Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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CHEERLEADERS: (Front) Debby McConnell. {Row 2) Doug Strine, Tim Towne, Danny Beat, Rick Tan, lim Moore, Louie DeWitt, Andy Langdon. (Row 3) Laurie Banter, Pam Bonham, Phoebe Zigler, Lara Capper, Carrie O ' Rourke. Whafsthatmml Support your team Varsity leaders won four superior and one excellent ribbon at a Nation- al Cheerleaders Camp at Ball State dur- ing the summer. They also won two spirit sticks and were chosen from over 75 squads as one of the eight groups to compete for Best Squad honors. Cheerleading squads had the backing of 150 girl Pep Block members and 125 boy members. Girls wore red tops and painter pants. Boys were dressed in red and white jerseys. Cheerleaders sponsored dances dur- ing the basketball season and the Pow- der Puff football game during Home- coming celebrations. The Brute mascot uniform was worn by Don Pierson during the foot- ball season and Rick Tarr during the basketball season. 66 Cheerleaders And Blocks Dancing to the beat of a Bruin victory are Jerri Coleman and Ceorgetta Sutton at a dance spon- sored by the cheerleaders. Boys ' and Cids ' Cheerblocks join in attention as the Band plays Star Spangled Banner as traditional pre-game salute to begin ball game.

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Iniliation lor Induilrial Artists was fxjlh terrifying and humhiinf . John Ruvang (BcAowi moves an egg with his nose, supervised by Andy Wagner, and (Left) sightless Rick Tarr is led by Steve Shrader through a haymow. INDUSTRIAL ARTS CLUB: (Bottom Row) Harold Wolfgang, Monty Green (vice-pres.) , Jeff Cole (pres.). Tod Cain, Doug Myers. (Row 2) Mr. Alan Knapp (spon.), Vic Fancher, Brian Green, Jeff Lo- gan, Pat Gray, Mr. Gary Cheesman (spon.) . (Row 3) Jeff Bennett, Lynn Said, Rod Ciliand, Rick Tarr, Steve Shrader, Mark Bell. (Row 4) 6 Beymar, Mark Elliott, Andy Wagner, Craig Wright, Mark Stultz, Gerald Baker, Howard Wolfgang, David Green. (Row 5) Greg Ramey, Ron Coleman, Larry Hile, Les Tarr, Brian Scott, John Ruvang, Mark Green. fam fun ' made ♦ lA members Fourteen new members were initiat- ed into industrial Arts Club at Steve Shrader ' s farm in a hilarious ceremony. Initiates were blindfolded and were dri- ven by a grain truck to the farm, where they had to find their way around a haymow before untying the blindfold. The club also held a Crazy Bowl tournament at the local bowling lanes. The contest consisted of one regular game and two with special rules. A wheel was made and spun to place a new rule into effect such as Double Your Score, Bowl with Opposite Hand, Gutter Gets You Ten. The club postponed their traditional Car Rally twice due to unfa orable weather and road conditions. After the second cancellation, they moved it to the spring. Industrial Arts Club 65

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L Time to Fight! shouts Pam fionham during si-.r- tional play as Tim Towne helps in the two-layer. Attempting to supress her grief, Carrie OHourke attention-getting, mount. watches the team fall to daeat for the last time. We ' ll always go, Blackford Bruins! sings Dehhy McConnell as she delivers a cheerleader ' s versicjn of the school pep song. Cheerleaders Sue Clancy, Mary Daniel, and Patty Christman led Junior Varsity fans through the bas- ketball season. Cheerleaders And Blocks 67