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

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1953 volume:

The 1953 S AN DSCRI PT William A. Wirt High School Gary, Indiana 7 |°OLPS JJ!M V UJB!||!M SHE COMES MAJESTIC WITH HER SWELLING SAILS, THE GALLANT SHIP; Southey, Sonnets 3 Snaps Beauty and the Beast; Jan Olie; As they looked in '52; Flying Saucers??; Marching along; I remember when..; Long, Long ago; Good book, Olie?; About that long ago; Joan, Up a tree; Dancing in the dark; Bashful, Shirl??; The Queen; Piggy back ride; Do I see your knees?; Just plain Jim; Stag Line!!!; We're Waiting; See the ring?; Brak; Joan Tom; Jim Janet; Ain't love grand; Lovers; Platter Face; The eyes have it; Tough guy; NAH!!!!!! SENIORS We boarded the ship in September of '49 for our four year cruise. The cruise began with what we'll call our Freshman year. This year was the first one in which we used the new addition to our ship. We gave two dances our Freshman year. They were the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance and the Saint Patrick's Day Dance. A new social event was added during this year. It was the McVout Soiree. Our second year on the ship was even more enjoyable than the first. We were honored because Vonnie Eichorn and Pat Hademan were attendants for Homecoming. They were also Reserve Cheerleaders. Our two dances this year were the Snowball and Hearts Awhirl. These dances were a great improvement over the first two because we were getting used to being at sea. Eob Knapp and Alan Shanahan made us all feel very proud for they were the only Sophomores on the varsity football team. One of our register teachers, Miss Finn, jumped ship our second year out so that she could become Mrs. Hannan. But Mr. Meneakis appeared on the scene just in time to take over our Math Classes. And now we realized that we were finally half-way through our cruise. We sailed into our Junior year by having a magazine drive. The chairmen of the drive were Pat Egan, Dawn Markle, and Paul Scherschel. The two social events for this year were the King and Queen Dance and the Stork Club Dance. Both dances were a big success. And then it happened again in our Junior year —two of our crew members were attendants at the Homecoming. They were Pat Hademan and Donna Paniaguas. The second and certainly most important thing that happened our third year was the long-awaited arrival of our class rings. We ordered them from a new company and all of us liked them very much. This was the year that we all started a new fad on our ship. We got sweatshirts with Wm. A. Wirt '53 Troopers written on the front. This was a tragic year in the life of Bucky Weaver. First, during football season, he broke his ankle, and then, when he had nearly recovered from that, he got the mumps. Paul Scherschel added to the fame of our class by entering the Golden Gloves. He won in the subnovice division. We were all very proud of him. And then came the anxiously awaited last year of our cruise. Our class officers were: Bob Knapp, President; Herb Shultz, Vice-President; Shirley Wood, Secretary; and J;m Brakulis, Treasurer. We were very proud of Vonnie Eichhorn this year. She was our Homecoming Queen as well as the Queen at the King and Queen Dance. Paul Scherschel was the King at the dance. At the annual McVout Soiree our own Pat Egan and Bucky Weaver were chosen Miss Soiree and Mr. McVout. Pat Egan was also awarded the D.A.R. Award this year. By the time the year was three quarters over we all had our cards and pictures and it sure caused a lot of confusion. But it really just helped to add to the festivities on board. All of us had a simply wonderful time at our Prom which was the main social event of the Senior Year. Bud Pressner and his Orchestra provided the music. Another big occasion that helped to bring our Senior year to a close was the Senior Banquet. This was another b’g success. Janet Rearick and Carol Anderson were named Valedictorian and Salutatorian respectively. Now we all realized that our cruise was coming to an end and we anxiously awaited June 11. BOB KNAPP Class President Football 1.2.3.4; Basketball 1.2,3,4; Track 1; Spanish Club 1.2; Class Treas. 2; W.S.O. 4; W Club Treas. 3. Pres. 4. JAMES BRAKULIS Class Treasurer Horace Mann 1.2; Track 3; Camera Club 3; Basketball 3; Football 3.4; Prom Comm. 4; W Club 4; Card and Annou. Comm. 4; Assoc. Annual Staff 4. HERBERT L. SHULTZ Class Vice-President Election Comm. 1; Booster Comm. 2: Traffic Comm. 3; Basketball 4. Mqr. 3; Social Comm. 4; Prom Comm. 4; W Club 4; Assoc. Annual Staff 4. SHIRLEY J. WOOD Class Secretary G.A.A. 1. Board 2. Vice-Pres. 3. Pres. 4; F.H.A. Pres. 1; Hallauard 1.2.3; Spanish Club 2; Book Club 3; P.K.P. 3; Candy Seller 3.4; W.W.C.A. 4; Election Comm. 4; Class Day Comm. 4; Annual Staff 4; Honor Society 3.4. 7 CAROL ANDERSON Salutatorian; Drama 1; G.A.A. 1.2 Book Club 3; P.K.P. 3: Hallquard 3 Honor Society 3.4; Election Comm. 4 Annual Staff 4; Chorus 4. ELEANORE ANN BARDESON F.H.A. 1. Vice-Pres.2; Spanish Club 1.2; Hallquard 2; Book Club 3; Candy Seller 3; Newspaper 3, Business Mgr. 4; P.K.P. 3; G.A.A. 1.2.3. Board 4; Assist. 2; Class Day Comm. 4; Annual Staff 4. JUDITH ANN BADANISH F.H.A. 1.2; G.A.A. 1. Board 2.3,4; Band 1.2.3.4; Hallquard 1.2.3.4. ARLENE L. AUGUSTYN Drama 1; G.A.A. 1,2.3.4; Social Comm. 1; Traffic Comm. 2; Booster Comm. 3; Hallquard 1.2.3; Chorus 2; P.K.P. 3; Book Club 3; Annual Staff 4; Cor Sec. Troas. W.S.O. 4; Senior Banquet Com-m. 4. ROBERT BRYANT 8 BOB R. BURDEN Social Comm. 1; Band 1,2; Track 1,2, 3,4; Cross Country 4; Hallguard 4. PATRICIA EGAN G.A.A. 1, Board 2. Sec. 3,4; Spanish Club 1,2; F.G.A. 1. Sec. 2; P.K.P. 3; Book Club 3; Hallquard 1,2.3; Newspaper 3; Girls' State 3; Honor Roll 2.3; Candy Seller 3.4; Vice-Pres. 3; W.S.O. Rec. Sec. 4; Prom Comm. 4: D.A.R. 4. JOHN G. CONWAY Track 1.2; Election Comm. 3; Basketball 1,2.3. Manager 4; Band 1.2.3.4; Football 1.2,4; W. Club 4. DONNA BUSSE G.A.A. 1,2.3; F.H.A. 2; Hallquard 2; Spanish Club 2,3.4; Camera Club 4; Honor Society 3,4. YVONNE EICHHORN P.K.P. 2,3; Hallguard 2.4; Annual Staff 4; Spanish Club 1,4; Cheerleader 1.2; Homecoming Queen Attendant 2. Queen 4. 