Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Missy Summers happily accepts a congratulatory kiss from Steve Pavy as she is crowned Homecoming Queen. Some things in life are shocking. Traumatic experiences have faced everyone beginning with the realization that Santa Claus never shimmied down chimneys to deliver toys and storks didn ' t leave babies on doorsteps. What if an alumnus came back for Homecoming and found no tissue papered chicken wire, no queen candidates beaming radiantly, and no football team sweating it on the gridiron? One could safely assume that such an alumnus would be shocked. The alumni who stepped back into the world of high school on September 26 for the Homecoming game against River Forest weren ' t earth-shakenly startled, but found some surprises awaited them. Where women had once dominated as the only sex to reign as Homecoming Surprises await alumni;

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One hundred pounds of greased pig chased by five senior girls added squeals and screams to Activities Night. Mr. America, look out. Knobby knees and muscles vie for votes in best legs race for king nominees. False alarm. Whitecoats retreat as Spirit Week, Costume Day unfold float, Panther ' s are Coming, was a take off of Paul Revere ' s ride. Juniors parodied the Boston Tea Party with their Panther Tea Party creation. Crack Down on ' Em, established from the Liberty Bell, represented the seniors. Shouts and screams filled the air as students showed their spirit on Activities Night. Colliding with each other in a pen, five daring members from each executive council chased a greased pig. Smelling lard and boar hair didn ' t bother seniors as they caught the pig in the shortest time, 17 seconds. Knobby knees and hairy ankles aren ' t the best qualities in legs, but for Senior Luke Lovich these were enough to proclaim him as the winner of the sexy leg contest. The 1975 Spirit Week was a fond memory for the seniors who won the Spirit Flag for their enthusiasm. If you happened to bump into Winnie the Pooh on the way to English class, or if you saw a friend whom you always considered such a neat dresser, in a green sweater and purple slacks, you weren ' t ready for the men in white coats. Instead you were witnessing parts of a tradition: the five days before Homecoming — Spirit Week. For some. Spirit Week meant nothing, but to most students it meant hurrying to finish homework assignments so they could squeeze in a few extra hours of work on the class float. After pondering a theme and obtaining a float bed, the float was ready for construction. Gradually chicken wire took forms of panther heads, liberty bells and ships. Homecoming was based on a Bicen- tennial theme. Therefore, all floats had to correlate with the theme or face disqualification. Sophomores ' The price of sexy legs is more than just female admiration. Luke Lovich discovers it is actually $1.29; the price of the pie thrown in his face by Lorene Murray.

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Bumping to Four Wheel Drive ' s music after a full week of Homecoming festivities, Kim Baker and Sue DuVall relax. With diminishing hopes of a victory, alumnus Dirk Voges and sophomore Robin Ryan watch Ingots hamper Panther touchdown attempts. royalty, Men ' s Lib took a step forward when Mike Hilbrich joined Missy Summers to form a dual magistrate and preside over Homecoming festivities as king and queen. Squelching the rumor that juniors always take first place in float competition because seniors don ' t care anymore and sophomores are too dumb to know how to construct a decent float was the sophomores ' float creation “The Panthers Are Comin. It nabbed first place float honors. Sometimes, however, the main event of Homecoming, the game itself, gets lost in the reams of tissue paper, chicken wire, parades and queens. Even though the loss to the Ingots by the score of 14-6 came as no shock, considering the team had a record of 0 and 4 going into the game, it did cast a cloud of disappointment on the rest of the evening. Hilbrich first Homecoming king