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Our earliest photo of Hammond High School, Class of
1908 Our thanks to: Gerald
Ripley (Merrillville, class of 1960), 11 Eagle Crest Drive, Lake Oswego,
OR, 97035 - g.ripley@comcast.net |
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I am contacting you regarding my Mom, who went to Hammond High School and graduated in 1929. She is interested in knowing how many of her graduating class would be interested in communicating with each other. She does have access to a computer and is able to send and receive e-mails, but I wanted to do some of the "leg work" for her. Her name was Ermyntrude Grobner, class of 1929. Can you put me in touch with someone that could help me get that information? I found your name on the search I did for Hammond High School, and I
thought you might be able to help me. Warmest aloha, Ilona Coffey
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Hi Everyone... Graduated
in 1954. Just want to keep in touch with anyone who happened to be in HHS
from 50 to 54. A great time to be in school!! Great basketball team, going
to the semi-finals in Lafayette!! Many memories.
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Looking at the 1944 photo of HHS faculty, I was amazed at how many of the teachers who not only taught me, but both my parents! During the four years between 1956 and 1960, the teachers I loved and hated were: King, Jacobson (math at Edison School), Bolt (good old A.T.and journalism class), K. Williams, H. McCullough, E. McCullough, Dietrich, Bollenbach, McGranahan, Thiel and my all time favorite who influenced my career choice and whose wise words I remember to this day: Olga Schubkegel! Many of the teachers I named taught my deceased parents, both of whom attended HHS, class of 1940. My parents met at a favorite hang-out of their day, Miner and Dunne, where they both worked after school. My grandparents, Emma Eret and Darwin Eret were both teachers (Darwin taught orchestra at Clark High School in Whiting, Indiana for 35 years), and were friends with many of the teachers shown in the photo so I knew a lot about the personal lives of many of our teachers with whom they socialized which was sometimes a disadvantage. Miss McGranahan's class was a turning point for me. It was my reaction to her style that helped me become a "rebel". A friend and I wrote a "fictional" story about a cruel teacher which detailed several incidents that were identical to situations in our class that we felt were outrageous. We mailed the story anonymously to her home. I don't remember the details of the story, but she read it aloud in class the day after she received it and looked at each person as she read. The story did not call names but simply detailed the incidents that we felt were wrong. At the end of the story, the cruel teacher led the unhappy life that she deserved! My heart pounded and I dared not glance at my partner in "crime" and when she was finished reading, she called my friend and I to the front of the class to identify who she "knew"' to be the authors. She promptly sent us to the principal's office and that was followed by a visit to my counselor, Mr. Brock, who told me I no choice but to apologize. He actually was sympathetic but under the circumstances, couldn't suggest anything except that we apologize. Of course life was never the same in her class after that (I can't remember if I passed, but I think I did) and it is one of the bitter/sweet memories of HHS. Thanks for the website. It is fun to revisit those times, painful though some of the memories are for me. Carol Niec, HHS'60 |
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| Greetings, Hazel! I just visited the website for Hammond High School and so your offer to send photographs of graduating seniors from the past. Recently, my son has been researching the life of my dad, his grandfather, who died before my son was born. If you have access to a picture, it would be such a blessing to have it! Perry Pratt attended Hammond High School. He was born in 1917, so I'm guessing that he would have graduated in 1935, give or take a year. His older siblings would also have attended there: Cyrille and George, who were a few years older, and Dorothy, who was the youngest. As a footnote, I am also a graduate of HHS, Class of 1965. Thanks so much, Hazel, for checking on this for us! Leslie (Pratt) Goerner lgoerner@mvcc.edu
Hazel, Thank you so much for the wonderful picture of my father. I will forward it to many family members. As a personal note, we just found out today that our thirteenth grandchild due in March is a boy. His middle name will be Perry in honor of the grandfather my children have come to know and honor through stories and letters from the war years. Once again, thank you for your fine service! All the best, Leslie |
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| I am a 1979 HHS grad who now lives in Singapore. I've read
your comments on classmates.com regarding Maid-Rites and checked out your
class of '59 site. Very interesting stuff. I am absolutely starving now
and craving a Maid-Rite hamburger! You can order Maid-Rite burgers for delivery by FedEx packed in dry ice from a 70 year old Maid-Rite restaurant in Marshalltown, Iowa. They have a website at www.maidrite.com. You can call them at 641 753-9684 to order. I shipped a dozen to my parents, both HHS grads and Maid-Rite fans, for a gift one time. They were great. My question is, do you remember Kwiki Snack, another great Hammond hamburger joint? I'm not sure if I'm spelling this right but it used to be on the west side of Hohman Avenue in Downtown Hammond where the new part of St. Margaret's is now. I'd love to have their recipe too! Take care, George Janasijevich - HHS'79
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