9 SANDRA JOY ENGLANDER Chorus 1.2.3; Spanish Club 1.2.4; P.K. P. 3; Camera Club 3.4; Book Club 3; Honor Society 3.4; Essay Award 3; NISBOVA Contest Winner; Cap and Gown Comm. 4. WANDA L. HODGES G.A.A. 1.2; F.H.A. 2; Hallguard 1.4; Annual Staff 4; Invitation Comm. 4; Drama 1.2.3.4. ELAINE C. ETCHISON Hobard High School 1.2; Drama 3; Book Club 3; Honor Society 3.4; Annual Staff-Copy Ed. 4; Asst. 4; Cap and Gown Comm. 4. DOROTHY LEE KORENICH G.A.A. 1.2.3; Hallguard 1.2. Spanish Club 1.2; W.S.O. Rep. 1; Chorus 2.4; F.T.C. 3,4; Annual Stafl 4; Camera Club 4. PATRICIA J. HADEMAN G.A.A. 1.2.3; Cheerleader 1.2; Drama 1; Election Comm. 1; Cl. Sec. 2; Homecoming Attendant 2.3; Hallguard 2; P.K.P. 3; Book Club 3; Chorus 2.4; Ring Comm. 3; Prom Comm. 4; Rec. Sec. W. S.O. 3; W.W.C.A. 2.3. 10 MARGUERITE LAFFERTY Chorus 1.2,4; Hallguard 1.3; Book Club 3; Traffic Comm. 3; Booster Comm. 4; Annual Staff 4. JAMES T. McCLUGAGE Class Pres. 1; Track 1.2; Football 1.2. 3.4: Basketball 1.2.3,4; W Club 3.4; W.S.O. 4; Rinq Comm. 3; Hallquard 2. 3.4; Assoc. Annual Staff 4; Traffic Comm. Chr. 4. sharon McCarthy CARL LINDSTROM Spanish Club 1.2; Basketball 1,2,3.4; Chorus 4; W Club 4. PATRICIA M. MALCZEWSKI Boarding School 1; F.T.C. 3.4; Camera Club 3.4. 11 DAWN MARKLE Class Sec. 1; Hallquard 1.2; Spanish Club 1.2; Drama 2; F.H.A. 2; NISBOVA 1,2.3.4; P.K.P. 3; Camera Club 3; Mag. Drive Chairman 3; Asst. 2.3.4; G.A.A. 1.2,3,4; Chorus 2,4; Senior Card and Invitations 4; Annual Staff 4. MARCELLA JUNE OWEN Honor Roll 1; Chorus 2,3; Hallquard 3; P.K.P. 3; Class Rinq Comm. 3; Cards and Invitation Comm. 4; Annual Staff 4. MARILYN R. OSBERG G.A.A. 1; Chorus 2; Drama 2.3; Spanish Club 2.3; Hallquard 2; P.K.P. 3; Annual Staff 4; Election Comm. 3; Gift Comm. 4. JOAN B. NABHAN Drama 1; Cheerleader 1; Booster Corwin. 1.2; G.A.A. 1.2,3; Chorus 2; Hallquard 2.3.4; Cl. Sec. 3; P.K.P. 3; Book Club 3; Ring Comm. 3; Traffic Comm. 4; Prom Comm. 4; Annual Staff 4. DONNA PANIAGUS Cheerleader 1; Spanish Club 1.2; F. H. A. 1.2; G.A.A. 1.2. Board 3.4; Hallquard 1.2,4; W.S.O. 2,3,4; Newspaper Editor 3; Homecoming Attendant 3; Candy Seller 3.4; Class Day Comm. 4; W.W.C.A. 3.4. 12 BARBARA JEAN PARKER G.A.A. 1; Social Comm. 1; Chorus 1.2; Hallguard 1.4; Spanish Club 2; Assist. 1.3.4; P.K.P. 3; Commencement Comm. 4; Annual Staff 4. JANET REARICK G.A.A. 1. Board 2.3,4; Annual Staff 4; Newspaper Editor 4; Band 1.2,3; Hall-quard 2; Book Club 3. Spanish Club 1. 2.4; P.K.P. 3; Camera Club 3; W.S.O. 2; Assistant 2,3; Honor Society 3.4; Baush and Lomb Science Award; Fow ble Memorial Math Award; Valedictorian. FRED L. PUSKAS Band 1.2.3.4; Football 1.2.3,4; Basketball 1.2.3,4; Track 1.2.3; Hallquard 1. 2; Camera Club 3; Movie Operator 3.4. RICHARD R. REBECK Drama 1; Football 1.2; Hallguard 1,2; Chorus 2.3.4; Banquet Comm. 4. JOAN R. RAMOS Drama 1.2,3; Hallquard 2. Spanish Club 2.3.4; P.K.P. 3; Book Club 3; Social Comm. 4. 13 RONALD CLIFFORD ROMIG Band 1.2,3,4; Camera Club 3; Movie Operator 1.2,3.4; Hallguard 2.4. LAVERNE R. SHAFFER G.A.A. 1; Spanish Club 2; Chorus 1; Hallguard 1.2; Drama 1.2.3.4; Bacc. Comm. 4. ROSALIE SAMMY Camera Club 3.4; Spanish 1. 2; F. T. C. 3,4; G.A.A. 1,2; Drama 4; Hallguard 1,2; Cap and Gown Comm. 4; Band 1. Sec. 2. PAUL W. SCHERSCHEL. IR. Class Pres. 3; Spanish Club 1.2; W. S.O. Vice-Pres. 3. President 4; Basketball 1.2; Track 1,2.3; Honor Roll 3; Candy Seller 3; Newspaper 3; Football 1,2,3.4; Honor Society 3; Boys' State 3. 14 ROBERT D. SHLENS Chorus 2; W.S.O. 3; Camera Club 3.4; Spanish Club 1.2: Band 2.3. Sec. 4; 'Newspaper Sports Ed. 4. JOHN R. WEAVER Track 1.2.3.4; Football 1.2,3; Basketball 1.2.4; W.S.O. 2.3.4: W. Club 3.4; Hallquard 2.3; Assoc. Annual Stall 4; W.W.C.A. 4; Movie Operator 3; Class President 3; Banquet Comm. 4. JAN R. STENBACK Hobart Hiqh School 1; Pickstown. S. Dakota 1; Lake Andes, S. Dakota 1 : Lew Wallace 2; Football 3,4; Basketball 3; W Club 3.4; Hallquard 3; Band 3.4; W.S.O. 4; Basketball Mqr. 4; Honor Society 3,4. HENRY B SNYDER. JR. Social Comm. 1; Basketball 1.3.4; Track 1.3.4; Rinq Comm. 3; W. Club 3.4; Camera Club 3.4; Football 3.4; Annual Stall 4. JACK WHITTAKER Basketball 1; Football 1; Track 1; Band 1.2; Social Comm. 2; Hallquard 2. F.T. C. 3. 4; Annual Stall 4. THOMAS S .WILL Class Treas. 1; Track 1; Basketball 1.2, 3; Traffic Comm. 2; Hallquard 2; Movie Operator 4; Annual Staff 4. JACKIE YOHE Horace Mann 1; Emerson 1; G.A.A. Board 2.3; Class Treas. 3; Camera Club 3; P.K.P. 3. 16 Roya PERSONALITY P. Egan and B. Weaver WIT—S. Wood and J. Brakulis NEATNESS—C. Anderson and B. Shlens BEAUTY AND HANDSOMENESS P. Hademan and J. McClugage FEMININITY AND MASCULINITY S. Owen and B. Knapp FIGURE AND PHYSIQUE R. Sammy and D. Romig •A • ' Court KING AND QUEEN -P. Scherschel and V. Eichhorn HAIR -J. Nabhan and H. Shultz EYES D. Paniaguas and B. Snyder SMILE A. Augustyn and J. Stenback 17 Playing with fire; Takes two to tango; What a crew! Drivers????; Serious?; Dig those crazy girls; Oh. you beautiful doll; Witch's Brew; Smiling Irishman; Get-em Hudd.; The BIG Scare; Red; Make out; Chorus line; Some more of the smiling Irishman; Here's the camera; Hey, go back and walk. We sailed through a year of many and varied activities with a freshening wind and billowing canvas. ACTIVITIES w. s. o The Wirt Student Organization was established to promote the welfare of the school, to secure the highest possible degree of cooperation between students and staff, and to provide practical training in citizenship. The Representative Council guides the work of the organization. This body is composed of the four duly elected officers, presidents, a boy and girl representative from each of the four classes, and the chairmen of the standing committees. This Council meets every other day during the entire school year to work on school problems. The Council helps set up the Social Calendar; sponsors the Willy Whirl to welcome newcomers: sponsors the McVout Soiree where all can earn money; takes charge of candy sales; handles S.O.S. Humanity Drive; gives assembly programs on special days, such as Constitution Day and Memorial Day. The officers of the W.S.O. are Paul Scherschel, President; Paul Oates, Vice-President; Pat Egan, Recording Secretary; Arlene Augustyn, Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer. t BACK ROW B. Weaver. C. Coats. B. Knapp. B. Paniaquas. SECOND ROW: J. Stenback. J. Mc-Cluqaqe, W. Carlson, G. Teeqarden. J. Hodqes. D. Massette. FIRST ROW Mrs. Greenwald. D. Paniaquas. P. Eqan. S. O'Neal. A. Auqustyn. C. Dayson. D. Carr. STANDING—P. Seherschel. 