William A Wirt High School - Sandscript Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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7. FRED TRASK is chief repair man for trans-Atlantic cables. 8. SHARKY MONTGOMERY runs an exclusive dress shop on Maxwell Street in Chicago. Her merchandise is widely publicized as being: quote hot stuff” unquote. 9. DON CARLSON is sportswriter of MADEMOISELLE and editor-in-chief of CHILD LIFE. 10. BARBARA SMITH, with the help of Roland Peterson, directs the Salvation Army Band at the southwest corner of Eighth and Broadway. 11. KENNETH CANTWELL is a featured dancer in Ballet Russe, currently showing in the spacious club-rooms of the Eta Bita Pie. 12. DORIS POLING, after a brief engagement of 9 years, 11 months, 23 days, 15 hours, 49 minutes, and 4 seconds, has decided to set the date of her wedding to Dick Cox. 13. BOB HOEG is head of the Maternity Ward at Methodist Hospital and spends most of his time taking care of babies (sixteen years old or over). 14. JUNE POE, who is interested in better standards of literature, writes short stories for ESQUIRE and has a serial running in TRUE STORY. 15. WALLACE KENNEDY still gets fifteen cents a day for shovelling coal. He can afford but one meat-ball.” 16. LAURA LEE HOLLINGSWORTH is very well satisfied with a poison-ivy lotion she mixed up in her spare time at home. It’s a mild solution containing H2S04, commonly called sulfuric acid. She still wonders why her big toe disintegrated. 17. MALCOLM HEIDT is still plodding through second-year Spanish so he can go to Minnesota U. It’s much easier since he learned how to swear ... in Spanish. 18. DOROTHY BRUCHNER is head pencil sharpener at the Gary National Bank. We congratulate her as only people with very intelligent minds can cope with such a job. 19. JOHN KEREZMAN is chief cuspidor cleaner at Gene’s and Master of Ceremonies on the side. 20. ALICE ADAMS runs a home for poor run-down Worry Birds, as she is the shining example for all of them. At present she is campaigning for the worldwide title of Miss Worry Bird of 1955 . 21. JAMES GOFORTH has won world-wide fame as comb soloist in Phil Spitanly’s all-girl orchestra. 22. GERALDINE NASON is still studying psychology at Wm. A. Wirt. The faculty make very good guinea pigs. 23. GENE WE1GER has established a co-ed pool-hall across from W.A.W. for the convenience of the students. The girls have become quite adept at putting the boys behind the Eight Ball”. 24. ROSEMARY SMITH is working in the Post Office Department in Washington, D. C. Those floors arc hard 25. BILL SHAFFER has taken Charles Boyer’s place in the movies. What a technique! Need we say more? to scrub, aren’t they, Rosemary? 26. NORMA ALLEN, the well known architect, has turned her attention to the development of a wingless, whecl-lcss motorless airplane. She has original ideas of using rubber bands as horsepower. 27. BERNARD FLOYD, better known as Barney Floyd, has worked his way up to Personal officer in the Spars and takes his job quite seriously. Some of them are hard to get acquainted with. 28. DOROTHY DAUGHERTY is proprietress of a tea room in Indiana Harbor. So far only three people have died of ptomaine poisoning, but she hopes to set a better record in the future.

