Canton High School - Cantonian Yearbook (Canton, IL)

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arade and game designs remained steadfast hlllfll lo llle deliglit and surprise ol their loyal sulojecls, llie icing and queen braved lite wealller by riding around time square in a Convertible, lop down. Before tlte end of time parade tile lop liad to be raised, in order to avoid liaving lo Hbail outu tlie interior ol tlle earl On time rainy Homecoming night, only tlme slauncl1 and sturdy teenagers dared to slcid around in sucln elements willm undampened spiril for tlleir leam. Altliougli East Ploline won time game. llle students. faculty, and alumni were still looking forward lo a glorious evening of dancing. From tlie cold, unfriendly, rainy atmos- plnere, we glided into time perlect autumnal surroundings of lustrous changing HAutumn l.eavesH, set oil with pumpkins. liigll slioclcs ol corn, and glorious brown. orange, and yellow streamers symloolizing our theme. firacelully shadowing the dance floor, the magnificent oalc lree clotlled in Autumn splendor Completed a pertecl selling. Gay actors and actresses of llie play Hl'lome- coming Dance.. needed only a few notes from lite Rudy .James Cbl'CJl6'Sl'I'El to sel llie prima donnas wliirlingl M-All Girls and their escorts dance dreamily to Rudy James' musical aggregation in an atmosphere of Autumn Leaves, with a life size tree dominating the scene. Amidst cornshocks and leaves the homecoming court- Prince and Princess, John Swearingen and Judy Somers, King and Queen, Joe Dress and Sandra Rumler, and Crownbearers Sharon Collins and George Reeve-reign over jubilant subjects. il

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Running paint, straight hair, and saturated clothing all added to the soaked pictures that many of the floats made in the Homecoming Parade. Top: Cantonian Staff's Play Like All-Americans 3 bottom: Archery Club hits the mark. Despite downpour, Homecoming KXI1 4-lcrlrillyingg lcnsion llc-lcl us lnvlore llie unnouncc-mt-nl ol our royal Courl. Tln- rallvrs rung willi npplniisv lor llw wonclvrlul royalties -.lov Uri-ss ancl Snnclra Rumler. cliosen king zincl qucvn lo reign ovvr our remaining Home- Corning acliyilivs. Tlw prince anal princess ol llw court worm- .lolm Swc-aringvn antl Jucly Somers. :incl llw crown lx-urvrs we-rc Georgi- Rm-yv uncl Slmron Collins. Xvilli only Iwo liours lovlore llie paracle. loyal cluli mm-mlmvrs lrnnlically worlu-cl to put llw linisliing louvlics on llic long-worlwfl-on X llouls, many ol wlmirli lmfl alreacly been flmnngvfl lmy Iliv clrizzling rain, Blll ovcn llw l ruin voulcl nol pre-vc-nl llw vnlorous spc-rlulors lrom lining llu' slrc-vls lo ollsvrvt' tlw passing pnruclv ol colorlully zxrruyx-cl lloals. Ci.A.A.'s 4-nlry, Cliosvn us ilu- mosl ln-aulilul. loppc-cl Ilif- ollivr llonls willl il lirsl prize for VX7c'll Duck llfrnn. Cnpluring sr-ronfl prize- lor lx-ziuly was llw l:.ll.A. llonl. ulfiss linsl lxlolinv Concl- llym flv. Firsl prim' lor origimllily wvnl lo llw ljbiology Club llozxl. UxVlltl.S Nvxlu. nncl sc-Concl prim' lo ilu- l:.l:.A.'s lloal. Hxveirc- Rooling lor Clzinlon All Four fQunrtc-rs... rl-lic lirsl prize- winner ol fairs was llw Spnnisli Cllulm, wliosv llwmv wus Ulfzisl Nlolinels l.ine is SilQQlIlQ.-i Sherwin Gilpin, Elsie , and Leon Gilmore gaze placidly from platform of F. F. A. Homecoming float at fellow competitors and evaluate chance of copping a prize for originality. Notice rain dripping off Sherwin's chin. wi. - Ill ' age., ' . e

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Greeting couples Mike Rusnak and Beverly Sepich and Eddie Churchill and Judy Barker were Virginia Shaw and Pat Rusnak, Sophomore refreshment-servers. Jane Schwerer has that far-away look in her eyes as she and John Swearingen drift to the music of Bill Hardesty at the Senior'Junior Hop. SENIOR-JUNICR Are we clreaming? No, lhe long awailecl clay has finally arrivecll These were our llloughls as we ruslrecl home from school lost in our privale worlcl ol mixecl emolions '- clreacl, anlicipalion, Confusion. The minute wc cntcrecl the house, chaos reignefl. Laying out our clothes and pincurling our hair were among lhe inilial preparations. Vvlmr woulcl we clo williout our moms on an occasion like lhis? ulxlom, lim stuckli' Hhlom. where are my earringsfl NVQ kept this up until we had linishccl clressing, anol llml was nol helore We lracl Comloecl ancl hrushecl our hair unlil il glowecl with racliancc ancl paraclecl helore our lamily to see if we lookecl our hesl. November 24, Scene: Elks Ballroom, Even Janice Johnson, George Reeve, Celia Clasford, Joe Dress, Karen Phillips, Joe Norton, Sharon Bath, and Marnell Essex share precious moments as they glide to relaxing strains of Hop orchestra.