20 Committees TRAFFIC COMMITTEE LEFT TO RIGHT J. McCluqaqe, J. Penny. C. Barnett. N. Mettner, F. Short, J. Nabhan. The Traffic Committee is one of the four standing committees who work with the representative council. The sponsor is Mr. Scheub. This is his first year on the Traffic Committee and with the help of the chairman, Jim McClugage, they have improved the traffic situation in our building greatly. Their job is to see that there are hallguards at all times to keep order in the halls. The Election Committee is in charge of all the elections held in the school. They write the rules and regulations for the voting as well as preparing all the ballots used. This year they were in charge of the voting for Homecoming, King and Queen, and all the W.S.O. elections. ELECTION COMMITTEE LEFT TO RIGHT-M. Weiqer. S. Wood. E. Quiqley. B. Bryant. A. Levy. R. Dole-nar, C. Anderson, M. Eklund, J. Dugle. 21 Committees The Booster Committee is another of the four standing committees who work with the representative council. The sponsor of the Booster Committee is Miss Sharp. The Booster Committee consists of the cheerleaders and eight other representatives elected by the four high school classes. The duties of the Booster Committee is to conduct all pep sesions, pro- BOOSTER COMMITTEE BACK ROW—B. Weaver, C. Meyette, E. Cohn. D. McNally. FIRST ROW- N. Tomerlin. P. Fretz. D. Clapp, C. Warner, S. Quint, R. A. Tillett, S. Kichukoff, S. Schoon, M. Lafferty. mote and publicize all school activities, and handle ticket sales when requested. This year the social committee is headed by Mr. Meneakis. The duties of the committee are to set up a calendar, this is done with the help of Mr. Bohn. They also prepare and publish rules governing these functions. SOCIAL COMMITTEE BACK ROW—Mr. Meneakis. A. Dec, Mrs Andersen, D. McCluqaqe. B. Voss. J. Sarqent. FIRST ROW H. Shultz. R. A. Tillet, J. Waitakus, J. Ramos. 22 McVout Soiree 23 Annual Staff ANNUAL STAFF BACK ROW T. Will. J. Whittaker. Miss Armington. D. Korenich. P. Egan. J. Rearick. B. G. Snyder. E. Etchison. L. Shaffer, B. Parker. M. Lafferty. E. Creekmore. FIRST ROW M. Owen, A. Augus-tyn. V. Eichhorn. J. Nabhan, D. Paniaguas. P. Hademan. C. Anderson. M. Osberg. THIRD ROW — S. Wood, E. Bardeson, D. Markle, W. Hodges. Editor ...................... Business Manager ............ Assistant Business Manager Copy Editor ................. Layout Editor ............... Activities Editor ........... Classes Editor .............. ........ Pat Egan ...Shirley Wood .... Carol Anderson ... Elaine Etchison Donna Paniaguas Eleanore Bardeson .... Marcella Owen Art Editor ....... Sports Editor .... Faculty Editor ... Senior Page ...... Lockridge Pictures Vincent Pictures ... Snapshots Editor .... Ed Gheekmore .... Joan Nabhan .... Wanda Hodges Marilyn Osberg ....Dawn Markle ....Joan Nabhan Marguerite Lafferty 24 We started our cruise with great enthusiasm, and sailed from September to June. It was hard work getting pictures of everyone, writing articles, and staying after school, but it was worth every minute of it. Thanks to our skipper, Miss Armington, and our editor, Pat Egan, we were really kept working. Shirley Wood, business manager, and her assistant, Carol Anderson, did a swell job handling our money. This is the first year we've had a padded cover on the annual. The staff decided we could get them if we worked hard and sold a lot of annuals. We think it was worth it. We also changed from an engraved to a lithographed type annual and so the whole set-up was really new. Even with all the confusion we had a wonderful time. Our cruise is over and we present to you, our 1953 SANDSCRIPT. Associate Staff We really had a group of high pressure salesmen on our staff this year. In the four weeks that the annual subscriptions were on sale they managed to sell 240 copies. Herb Shultz was our high salesman, but the rest were very close behind. Our thanks to this fine group for the work and effort they put forth to sell enough books to make the work of gathering and organizing this book worth while. ASSOCIATE ANNUAL STAFF LEFT TO RIGHT—J. Brakulis, J. McCluqaqe. H. Schultz. B. Weaver. B. G. Snyder, D. Markle, P. Hademan. J. Nabhan, V. Eichhom, E. Bardeson. 25 Shifting Sands After several years of comparative inactivity, the Shifting Sands was revived this year. The staff met every other day first hour and were able to publish a paper about twice a month. They were quite pressed for space, as the old office, where newspaper staff was held, was used by several other groups of persons. At first the paper was put out with office and typing room typewriters; and the commercial depart-men mimeograph machine. Later in the year, the staff was fortunate to have assistance from the Annual staff in buying a brand new mimeograph machine. The paper immediately began to look better. Shortly after this, the Board of Education loaned us a used typewriter and the staff was able to do most of its work without leaving the newspaper office. As a special project, the Shifting Sands staff took it upon themselves to publish a program and souvenir issue that was sold at the McVout Soiree. The Staff is: Editor ................................ J. Rearick Assistant Editor....................... M. Bohman Business Manager ...................... E. Bardeson Copy Editor ........................... S. Englander Feature Editor...........................C. Dayson Sports Editor ............................ B. Shlens Club Editor................................. D. Carr Art Editor ............................... C. Coats 7th 8th Grade Editor...................... V. Reid Feature Writers......... M. Monahan, G. Teegarden D. Markle Sports Writer ......................... J. Brakulis Sponsor ........................... Miss Armington NEWSPAPER BACK ROW—C. Coats, V. Reid, D. Markle, J. Brakulis. E. Bardeson, Miss Arminqton. D. Carr. G. Teeqarden. FRONT ROW—B. Shlens. M. Bowman. J. Rearick. S. Enqlander. C. Dayson. 