Thornton Fractional North High School - Chronoscope Yearbook (Calumet City, IL)

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Miss Dora Harthun, Office Secretary, and Mr. A. V. Lockhart, Superintendent. surging tidal wave of students floods the staircase as they make their way to their lockers. His job is finished, so he too deserts the bandroom. The tardy bell has rung and the straggler drags into the office to heckle an excuse from Miss Klucker, whom he finds speaking to Miss Schmidt about T. B. consent slips. Deciding that he might as well be comfy while he waits, he settles down on the bench futilely searching for a soft spot. Mr. Miller and Mr. Leonard stroll in together Mr. Bruce Miller and Mr. James Leonard, Administra- tive Assistant. admiring a new text book, but at the same time wondering whether the student can afford it. At this moment Superintendent Lockhart inter- rupts Miss Harthun for some dictation. Terrible to be eavesdropping, but didn't he address it to an Assembly Bureau? Hope we have another snake charmer. We've heard a lot about the English classes lately -let's stroll along with the kids and visit some of them. Miss Anna Schmidt, Dean of Girls, and Miss Margaret Klucker, Office Secretary. Page Nine

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Page Eight We Arrive with Mr. Ki The sun is barely peeping over the hilltops as the 7:25 Lansing bus rounds che last corner and pulls into the school parking lot. The door opens and a group of early-to-bed, early-to-risers tumble out and are bade farewell by the beaming smile of Mr. Kikkert, who in turn goes back to pick up and deliver the second load of students. In due time, the 7 :45 and 8:00 buses arrive with the punctuality of a ship schedule. Our rural residents are now udocked' and so they flee to the bandroom for haven. Should a Calumet City student arrive on the scene, he would observe a sight to behold. First and foremost are the intelligentsia brushing up on their Latin and algebra, in another corner we find a party of boys engaged in an enchanting game of pinochle, and to our left is a petite miss busily crocheting a snood. Still others may be found resorting to tempting, juicy gossip, while a beauty salon occupies all other available space. Mr. Nelson finds refuge in a corner at 8:05 as a kkert

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8 30-11:30 if ' ENGLISH Bark: Helen Brazzill, Clyde Blanke, and Alta Stauffer Front: Sigrid Moe, Alice McKeehan, Lois Heigl, Vivian Abraham English is the Bosic Subject The 8:25 bell warns the noisy crowd to scurry to their horme room, for alas, being tardy again may mean detention and the what againu lecture of Miss Mclieehan, the teacher in charge. Finally the stilled halls are broken by the abrupt ringing of the 8:30 tardy bell, at which time school resumes. First of all, let us visit some of the English classes of the seven teachers who teach this important basic subject. Without them we'd never learn our P's and Q's about verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc. Without them Poe, Longfellow, and Bryant would be just names. Heads of the various departments have been appointed this year by Mr. Lockhart and at the head of the English Department is Miss Alta Stauffer, who is assisted by Mr, Clyde Blanke, who also has freshman debate, Miss Lois Heigl, Miss Sigrid Moe, Miss Helen Brazzill, who also has Girls' Chorus, Miss Alice McKeehan, and Miss Vivian Abraham, who is full-time librarian. First of all let's visit Miss McKeehan's peppy English class consisting entirely of boys. First row: Lauro' Dinelli, Joseph Czerniak, Mac Johnson, Harry Hollis, Erwin Schwartz, Charles Reed, George Dockweiler, Clarence Goranowski, Robert Kmak, Michael Furman, Donald Bohling, and Donald Eggebrecht. Second row: Edward Skarwecki, Roy Carrubba, Thomas Bastion, Frank Winebrenner, George Teresko, Clarence Walerczyk, Eugene Sobczak, Frank Tabor- ski, Edward Keck, and Robert Kasper. Page Ten Miss Moe's sophomore English class looks inviting. First row: Doris Schutz, Dorothy Tews, Lillian Schutz, Mary Conley, Jean Regnicr, Bonnie Weyand, Lorraine Clayton, Helen Nowak, and Gertrude Hillegonds. Second row: Virginia Fedosky, Nelda Berger, Elizabeth Hesselbarth, Rita Strand, Lydia Rickman, Delphine Podraza, Mabel Lehmker, Corinne Tarras, Marcia Spoerner, Phyllis Hillbrich, and John Lair. Third row: George Whitmire, Tommy Shaffer, Roosevelt Sidote, Harry Clair, Gerhard Kekelik, Albert Wahlgren, Edgar Thedens, john O'Hail, Charles Cullum, and Dean Culp. Miss Moe has another class of beaming new freshmen. First row: Richard Brown, Leonard Stanislawski, Milton Van Drunen, Thomas Trembczynski, Jack Miller, Donald Petersen, Carl Sciackitano, and Lloyd Moore. Second row: Sylvester Augustynek, George Jones, Walter Gralak, Robert Gralak, John Walters, Leonard Miotke, Elmer Sabol, and Oscar Schultz. Third row: Jean Vanderaa, Ann DeVries, Margie O'Brien, Lorraine Klisurich, Geraldine Coles, Marie Cole, Reathiel Evenoff, Hazel Broomhead, Joann Felsecker and Wanda Idec. Fourth row: Patricia Smolen, Anna Mae Cewtna, Anna Van Krimpen, Doris Recker, Betty Buhring, Lorraine Knuth, Eileen McLaughlin, and Phyllis Alward. Fifth row: Frank Reppa, Wallace Cosgrove, Glenn Strauser, John Peterson, and Clarence Nowaczyk.