St John Township High School - Echo Yearbook (Dyer, IN)

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Senior Play Sr. Horn a Ec. Sr. Girls Soft Ball Sr. Boys Soft Ball

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CLASS PROPHECY The thrill of the take-off—the plane rises higher and higher and the drone of the plane fills my brain, crowding out all thought. The past drops away. As the clouds take shape, the faces of the Class of ’41 pass in review. Look! It’s the National Asparagus Convention of 1950. I see Alice Croner standing on the corner, raving to Roy DeM:k. who for the past ten minutes has been trying to calm her. It seems that Alice wants to be Asparagus Queen. Roy wearily walks over to the judges’ stand and deposits his vote. Final returns: Alice Croner, Asparagus Queen. I see a face at a window. It’s Elaine, still keeping her nightly vigils after ten years of married life. Smilingly, Emmerson Manter emerges from the ring as the winner of the 1950 Golden Gloves. It’s dresses and hats by Saks 5th Avenue now. but in 1950 it’s dresses and hats by Baker, the All-American designer. Remember how cool Buck Bohney used to stay in the tightest games? You wouldn’t know him now if you could see him wringing his hands and praying for his team to make another basket. Buck is coaching an undefeated Indiana U. basketball team. I see Esther Schaller and Bette Kleine watching over a bed, two of the many maidens of mercy. Hurrah for the women in white! My eye falls upon a large sign “Gigoloing Free . Walter Mundell. Eugene Heacock, Jerome Hoernig, and Charles Hogan have organized Dyer’s first Escort Bureau, unique because no fee is charged. In the latest edition of the Comet we find a column written by the former Lorraine Reichert, campaigning for her husband. Bud Dunkleberger. Mr. Dunkleberger is running for the office of Mayor of Schererville. Trying to prove her point that men are as vain as women. Ida Mae Scherer has opened an “If You Aren’t, We’ll Make You’ beauty salon for men. If you doubt her skill just look at Bob Engle, a product of Miss Scherer’s work. Because of his great success as king of the collapsible toothpick industry, Arthur Miller is able to employ the two best secretaries in Indiana, Phyllis Quaife and Pauline Schelfo. I see a girl sitting at an easel painting a portrait. Why. its the famous artist, Yvonne Keilman and her model is none other than Leona Huseman. My, my! Here is Ray Austgen cooking in a prison camp. Little does Ray know that he will bake the cake that will cause the death of Adolf Hitler from acute indigestion. The scene changes to the green campus of Wellesley College. I see a young woman with a group of girls. Yes, it’s Milly Hoffman, the famous women’s athletic coach. No, times haven’t changed a great deal. Bill Kooistra still drives Howard Lee around the country. The only difference is that the car is a Cadillac, now. Bill wears a uniform, and Howard sits in the back seat with the little woman. I am dazzled by the flashing lights of a new Schererville super roller-rink. I find that I must give credit for this to the champion of all roller-skaters, Rita Schweitzer. A cloud of dust—it’s the motorcycle races. Here comes the winner. Yes. it’s Jimmy Thiel, who started his career on Ed Miller’s motor-scooter. I find Cortez Schweitzer making the rounds of the schools in this country doing tricks on his famous typewriter.