Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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The New Semester Brought a Wmter Fantasy, Nw hlle the cold wtnds blew and the whlte snow swtrled outsrde the Panther Den on January 22 lxrllkre Hrgh students danced rn a somewhat warmer Wrnter Fantasy Members of the Cres cent staff d1d not have to decorate too much to create the feelrng of wrnter as students had to brave a severe Indrana wrnter to attend the dance A queen rergned over XVUIIC1' Fantasy The tradrtronally sentor court nomrnated by the crvtcs classes rncluded Mrsses Annre Orbaugh Alrce Swackhamer SandyRob1son Esteleen Arnold Sherry Beasley and Mary Combs Everyone attendrng the dance was elrgtble to cast a vote for hrs favorrte candrdate After the votes were counted the Wrllkle Htgh Combo played a fanfare as B111 Mosbaugh Cres cent sports edrtor crowned pretty Mrss Sherry Beasley 1959 Crescent Snow Queen Dancers swrrled to the musrc of the Wlllkle I-hgh Combo Queen Sherry srmles happrly as her court looks on The Snow Court consrsted of Mary Combs, Anme Or baugh Ahce Swackhamer, Esteleen Arnold, and Sandy Roblson 16 if ' 77 J. . . . 1 .1 . 11 - .1 . 11 1 I I . Y . 1 1 1 1 - Y I - 1 , .

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F ? 1- gfgjwaa ' 1 .rig ei Tragedy strikes the Maxwell home, as Steve Fettig retums from school sporting a black eye. And the Senior Play ls Entertainment for Everyone. The Senior Class Play, Dear Diary, was based Much work goes into the presentation ofa play. on the Clay dreams of an overly imaginative, but other- but the enjoyment gathered from such an experience wise typical, teen-ager. greatly outweighs the work. Sharon Wilburn makes up Sherry Frazier before the first perform- Steve Fettig and Chris Pantos are a Ted Schuck and Jerry McCoy ance of the play. mischievous pair in the play, tangle during rehearsal. IV! I1 EF

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Last night my team went down so narrowly When I had thought that we would have won so easily Indeed I dreamed of a length of swift successes Glorifred by fabulous play and htgh heroics But then of a sudden it was over And we were out eliminated fawful wordlj I was held fast in the cold arms of defeat T11 hardly could I breathe The victor s shouts and laughter like lashes Whipped the raw flesh of my misery Mockrng dending exultmg Indeed I wished that I were dead I sought the sanctuary the cloak of night Even the stars looked down to mock my awful shame And I wished again that I were dead Someone to soften and console with arm about my shoulder said We ll show them all next year But next year is so very far away By then I could be dead I hoped I would be dead That all that was yesterday This morning I awoke to the barking of my dog Cavorting about my bed He was as glad to see me as before Sensed not the bitterness of my defeat Outside my window a new bird of spring Shrilled out his ancient song of Joy The sun rode up the sky dignified and serene Warming alike the winners and the losers And I was glad I was ahve C tg 4i.,fi'72J,f,f' and o Heart breaking Sectional Loss to Pendleton. The backing of the fans plays an important role in sectional crowns. This year Elwood was unde- feated in spirit. During Red and Blue Week students such as Janie Bykowski and Jane Marty decorated the halls and rooms. The Panthers lost a heart-breaking overtime game to Pendleton in El- wood's first game. But all of Elwood was immensely proud of their Panthers.