Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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Holding her wedding cake and hitchin' certificate, Bonnie Free tips her hat to married life. Swirling in her dress, Stacey Reber gazes into Pat Welch’s eyes as they stomp in time. Sadie Hawkins by Me Me Chung 'Gotcha!' yells gals as they harness fellas G?iris gathered in huddles, whispered and broke into fits of giggles. Fellas waited in anticipation. As Sadie Hawkins came closer, the number of daydreamers in class increased and many conversations revolved around the Sadie. It was obvious when a fella had just been asked; the girl practically skipped away beet red with happiness or rejection. Schoolwork was set aside for gossip and while walking through the halls, anyone could pick up a multitude of information. “Did you hear who . . ., I’m so chicken. . ., What if he says no?” The day of the Sadie was spent sewing last minute costumes and tending to emergencies that inevitably cropped up. But doggone-it, the night of the ‘‘silvery moon” approached and all Sadie goers had transferred into Li I’ Abners and Daisy Maes! Couples dressed in overalls, homemade dresses, and sawed off jeans, came in all sizes and shapes. Some looked as if they had already encountered the haystack. Black freckles and cock eyed pigtails, mis-matched socks and shoes livened the atmosphere as everyone slipped into hilly-billy drawl. Those chewing lazily on pieces of straw completed the down home feeling. The evening wasn’t considered complete until everyone had gone down yonder to be hitched by the notorious Marryin’ Sams in a candlelight ceremony. The ‘‘distinguished’’ preachers performed the sacred marryin’ ties dutifully, throwing an extra tidbit here and there sending the couple at the altar into uncontrollable laughter. Plastic turkey rings and a marriage certificate joined the couple in holy matrimony and of course, as always, the blessed event was sealed with the traditional kiss by the light of the silvery moon. Sadie Hawkins 17

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A double hitchirv was hereby proclaimed by Tom Grove for Cheryl Schneider, Kathy Coulter, David Hostetler and Dave Hart. While couples wait to tie the knot in a 25c slip-shot marriage, (below right) David Carr and D. Anne Wolford have already begun their honeymoon. Marriage for Cynthia Hill and Les Bias is all fun and games as dumb struck Mike Pollock observes. Although costumes ran the gamut on design, everyone shared the desire to dance to foot stompin' music. 16 Sadie Hawkins

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Whether using a bullhorn or hot. when Marshall Sellers speaks, people listen (far right). Mark Madigan (foreground) and Steve Nystrand give a small demonstration of bunching. 18 Crosscountry