26 Contest Winners Each year students from our high school enter contests either within our own school or with other schools. This year, as every year we have a goodly number who have won these events. This year our winners are: Janet Rearick—Valedictorian, Bausch-Lomb Science Award, Fowble Memorial Math Award Carol Anderson—Salutatorian Pat Egan—D.A.R. girl, Miss Soiree John Weaver—Mr. McVout Charles Meyette—First place in the ISBOVA Solo Contest Jack Ojala—Camera Club Award Bob Knapp—Honorable Mention in All Conference Football Emery Shaffer—Honorable Mention in All Conference Football Gordon Teegarden—Honorable Mention in All Conference Football Jim McClugage—All Conference Basketball Paul Oates—Honorable Mention in All Conference Basketball BACK ROW I. Rearick. B. Weaver. C. Meyette. FRONT ROW—P. Egan. J. Ojala. E. Shatler, B. Knapp. G. Teegarden, P. Oates. C. Anderson. 27 Mr. Bell entered 52 members in the District Contest at Emerson School in Gary. Out of the 52 that entered, 41 brought home medals. Out of these there were 3 who went to Indianapolis to compete in the State Contest. We were proud to hear that Charles Meyette won a first place medal and two others won second place medals. This spring, they plan to go to Holland, Michigan to play at the Annual Tulip Festival. The Seniors were honored by the band when the band played for their convocation and commencement. We would like to mention that 80 per cent of the band is grade school children and twenty per cent is high school students. We were all proud of the band this year and we hope they have as much success in the future as they have had in the past. INTERMEDIATE BAND FRONT ROW—J. Rose. B. Ballard. M. Lloyd. B. Fickenscher. G. S haffer. C. Franklin. S. Gourley. SECOND ROW—]. Block. M. Gcurley. L. Joiner. C. Smith. S. Burden, S. Stern. G. Clark. S. Johnson. THIRD ROW O. Morley. L. Daggett. J. Hinchman. B. Flemming. C. Johnson. S. Murl. R. Cody. R. Ranloff. J. Bardsley, R. Hackney. D. Clapp. FOURTH ROW J. VanSanten. J. Risner. C. Stubbs. E. Badanish. B. Coats. S. Fretz. M. Shaffer. J. Woldt. S. Bod kin. C. McVay. J. Merrill. E. Murray, A. Carlson. FIFTH ROW P. Fife. P. McConnell. J. Hered, H. Cody. Don Hady, R. Erwin. M. Shlens. N. Muresce, N. Owen. A. Nash, N. Reach, D. Cody. K. Burden, C. Beers. S. Gunn. SIXTH ROW B. Clark, F. Cody, B. Prosnick. Dave Hady, P. Mulrie. J. Hill. K. Parmelee, M. DeMicheal, G. Weigle. E. Strubble. S. Barger. SEVENTH ROW M. Rurlley. B. Ransford, R. Daggett. S. Hamilton. Mr. Bell. M. Curtez. C. Guenther. R. Slatter, J. Romig. CONCERT BAND FRONT CIRCLE—C. Meyette. B. Ransford. J. Ballard. B. Shlens. C. Beers. D. Koblanski. SECOND CIRCLE—J. Lkpsher. P. Ponto. D. Bodkin. J. Cremer. B. Bryant, J. Ojala. G. Lewis. J. Romiq, J. Badanish. P. Scherschel. THIRD CIRCLE—L. Vandervort. A. Gilbert. S. Patterson. E. Bush, J. Stenback. F. Puskas. A. Ayers. C. Days on. D. Romiq. K. Koepke. M. Shlens. A. Carlson, Don Hady, J. Merrill. G. Markle. FOURTH CIRCLE—L. Smith. D. Truett. T. Cohn. Dave Hady. P. McConnell. B. Clark. C. Hollander. L. Marks. G. Dodds. D. Meyette. R. Slater, B. Voss. M. Kertz. B. Prosnick. D. Letica, G. Teequarden. Mr. Bell. FIFTH ROW—B. Hiltrop. S. Kich-ukoff, N. Mettner, S. Bodkin. S. Gunn, B. Fickenshier. S. Burden. One of our most prized possessions is our Band. They have worked hard to make themselves outstanding and due to the efforts of Mr. Bell, our band director, they have succeeded. The band has been very busy participating in different events this past year. They have marched at all six of our home football games. And along about October 18, they went to the Indiana-Temple football game at Blooming-.ton. They have played for various parades throughout the city. Various ensembles have played in many programs through the city, such as a Halloween Party at the Memorial Auditorium and an Education Week program. These ensembles played at our P.T.A. meetings and Band Sponsors meetings serveral times. '« 29 Chorus The year 1952-53 was a very busy one for the Wirt chorus. We got off to a fine start in November by participating with the Drama class in the Education Week program. This was presented in school as well as over WWCA. Our next big project was the annual Christmas pageant. It was an inspiring program with the traditional Christmas carols. Bringing the season to a close the chorus sang for Baccalaureate and Ccmmencement. CHORUS BACK ROW Mrs. Lee. C. Whitlow. F. Quick. O. Kinq. D. Korenich, J. Chambers. E .Shaffer. B. Knapp. R. Rebeck, C. Lindstrom, D. Bush, N. Lustqarten, D. Clapp, J. Yohe. FIRST ROW -A. Axelson, C. Anderson, M. Lafferty. B. Bullock. D. Thomas. SECOND ROW D. Shaffer. J. Carr. N. Fields. P. Shaffer, J. Mueller. J. Bolinq, P. Matthews, A. Bardstey. THIRD ROW—D. Clark, D. Markle, P. Hademan, W. Bardsley, P. Gal. C. Anderson. W. Bardsley, B. Knapp, J. Nabhan, Mrs. Lee. In February came the Northern Indiana Vocal Contest. The Wirt students that placed were: Robert Voss, 1st in the 1st division; Sandra Englander, 2nd in the 1st division; Dawn Markle, 3rd in the 1st division; Mary Lloyd, 1st in the 4th division, and Ella Marie Murray, 1st in the 4th division. The Spring Festival was given on the 26th and the 27th of March. The chorus climaxed this program by singing a selection of the popular songs of 1952. The City Festival was next on the agenda in which the chorus sang on May 6th at Memorial Auditorium. Drama Drama started this year with three seniors, one junior, and eleven willing freshmen. We were very pleased to have in our class the Braschos sisters, who came to us from Germany. The first big performance was our Education Week Program. It included scenes from the Landing of the Pilgrims and The Ride of Paul Revere. The narrators were Edward Cohn, Faye Short, Wanda Hodges, Jim Harrington, and Rosalie Sammy. We also recorded this skit on WWCA. Christmas time had creeped up on us so we started our Christmas Pageant. We worked for two weeks and had the pageant completed. Norma Richeson was pictured as Mary and Tony Eikenbary as Joseph. The name of our pageant this year was The Prince of Peace. The McVout Soiree was our next project. We chose The Fatal Quest a melodrama with a lot of humor in it. The McVout