VOL. II, NO. 5
NOVEMBER 18, 1960

Homeroom Highlights

1946 Chevy Convertible Makes Life Interesting
Time: 7:55 a.m.
Place: Maine West parking lot
Action: Hoppin' Heap-horn blowing.

The driver is not trying to get attention. This heap has a strange way of blowing its own horn when it turns a corner.

The "Hoppin' heap" is a 1946 Chevy convertible. How could you miss it? It is easily recognized by the peach-colored spots which decorate its exterior. The inside is as unique as it is cold, wet, or snowy depending on the outside climate. The back window is missing.

The owner, Elaine Petersen, '61, doesn't mind the cold but gets tired of scraping the ice off the inside of the windows as well as the outside each morning. Despite these minor inconveniences, the heap has never failed to start on the coldest of mornings. Its stout-hearted 1954 truck motor may cough and sputter, but it will never die.
 No stranger to education, this heap has, over its years of existence, transported students to such schools as the University of Illinois, Northwestern, Fernstrum Moving school, and now Maine West. It was here that it chose a most unfortunate moment to show its just signs of age. As its owner was about to exhibit it in motion to Mrs. Jeanine Jekel, biology instructor, its universal detached itself from the transmission.

The owner proudly defends it, however, by saying, "A car that has been around as long as it has must be good."

(Editor's Note: Homeroom Highlights depends upon the cooperation of the homeroom reporters and the students. Please contribute any items of interest, including unusual cars and hobbies, to the Westerner news box, or room A-111.)