Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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Rowdy sophomores walk next to their float, Chuck ' em in the Doghouse , in the Homecoming parade, screaming to show their spirit and support for their class. Problems with a tire leave seniors Iliya Schwartzman, Julie Lanman, Laura Holt, and Alisha Johns, stranded in Tilles ' parking lot on Ridge Road with their class ' s float. Band members dressed in Peanuts ' garb parade down Columbia Avenue, leading the Marching Band back to the school. Homecoming 21

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First place winning float, Snoopy, lead by his creators, the Junior Class, enters into the church parking lot where the parade begins. As he gets the float underway, junior Woody Colclasure makes sure the chicken wire is on tightly before the flowers are tied on the junior float. I hadn ' t heard of Munster thus I decided tocheck it out Home here I was. World War I pilot, flying in the search of the Red Baron . . . Suddenly he was there! Diving right at me! As the Red Baron and I, Flying Ace Snoopy, began fighting with the zeal of two World War I fighters, I felt my plane jerk from a bad hit in the rear wing. My plane came whizzing down to the ground so fast that I was separated from my machine. At this point things got a bit blurry, but I remember landing in some mud in the middle of a high school. Not knowing where I was, I began searching and came upon a sign reading Munster High School. I hadn ' t heard of Munster, so I decided to investigate. I kept my senses keen at all times so that the Red Baron wouldn ' t catch me off my guard. Cautiously, I peeked in some of the windows, and I saw kids dressed up in different sports uniforms. Throughout the rest of the week, the kids came dressed in other outfits. There was a hat and sock day, a hippy day, a red and white day, and a jean and jersey day. Thinking this peculiar, I lurked around eavesdropping, and I found out that this was called Spirit Week . The students seemed to be preparing for a big event and since I was unable at that time to locate either my plane or the Red Baron, I decided to do some more spying around to find out exactly what was happening. On Thursday night, I followed a group of kids and observed them putting together a strange looking object, which I later learned they called a float. Some of the people stayed awake all night long working on this odd contraption. The following morning I noticed that many of the students walked around half asleep and that the whole school only stayed in session half a day. People were busy the rest of the afternoon doing all sorts of last minute things. Then at 2 p.m., I heard a loud banging of drums and other instruments. Quickly I darted to the street, and I saw many of the students in a big parade. Here again I saw the floats, followed by large groups of spirited kids. I saw one of the floats off to the side of the road, it read Linus Up For a Victory and I heard some people say that it was the senior float and one of the wheels had fallen off the float. 20 Homecoming

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Bitter cold didn ' t Home! prevent fans from enjoying the game T he strange thing about the floats was that they looked like my friends. There was one of Linus, Charlie Brown, and even one of myself. I didn ' t understand. The rest of the afternoon was really fun. There were field events and even a trike race. Although the Homecoming Dance is an evening to be spent with a date, these students take time out to share this dance with friends. By this time I had gotten quite hungry, but fortunately, there was a chicken barbeque going on at the school. After I stuffed myself at dinner, I found that I was quite tired. But, soon I found there was more to do. People from all over the place were going to the football field. This made me think of home, when Lucy would always pull the ball away just before Charlie Brown could kick it. I started to get a bit homesick, but there was so much going on and so much excitement that I soon forgot home. It was getting quite dark out by now, and I hid under the bleachers just in case the Red Baron might be planning a surprise attack. I remember it was bitterly cold, but there was so much excitement in the air that I don ' t know if the weather was bothering anyone else. Soon, before I knew it, it was halftime and Munster was beating Chicago Simeon 21 -6. I had a hard time hearing the announcements during halftime because of all the screaming. Suddenly it grew quiet and I heard senior Student Body President Debbie Markovich, say that senior Joni Stauffer escorted by junior John Hasse, had been voted queen. The crowd was so estatic that I even found myself jumping up and down. The Freshman princess was Lisa Delgado escorted by freshman Jim Kovach; the Sophomore princess was Irene Fabisiak escorted by sophomore Mike Bukowski; and the Junior princess was Maureen Mellady escorted by junior, Greg DePorter. The seniors had two princesses along with their queen. They were Judy Brauer escorted by senior, Craig Smith, and Cathy Reppa escorted by sophomore John Sakelaris. As the excitement of being crowned Homecoming queen set in, senior |oni Stauffer wipes tears of joy from her eyes. Standing before the crowd after receiving their roses is the Homecoming court of princesses: ' freshman Lisa Delgado and escort jim Kovach; juniors Maureen Mellady and escort Greg DePorter; senior Cathy Reppa with escort, sophomore )ohn Sakelaris; Queen, senior )oni Stauffer and escort, junior )ohn Hasse; senior princess Judy Brauer and escort, senior Craig Smith; and sophomores, princess Irene Fabisiak with escort Mike Bukvich. 22— Homecoming