Centerville High School - Elkonian Yearbook (Centerville, OH)

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A dream comes true for Senior Sally James as she smiles at Doug Stapleton alter be- ing crowned as the 1976 Homecoming Queen. Doug escorted Sally to both the football game and the Saturday night dance. After moving the float from the construction site, Sophomores Libby Sickle, Sarah Burnap, Monica Payne, and Barb Gillig direct the driver to the stadium, The Sopho- more Class officers, along with interested students, spent hundreds of hours stuffing tissue paper into chicken wire, creating the 1976 Homecoming float. -.,,-45, as .fr ., ,-. A f .gl fi 'jx Maypff-345 xi: - max 'Q ' f'?3?l- . g:,'.4r,? -3 my f' 'N-ur ,' 1 ' - l 'f vw il I 1 Qi. 45 ' I FLO ERS AN FLG ACCE Girls from all three cheerleading squads cheered in the '76 Homecoming game. This gave all 18 of the girls a chance to show their spirit to a football crowd. Reserve cheerleader Sharon Cole, along with varsity members Beth Miller and Co-captain Ellen Sickle tape their sign to the posts before the football team bursts through the colorful banner onto the field. 22 Homecoming EEKE

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:X ff' PRQM Seen from miles around, the Eiffel Tower greeted couples as they arrived at Kings Island for after-prom. Many couples as- cended to catch a view of Eric Carmen and Brownsville Station in concert as a change of pace from the games and rides. Attending couples cast votes for prom king and queen upon entering the dance. During 1976, the prom court consisted of Eric Sepp. Anita Suchy, Sherry Peterson, Rex Knechtly, Amy Burnap and Chuck Delaney, with Susie Bowers and Doug Slack reigning. Surrounded by saxophones and guitars, Junior Class Officer Dave Vuigamore steps up to announce the 1976 Prom court. Half- way through the dance, he made the an- nouncement after the votes had been tallied.

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ff 'FTW X Rushing for time because of the Fairmont West soccer game didn't seem to ruin the evening for Bobby Soccer Molly Gardner and varsity soccer player Joe Kunish. Since there was no time for dinner between the 6 pm, soccer game and the B p.m. dance, members of the team and their dates ate after the dance to avoid a rushed dinner. Following the crowning of the queen and king, Sally James and Bob Crawford smile before the traditional dance. uring pregame activities it had the best seat in the stadium, while the following night, it greeted the couples as they entered the dance. lt was the Homecoming float, the main attrac- tion of the weekend's festivities. The theme, We May Never Pass This Way Again was written in bold letters above the arch of the float. At Friday night's football game, the float parad- ed around the track carrying the nominees foi' queen, Seniors Sally James, Anne Kemmerer and Krista Vir- gilio along with their senior escorts Doug Stapleton, Jim Dishong and George Wheeling. Each of the underclasses chose two girls to rep- resent its class to ride in Corvettes, furnished by the Dayton Corvette Club. Freshmen Vira Bartel and Dinita Brainard represented their class, while soph- omore attendants Nina Harris and Sonya McCoy, pre- ceeded Juniors Pam Laubendorfer and Terri Ptacek. Following the traditional parade, the attendants and their escorts assembled in designated spots in the center of the football field for the announce- ment of the new Homecoming queen. Class officers disassembled and transferred the float to the Greek Orthodox Church the following afternoon, where the sophomore class held the dance A bridgelike stairway, taken from the float, led the couples onto the dance floor where the rock group Sunava provided music for the couples. Senior king nominees Terry Bach, Bob Crawford, and John Schultz awaited the announcement of the king, and after being crowned, Bob Crawford led queen Sally James into the Coronation dance. Following tradition, the sophomore class pre- sented the Homecoming activities. Under the super- vision of theiradvisors, Mr. Dennis Wick, Mr. Ken Hays, Mr. Leonard Stubbs and Mr. Bob Greuber, the class of '79's representatives, Chris Buchseib, Sarah Burnap, Sue Clark, Barb Gillig, Debbie Hoffer- berth, and Sonya McCoy spent hours organizing and arranging the activities for the Homecoming weekend. 23 Homecoming