Gavit High School - Futura Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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REIGNING over cheerleader-sponsored sock hop. Queen Rose Ann Sapyta and shoeless escort Bob Takacs dance to music of the Fugitives. “TONIGHT themes victory dance topping homecoming hysteria for junior Mary Macey and alumnus Jim Roper. TAGGED with tears and roses, half - time announcement of queen triggers chain reaction. Page Fifteen

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JUNIOR FLOAT MAKERS launch repair job on trophy-winning en- try, Golden Road to Victory. Victory, tradition tag first homecominc Kindling spirit, lumber, Friday night bonfire sparked first homecoming. Gridmen fed flames with Ingot effigy, while cheerleaders and rooters hurled into “homecoming hysteria”. Two-hour horn-honking parade, boasting thirty- five vehicles and one white horse, threaded through Gavit area for corner spectators. Braced with homecoming programs, popcorn, taffy apples and throat lozenges, grid backers bombarded bleachers for afternoon game. Crowd of 1,600 pennant-waying fans, decked in purple and gold corsages and booster badges, rallied Glads to 45-6 win over River Forest. Spurring purple-clad tacklers, Mr. James Federoff, Booster Club president, dedicated of- ficial new scoreboard during half-time. Junior class, Spanish Club and cheerleaders’ entries copped awards in float competition. Marching band and white-gloved drill team filed across turf in mid-game maneuvers. Senior princesses Tula Carstensen, Nancy Pickett and junior attendants Wendy Franey, Sue Von Almen shared Rose Ann Sapyta’s reign. I

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STAGE STAR Wendy Franey basks in fame as family Lipda Dacus, Andi Beaty, Margie Skalba and Betsy Haley conspire to scold her for couch-flung feet. Time out for Ginger retires gym One female grid star, her irate father and two arguing sisters fashioned plot of three-act comedy, “Time Out For Ginger.” Under drama coach Mrs. Bernice Johnson and student director Linda Venable, ten-member cast battled gym accoustics to entertain bleacher-bound audience Nov. 13 and 14. Ten committees backboned play with poster painting, ticket and program printing while stage, lighting and sound crews timed background ef- fects from behind scenes. Prop committee imported stage-bound furni- ture for front room stage setting from teachers’ lounge. Mail bags, contributed by Uncle Sam, stored Ginger’s fan mail. DISPLAYING grid stance, Linda Dacus tackles lead in “Time out for Ginger” as Alan Hochman turns cheerleader for his “daughter”. Page Sixteen