George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Freshman Rosemary Duhon instructs Sophomore Stanley Kawlinski in the finer art of the “Cha-cha” at the “Peppermint paradise.” Clark Juniors Michele Kampo and Janice Dybel show how the twist was done at the dance “Twistin’ Twenties.” Rumble, Crumble, and Stomp Through the Gym Unusual? The past year has been a collection of dances that could better be called “unique.” Since the Latin Club’s “Rubicon Rumble,” Clark’s gymnasium has worn a dozen outlandish Friday night disguises. The aforementioned extravaganza featured an ersatz-chariot race, the “Littlest 500,” in which heroic charioteers clung to tricycles as they rocketed around the track, savagely compet¬ ing for the victor’s spoils. The noble Bill Rowley, represented Mr. Watkins’ Junior algebra class, with his trusty steeds and vehicle. Not to be outdone, the orchestra perpetrated the “Schnibble Stomp,” named after a modern folk song of sponsor Thelma Wilcox’s creation. The limelight rested on the world of folk culture as local artists wept, wailed, and grunted in the Original Rock ’n Roll Contest. Top honors were won by an all-star group fronted by Jeani Knapp, playing and singing the soulful ballad, “Purple Flying Carpet.” The Junior Class displayed its methodical mad¬ ness with “Twistin’ Twenties,” and the GAC’s “Crater Crumble” travestied John Glenn’s orbital flight three days later. Seniors Paul Wood and Gary Kaplan give Bill Rowley that extra “pull” for the chariot race at the “Rubicon Rumble. 21

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Couples Whirl into “Wonderland by Night” With habitual elegance, the class of 1962 plan¬ ned and presented the Junior Class Prom, June 3, 1961. Madura’s Danceland, focal point of Whiting’s deb season, burst into bloom in shades of pink, rose, and silver, the class colors. The Decoration Committee, led by Ron Dembowski and Paul Mar- konni, bordered the dance floor with columns of aluminum foil and pink and rose crepe paper, fur¬ nished every intimate table with an intimate candle, and displayed on the rear stage a mannequin dressed in the costume of a lovely Southern belle. Ron and Paul gave their final exquisite touch of the “Won¬ derland by Night” with a lavish ceiling centerpiece. The 120 ecstatic couples danced the night away to the sweet strains of Reynold Young and his So¬ ciety Orchestra, appearing through the courtesy of Paul Wood, class treasurer and music chairman. Prom-decorators P. Fech, C. Freeland, and C. Hoyda adorn Madura’s with pink and rose crepe paper. Junior and Senior class officers and their dates lead the Grand March at “Wonderland by Night.”

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Washington and Clark Meet on Common Ground The morning of October 24 brought a sigh of relief from the conglomerate throat of more than forty teachers and administrators. Such an unin¬ hibited display was occasioned by the departure of a trainload of Washington-bound Hammond stu¬ dents, about fifty of whom called Clark their home. After a pleasantly active night at the Manger Hotel in Richmond, Virginia, the pilgrims proceeded to Jamestown and Williamsburg, there to steep themselves in Early American culture. Next on the itinerary was Washington, D. C. In the capitol city, our junior tourists visited all the usual attractions. They visited the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the White House, the Capitol, the Smithsonian Institute, the Washington Monument. October 31 saw them home, dissipated, but happy. “Old Abe’s” monument was one of the historic sights taken in by Clark students who took the Washington trip. These seven voyagers stop at the statue of Captain Smith in Jamestown. 22 ft