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Ruth Breyfogal

aka: Miss Breyfogol

Sixth Grade Teacher

Shep's sixth grade English teacher in the short story "Miss Bryfogel And The Case Of The Warbling Cuckold" She was killed 7am March 10, 1948 in a car/train accident in Hammond while she was driving with another teacher, William Rhodda, and a student William Llewellyn. All 3 were killed instantly. She was actually a Hammond High School teacher for public speaking. The book report story appeared in the following: "Miss Bryfogel And The Case Of The Warbling Cuckold" - Playboy Aug 1966 "Miss Bryfogel And The Frightening Case Of The Speckle-Throated Cuckold" - "In God We Trust..." "My Summer Story" (Movie - 1992)

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1939
Miss Breyfogle - 1939 Dunes Yearbook

March 11, 1948
March 11, 1948 Hammond Times

Record: 3877 / ID: p_3877

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Source: Jim Clavin
Joel Miner - she was Jack Miner's grandmother's younger sister. His Aunt
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Source: Joel Miner (Date: 02-23-2006)
----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 12:17 PM Subject: Miss Bryfogel > Jim, > > I think I have written to you before, my father (Jack Miner, W9DDA) and Shep > went to high school together and were ham radio buddies. We met Shep again at > the Commemoration luncheon for Shep at the Wicker Park Social center in the > early 80's and I talked to him on the local ham repeater, here in Northwest > Indiana (da region). My dad told me a story about him and Shep burying a > spark gap transmitter behind the Hammond Police Department because every time > they would go on 160 meters the radio man for the department would call and > cuss them out for interfering with the police radio system. The police > operated up there back then. They showed him and buried the transmitter with > battery and caused mayhem for a couple of days. Shep confirmed that story at > Wicker Park and both had a good chuckle about it. > > Also, Shep wrote about Miss Bryfogle and she really was a civics teacher at > Hammond High School (Miss Ruth Breyfogle). She was my grandmother's younger > sister (Jack's aunt). > > Joel Miner

Source: Joel Miner (Date: 02-23-2006)
----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 2:27 PM Subject: Re: Miss Bryfogel > No, she was killed around 1948 in a car/train accident in Hammond. She was > picking up one of her students and it was a very tragic death. > > Joel

Source: Joel Miner (Date: 02-23-2006)
----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 3:10 PM Subject: Re: Miss Bryfogel > Breyfogle is a very unique name and that was my > grandmother's maiden name, Aunt Ruth never married. Back in those days if a > teacher got married it would end their career as a school teacher. Therefore > she was an old maid school teacher. If you ever get a copy of the Hammond > High School (The Dunes) yearbook from, I believe 1925-1947 you'll see her > pictures in there. My family is also well known in the region, my grandfather > was cofounder of Miner-Dunn Restaurants and was a couple blocks north of > Hammond High when they started (5440 Calumet Avenue). Maid-Rite was their > stiff competition and since I am only a yomgster at 45, I vaguely remember > the Red Rooster but I did tip a few beers at Flicks Tap in Hessville. I was a > college student at Purdue Calumet, my college buddies and I would go there > occasionally. It was and probably still is the typical Calumet region gin > mill. Lots of smoke and bunch of steelworkers drinking Strohs plus other > froth and slosh. > > Certain parts of Hammond has gone down hill, I don't know if you ever been > to Hammond but when I was a kid in the early 1960s, we used to go downtown on > the bus and go to Edward Minas by ourselves. I guess a kid wouldn't be able > to do that now. > > Joel Miner

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