Soiree was over we started on our big three act play. We chose Seven Sisters. The leading role was played by Wanda Hodges, her supporting actor was Jim Harrington. It was a big success and our whole year was very enjoyable. Miss Labb. R. Sammy. W. Hodges, L. Shaffer. DRAMA STANDING E. Adams. J. Harrington. B. Earl. J. Penny. Miss Labb. J. Black. Magda Brascos. F. Short. J. Anderson, J. Ransel. R. Sammy. SEATED—L. Shaffer, T .Eklebury, A. Nash. N. Richardson. W. Hodges. P. Fretz. J. McEwan. V. Reid. Camera Club This year the Camera Club started off in high gear. The club's first project was making greeting cards for the holiday season. Following the holiday vacation they began an assembly line production of wallet-size senior pictures. The first annual Camera Club Capers was held on February 27th and turned out to be a success. During the year the Camera Club takes pictures of the various organizations of the •■ • 4 v x •• • « BACK ROW J. Ojala, Mr. Meneakis. J. Duqlc, M. Johnson. M. Nelson. R. Sammy. J. Hodges. J. Lipscher. T. Eikenberry. J. Cremer, T. McVay. B. Paniaquas. B. Ransford, D. Bodkin, D. Bush, T. Owen. KNEELING V. Reid. R. Stanton. M. Westerqreen. D. Letica. A. Gilbert. R. Hiller. J. Romiq. E. Bush. D. Hollander. S. Newton. SEATED M. Monahan. N. Gibson. P. Frets. B. Douqherty. Bill Brandvold, B. Miller, G. Kickukoff. J. Leonard. IN FRONT—J. Patterson. J. Laub. school. The club officers for 1952-53 were Peggy Frets. President; Jack Ojala, Vice-President; and Bob Ransford, Treasurer. This year the club's most valuable member was Jack Ojala, the demon photographer. The club's sponsor is Mr. Meneakis. W Club The W Club was organized in 1950 by letter-men of the William A. Wirt athletic teams and their coaches. The main reason for the organization of the club was to accomplish the many things that these athletes felt needed to be done for sports at Wirt. It was their wish that the W Club might provide an understanding of the problems of the athletes and the staff. At its inception it was hoped that the organization would promote and set forth training conditions and regulations, and help develop sportsmanship and better living. Community projects were also to be undertaken. This year the members of the W Club chose four capable boys as their leaders. President, Bob Knapp; Vice-President, Paul Scherschel; Secretary, Jan Stenback; and Treasurer, B. G. Snyder. Together with their sponsors, Mr. Nabhan and Mr. Scheub, the boys decided to have two W Club nights this year. They were on March 6th and March 13th. The first of the evenings was for the In and Out games, that is, the Seniors and the rest of the boys in high school played against each other in a game of basketball. The G.A.A. also played their In and Out game this night. The second night was for the championship of an Intermural tournament. There was also a game between the faculty and a team from the Miller-Wirt Boosters. FOLLOW THE W—O. Wildermuth, W. Carlson, B. Voss. D. Dahlqren, J. All-mansberger. E. Shaffer. J. Conway. J. Hodges. B. G. Snyder. B. Weaver. J. Me-Cluqage, B. Knapp, F. Puskas, P. Scherschel. J. Stenback, P. Oates. W. Bard-sley, G. Teeguarden, T. Hatrak, D. McNally, H. Shultz. T. Stahura, J. Brakulis, Mr. Nabhan. 33 o. s. s. ASSISTANTS When you become a junior or senior you may work as an office assistant for credit. In cases of other arranqements with Mr. Bohn it is possible to help in the office, but not for credit. The assistant may be either a boy or a girl, and it is not necessary to be an A student. They have to be on time and ready to work when the last bell rings. The assistant usually starts the work by collecting the attendance and recording it for Mr. Martin. Then they run various errands. HALLGUARDS The people you see sitting around our halls in assorted places are our hallguards. They are made up of students from the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Classes. To be a hall-guard you volunteer your services from study hall. The duties of the hallguard are to see that students have passes and to see that no disturbances are caused in the halls. We have a head hallguard each hour to see that the students are on their posts, and who also takes roll. ASSISTING BACK ROW—R. Dolenar, E. Etchison, B. Brakulis. MIDDLE ROW—J. Finnerty. P. Eqan. J. Ramos. FRONT ROW—B. Hiltrop, D. Paniaquas, P. Ponto. HALLGUARDS BACK ROW, L. to R. J. Patterson, J. Penny, P. Oates, S. Kichukoff. SIXTH ROW G. Dodds. B. Taylor. L. Garrett, P. Ponto. FIFTH ROW H. Leonard. V. Nichols. M. Kirby. S. Hoch. FOURTH ROW F. Short. B. Cunninqham, J. Dumas. D. Clapp. THIRD ROW—N. Fields. M. Monahan. J. Friedl. SECOND ROW—B. Burden. T. McVay. J. Kelly. J. McCluqaqe. FRONT ROW—J. Nabhan. C. Hollander. J. Allmansberqer. 34 s. o. s MOVIE OPERATORS The Movie Operators are supervised by Mr. Meneakis. The student in charge of assigning the operators was Marilyn Osberg. Without these two people the schedule couldn't have been carried out with as much success. All of our movie operators did a grand job this year. SHOP Mr. Paloncy's shop students are always busy. Around Christmas they built and fixed stands for Christmas trees. They help the teachers by building bookcases and fixing broken ones. They make the office passes, the ones that are shaped like bones. If it hadn't been for Mr. Paloncy and his shop students help the McVout would have lacked one of its most profitable concessions—the Spook House. The shop students are always ready and willing to give a helping hand. F.T.C. The F.T.C. stands for Future Teachers Corps. The members of F.T.C. get practical experience, such as, taking a teacher's place when she must attend a meeting or be out of her class for some reason. This does not let a student take a class all day except on rare occasions when a regular substitute can not be obtained. The students that are in the Wirt F.T.C. get chances to take classes for almost all of the teachers in the school, which gives them a good idea of the type of teaching they would like. MOVIE OPERATORS BACK ROW—T. Stahura. D. Romiq. T. Will, M. Osberq, J. Duqle. SEATED—B. Bullock, B. Earl, C. Lindstrom. B. Knapp, F. Puskas. K. Guenther, D. Demmond, J. La Saqe, K. Koepke, J. Patterson, J. Kipscher, G. Lewis, D. Thomas, D. Bush. SHOP E. Shaffer, W. Conners. E. Mueller, R. Rebeck, M. Tomerlin. Mr. Paloncy. D. Molthrop, B. Hartford. F. T. C. E. Creekmore, D. Korenich, P. Malczewiski, R. Sammy, J. Whittaker. 