Thornton Township High School - Thorntonite Yearbook (Harvey, IL)

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The Iunior-Senior Hallowe'en party gave students an enjoyable time while the Iunior-Sen- ior prom proved to be an even more gala affair. Debaters were extremely successful in their field, and Paul Clark claimed outstanding ability in oratory by winning first place in the state and second in the national oratorical con- test. Honors in music were won by Gayle Choate, oboe, La Verne Graff, flute, Robert Parish, ma- rimba, Bayard Stevenson, alto clarinet, and Robert Stokes and George Hayes of the brass quartet. The year also brought scholastic honors to ambitious seniors. Included in the list of first semester all A students were Margie Birkholz, Margaret Chaney, Paul Clark, James Daanen, Doris Redding, Bayard Stevenson, Gloria Van Wormer, and Dorothy Zilsberger. Norma Barna, Naomi Fork, La Verne Graff, Gene Klauk, Wanda Marciniak, Robert McCoy, Phyllis Ogden, and William Stanley were all A and one B students. K-fx Q 1111 fllivmnriaun Eatnw Eunahuv 1921-193'-H

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V'0 i' ' -' LEFT TO RIGHT: George Hayes. treasurer: Milton Younker, 2nd vice president: lack McPherrin, president: Bayard Stevenson, llt vice president: and William Stanley, secretary. 124 S The 400 under the leadership of class president, lack McPherrin, and his assistants, Bayard Stevenson, Milton Younker, William Stanley and George Hayes, have contributed to make the year 1939 a truly unforgettable one! The 400 , that's what they call the thirty-niners whose class this year totaled 476 members. The Girls Club forged ahead with Virginia Treen as leader while the Boys Club made strides with William Stanley as president. Our football team under inspiration of Coach Lipe, clinched the South Suburban Cham- pionship and brought forth such stars as Iohn Luttrell, William Stanley, Russell Ahrens. Frank Arlaskus, Robert Bauman, Iohn Sullivan and Ed Shea. The basketball championship, which the Lipemen won by virtue of eleven wins and one defeat, showed Thornton's superiority over other teams in the South Suburban League and in the Regional Tourney. Not to leave swimming out of the spotlight, Thornton captured the 1939 League title and de- veloped Renaud Bennett, that year's outstanding swimmer who made excellent time in the 100 and 220 yard free style. Ann Alexander set the state record in the Illinois High School Girls Telegraphic Swimming Meet for the twenty yard crawl. Seven Keys to Baldpate, Girls and Boys Club play, earned high praise while the senior class play Skidding was deemed a triumphant feat. Included in the cast of Skidding were: Roberta Mott, Henry Ingwersen, Gloria Van Wormer, Paul Clark, Norma Siejna, Marshall Ien- sen, William Stanley, Vince Swearingen, Doris Lloyd, and Dorothy Rozene.

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FRANK ARLASKAS Class Senate 4: Boys Club Stag Committee gl lgegresentative 45 Football 1,2,3,45 Track 3,45 Lettermens u ,3,4. BETTY GOLDIE ARMSTRONG Gamma Theta Sigma 45 G.A.A. 4. DANIEL EDWARD ARNDT Morgan Park 15 Boys Club Stag Com- mittee 45 Representative 45 Satety Club 3. BETTY MAE ASHTON El Club 25 Gamma Theta Sigma 4: Rec- reation Club 3,45 Home Economics Club 1,35 Safety Club 1: Camera Club 35 Art Club 4: Yearbook Art Staff 4. RUTH BACHMANN Girls Club Iunior Service Award 3, Council 3, Division Chairman 1.4, Marshall 4: Girls Glee Club 2,35 Chorus 45 Library Aid 3,45 Dance Recital 2,35 Latini 3,45 El Club 1,25 Gamma Theta Sigma 4: G.A.A. 1,45 Third Award American Legion Essay Contest. BETTY BAKER Girl Club Board oi Control 15 Girls Glee Club 2, 3: Chorus -I5 Le Cercle Francais 25 Gamma Theta Sigma 4: Recreation Club 35 Home Economics Club 15 G.A.A. 1. DOROTHY ROSE BAKER Dance Recital 2,35 Recreation Club 2, 35 Hsome Economics Club 15 Art Club 4: G.A.A. 15 Yearbook Art tat! 4. HAROLD BALHOUSE Third Prize National Scholastic Award. IOHN F. BANOVICH Hall Guard 2,35 Bus Monitor 3,45 Track l: Basketball 45 Baseball 3,4. fe. 'sway , 3.5 ... , 4, LAURENCE ABELS Hi-Y 4: Hall Guard 2,35 Gamma Theta Sigma 45 Recreation Club 4. DOROTHY AGNELL- Class Senate 3,45 Girls Club Speaker ot the Council 4, Iunior Service Award 3, Board of Control 4, Council 4, Division Chairman 2. Activity Point Commission 2,3, House Committee 3, Social 4. Welfare 35 Swimming Pageant 35 Dance Recital 3,45 Latini 35 Recreation Club 3,45 Home Economics Club 1,35 Camera Club 35 Art Club 35 May Queen Attendant 3. RUSSELL AHRENS Boys Club Stag Committee 4: Football l,2. 3.4: Basketball 1: Lettermens Club 4. ANN ALEXANDER- Girls Club unior Ser i 1 v 6 3, Activity Point Commission 3,45 Swim ng ' f e n 3 I or Litesaving Award 25 ome Economics C b : . . , , ,4, Board 2.3.4, Numer T 4. RICHA ON i- -. s and Checker Club 35 Hall Guar , El C l 5 fv - a beta Sigma 45 Camera Club 3. LTLLIAN MAR V' O SON Swimming Pageant 2: Gamma Theta ' 4, ecreation Club 1: Home Economics Club 15 Art C b ' .A.A. l,2,3,4, Numerals 3. ROBERT ANDERSON Hi-Y l,25 Band l,2,3,45 Orchestra 3,45 El Club 1,25 Die Deutsche Ecke 3,45 Stamp Club l,2,3. HAROLD ANOE Band l: Orchestra 2,3,4. RAYMOND ARENDT Baseball 3.45 Lettermens Club 3,45 Rec- reation Club 4. aw., 99