Dunkirk High School - Silicon Yearbook (Dunkirk, IN)

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1? Wendell White directs the painting of the mas- Merrill Johnson adds the finishing touches while sive Christmas decorations on the windows. Wendell White and Mrs. Stock watch. The Christmas Window Every year at Christmas time the art classes decorate the school doors and windows. This year a few art students, under the direction of senior Wendell White, arranged a large, sectioned painting of the Mother Mary and the Christ Child on the windows above the school's main entrance. During the evening hours the painting was lighted from inside making the painting visible from outside. The finished window. Wendell and Troy, on the scaffold, and Tom Speidel and Mose Garringer admire the finished window. fy- -7-

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Everyday School Life l'pper left: Geraldine Vickers volunteers one hour of her school time to be an office aid. Here, she is shown sorting grade cards after a grading period. Her other duties are: collecting absentee and tardy lists, preparing, passing out announcements, and carrying notes for teachers and administrators. Lpper right: Some home economics students judge a pie made by kathy Bittner. Pleasant smells drift throughout the school telling us that the home ec. classes are busy learning to cook meals and pastry. They also learn to sew! Lower left: Confusion causes frustration which brings on agitation which causes confusion that .... well describes the bookstore before sessions and between classes. The Principal and his secretary and their office aids do the best job possible keeping order in the hustle and bustle. We're lucky to have a bookstore where we can get all necessary supplies for all classes from mechanical drawing to art. We can even purchase extra books. Lower right: Editor Dave Gaunt and photographer Dave Baldwin take time out from Silicon work to eat some pie they came across in the home economics room. -5-

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J unior-Senior Prom Ann Taylor and Tom Smith were crowned Queen and King of the 1959 Prom, Their courts consisted of Penny Bennett, Alice Shoults, Delite Wise, Bob Irelan, Larry Jones, and R, P, McCune, The prom was followed by an all-night party, sponsored by the Dunkirk merchants. The juniors and seniors saw Tom Thumb at the Main Theatre. Then they were entertained at the American Legion by a variety act, Breakfast was served at the Elks Lodge, The festivities ended with a record-hop held at the Moose Lodge. -g-