35 Service Roll of Honor 1952 The honor roll is a list oi students who have contributed outstandingly to the school. These people are chosen in the following manner: there are 10 names taken from the highest service point holders in each class, they are then put on a special list by the Student Council. In order to get on this list, you must have a large number of service points. You receive these points for being in clubs, holding offices, receiving honors, and participating in various activities. Then the Council and Faculty vote separately and secretly to determine just who will win these honors. This Honor Roll is posted in the following year's annual. MARILYN ALDRICH KEITH ALLEN PAT EGAN SANDRA ENGLANDER ELAINE ETCHISON JEAN ELLEN FINERTY ALVIN KING MARGARET KIRBY SALLY KICHKOFF DELCY MAGIOUDIS DESPY MAGIOUDIS DICK McNALLY SHIRLEY NASH VEDA NICHOLS JUDY QUINT SHARON QUINT JANET REARICK JACKIE ROMIG MARIE SCHERSCHEL PAUL SCHERSCHEL DICK SIKORA GORDON TEEGARDEN SHIRLEY WOOD Honor Society The National Honor Society is open to anyone who has completed two years of high school and who has maintained a straight B averaqe all through those two years. Of course there are other requisites too, besides scholarship. These are represented by the other letters on the Honor Society symbol: C, L. and S; respectively, character, leadership, and service. The ones who are eligible for membership in the National Honor Society are actually voted in by the principal, the teacher's council, and every teacher having the student in classes. This election is not a regular type of voting, but is organized on a point or plus and minus system. A sheet listing the many quali.ies necessary for membership in the society is filled for each eligible student by the people pre- viously mentioned. After the Juniors are chosen they are installed in the society during a formal induction ceremony aiven by the Seniors who are already members. This ceremony is usually held in April or May. It is a very impressive one which consists of speeches by the Senior members about the true meaning of character, scholarship, leadership, and service. This is followed by the swearing in of the new members and the presentation of their certificates of membership by Mr. Bohn. The officers of the Wirt Chapter of the National Society for this year are as follows; President, Jan Stenback; Vice-President, Donna Busse; Secretary, Shirley Wood; and Treasurer, Paul Scherschel. BACK ROW. LEFT TO RIGHT P. Scherschel. J. Stenback. J. Rearick. E. Etchison. D. Busse. C. Anderson. Mr. Nabhan. FRONT ROW C. Hollander. D. Maqoudis. B. Cunningham. M. Kirby. D. Magoudis. S. Hoch. Mrs. Huddleston. NOT PICTURED S. Wood. S. Englander. 37 Snaps Don't be late, kiddies!; Cheerleaders; Watch your diets, girls! Brunhilde; Hard working Juniors; Hmmmmmm, What did I forget??? Well, it was like this.; Cheese cake; Lew; Janet; Now let's see.; Easy, girls!!; Going home?; It goes this way...; Nab's crew; Hark! the herald angel; Take a letter; Uncle Mistletoe at Wirt; Bobby; Don't lose your head!! VI • PAUL OATES Quarterback — Junior PAUL SCHERSCHEL Fullback — Senior WARREN BARDSLEY Fullback — Junior JOHN CONWAY Halfback — Senior CARL HOLLANDER Guard — Junior ALAN SHANAHAN Guard — Senior MR. WALTER NABHAN Coach FRED PUSKAS Tackle — Senior TED STAHURA Tackle — Junior BOB VOSS Center — Junior JIM McCLUGAGE Halfback Senior 40 DALE DAHLGREN Tackle — Junior B. G. SNYDER End — Senior ORA LEE WILDERMUTH End — Sophomore TOM HATRAK Halfback — Sophomore JAN STENBACK Halfback — Senior GORDON TEEGUARDEN Hon. Men. All-Conf. Quarterback — Junior BOB KNAPP Hon. Men. All-Conf. Tackle - Senior TED McVAY End — Freshman JIM BRAKULIS Tackle — Senior JERRY ALLMANSBERGER End — Junior EMERY SHAFFER Hon. Men. All-Conf. Guard — Sophomore JERRY HODGES Guard — Sophomore i 41 Football Teams VARSITY FOOTBALL E ShaHer 1 W‘ Bardsley- FRONT ROW_J. Almansberqer. C. Hollander. T. Stahura. B. Voss. JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL BACK ROW—J. Kelly. B. Smith. J. Ransel, D. McCluqage, Dick McNally. L. Weisloqel. J. Blue. E. Matysiak. A. Dec. D. Sikora C Barnette. M. Jenninqs. FRONT ROW J. Harrinqton. E. Chon. Dan McNally, J .Sarqent. D. Massette, B. Paniaquas. J Penny B Truett. z' ' Football Scores WIRT OPPONENT 0 Goshen 0 Dyer 0 E. Gary 0 C. Point 0 Edison 7 Merrillville 0 Griffith 13 Portage 43 m -CLsu Basketball Teams BASKETBALL VARSITY BACK ROW—Mr. Scheub. J. McClu-qaqe. B. G. Snyder, B. Knapp, F. Puskas. C. Lindstrom. J. Stenback. FIRST ROW—G. Teeqarden, H. Shultz. O. L. Wildermuth, B. Weaver. P. Oates. BASKETBALL RESERVE BACK ROW -T. McVay. E. Cohn. E. Matysiak. S. Colombo. A. Dec. Dan McNally. J. Harrington. FIRST ROW C. Coats. Dick McNally, M. Jennings. J. LaSaqe. D. McClugage. D. Sikora. B. Smith. B. Biro. 45 PAUL OATES Hon. Men. AU-Conf. Guard — Junior BOB KNAPP Center — Senior CARL LINDSTROM Forward —- Senior JIM McCLUGAGE All - Conference Forward — Senior LEE WEISLOGEL Forward — Sophomore BUCKY WEAVER Guard — Senior GORDON TEEGUARDEN Guard — Junior ORA LEE WILDERMUTH Center — Sophomore HERB SHULTZ Guard — Senior FRED PUSKAS Center — Senior 47 Basketball Scores WIRT OPPONENT THI 38 Chesterton 65 29 N. Judson 67 60 Hobart 73 36 Tolleston 53 55 Griffith 56 52 Portage 63 38 C. Point 63 45 E. Gary 47 39 Roosevelt 57 39 Cal. Twp. 47 31 Edison 62 48 Burney 46 38 Merrillville 65 60 Dyer 62 48 Lowell 41 47 Horace Mann 59 48 Track Team At the time this book goes to press the track season has not begun. In fact we seem to still be shoveling snow. The boys pictured here are the ones •who will be on this team, which will compete in the City Indoor Meet on March 19. In this meet Wirt will compete against the seven other Gary High Schools. The Calumet Conference Indoor Meet will be held on March 25 and we will compete against the other teams in the conference. During the rest of the season they will see act;on against Merriville, East Gary, Griffith, Dyer, Gary Edison. Hobart, and Calumet Township. We will have Dec, Ransford, Jennings, Bryant, Griffith, and Stanton hurdling for us, Smith, Hatrak, Weislogel, and Shaffer running the dashes, Burden, Koepke, Kelly, Sargent, Dalgren, and Barnes running the mile, Smith, Teeguarden, Hatrak, McVay, Bards-ley, and Barnett running the Half-mile. Dolenar, Lip-sher, C. Coats, R. Coats, J. Penny, Massette, and Barns will also do long distant running. Lewis, Hart-for, Hatrak, and Teeguarden will do the pole vaulting for us, LaSage and Hartford will do the broadjumping, while McLaughlin and LaSage will be our high jumpers. We certainly hope for a successful season for the 1953 track team. TRACK BACK ROW G. Teegarden. B. Burden, B. Coats. L. Weislogel. I. Patterson. R. Dolenar. J. Penny. FIRST ROW C. Coats, J. LaSaqe. K. Koepke. S. Colombo. B. Barnes, D. Sikora, A. Dec. SECOND ROW—T. Hatrak. R. Sowinski. R. Stanton. J. Bryant. J. McLaughlin, B. Smith. 