Thornton Fractional South High School - Postscript Yearbook (Lansing, IL)

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For there is no team that makes them squeam like our fightin', feuding Rebels. Fight rough, fight tough, Let's win tonight you Rebels. Fight right, with might, Let's win tonight you Rebels. The first Homecoming was in the fall of 1960, but the first Homecoming queen, janet Day, did not reign until 1961. Homecoming was sponsored by the new Student Council which had grown from the Presidential Ad- visory Board that had first been organized at the split. South Clubs organized quickly during the first years. Mrs. Ruth Hale Canaga sponsored the first chapter of the National Honor Society which also bore her name. Girls' Club transferred from North with a complete board headed by Gail Emlund who had been Vice- President at North. The club was sponsored by Miss janet Wenzell. When North's Girls' Athletic Club QGACQ branched to South it became affiliated with the national organization and became GAA. The 1959-60 school year saw the beginnings of FTA, FBLA, Pep Club, and hall monitors. Unique to South were Spanish Club, German Club, and Russian Club. Prom was, and is, the greatest highlight of the school year. South's first prom was held in 1959. The first After-Prom party sponsored by Parentls Club was given after this prom. Sports at South were combined with North until 1959. Our first football game was a Friday afternoon bout at Bremen, with a tie score of 13-15. Coach John Padgen headed the first team. Booster Club also started that year. The athletic derby was carried over from North which had been taken from East Chicago-Roose- velt's idea. Joe jurecki, class of 1965, was the only athlete to win the athletic derby as a junior. South be- longed to the South Suburban Conference until it split to form the SESC QSouth-East Suburban Conferencej which our school joined. South is obviously changing with age. This issue of the Postscript is also celebrating its anniversary. South's annual was almost called the merrimac after the famous Civil War battleship. We wish to express our gratitude to Linda Elias, 1965 assistant Postscript editor, Mr. joseph Hyde, Miss Carol Bendell and also the following editorsg Becky Bonnar, underclass, Liz Kersten, seniors, Kathy Neumann, ad manager, and Paul Warn, sports. We hope that, upon viewing this yearbook, you, too, will see why we have adoptedas our motto and theme, A change of routine. xjzlwb zftfeff M LBML- Jak

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In dedication to . . Miss Anna Schmidt has taught at Thorn- ton Fractional High Schools for 40 years. She served as Dean of Women at North for seven years. We will always remem- ber her for her dedication both to the schools and to the kids. Mr. Wilbur Petree was one of the giants of prep coaching in the Greater Midwest. He died on November 16, 1968 after many years of service to North and South as both a coach and a teacher. Ken Qualls, 11 member of the class of '69, moved to Lansing from Joshua, Texas in 1965. He died December 27 of last year at Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Captain Henry Szymborski, Lansing's juvenile Officer, died on February 25, 1969, after many years of continuous work for the youth of Lansing. His film library, geared to teenagers and their problems, will be a continuing memorial to his efforts. Mrs. Lucy Wfoods died September 10, 1968. She had served as social counselor at South and North since 1957. She came to our district after working at a Chicago welfare agency and serving as a social worker for family court.