Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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HOMECOMING AND PROM CAPTURE SPOTLIGHT RIDINC ON THE COLD AND WHITE VICTORY FLOAT are Homecoming queen candidates Janet Paarlberg, Cayle Seegers, LeaAnn Newlon, Cathy Hack, and Diane Nemes. RED ROSES, A FOOTBALL UNIFORM, and two crowned heads signify ’63’s Homecoming royalty D. Nemes and D. Smith. It The Homecoming of 1963 was two nights of cheering madness; the first night was spent around a huge burning pyre of wood and chanting “Go, Bulldogs, go!”, then streaking through town in a long snake dance. En¬ thusiasm rose to a peak the following night at the Homecoming Parade of Marching Bulldogs and class cars, and at the game against the Portage Indians which unfortun¬ ately they won in a strenuous battle for the ball. REVIEWINC ‘VICTORY DECORATIONS at Home¬ coming dance are D. Stonex, M. Kauffman, E. Mueller, and S. Stonecipher.

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WHILE SELLING ’63 EXCALIBURS AT THE AUTOCRAPH DANCE, Dick Denney, business manager, finds time to sign a friend’s yearbook. AT WEEKLY DANCES VANCUARD RINCS OF THE CLASS OF ’64 adorned most senior hands and served as pledges of steady couples.

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WITH THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND FESTIVITIES HANDINC OUT PROM PROCRAMS to June Taylor and Keith McCloud are underclassmen Pat Fraikin and Maryellen Burke. With the arrival of spring comes one of the most anticipated and important social events of the school year, the Junior-Senior Prom. Through the year committees staffed by hard working juniors carefully planned and carried out the business of decorations, publicity, and tickets, and created a Prom the seniors would long remember. Its theme was “A Parisian Holiday” with Taft Junior High cafeteria transformed into a French night club and the Eiffel Tower hovering in the background. About 130 couples mingl¬ ed and danced to the music of the Michael Golden Orchestra, crowned their king and queen, and topped the evening by feasting at a banquet in Teibel’s. LEADINC OFF THE FIRST DANCE as ' 63 Prom Queen and King are Dee James and Tom Kaiser.