Altoona High School - Headlight Yearbook (Altoona, WI)

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Week Is Happy Event : n 1, f t 1 The Homecoming court for 1974 was as follows: Dan va iicr, Jr. ; Renee Mayer, Soph. ; Darrell Ash, Fresh. ; Barb Ventzke, Sr. ; Queen Penny Skahaug, Sr. ; King Jim Becker, Sr. ; Mike Erickson, Sr. ; Kim Simonson, Jr. ; Chuck Steuding, Soph. ; Shelly Dressel, Fresh. Couples danced to the music of Kicks Reigning over Homecoming court were: Queen Penny Skahaug and King Jim Becker. After receiving the ball from the center, Jim Turner threw a pass for a touchdown. 23

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Hectic Homecoming The prize -winning skit was performed by members of the Senior class. IIING IS T-ULi ;ait? Takingpartin Dress-up Day were Deanna Olson and Dan Miller. During the Homecoming Parade, the Pom-Pom girls showed their spirit by marching. Students, dressed in various costumes, enjoyed participat- ing in Oddball Day. As in years before. Homecoming week, September 30- October 4, was looked forward to with eager anticipation by students of all ages. Festivities were begun on Tuesday, Dress-up Day, when the students came to school attired in their best clothes. On Wednesday students observed Oddball Day by wearing the most off-beat outfits they could put together. Wednesday night the entire town turned out for the Pep Rally, where each class put on an original skit. First prize was won by the Senior class, followed by Fresh- men with second. Juniors with third and Sophomores with fourth. Following the Pep Rally everyone hurried outside for the bonfire. The next evening everyone came for the parade, which included the floats on which the classes had worked so diligently. Later, the football team played Fall Creek and defeated them 14-12. Friday was the dance, for which Kicks provided music. The King and Queen, Jim Becker and Penny Skahaug, were crowned. The court con- sisted of: Senior representatives- -Mike Erickson and Barb Ventzke; Junior representatives --Dan Wagner and Kim Simonson; Sophomore representatives--Chuck Steuding and Renee ' Mayer; Freshmen representatives- -Darrell Ash and Shelly Dressel. All in all, the entire week was deemed a huge success by everyone. 22 I

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Creative Ideas Inspire Floats Taking first place in the float comp- etition was the Junior class. Their orig- inal float consisted of a large papier- mache Winnie the Pooh and his honey- pot, with the slogan How Sweet It Is . Congratulations are extended to them for a job well done. Second place was won by the Freshman class, who did very well for their first year. They constructed an enormous chocolate kiss and used the slogan Kiss ' em Good- bye . We would like to thank the follow- ing parents for allowing the floats to be built in their garages: Mr. and Mrs. Erickson, Mr. and Mrs. Haugen, Mr. and Mrs. Rulien, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, and Mr. and Mrs. Peterson. We appre- ciate your warm generosity. Thank you. The Senior class took third place with their tall grand father clock and the slogan Time For a Victory . It was the last Homecom- ing the Seniors could participate in and many long hours of work were put into their final float. The Sophomore class came in fourth, but they added a unique new touch. Instead of pulling the float by car, several of the students pulled it by hand. The float ' s slogan was Blocks to Success. 24