Belleville Township High School East - Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Far Right: Todd Blomberg escorts Candy But¬ ler. Right: Randy Shcmidt escorts Kirsten Halton. Later in the week Randy went on to win the position of queens escort. Below: Rick Barret escorts Missy Blum. Right: Julie Freed being escorted by Steve Walters. Far Right. John Talley escorts Janice Hart¬ man LOYALTY AND ROYALTY L oyalty Week has been a tradition at East since the school first opened in 1966. Not only did they have a homecoming queen, a parade, and a football game, but they celebrated dress-up days such as: T-Shirt and Jeans Day; Sweatshirt, Sunglasses, Sneakers and Slacks Day; Button Day; and Teacher Appreciation Day. This year, the activities included float decorating, hall decorating, class spirit chain, Senior Olympics, Staff Apprecia¬ tion Day, dress-up days, and a parade. Hall decorating is when the clubs and or¬ ganizations compete with one another by decorating a hallway. This year’s winner was the German Club. The class spirit chain is a contest among the four classes to see who can raise the most money The freshman class won this year Float decoration also is a contest between the four classes. The sophomores won this event. After the winners were announced, all the floats are in the school parade. Loyalty Week also included the Home¬ coming Court and the escorts. Belleville East is the only high school in the area which combines Loyalty Week with Homecoming The candidates for Loyalty Week Queen were Missy Blum, Candy Butler, Staci Dumstorff, Julie Freed. Kir¬ sten Halton, Janice Hartmann, and Chris Vlahavas Chris Vlahavas was crowned Loyalty Week Queen Friday during the assembly. 4 Loyalty Week

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Principal H Fred Curtis welcomes the student body back with a smile during the first assem¬ bly of the new school year. Students walk around the campus to find out where their classes are. Students gather around central terrace to make new friends and to get reacquainted with old ones. remainder of the week felt short. The sun came out Thursday enabling at least half of the freshmen to put away their schedules and show off their tans in their jams. The teachers looked even fresher than they had the day before, as if they were prepared to keep the freshmen busy with homework for life. One senior, who was sitting next to the flagpole during her lunch hour said. “My classes are great and I love my schedule! I can already tell that this is going to be a great year. Back With A Smile 3

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Chris Vlahavas is being escorted by Bob Farmer. During the Loyalty Week closing as¬ sembly, former queen Jodie Geschwend. turned her crown over to Chris Vlahavas, mak¬ ing her our twenty-first loyalty week queen. The spirit of Loyalty Week is shown m the faces of the crowd, who are anticipating the excitement of the week The seven escorts were Rick Barrett. Todd Blomberg. John Burris, Bob Farm¬ er, Randy Schmidt. John Talley, and Steve Walters. Randy Schmidt was the queen’s escort. Friday was the big night when our foot¬ ball game went up against Granite City. It was a close game, but the Warriors de¬ feated the East Lancers by 4 points. The final score was 14-10 Our defeat did not dampen our school spirit. The next day. Student Council held a masquerade dance Loyalty And Royalty