Crawfordsville High School - Athenian Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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Stated: Connie Herroll chosen tu reign over home- coming festivities. Standing, left to right, the attendants and their escorts: Jack Wat- My- son, Pat Davis, Annis ers, Carl Schaeffer, Jim An- drews. Martha Hauek, Don Adams, Myrna Myers, and Houston Svring. Q ar' 0 'et 'em, tll0llS,, hl2lllV of us considered the Coimminists of Russia to he the main threat to world pence, and we found it difficult to understand why the Russians were pursuing the objectives they did. Also, during the year 1953-1954, we suw ll new word creep into our lilllgllilgC-MhlCCtIl'tl1y iSll1.,, It owed its existence to the Piepuhlican senator from YVisconsin who devoted his entire energies to searching out Commies. He was quite a controversial figure, at times monop- olizing the newspaper headlines. XVe didnit know what to make of him. and we thought it wise to leave him to the future. Other signs of our times??? Heineinlxwz 'iFrom Here to Eternity. cinemziscope and H3-Df Arthur Godfrey vs. the Civil Aero- nautics Authority. ll pompudoured Liher- ace, M011 Klein Palm, Ricochet Pionmncef' Cut Talk: Hes real gone! . . 'iDig that nervous music! . . . Cool, maui, cool A Nothing hut coolly, Then there were Li,l pXln1er,', Mhlicliev Spillunefi NI Love Lucyf' Ed Sullivzufs Toast of the Town, etc,, etc. One of the most fetching bits of decoration was found near the main entrance to the school. Caught fast in the web was an effigy of the Brazil Red Devils, the Athenian homecoming opponents. Page Ten

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An informal gathering at home was easy on parents and pocketbooks alike. Here hostess Sandy Dellekamp entertained guests at her home. Clockwise: Mary Ann Mcfireevey. Dean Simpson. Julie Mclilasson, Sandy, Pete Dunbar Qstandimzl. R. B. Swanson. Marilyn Fyffe. und Jerry Gobel. Still somewhat in n locnl vein-ai little town south of Inclianupolis curved itself an hunk of fume through its sports' achieve- ments. Nlighty Xiilun, population 1100 tlPPl'0XiIlliltClY. overcame Muncie Central. Elkhart, and Cerstmeyer to nail clown top honors in our zuinuzil state hasketlmll tour- ney. The feats performed by this little school gore us ll boost, an optimistic look townrcl the future. As n class we haul hoped to he nhle at least to curry off 21 sectional crown cluring our high school days, hut it wus just not in the cnrcls. However. with the end of the lizutlwfoocl season. we were satisfied with the success of our teaun nncl its new couch, jerry DeYVitt. Our final year at C.H,S. was not liniitecl to the lmoundnries of our school and city. The zunnzing Cto ns-ut that timej modes of transportation and connnniiicution. the threat of war and the hope for pence, and the fearsome potential of the atomic and hydrogen homhs, caused us to live in at critical and uncertain time. The mule menihers of our class had little to look forward tog their nlternutives were two: enter the service or enroll nt college. VVell, it's 8:30, and l've gotta wrestle tomorrow. Aw-w-w-w. Prominent in this cast were .Ian Ewoldt and Ed Bayless. Larry Delks to salesman: Yeah-fits like a glove, but -but-uh-h, how much?

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Judging from this formal por- trait, it seemed that our class- mates certainly knew what. they were about when they ballnted in favor uf Connie Herron for Homecoming Queen. One of the hifflfest social events of the 55 vear ISJ54. or anv other year for that inatter. was the lloineeoining weekend. Preparations for this celelmration were lmegun inanv weeks in advance. Student Council supervised the acitx ities. cordinating the energies and talents ot' the senior. junior. sophomore. and freslnnau classes. .Xt last the --agerlv awaited week rolled aroundg the weelx end otticiallv opened on a Fridav morning with a pep session. During this pep session the lneinhers of the different classes noniinated their candidates for llonie- Above is a picture ot' some of the many couples who enjoyed themselves at the victory dance, following the tilt between Crnwfordsvillm- and Brazil. l coining queen and attendants. ln a lew short hours the halls and grounds oi' old C.ll.S. underwent llltllly reinarliahle changesg evervwhere the theme Beat the Brazil lied Devils appeared. An eye-catching hit oi decoration outside the inain entrance to the school pictured a lvorlorn and dilapidated llml Devil gridster caught fast in a welm supposedlv spun hy our valiant fXtheuians. llow pro- phetic this was will he revealed in the sports' section. Fridav afternooirs classes were tardv in getting under wav heeause ol' the colorful parade of lloats which wound its wav throughout the downtown husiness dis! trict. The festivities eaine to a climax a tew hours later as the Athenians took to the field and stormed their wav to a vietorv over the down-state invaders. .Xt halt' tune our homecoming queen. Connie llerron. was presented to a cheering throng of CIrawliordsville par- tisans. Pat Davis, Nlartha llauck. Xlvrna Nlvers. and Anis Nlvers were announced as attendants. Following the ganne, all adjourned to the victorv dance held in the high school auditoriinn. ln this phnto, Connie has just been proclaimed llomc-coming Queen by .lack Watson, president uf Student Council. She was surrounded by nn admiring throng nf our gridiron pzladiaturs.