Arsenal Technical High School - Arsenal Cannon Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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We All eed EBCDDY TI-I RE N wut, MW s ,fe 'A f ' ,JW . Junior sponsor. Mr.WilIlam Mc- Creafy. and Douglas Warren appear unaware of the pending navel attack by a giant hornet. 15. J.. E That's what friends are for Dionne Warwick may never have worked on a homecoming float, but her lyrics certainly applied to this creative endeavor. Members of the loosely-formed float com- mittees quickly learned that life is much more bearable when one has friends whom one can depend on. Experienced float builders, whose friendships dated to their freshman float- building days, rekindled those friendships and developed new ones with the rookies as they prepared for homecoming '85. Arriving before the game to set up ticket sales, faculty members Mr. Ray- mond Browne, Mr. Garlan Howard, and Mr. Duane Blankenhorn converse before the crowd arrives. it i 1 Building floats in confined areas made it nearly impossible not to get close to classmates and co-workers. The resulting sense of unity helped to overcome the headaches, sacrifices, and fatigue. And, when the prepara- tions seemed too much to cope with, there was always a friend there to lean on. Right when l was ready to hang it up, a friend came by and smeared paper mache glop all over me. l realized then that it didn't mat- ter how the float turned out, on- ly that I was with friends, commented senior Misty Blaine. Non float-builders were not exempt from preparations either. The football team prac- ticed long and hard, the color guard drilled, and the band worked on its pre-game and halftime routines. King and queen candidates spent time grooming and dressing in an- ticipation of being crowned. Faculty members arrived early to help organize the last-minute details. The entire Tech com- munity became preoccupied with putting on a good show for what they hoped would be a large crowd of alumni - those students of years gone by who paid their dues stuffing chicken wire, rehearsing halftime routines, and com- peting for Tech High School. T Homecoming 9

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,ww Freshman Melissa Wilson tries to control the nervous jitters as she sits in the freshman float before the parade of floats. 7 U U rg eff' While working on the senior float, Dallas Dishman, Deana Harger, Brian Mitchell, and Misty Blaine try to see if the excess paper mache paste on their clothes and bodies is strong enough to hold them together. me' 8 Homecoming Senior Sherri Moore and junior Dawn Junior Douglas Warren slides into Llpshaw use teamwork while preparing position to operate the hornet and the the concession stand for the huge pow sign on the junior float. homecoming crowd.

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FQ? 11 ' 'SW -' Xl 1 I . i 1 1 , , The huge homecoming crowd enjoys the game and all the extras. 'Xi N ' - L , x ,, X, 1 IL I i i - l L- f 5 XX gf Zia! xvf , gcc, f The class of 1987's winning float sits ready to slug the bugs and also its competition. ,J ' f XX I 'XXI' . J A f l ' , i ' If . f i .W .rl'1', w'mw K ' , -1 . , ' -, , we ..,... N 10 Homecoming Drum majors, Anthony MacLennan and Darlene Powell, lead the marching Newly crowned homecoming king, band onto the field for their half-time performance. Brian Mitchell, raises his hands to signify V for victory.