Washington High School - Anvil Yearbook (East Chicago, IN)

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ag 1144 The senuor class of l944 wull leave un June wuth many regrets There are fond memorues of our hugh school days at Washungton and an aspect of hope for the future It was only a few short years ago that we en tered Washungton as shy freshmen green but eager to learn eager to become accustomed to the ways of our hugh school and anxuously awaut ung our furst freshman party In our sophomore year we were more sure of ourselves sophustucates of the school world No longer greenues we fully enjoyed our posutuon un school and were cjuuck to take advantage of the new freshues Two sophomores Norah Duff and Ray Sufana were chosen the Most Promusung students Of W l-l S As junuors we sponsored three class events besudes lendung our hand un many all school ac tuvutues Led by Ed Nemeth as presudent Dorothy Jackura vuce presudent and Rose Goodman sec retary we had a junuor harvest party un November and the junuor play A Connectucut Yankee un Kung Arthurs Court un March The harvest party was a gay unformal affaur held the eve of the game played to determune State Champs un football The play one of the best un several years was an adaptatuon of the move versuon whuch starred Wull Rogers Gregory Karabatsos the Connectucut Yankee gave a brulluant per formance as dud the enture cast A few of the outstandung performances were guven by Tom Kluga a knught un Kung Arthur s Court and Matt Prespolesku a very excutable boy page ln March when the presudent went unto the senuor class Dorothy Jackura took over hus dutues Imogene Wulluams a member of our class was elected Muss Washungton by the students and Norah Duff was agaun chosen the Most Promusuncj gurl Offucers elected for the comung school year were Mayor Carlton Trumble Judge George Marchuk and Clerk lvluldred Tumbus The most umportant event of our junuor year was the anxuously awauted prom whuch was held June 4 lt was a fune success despute duffucultues cat sed by the war Our furst act as senuors was to elect JoeJackura l-lelen Stevens and Janet Lundbergh as our senuor class leaders After that came a successuon of class meetungs to plan our senuor actuvutues The h rvest party un November the play Tuger l cusc and the senuor carnuval were all great successes The senuor class us proud of uts two sets of twuns Jean and Joan Cardell and Ray and Joe Tully The Tullys are actuve un swummung and track whule the Gardells are musucally uncluned Other outstandung senuors are Muldred Tumbus and Dan Stepanovuch promusung sungers Ruth Brenman a puanust Dora ldu who leans towards actung as a career Norah Duff our very good ouator Margaret Flynn and Pablo Lopez class artusts Eluzabeth Dragoun Senuor Sport l-lead for gurls Vuncent Boryla Carl Trumble Tom DeLor James Butts George Vr elj and Bull Goldsmuth wr-o snow exceptuonal abuluty un sports and Lor ra ne Kurulova Magdelene Muchel and Imogene Wulluams senuor members of thus years cheer Ieadung squad who are to be commended for theur pep and enthusuasm durung the football and basketball seasons and also durung the tourna ment The Senuor Anxul staff kept busy durung most of the school vear breathed a sugn of rel ef when the book went to press and settled down to enjoy the rest of theur senuor year l-lobo Day Class Day the senuor prom baccalaureate serv uces and commencement successfully rounded out the year for the senuors of 44 li I 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 - ' 1 , , 4 . . , . . - I , . . . . I . . F' , H , -- . Q I I 11 A 11 - u - Y-u 11 - - I . , . u II ' If . , . , . , . , . I l , . - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 T 1 1 1 l ' I I . . ,1 . . I I 1 1 1 . 1 11 - ' , - - 4 ' I I 1 1 1 1 1 . F . . . I N' 1 . , j , .. . A - 1 ' 1 ' u ' ' 1 I 1 . . - - - . , ' I I - ll . II ' ' ' 1 1 , I . 1 . . . , A 1 f ' l - Il ' ' Il 1 , u f f 1 . 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 I I ' I 1 I 1 ' 5 1 . . - ' I ,

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Presudent JOE JACKU RA 490 Secretary JANET LINDBERGH Joe Jackura presudent of the class ot 44 was elected for hus outstandung qualutues ot leadershup Joe was one of the unconquerable eleven of our State Champuonshup Football Team of 42 Hus luvely personaluty helped assure the senuor class that he was the leader they wanted Joe has done everythung un hus power to make the class ot 44 an unforgettable one Janet Lundbergh secretary us the typucal school gurl She can be recognuzed by her sweet smule blond haur and Swedush sweetness She Class Poem WASHINGTON Dear Washungton your doors that open wude That they who yearn to learn may come unsude Close gently on us as we go our way For graduatuon us our partung day We ve longed oh how we ve longed for thus great hour' For thus we ve worked exerted all our power Now we go forth to show the world that you ve Taught us to he honest faur and true Gladly we ve learned the lessons you have taught Ne er wull we let your teachungs come to naught For on tnus day a solemn pledge we take That your udeals we never shall forsake' No matter where we go whate er betudes Your teachungs Alma Mater are our guudes May heaven grant you blessungs from on hugh Dear Washungton we bud you now goodbye' Vuce Presudent H ELEN STEVENS has taken an actuve part un school actuvutues Janet us well luked by everyone the perfect stu dent s cho ce Dark haured dark eyed Helen Stevens was elected vuce presudent an oftuce whuch she us very capabe ot fultullung Havung gotten her start for leadershup un her sophomore year as to help her school and her class un every way poss ble Class Motto We learn not for school but for lute Class Colors Shell Punk and Turquouse Class Flower Angela Valle Pink Roses 1.2 ' ll f ll . . . . . I I ' ' H 1 5 11 I 11 S ' - ' H H - - - ' l , ' . - I I II ll ' l ' ' ' I I ' ' Junior Red Cross president, Helen has continued I I ' l A ' ll . ' ll , . l Y ' , , ,- V . Y ' ' '. Y I' l J

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14 Swine ,haake 'f-f VIRGINIA LILLIAN ALLSHOUSE Junior Classical League. PATRICIA ATLAS ANTOINETTE GENEVIVE BAGINSKI Junuor Red Cross Junuor Classical League SUSAN ROSE BALITSKI Monltor ERMA MARY BARABAS JOHN BARTHOLOMEW Junlor Red Cross Swlmmlng Weight Luftlng 14 KATHERINE ANNETTE ANDERSON Tish g Baseball: Basketball. IRENE THERESA BADER Monltor Junlor Classical League GENIECE BAILEY Baseball Basketball Track ANNIE BANKS Course Incomplete IRENE BARTHOLOMEW Student Club Commlttee Glrl Coun General Election Board Senior Anvil Staff Intramural Junlor Cla slcal League National Honor So clety MILDRED MARIE BELCHER l . 5 . . . . : . . . 3 C . . 3 . - selors: Monitorg Costume Crew: ' - 5 I S 3 S- , . . 5 . . 3 l l 1