Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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West Lafayette, HHS exchange school leaders Exchange program, movie turn- about, semi-formal and school picnic led Association’s student activities. HHS participated in a student ex- change program with West Lafay- ette High School in February. Wild- cats hosted four WLHS’ers who ob- served HHS’s system and activities. Next four HHS’ers visited WLHS. Girls asked their favorite boys to a movie turnabout March 7, fea- turing “Two Tars,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy; and “The Raven.” “Autumn Adagio” themed Associa- tion-sponsored semi-formal Nov. 9. For the first time, Association sponsored an all-school picnic. Stu- dents aggregated at the Dunes State Park in May for the event. Promoting purple spirit, Joe Rogers ped- dles Association license plates to Connie Tramm and Joyce Kontol during halftime of a Civic Center basketball game. Costuming mannequin in semi-formal attire, Diana Rubright publicizes “Autumn Adagio.” 25

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Parent groups join offspring in boosting efforts Parent - Teacher Assn., Adult Booster Club and Band Parents helped to boost Hammond High. Adult Boosters netted $1497 by sponsoring three summer dances at Munster Lanes. The last dance in August drew a record 798 teens. Profits from these dances financed sports banquets at Teibel’s after fall, winter and spring seasons. They also provided vests and flasher cards for the cheering bloc. After cancellation of a theater party in January, PTA staged a get- together starting with a chili and hot dog supper in the cafeteria Feb. 28. Next came a bake sale, soc hop in the lower north hall and card games in the girls’ gym. Scholarship fund and post-prom party benefitted from this event. Band Parents Assn, gave a post- game soc hop Jan. 31. Mothers helped to outfit bandsmen with new uniforms that arrived in November. Recording merger remarks, Hammond Times reporter Marilyn Hehr and WJOB ' s Cosmo Currier Coing for seconds, Roy Lee McPipe enjoys interview PTA building committeeman Mr. Steve Kicho at the Nov. 26 school board discussion, fare typical of Adult Booster banquets. 24

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' A Midsummer Night ' s Dream’ headlines prom William Shakespeare’s “A Mid- summer Night’s Dream” themed the 1 968 version of the prom. For the first time in Hammond High’s history, promsters gathered at Scherwood Club in Schererville May 31 in place of the tradition- al festivities at Civic Center. Juniors hired Buddy Pressner and his orchestra to furnish the couples’ dance music for the evening. Highlighting the prom, gowned and tuxedoed junior and senior class officers led the grand march. Decoration committee chairman Peggy Carlson and co-chairmen Rita Lambros and Kathy Kamm super- vised the decorating May 29-31. Clean up committee took over June 1 after the festivities. Woodmar Country Club served as meeting place for the post-prom party-goers. From 12-3 a.m. Apocry- phals entertained the late-nighters. Castle provides setting as Bill McHie and Anita Algren dance to Bud Pressner’s music. Acting as leads for other couples, junior and senior class officers head the grand march. While whirling and swirling around the floor, couples dance at the ' 68 junior-senior prom. 26