quite a bit by his work: on the varsity basketball team, intra- mural track team. and on the home room leaders' tournament, he was able to have his name appear on the honor roll and the National Honor Society, Joe Briggs was a member of the home room basketball team, D on Brudi claimed membership in the band. orchestra, and German band in which he gave way to his musical talents. He was active in the workings of the Student Council and was chairman of the Courtesy Week campaign. He took part in the G. A. A. Vod-Vil and belonged to the Forum and Phy-Chem Clubs. He showed his mental ability by hav- ing his name appear semester after semester on the honor roll, obtaining membership in the National Honor Society, and also by winning in the National Quill and Scroll Vocabu- lary Contest. His best ideas were car- ried out as editor of the Legend. Ralph Campbell-Politics is the word, i V seems if. in Ralph's vocabulary. We prophesy in his later years, that Ralph will be the ofhcial campaign manager for the winning president. He was a member of the debating team, the Forum Club. the National Forensic League, and the Northerner. elma Brendel is better known as Babe . She displays a set of teeth which any toothpaste company would be proud to show in an advertisement. She is a member of the G. A. A., treasurer Art Club, Student Players, and Booster Clubs. Babe has par- ticipated in basketball, baseball, vol- leyball, Senior Play. Monroe Brosius-If you should sud- denly see a big puff of dust at one of the track meets, you'll know it's just Bud out breaking records again. So far he has set the city record on the 400-yard clash.

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Page 18 THE LEGEND Senior Section Mainly About Seniors Karl Charles Merritt Kenneth Margaret John Vernon Arnold Alter Bachstein Altekruse Abbott Andrews Ayers jack William Glen Jean Elenore Walter Lucille Ben Dure Ballou Beams Baxter Baker Beery Bercot Karl Arnold cook part in junior and senior life-saving, football, and home room basketball. Charles Alter made many girls' hearts flutter with his curly hair and dev- ilish eyes, He was elected president of the sophomore class. Merritt Bachstein merited a place in the Explorers' Club, Hi-Y, and Phy- Chem, in his junior and senior years. Kenneth Altekruse spent most of his time building model airplanes as projects for the Airplane Club of which he was vice-president. He also belonged to the Phy-Chem and Hi-Y clubs and was an active member of the Senior Life Saving class. Margaret Abbott was best known as Mickey to her friends around school where she took an active part in the Booster Club and the Red Cross. She also belonged to the Girls' Life-Saving class. i john Andrewsfln l93l-1932 John at-' tended high school in Huntertown, When he came to our large school, he decided he needed a little light on the subject, so he joined the Torch Club. Vernon Ayers has traveled from Fortl Pierce, Florida, to Burbank, Califor- nia. While he attended North Side,l he was the president of Lettermen'si Club, on the football and basketball teams, track, and the Senior Play. Jack Ben Dure-With an engaging' smile and sparkling eyes, jack makes the girls' hearts go twitter, twitter. Besides being a friend of the girls, he is a pal of the boys. Jack was the vice-president of the Lettermen's Club and was active in the Student Players' Club, football, track, Northerner, band, and orchestra. lwilliam Ballou-Sandy-haired, curly- headed Bill belonged to many organi- zations, so here is the list: Hi-Y, Phy-Chem, Student Players, Art Club, Northerner, Legend, track team, swimming team, life-savers. Glen Beams is another one of our Let- termen. He is very bashful and some- times beams just as his name signi- fies. He is an active member of thel Lettermen's Club and has been award- ed letters for football and track. Jean Baxter has for her hobby the art of making the ivories talk. She also belongs to the Art Club, Polar-Y, Home Ec, and the Northerner staff. Elenore Baker-Owing to Elenore's mu- sical talents, she was a member of the band, orchestra, Honor Choir, and the A Cappella Choir. Walter Beery--Once one sees Walt, there is no doubt that he should be named Shadow or Slim,, or an- other long lanky name. He was assistant sports writer of the North- erner and another Hi-Y'er. Lucile Bercot shares most of her good times with her pal, Berneice Graham.

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Page 20 THE LEGEND Senior Section Mainly About Seniors Virginia Armella Virginia Harold Melvin Victor Betty Cunningham Clark Cronkhite Coar Crosby Close Countryman Betty Virginia Esther Herman Margaret Richard Ivan Dye Englebrecht Egolf Elett Etzold Deahl Engle Virginia Cunningham, better known as Ginny , was a member of the Phy- Chem, Geography Council, Garden Club, and Polar-Y. Besides these clubs, Virginia was the winner of the Girls' Tennis Tournament in 1931. Armella Clark has become active in the Phy-Chem, Booster Club, Rifle Club, and worked on the Northerner, Virginia Cronkhite was a member of the Girls' Athletic Association and a winner of the winged N and often took part in basketball, baseball, track. and volleyball. Harold Coar-A chubby little rascal, is this he-man Coar. He may be the apple of his mother's eye, but he,s tin' i 's'e --5:5 lliiiil il ill is'- ttg Q1 Eiiiiifi' iff . 1 I1 if - A 4 Yew- . Trsiiiii 4 , .ii 5 iff- - HIM . ...e.i . . .. .iy,, i . g 1 ' . ,AQ still the good old Coar to us. Harold was an active member of the varsity football team, the varsity track team, the Lettermen's Club, Student Coun- cil, home room basketball, swimming team, and the Senior Play. Melvin Crosby, or better known to his classmates as Bob, was a member of the football team and the Lettermerfs Club. Victor Close was convalescing from an appendicitis operation during his senior year but still kept up with his extra-curricular activities, among which were the Hi-Y, Booster Club, Airplane Club, Student Players, and Geography Council. Betty Countryman-Here we have North Sides own blond Venus in person, Her golden curls have helped her figure prominently as social chair- man of the sophomore class, in the G. A. A., where she received her numerals, Polar-Y, Geography Coun- cil, Booster Club, athletics, swimming meet and carnival, G. A. A. Vod-Vil, S, P. C., and Senior Play. Betty Dye goes in for swimming in a large way-by proxy. She's one of those girls who always looks as if she'd just stepped out of a band-box, a rather neat littrle trick, if you ask us. She's had her Finger in several kinds of pie, including A Cappella Choir, Art Club, Explorers' Club, sec- retary Honor Choir, S. P. C., man- aging editor Northerner, Legend, Bon Voyage , Courtesy Week play, and Senior Play. Virginia Engelbrecht, as vice-president of the Geography Council, has really made a place for herself on North Side's map. She has demonstrated her ability to play on the basketball, baseball, and volleyball teams so well that the G. A. A. broke down and gave her a winged N. Esther Egolf belonged to the Art Club and G. A. A., and participated in the G. A. A. Vod-Vil, Herman Elett was a member of the Torch Club, Explorers' Club, has been president, vice-president Hi-Y, president Phy-Chem, vice-president National Honor Society, Student Players' Club, Northerner. circula- tion manager Legend, Student Coun- cil, and Senior life saving. He took part in the individual swimming meet: swimming carnival, home room basketball, varsity swimming, Margaret Etzold was acrive in the Ex- plorers' Club, Geography Council, Glee Club, A Cappella Choir, and Vod-Vil, Richard Deahl-Not long after his entry from South Side, Dick made himself popular on the varsity foot- ball squad. He was a prominent member of the Lettermen's Club and won fame as the All-American water boy for the basketball team. His dra- matic ability was shown in the Vod- Vil and Senior Play. Ivan Engle was a member of the foot- ball squad and was a home room basketball player. 1 R