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

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I. Howard Miller, willingly bequeath to Bill McClellan 10 extra seconds, because he isn't quite as adept as myself at getting here on time in the a.m. I. Pat Hilbrich. in a very “solid mood, do will my ability to play “Boogie on the piano to Richard Laudeman. providing he gets some help from a certain pianist. I. Robert Parker, in an ambiguous state of mind, do will my position as a certain teacher's pet to- John Metro. We. Marie Hanft. Margaret Darnell, and Pearl Popa. bequeath to Pat Love. Mary Alice Fox. and Mona Sandefur. our years of perfect friendship. I. Harvey Johnson, in a very carefree state of mind and feeling sane enough to write my last will and testament, do bequeath to anvone who doesn't have it. and can’t have it. but would like to have it. the good old Dyer High School. I. Beverly F.ast. do will my ability to control my temper at all times to Carol Smith. I. Vernon Schulte, feeling as though I were flying through space, leave my skill on a typewriter to F.verett Burke and Paul Bohney. 1. Betty W eaverling. feeling in a dreamy state of mind, do will my ability to stay with one man to Phyllis Hanft. I, Elizabeth Brys, leave my sister. Julia Brvs. to carry on alone without my bossing. W'e. Chester Quaife, Richard Rashela. and Eugene Schmidt, leave our ability for making so much noise and annoying the teachers to Frank Paulauski. Glenn Ross, and James Grur.e-wald. I. Virginia Dewes. being in the usual bashful mood, will my amazing ability to speak only when spoken to to erna Mae Dinges and Opal Mullins. 1. Eugene ondorf. being in a rather generous state of mind, will my beloved nickname “Shorty” to James Kupver. I. Virginia keilman. leave to Rosalee Stevenson the honor of trying to get through school doing the least possible work. We. Bill Hilbrich. Charles Bell, and Jim Heacock. bequeath 3 cents (a penny from each), to any student who can out talk Mr. Hunt on any current topic of the day. I. Mary Genardo. being in a moronic state of mind, do will and bequeath my geir erally crazy habits to Mildred Craven. We. Dale Heacock. Jack Rauh, and Joe Maginot, in a very generous mood indeed, leave to James Turpin, Bob Miller, and Albert Ramsey our position as head operators of the mimeograph machine. We. Monice Burge, Betty James, and Wilma Manter. in very sentimental states of mind, do will to Winona Elliott and Dorothy Hill, all our fond memories of the happy years we have spent at Dyer High. I. Eugene Beasley, do will my faithful cheering for Notre Dame to Ralph Miller and Gerald Schaafsma. I. Mabel Stolzenbach. leave my seat in Miss Husted's Shorthand class to Joan Schrei-ber. hoping it will bring her as much luck as it has brought to me. W’e, Harold Boyll and Joe Specht. do leave our ability to argue with teachers to Eugene Quaife and Art Putrus. 1. Dorothy Crawford, leave that last mile to home room to Rita Govert, knowing that she can run it as quickly as I have for the last four years. I. Eugene Neyhart. leave Miss Pierce in a nervous state of collapse; my last wish is that Andy Mika and Johnny Rosinko will console her after I've gone. 1, Daniel Szymborski, feeling in my usual ambitious state of mind do leave my record of perfect attendance at home to Howard Chambers. W'e. Don Cook. Bill Reed, and Ray W achter leave to Vernon Sweitzer. Ronald Dewes. and Bill James, the offices in the official “Wolf Club of Dyer.-’ (Take it easy—boys. I 1. Roberta Phillips, leave my past and future ditching days to Louise Wallace and Pat Schiessle. Having nothing, we. Jeanette Schmal and Delores Held, shall will nothing so that no one will be disappointed for not getting something we haven't got. Signed Kilroy Witnessed by: Oh. just scads of people. Page Tuenly-ont