50 Cheerleaders RESERVE CHEERLEADERS C. Dayson. E. Kilbcurn, J. Carr. This year we have two cheerleaders left over from last year. They are Delaine Clapp and Nitra Tomerlin. Sharon Quint, Sally Kichukoff, and Rose Ann Tillett were reserve cheerleaders last year and since then they have moved up to be varsity cheerleaders. This is the th rd year for the Junior Varsity. The Junior Varsity is a squad preparing the younger girls to be Varsity Cheerleaders when the Senior girls graduate. After the elections for Junior Varsity were held, Jean Carr, Edith Kilbourn, and Carol Dayson became the new Junior Varsity Cheerleaders. The sponsor, Miss Sharp, and the cheerleaders usually take a trip somewhere before the season is over. This year the cheerleaders decided to buy jackets for football season instead of taking a trip. VARSITY CHEERLEADERS—R. Tillett. D. Clapp. N. Tomerlin. S. Kichukofl. S. Quint. 51 G. A. A We all feel that the year 1952-1953 has been the most successful year of the G.A.A. up to date. Activities for the year were varied and numerous. Looking back over the year, we remember how the girls, with their favorite dates, turned out in full strength for our annual hayride. It was the largest one we had ever held and everyone had a terrific time. But alas for the poor seniors, all the chaperones were on their wagon. We had an orchestra and all the trimmings for our winter dance, Frosted Fantasy. It really stood out among our achievements. Once again we returned victoriously from our annual encounters with Horace Mann in basketball and wallball. They have yet to win a basketball game from us. It took a lot of work and planning, but we had a great success in our swimming show, Swim Through the Seasons. Although this was the first year we attempted a swimming show, it turned out to be one of our biggest accomplishments. To end this wonderful year we had our annual G.A.A. Banquet, which we can sum up with— AWARDS!! FOOD!! and FUN!! We've really had a swell year. BACK ROW S. Schoon. S. Quint. D. Paniaquas, E. Bardeson, B. Cunningham. FRONT ROW Miss Sharp. N. Mettner, J. Rearick, B. Brakulis. Secretary; P. Eqan, Vice-President; S. Wood. President; K. Elkins. Treasurer; S. Nash, V. Nichols. 52 FOLLOW THE G—E. Kilbourn, P. Matthews. F. Short. J. Anderson. S. Kickukoff, J. Robbin, P. Shaffer. D. Carr. F. Quick. N. Fields. M. Thielbar. R. Shea. M. Eklund. J. Monahan. N. Gibson. S. Schuster, V. Reid, P. Frets. J. Waitkus. L. Smith. V. Kobylanski, D. Shaffer. A. Nash. M. Dartz. Maqda Braschos. Margaret Braschos, A. Kos-lauskis. J. Van Saten, M. Nelson, J. Weiss. R. Tillett. FIRST A—S. Garrett, C. Warner, J. Yohe. D. Axelson, M. Weiqer, D. Clark. Despy Magioudis. L. Mineer. J. Badanish. P. Oestricher. Delcy Magioudis, S. Nash. E. Rhea, S. Hoch. V. Nichols. P. Ponto, G. Dodds, B. Cunningham, M. Bowman, B. Cooper, A. Axelson, M. Owen. LINE IN A—N. Tomerlin. N. Lust-garten, J. Dumas, D. Clapp. SECOND A—J. Allegret, A. Bardsley, L. Garrett, S. Quint, H. Leonard, B. Hiltrop. B. Allen, M. Wilds. S. Scho-on, M. Brauer. J. Finnerty, J. Rear-ick. J. Nabhan, O. King. E. Bardeson, K. Cox. C. Dayson, N. Mettner, D. Paniaguas. P. Hademan. S. McCarthy. C. Lathrop. S. O'Neal. LINE IN A—K. Elkins. S. Wood. P. Egan, B. Brakulis. 53 G. A. A. Swimming Snaps Ready Set ; Life saver or MY HERO ; Getting together; All together now,..; THE BIG BRASS. 54 CLASSES 55 Class Delaine is Homecoming Attendant Paul and Gordy Honorable Mention All-Conference Dance FIRST ROW, L. to R.—W. Allen. SECOND ROW—J. Allmansberger. A. Axe-lson, D. Axelson. THIRD ROW—A. Ayers. W. Bardsley, M. Bowman. B. Brakulis. FOURTH ROW—D. Clapp. D. Clark, B. Coats. C. Coats, W. Connors. B. Cunningham. FIFTH ROW—D. Dahlgren. D. DeMichele, B. Dodds. J. Dumas. K. Elkins, B. Erwin. SIXTH ROW—L. Floyd. S. Garrett. B. Grey, J. Hackney, S. Hoch. C. Hollander. of '54 CLASS OFFICERS -Trees.. M. Owen: Sec.. D. Maqioudis; Pres.. C. Coats; Vice-Pres., J. Hackney. FIRST ROW. L. to R.-J. Johnson. SECOND ROW K. Koepke. M. Kirby. C. Lathrop. THIRD ROW—A. Levy. N. Lustqarten. Delcy Maqioudis. Despy Maqioudis. FOURTH ROW—C. Meyette. E. Mueller. J. N Nash. V. Nichols. P. Oates. FIFTH ROW —S. O Neal. M. Owen. P. Ponto. J. Quick. E. Rhea. T. Stahura. SIXTH ROW G. Teequarden. N. Tomerlin. C. Warner. M. Weiqer. B. Voss. J. Yohe. NOT PICTURED—J. Black. E. Creekmore. B. Cooper. E. Faus-nauqh, L. Mineer. N. Richeson. M. Thomas. C. Styburski. 57 Emery Honorable Mention All-Conference Jean Ellen went to Spain Sharon is Homecoming Attendant Lee enters sectionals with straight A's Snowball FIRST ROW. L. to R.—J. Alleqret. B Allen. SECOND ROW—A. Bardsley J. Ballou. M. Brauer. THIRD ROW—J Bryant. B. Bullock. W. Carlson. L. Carr R. Dolenar. FOURTH ROW—S. Colom bo. K .Cox. C. Dayson, A. Dec. D. Dem mond. B. Earl. FIFTH ROW—S. Evans J. Fausanugh. J. Finerty, P. Gal. J. Gar rett. T. Hatrack. SIXTH ROW B. Hil trop, J. Hodges, J. Jamison. B. Joiner. A Kazlauski, S. Kichukoff. of '55 CLASS OFFICERS—Pres.. W. Carlson; Vice-Pres.. D. Sikora; Treas.. L. Weisloqel; Sec., A. Dec. FIRST ROW. L. to R.