1969 TFS Postscript Yearbook p002

000b | Growing Adolescent | South History | Table of Contents | In Dedication To | Activities | Fleurs de Paris Prom |

For there is no team that makes them squeam like our fightin', feuding Rebels. Fight rough, fight tough, Let's win tonight you Rebels. Fight right, with might, Let's win tonight you Rebels. The first Homecoming was in the fall of I960, but the first Homecoming queen, Janet Day, did not reign until 1961. Homecoming was sponsored by the new Student Council which had grown from the Presidential Advisory Board that had first been organized at the split. South Clubs organized quickly during the first years. Mrs. Ruth Hale Canaga sponsored the first chapter of the National Honor Society which also bore her name. Girls' Club transferred from North with a complete board headed by Gail Emlund who had been Vice- President at North. The club was sponsored by Miss Janet Wenzell. When North's Girls' Athletic Club (GAC) branched to South it became affiliated w i th the national organization and became GAA. The 1959-60 school year saw the beginnings of FTA, FBLA, Pep Club, and hall monitors. Unique to South were Spanish Club, German Club, and Russian Club.
   Prom was, and is, the greatest highlight of the school year. South's first prom was held in 1959. The first After-Prom party sponsored by Parent's Club was given after this prom.
   Sports at South were combined with North until 1959. Our first football game was a Friday afternoon bout at Bremen, with a tie score of 13-13. Coach John Padgen headed the first team. Booster Club also started that year. The athletic "derby" was carried over from North which had been taken from East Chicago-Roosevelt's idea. Joe Jurecki, class of 1965, was the only athlete to win the athletic derby as a junior. South belonged to the South Suburban Conference until it split to form the SESC (South-East Suburban Conference,) which our school joined.
   South is obviously changing with age. This issue of the "Postscript" is also celebrating its anniversary. South's annual was almost called the "merrimac" after the famous Civil War battleship. We wish to express our gratitude to Linda Elias, 1965 assistant "Postscript" editor, Mr. Joseph Hyde, Miss Carol Bendell and also the following editors; Becky Bonnar, underclass, Liz Kersten, seniors, Kathy Neumann, ad manager, and Paul Warn, sports. We hope that, upon viewing this yearbook, you, too, will see why we have adopted as our motto and theme, " A change of routine."