Elston High School - Elstonian Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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Japanese windchimes are shown by Linda Sfibbe to Karen Prast, Jim Henry, Dave Plank, and Jana Schiick. Servants are Mike Morse and Janice Hedstrom. orient se'rs scene for prom The Grand March highlights the evening.

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John Vanderplough, Donna Riley, Al Murray, Kris Cook, Bruce Baker, Connie Markow- ski, and Pat Westberg enter the Prom over the footbridge. Relaxing at tables, couples enioy refresh- ments of fortune cookies and punch. From the moment classroom lite becomes routine and homework begins to pile up in never-ending assign- ments, thoughts dritt from present duties back to summer vacation, those last weeks ot school . . . the Prom. The hours ot work, sweat, and frustration which went into producing a prom are only known to those Seniors who experienced the pains ot tormulating ideas, designing, and, in the last stages, decorating. Tempers ran short as the final touches were being added, and everyone seemed certain that finished would never be heard. When the night arrived, a walk over an arching bridge brought couples into the atmosphere ot a taraway land. Oriental lan- terns cast a pale and exotic light. Sophomore serv- ants in kimonos scurried trom table to table where conversations were exchanged as couples relaxed and enioyed retreshments between dances. A stony path, bordered by brightly flowered trees, circled a rustic teahouse and revealed the beauty of a Jap- anese Teagardenf'

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Often the most vivid memories ot Elston are ot football and basketball games, ol dances at the Y, and ot lunch hours with noisy cars roaring by. Sometimes the Elston student forgets the many hours spent in the classroom. Sometimes he tails to realize that the greatest reward came from scholastic accomplishment. Oh, the dances and the parties and the ball games were tun-but without work, without the mental challenge, school lite would have lacked meaning and direction- growth here would have been shallow and incom- plete. Through his own memories the Elston stu- dent realizes that the spirit ot his three years at M.C.H.S. depended heavily on his attitude and personal achievement in the classroom.