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

Page 28 text:

ILLUS WOOD QiUUXVM, fjuttiosi GlcvU cMlitosuf, On September 2, 1943, seventy-nine Freshmen enrolled at Dyer High. After days of wandering through the halls like lost chickens, we chose Miss Pierce to take us under her wing. Now we have a sponsor, what about class officers. They were: Dan Voich, president; Jack Rauh, vice-pres.; Bob Parker, treasurer; and Sally Upchurch, secretary. We chose the White Camelia for our class flower, purple and white for our class colors, and “Don’t try dying, die trying”, for our motto. After days of going to the wrong classes at the wrong time, shining Seniors’ shoes, and saying the Freshmen Prayer, we decided that being Freshmen gets pretty rugged at times. But our first class party made up for it all—did we have fun! Since it is a custom, we had to choose a queen; Rosie Miller very ably supported the class of “47”. We were really beginning to think we “Belonged” when Paula Gettler was chosen to cheer for our boys and Dan Voich was working on the Comet Staff. And, with the frequent trips to C.G's office to discuss things we were sure we didn't know anything about, our Freshmen year came to an end. After three months of luscious vacation, we found our way back to old D.H.S., feeling much superior to the Freshmen. We had a class meeting and elected officers: Bob Parker, president; Glen Eberly, vice-president; Betty Weaverling, secretary; and Bill Howard, treasurer. We felt mighty big to have Dan Voich on the first team in basketball and Bill Howard and Glen Eberly on the second team, and were we proud when our boys ran off with the Soft Ball Championship. We chose Arlene Bickham and Jack Rauh for our king and queen that year. Here we are, back in school and we are happy to say, Juniors. The officers did so well last year that we decided to keep them again this year. Our rings (and aren’t they beauties) came just before Christmas vacation—nice present. Last year, our sweaters came just before the holidays too. We are all kept busy this year earning money to sponsor the Prom and Banquet. Some of our main projects are: selling candy, sponsoring dances, putting on shows, and selling ice cream bars at home games; we also went in with the Seniors and put on a Carnival which turned out very successfully both as to fun and finances. Our Prom and Banquet turned out a success. In fact we feel very ready to take on anything which may come in our Senior year. » Page Twenty-four

Page 27 text:

? ffusuoM. HARVEY JOHNSON VIRGINIA KEILMAN MARY ELLEN KUHN JOE MAGI NOT WILMA MANTER DOROTHY MARSHALL ROSEMARY MILLER EUGENE NEYHART EUGENE NONDORF ROBERT PARKER ROBERTA PHI LI IPS PEARL POPA CHESTER QUAIFE RICHARD RASHETA JACK RAUH ARVELA RUSSNOGLE MARY LOU SANFORD JOHN SCHIESSER JEANETTE SCHMAL JEAN SCHMIDT VERNON SCHULTE JOE SPECHT MABEL STOLZENBACH SALLY UPCHURCH DAN VOICH RAY WACHTER RENNA WALDEN BETTY WEAVERLING Page Twenty-three

Page 29 text:

f President, Albert Ramsey Vice-President, Marco Voich Secretary, Jackie Hauer T reasurer, Jim Turpin Page Twenty-five