Hobart Senior High School - Memories Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

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1. Gifing her speech for why she should be elected for Mayor is Junior Cheryl Silich. 2. Writing the names of the candidates on the chalkboard at the Mayor convention is Clerk Phil Aitken. 3. Eventual Clerk winner, Kay Crossk gives her acceptance speech to the Sophomore Class. 4. Speaking in front of the Junior Class is Russ Williams at the Mayor convention. 5. Juniors voted almost 10 times before selecting two Mayor candidates as Debbie Ammer does. 6. Handing out ballots to her precinct is Honor Society member Senior Tammie Lackey. y MAYOR-CLERK ELECTION 21

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Split ticket for Mayor-Clerk Election The student body decided to split the ticket for the Mayor-Clerk election. Running on the gold ticket was Russ Williams and-Valerie Wilson. On the purple was Cheryl Silich and Kay Crossk. Russ Williams was voted Mayor and Kay Crossk, Clerk. The Mayor-Clerk conventions were the last Friday in April. The junior convention for Mayor was second and third hours and sophomore convention for Clerk, fifth and sixth hours. Senior Honor Society Members acted as precinct workers. Each nominee and nominator was required to give a speech on why they thought they were qualified for the position. Campaigns lasted through the following week. Elections were May 11 and 12 with balloting done before and after school, as well as on lunch hours. 20 MAYOR-CLERK ELECTION

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— ‘Love The World Away’ is Prom theme May 2, the day everyone has been preparing for and talking about for weeks finally arrived. At 6:15 the doors were opened to couples dressed in a variety of colors and styles. The decorations were designed to go with the theme, “ Love The World Away,” a recent Kenny Rogers song. Decorations included crepe paper, illumened circles, a gazebo and cloudlike angelhair surrounding a teardrop candle at each table. Dinner, which was served at 7:30 included mostacolli, sliced beef in gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, a salad, bread and butter, and punch was served throughout the evening by freshmen Student Council girls. At 8 the band, “ Oasis ”, began to draw the couples on to the dance floor. At 10 Jamie Lough announced that there had been a tie between Mark Drobac, Sue Crossk,Mike Adams and Sandy Watson for the titles of Prom king and queen. At 1 1 “Oasis” finished playing and there was a 45 minute intermission. Between 11:30 and 12 couples began to return to St Sava’s Serbian Hall to hear the rock band “Voyage”. At 3 a.m. everyone returned home to get a few hours sleep before heading off for a day of enjoyment at Marriott’s Great America, Warren Dunes State Park, Turkey Run and Chicago. 22 PROM