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Smiling and helpful; Now and then blue; Humorous and peppy; Kind-hearted and true. Saddles” and slack suits; Uniforms or frocks; Plaid suit and sweater; Nylons or socks. Digging in desk drawers; Filling out reports; Counselling lovers; Active in sports. School proms and dances; Band and P.K.P.; First Aid and Motor Corps; Gary Symphony. EICHHORN ADELE P.K.P. 3; G.A.A. !, 2, 3; Sec. of class 1; Camera club 1; Girls’ conference see. 3; Spanish club see. 3; H.M.S. Pinafore 1. HOFFENBERG ROBERT Football I, 2; Track 1, 2; Band 1, 2, 3; Bugler 1, 2; Ranger 1, 2; Biology club 3; Ensemble 2. MAGIOUDIS BESSIE P.K.P. 3; G.A.A. I, 2, 3; W club 3; Honor Society 3; Student Council 1; Band 1, 2; Spanish club 2, 3. SHAFFER BILL Football I, 2, 3; Track I, 2, 3; Basketball I, 2, 3; Sandscript 4: Shifting Sands editor 4; Class officer I; Camera club 1; letters from Abroad 2; W club 2. HOF.CKI I.BERG HELYN G.A.A. I, 2; Band 1. 2; Shifting Sands 3; Sand-script 3; Sandbur 3. No end of things to do; Worn-out tires; no gas; Senior treasury lacking funds; Study-hall class. Honey to her husband; ‘'Maggie to a few; Peg” to the teachers; Griff to me and you. CLARK EVELYN P.K.P. 3; G.A.A. I, 2, 3; Band I, 2, 3; Class sec. 2; Chorus 1, 3; Spanish club 2; Art club 2; Class play 1. KERFZMAN JOHN Football 1, 2, 3; Track 1, 2, 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Band 1,2; W” club 3; Chorus 1, 2, 3; Art club I, 2,3; Vocal solo contest 1, 2. Page Twelve

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last Will and Testament nf the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty-five We, the Class of 1945, William A. Wirt High School of Gary, County of Lake, State of Indiana, being of mem Sana in corpore sano, do make this our last will and testament, to wit: 1. RALPH BOHMAN bequeaths his heights in basketball to Bill Fields. 2. PHYLLIS HUGHES leaves her neat, tidy, and well-kept locker to Doris Bowers. 5. ALFRED BRASCHOS leaves to John Schcck his ability to control the Band when Griff” is gone. 4. EILEEN NASON leaves her curly red locks to Barbara Fields. 5. KENNETH CANTWELL leaves his A's” in Civics to Bob Skogseth. 6. ROSEMARY SMITH leaves her clique to go on by themselves. (Our sympathy is extended to you in your bereavement!) 7. BARNEY FLOYD leaves to Leon Dahl his loud nose blowing in class. 8. BETTY GRAY leaves her ability. Isn’t that enough??? 9. DAVID ERLANDSON leaves his shyness with girls to anyone who can do as well as he. 10. ALICE ADAMS leaves her office as P.K.P. president to Mr. Fowble. 11. RUDY HEATER leaves his midnight job at the E.J. E. to Harry Shaffer. 12. JANICE CRAWFORD leaves her ability to make hats to “Lili Dache”. — 13. MALCOLM HEIDT leaves his position as full-back on the football team to Wild Bill' Dunivan. 14. DORIS POLING leaves her Day Nursery job to Juell Friedman. 15. BOB HOEG leaves his sleek way with the women to Scarl Calaway. 16. EVELYN HERRICK leaves her boldness to Doris Hoffman. 17. BEN HOFFMAN leaves his typing ability to Beverly Tobey. 18. MITZIE KAMPF leaves her sweet personality and winning ways to Kappy Nason. 19. DICK KOEN leaves his hunting and poaching ability to the younger Erlandsons. 20. NORMA ALLEN leaves her knowledge of airplanes to the Navy Air Force. 21. BILL LUSTGARTEH leaves his janitorial position until he gets back from the Navy. 22. LAURA LEE Hollingsworth leaves her long hair to all budding musicians. 23. RAY LUSTGARTEN leaves his pin-up collection of girls to Roderick McKenzie. 24. DOROTHY DAUGHERTY leaves John Lockhart to finish school. (Nice of her, huh?) 25. JOHN KEREZMAN leaves his loud laughing to anyone who dares to use it. 26. CHARLOTTE MONTGOMERY leaves her ability to get in trouble to Clink Miller. (She dares him to do better than she did.) 27. TED NABHAN leaves his love-sick look to Art I.ar-