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

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Senior Jane Zdanowicz (above) displays the winter fashion ot boots and soft cowl neck dresses. Junior Nancy Smith (top, right) reads a novel for a class assignment. Nancy wears the layered look with a frilly blouse, velvet vest, wool blazer and skirt, high heels, and an ankle bracelet Many styles of high heeled shoes (right) were popu lar this year. Both the clog and the closed styles were worn. 16—Fashion

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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

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CPHS students dress to fit their moods The fashion-conscious folks at CPHS were pretty much able to dress as the mood struck them this year. For both girls and guys, the casual look for school and a more conservative look for dress were stressed. Styles seemed to be going back to those of the ’40s and ’50s. Two-piece suits replaced last year’s three-piece suits and the triangular and layered looks once again came into vogue. Although vests had not entirely left the fashion scene, a more common sight was slacks and blazer or skirt and blazer. To give the body a triangular look, padded shoulders and straighter skirts, jeans, and slacks were once again in style. Also popular were pleated pant legs, and, for the final touch, spikes or sandals with thin, high heels for girls and earth shoes or workboots for guys. An equally popular fashion of 1978- 79 was the layered look. Big at discos and just as big in school were baggy tops which were seen tucked in, with a belt, or worn out. Baggy tops were most often made of cotton, polyester, satin, or silk-like material. For girls, wool or wool-like material, silky or satiny material, chenille, and lace were the most popular pullover materials. For guys, it was wools, tweeds, corduroy, and cotton. And for those who didn’t want to wear all those layers, there were snap-on collars and sleeves. Two other features of girls’ fashions were the long scarf and small bow ties. The long scarf was worn around the neck, under the collar with lacy or cot¬ tony tops. For dress, girls wore shoes with thin, black heels and guys wore loafers or tassel shoes. Jewelry included ankle bracelets, sparkly hair combs, or bar¬ rettes. The big thing to remember about 1978-79 fashion was “dress to fit your mood.” Fashion—17