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Senior Will Vi e, the Senior Class of 1947. of the St. John Township School. City of Dyer. State of Indiana, who are about to leave these memorable halls and enter the threshold of life, being sound both physically and mentally, do draw up this, our last will and testament, in the following form and manner. Individually, we will leave the following worthwhile possessions, to these subsequent, and, most-likely, ungrateful receivers: I. Pauline Dreischerf. being in a flirtatious state of mind, do leave my ability to flirt with all boys in the halls to Rose Schelfo. I, Don Chambers, with a broken heart, do leave my ever lovin’ textbooks to Bob Carroll. I. Pat Hagge, sadly leave Jim Thompson to carry on alone. I, Ilus Wood, leave to Kathleen Young my patience and endurance at being at the very end of the alphabet. May she rise to a higher level in the future. I. Arvela Russnogle, do bequeath to Pat Smith, my name, as a word never spelled or pronounced correctly. I know that I, John Schiesser, just leave Dyer as the scene of my scholastic triumph where my grades went over like a submarine. I, Mary Ellen Kuhn, a Cub fan. leave my sympathies to Yorma Stark, a sorrowful Sox fan w'ho can never see her team on top. I, Dan Voich, will to Kenny Darnell, all my beautiful gal friends. In doing this, I sincerely hope he can take care of all of them as well as I did. I. Allie Baker, leave my excuse of a car (Blue Flame) to Eugene “Creeper” Little . . . provided the returns from his income tax allow him to keep its gas tank from dying of thirst. I. Dorothy Marshall, leave to Jackie Hauer and Betty Dumbsky the following flunking formula: sleeping, talking, chewing, giggling, and staring. page Twenty In hopes that Dwaine Bell and Rav Schoenbeck will break mv five year endurance at Dyer. I. George Hill, leave them a twentv-five year calendar. I, Ramona Booth. losing another pound last week, will to Phyllis Schinnick my ability to grow tall and thin. Speaking from experience as Radio Announcer. 1. Glen Eberly, will all my screwball ideas io anybody who needs a screwball idea provided he is a screwball. Sounds screwy to me. I, Sally Upchurch, in a jovial state of mind, do will my personality, plus all that goes with it. to Velma McClellan. There’s nothing I, Edward Higgins, can leave but Gloria Loehmer to the wolves that may infest her locker. Feeling very energetic, I. Rosemary Miller, do leave my position as number one clown, along with all my old creme rouge and lipstick, to Donna Ludders and Latitia Butler. Next year’s Dyer golf chumps are to have the proverbial daylights knocked out of them hy the brassie, I. Bill Howard, leave to Marco Voich. I, Mary Ann Horton, in an argumentive mood do will my ability to disagree with the coach . . . and get away with it, to Jill Patterson. I, Charles Carr, do will my beloved mustache to Joe Koshnick, in hopes that he can handle it as well as I did. I, Paula Gettler, feeling very generous indeed, do will my ability to get along with the faculty at Dyer to Evelyn Britton. I. Gerald Austgen, feeling in a generous state of mind, leave to Tom Haas and Herhie “Four Point” Oleson to look after Coach Swander and keep him on the straight and narrow'. I. Shirley Gordon, being in the usual humorous state of mind, do will my ability to make a joke out of everything to Tommy Boecker.

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1. J. Schiesser 7. A. Baker 13. P. Getller 19. K. Rasheta 25. M. Hanft 2m M. Darnell 8. H. Johnson 14. J. Maginot 20. M. A. Horton 26. R. Booth 3. E. Beasley 9. P. Dreischerf 15. 1). Crawford 21. B. Weaverling 27. P. Hilbrich 4. S. Upchurch 10. V. Keilman 16. B. East 22. G. Eberly 5. B. Hilbrich 11. P. Hagge 17. M. Stolzenbach 23. A. Russnogle 6. M. E. Kuhn 12. 1). Voich 18. M. Genardo 24. V. Dewes Page Twenty-two