—J. La Sage. J. Laub. SECOND ROW—H. Leonard. J. McBride. J. McLaughlin. THIRD ROW— D. McClugage. D. McNally. S. Mas-sette. P. Matthews. E. Mytesiak. FOURTH ROW: N. Mettner. J. Patterson. J. Penny. E. Quigley. S. Quint, J. Ransel. FIFTH ROW E. Shaffer. S. Schoon. D7 Sikora, B. Smith. R. Sowinski. R. Stanton. SIXTH ROW B. Taylor. R. A. Tillett. J. Van Santen. L. Weislogel. O. Wild-ermuth. M. Wilds. NOT PICTURED— R. Barnes, R. Biro. D. Clark, R. Vickers. P. Oestreicher. N. Weber. Margaret and Magda come from Germany Ted on Varsity Football Team Jim had lead in play Successful Basketball Season St. Pat's Dance FIRST ROW. L. to R. J. Anderson. SECOND ROW—C. Barnett, M. Braschos. M. Braschos. THIRD ROW—D. Bodkin. D. Bush. D. Carr, J. Carr. FOURTH ROW—E. Cohn. J. Cremer. M. Dartz. J. Duqle. M. Eklund. FIFTH ROW—T. Eik-enberry, N. Fields. S. Frailey. J. Friedl. P. Frets. N. Gibson. SIXTH ROW—K. Guenther, J. Harrington. B. Hartford. M. Jennings, M. Johnson. D. Joiner. SEVENTH ROW J. Kelly. E. Kilbourn. V. Kobylanski. G. Lewis. J. Lipscher, T. McEwan. CLASS OFFICERS Pres.. B. Paniaguas; Vice-Pres.. K. Guenther: Treas.. B. Truett; Sec.. J. Weiss. FIRST ROW. L. to R.—D. McNally. SECOND ROW—T. McVay. D. Massette. M. Monahan. THIRD ROW—J. Mueller. A. Nash. M. Nelson, I. Ojala. FOURTH ROW—T. Owen, B. Paniaguas. J. Poling, F. Quick, B. Ransford. FIFTH ROW V. Reid. J. Robbin. S. Schuster. D. Shaffer. J. Sargent. SIXTH ROW— R. Shea. F. Short, B. Sices. L. Smith. G. Stanton. A. Thiel. SEVENTH ROW— M. Thielbar, B. Truett, D. Thomas. T. Urbanek. J. Waitkus, J. Weiss. NOT PICTURED E. Adams, J. Chambers. R. Cooke, B. Clark. H. Donahoo, M. Mulroe, J. Wilson. Junior Cl ASS 18 - BACK ROW—K. Sargent. L. McCoy. T. Hammens. B. Daniel. D. Bodkin. D. Molthrop. D. Dartz. M. Tomerlin. SECOND ROW R. Mineer. R. Gibson. R. Biro. D. Brown. B. Hill. M. Prete. P. Krieqer. B. Parker. L. Keen. W. Lawton. FRONT ROW—S. Row-lev. B Hess. B. Valentine, M. Laub. L. Berger, M. Campbell. K. Miller. B. Simonson. A. Hatrak, L. Dufresne, B. Yonan. Cl ASS 17 - BACK ROW C. Johnson. H. Cody. D. Cohen. J. Maresko. R. Daggett. M. Kertesz. R. Erwin. L. Walker. D. Harrell. D. Hadv, G. Schasberger. THIRD ROW S. Gunn. J. Van Santen, S. Barger, P. McConnell. N. Maresko, J. Eklund. E. Murray, L. Marks, L. Wc'k, M. Lloyd. SECOND ROW C. Franklin. A. Carlson. J. Merrill. B. Mauger, B. Quick. C. Struble. C. Beers. P. Fife. B. Ficken-scher, M. Milburn, H. Jarosz. FRONT ROW T. Cox. K. Parmalee.J. Bardsley. E. Badanish, B. Ransford. 62 CLASS 20 • BACK ROW—R. Miller. O. King. B. Gleason. C. McConnell, D. Meyette. R. Norton. J. Leonard. M. Shlens. B. Miller. B. Prosnick. THIRD ROW—B. Brandvold. E. Bush, J. Romiq, J. Weiss. C. Lipscher. M. Luck. K. Manor. A. Wojahn, J. Jarosz. SECOND ROW L. Vandervort. J. Aldrich. S. Newton. J. Berger. L. Wickberq, J. Wilds, 1. Dolak, J. Hademan. M. Rosenberg. B. Butcher. J. Rose. FRONT ROW—B. Dougherty. M. Westerqreen, A. Gilbert, K. Hartford. L. Schoon. T. Anale, G. Clapp. CLASS 19 - BACK ROW—D. Letica. B .Nichols. D. White. J. Cooke. V. Colombo. B. Carter. R. Cash. D. Spangler. D. Tuft. G. Markle. THIRD ROW—D. Rhienhart. F. Carmona. D. Evans. M. Shlens. J. Rockhil!. M. Parker. M. Buerhley. D. Truett. R. Hartford. G. Dem atrolis, J. Ballard. SECOND ROW—C. Loosemore, L. Tomerlin. J. Boyle. J. Lathrop, D. Hollander. P. Will, J. Penny, J. Gal, J. Ashworth. S. Gourlay. FRONT ROW—D. Kirby, R. Broski. T. Dodds. B. Dougherty, T. Kohn, L. Keitzman. Snaps Cute!!; Oh, Bill!! Love in Bloom; What is it???? Say, Ahhh....; Cafeteria; Nancy; It's loan's; Things are looking up; Dancin' Dawn; School's out, Who let the monkeys out???; Sleepy time gal; Sharp!; Jerry; The morning after the night before; Tell us about it, Nancy; How's the patient, Doc????; Pretty Paul; Having fun, Lin??; Little girl; Empty Hall???; Impossible; Who's Sleepy?; Buck; Bugs??; Skoal!; It was this.long!; Five Minute Quiz!!!! 65 Commodore Our ship would have sunk without the expert navigation of our Commodore, Mr. Russell O. Bohn. He was born in Darwin, Illinois, and attended school in South Marshall, Illinois. He went to the University of Illinois and Indiana State Teacher's College. He received a master's degree from Indiana University. He came to Gary where he began teaching at Froebel. Then after teaching at five other Gary schools, he came to Wirt in 1948, just in time to pilot us through our years in high school. 66 Office Staff Our cruise couldn't have been as successful if it weren't for these members of our crew. First in the picture below we have Mr. Chrisman, or Waldo as most of us know him. He was one of our secretaries until he became ill and had to leave the ship. Mrs. Stahura has taken his place and she is doing a very good job. Mrs. Rosenblum had a big job on our ship. She not only fills requisitions for the teachers but she also puts our grades on our permanent folders and ranks us according to grades. Next is Joan Dearborn, opps, that should be Mrs. Stanton, she recently changed her name. She is in charge of all the ship's money. So you can see how valuable she is to us. Then there is Mr. Martin, he is our Home Visitor—need we say more?? Next we have Mrs. Huddleston, our vocational advisor. She also helps us plan our programs according to our interests. And last but not least we have Mrs. Hady. She is our school nurse. She has seen us through all our aches and pains during our cruise. We want to thank all of them for the help they have given us throughout the voyage— STANDING—Mr. Crisman. Mrs. Rosenbloom, Mr. Martin. SEATED—Mrs. Stanton. Mrs. Huddleston. Mrs. Hady. 67 FACULTY STANDING—Mr. Scheub. Mrs. Wendt. Mr. Meneakis. SEATED- Mr. Nabhan, Miss Maqrames, Mrs. Huddleston. Mrs. Greenwald. STANDING Mr. Foster. Mr. Bell. Mrs. Heist. Miss Quinlan. Miss Arminqton. SEATED Mr. Paloncy. Mrs. Lee. Mr. Hatrack. Miss Labb. Mrs. Huber. 68 STANDING—Miss Conway, Mr. Masters, Mrs. Shepard. SEATED—Mr. Carlson, Mrs. Hekr son. Mrs. Christy. STANDING- Mrs. Adkins. Mrs. O'Neal. Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Perrotta. SEATED—Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. Wil-trout, Mrs. Tipton. MILLER TEACHERS—Mrs. Ladd. Mrs. Yuritis, Mrs. Mac Cathren. Mrs. Reid. Mrs. Goforth. Miss McEwan. 69 Overboard Miss Sharp, Mr. Yurin • Miss Crawford - Mr. Westerqren Miller Kiddies. COOKS Mrs. Spanqler. Mrs. Bryant, Mrs. Heist, Mrs. Vincent. Mrs. Axelsen. Mrs. Coffman. WALSWORTH Our thanks to: Paul Vincent Studios Lockridge Pictures Walsworth Brothers 72