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

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JIM and MARY ANN Romantic

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Senior History As we were looking through the History Book of Dyer High School, we ran across an interesting feature, the class of 1947, and, as the story goes, in September 1943. seventy-nine green freshies enrolled. After a week of wandering in the halls and getting acquainted with new friends and new teachers, we gathered together and chose Miss Pierce for sponsor and decided to follow the motto, Don't try dying, die trying.” The colors that appealed to us most were purple and white, and the flower the white camellia. Officers had to be elected to help Miss Pierce in guiding the class, so Dan Voich was chosen as president, Jack Rauh as vice-president. Bob Parker as treasurer, and Sally Upchurch as secretary. Paula was picked to cheer for the team, while Rosie was chosen as queen of the class. As most classes do, we. too. had class parties. . . . both of them a success. Of course, since we were so young. Miss Pierce sent us all home at ten o’clock. This completes the first year of the class, but just sit back and we’ll turn the next page in the History Book to see what happened in 44. Everyone knows that last year’s officers were tops. but. to change things just a little. Bob Parker took honors as president. Glen Eberlv as vice-president. Bill Howard as treasurer, and Betty Weaverling as secretary. In the beginning of the year, another class party was held, but in the fall came our first guest party. This was the finest of them all, but, then, aren’t all guest parties! Arlene was elected queen and Jack Rauh, growing up very handsome, was crowned king. The boys really made us feel quite important by walking off with the inter-class soft ball tournaments. When our flashy class sweaters arrived, we then knew w'e were in and counted as a class. We soon thought we could try anything once, but Mr. Hunt straightened us out in this regard. (In one way or another). The third year was one of work. The officers were so outstanding that they held office for another term. Money was raised by selling candy, pop corn, having dances, helping to sponsor a carnival, and giving the Plum Creek Revue. Around Christmas time, the class rings arrived, being very pretty and catching every one’s eye. Again the boys were victorious in the class tournaments, and Arlene and Glenn ably supported the titles of king and queen. Arlene was not only queen of the Junior Class but of the whole school. Then came the time to spend all of this hard earned money, and the class spent it well. The bartguet was held at Lake Hills Country Club on March 7, and the Prom at Lincolnshire on May 10. This year, after a little persuasion with M iss Pierce, both parties were guest parties. Finally, very sadly, we must tell you of our last year at school. It started very well when we welcomed back six veterans, this making our class more like it used to be when we were Freshies. Like President Roosevelt, our officers again remained in for their 3rd term. Pauline, Betty, and Paula cheered for the team. In October we began plans for our Echo. After many hours and days of continuous work in our Echo room, we finally finished our pictures and sent the last ones off on March 26. This year the class decided to be really funny, and so Miss Pierce consented to a Halloween Class Party. We were honored to welcome so many teachers in costume. Mr. Protsman ably helped us in selecting our Senior play, “Once in a Blue Moon,” and really produced some fine actors for a grand play. Although it took four years, the class finally produced two winning teams for the inter-class tournaments. This year, both boys and girls took honors as basketball champions. The volleyball tournaments weren’t quite as important as basketball, but, anyway, we must mention our victories by both girls and boys. We are now looking forward to the wonderful Prom and Banquet the Juniors are having for us; these expectations give us many happy thoughts, although we knowT that soon graduation will be here and we will have to leave. This makes us sad, because we love Dyer, our high school Alma Mater. Page Seventeen

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HOB and PAT Easy Going Page Mine teen