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

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Seniors Take Honors Seniors are readying their car for the upcoming parade where they proved fortunate by winning first place. Queen Joyce Pietrzak gives up her cheering assignment temporarily while she represents Clark as the 1962 Home¬ coming queen. Joyce smiles regally at her admiring subjects. Spanish Club seizing second place last year returned this year to take first with their float, “We’re No Fan of Tech’s.” The Cheerleaders’ f aces shine with pride during the successful homecoming festivities. 13

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Pietrzak Center of Homecoming Clamour as 1962 Homecoming was the most elabroate cele¬ bration Clark had seen in years. The cheerleaders, faculty, and student body prepared for weeks in anticipation of the traditional pep assembly, game, and dance. Enthusiasm soared at the pep assembly Friday afternoon. The Seniors presented a clever skit based on West Side Story. The Juniors proved to be the noisiest class by winning the yell contest. Finally, Jim Stasny, Booster Club President, drama¬ tically announced the 1962 Homecoming Queen and her court: Cheryl Bazarko, freshman attendant; Marge Wisniewski, sophomore attendant; Lorraine Noworyta, junior attendant; Cheri Hoffman, sen¬ ior attendant; and Joyce Pietrzak, queen. The band led the hour-long parade through Whit¬ ing and Robertsdale. The Spanish Club’s float and the senior class’s car won the honors in the com¬ petition. The game against Hammond Tech was dampened by a pouring rain and a Pioneer defeat. A dance in the gym Saturday climaxed the moment¬ ous weekend for the Pioneers. As tension rises among the entire student body before the announce¬ ment of the Homecoming queen and her court, it also rises among the C-Club escorts grasping the roses, awaiting the big moment. Mr. Daugherty inspires the team and cheering section by filling them with the “desire and enthusiasm” to Little George, scout for the Pioneer team, listens to plans made by the Tech team during the Homecoming pep assembly, unaware of the danger awaiting him. 12

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Clark Improvements Add Comfort to Work After thirty-two years of loyal service, these exhausted rem¬ nants are being replaced. Marred by scratches and etchings, the desks are no longer useful to Clark’s new modern trend. Scratch-proof, fire-proof, and student-proof desks have intro¬ duced the “new look” at Clark. The student can no longer engrave their initials in these new formica top desks. A.V.O. boys prepare our new microphone and speaker system for an assembly program. School bells ring. Children sing? It’s back to old GRC again. But old GRC is tainted with a touch of “new”. Forsaking nostalgia for progress, GRC welcomed its 1963 facelifting. A light of wisdom now falls upon students com¬ fortably seated in the most modern desk facilities. So comfortable indeed, that now and then students have been known to fall asleep in them. To further the student’s home-away-from-home, vending ma¬ chines have been provided. Varying from beverage dispensers to fresh-fruit dispensers, the student’s health as well as pleasure is tended. The latest and most efficient speaker systems have been added to our vast audio-visual department. Our instructors have not been neglected in 1963. A recently completed teacher’s lounge replaces the makeshift meeting places previously used. With pride we hold our facelifted heads high.