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

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■■[lqs il asm Mr. Charles Swisher (above) owns one of the new shops in the bottom of the courthouse. Mr. Swish¬ er’s shop is called the Cotton-Wood Shoppe. It spe¬ cializes in pictures done in swirled cotton on black felt. Some other shops that have opened this year include a book store, yarn shop, a special shop sell¬ ing blends of coffee, and an antique store. Senior Robin Haniford (top, right) was crowned the 1978 Junior Miss. Robin won both the talent and judges ' interview competition. A new elementary school (right) was built on West Summit Street. This school was built to replace the old Timothy Ball School. 14—Local News

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Mickey Mouse (opposite page, top) celebrated his fiftieth birthday this year. Mork and Mindy (opposite page, top) have made “shuzbut” and nano, nano” as popular as their new TV series. Pope John Paul II (top, right) was the first non Ital lan pope to be elected in 400 years. Photos of families clasped together in death (mid die, left) brought the Jonestown mass suicide to the attention of the world. Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen (bottom, lett) died this year. Bergen and Charlie McCarthy had retired prior to his death. Norman Rockwell (above) died at the age of 84. Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat (top) were Golda Meir (middle, right) worked as a school awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their peace teacher and librarian in the USA. making efforts in the Middle East. National News — 13

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I Junior Teresa Bussel, Sophomore Jereda Daniels, and Senior Betty Schilling (top) buy balloons from a clown at the Lake County Fair. Many high school stu¬ dents worked at the fair, exhibited 4-H club projects, or just went to enjoy the fair. Several of the rides at the ' 78 summer fair were forced to close down for repairs before the fair was allowed to open. The Letz Farm Machinery Factory (above) suffered severe fire damage when a section of that building caught fire. The storage area was burned to the ground and firemen had to battle the flames to pro¬ tect the remainder of the building. A secretary in the building at the time of the fire had to be rescued. Due to the size of the building, she was unable to hear the fire roaring. Unusual snowfall (right) confined northern Illinois and Indiana residents to their homes on and off dur¬ ing January. January Graduation and mid-term finals were delayed because of the cancellation of school and hazardous road conditions. Fire damages three stores Fire broke out in the storage section of the Letz Farm Machinery Factory on the corner of Indiana Avenue and North Street. The Pet Shop on the square was also destroyed by fire. At the same time the pet shop burned, the Treasure Chest experienced severe fire and smoke dam¬ age. Winning in both the talent and judges ' interview sections, Robin Haniford was named the 1978 Junior Miss. First run¬ ner-up was Kathy Segert, who won in the poise-and appearance and scholarship sections. Lynne Elser, who won in the Youth Fitness category, was named sec¬ ond runner-up. First semester finals were delayed several days because of the blizzard that covered Chicago and suburbs. In the fall of ' 79 Timothy Ball elemen¬ tary school for grades one through six, moved from East North Street to West Summit. The Lake County Fair, held each sum¬ mer during the third week of August at the Crown Point Fairgrounds, was the main attraction of the summer of both 78 and ' 79. Local News— 15