Canton High School - Cantonian Yearbook (Canton, IL)

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Rome Adventure Sophomore Hop theme Through careful planning and hard work the Sophomore Hop decoration committee turned the high school foyer into a quaint Roman street. The theme, Rome Adventure, was carried out by a sidewalk cafe, a replica of the Colosseum, and a fountain surrounded by a flower garden. During the evening the enthusiastic sopho- mores danced to the popular twist music pro- vided by the Ramblers, a dance band selected by a student committee. The refreshments were served in the gaily decorated cafeteria by a group of junior High School girls. The sophomores ate cake, sand- wiches, and drank punch by candlelight. At eleven o'clock the dance ended and the clean-up committee turned the Rome Adven- ture into the C.S.H.S. foyer once more. The class officers organized and selected chairmen for the publicity, decoration, enter- tainment, refreshment and clean-up committees. Almost hysterical, Steve Etcheson, Margaret Harp, Pat Taylor, Gayle Sipes, Kathy Mulligan, and Ricky Hannappel take a time out after dancing to the swinging beat at the Sophomore Hop. Working hard to build Rome in :i day, Toni Ferrari was con- fused by Judy Maynard's explanation of her plans for recon- structing the Colosseum in the foyer for the Sophomore Hop 17

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Snack-time is always pleasing to basketball players Cand their datesj ! Reba Hardy and Bob Kuhn took advantage of the potato chips, sandwiches and pop served by a group of faculty members. Bob McCoy, our quarterback sneak, slyly maneu- vered his partner, Susan Howard, toward the mistletoe for the certain reward at the 1963 Senior-Junior Hop. Seniors create a Winter Wonderland C.H.S.'s flirtatious farm girl, Charlotte Barnard, cut loose with an elephant joke during a break at the Sr.-Jr. Hop, while Gene Patterson, Jim Coultas, and Jo Fithian enjoyed the punchline. 16 A festive prelude to the Christmas holiday season was the 1963 Senior-junior Hop held December 21 in the C.S.H.S. foyer. An annual event, the Senior-Junior Hop is sponsored each year by the Senior Class as a return favor to the Junior-Senior Prom held by juniors. Blue and silver stars and sprigs of mistletoe suspended from crepe paper streamers carried out the theme of Winter Wonderland. A Christmas tree decorated with tinsel and blue lights stood in the center of the room. Gaily- dressed seniors and juniors danced while the Tradewinds, a local combo, provided music. Refreshments- consisting of soft drinks and cookies were served buffet-style. Decorating the center of the colorful serving table was a cake in the form of a country church, illu- mina-ted by a blue light in the center of the cake. After a short intermission spent in the cafeteria, the guests returned to the dance.

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'Prom These members of the General Prom Committee showed varied re- actions on learning of the possibil- ity of having an all-night Prom. Moon River theme creates romantic Mark Dillefeld helped steady the platform for fellow junior Steve Browning as they worked hurriedly in order to finish the decorations for the Prom in time. Much extra time and effort was expended by the members of the General Prom Commit- tee because of the state curfew law. Since the Prom is traditionally all-night, a plan had to be worked out whereby the teen-agers could stay at the school past midnght. A chaperone was provided for each twenty persons in order to comply with the curfew law. Moon River was the theme of the '64 Prom. Identical scenes of a blue fcellophonej river and a bridge, decorated with flowers, were depicted on the stage and in the gym. The color scheme consisted of three different shades of blue, accented by white. Musical entertainment was provided by the Billy Hill Orchestrag a dance combo, the Or- phansg and a Peoria disc jockey, VLJ. At the same time as his program a comedy movie star- ring Doris Day t It Happened to janenj was being shown in the auditorium. In spite of obstacles the Juniors produced a Prom that will be fondly remembered by all.