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

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Settiosi GIgAA cAaton.if Now that we, the class of ‘“46”, are graduating, we can’t help but feel a bit sad at leaving the classrooms of Dyer. We have had four years of experiences which will help us through the future years of our lives—of course all these years weren’t spent in studies. We can remember— Our Freshman year found us unwilling subjects for the Senior’s initiating tortures and to this day we still remember our “Freshmen Prayer.” Mr. Hunt looked at us with sad eyes and decided to have Mr. Smallwood, who was also new at Dyer, guide us through our “school daze.” Even though we didn’t know most of our new classmates at the start we soon got acquainted and elected our class officers. They were: Pres., Eugene Rasheta; vice pres., Roy Fox; Sec., Pat Ferrell; Treasurer, Paul Hausenfleck. Our colors were red and white, our class flower was the Gardenia, and our motto was “A steady mind is always a sure mind.” We had an elegant class party and to be different we had a Freshman Hobo Day (NO! we do not always look that way). There was also one great event that will go down in our class memory, and that was our famous “Freshmen Faint Day.” (Plop!! There goes another) The second year saw us more intelligent (no remarks) and ready to handle anything that might appear in our Sophomore year. We elected as our main guides: Pres., Frank O’Dea; Vice pres., Ronald Clark; Sec., Delores Hauer; Treas., Shirley Dumbsky. (These last two proved to be so super that we drafted them for the full three remaining terms) We had two parties that year one of which was an away-from-school-party. The red and white class sweaters arrived and the girls of the class were disappointed to find that the boys only received their sweaters and theirs wouldn’t come for awhile. But then they just grinned and took it bravely while the boys strutted down the Dyer halls. Before we knew it we were Juniors and that meant to us that we had to get doubly busy to prepare a banquet and prom which would really he worth remembering. So we again elected officers. They were: Pres., Richard Kelly; vice pres., Paul Keilman; our secretary and treasurer did a repeat performance. We were buried in candy wrappers, dance tickets, and numerous other money making schemes. But to quote Red Skelton “We Dood it,” and we put over a grand banquet on Jan. 15. The place was Teibel’s and according to everyone the food was swell. The Prom was given at the Masonic Temple in Hammond and the music was furnished by Johnny Kay. The King and Queen Dance was given on Dec. 20 and there Vessy Redar and Shirley Dumbsky won the title of Christmas King and Queen of “44”. The Jr. Girls won the basketball tourneys that year. Another great event was the receiving of our class rings. They were everything we wanted and more. But some of the Jr. boys didn’t keep their rings very long. (Wonder why????) Our Senior year was filled with all the activities we could possibly get into the twenty-four hours of the day, including working on the Jr. and Sr. Carnival. But even though the members of our class participated in all the clubs and sports in school, our main aim was to publish a super edition of the “Echo, of which Anita Dahlke was Editor-in-Chief. We spent many weary hours on this project, but it was worth while. So now we say good-bye to Dyer High, the students and faculty, all of whom have contributed to our future success as citizens of tomorrow.

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WANDA WALLACE Wallic AMBITION: House Wife RICHARD KELLEY Dick AMBITION: “To be in civves again FLOWER: Gardenia COLORS: Red White MOTTO: “A Steady Mind is Always a Sure Mind” feacJz 1 UUesi . . . Page Fourteen

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